Authors note: Oh look another chapter. I'm not currently writing anything because...I'm not in a good mood. At all. So think of this as the last chapter for a while. So please read, review and enjoy.

Out all night

Matt glanced over, he had been sitting here for hours. He hadn't wanted to return to Mello just yet. He had been enjoying watching the blond stalk around the room with anger in the tension of his shoulders before disappearing into the bedroom where there wasn't a camera. He glanced down, figures Near would respect Mello's privacy. He wanted to see if he made the blond cry. He had been close enough when he had left the room but of course he had gone somewhere to hide the fact. He wondered if Mello knew there were no cameras and if he was in there just waiting for him to return.

Near was sleeping, he had been for hours now. So Mello was wrong again when he said that Near couldn't possibly sleep. It was more likely that the darkness under his eyes came from stress rather than lack of sleep. He would have to mention it the next time if came up in conversation. The members of Near's force had long disappeared leaving the two of them together. He faintly wondered if they remembered Matt from when he first came to stay with Near all those years ago. Matt had never once mentioned it to Mello most likely because it was the worst kind of betrayal. He laughed quietly to himself feeling the boy shift next to him.

He smiled reached down and wrapping his arms gently around the boy. He didn't doubt that Near slept here most nights. He carried him, lightly towards the bedroom where he used his free hand after a bit of juggling to get the door open. The door opened with a soft creak, the light still on from when they had spoken in the room hours ago. He faintly wondered if Near were afraid of the dark and then he remember that Near wasn't as young as he seemed. Near looked young but he wasn't young.

Matt shook his head laying the boy gently into his bed. He searched the floor for one of his toys before wrapping it in the boy's hand. He noted with interest the figure resembled Mello. It was only now that he stopped to think about what Near could be planning with all of them. It didn't particularly matter to him but he had to watch him closer. Near didn't so much as stir and that was fine as Matt covered him up gently. He swiped the hair out of his face and smiled shaking his head. "Good night Near. It would do you some good to get out so remind me." He knew the other couldn't hear him but it felt good to talk to someone that wasn't Mello for once.

xXx

The first thing Matt heard when he woke up was the sound of the elevator door opening and heavy boots moving across the room. He didn't move mostly because they weren't heading in his direction they were heading towards Near's bedroom. If Matt knew him well enough Mello had been up all night and with sleep deprivation and annoyance he wouldn't be much of a danger to Near who had been sleep all night. He faintly wondered if it was Near he had heard hours ago open the door and peek out but he couldn't be too sure. In a room this quiet the mind played tricks on people.

Mello pushed the door open to Near's room without knocking. There wasn't much he could be doing in here besides sleeping but to Mello's surprise Near was sitting up staring blankly across the room. He shook his head slowly, "You're such a fucking freak." He mumbled under his breath before Near slowly turned his head to the side to look at him. He was expressionless, bleak and bored looking. It was almost as if he were expecting Mello to wake him up this morning. "What the hell are you doing?" He asked seriously but the boy didn't respond to his question.

Instead rolled out of bed and landed on the floor almost standing up completely straight. That was the tallest Mello had ever seen the boy. He watched with creeped out observation as Near began talking to himself heading towards a room to the side. It was a bathroom.

"Shower. Change of clothes. Breakfast. Playtime." He mumbled quietly disappearing into the bathroom without so much as a glance back towards Mello.

The blond frowned, he didn't even want to ask. Instead he shut the door moving back across the floor towards Matt who was turned towards the sea of monitors. "And where the hell have you been all night?" He leaned over the chair trying his best to keep his composure. He had helped himself last night. He told himself over and over that a sadist couldn't be trusted but anyway he looked at it if this Matt was the aggressor in their relationship then he was the aggressor in his relationship with Matt. He was the sadist. He couldn't be trusted. He racked his mind all night to solutions and the only one that he could come up with was to play the game along with the red head and Near. He could work just well with both of them against him. He had gone through worse before.

"Right here." He replied lightly not looking at the blond. "Why? Did you miss me last night while you pleasured yourself to the idea of Matt licking the soles of your shoes?" He smirked feeling that he had caught the blond off guard.

He frowned, "You're sick. You really decide to use Matt's intelligence for your creepy ass remarks?" He questioned.

Matt spun in the chair causing the blond almost to stumble. He managed a step back albeit less graceful than he wanted. "No I use Matt's intelligence and knowledge of you to fuck with you. I thought you were smart Mello, you should have figured that out ages ago."

Mello sneered, "I did. That's why you lied last night."

A dark eyebrow arched, "I never said I was lying to you. I said I like to fuck with your head. I didn't lie when I said that. The truth mindfucks a whole lot better than lies. Trust me." He watched Mello's face go slack and decided to change the subject. "Did you know Near was eighteen?" He shook his head slowly.

Mello frowned, "I don't see how that matters at all. I could care less how fucking old Near is but I do know how old he is." He folded his arms over his chest. "Unless you have a thing for Near. If that's the case you're fucking sick."

Matt shrugged, "I have a thing for a lot of people you included." He locked eyes with the blond. "Anything you want to say?"

Mello shook his head, "Nope." He turned and stalked back towards the elevator only pausing when Near came from the bedroom. He glanced over his shoulder rolling his eyes. "Done with your weird ass morning routine?"

Near nodded looking fresh out the shower. His white hair hung in silky looking curls and in some places stuck to his face. "You look tired Mello."

He glared, "Fuck off Near don't you have breakfast to be eating or some shit?"

"Maybe." He replied lightly. "It might do you some good to calm down."

Mello turned fully, "And do what? Be like you because that shit's out of the question."

Near locked eyes with Mello. "Why? Matt likes my demeanor more than yours."