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The Flaw	By : ShinigamiMailJeevas Category: Death Note > Yaoi-Male/Male > Mello/Matt Views: 2603 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter List
- 1-The Flaw
- 2-Part 1
- 3-Part 2
- 4-Part 3
- 5-Part 4
- 6-Part 5
- 7-Part 6
- 8-Part 7
- 9-Part 8
- 10-part 9
- 11-Part 10
- 12-Part 11
- 13-Part 12
- 14-Part 13
- 15-Part 14
- 16-Part 15
- 17-Part 16
- 18-Part 18
- 19-Part 19
- 20-Interlude: The Past
- 21-Part 20
- 22-Part 21
- 23-part 22
- 24-Part 23
- 25-Interlude
- 26-part 24
- 27-Part 25
- 28-Part 26
- 29-Part 27
- 30-Part 28
- 31-Interlude: December 25th
- 32-Part 29
- 33-part 30
- 34-epilogue
- 10
- 11
- 12
Suggested Listening: In this Together by Apoptygma Berzerk

Part 10

~Floating~

"Matt come here, I might have found something." Mello called out but hadn't looked away from the screen.

Matt dutifully walked over and peered over the blonds shoulder to see what all the fuss was about. He and Mello had gotten over their awkward patch just a day or so before, and though things were still quieter between them then they had been, it was almost back to normal.

For a while Matt had thought that maybe Mello had remembered having sex with him, but then the blond had apologized, so Matt had no idea what had been the problem, only that he hoped it didn't become an issue again as he had hated having Mello act so weird around him.

His eyes drifted from the screen and downwards to see that Mello's arm was wrapped unconsciously around his stomach again. He had started that a few days ago and Matt hoped that everything was alright. It was still a few days too early to even think about Mello having his... period, so it worried him that Mello's stomach was tender, as the blond had put it.

It could just be a warning sign of the impending period, that much Matt knew was possible, but they really didn't know just how much the Death Note had messed with his system, what else it might have done to him.

Mello was never one to procrastinate, and certainly never with his health, but Matt understood why he hadn't listened to the doctor and had a specialist brought in. Mello already felt like a sideshow freak and had already been embarrassed enough and didn't want to go through anything else unless there was an absolute need.

But despite understanding this, Matt was still worried. Nothing going on was normal, so any symptoms that were strange should be checked into but telling that to Mello would probably not go over well.

So instead he dragged his eyes away from Mello and back to the screen where Mello had pointed to his findings. It was hardly anything big, and very well could have been a coincidence, but it was at least possibly a nudge in the right direction.

It was a set of five plane tickets to the states from Japan bought the night before L's previous team was officially listed as missing, or gone. It was hardly strange for there to be group tickets purchased, but for their area and that date and time, it made it a little more noticeable. Especially as there were no other group purchases in that day.

The problem with that would have been that L should have already looked into that if it were so obvious. "Mello-"

"I know Matt. But does it seem like L has really put forth much effort into finding them to you? I mean in all of this data it simply seems like he crossed them off the list the second they disappeared and left it at that. We don't know that L has even looked this far into it."

Matt was a little more than surprised to hear Mello say that, despite how conflicted Mello had sounded as he'd said it. Mello admitting that L might not have done everything he could, or should have, was more than a little odd. It wasn't a bad thing, as it meant Mello was at least willing to see L's flaws, but still weird.

"There is nothing more on their families either, is there?" Mello asked, and Matt shook his head. They had searched and searched but were blocked at seemingly every turn. All they could seem to find was basic information on the detectives families, where they had lived, but that was it.

No current information.

Nothing to tell if they were still in the area, or even still alive.

Noting at all.

And it didn't add up to either of them.

"Damn it!" Mello swore and Matt knew enough to back up. The blond raced to the bathroom as he cursed again. Mello had also, within the past few days, had to urinate more frequently than usual; it would have been comical had it not been another thing, besides the abdominal soreness, that worried Matt.

He knew the signs for diabetes and while Mello was constantly tested since he ate so much chocolate, it didn't mean he couldn't still develop it in-between tests.

Matt scrubbed a hand across his face and sighed. He knew he was worrying too much and that it was probably nothing, but Mello... Mello was really the only one in his life he had left to care for.

"What's that look for? I'm perfectly fine. I probably just drank too much water." Mello scoffed at him, though it might have been a bit more convincing had Mello looked like he'd believed himself.

"Just like when the Death Note messed up your insides you thought it was nothing too." Matt wished he had kept his mouth shut as Mello's expression darkened. They had only just started getting comfortable again and he had to go and say something like that, was he stupid-

"Your right." Mello sighed and flopped gracelessly onto his bed rather than sitting back at the laptop.

"I'm right…?" had Mello really just..?

"Look, it's probably just the premenstrual stuff, but if it lasts after the period I'll get it checked out, alright? I'll even let you be the one to ask Watari for the appointment." Mello mumbled into his pillow, lips only partially visible and voice muffled.

Matt smiled slightly. "I'll hold you to that." And he would. If Mello was still feeling awkward after his latest problem then it didn't matter what Mello wanted, he was getting checked out. What if the Death Note hadn't stopped at the uterus and messed with other things? Even if the symptoms were small, they were mounting up, and Matt wasn't going to wait until Mello was bleeding in bed again or worse before something was done about it.

"Alright, so what are we going to do about the plane tickets? Am I hacking into the airports security where the flight landed to see if anything was captured on the cameras or…?" Matt trailed off as Mello rolled over, shirt riding up to reveal his smooth flat stomach. Mello's left arm was behind his head, pillowing it, and the other came to rest by his mouth as he thought. Matt had to tear his gaze from the blond and rest it upon the wall beside him.

Mello made him so damn confused sometimes, and despite his hormones apparently liking Mello's body, Matt wasn't sure if what he suddenly felt was lust stemming from their friendship…or something else entirely.

Matt wasn't exactly able to have much free time to speculate on it as he and Mello pretty much kept to themselves and Mello was almost always with him. During meals, during research, during sleep…

"Matt?" he snapped his gaze back to Mello, who had shifted to his side, and grinned weakly at him.

"I was just spacing out while waiting for an answer…" Matt knew he had dropped the ball, so to speak, as Mello's eyes narrowed. Matt guessed it was because he had actually answered rater than shrugged it off. Mello got him unsettled better than anyone, he was just usually better at hiding and ignoring it. At that moment, Matt wished he had a game in his hand. Instead he sat down awkwardly on Mello's chair as Mello watched him with suspicion.

Mello's lips had moved into a thin line but he hadn't said anything.

"Why don't we start with what you suggested, but if nothing pans out then we can go back to looking for things around here." Mello said slowly, eyes still watching him carefully, though he had appeared to have given up for the moment.

"OK..." Matt moved back over to his own computer, rather pointless to have sat down in Mello chair, and brought it over to Mello's bed instead. What was the point when Mello would probably need to see what he was doing anyway?

Mello didn't move from his spot so Matt seated himself towards the edge of the bed with his back to the blond so Mello could easily see the screen from where he was. With a roll of his shoulders, and a quick cracking of his fingers, he began.

It wouldn't be difficult, not after some major hacks he'd done for the Kira case alone, but he didn't want to make a mistake. It would not only be embarrassing but probably get them into trouble. And he didn't want to let Mello down in the process.

It took only a minute and a half to get into the airports systems and hack into the flight records; he wanted to make sure they had the correct gate that flight had disembarked from as airlines were nefarious for rerouting and changing things at the last minute.

With everything checking out he moved onto the security footage for that gate and just in case they were disguised he ran his facial recognition program. But here was nothing. They weren't there.

"Nothing." he heard Mello sigh behind him and groan in frustration. "Would they have smuggled themselves out through luggage?" the blond suggested half-heartedly, but Matt didn't think it was such a bad suggestion.

Instead of replying he changed which cameras they viewed and though they couldn't see everything, they had a good view of the plane and runway. They viewed it on fast-forward, though slow enough where they would have been able to see something, but nothing obvious happened, mainly just the unloading and loading of cargo.

But what could they have hoped for, an obvious display of five Japanese men sneaking out of the bowels of the plane? That was such a ridiculous thought that Matt couldn't help but snicker at it despite the odd look Mello through him.

"Looks like we are back to square one." Mello mumbled, though Matt disagreed with him, square one would have left them in the complete dark about all of the Kira cases information. They had hit a road block but didn't all detectives eventually? L had called on his successors after all... though Matt was beginning to wonder if there hadn't been some other reason for it.

He lifted himself from the bed, laptop and all, and out of the corner of his eyes he noted how Mello rubbed at his stomach. It didn't matter what the blond said, there was something else going on.

Matt just hoped that there was something that could be done to help before things got too serious again. Because honestly, Matt wasn't sure how many more surprises they could all take.

-End part 10-
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