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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
- 26
- 27
- 28
Suggested Listening: Kowareteiku Sekai by Girugamesh

~Part 25~

Mello blinked and yawned quietly in the darkened room. He was still tired and knew he couldn't have been sleeping for very long. Something had woken him; otherwise he wouldn't have been up until the sun had long since in the sky. As his eyes adjusted more to the dark, his entire body froze when a shadow moved in the darkness, hovering above him. He flinched, and Matt groaned against him. The shadow stilled until things fell silent again, and all Mello could think was 'L found us!'

"Matt!" he yelled and rolled onto him as the shadow lashed out. Staying still was a death warrant leaving no other choice but to wake Matt and try to escape. Matt was awake the second his name was called and noticed the figure holding the knife almost immediately after. Mello was thrown from the bed, somehow managing to stumble and only fall to his knees, and watched Matt hit the figure with a pillow before jumping from the bed.

Matt yanked him from the room, and Mello had no option but to follow. They were naked from sex, but it didn't matter to either of them. "Matt, what are you doing?" Matt had gone into the pantry and was looking for something, obviously something he believed would help, but Mello couldn't imagine what.

Mello jumped back and hit the countertop as a man he didn't recognize stopped in the doorway of the kitchen, which was lit only by a small light above the stove. His fingers flew across the counter behind him searching for something, anything to defend himself with. A kitchen knife found its way into his grasp and he held it out in front of him, hands trembling. Before he could blink a gun appeared in the man's hands; he had probably been told to make it quick to ensure the gunshots wouldn't prevent someone from interrupting.

The gun was cocked and aim lowered in the direction of his abdomen. Mello panicked, dropping the knife in a futile attempt to cover his stomach, fear seeping into every fiber of his being. With the knife clattering to the floor, he heard the only way of protecting himself vanish.

A frying pan smacked into the side of the man's head, and he toppled sideways. Matt hit the man again and again until there was a sickening crunch. The pan was dropped from Matt's fingers like it had burned him, and he was shaking, looking lost. Matt had just killed a person.

"That's the gun I bought, just in case. How long had he been in here? My God Mello, how fucking long?" Mello stepped over the corpse and hugged Matt's chilled body. "We can't stay; pack what you can carry downstairs in one trip. We leave in fifteen minutes." Matt sounded uncertain and pressed Mello closer for a moment before gently pushing him away.

Mello was still in a daze as he slid a shirt overhead and toed on his sneakers. He packed the games Matt had seemingly forgotten and shoved the flash-drives in with them, Matt already had his laptop in its case, so Mello just threw some clothing on top and closed the duffel bag.

Mello took one last glance around the place they had called home for such a short time and followed Matt outside, the fifteen minutes up.

Once outside, over by the Camaro, Mello finally spoke what he was certain was going through both of their minds.

"I thought we were being careful; how did he find us…?" because there was no doubt that it had been a man under L's employment. There was stony silence as Matt shoved their things in the backseat before turning to face him, eyes narrowed and angry.

"The case, Mello; it was the fucking case. We were under the radar until we started snooping!" Matt snapped and Mello recoiled. He had pushed for the case, had asked Matt to get the footage, to get a lot of things, and it had all seemed to go well... but he had brought L down on them.

Mello's insides seized, and he couldn't breathe. Matt could have been killed, the baby too, and it was all because of him. "Mello?"

Mello shook his head and tried to calm himself but simply could not; he felt things spiraling out of control until tears spilled heavily from his eyes and spots formed in his vision. He backed away from Matt's grasp until he hit the concrete wall behind him. He had... he had almost killed them, the exact thing he had wanted to prevent by letting the case drop!

"Oh shit, Mello. I didn't mean to yell. You need to calm down- Mello?"

Mello knew he was overreacting, hyperventilating in order just to breathe, but the thought of losing Matt squeezed his heart painfully. What if he hadn't woken up? That person had been aiming for his stomach, for the tiny life inside him. What if he had somehow survived and the baby had not? How the hell could he ever live with himself if they died because of him?

"Mello, please calm down, it's ok. We were stupid to think we wouldn't be found. Everything was just going so well..." Mello let Matt envelop him in his arms as he clutched weakly at Matt's shirt. Hands moved soothingly across his back, and Matt planted kisses by his ear and murmured things Mello didn't hear. Being surrounded by Matt helped. Matt was comfort, Matt was safety, Matt was the embodiment of everything worth while in Mello's life.

His gasping sobs dissolved into shuddering breaths, and only then did Mello feel the rain that had started pouring around them. They were both getting wet, really wet, and it was too cold to be out in the rain. They were lucky there wasn't any snow. "W-we need to go," he choked out.

Matt pressed a kiss to his temple and pulled Mello from his kneeling position yet still kept a protective arm around him; Mello appreciated it, needed it. "We'll be ok, Mello. You woke up, you saved us." Matt closed the backseat's door, and it hid the bags filled with their the remains of their apartment. To Mello it almost felt like that first night all over again, only this time he was closer to his due date, much closer.

.

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Mello settled himself down on the bed beside Matt and closed his eyes as his chilled bones soaked up the warmth. Though he had taken a shower, he was still cold to the touch and felt very drained of energy. It was very early in the morning, somewhere around five-thirty, and they were in a hotel.

Sometime during the three hour long car ride it had been determined that the first thing in order of business was finding a hotel for the night. The second had been the decision to move to move into the same state as the obstetrician.

It wasn't far enough away from their old apartment for Mello's taste, but Matt had made a good point. They could move again once the baby was born. It was too much of a hassle to switch doctors when they had found such a good one. L should be expecting them to have moved and to be looking for another obstetrician, if L had even thought of them getting one. It was hard to tell what the man could be thinking when he had just sent someone to kill them.

"Alright, I figure we have a few hours before anyone checks their messages or emails so we should try to get some sleep. I could only find three renting apartments around here, the others are all houses for sale, and let's face it, we get enough grief over renting an apartment never mind trying to buy something." Mello nodded sleepily and wished that things could just be simpler.

Matt had started the second they had gotten settled in the hotel room, searching for available places in the obstetrician's area and then contacting the landlords. No one would be up that early, so Matt was only able to leave messages and emails. It was enough for one night though.

Mello grudgingly got up from the bed as Matt was putting his laptop into standby and tugged off the sweatpants he wore. No matter how cold he was, he couldn't sleep in those damn things. Boxers and a t-shirt would have to do. He flopped back into bed and curled under the cool sheets, waiting for Matt to join him.

He didn't have to wait long and was more than happy as Matt pulled him close. Matt didn't generally do things like that, and Mello had no doubt it had to do with the scare they'd had only a few hours prior. Mello was comforted by Matt's warmth and the beat of his heart so close. Curled close to the one he loved, Mello fell asleep.

-End Part 25-

AN: yeah... I seem to be updating ever 2-3 weeks with this one. It's not the beta's fault, just work, stress, health and me being a general lazy ass *paying more attention to the new ones i'm writing XD* hope it was worth the wait

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