Stone Children

Ch. 33 He Likes Him

Mello sat in the Music room and was holding his hand to his chest. Matt had been so kind to him and the fact that he had done all this for him was just really sweet. As he sat there he took out the phone and dialed L's number.

"Hello?" The detective answered.

"Hey L. How are things?"

"Good. How are things with you? Happy birthday." L said smiling into the phone.

"Thank you L. I am fine just excited to speak to you."

"You're welcome. So how did you spend your birthday?"

He sat at the piano and smiled. "Me and Matt played in the snow. He got me a gift without even knowing it was my birthday and when I told him he got me a cake."

"That’s amazing! I’m glad you had a nice time." L said happily.

"I wish you were here though. Then I wouldn't have told him."

"Oh. You need someone there for you."

"I want you here."

"I know, but I have business to attend to. Plus you already got someone there." He chuckled.

"Matt's a boy L and not only that he's my friend."

"Friends can evolve into more. I've seen it." He chuckled more.

"I don't want more."

"Tell him that then." L said with a sigh.

"He doesn't want me anyways."

"How do you know?"

"He has his hacker friends...."

"So that means he doesn’t want you?" L asked confused

"Yes since his friends flirt with him and then he goes into the bathroom to do things after talking to them."

"What? Really now? Where did this come from?"

"It's been happening every night," Mello said with a small hint of bitterness.

"Have you talked to him?" He said smiling as he heard the bitter under tone in the blonde's voice.

"NO! It's none of my business what he does with that stupid laptop in the bathroom."

"Then why are you getting so upset?" L asked calmly.

"Because he still owes me nail polish."

"What? I'm not following this."

"The first time he did things he knocked over my nail polish and still hasn't replaced it."

L laughed. "I think you need to go talk to him. Good night sunshine."

"Wait! When are you coming back?"

"Like I said I don’t know."

"Okay... Sorry for being so annoying I know you are working hard..."

"You’re not annoying. I enjoy your phone calls. Now go talk to a certain redhead." He chuckled.

"I don't want to talk to Matt about his personal time."

He chuckled. "I mean about his hacker friends. They might just be friends. How do you know they flirt with him?"

"They send him porn and one talks about doing things to him."

L laughed. "Wow... well he is almost at that age..." He trailed off still laughing. "Still you never know till you ask."

"I am not asking him." He was pouting and it was clear in his voice. "I wish you were here..."

"I know you do. I wish I could be there too." He said the laughter still evident in his voice.

Mello wanted to be childish and tell him to come home then but held his tongue. "I've gotten better at the violin."

"Oh really? That’s good. Let’s hear it." He said with a smile as he put the phone on speaker. There was a lot of shuffling and you could Watari in the background talking and cluttering away in the kitchen.

Mello put his own on speaker and picked up the instrument. He then began playing for the detective. L smiled softly as the beautiful music came over the phone.

When he finished he giggled. "How was that?"

"Beautiful." He said smiling softly into the phone.

"I'm glad you liked it."

"I always do." He stated simply.

He blushed and moved his hand through his hair. "How is the case going?"

"Good, or as good as it ever will." He said with a chuckle.

"Have you found him?"

"I can’t tell you that." He said a bit quietly.

"Of course. I know you will do brilliantly. You are the best."

L chuckled. "Thank you sunshine. Why don’t you get to bed, it’s getting really late."

"I want to talk to you more."

"I’m sorry, sunshine, but I got work to do. I'm really sorry." He said a bit heartbroken.

"It's okay. I understand how busy you are. I will call tomorrow."

"Okay. I can’t wait. Night, sunshine, sleep tight and have pleasant dreams." He smiled into the phone.

"Only if I dream about you L." He giggled sweetly. "Sleep well and I hope you will be home soon."

"Me too." He said as he hung up, chuckling.

Mello hung up the phone and walked out and back to the room. He hopped that Matt had finished his personal time. Matt was sitting on his bed, laptop in front of him, and his face beet red. One hand was over his mouth and he was shaking with silent laughter.

"What's so funny?"

Matt looked up and froze. He took the hand from his mouth and looked embarrassed. "Oh, nothing."

The blond looked away and went to the bathroom. "I'm gonna shower then head to bed."

"Okay." He said looking up from the laptop. "Hey, What's wrong?" He asked concerned.

"Nothing. I'm tired is all."

"You know you can tell me if anything is wrong..." he trialed off with a frown.

"Just worried about L is all."

"What happened?" He asked getting up, and slowly walking over to the blonde.

"If you want to talk to me you'll have to sit with me while I shower," he said walking into the bathroom. Matt blushed even more and nervously scratched the back of his neck. "I'll talk to you later than." He gave a nervous chuckle and went back and climbed onto his bed.

"You can talk to me now. you've seen me naked before so what's the deal?" He turned on the water and pulled off his shirt.

mariomatt: why do you guys pick on me so much... why are you laughing?! tell me!
Bubbles: oh baby it's just funny how noobish you can be
mariomatt: IM NOT A NOOB!
LCSQUARE: lmao

"It's fine, I don’t want to interrupt your shower." He called from his bed, his voice a bit high pitched.

The blond bit his lip. Of course Matt didn't want to talk to him. Not when he had those guys to talk to... WHY DID HE CARE?! Matt could hang out with any one he wanted! He wasn't his property!

Matt bit his lip. That’s all he needed, was the image of Mello in the shower, in his head with all the other images.

Bubbles: LC I was wondering if you could help me with this new code I'm working on.
LCSQUARE: im going to tell you straight out,my sweet matt- fish, I want you.
how can i be of assistance, mama bubbles?
Bubbles: I'll link ya in PM so ya can see what I got.
LCSQUARE: kk.
mariomatt: ..... 0///0
LCSQUARE: hey bubbles, i think i broke the matt-fish
Bubbles: poor little thing.
mariomatt: no... im .. just in... shock...
Bubbles: why? because LC wants in your pants?
mariomatt: yeah...
Bubbles: not all that shocking.
He's a bit of a hacker whore.
SHIT! Someone is in my system!
LCSQUARE: need help?!
Bubbles: He isn't touching anything.
He just disappeared
LCSQUARE: weird.... but anyways, what do you say matt-fish? XD
mariomatt: ....
mariomatt: i do have a hacker crush on you... and ur epically amazing. i would say more but i have to go. bye!
Bubbles: oh that's cute! he has a crush on you LC
mariomatt has logged off.
LCSQUARE: yeah it is.. such a cute matt-fish...

Mello came out of the shower in a towel and grabbed his clothing. "Why are you blushing?"

Matt looked up. "Nothing." He said, blushing more as he took in the half naked blonde. He dropped the towel and pulled on his sweats. He bent over giving the redhead a view of his ass. He's face went deep red and his mouth fell open, his eyes wide. Mello then pulled on a warm black long sleeve shirt and crawled into bed. "Shower’s free for you."

He swallowed hard. "Thanks." He looked down at his laptop. Mello rolled over and relaxed.

Matt scrambled up from the bed and grabbed a pair of boxers and ran into the bathroom and closed the door with a snap. The hot water came on full blast almost immediately. Mello lay in the bed and rolled over to look at the door. He bit his lip as thoughts about what Matt could talk to those others about. Matt was his best friend not theirs.

There was an unusual silence coming from the bathroom. No cussing, no banging, no yelling. He got out of bed and moved to the door. He placed his ear to the door. Over the sound of the shower small whimpers could be heard. "Ahh.... ummm.... M-Mello...." Then silence for a bit before the cussing started.

His eyes grew wide and he covered his mouth with his hand. Matt was... and he had.... oh dear god... He hurried back to his bed and hid under the blankets blushing.

An hour later, Matt came out of the bathroom, sighing in only his boxers. He moved over to his dresser, pulling out a shirt and pulling it on. He then looked over to Mello’s bed. "Night Mells." He said softly as he climbed into bed, putting his laptop in the drawer and turning off the lamp before settling into bed with his back to the blonde.

After a while Mello got up and walked over to Matt's bed. "Hey Matt... Can I sleep with you?"

Matt bolted up you, rubbing his eyes. "What?!" He asked shocked, staring wide eyed at the blonde. His green eyes sparkling even in the dark.

"It's really cold and I was thinking we could share a bed... But you don't want to so I'll just go." He turned around.

"No. Its fine. I just misheard the question. Here." He said pulling the cover and moving over, for him to have room. Mello slid in and curled up next to him. Matt placed the cover over him and pulled him to his chest and wrapping his arms around him. He laid his head back on the pillow and closed his eyes, a faint smile on his lips. Mello sighed happily as he fell asleep.

Matt opened his eyes a bit and started to run his fingers lightly through the blonde's hair, he soon fell asleep, hugging the blonde to him possessively.