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“Near, I’m home…was Matt here? I think he said that he will come today…erm...Near? Neeehhheear?! Damn it! Where are you?”
Mello runs through the house, searching for Near, but he can’t find him.
”Near come on! Don’t make such things…”
>Damn it, where is this stupid little kiddie… he is small, but…but…but he can’t disappear, can he? No what I’m thinking about…such stupid things…A man can’t disappear…but…but he…he never left the house…<
“Near come on, that’s not funny…Near? Is it you...Near! Hey! Near come out! That’s a really stupid game, isn’t it?
Mello wakes up. Beep beep beep…this strange sound hurts a bit in his head. It feels like a hammer, which slashes through his mind. He doesn’t remember anything…Suddenly he feels something strange round his wrist. It was heavy and cold…He opens an eye and sees himself, it was like in a mirror. Metal, deep blue metal round his wrist. He shrieks a bit. Mello raises his head and looks through his situation. The other end of the handcuffs are round Near’s wrist. He lies in a white bed and his skin was whiter then it was normally…Something was strange…Mello bends over Near and carefully he can hear his breath, constant, but very slow…He realizes what happened before…it was a bomb…Near sits in the car behind him and suddenly there was a big explosion. He can’t remember how they got to the hospital…but Near is alive…he is alive…
“Near…”
He caresses softly through Near’s cheeks and kisses him tenderly on his forehead. He slowly began to massage Near’s stomach.
“Near?...Can you hear me? Please...open your eyes…I really want to see your bright eyes…”
He feels tear drops filling his eyes. He is afraid, the first time in his life he is afraid…He really doesn’t want Near to go away…Mello don’t know this feeling…fear…he never feel it…never…
The doctor comes in.
“Oh…you…the handcuffs are very robust huh? The police can’t take them away…it was a bit difficult to operate your friend with you tied to him...you really love him?
Mello blushes very hard.
“What? Love him? No…I…I’m just his…his partner in a case…I’m NOT gay!!!
“Oh sorry…I just thought…erm…nothing…So your friend, he…he had much luck…now he is stable…but he has to rest some time, so I think you’ll care for him?
“Yeah…I will…he is…he is my…..my partner…”
Some time passes, but Near doesn’t awake from his sleep. The doctors can’t explain this…he must be healthy, strong enough to survive. Suddenly Watari comes in and he sits down beneath Mello and lays a hand on his shoulder.
“He will make it, Mello, don’t worry…He just have to find himself.”
“He is an idiot! He is really able to awake from this coma the doctors said, but then why is he sleeping on??? I can’t understand him…He must be afraid that I’ll kick his ass when he awake…”
Watari grins.
“Yeah he must be afraid…Some time before Near told me something and now that you react like this…you two are very cute together…”
He stands up, pokes Mello’s nose while talking to him and goes away.
“Hey wait! What do you mean with this stupid stuff? What does he told you?”
“Find it out yourself…but your intelligence won’t help you this time, so don’t try to think about all this…”
“Now it’s official…he’s going to be senile…”
