Hot Mello (Book 1)

Mafia Job (Chapter Four)

*Rod Ross pov*

Y/N had been here a week and had settled in fine. There was some weird vibe going on between her and Mello though. He never went near her, which was odd as he wasn't exactly shy about approaching the rest of us. On her part, she kept throwing him dirty looks, which I needed to speak to her about before he noticed. I don't think she's his biggest fan, to say the least. It was definitely best to keep them away from each other, I had visions of them exploding if they ever clashed. I think she was crazy enough to take him on, she didn't seem to give a fuck about anything.

Mello interrupted my thinking and pulled me aside. He asked if I'd please do him a favour. I was puzzled by his choice of words, he usually just told me what to do, and I didn't think he even knew the word please.

"Rod, will you ask Y/N to go on a date with me?"

"What? Is this a joke?"

"No, I'm deadly serious. Please ask her for me."

I studied his expression for a trace of irony or something, but found none. I had no idea how to handle this.

"Mello, first of all, you're not five years old. If you want to date a girl, you ask her yourself. Secondly, why?"

"Why what?"

"Why do you want to date her?"

"Because I like her. Is that a problem?"

"Well no, but seriously, you need to ask her yourself. And you should talk to her before you do that. That's the normal way of doing this."

"I'm not normal. I don't know how to do that. Ask her or I'll fire you. End of discussion."

He walked off leaving me more perplexed than I'd felt since he took over the mafia, and that's saying something.

"I may as well get this over with," I said aloud to no one.

I called Y/N into a tiny closet.

"I have a request for you."

"Ok. What is it?"

"Oh god, I don't even know how to say this. Will you go on a date with Mello?"

She burst out laughing.

"I'm serious, Y/N."

She laughed harder.

"Eww no thanks. I date men, not angry hormonal women!"

I sighed, "Alright, a simple no would have done."

I walked out and found Mello standing right outside.

"She said no, Mello."

"Yeah, I heard her."

He turned and walked off and I braced myself for all hell to break loose. I knew nothing about his love life but I didn't see him taking too kindly to rejection. I started to curse myself for hiring this girl, I knew she may be problematic but I didn't expect this of all things.

Lord, give me strength.