Hot Mello (Book 1)

Where Are You? (2)

I was still lying in bed crying a few days later when there was knocking at my door. I didnt want to get up but it just got more insistant. I'd already given up hope but when I opened the door, it was Mello.

He wore a heavy coat with the hood up and his head was down as if to hide his face. I fell into his arms and he caught me and held me tightly as I cried on his shoulder. He shuffled us into my tiny flat and closed the door, then held and comforted me until I stopped crying.

We sat down and he told me everything over hot chocolate and the chocolate he'd brought. He'd blown the hideout up to escape the police, while he was still inside. He lowered his hood and showed me his face, the left side was deeply scarred. He seemed so ashamed but I reassured him that he was still beautiful.

"You'll always be beautiful to me. I missed you so much, Mello."

"I missed you too."

He held me in his arms again, then he told me that he'd had to hide out in the bathroom of a female member of the other team on the case.

"Nothing happened, I swear, I'm not interested in her or anyone but you. I was so afraid you'd reject me if you saw me."

I gently wiped away the tears spilling down his face.

"I could never reject you. I love you."

"I have to go to Japan to finish the case. Come with me?"

"Of course. I'd go anywhere with you. I've lost my job anyway."

"We leave in the morning. I'll have your ticket arranged. You just need to pack."

I hadn't much belongings so just threw a few things in a small case. We spent our last night here together and left early the next morning.