Mello, Matt and me.

Chapter 4: projects

After that, we had a great lunch made of sandwiches, iced tea, chocolate and lots of laughs. As the light wasn't working, we lit some candles which filled the room with their warm dancing light. I was a bit embarrassed because I didn't want to eat that much, I didn't want them to spend too much money because of me, so I first ate only a quarter of my sandwich and put the rest back into the alum paper but I got stopped by Mello.

"Would you please eat the whole sandwich." He said.

"No I'm not that hun-"

"That wasn't a question, if you don't eat it, I'll kick the hell outta you so please, eat your sandwich." He insisted.

I looked on the floor.

"I-I'm sorry... I feel a bit bad... I mean, you saved all this food and all this money, and just because of me you'll-"

"Hey." This time it was Matt who cut me. "we told you that we would take care of you.That implies feeding you and giving you a place to sleep. If you really feel that bad about it, we can help you to find a way to earn your own money. But until that we'll give you anything you need, no matter how much money it takes."

Suddenly, I felt burning tears filling my eyes. I looked down and two little drops fell on the wooden floor. I couldn't see, nor say anything, nor tell why I was crying. It was a mix between happiness and sadness. I don't know why I wanted to cry, but I had to. Suddenly, I smelt a scent. This scent was a sweet mix between dust, old leather and a bit of...chocolate...

I didn't have to look up to know that it was Mello getting closer to me. Then, I felt two arms wrapping around my shoulders. I buried my face in Mello's black shirt and cried silently. Then, a noise made me know that Matt was getting closer aswell. He sat down next to me, then gently put his hand in my back and stroked it soothingly. Tears kept running down my heat-filled cheeks but I felt reassured. Then, Mello detached slowly and whipped my tears off with the tissue of my shirt which was still wrapped around his fist and smiled.

"W-why are you so kind to me..?" I asked.

"Because you are worth it." Mello answered.

"He's right. You trusted us and didn't hesitate to follow us even if you didn't know us. We now want to show you that you made the right choice and to thank you for your confidence." Matt said.

"Plus, you helped me and fixed my fist. If you wouldn't have done that I'd probably still be in that forest and cry at the moment." Mello said with a soft smile "and I want to thank you for that."

I smiled. "You're welcome. I'm really thankful aswell"

Then, we all sat down on the mattress and finished eating. After we finished, I asked "So,what are your plans?"

Mello immediately answered, as if he was waiting for the question.

"Look, I'm fed up of this shitty country. We'll work and once we have enough money,we'll fly to America." He said.

"Oh wow and what do you want to do once we're there smarty?" Matt asked without looking up from his videogame he took with him.

"Again, we'll work and find a place to sleep at, and once we have enough money, we'll buy a flat or somethin', and once I get L's heritage, we'll buy a house or a secret place to work on the Kira-case." He answered and crossed his legs.

As I wasn't supposed to know, I asked what this case was.

Mello's smile disappeared and he looked on the floor. Shit, did I just hurt him?  I sat next to him and put my hand on his shoulder.

He took his time, before he answered "Look, I was formed to become L's successor. L is the greatest detective of all time and he solved impossible cases. But he died because of this son of a bitch called Kira. This name is a nickname people gave him. Nobody knows who it really is. If L's informations are right, Kira has to know the name and the face of his victim, and to write the name of the person in a notebook called death note. He only kills criminals and people who try to stop him. Most of people think that killing criminals is a great thing. I don't really know what to think of that. The only thing I know is that he's going to pay for killing innocents."

He clutched his palm into a fist. Even Matt looked more serious and nodded behind his consolehe wasn't playing anymore. I looked on the floor. I knew who Kira was. I knew his real identity. But I had to hide it. Because if I told anyone that I knew it would've been suspicious. So I decided to shut up and to caress Mello's shoulder to reassure him a little.

"Don't worry." I said. "I'll help you to catch this bitch."

Mello looked at me,surprised, and then he smiled.

"Thanks" He said.

I decided that it was time to change the subject.

"You're welcome. Now,tell me, which jobs will we do?" I asked.

"Well, I already know some Mafiosis who need a cleaning lady, I guess that's gonna be me. Matt didn't find a job already." Mello answered.

"What about going in town tomorrow? We could buy some new clothes and some food and maybe look for a job." Matt said.

I looked up to the red-haired boy who was again playing on his console.

"I think it's a good idea" Mello said. "What do you think?"

"Well sounds fair to me." I answered before leaning back on the pillows next to Matt. I looked on my watch. It was close to midnight.

"We should go to sleep if we want to wake up before noon tomorrow." I said and stood up to go to the "couch"

"Where're you going?"Matt asked.

" I'm going to my sleeping place, why asking?" I said and lied down on the bench and putting the big bag on me.

"Don't tell me that you're going to sleep on this thing?" Mello asked.

"Where do you want me to sleep? I don't see any other possibility." I said as I felt a pain in my back. This bench really wasn't comfortable.

Mello stood up and, before I could do anything, I felt his arms wrapping around me and taking me off the bench.

"Hey, wh-what are you doing?" I asked, confused.

Suddenly, I fell down on the mattress before Mello lied down next to me.

"This mattress is large enough for three persons. Don't worry, we won't rape you or somethin'. Did you really think that this bench would be comfy enough?" He asked with a smile.

I just smiled and thanked him. Then I looked on Matt's screen. He was playing on a DS since there wasn't enough light to play Gameboy anymore. He was playing Mario kart.

"Fucking princess bitch again!!" He said angrily while getting doubled by the princess Peach.

I laughed but Mello didn't seem to share our enthusiasm.

"Matt put that shit away and try to sleep." He grumbled.

Matt sighed and closed his console before saying "night" and turning his back to Mello and me.

I looked up to the ceiling and sighed, and suddenly realized that I was pretty tired. I closed my eyes and fell asleep a few seconds after matt's first snorts.