Nate gave a small noise and closed his eyes, before he smiled a little. "So Near thought we were together, huh, Mels?"

"It was cute...I can kinda see why he might think it but...I wouldn't risk hurting anything at this point." Mello sighed. "I'm not fourteen anymore. It's different now, you know."

Matt chuckled.

"Shut up." Mello mumbled.

"I should hope its different," Nate snorted. "You have Near back now. Although still young and obviously scared... but he still has feelings for you. Both of you."

"...Near always had a heart...he just hides it because he gets scared." Matt murmured.

"He was worried...is worried...that things were different because he's still a little kid...I never even thought of it like that before." Mello said.

"I didn't think about Mihael and Mail still being children either," Nate admitted. "Then again, I always thought they wouldn't care. That's why I tried like hell to make it work with you both and with One. But some things just aren't meant to be, I guess."

"Well...how did you expect Mello to react when it was all of us at once?" Matt asked.

"Shut the fuck up, Matt." Mello frowned.

"Hey!" Nate whined. "You guys knew about each other... it was just One that was a surprise!"

"For him too." Matt laughed. "Jesus, that was almost a brawl, thank God there were more people close by."

"Yeah, well... I didn't know he was that possessive," Nate sighed, flopping back on the bed. "Sorry..."

"I'm not fighting anyone like that again." Mello warned. "So try not to fall in with guys that tough and then break their hearts...he wasn't so bad, if you'd been Near, he'd have killed someone."

"He figured out he was in love with Oliver anyway," Nate pointed out. "And I told him I was in love with someone I couldn't have."

"Why couldn't you?" Matt frowned.

"Thanks for tipping Oliver off, otherwise he'd have never grown the balls to pitch the idea." Mello sighed.

"Because Mail and Mihael don't want me," Nate informed. "And I think both of you should be talking to Near. At least let him know that you're not fighting over him anymore."

"What do you mean, they don't want you?" Mello blinked. "Are you kidding?"

"Well, we're not actually fighting anymore in a literal sense." Matt laughed nervously.

"Y'all fought over him at first," Nate snorted. "I remember fists flying over who got to have first dibs when you got him back."

"Again, I was fourteen and Matt was thirteen." Mello muttered.

"It was kinda fun." Matt smiled and squeezed Nate. "But that was...being boys...now you got your 'men' back."