Letting out a slow breath, Next reached up toward the sleeping boy and pulled down the blanket, as well as a bit of the shirt he had on.

Right below his collar bone was a birth mark shaped like an X.

Mello stared- his eyes wide and his mouth hanging open. Suddenly he legs gave out and he essentially 'flopped' on the bed.

"Mello-!" Next cried in alarm, moving to help the blonde up, only to gasp as he realized the previously slumbering boy was now looking up at the two of them quietly. "N...Na..."

Mello groaned- his face pressed into the dark-haired boy's curly locks- thick, drug-induced tears leaking out of his eyes into the boy's hair.

"...Mello," The boy on the bed whispered and Mello felt his heart break in two.

Because it was him... there was no mistaking that soft voice and that Russian accent...

Naveen was alive. He didn't know how, but... he was alive!

"...Naveen..." Mello sniffed- reaching up and curling his fingers into the the boy's dark hair. "Near...I...and with M..."

Naveen's clear blue eyes stared up at him quietly - no contacts... no hint of judgment.

"Shh," He whispered, slowly reaching up and touching Mello's head. "Its okay."

"What happened?" Mello asked- his voice like a whisper. "Where'd you go? Near and I, we thought you were dead."

"He was," Next whispered, making Naveen look at him. "But... for some reason... somehow... he came back." He looked toward his best friend. "Of course he was dead, Mello... otherwise, Near couldn't have his heart..."

His eyes widened.

"Near...oh God, what about Near!?" Mello looked at Next pleadingly. "Does he know yet!?"

"I don't-" Next started to say before Indigo suddenly burst into the room.

"Near's heart gave out!" He cried in alarm.

Before Mello or Next could even blink, Naveen had thrown off the blankets and was tearing the IV from his arm, pushing past Indigo. "What floor-!?"

"R-room 2407!" Indigo barely managed.

"Naveen!" Mello reached for the boy as he tore out of the room, but only managed to fall off the bed.

Next helped him up and stumbled a bit as the two of them struggled to get out of the door and after Naveen.

The dark-haired boy had already shot up the stairs, full of energy despite having just woken up in the hospital... hell, despite having just come back to life.

Knowing they couldn't make it up the stairs themselves, Next stumbled into a thankfully open elevator and pounded the correct floor button until the doors were opening back up.

"Out of the way-!" K was saying as people rushed into an open room, where Mello and Next could see Lina and Matt standing in the doorway in shock. "What the... hell...?"

Dragging Mello over, the two of them looked on in shock as Naveen stood over his still brother, the heart monitor completely flat.

"The HELL you're dying on me now!" Naveen snapped, grabbing Near's shoulders. Near jolted, as if he had been electrocuted and then... to everyone's surprise - as if they weren't in enough shock - the monitor began to beep steadily once more.

"...Near!" Matt ran over before looking up at the boy beside him.

Matt had been sure that up close it would have been disproved, but...there was no denying who the dark-haired boy was.

"...Naveen." He breathed. "How?"

Naveen turned to look at him, but before he could say anything - if he was even going to - K rushed in with her team and began to shoo everyone out.

"Is he okay?" Next asked, grabbing Matt and glancing over at Naveen. Linda was gaping openly at him, seemingly at a loss for words.

"Near's breathing..." Was all Matt managed as he stared at Naveen- his arm absentmindedly wrapping around Next's shoulders. "...Naveen?"

"...Matt," Naveen replied with a small nod, tugging down the large hoodie that one of the nurses had put on him when he'd been wheeled in, naked. "...Linda."

"...How?" Matt managed next.

Treat poked his head out of the room at the end of the hall and blinked down at everyone.

"I think Next should tell you that one," Naveen whispered, shifting uncomfortably. "Its his to tell..."

"...um," Next offered, looking around for a more private place. "Can't it wait? Why don't we... just enjoy the moment?"

"I don't...understand." Matt frowned- looking down at Next. "You did it? Or you knew about him being...alive?"

Treat looked back into the room.

"It's some kid that look like Near." Treat told his brother and Zero.

"...Does he have another brother?" Trick wondered with a frown.

"I did it," Next whispered, looking down. "He... he was dead..."

"...If notebooks can kill people," Linda sighed, shaking her head.

"Didn't L say that in his notes?" Matt blinked at Linda.

"You mean aside from the dead one?" Treat asked. "I don't know, never asked."

"A notebook of death," She sighed. "A Death Note, I think he called it... if that kind of thing exists... then why can't people come back to life?"

"It... isn't quite like that," Next whispered. "...Can we please just drop it? I'm worried about Near..."

"We'll wait." Matt assured. "Next, what happened with Near?"

Matt looked around.

"...Did they leave Mello in the room with Near?" Matt looked around again.

--scene break--

The car stopped outside the hospital and the door came open. The blonde boy stepped out and turned back to the driver.

"Thank you, I'll make sure you compensated." He told him before checking his pockets- for maybe the fifth time and coming up that his bottle of anti-psychotics were still not on him.

The driver gave him a nod and might have muttered a 'good luck', before driving off as the kid headed toward the front doors.

He took a breath and stepped inside looking around. This place had K in it, so it was affiliated with Wammy's House, but would they just let him in to see Zero? Would he have to bypass security to get in. It was likely that maybe they thought he was off his rocker already and perfectly justifiable. No, he'd avoid the check-in counter and find his own way in...it wouldn't be heard, they were likely keeping him in the same wing they always kept Wammy's patients, it was just getting up there undetected.

He moved over to the elevator and hit the button- calling it down.

To his surprise as the doors came open he spotted none other then F.

The man gave him a quiet look, before stepping to the side to invite Far in. "We've been waiting for you... Zero's on floor two."

Far narrowed his eyes.

"...Expecting me?" He asked- staying where he was.

F blinked at him, before lifting an eyebrow. "Mello said that the lot of you were just behind him in catching a plane here..."

"No, just me." Far replied. "And what floor was Zero on?"

"Two," F repeated. "Taking the stairs?"

"You'd like that, wouldn't you?" Far smiled and reached over hitting the door-close button and waving to the man as the doors shut.

F shook his head as the doors closed and reached for his phone.

Far was acting paranoid... that was never a good sign.

--Scene Change--

Near's eyes slowly blinked open and K leaned over him.

"Near... can you hear me?" She called. "Blink twice if you can."

Slowly, he blinked twice.

"Your heart gave out again," She explained. "But you've stabilized. You're going to be okay. Mello is here."

"Is he talking?" Mello came up and leaned over Near- his eyes still a bit cloudy from the drugs. "Near, can you hear me?"

"M... Mello..." Near groaned.

He didn't... feel like he always did when they had to shock his heart back into beating. He didn't feel like his heart had given out... there was no pain, no ache...

He was just tired... it was like he had woken up from a night of restless tossing and turning.

"It's me Near...are you okay?" Mello pet Near's hair and took the smaller boy's hand. "You're heart's okay right now, just relax."

Slowly, Near reached up and touched Mello's face, his eyes filling with tears that he refused to let leak. "I... I love Mello. I'm sorry... I... I'm not mad about... about Naveen..."

Mello seemed to pale to a complexion almost as chalk-white as Near. He closed his eyes and leaned down- pressing their lips together.

Near either missed it or didn't care as he returned the kiss gently, closing his eyes.

"...I love you Near." Mello whispered when he broke the kiss to take a breath.