"Huh?" Mello blinked dumbly and looked down. "Oh, my leg. I was in a bike accident."

"A what-!?" Near gasped, sitting up and looking down at Mello in alarm. "When-!? Is Mello okay-!? Well obviously not, Mello's hurt!" He glanced down, seeing the splint on the blonde's ankle. "Mello should have told me..."

He wanted to press it more, but he could tell the blonde was out of it. So instead he pressed the call nurse button and when a girl came in he asked her where Matt was.

"I'm not sure," She informed. "I'll find him and let him know you want him, alright?"

"My thanks," Near sighed, laying back.

"What do you want Matt for?" Mello frowned.

"I wanted to get an update on Zero and Beyond," Near informed, frowning at Mello. "Mello needs to rest... just go back to sleep, okay?"

"No, I wanna be with you." Mello shook his head. "Everyone's been telling to rest and rest and I just wanna be here for a change."

"Mello can barely stay awake!" Near cried, frowning. "Look... Mello is exhausted... and drugged up! Mello has plenty of time later... We have Zero and Beyond... everything can go back to normal now, right?"

"No...far from it." Mello replied mournfully as he shook his head.

Near frowned, obviously a little confused. "Why?"

Mello shook his head again.

"Just let me stay here." Mello told Near.

Mello shook his head again.

"Just let me stay here." Mello told Near.

"Mello isn't making any sense," Near sighed, shaking his head and turning away.

He climbed out of the bed, not seeming weak at all for someone whose heart had just stopped.

"Near!" Mello started to climb out of the bed.

"Mello, what is wrong?" Near asked him with a frown, turning toward the blonde. "Mello is acting strangely... did something happen? Is everyone okay?"

"No- Ow!" Mello winced as he put too much pressure on his leg before he pressed the button for more morphine. "Why are you so anxious to get away from me?"

Near actually looked a little offended. "I'm not trying to get away from Mello-! I only want to let Mello get better... Mello has never been so clingy. What is wrong-?"

Mello blinked and held his head.

"I'm not able to...because of the drugs, so it doesn't fit together." Mello groaned in frustration. "I wasn't here when...when I needed to be."

Watching his husband struggle for a few moments, Near slowly climbed back onto the bed and curled up against the blonde's chest.

He couldn't really understand Mello, but he had a feeling just letting the blonde know he wasn't going anywhere would make him feel better.

"Sorry...damn K wouldn't just let me be." Mello sighed in irritation. "This crap...how do you manage with this!?"

He tugged on his IV cord.

"You get used to it, I guess..." Near sighed, reaching up to pet Mello's hair. "I love you... I really, really mean that."

Mello blinked- seeming confused.

"...I love you too." He said- again, right now it seem to come so easy. "Why do you worry so much?"

"...Mello's eyes," Near whispered, frowning as he looked up at the blonde. "Mello... looks very heartbroken. I... I don't know why."

"...I'm just...messed up right now." Mello murmured- it wasn't hard to see through Mello right now in his drug-induced state, he might as well not even been trying.

"Something is eating at Mello," Near pressed - knowing that it would be easier to get it out of the blonde while he was high as a kite. "What is it?"

"...Ahh, I do dumb stuff." Mello moaned. "I slept with your brother."

The white-haired boy managed to force himself not to wince and by the time Mello looked at him again the sad look was gone from his face. "I know that already," He reminded. "Mello shouldn't worry about it... it was in the past. There's no sense dwelling on it... and we shouldn't remember Naveen that way."

"...I don't have a choice." Mello replied. "My conscious came back today...I couldn't believe it."

"What does Mello mean?" Near asked, running his fingers through the blonde's hair.

"I can't believe this all has to happen now...it's the like the universe works against us." Mello wrapped around Near and held him tight.

"What is happening?" Near whispered, pressing against the blonde's chest and frowning. "Mello...? What is wrong? Mello needs to tell me..."

He jumped in alarm when the door to the room came open and the nurse stepped in, a certain redhead in tow.

"Hey guys, I was worried you weren't awake yet." Matt said softly.

Mello blinked up at Matt and narrowed his eyes before covering over himself and Near with the blanket.

"Mello-!" Near said in alarm.

"Is he okay?" Next asked as he slipped in behind Matt.

"Always when we're talking." Mello sighed.

"They're okay." Matt assured Next.

"Oh, they were having a moment," Next hummed. "Should we leave?"

"I don't know if it's really a 'moment' moment." Matt sighed. "Mello's probably all gacked out on drugs."

"We are not exploiting my best friend when he's high for your amusement," Next informed, tugging Matt out of the room.

"I wasn't amusing myself." Matt frowned. "I really wanna know if they're okay."

"Next to the rescue." Mello smirked.

"He's good at it," Near giggled as they heard Next tell his boyfriend, "They're obviously okay or we wouldn't be allowed in here!"

Mello smiled- wow, how common was that getting? He leaned down and kissed Near softly- keeping the blanket over them.

"...He's a good friend." Mello said. "But right now, I wanna talk about someone else."

"Oh?" Near asked, peering up at his husband. "Who?"

Mello smiled and kissed the ivory-haired boy again.