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?"