"Why?" Mello asked with a frown.

Then he realized how it sounded and blushed lightly.

"Like I really care!" He added. "Your teenage wet-dream on the fucking wall! What about the real guy?"

"...What about him?" Nate actually sounded a little defensive, rolling back over and sitting up, his eyes narrowed.

"Well, he's some weird ass version of me you gushing over, right?" Mello crossed his arms over his chest and narrowed his eyes right back.

"He's not you!" Nate snapped, defensively. "He's an actor that plays you! And his version of you is way sexier! I doubt you could fit into a pair of leather pants or wear them like he can, plus I bet you's be too much of a pussy to point a gun at Near's head-!"

He threw his hands over his mouth, cursing himself behind his fingers.

"Gun at Near?" Matt repeated.

"What, what was that!?" Mello ran over and climbed onto the bed. "What'd you say about Near!?"

Nate scooted away, his eyes wide as the blonde advanced on him.

"What, what happened!?" Mello crawled closer. "What did you say about Mihael and Near!?"

"It was in the show, okay!?" Nate cried, backing away even more. "Get away from me-!"

"What was in the show!?" Mello cried back.

"Mels!" Matt shouted. "Back up off him! He can't breathe!"

Matt was right - Nate's breathing had become labored and his shoulders were tense. He felt cornered and trapped, causing bad memories to flash back through his eyes. "I don't... I can't think! Just... just stop, please!"

"You have to tell me about Ne-!" Mello was suddenly tackled down on the bed by Matt- the redhead pinning him down while he had the surprise advantage.

"Just breathe Nate, breathe!" Matt said desperately while Mello struggled.

"G-get off!" The blonde sounded more alarmed than angry.

Nate watched the two of them for a moment before he jumped off the bed and moved to the closed window, sneaking behind the black curtains and throwing it open.

He inhaled deep breaths for a moment, trying to calm himself down.

Matt took his pillow and put it over Mello's head- making his loud voice into a muffled whisper as he continued to thrash and fight.

"Hey, careful, you might suffocate him!" Nate told the redhead as he pushed the window closed. "Especially with all that screaming!"

"Maybe he'll pass out, but I can't even get off him with him rolling around like this!" Matt replied- looking at Nate pleadingly.

"Ugh, I hate people who are unreasonable," Nate groaned before he moved over and grabbed hold of one of Mello's thrashing hands.

In the show, Mello was right handed - so he had to just assume that was correct. Grabbing the blonde's left wrist, Nate applied pressure to a spot between his thumb and pointer finger - knowing that it was an instant calmer one of his foster moms used to use on him when he'd act up.