Naveen laughed weakly and turned his face away, his smile sad. "I knew he had to be... if Near was in the hospital and he wasn't around..."

"...It was a case in Japan." Roger sighed. "He took on the greatest serial killer in human history...but it took Mello and Near in the end...Matt helped too...actually,it was group effort on everyone's part. That's why they get along so well now."

"I figured it was my death that was making them all get along," Naveen admitted. "Nothing like losing a team mate to bring everyone else closer, right?"

"I don't think that Mello and Near working together would have been possible without...well..." Roger sighed and looked away sadly.

Naveen scoffed, looking at Roger. "They were working together before that... Near proposed to Mello, remember? They were falling in love before I died..."

"That was an unusual turn of events." Roger admitted. "So I guess you and your brother have a lot to catch up on when he gets back home with Mello."

"If Mello will let me see him," Naveen informed. "I'm sure he's afraid of Near's heart giving out as soon as he sees me."

"I'm sure you'll see him soon." Roger assured gently. "I mean, what are we going to do? Just pretend your not here?"

Naveen scoffed. "More like keep me around and present me as a Christmas present or something cheesy like that."

"Not at all." Roger frowned. "You're not some sideshow Naveen."

Naveen gave Roger a frown, but looked away again.

"...We'll move you to your old room and bring you up to speed." Roger nodded. "You'll see Near as soon as he's out of recovery, just like everyone else, I promise."

Naveen gave a small sigh and dropped his head into his hands.

Why couldn't thinks at Wammy's ever be simple...?

--Scene Change!--

It was almost a week before K deemed Mello well enough to get off of the pain killers. He still ached, but at least he hadn't broken his leg, so the splint wasn't needed.

To his - and K's - surprise, Near recovered extremely fast. In fact, he could have sworn he heard the woman telling Matt that it was as if his heart had never been unstable in the first place.

Mello had spent a good portion of the time between trying to work his leg out a bit to be sure that it wouldn't cause him trouble and he'd be right back out on the soccer field in no time. Surprisingly, this time around, it seemed more like Near was going to be released sooner than Mello would be, but it seemed that everyone was more content to let them out at the same time like before...not that Mello had been in the hospital that time.

Next came and went as did Matt - though Near would sneak out to go eat with the redhead, knowing that the last thing Mello wanted when he was tired and achy was a hyperactive Matt around him.

Mello had been asleep those time- since Near didn't want to deal with the headache of Mello's potential jealousy, even if Matt was strictly a friend. Matt was sitting across from Near right now- talking rapidly while he was pumped up on about six cups of coffee and not even touching his food.