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Mello rolled his eyes again.

"I didn't lock in him there...asshole." Mello replied sharply.

"Well excuse me," Nate scoffed. "You're the one going around pointing a gun at p-"

He cut himself off, throwing a hand over his mouth.

Mello blinked.

"...What?" He frowned.

"Pulling a what?" Matt pressed.

"What was Near doing in the closet?" Nate blurted, trying to change the subject.

"You tell first, I want you to finish that sentence!" Mello replied sharply.

"Just forget I said anything!" Nate snapped, glaring at the blonde. "What were you and Near up to, hmmm?"

"What did I pull!?" Mello growled back.

Matt was looking between the two. It was odd that these two fought like Mello and Near did, but the style was completely different now.

"You obviously knew he was in that closet," Nate sneered. "So what was he doing there? Were you gonna beat him up?"

"Why won't you answer me!?" Mello shouted. "ANSWER ME!"

"STOP!" Matt cried out suddenly- throwing his hands up.

Jumping in surprise, Nate turned to look at Matt with wide eyes.

"You two have been on like this from second one!" Matt shouted loudly at them. "Going back and forth in this unending PISS contest while we're not getting anywhere! I know we're all worried, I know we're all confused but this SHIT!"

Mello retreated back a few steps when Matt directed some of it his way.

"None of it's helping!" Matt burst. "GOD! My fuckin' head hurts!"

The redhead got up and moved over to his bed- flopping on it.

After a few moments there was a small, defeated sigh from the white-haired teenager. "Sorry. I know you're worried about Near, Matt... I didn't mean to make this any worse..."

"I know." Matt's voice was muffled in his mattress and sheets. "S'okay."

"...No it's not." Mello frowned and shook his head- his tone much softer now. "This whole thing isn't."

"Dwelling on it isn't going to make it any better," Nate groaned. "We need to go back to that closet and look closer at it... find out what the heck happened in there."

"Well, why don't we go have a look?" Mello asked.

"Well, worth a shot." Matt mumbled. "But maybe only Near and Nate have the batteries...and if someone else needs to be in there to switch with, then we have to hope someone else is in there too...and maybe it's not a matter of it just being anyone either..."

"...Say that in English?" Nate asked, frowning in confusion.