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Monster

"Mello? Where are you going?" Matt rubbed his sleepy eyes, looking down the hall at his new roommate. Mello turned around, startled.

"What? Are you following me now?" The young boy's emerald eyes filled with tears. Mello went to him quickly, trying to quiet him before he woke anyone else up.

"Hey, shut up! Y'hear me? Don't be a baby." The sniffling stopped and Matt looked up at Mello.

"You think I'm a baby?" Mello sighed; this roommate situation was not working out. How can I get rid of this kid…?

"No! I don't think you're a baby at all, actually. I was just worried about you being up so late. It's midnight, y'know?" Mello pasted a concerned look on his face. The younger boy looked up at him, confused. Mello's eyes widened in fake surprise.

"You mean they didn't tell you? It's your first night here and they didn't even warn you? Wow… I guess they must want you to get taken then." Mello looked away for a dramatic pause.

"I have an idea! We'll hide you under your bed! That way the… the monsters can't get you!" Matt looked horrified.

"The Monsters?" Mello nodded vigorously and explained.

"They come here to feed because they don't like eating stupid kids. They want smart ones like us! They sneak in late at night whenever a new kid comes here and get him before anyone realizes he was even here." Mello put his hands on Matt's shoulders, firmly escorting back to their room.

"Now you go hide under your bed and I'll talk to the monsters and tell them that they can't eat you." Mello grinned as he closed the door behind him, leaving a terrified Matt by himself.

Stupid kid. Mello laughed to himself as he walked down the hall, heading for the library. They had a math test tomorrow and there was no way Near was going to beat him again.

Next Morning

"Mello, look at this! I got 2nd in the class!" Matt squealed loudly.

Mello stared at the test results and had to force himself to begin breathing again.

"You… You did better than me?" His face was pale. Matt smiled brightly and nodded.

"It's a good thing you didn't let me stay out! The monsters would've tried to get me for sure!"

Mello didn't respond as he slowly stood up.

"…Mello?" The younger boy backed away from the blonde, now walking towards him menacingly. Then, Mello reached out and Matt turned, running away as fast as his legs would take him.

"You get the hell back here so I can beat the shit out of you!" Mello chased after him, quickly catching up and threw him to the ground.

He pinned him down and snarled, "You thought you had to worry about monsters? I'm about to give you something to worry about!" Matt squeezed his eyes shut and tried to avoid the older boy's blows.

Later

"So Roger says I can't touch you anymore or I'll get kicked out." Mello explained. Matt looked up from his video game and nodded. They were sitting in the infirmary.

"What if I just don't do better than you? Can we be friends if I get third instead?" Mello looked at the red head, unable to believe what he was hearing.

"You'd really do that?" Matt shrugged.

"Yeah, sure. I don't care about my scores, really. I just wanted you to think I was smart." Mello gave him a small smile.

"Well, alright, then. Just don't mess up again or I'll kill you." Matt laughed, nervous and ecstatic at the same time.

"Of course not! Cross my heart." Mello smiled and took Matt's hand into his own and shook it to seal the deal.

Matt beamed, his face flushing, as he shook his first-ever friend's hand.