Stone Children

A/N: Demon’s Sinner- I know it’s a pain in the ass but try not to ignore the Forum Chats. They are hints to Paradise as well as insight into Matty’s Mind

A/N: Karaage- Yes, please don’t ignore the forum chats. They are essential to the plot line of the sequel, Paradise Lost. If you ignore them you will completely lost when you read the sequel.

Ch. 36 The Kiss


Mello sat in Rogers office with his arms crossed. Matt was in the seat beside him and they were begin lectured on how playing on the frozen lake was dangerous and that pushing another child on the ice could have ended in more than a few scraps, the other child being Steven from history. The boy had called Mello a girl and then dared him to race him across the lake.

Matt was ignoring Roger completely, scanning the room for something interesting.

Roger snapped at the boy. "Matt! Pay attention! This is serious! You two will be cleaning out the storage room for the remainder of the afternoon! Now go!"

Mello got up muttering to him self about stupid adults not knowing what fun was. Matt got up and followed Mello out. "Come on. I bet we can make this fun." He said as he took Mello's hand and ran up to the storage room. The blond followed him and laughed a bit. "You know despite getting in trouble it was so worth it to smash Steven's head in the ice."

"Yeah, it was. Good thing I was behind you or you would have smashed that pretty blonde noggin of your’s too." He grinned as he opened the door to the storage room.

He grinned as he walked in. "Damn this room is a mess!"

"Yeah. Stupid Roger." Matt said as he started picking his way through the room.

It was an hour later and they were barely half way done. Mello was up on a step ladder try to put a large box up on a shelf. "Hey Matt come hold this ladder."

"K." Matt said stopping what he was doing and walked over and grabbed hold of the ladder. "Be careful." He said his voice full of worry.

"I'm being careful." He stood on his tip toes pushing the box inch by inch. When the box was safely in place he moved his hands away. Unfortunately the balance was off and he slowly started to fall backwards. "AHHH!"

"MELLO!" Matt yelled out terrified. He grabbed the blonde by the waist and they both fell backwards on a pile of unused blankets, Mello straddling his waist, Matt's arms around him. "Are you okay?" Matt asked worried.

He sat up and rubbed his head. "Yeah... I think I'm okay. What about you Ma-" he stopped and looked at the redhead. They were really close and the way they landed had them tangled together. The blond started to blush a dark red.

"What?" Matt asked, looking at the blonde. His heart was pounding in his chest. He bit his lip as he remembered when he and Matt had kissed. How soft his lips were and how warm his breath was... Slowly Mello started to lean forward wanting to feel that again.

Matt leaned forward, placing his hand on the blonde's cheek. Just as there lips touched the door to the storage room was opened.

"Mello?" came L's voice.

The blond jerked away and looked at L in shock. "L?" He smiled and jumped up, running to the detective. "W-Welcome home!"

Matt groaned and punched the blankets. 'Great! Mr. Wonderful is back.' He sat up and hugged his knees to his chest.

L hugged the blonde. "Thank you. Happy Christmas." He said with a grin.

"I didn't know you would be back today. How did the case go?"

"I didn’t know I was either or I would have called. Case was good, or as good as it could be." He said with a sad smile.

"So you caught him?"

"I did." He said his face falling.

Matt got up and continued cleaning, trying to tune them out and calm his temper down, taking his anger out on boxes. The small blond touched his arm and looked up at him. "When I finish cleaning may we talk? I want to catch up and know what's been happening." He smiled brightly at him.

"Sure. I’m sorry I interrupted.. umm... your punishment." He said with a chuckle and a bright grin.

"See you in a bit."

"Okay." He turned and shut the door, chuckling.

Mello turned back to Matt and blushed. "Umm so what needs to be done?"

He stopped and ran a hand through his hair, before yanking his goggles down around his neck. He blew out a breath. "A lot actually." He said trying to sound nonchalant.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah. Why?" He asked looking over at the blonde. His eyes told another story, they were an overpowering deep green, with hurt shinning through.

"Did I do something wrong?" Mello looked him in the eye as he drew closer to him. He reached out and touched his arm.

"No. Why would you think that?" He asked shocked, starring at the blonde.

"Because you look really hurt. Your eyes look like you're about to cry."

He looked down at the ground. "Oh.. umm... It’s nothing you did." He said a bit embarrassed. He turned around and continued to fight with the box, trying to get it onto the shelf.

Mello came over and helped him push it up. "Matt about earlier...did we you know..."

"Kiss?" He finished for him, as he grabbed another box and placed tit next to the one they had just put up.

"Yeah..."

"Yeah, we did for about 5 seconds." He said as he shoved the box up onto the shelf.

"I thought so..."

He stopped. "What?" He looked over at Mello with a raised eyebrow.

"I wasn't sure..." He blushed as he turned and worked on cleaning the other side of the room.

"Was it so wrong that we did?" He whispered quietly, mostly to himself, as he watched the blonde. He sighed and turned to the other side of the room.

"Well... I don't know."

He sighed again and yanked his goggles back up and was silent. They finished the room in silence and it was super awkward. When he was done he ran out blushing.

Matt slowly walked out and up to his bedroom. "Great he totally doesn’t want to be around me anymore.” He muttered as he walked into the room and felt the need to cry. He shut the door and sat on his bed and logged in.

mariomatt: *sobs*
Beloved_twilight: What's the matter Mario?
mariomatt: my life... no one wants me... im just so fucking confused..
Bubbles: Oh baby tell mamma and Papa what happened
Beloved_twilight: Yeah what is going on?
mariomatt: I DISGUST HIM! *sobs*
Bubbles: Who?
Beloved_twilight: I think we are missing something
mariomatt: my roommate! i disgust him. he's not gay! but yet he's sending my gaydar off the fucking chart and also he kissed me again, then brushed me off for another guy! wtf!!! i dont know! im completely confused!!!
Beloved_twilight: Mario... Have you told him that you fancy him?
Bubbles: Fancy?
Beloved_twilight: Like him
Bubbles: oh!
mariomatt: Twilight, your british? awesome, i hail from winchester.
but no i havent, its complicated he likes someone else, let me restate that, he worships someone else, thats totally not right for him at all. He just uses him.. Where’s LC?
Beloved_twilight: I live in England yeah but who is the other guy?
If he likes him then why are you questioning if he's gay?
mariomatt: like i said its complicated... its more like a ' omg that guy is so wonderful and perfect i must worship him and noone but him exist' sort of thing.
Bubbles: Oh so it's an idol thing.
My little brother has the same thing going with Christina Aguilera
Beloved_twilight: Everyone has an idol they worship. He'll get over it.
mariomatt: he doesnt even notice me....
LCSQUARE: HOLLA BITCHES! WHAT UP!
Beloved_twilight: Wow you are late to the party LC
Bubbles: Tell our little baby here that he is beautiful and is loved
LCSQUARE: BLASPHEMY!!
YOUR SEXY AND GORGEOUS AND YOU HAVE ME! *kisses*
mariomatt: *uber blush* thanks LC... *kisses*

Mello ran off to L's room. He knocked on the door ready to burst into tears. L answered the door. "Sunshine." He greeted with a warm smile. "Come in." He moved so the boy could come inside.

Mello ran in and hugged L's waist tightly. "HE HATES ME!!"

L looked at Mello. "Who hates you?" He asked confused, petting his blonde locks and closing the door. He looked up at him in tears. "Matt hates me! H-He and I kissed and then he just looked like I slapped him!"

L shook his head. "Tell me what happened."

Mello told him what happened between hiccupped crying.

L tried not the laugh. "He's mad at me, not you, because I interrupted you two and you came bounding over to me like he didn’t exist."

"How can you say that?! He doesn't talk to me and and..." He started crying even louder.

"And what?" He said as he soothed the blonde. "Shh..."

Mello wiped his eyes as he told him about everything L had missed and how Matt would flirt with his internet friends and ending with how Matt had looked so angry while they were cleaning.

"Just go talk to him. He probably mad I interrupted your kiss." He said with a smile.

Mello frowned as he hugged L. "No... I don't want to talk to him."

"Why not?" He asked confused, god he was tired and emotionally drained, he couldn’t think straight.

"He always gets so mean whenever I get close. It's like he expects me to know what's going on and I don't...."

"It’s the way he was brought up." L muttered quietly, hugging him. Mello continued to cry about how Matt got angry at him for not understanding.

"That's why should talk to him and tell him that you don’t understand." L said soothingly, as he picked the boy up and carried him to the couch and started the fire for tea.

Mello wiped his eyes as he sat there on the couch. "What if he just gets mad at me?"

L put the kettle on the fire and sat back. "That's just a risk your going to have to take." He said as he got up and got the sugar, tea cups, honey, lemon and tea bags.

"I want to hear about the case. Tell me what happened."

L fixed there tea and settled next to the blonde, handing him his tea. He then told him everything about the case.

CrashNbURN: hello out there.....
Bubbles: Who are you?
LCSQUARE: oh great another one!
it is just like a prerequisite to just like hack the inner sanctum?!
is our firewalls this weak??!
mariomatt: hi
CrashNbURN: ummm sorry, but i got this website from my parents....
Beloved_twilight: I can fix that firewall. If all of us work together we can make it better.
CrashNbURN: I could help...
LCSQUARE: who are your parents?! Bubble, you know anyone else with access to IS?
mariomatt: idk?
Bubbles: Only ones I know that is left is AcidbURN and Crash_OverDrive
CrashNbURN: correct...
LCSQUARE: ARE YOU FOR REAL?
mariomatt: *jaw drop*
Bubbles: NO FUCKING WAY!
Beloved_twilight: Bloody hell!
CrashNbURN: yeah, why is everyone so shocked?
LCSQUARE: I THINK I JUST SHIT MY PANTS!
mariomatt: ditto
Bubbles: How old are you?!
CrashNbURN: 12 why?
Bubbles: Wow you are one hell of a lucky baby there darlin.
Beloved_twilight: To be expected of the child of the two greatest hackers known to the internet.
CrashNbURN: idk all i know is that this website was there will and im confused and i dont know what the fuck is going on and i cant believe this is all that they left me!!!
Bubbles: O.O ?
Beloved_twilight: Huh?
CrashNbURN: they died in a car accident last week...
LCSQUARE: SHIT!
mariomatt: im so sorry
Bubbles: Oh your poor baby!
Beloved_twilight: and so you found this website on their computer?
CrashNbURN: yeah they left me there equipment and this website...
Beloved_twilight: Do you even know how to use any of it?
CrashNbURN: IM NOT A NOOB! im going into my 4th year for computer engineering at St Bede Academy!
LCSQUARE: BURN! *LOL*
Beloved_twilight: ST Bede Academy is to computers as a BBQ sandwich is to a vegetarian. You would do better learning to work a computer from a blind monkey kid.
CrashNbURN: My mother sent me here!!! WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE AND WHY WOULD THIS WEBSITE HELP ME IN THE FUTURE!! ITS NOTHING BUT A CHAT ROOM!!!!
Bubbles: And she claims not to be a noob
Look hun it's best not to be rude to anyone here or you'll loose your comp before you get to really use it.
Beloved_twilight: You ever hear of Networking to make a business better?
That's what this is.
Hackers hardly ever meet to talk about what they are doing because in the cyber world we are able to help each other faster and better.
Bubbles: You listen to Momma baby your mother was the best of the best in the cyber world. Your daddy even better than her.
CrashNbURN: im sorry, im just really upset right now and confused... they never told me anything about what they did, just that they were in software...i didnt mean to upset anyone... they just left me a box and a letter that said to go here and find a MA if anything happened to them and that they would take care of me. they said that they would know its not an accident!
Bubbles: I think you and me need to have a private chat here baby.
Beloved_twilight: I feel as though we are missing something big...
CrashNbURN: okay.... I just sent you a pm...
LCSQUARE: me too
mariomatt: yeah i think everyone but bubbles is out of the loop on this one.
Bubbles: I am here to help my babies! As for everyone else. A girl's got to have her secrets now.


Mello finished drinking his tea and felt a bit calmer. He listened to L and offered his thoughts on the matter. "I'm glad your home safely L... I worry when you aren't here."

L smiled. "Thank you. I worry about you too." He got up and stretched. "Would you like more tea?"

"No but would you like me to play for you? I've worked really hard!"

"Tomorrow, sunshine. Jet lag is catching up with me." He said as he walked over to his bed and curled up on it. The blond ran after him and jumped on the bed. "I want to sleep in here."

He grinned. "Okay." he said as he got up and turned the lights off and turned down the covers and curled back into the bed.

The boy smiled as he curled up with L and slowly started to drift off to sleep. L smiled and fell asleep as well.

Matt sighed. Mello had been gone for over 4 hours now. He pulled his goggles off and placed them on the night stand.


mariomatt: im pathetic when it comes to guys.... especially ones that dont want me....
Beloved_twilight: You are a great person Mario.
If this guy can't see that it's his loss.
LCSQUARE: HELL YEAH!
your amazingly epic.
you always have me, we can have a steamy web cam love affair. XD
mariomatt: thanks you guys...
>///< LC! you make me blush so badly!
Beloved_twilight: lol Cyber sex? Really?
wow lol
Have fun with that I have a few jobs to do.
LCSQUARE: didnt say anything about that....
mariomatt: its 1 am and he still isnt back....
Beloved_twilight: You know Mario if you tell him how much it bothers you or even that you fancy him he might spend more time with you.
Who knows the guy might really like you too but is confused about his feelings.
mariomatt: ive already told him how much it bothers me that he has idol worship over this guy....but yeah i disgust him.
we kissed and he ran out and that was like 7 hours ago and he hasnt came back... so i guess thats my answer...
Beloved_twilight: Well may I ask what happened after the kiss?
Or better yet how did it happen?
mariomatt: we were cleaning out the storage room and he fall off a ladder and i caught him and the way we landed he was straddling my waist and all of a sudden he just like leaned in and i placed my hand on his cheek and as soon as our lips touched, mr wonderful opens the door and he jerks away from me and runs over to him and just completely ignores me...
Beloved_twilight: LC please tell me I'm not the only one who got "all of a sudden he just like leaned in and kissed me" From that
LCSQUARE: did you kiss him or did he kiss you?
mariomatt: i pulled him into the kiss...
Beloved_twilight: but he leaned into the kiss
mariomatt: no... he was trying to get up...
Beloved_twilight: How do you get up by leaning down?
mariomatt: its the way we fell...we were all tangled up in shit
Beloved_twilight: Was he on top of you?
mariomatt: kinda yeah
Beloved_twilight: Mario... If you are on top of someone how to you get off of them?
mariomatt: his foot was tangled...
Beloved_twilight: LC how do you get off of a person you are on top of?
LCSQUARE: i get what he is saying.. that the guy probably leaned down to untangle his foot and poor matt-fish here got the wrong idea... its happened to me tons of times....
Beloved_twilight: You two are hopeless.
Talk to him Mario I bet you are simply being too hard on yourself.
LCSQUARE: how am i hopeless?!
mariomatt: i would if he would just come back, but he hasnt, he's probably with mr wonderful... god i need to stop crying and get some sleep...
Beloved_twilight: Your crying?
Oh Mario it will be okay *hugs*
LCSQUARE: DONT CRY BABY!! LC IS HERE!! *kisses*
mariomatt: *hugs* *kisses* thanks guys...i just feel horrible and unwanted...
Beloved_twilight: Can you go find him and talk to him?
mariomatt: nah, i know where he is... he's in mr wonderful's room...
LCSQUARE: seriously matt, your not unwanted. as much as i joke, i really do like you.
Beloved_twilight: all things are better in the morning.
Try getting some sleep.
LCSQUARE: yeah matt get some sleep baby... *kisses*
mariomatt: thank you guys both... and LC thanks...i like you too.. *kisses*
mariomatt has logged off
LCSQUARE: god i wish i could just go to england and hold him... poor guy...
Beloved_twilight: not much we can do...
LCSQUARE: still pisses me off though...
Beloved_twilight: Yeah me too
LCSQUARE: I really really like the guy.... im really serious...and im sick of him being strung along by someone who doesnt know what they have. its been going on for about a year now.
Beloved_twilight: I doubt that greatly. He doesn't talk to the guy so how can he know how Mario feels? If he wants to have a relationship he can't keep his thoughts to himself.
LCSQUARE: whatever i just know what matt's told me.... the guy is like gay bait... fake gay bait...
Beloved_twilight: I don't know what that means
LCSQUARE: another word for tease, sorry.. hey i never did ask you, gender and sexual orientation, i like to keep a running tab in my head.
Beloved_twilight: I'm a boy but I don't really have a preference.
LCSQUARE: got it. asexual guy