Stone Children

A/N: Demon’s Sinner- Christmas at Wammy house!!! What will happen next?

A/N: Karaage- Matt and Mello are so cute in this chapter!


Ch. 37 A Very Happy Christmas


In the morning Mello woke up curled up with L. He sat up and smiled but he couldn't stop thinking about his kiss with Matt. He placed his fingers to his lip and blushed. It felt nice to kiss him.

Matt had passed out in front of his laptop, having cried his self to sleep. He had curled into a ball and hugged his pillow to him tightly.

Mello got out of the bed and stretched his arms. He needed to get back to his room. It was Christmas eve and the blond had to grab his gift for Matt.

L opened his eyes and smiled. "Good Morning. Did you sleep well?" He asked yawning and stretching.

"Yes L. I'm glad you are home safely." He hurried over and hugged him tightly.

"Me too." He said with a chuckle, hugging the boy back. "I think you need to get back and get ready for the Christmas eve feast."

"Okay." He smiled and ran out of the room. Before he went to the room he ducked into the music room and into the closet making sure the gift was still there. He grinned and turned hurrying to the bedroom. He walked in and saw Matt still in bed. The blond slowly moved over and pulled the computer away placing it on the nightstand.

Matt stirred and opened his eyes. "Mello?" He rubbed them and blinked. "You didn’t come back last night. I’m sorry. Can we just forget what happened? I’m sorry, I just want my best friend back. I miss him." He said looking down at the bedcovers. Mello blinked a few times before looking down at the ground. "You seem to think that things have changed. I'm still me. Still the same person I was when I first got here." He looked up at him and smiled sweetly. "You are still my best friend Matt."

Matt looked up, his deep green eyes sparkling. "I thought you were avoiding me..." He trailed off and sat up.

"No way. To tell the truth I only left every night cause you dislike L. And I mean I missed him and all but you are my roommate and best friend. I couldn't avoid your ass if I tried."

Matt smiled warmly, it showing in his eyes. "Glad to hear that." He got out of bed and hugged him tightly. "Happy Christmas." He said with a smile.

"Happy Christmas." He pulled back and smiled at him. "If you want I have your gift ready."

His eyes lit up. "Really?!" He asked jumping up and down. "What did you get me?!"

"Come and see. It's in the music room."

"Okay, just one sec." He ran over to his dresser drawer and shuffled some stuff around before grabbing a small box and shutting it. He ran back over to Mello. "Here, this is yours. I hope you like it." He said with a grin as he handed over a small dark blue box with a white cross on it.

"Let's open them together." He led him out of the room and to the music room.

Matt followed him and walked into the music room and sat down. "Okay, gift me." Hew said with a wide grin, as he sat Mello's present on the table. Mello grinned and disappeared into the closet. He came back out with a small red and black gift box. "It's a two part gift. This I had Hannah help me get and the second part I made myself."

Matt looked at the box. "Okay. Hannah helped me with your gift too."

Mello took his gift and opened it smiling. Inside the small dark blue box was a small gold rosary bracelet. Matt opened his box with a giddy grin. Mello had bought Matt a silver Claddagh ring.

The blond smiled at his bracelet and slipped it on. "Matt this is amazing!"

Matt sat there looking at it. His grin frozen in place. His heart started to beat fast as he took it out of the box and looked at it. "I’m glad you like it." He said to Mello, looking up at him with a small smile. Mello bit his lip watching Matt's face. He hoped he hadn't messed up.

He placed it on his finger the heart pointing to him. "Thank you." He said with a small smile, looking at the ring.

"Do you like it?"

"I do." He said looking up, his eyes watering.

"A-Are you okay? I did something wrong.... I'm sorry..."

Matt smiled. "No you didn’t do anything wrong. It’s a lovely gift." He said looking back down at the ring, then back at Mello.

"You confuse the shit out of me you know. If you like it then why are you crying stupid?" He giggled at him flicking his head. He sat there and looked away from him. "Back home, you give these as promise rings to someone you want to spend the rest of your life with." He said a bit embarrassed.

The blond blinked at him and smiled. "Well we are going to be together forever. Me and you against the world right?"

Matt smiled. "That’s not what I meant." He muttered to himself and then said "Yeah, us against the world." He looked at the blonde and smiled.

Mello blushed a deep red and leaned forward kissing his lips. "Happy Christmas."

Matt blushed. "H-Happy C-c-Christmas." He stuttered, swallowing hard.

"I told you yesterday that I don't fully understand but I'm working it out."

"Working what out?" He asked confused.

"Everything right now... I mean it's hard to say out loud without sounding stupid."

"Try me. You know you tell me anything." He said holding the blonde's gaze.

He shook his head. "I can't say it if I don't know myself."

He nodded. "When you do know, come talk to me." He said with a smile as he pecked him on the cheek. "Now what’s the second part?"

"That you will see tonight."

He pouted. "Awww." He then smiled. "So do you like your present, I know its not much, but I didn’t really know what to get you."

"I love it. It's the best gift I've ever gotten." He held up the bracelet and just smiled at it. "Do you like yours?"

"I said I did." He grinned "So what shall we do now?" He asked moving some blonde locks from the boy's face and placing them behind his ear.

He blushed a bit and continued to smile brightly. "Well we have a while till dinner how about we play a game?"

"What kind of game?" He asked smiling, his goggles still in the bedroom, so you could see how amazingly bright they shined and sparkled at him.

"You pick. I'm not sure really."

That night Matt was lying in his bed with a sleeping blonde in his arms. They had played soccer, chess, charades and then video games. After about the 4th round of super Mario bros. the blonde had passed out.The redhead just smiled down at him and ran his fingers through those blonde locks slowly. Mello shifted and yawned as he sat up a bit. He looked at the clock and smiled. "It's midnight. Time for your second gift."

"Okay. Gift me." He sat leaning back against the head board.

"No you have to come with me. I can't give it to you here."

"Okay." He said intrigued as he followed the blonde out.

Mello took him to the music room and then shut the door behind them. He hurried over and grabbed up his violin. "Have a seat."

Matt sat down on the piano bench and watched him. He took a breath and closed his eyes as he started playing a sweet lullaby. Matt jaw dropped, and his breath caught in his throat. It was so beautiful, just like the blonde playing it. His body moved with the music in a slow weave. The bow moved over the strings and he smiled. Matt just sat there spellbound as he watched the blonde. Soon the music ended and Mello looked at him with a smile. "Did you like it. I wrote it for you."

Tears started to fall down his cheeks. "Beautiful." He said wiping at his eyes. God why did he always have to cry. "Thank you so much." He smiled up at the blonde.

"I'm glad you liked it."

"Let me play something for you." He patted the seat next to him on the bench and turned around opening the lid to the piano. Mello sat beside him and smiled waiting for him to start. It was nice sitting with Matt. The piece started off very romantic and hushed, with a lot of skilled handwork. "Its called Liebesträume No3 in A flat, by Franz Liszt." He said as the piece become very loud and lively, but yet still relaxing and romantic. Mello listened to the song with his eyes closed. He felt his body move with the music and he smiled brightly. It was so beautiful.

Matt looked over at him and smiled as he continued playing. After a bit the piece winded down. "This is one of my favorite pieces. It's about two lovers finding each other again after being torn apart for a very long time." he said his voice very hushed.

"It's beautiful... Thank you for playing it for me."

"I’m glad you liked it. Thank you for playing for me." He said as the song ended and he closed the lid to the piano. He turned to the blonde. "Come on, let's get to bed." He smiled at him and pecked him on the cheek.

He got up and yawned. "Yeah... Let's go." He took Matt's hand pulling him out and back to the bedroom. Matt got up and smirked, picking up the blonde bridal style and carrying him up to their bedroom.

"W-What are you doing?! Put me down!"

"No." He said with a chuckle. He carefully walked up the stairs carrying him.

He gulped and held onto him tightly. "P-P-Please put me down..."

"I’m not going to drop you I promise." He said with a smile as he reached the landing to their hallway. The blond was biting his lip with wide eyes.

He walked towards their bedroom. "What?" He asked a little worried.

"I don't want you to carry me. Please put me down..."

Matt's face fell. He put the blonde down and looked at him. "I’m sorry." He said scratching the back of his neck like he always did when he was nervous.

"Why did you carry me?"

"You looked tired." He stated simply, looking up at him.

"Well yeah but I can walk still."

"I was just trying to be nice." He said as he headed to the bedroom.

Mello followed and crawled back into Matt's bed. "Let's get some sleep. Happy Christmas."

He smiled and closed the door, going over and crawling into the bed with him and pulling him close. "Night Mello. Happy Christmas." He whispered as he closed his eyes.

He smiled as he drifted off to sleep. The blond really was starting to like Matt more and more as time passed.