25th Blast || Mello || [In Person]

[worldsrunnerup.livejournal.com]

[Mello's in the safe house, wrapped up and struggling to breathe just like everyone else, with one difference. He can't move his shoulder without bringing a wave of excruciating, nauseating pain. He's trying to hide this but the constant pain in his shoulder is getting to be a bit much.

The explosion that left a good fourth of his body covered in third degree burns destroyed much of the tissue of Mello's left shoulder. Ever since then it had been wracked with pain. He got used to it and rehabilitated himself. But the cold that was one thing that brought out the pain like nothing else. Ironically in the cold it throbbed and burned like it had when the wound was fresh but it felt like it was coming from the inside out rather than from some external force.

By today, Friday, it had gotten to the point that Mello is trying not to move any part of his aching left side. He is considering immobilizing his arm somehow but can't think of how to do it without drawing attention to his predicament. So instead he sits, a look of agony crossing his face every so often that he scowls away.]

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[worldsrunnerup.livejournal.com]

Don't talk like a fucking idiot.

[He says this as he lays his head on Matt's shoulder, trying to keep his own as stationary as possible]

[gamer-anon.livejournal.com]

[Matt starts to say something else, to continue this mock-spat for the sake of getting the last word. But he wouldn't mean anything that he'd say. So he lets it go.

Instead, he focuses on getting Mello warmer. On easing his pain.]

It's bad, isn't it. Don't fuckin' lie to me.

[He turns his face towards Mello, letting his hair tickle his chapped lips.]

[worldsrunnerup.livejournal.com]

I'm a big boy, Matt, I can take it.

[Yes, it hurts a lot. It's never hurt this badly since the freakin' explosion that caused it. He kisses Matt's chapped lips, he can't resist with them being this close to his own]

[gamer-anon.livejournal.com]

That's not what I asked.

[He believes...knows that Mello will survive. If he made it through the blast, he'll make it through this.

But that doesn't keep it from hurting like hell.

His lips press back but his mind is still on that.]

Just stay close to me.

[He murmurs while slipping his arm around Mello carefully, pulling him closer to the warmth of his side.]

[worldsrunnerup.livejournal.com]

[He opens his mouth to answer, but shakes his head instead. Matt doesn't need an answer. He just keeps his head on Matt's shoulder. He chuckles]

I'm not going anywhere, you pussy.