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Near practically slammed the door shut as he walked over to the spot that he had been sitting on for hours without any breaks. Near wasn't the type to be aggressive, it was rather the contrary but today was different. He was feeling overwhelmed and stressed by the current case they were working on . It seemed as if nothing going according to him and it was REALLY getting to him. At first , the case that they were currently working on was taking too much time to end , it was not like he couldn't solve it , no , not at all , he had found the guilty aeons ago but rather the fact that the police was taking too much time to collect the evidence .So , in the meanwhile to occupy himself he sent Rester to buy some new limited edition of Optimus prime themed legos. But much to his dismay , when Rester reached the store , they had been already sold out. Now , what's a little bit of warm milk can't fix? To liften up his spirits , Near decided to prepare some milk but , oh well , apparently they had ran out of milk too. Great, now he was tired, bored and hungry. After ordering Rester to bring some milk on his way back , so that he won't come completely empty handed as he had already failed at previous task he had been given , now Near had no choice but to wait and sulk .Mello had been noticing Near's behaviour for the past few hours , how he was irritated by the series of inconveniences , but he didn't question him as he thought that if he wanted to talk about it , Near would've come to him , since he was his boyfriend and all. But he seemed to forget that boyfriends or not , they both weren't reallly good at talking about their feelings and would rather bottle them up silently , which was the case here. Mello decided to leave him be , that is , until Near suddenly yeeted a toy figure across the room in anger.
"So , are you gonna tell me why you're acting like a brat or would rather slam doors and break toys?"
Mello asked turning his chair towards the direction where near was sitting on the floor.
Maybe because Mello's choice of words wasn't the best or because Near simply just didn't feel like replying , Near didnt respond and continued to pout . Mello sighed in defeat . There was no option left but to talk his way out , and very cutely at that. Now Mello almost never baby talks because its too embarrassing for both of them and even if he ever has , it would only be when he's drunk. Mello had this feeling that he may regret this but right now he didn't really had any choice. So , Mello stood up , walked over to where Near was sitting , sat down behind Near and then gently embraced him from behind. When Near didn't resist , he then quickly but gently pulled him into his lap .
"Is my baby having a bad day ? "
Mello asked quietly . Near didn't say anything but turned in Mello's lap and buried his face in Mello's chest. That was enough to convey the message so then Mello asked
" Wanna talk about it ?"
To which near simply nodded his head no. Mello then gently kissed Near's head as his face was buried inside his chest . Just as Mello was about to ask Near another question, Rester walked in announcing that he had returned with the milk , only to be met with the shocking scene of Near being in Mello's lap and Mello throwing an icy glare towards him that silently told him to fuck off , that resulted in a very surprised Rester apologizing and leaving the room as promptly as he had entered.
"Should I prepare you some warm milk and then we go to bed for the day ?"
Mello asked and this time Near replied with a small "Yes,please" . After the drinking the milk , Near felt much better and thanked Mello with a small blush on his face that encouraged his boyfriend to carry him like a baby to the bed where they both cuddled and slept cozily.