[Uke]

Next winced a little and mumbled, "...Crying on Linda."

Mello of course knew that Linda being involved meant two things...

One- that Near was too distraught for even Matt to handle the situation, since emotions seemed to wear the redhead down faster then going days without sleep did (though that wasn't saying much, since Matt was a gamer)...

And Two- that Mello was going to get his ass kicked when Linda finally tore herself from Near and moved to confront him... because no doubt she would be told the entire situation and wouldn't stop to listen to his side of the story.