[Uke]

Zero squeezed Treat's hand a little tighter and looked out the window.

[Mint]

"There's the hospital." Far announced. "Zero, are you gonna be alright? I know this thing is upsetting you. The boys- our boys are fine and BB's not gonna hurt anyone."

[Uke]

"I'll be... okay," Zero sighed. "I will..."

'I have to be...' he thought to himself.

--Scene change!--

"I think he's coming to!" Next cried as Near started to regain consciousness. "Near, can you hear me?"

[Mint]

"Of course he can, you're shouting." Mello mumbled. "Near, come on back."

[Uke]

"I... must have been more tired then I thought..." Near mumbled as he started to sit up. "I could have sworn that I saw..."

[Mint]

"Don't scream or pass out again." Matt pleaded as he stepped aside to reveal Naveen.

[Uke]

"He didn't scream last time," Next reminded his boyfriend, only to wince as Near let out a rather loud scream.

"I see his lungs still work," Naveen offered while his twin stared at him in shock.

[Mint]

"Let's hope his heart keeps working." Mello frowned at Naveen.

[Uke]

"Especially since if it gives out, Naveen's will too," Next said, only to have everyone look at him. "...What?"

"I'm dead, aren't I?" Near whispered after a few moments.

[Mint]

"Near, I didn't die and I'm here." Mello offered- slipping onto the bed beside the ivory-haired boy and holding his shoulders.

[Uke]

"But..." Near looked between his husband and his brother slowly, before he climbed off of the bed.

The rest of the Wammy's House kids parted slowly, watching as Near slipped over the red carpet toward his dark-haired twin. To him it almost felt like he was walking toward his death... like Naveen was there to take him away... but everyone else in the room was still very much alive and unless a bomb had gone of at Wammy's, there was no way they were dead as well...

Slowly, the albino stopped and reached out, gently touching Naveen's face. The dark-haired boy let out a slow breath and Near jumped again, feeling the warm skin beneath his fingertips.

"...Naveen... really is..." He whispered.

[Mint]

"And well." Matt said with a nod.

Mello slipped off the bed- watching both boys carefully as he came up behind Near.

[Uke]

"...How?" Near said, slowly. "Naveen was... I saw... I..."

"I can't tell you now," Naveen said. "But I-"

He jumped in surprise as Near suddenly pulled him into a hug, burring his face into the dark-haired boy's shoulder.

"I don't care!" Near cried, his shoulders shaking. "I don't care how Naveen is here... he is and that's all that matters!"

It was the first time they'd all seen him break down and cry since his brother's death.

[Mint]

Mello wanted to hold Near while he cried, but kept himself still- ignoring the burning in his own eyes. Near and Naveen needed each other right now- when would something like this ever happen again? No, he wasn't going to interrupt.

[Uke]

Ender and Next moved and began to scoot everyone from the room... to their surprise they weren't met with any resistance, save for a certain redhead.

"Near needs Mello and Naveen right now," Next whispered to his boyfriend, frowning deeply.

[Mint]

Matt sighed and looked back at the three.

"...It's hard not being able to do anything." He muttered.