AN: This chapter is the only one with a title. I'm sure no one's gonna like it.

Yes, this the end of 'One in For the Other.' Oh, please don't look at me like that; this was never meant to be long. But I'm gonna miss it. It was my first, after all. And yes, this chapter takes place a few weeks before Mello and Near are called in about L.

I'm sure most know what uke and seme are, but for those who don't I put in helpful definitions. :D

[Playlist: "Mello no Theme" and "Near no Theme" from 'Death Note. Totally appropriate, neh?]

Chapter Ten
The Finale

(One Year Later)

Mello and Near lay in bed together, enjoying the warm tingling feeling of their love making, sighing and laughing about the oddities they now had. For instance, Mello seemed to like taking the uke (bottom or receiver) position, loving the feeling of Near within him. Also, he seemed to have a fondness for having his 'nipples played with, something that made Near grin when he discovered this. Near on the other hand, took on the role of the seme (top) of the 'sexual relationship.

Near also retained some of his affection for penetrating, but Mello quickly dissuaded him of that, not needing him to be sticking things up his butt at any other such time. The biggest change, and probably the strangest thing to the outside world, would have been the fact that Near wore the metaphorical 'pants' of the relationship, which made Matt roar with laughter the first time he saw it happen in a super market. Mello didn't seem to mind being Near's 'bitch' as Jarid had called it.

Other than a few strange oddities, their relationship flourished, much to Beyond's happiness.

The red-eyed apparition smiled as he watched the two drift off to sleep, grins on their faces.

"Ha ha! It worked!" he said as he hovered above them, pumping his fist into the air and waving the other in the 'v for victory' manner.

He drifted over to the apparition that was next to him and pat it on the shoulder.

"Aren't you happy A? After all... This was your idea!" he said, poking him lightly in the shoulder.

A looked at Beyond, and then smiled, nodding in a happy fashion.

"Yeah... I'm happy for them. It was some good entertainment, too. Wanna go see what we can do to L and that Raito kid?"

"Yes... Let's go play with those two," Beyond agreed, hoisting the other apparition up, and floated off with him, ready to see what other fun they could have on earth.

Near snuggled up to Mello in his sleep, wrapping an arm gently around him, and smiling. Mello moved closer to Near, and rested his head against his chest, sighing in his sleep, a smile also gracing his lips. The two were like yin and yang. Mello was dark while Near was light. Near was suppressed and lonely, while Mello was out there and surrounded by people. Near was quiet; Mello had Matt to talk to. It was strange how love could sprout so strongly between two SO different, and yet so similar as well. With just a little nudge, the two actually fit together like puzzle pieces, and that's what probably made their relationship so strong…

FIN

-SS