Drabble, because I need the practice. Review, please, and let me know if I got everything I wanted to through with just one hundred words.

"Can I trust you?"

It's a silly question, Mello thinks. If I wanted to, I could say yes, and you wouldn't even know I was lying. Idiot.

Still, when he looks into Matt's eyes, sees the hope and the fear and the pain, he wonders if that's just how he looked on his first day. And little Matt looks so lost on that big bed….

So, even though Matt's question is a silly one, and even though it doesn't actually have a real answer, Mello takes his new roommate's hand, looks him in the eye.

"Can I trust you?"

"…Yes."