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Mello stared long and hard at Near his slight frown slowly deepening as the time stretched and he tried his damndest not to allow himself to reply... but eventually, as always eventually, he gave-in and heaved a great big tortured sigh, planting his boot against the console and shoving it hard enough that his office chair rolled over towards Near's, the back of his chair bumping lightly against the back of Near's and leaving him motionless again.

"If you wanna' play with me instead of sitting and playing with dice all by your lonesome, all you need to do is stop insulting me and keep your weird, weird comments in-check. Alright?"

Of course put this on Near's head. 'Cause it was more Near's fault than his own that they'd gotten into a verbal tiff before, right?

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