#it's my tendency to imagine near and matt getting along fairly well tbh

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What if Meronia AU in which Mello realises Near does not see him as even remotely inferior and starts getting closer, but then introduces Matt and Near is immediately absolutely disgusted. And Mello kind of agrees but Near is so harsh about Matt that he doubles down on his dislike of Near. At some point Matt somehow manages to pull Halle and Gevanni and they get into a poly relationship together. Then at a hangout Near and Mello get re-introduced to each other and fall in love. Near still thinks Matt is lame as hell but never says it for fear of Rester joining the 'cule

anon this is very cute / funny / silly (particularly lost it at ‘for fear of Rester joining the 'cule’) and i love the spirit immensely. however i fear you'd have to come up with something absolutely bananas for Matt to have done (or for Near to fully, unwaveringly believe Matt did) for Near to beef with him like that. he may perhaps find Matt a bit unpleasant if he's like, really messy or something? but Near doesn't really resort to haterism without a deeper reason generally. with this in mind what crime against humanity do you think Matt committed to bring this upon himself