Disclaimer: The Deathnote characters in this story belong to Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, not me.

For Honor and the Corner Office

Chapter One: The Plan

It was about five in the afternoon and Matt sat in his cubicle, watching a fired coworker carry a last box of belongings out of the corner office and down the stairs. Matt worked at a rising software company and he loved his job. Being what some considered a technology savant, he was easily the company's most valuable programmer.

Therefore, it was understandable that when the nice corner office became available, Matt was expecting that he would get it. He couldn't wait to get out of his stupid little cloth-covered box and move into a real office with a door.

There was just one problem, and its name was Light Yagami. He was a handsome Japanese man who had somehow managed to convince the management that he was important despite his having no talent except for lying.

Matt thought of him as his arch-nemesis. He always managed to claim credit for Matt's work, and now, he was the only competition for the office that Matt rightfully deserved. And their boss, Mr. Wammy, seemed to be favoring him.

Matt was busy fuming about this while he waited for his program to compile, but he perked his ears up when he heard Mr. Wammy's voice coming from the water cooler. He was talking to Yagami. Matt's eyes narrowed when he heard them both laugh at something Yagami said.

'So, he thinks he can charm his way into the corner office, does he? We'll see about that!' Matt thought. He stood up and approached them on the pretense of getting a drink. They nodded in acknowledgment and continued their conversation.

"Yeah, so Misa and I are getting married next month." Yagami said, smiling that horrible sycophantic smile of his. Misa was his girlfriend, another person whose charm covered up her lack of talent. Matt had to admit they belonged together.

"I'm glad to hear it!" Said Mr. Wammy, "She'll be coming to the Christmas party then?"

"Of course." Yagami replied, smirking at Matt. Matt cursed mentally as Mr. Wammy began spouting hackneyed marriage jokes. Wammy was an insufferable family man. He and Yagami would probably spend the whole Christmas party bonding over stories of their wives and Matt would end up stuck in a cubicle forever.

"So, Matt, do you have a girlfriend?" Wammy asked. Matt answered before he realized what he was saying.

"Yeah, her name's, um, Mello. We've been dating for a few months."

"Mello, huh? That's an interesting name." Yagami said with an eyebrow raised, clearly aware that Matt was lying.

"Uh, yeah. Her parents were hippies." Matt said. Yagami and Wammy gave him funny looks. He was mentally panicking. Mello was actually Matt's roommate and best friend, and also not a girl, but for some reason it was the first name that came to mind.

"Is she coming with you to the Christmas party?" Mr. Wammy asked. Matt cursed himself even as he answered,

"Yes, of course."

"Good! I look forward to meeting her!" Wammy said in an annoyingly jolly voice as he clapped Matt on the back, catching him off guard and causing him to spill a bit of water down his front.Matt nodded, finished his water, and went back to his cubicle, in which he proceeded to scream a chorus of mental curses while he finished working.

He got home to his apartment at seven and found Mello in the kitchen with a bar of chocolate. He was dressed in shiny skin-tight leather head-to-toe, as was his habit.

"Hey, what's up?" He asked with his mouth full.

"Nothing." Matt answered. Mello shrugged and went into the living room, which was only separated from the kitchen by the counter.

Matt watched him as he walked, noticing the slimness of his arms and body, the way he swayed his hips when he walked, and the rather feminine cut of his hair. He was short for a man, only about 5'4", and his face was very pretty for a man's, and Matt couldn't help thinking that Mello could almost certainly pass for a woman. Mello felt his eyes on him and looked up.

"Why are you staring at me?" Mello asked, irritated. Matt blinked and shook his head. Mello would never agree to what he was thinking. He should just find a real girl and convince her to do it, except he didn't know any girls because he was a huge geek. He had no other choice.

"Are you alright?" Mello asked upon seeing Matt apparently thinking very hard and ignoring his question.

"Mello, you're my best friend, right?" Matt asked, intending to trap Mello.

"Uh, sure…" Mello answered warily, raising an eyebrow.

"And friends do each other favors, yeah?"

"Oh no, what do you want?" Mello asked in a long-suffering voice. Matt sighed.

"Um, well…haven't you ever wondered what it would be like to be a girl?" Matt said. Mello gave him a look that indicated clearly his concern for his friend's sanity.

"I mean, would you ever, like, dress up as a girl, just…you know, to see if you could fool people and…stuff…" Matt trailed off.

"Matt, why do you want me to dress as a girl? What's going on?" Mello asked, his concern changing to amusement at Matt's verbal prowess.

"Okay, here's the thing…the corner office at work has opened up and I needed to have a girlfriend in order to suck up to my boss and beat stupid Light Yagami to get it and so I told him I had one and that her name is Mello and I said she would be coming to the company Christmas party, so now I'm screwed and I'll be stuck in a box with people reading over my shoulder and making noise and shit forever!" Matt finished his ramble without drawing breath and seemed utterly devastated, so of course Mello burst out laughing. He even pointed a little.

"And now you want me to pretend I'm your girlfriend? Why did you tell him her name was Mello?" He laughed.

"I don't know! It was the first name that popped into my head!" Matt said, burying his face in his hands. This was terrible. Mello would never help him. Mello enjoyed seeing him suffer too much. He would just make fun of him forever, and would probably start visiting him in his cubicle just to do it more, and Yagami would watch and laugh, and…

"Okay, I'll do it." Mello said, smirking. Matt looked up at him, shocked.

"You will?"

"Sure. It could be fun…or interesting, at the very least. I've got nothing going on." He said. Matt narrowed his eyes suspiciously. This could work, or Mello could be setting him up for a horrible joke at the party. But it was a chance he would have to take, if only because Light Yagami was a giant asshole and had to be stopped at all costs. It was a matter of principle now.

A/N: So, review and tell me if you like the idea and want me to continue!