A/N: OHMAGAW ANOTHER DEATH NOTE STORY. I need to stop this madness.

As of now, the story has no pairings, but I can make it Matt/Mello if you snazztastic people wish it so. xD

SO PLEASEEE leave a review, saying if you want it to be pairingless or Matt/Mellotastic.

THANK YOU, AND GOOD NIGHT. XD


The wind blew in frosty gusts, sending the tiny white snowflakes into a frenzied panic. Only October, and it was already snowing for the first time. Of course, this only motivated the leather-clad blond to pull his redhead companion faster.

"Jeez, Matt! You're so slow! It's gonna snow plenty more the rest of the freakin' winter, so hurry up!"

"But it's the first snow!" He caught one of the flakes on his tongue, spinning around on the sidewalk.

"I don't care! We need to get home before it really starts coming down. So move!" He pulled harder and Matt sighed.

"Someone's pissy today."

Mello sent him a burning glare and let go of his arm. "You know what? Fine. I'll get the crap myself, and you can just sit here."

Matt shrugged and started walking back the other way, but stopped when something in one of the small alleys between the buildings caught his eye. Mello noticed and turned around. "What?"

"Hey…hey Mels…c'mere."

"What? What the hell is so important that you have to stand between me and my Godiva chocolate bars?!"

Matt pointed at the two bodies nestled together under a worn flannel blanket.

Mello stared at them, pulling the hood of his red jacket over his head. "Yeah. There are some hobo kids. What?"

Matt frowned. "They're all alone!

Mello took out a chocolate bar and impatiently snapped off a chunk. "What do you want me to do about it?"

Matt looked back over at the children. "We could take them back to the apartment and give th-"

"No! Absolutely not!"

"But Mello!!!"

"No! I'm not taking some random kids off of the street and feeding them."

"It's gonna snow! They'll get frostbite and die and then you'll have a guilty conscience!"

"I don't care. They probably have parents, too. They just went to steal food or whatever homeless people do."

"Or maybe they're cold, alone, and on the verge of death!"

"They might screw up the computers."

"Password protected."

"They could get us caught by Kira or something."

"Yeah, two little kids are gonna turn us in to the world's most famous mass murderer." Matt snorted.

The small girl shivered under the blanket.

Mello sighed and picked her up. "Fine. But just tonight. Then they're leaving."

Matt grinned, lifting the boy and the blanket into his arms. "Right, whatever you say."


Sophie woke up in a strange room, on a strange bed, under several strange blankets.

What was happening?

Her brother, Todd, was asleep next to her. She sat up; pushing off the many layers of quilts and fleece blankets. Sophie poked Todd.

"Hey, T-Todd. Todd? Todd!"

He sat up abruptly, gasping, "WHAT?" He looked around in confusion. "Wh-where are we?"

"That's what I was gonna ask you…"

They both gasped when a person with shocking red hair and wearing thick goggles walked by the door. He retraced his steps, and then stood in the doorway, grinning.

"Mels? They're awake!"


The four sat in the living room. Or rather, the room with the tattered chairs, sofa, and TV, that was usually used for meals. Which completely defeated the purpose of the table in the kitchen. But that's beside the point.

Mello stared down at the Coke bottle in his hand, blatantly ignoring everything.

Matt grinned at the young children. "Hello, little people. My name is Matt. I enjoy video games, Doritos, and smoking. But smoking is bad. So don't do it, and stay in school. " He looked over at Mello expectantly.

Mello stared back blankly.

Matt sighed and adjusted his goggles. "This is Mello. He's my best friend, he likes chocolate, and is always pissed off at something." Mello smacked the back of his head.

Todd and Sophie just sat on the sofa silently, eyes full of confusion and fear.

"Uh…" Matt laughed nervously. "You guys mute or somethin'?"

Todd shook his head.

"You're just kinda provin' my point more…"

"Sophie," squeaked the small girl.

Matt's face broke into a grin again. "It speaks!" He looked at Todd. "And you, my good man?"

"…M'name's Todd."

"Todd and Sophie. Sophie and Todd." He nodded.

There was an awkward silence.

"…Look, you guys have the right to remain silent and all that, but you're allowed to talk too."

Todd looked at Sophie. She shrugged.

"Uh…I'm Todd…I'm eight. This is Sophie, and she's 5."

"5 and ¾!" she yelled indignantly."

"Right. Uh…we don't have a house.

"We can see that," said Mello, taking a swig of Coke.

Matt elbowed him. "Be nice." He turned his attention back to Todd.

Todd shrugged. "I dunno. That's it."

Mello shook his hair out of his eyes. "Okay, we're letting you kids stay here tonight, but in the morning you're ghost. Got it?"

Todd and Sophie glanced at each other and nodded.

"Good. I'm gonna go take a nap." He stood up and slowly walked to the bedroom.

Once he was gone, Matt leaned in close to the kids. "Don't mind him. He's just overtired. Don't worry about it, I'll make sure you aren't back on the street again."

Todd and Sophie exchanged another glance. How could they trust this random guy that picked them up off the street? And his angry friend.

"I'm gonna go make food. In the meantime… do you guys like Mario?"

The room was lit up with three huge smiles.

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"HEY! DINNER! EAT NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR STARVATION!" Matt yelled from the kitchen.

Mello walked in, straightening his shirt and yawning. Sophie and Todd barreled in after him, nearly running him over in the process. They came to a stop at the table, which was covered in boxes of Chinese food, reheated pizza, and several chocolate-flavored desserts.

They stared in awe at the food before them.

Mello sat down, waiting for them to eat. "What? You don't want it?"

"You guys eat this stuff every NIGHT?"

Matt nodded slowly. "Sometimes lunch too, if we're too lazy to make PB&J."

There was a hesitant silence as the kids exchanged a glance.

"Is this a trap?"

"What?" Matt laughed. "I don't think so. Mello, do you have any ulterior motives?"

Mello rolled his eyes. "No."

Grinning, Sophie sat down in one of the chairs and piled it with cookies and brownies.

"Hey. Balance your meals, kid," said Matt, tossing a piece of pizza on top of the sweets. She smiled wider.

Todd laughed and slowly sat down, opting for the Chinese food. "You guys are like us, except older."

"Which is why we're so awesome." Matt shoved a forkful of noodles into his mouth as Mello watched in disgust and bit into a brownie.

Todd paused and frowned. "We used to love stuff like this."

Matt swallowed. "What happened to you two anyways?"

Sophie and Todd looked at each other "We're not really sure, but… we were fine until a few months before our parents abandoned us. They were fighting. Fighting all of the time. About money, food, us. So one day, about 5 weeks ago maybe, dad told us to get in the car, 'cause we were going on a trip. He blindfolded us, because 'it was a surprise'. I remember Sophie and I were so excited. But he left us right in that alley, and we never saw him again."

Matt and Mello frowned.

"He just… dumped you there?" Mello asked.

"Yup."

"Oh."

"So you guys definitely don't have any parents or anything?" asked Matt.

"Nope."

Mello met Todd's eyes. "Us, too."

There was an awkward silence as Matt took another slice of pizza.

Todd looked over at him, a hopeful expression on his face. "…Can we have tacos tomorrow?"

Matt laughed. "I like this kid."


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