Memories Of Days Past
L Lawliet sat in his usual position, thumb in his mouth and eyes as wide as ever.
He was staring straight ahead at his 'brothers'.
Mello was the blonde one wearing leather and chomping on a chocolate bar.
He was less-frequently known as Mihael Kheel.
The albino one stacking dice was Near. Or Nate River.
Matt, the red haired one, was playing video games, again. He was also known as Mail Jeevas…. But, oh well.
And the most important one of the group, the one who'd brought them together, was a girl going by the name of Takamaru Akito, with short black hair and brown eyes.
"I missed you all."
She spoke in a happy tone, smiling as she did.
"I have too. How've you been, Taka-chan?"
L looked at her, his panda-smile showing his cutest side.
"Did you bring my chocolate?"
Mello looked expectantly at her.
"Yeah. In the fridge."
Mello hopped up and happily searched for it, then found it and began devouring it.
"So, Taka-chan, did you play any good games lately?"
"No. Sorry, Matt. Heheheh…. I just wanted to see y'all again."
Near looked at her and panda-smiled, then continued to chew on his robot.
"And remember all the times back at Wammy's, when I got beat up and called 'Albino Sheep', and L was a rather avid fan of your drawings?"
He leaned back in his chair.
"Yeah. All the good times."
Taka's eyes grew misty as she remembered those days….
~Flashback~
"I-I'm Takamaru Akito. But just call me Taka. I'm seven years old and I like reading, drawing, writing and music. I'm kind of a tomboy, so you won't be seeing me in a dress if I can help it."
The class burst into laughter at the last part, and the raven haired girl put her pointer finger to her bottom lip and pushed her eyebrows together.
"Welcome to Wammy's House, my dear. We'll call you T or Tsunami; how's that?"
The newly named Tsunami nodded and looked up at the grandfatherly man who'd patted her shoulder comfortingly.
"T-T's fine."
"Good. Class will start in a few, so sit over there by that boy with his feet up on his chair. His name is L."
Taka shyly sat down and put her hands in her desk, glancing at the panda-looking boy and smiling slightly.
He smiled, then turned back to the front and put his thumb into his mouth.
All through the class, T kept glancing at L, and he just waved.
Later, during lunch, T was pushed over by A, who was rather rude and liked to pick on girls.
A blonde chomping on a chocolate bar held out her hand, and she took it tentatively.
"Hi. Don't mind him, he's crazy. I'm Mello. You sat near L in class, right? Come on, sit with us!"
He dragged her rather roughly to their table, where a silver-haired boy was twirling his hair and eating a sandwich.
"Oh, it's Tsunami. Nice seeing you again."
L licked his lollipop and smiled slightly, then gestured to the albino.
"This is Near. And I suppose Mello's already introduced himself…?"
"Yeah. Hi, Near, I'm Tsunami."
Mello made a face and stuck out his chocolate-coated tongue at N, who just nodded at Tsunami and threw another dart at a random direction.
They talked for some time, until it was time for class again.
~End of Flashback~
"Yeah. That was how we met. Too bad Matt wasn't there."
L shrugged and put his arm around Taka.
"Less competition for me."
Mello glared halfheartedly at the two raven-haired friends and shook his head.
"Yeah… It was awesome back then."
~End~
A/N: okay, it was sucky, I know. I don't own DN; I'm not making money from this fic; but I do own Taka. Please R&R!