AN: Merry Christmas everyone. Christmas is mere weeks away (about two to be exact) and it is time for my annual (…kind of) Christmas story! This particular story will be very fluffy with slight Matt/Mello. It will follow Matt and Mello through a Christmas at Wammy's. With that said, enjoy my second ongoing Death Note fanfiction!

Disclaimer: If I owned Death Note, this fanfiction would be a Christmas special.

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The first week of December was coming to a close, and as the first Saturday of the month began, so did the first holiday tradition of Wammy house.

There was a wide range of ages for the children of Wammys, and although not all of them wanted to participate in the Christmas festivities, most of them did. Because of this, the combined knowledge of Watari and Roger had created a plan that could get everyone involved.

The first Saturday of the month was always dedicated to decorating the house and making it festive. Any of the children who wanted to participate got into a group and were assigned areas of the house to decorate. This tradition had worked well over the years, and would not be changing this year.

Eight year old Mello and seven year old Matt, to no ones surprise, had teamed up together. They had become fast friends two years ago when Matt had arrived, and were impossible to separate now. To both of the boy's pleasure, they were assigned to decorate a section of the Christmas tree.

The Christmas tree was an impressive, magnificent tree, placed in the common room and just over ten feet tall. Many of the orphans got to work on various parts of it, and Matt and Mello were told to handle the bottom of the tree.

"Come on Matt," Mello said, grabbing the redheads hand and leading him quickly to the common room.

The boys dodged around other children as they ran, leaping over toys and (by accident, of course) knocking over Near's block tower along the way until they reached the common room and the tree.

Lights had already been strung across the tree, while ornaments and tinsel covered the tree from the top down, with a large blank space about five feet high left for the boys. Mello grinned, dragging Matt to the box of ornaments and snatching one, before releasing him and scurrying over to the tree to hang it up.

Matt laughed lightly and chose his own ornament, placing it carefully on the tree. Mello, in comparison, seemed out of control. He ran back and forth from the box to the tree, placing ornaments as soon as his eye could spot a branch that would hold its weight.

"Slow down Mello, we have all day."

Mello did slow down for a moment, just to stand by Matt and hold out his hand. Curious, Matt looked down to see three chocolate Santas' sitting in the boy's palm. "Oh."

Still smiling, Mello savagely tore off the paper and stuffed the chocolate in his mouth, chewing quickly and swallowing all in the span of about five seconds.

Mildly disturbed, Matt placed another ornament on the tree. "Have you been eating those all morning?"

"Yes."

"…How many have you had today?"

"About twenty."

Matt stared at him. "Twenty? It's only 11 AM!"

Mello gave him a look akin to "what's you point," so Matt dropped it, rolling his eyes and snatching one of the chocolates from Mello's grasp. "Hey!"

"It's only one," Matt reassured, slowly removing the paper and biting off a chunk of the chocolate. He said nothing, eating the bite slowly, but when he was done he turned to Mello. "Those are really good."

Mello smirked in triumph. "I told you."

Matt decided to not point out the Mello had not, in fact, told him how good the chocolates were, and instead retrieved another ornament from the box. "Are there any candy canes left?" he asked instead.

Mello leaned into the box and pushed aside ornaments before pulling out a final box of candy canes. He opened the package and removed one. Matt ignored him in favor of a bright red ornament. He smiled at finding a golden yellow one and lifted it as well, turning towards Mello only to have a candy cane stuffed in his mouth.

He choked, surprised, but managed to not drop the ornaments he was holding. Mello simply grinned at him and took the yellow ornament. Matt glared, pulling the sweet from his mouth.

Instead of waiting for a reprimand, Mello took Matt's hand again, leading him to the front of the tree. "Wait!" he exclaimed suddenly, releasing Matt and handing the ornament to him. "I'll be right back."

Matt took the ornament and watched as the blond ran off. He rolled his eyes and stood there several moments before Mello reappeared with a sharpie. "Here," he said, taking the yellow ornament back. "We'll put our names on there." Carefully, Mello wrote his own name on the yellow one, and then handed the sharpie to Matt, who scrawled his name on his own.

Mello then handed Matt his own ornament. Left again with no hands, Matt was forced to leave the candy cane in his mouth as Mello took the red ornament, and under Matt's name, wrote his own. Finally understanding, Matt wrote his own name underneath Mello's. Process complete, Mello pointed to two branches right beside each other and placed his ornament on one. Matt placed his on the other, and the ornaments clinked lightly as they touched each other. The boys exchanged a smile before Mello stuffed another chocolate Santa in his mouth and went back to the box.

The boys continued to decorate the tree throughout the day. Although they had only been assigned a small part of it to decorate, it was a lot for the boys to do alone.

"I want to put this one here."

Matt looked up to see Mello straining to reach an empty branch slightly out of his height range. Matt walked over and looked up skeptically. He was shorter than Mello, so there was no way he could reach it either. "I don't think it's going to happen Mello."

Mello glared. "Of course it will! I'll think of something," he stated, staring at the tree as Matt shrugged and hung up another ornament. Mello was silent for several minutes before his eyes lit up. "I got it!" He turned towards Matt. "Lift me up."

"What?"

"Lift me up," Mello repeated impatiently. Matt sighed and moved towards the blond, watching him.

"Um…exactly how…?"

"Just cup your hands and help me up for a second."

"…I don't think that's going to work."

"It'll work Matt! Don't be such a baby!"

Resigned, Matt leaned down and cupped his hands together. Satisfied, Mello placed one foot in Matt's hands and placed a balancing hand on his shoulder, lifting himself off the ground and towards the branch.

Not expecting the sudden weight, Matt stumbled forward, and Mello just managed to place the ornament on the tree before both boys went tumbling to the ground.

"Ow. I told you it wasn't going to work."

"Shut up Matt."

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Several hours later, when the tree was complete and the star placed on top, all the children of Wammy's had gathered in the dark common room. They waited with bated breath as Roger turned on the Christmas lights.

The tree, as usual, was beautiful. The younger children stared with awe, and the older ones watched with a mild appreciation. Mello and Matt smiled from their spot, looking at the tree in silence a few moments before Roger approached. "I must say I am rather impressed. You didn't break anything or knock the tree over after all."

Matt couldn't help but smile as Mello glared and went into a rant about how Near was the real troublemaker. The ornaments shone in the light, and Matt felt his eyes wander of their own accord to his and Mello's ornaments. Yes, with Mello around, it was sure to be a good Christmas.

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AN: Chapter one is complete! Look at me, I'm just writing tons this week. This is ONGOING, a shock I know. I'm guessing about five chapters for this one. I'll try to make sure it's all done by Christmas. Hope you enjoyed, please review!

Next chapter: Cookies