Disclaimer: I do not own Death Note!!! All credit goes to Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata for creating a kickass series.

A/N: Hello there! XD This my first attempt at writing MelloxNear fluff ( an angsty one to be exact…XD) I just typed this 'cause a random idea just jumped into my mind when I was working on my other Death Note fic, Life Note, ( Which will be updated soon!) and of course it's Near's birthday! Yay! (gives Near a birthday cupcake and hug. XD) So yeah, remember this is the first time I have ever written yaoi so I'll gladly accept advice for the future 'cause I'll try to write more for this pairing, maybe even a multi-chapter fic! ^-^

Another note: This is kinda of AU cause when L died in the anime and manga, Near was 13 but in here, L died when Near was fourteen, this is what happened the Near's birthday before L's death. Oh, and I was thinking I'd turned this into a three-shot if this gets a positive view, so let me know! XD

Rating: T

Genre: Romance/ Angst/ General

Mello sat on the carpeted floor in the room he shared with Matt at Wammy's House, trying to read a novel he obtained from the library in the orphanage. The sun was barely starting to set and it's orange and golden light flooded from the open window, the sounds of birds and some children playing outside floated in. He sighed, seeing that his mind was starting to loose interest in the book and he let his mind start to wonder on other matters.

The door flung open with a slam, "Hey Mells!" Matt exclaimed, snapping Mello out of his thoughts as the redheaded gamer walked towards Mello was sitting at… "What the hell's the matter with you?!" Mello hissed, slapping Matt upside the head. "Oww! Hey that hurts." Matt said as he rubbed where Mello had hit and he flopped down next to Matt.

"Don't you have anything else to do than to ruin my 'me' time?" Mello asked annoyed that Matt interrupted his quiet time. Matt thought for a moment. "No!" Matt exclaimed as he grabbed a pillow out of nowhere and smacked Mello upside the head with it. "Why the hell you did that for?!" Mello snapped. Matt grinned, "Payback for that bitch slap you gave me earlier. Payback's a bitch, isn't it?" Mello stood up, "Yeah," he reached for his pillow and smacked Matt a couple of times; "it is isn't it?" Matt smacked him back and then it turned out into an all out pillow fight. White feathers floated everywhere and Mello and Matt were, of course, laughing there asses off. Then a boy barged into their room.

"Mello! Ma… am I interrupting something?" the boy said looking at Mello and Matt in mid- pillow fighting. Mello growled, "What is it Jack?" The boy, named Jack, started going into a fit giggling when he remembered what he was about to say. "Out with it Jack!" Mello yelled.

"Oh crap you guys aren't going to believe this!" Jack replied in between snickers and giggles. Mello stood up, "What is it?" Jack took a couple of deep breaths to calm down and continued. "Near was at that pond in the woods behind the House and he almost drowned! L had to go in the pond and fish the little freak out of the pond! Damn is he pathetic! L should've had left him to drown and then you'd be number one huh Mello." Jack continued his fit of laughter, until Mello snarled an shoved him up against the wall, his fist making contact with his stomach.

"What the fuck Mello?" Jack groaned as he held his hurting stomach tight. "You don't talk about Near that way, got it?" Mello hissed.

"Why would you care? I thought you hated Near's guts, unless I'm mistaking?" Jack asked. "You shut the hell up. You know that I will, and I mean never, like Near. Got it."

"Alright, aright gimme a break! Can't a guy have a little fun around here?" Jack asked. Mello just grunted and dropped him to the floor. With that, Jack hurriedly stood back up and ran off out of the room. Mello sighed and started searching his neck and shirt for something. "What are you doing?" Matt said as he closed his black DSi. "For my… Oh yeah that's right." Mello replied sullenly. "Did you forget already? Remember? You and Jack fought at the pond last week and he ripped the rosary off from you and threw it to the deep part of the pond." "Yeah and I kicked his ass after that." Matt laughed, "Yeah well anyways let's go eat dinner, I'm starving!" Matt said and patted his stomach. "Fine let's go." Mello replied to his stripe clad friend. Both of them walked over to dinner room and after an hour, they both walked down the hall to their room in silence.

Matt spoke, breaking the silence, "Why do you always do you always do that?"

Mello bit off a chunk out of his chocolate bar, "What do you mean?"

Matt sighed, " I mean, " they reached their room, go tin and continued, " you and I both know that you are in love with Near, yet when you're around him or if someone else brings him up, you talk and treat him like crap!"

"Not this again Matt," Mello replied as he ran a hand through his golden locks of hair. "I can't just go up and tell him that I'm madly in love with him! He'll just think that I'm just playing some mind game so that he'll get too distracted with me and lose his spot as number one, not to mention he'll reject me! This is way too hard for me!" Mello exclaimed. Matt sighed, "Do you ever stop to wonder if Near feels the same way?" Mello sighed and then there was a knock at the door. "I'll get it." Matt said and walked to the door and opened it.

"Hi Linda." Matt greeted.

"Hi Matt, do you have any scotch tape I can borrow? I ran out days ago." Linda asked walking inside. "Yeah sure." Matt replied going over to one of his drawers looking for his tape.

Mello scoffed, "What's all that crap for?" Linda was a roll of silver wrapping paper, a red gift bow, a card and a box that had a limited edition Gundam

Linda scoffed back, "Well for your information, tomorrow's Near's birthday and I'm going to give him a present. I expect that you aren't going to give him nothing."

"Tomorrow's Near's birthday?" Matt asked giving the scotch tape to Linda.

"Yup that's right. Rumor has it that tomorrow on the 24th is his birthday. Anyways, thanks for the tape Matt!" Linda said as she walked out. "Don't mention it!" Matt called out and closed the door.

"Well I'm hitting the hay." Matt said as he changed out of his clothes to his stripped pajamas and removed his gold tinted goggles. "Night!" Matt said and turned off the lamp light and settled into his Halo sheets. "Yeah goodnight." Mello murmured and he turned off his lamp and went to bed.

It was already a quarter to four and Mello was still tossing and turning, unlike Matt, who was snoring like a lion after dinner. ' So it's Near's birthday today huh?" He smiled and he sat up abruptly, an idea popped into his head. Mello quietly grabbed hi pillow, some stationery, and his fountain pen and he quietly slipped out of his room.

Mello ran so quietly down the halls of the House until he made it to a certain staircase. He ran up it and made it to a small wooden door. He opened it and stepped in, the wooden floorboards creaking as he did so. Mello thought of the attic as a personal space. Sure it was dusty and old but it didn't matter to him. Mello even found and old oak wood desk, a chair, an old cot, a bookcase filled with old mystery/ horror novels. The attic was crowded with old and forgotten stack of boxes and chests and nobody else knew about it, except for L. He had found Mello here once during his visits and he promised to keep it between themselves.

Mello walked over to one of the chests and opened it and viewed it contents. Inside there was a small basket filled with yarn, a thick book entitled 'Book of Sewing' and scraps of clothes. Mello took out the basket, the book and walked over to the desk and turned the lamp on.

"How the hell am I going to do this if I don't know how to fuckin' sew!?" Mello thought. "Aw screw it!" He exclaimed and went right to work.

August 24th- 5:45 AM

Near woke up to the sounds of birds chirping and some random dogs barking in the distance. He sat up in his bed, rubbed his slate grey eyes, and checked the time. 5:45AM. Fifteen minutes before he usually awakens. He stood up and padded over his dresser and pulled out another pair of his usual white pajamas. After his little morning routine, he made his way over to the door. He opened it and stared at the items he almost tripped over in wonder.

Propped up against the doorframe was a brand new teddy bear made out of cream colored corduroy cloth, shiny black buttons for eyes, and there was an envelope that was clearly labeled "Near" in some gothic font. He crouched down and picked up the teddy bear and opened the envelope. ' A letter…' Near thought as he started reading the letter that was written in beautiful calligraphy:

"Dearest Near,

Love is the greatest feeling,Love is like a play,Love is what I feel for you,Each and every day,Love is like a smile,Love is like a song,Love is a great emotion,That keeps us going strong,I love you with my heart,My body and my soul,I love the way I keep loving,Like a love I can't control,So remember when your eyes meet mine,I love you with all my heart,And I have poured my entire soul into you,Right from the very start.

To make it simple Near, I love you so much, so much I can't even stand it. At first I thought, "How can I love my very own enemy? I hate him!" But as time went on, and I looked past your stoic, cold outer being and saw the emotional human side of you. I know that you might think that I'm just getting my emotions get the better of me, as I always do, an you think that this some sick joke, but I assure it's not. I understand if you don't feel the same way but I'd like to set aside our rivalry and become friends, and if you do feel the same, please meet me at that giant oak tree by the pond at 6:00 AM.

Sincerely,

Mello

P.S. - Happy fourteenth birthday Nate River (Matt hacked into the mainframe a long time ago and I found out your name from there.)

Near's cheeks were blushing bright pink by the time he finished the letter. He ran back inside his room and checked his wall clock, which read 5:55 AM. "I still have time…" Near grabbed the teddy bear gave it one, big, squeezing hug and ran out his room with it. He raced down the halls and staircases like a bolt, a complete white blur to anyone who could've seen him.

He reached the huge, wooden oak doors that lead to the outside of the House. He opened them without making any sound and slid out. Near ran quickly down the front steps and ran as fast as he could to the wood behind the orphanage.

It's needless to say how many times Near tripped on the way to the pond because it showed on how many times he stumbled and tripped on the way. There were small tears on hi once clean white pajamas, the small twigs and leaves sticking out from his curly, platinum silver hair, but then again, it never really mattered to him.

Mello was impatiently rocking back and forth on his feet waiting for his only love to come. He checked his wristwatch for the umpteenth time. 5:59 AM. "Maybe h doesn't feel the same…"

"Mello!"

Mello quickly turned around to the source of the voice and ran to it. Near ran down the shores of the pond and so did Mello and they both met into a loving embrace.

"Yes." Near whispered into Mello's shirt.

"What?" Mello asked. Near looked up to Mello and smiled, "Yes I do love you." then he stood on his tippy toes and pressed his lips to Mello's and wrapped his arms around Mello's neck. Mello, a little surprised that he made such a bold move, but immediately kissed back, wrapping his arms around Near's petite waist, bringing him closer to him. Near flushed a bit when he felt Mello kiss back and even more when Mello licked Near's bottom lip a little shyly. Near parted his lips enough for Mello to slip his tongue in. Mello explored inside Near's mouth and then both tongues battled for dominance, Mello winning at the end. They both parted lips breathlessly. Damn that need to breath.

"So does that mean we're a couple?" Near asked innocently. Mello chuckled at the cute innocent Near staring up at him. " Of course we are, but I have one question. Why did you almost drowned at the pond yesterday? I almost got a heart attack when I heard."

"Because, I knew Mello- kun would want this back." Near reached into his left sleeve and pulled out the one thing Mello thought that he might not ever see again. His rosary looked exactly the same way it looked before ethat asshole Jack ripped it. The new red beads were shiny and thus made it look newer. Near placed Mello's rosary on Mello's neck.

"Near…" Mello whispered in disbelief and held the new brass cross in his hands. " No I have on question for you," Near smiled, " Where did you get the teddy bear you left me at my door?" Mello slimed and took his hands out of his pockets and Near gasped. Mello's fingers were covered with tiny red pricks. "You…" Near whispered. "I used my pillow's stuffing for the stuffing for the bear." Mello replied. Both of them looked into each other's eyes and were coming closer…

"HOLY CRAP!!! MELLO?!"

Mello and Near immediately stopped and looked at the giant hedge and what do you know? Pop comes out Matt and Linda. Matt had a 'Holy S**t' look on his face and Linda looked like she was about to burst into tears any second.

"Aw man Mello! I know you have guts but I never thought that you'd tell him! Gimme five!" Matt held his arm high for a high five but Mello just growled at him and Linda.

"I'm… gonna… KILL YOU!!!" Mello chased Matt and Linda, yelling out profanities at both of them while Matt and Linda begged for mercy from the raging blonde.

Near just giggled at the sight and looked out to the clear blue August morning skies. "This is the best birthday ever…" He closed his eyes and made his birthday wish. He wished that he'd hade more days like this, that he and Mello would always be together and nothing could go wrong. But then came November….

A/N: Ha-ha! I managed to somewhat squeeze some angst in…XD lol, please review! ^-^ Oh and give your opinion if I should continue it.