1. Coma
Watari knocked, because he had always tried his best to respect his student's privacy, and he knew that L was especially particular about it. But when L didn't come to the door, or even invite the elderly man in, Watari began to feel nervous. Images of an empty room, or a bloody corpse on the bed flashed through his mind. Suddenly, he felt his age creep up on him. His back ached, and his stomach dropped.
"I'm coming in, Ryuzaki," the man announced, reminding himself a bit of playing hide-and-go-seek, calling out the traditional 'ready or not, here I come'.
The door swung open, and Watari gasped. It was all together, worse and better than he imagined. He was not dead, he had not vanished, but there was something horribly wrong. L was passed out on the floor, half up under his desk. There was an overturned plate of sweets beside his left hand. Strawberry filling was strewn all across the floor, and even on L's signature white shirt.
"L!" the old man exclaimed. He pulled the young man out from under the desk, and relief flooded him when he saw L's eyelids flutter the tiniest bit.
"What happened?" the old man asked, not really expecting an answer, but the boy spoke slowly, his eyes still closed.
"Sugar coma."
Then he shot up, suddenly full of life, and stood on his own, facing his guardian with a rare smile. "April fools!"
Watari breathed slowly for a moment, as if catching his breath. He opted out the usual response of 'You could have given me a heart attack'. He really just couldn't say it. In fact, despite the fact that he was still shaking slightly, he had to admit that he was pleased that L had taken a break from his constant work to play a prank.
Finally, with a resigned sigh, the old man chuckled, and pulled a very surprised L into his arms for a hug.
This one was fairly easy to write. When the words 'Death Note' and 'coma' come to mind, it's only natural to think of L going into a sugar coma. The idea that this was a L playing a prank came later.
I also decided to put this from Watari's point of view, (since L's playful side is hard for me to get into), which sparked the ultimate decision to change characters instead of just using L, Matt, and Mello like I originally was going to do.
