Authors Note:
Well here it is, my first fic, and it's about L! Don't get me wrong, I love L but I thought my first would be about Mello or Matt. Well, anyway, here it is. Hope it's good.
Disclaimer:
I do not own Death Note, I wish I did though, but I do own my character Mika. But I'd rather own Mello...
I lick the cold, green ice cream I hold in front of my mouth. It was a large waffle cone with two, perfectly round, scoops of the sweet food. The flavour is a strange one; most children my age would take one measly bite from it and gag in disgust. But I find that the flavour is actually quite good, in fact, green tea is the only flavour of ice cream that I will let touch my picky little tongue.
I feel a wet drop land on my nose. I glance up at the sky. It's a beautiful day, no signs of rain clouds even in the distance. But despite the clear sky, I feel another drop of rain land on my cheek, and my hair, and my eye, making me squint. I turn my head back toward the ground and continue walking, protecting my ice cream with my free hand.
And there he is, seeming to have come from nowhere. Through my now wet hair, I see a boy. No older than myself. He sits on a bus bench, his legs held up in front of him and his thumb in his mouth. His dark hair was plastered to his face from the rain that is now falling heavily. It's not until now that I notice the boy is asleep. The sight fills me with pity and sorrow but I have never been the type to just walk away.
"Hello..." I say nervously to the boy whose dark eyes dart open instantly. The boy looks me up and down but settles his sight on my right hand. "Are... You okay?" I manage to ask. The boys' strange, emotionless gaze slightly frightened me.
The boy does not respond, just continues to stare at my hand. I look down at my right hand as well and suddenly remember the ice cream. The boy is so skinny; he probably hasn't eaten in awhile. I feel bad for being so selfish and hold the ice cream out to him.
"Would you like some?" I offer and without a second of hesitation or the slightest manners he grabs it from my hand and takes a big bite from the melting sphere. "I know it's a strange flavour but I like it"
"I enjoy it as well" Are the first words I hear him speak. Suddenly, my nervousness entirely disappears and I feel comfortable around this strange child. It's also at that moment that I realise just how rude I'm being. I haven't even told the boy my name!
"I'm Mika by the way, where do you live?" I ask, hoping he doesn't notice my rudeness. He looks around himself while still licking his, well my, ice cream.
"I believe I live here" He says, not seeming to notice how pitiful that sounded.
"Oh... Really... This doesn't seem like much of a home..." I comment, feeling bad for him. He looks up at me.
"Perhaps not to you, but I have resided here for quite some time now and I cannot think of anywhere else better to call home" He tells me, making me pity him even more.
"Would you like to stay with me?" I offer, hoping that if he agrees, Watari won't be too angry about me bringing home a muddy little boy. "I've got a big house with plenty of space; it would really be no trouble..."
"That sounds agreeable, shall we leave now?" He asks, springing to his feet with more flexibility than I had expected. This boy seemed different than he had two minutes ago when I first met him, could you really change that fast? Or has the ice cream just put him in a better mood?
"Sure" I say and start walking with the boy by my side. I take note of his poor posture but I say nothing of it aloud. He continues to eat my ice cream but I let him keep it, I could always get more.
"My name is Lawliet" He says with a mouthful of ice cream when we were halfway home. Lawliet, what a strange name. But for him I would say it fits. A strange name for a strange boy.
End Authors Note:
That talks alot about ice cream... I was always wondering what kind of ice cream L was eating so I decided to put it here. Well, hope you liked it, I shall post the next chapter as soon as it is finished.
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