Author's Note: Before anyone flames me, know that humor is not really my strong suit. These were originally just little prose doodles inspired by some "wouldn't it be funny if" conversations between one of my friends and I. They are images that we found amusing, but I know everyone's sense of humor is different, so I understand completely if you find them stupid. These were also written before any of my real fics, so there might be some out-of-character stuff. This first one was inspired by two notions. 1) Judging by the number of allusions in Another Note, Mello probably liked to read. 2) Near's notebook-switching prowess was way too advanced to have been a one time thing. He probably had practice. (Yes, I know Gevanni did the actual switching, but Near masterminded the whole thing). So without further delay, here is the first ficlet.

Disclaimer: I do not own Death Note or any of the characters in this story.

A howl echoed through the dark, quiet halls of Wammy's House followed by the violent slamming of a door.

"Near!" a small, golden-haired boy screamed, storming out into the hallway. He half-tripped over the bottom of his black pajama pants and began a very angry and very purposeful journey to the end of the hallway. A boy with reddish hair and a sleepy, confused look in his eyes peeked out of the room the golden-haired boy had emerged from. He thought of following his roommate, but then decided this was probably one of those things it was best not to get involved in.

The golden-haired boy kicked open the door at the end of the hallway with a force that almost set him off balance and rushed inside.

"I don't know how you did it, or when," he hissed, shaking a hard-bound book in his hand, "But I know it was you."

A boy with messy white hair slowly sat up in his bed, clutching the blanket in his tiny fists. He blinked at the figure silhouetted in his open doorway.

"Hm… Mello? Is that you?"

"Who do you think it is?"

"What are you doing here? Did you have a nightmare?" The tone in the white-haired boy's voice was somewhere between emotionless innocence and an insult.

"No, but lemme spell out a little scenario for you, Near. I sit down in my room with a good book and pick up reading where I left off yesterday. 'Kay? Got that? Well, as I'm reading suddenly my dramatic coming-of-age narrative turns into a detailed description of the inner workings of small diesel engines. Mid-sentence."

Mello's eye twitched.

"I didn't know you liked engines, Mello."

"I don't!" Mello screamed, throwing the book down on the floor. "Someone replaced a page of my book with a page of some other book!"

"Publishing mistakes happen all the time."

"I know it was you!" Mello screamed, stomping his foot.

"How would I be able to do that?"

"I don't know. I don't know how you did it, but you did!"

His voice cracked as he continued to scream.

Mello was just about to leap onto the smaller child when a shadow appeared in the doorway.

"What's going on in here?" an older British man asked. "It's way past your bedtimes, boys."

"Roger!" Mello gasped, running to the man and tugging on his pant leg. "Near! He-he took my book and he… switched it! The pages! They were…"

"Mello, get back to bed. It is very late. You're disturbing all the other children."

"But Roger!"

"Mello, you have to the count of three. One… Two…"

"This isn't fair!" Mello shrieked, scowling at Roger and holding his ground defiantly.

"Three."

The man grabbed Mello by the hand and began to drag him out of Near's room. Mello tried to dig his bare heels into the carpeting, but only succeeded in making himself fall over. He began to flail and cry as Roger led him back to his room.

Mello plopped onto his bed and crossed his arms and legs after wiping a few bitter tears from his cheek.

His red-haired roommate simply looked at him and sighed.

"I told you it wasn't a good idea to lock Near in the closet last week."

Author's Note: So…yeah… If you found that entertaining in any way, there's another ficlet in the next chapter involving Tetris which I personally like better than this one. If you did not find it entertaining, I'm sorry for having wasted your time. Please leave a review if you have any comments or suggestions. Thank you for reading!