Title: Beginnings
Fandom: Death Note
Characters: L, Near, Mello, Matt, Watari, and Roger
Prompt: #1 Beginnings (it's from the BIG TABLE OF PROMPTS if you really cared)
Word Count: 535
Rating: G
Summary: Near and Mello's first time meeting L!
Author's Notes: This is the first of about 100 small little things that I plan to write to help with my writer's block. This one was written a year ago. It's also got spoilers for Near and Mello's real names… I suggest you stop reading NOW if you don't want to know!


The dark haired, pale skinned, large dark eyed teen stared uninterested towards the front door and the entrance to the small entry hall. Roger stood there his hands holding the hands of two small children. Watari gently nudged on the boy's lower back to push him in front of himself and towards the two kids and Roger.

"L my boy, come closer I want you to meet these two." Roger smiled towards the older boy as Watari pushed L forward some more. L let out a small growl before slouching and walking towards the two. His bare feet making loud clumping sounds on the hard wood floor as he walked.

The blonde child ran right up to L, smiling brightly. L blinked tired eyes down towards him before tilting his head.

"My name's Mihael." The blonde said before looking back towards the other boy. Said boy had snow white hair that he was twirling around a small finger. Mihael glared towards the boy before turning a bright smiling face back to L. "He's Nate."

"Near." The white haired boy spoke up pulling away from Roger and slipping up to stand next to Mihael. L was sure he just slid on the floor; no human could walk that silently. Mihael took a swipe at Near's head but L caught it easily. He was used to stopping fights, Matt was much larger and stronger than the small blonde boy however. "He's Mello. Can I go play now?"

The air of boredom and of a childhood attention span swept over L as he nodded his head towards Near. Near nodded and quickly slid out of the room. Mello huffed loudly, his arm still held in L's hand.

"Lesson one Mello: I do not like unnecessary violence." L let Mello's arm go and watched the boy hand his head. L suddenly felt bad, even though he was sure he had never felt like that before.

"Lesson two: Your real name is to never be spoken aloud again. It could get you killed." Mello's face flushed red but he nodded his consent.

"Lesson three: Ease dropping, no matter how good, will NOT be tolerated!" L moved so fast that the strawberry brunette teen didn't even have time to blink. L grabbed the boy and pushed him towards Mello. The boy smiled sheepishly towards them both before pulling out his game boy and walking off, throwing a Welcome to Whammy House over his shoulder. L looked to the embarrassed blonde and sighed, L was sure he was going soft.

"Lesson four: Chocolate solves everything." L pushed a stunned Mello towards the kitchen a thoughtful look on his face. Mello suddenly cheered up and started to bounce in step with L.

"I think Roger has some chocolate bars stashed, lets see who can find them first." Mello and L both took off out of the entrance hall leaving the older men to their own devices.

Roger and Watari shared a large knowing smile as the white haired boy and the strawberry brunette boy both snuck into the kitchen.

"Looks to be the beginning of an interesting adventure don't you agree Watari?"

Watari nodded towards Roger, it would be an interesting adventure indeed.