OK,This is my first fan fiction. So try and be gentle. ^_^ If you have any questions, feel free to ask. I'll try and update as much as possible. Disclaimer: I own nothing. Because if i owned Death Note, it would be nothing but yaoi...*sigh* but I can dream can't I? ^_^ Anyways...on to the show!

Just your average day at Whammy's House. The laughter of children erupted all over the place and echoed through the silent halls. Only 3 kids were hard at work, training their intelligent brains to become a successor of the greatest detective on the face of the earth. Or at least, they were supposed to be working.

"Fuck this game! I quit!" Matt yelled as he threw the controller down, making a small crack on the side. "Just great." He then sighed as he kicked it aside, shutting the console off and slumping into a cushioned seat by the window. He stared outside to the kids below, pouting the entire time.

"God Matt, you're such a sore loser at times!" Mello snorted, laughing and falling backwards. He placed the controller next to the one Matt had scarred, and stood up stretching. He looked over at Near, who was studying away, hidden behind towers of books. It wasn't that Mello was in love with the young boy, there was just something about Near that Mello was attracted to. Matt's voice cut through Mello's admiration of Near.

"This coming from the person who hates to be second place behind Mr. Smarty Pants Near!" Matt shouted. Mello glanced at Matt with an evil stare and threw the broken controller at him, with a direct hit to the forehead. Matt fell backwards out of his chair, proceeding to roll over into a up right sitting position. Near's straight face twitched into a smile then lit up with laughter. "What are you laughing at pip squeak!" Mello demanded, angrily, rubbing his forehead, which was now forming into a massive black-purple bump.

"You guys are like something out of a comic strip!" Near laughed. He held his sides and laughed into the book he was reading, gasping for air but laughing harder at the attempt.

Mello smiled and thought, "His laugh is so innocent. So cute!--..wait...did i just say Near was cute?! No, I can't say that! I just can't say anything like it about my rival! It's not right! But...he really is kind of cute...so innocent...so young...OK. Enough Mello! You cannot be in love with Near! You aren't in love with Near!"

Matt grumbled as a giggling Near helped Matt up. "Now what's so funny you little brat!" Near pointed at Matt's forehead and bursted out laughing again, falling onto the floor holding his stomach. Matt ran to the the mirror right above Mello's bed and stared. "OH MY GOD! I LOOK LIKE A UNICORN!" Mello chuckled at Matt's comment, silently thanking him for breaking the trance his thoughts of Near had left him in.

The three boys shared a bedroom. Watari, the owner of Whammy's orphanage, had made it that way. Mello had pestered Watari as to why he was being forced to share a room with Near. Watari simply stated that it was because L, the detective, had requested that his three successors were to be confined together. Mello was furious at this, but simply shrugged it off and left the situation alone.

Matt touched his "unicorn horn" over and over again wincing with every "Ow!" Mello and Near were on the floor erupting with laughter, their faces lighting up with joy.

Watari then opened the door to all the commotion and look at the maniacal laughter and the sorrowful pain that was was emanation from the room. "L would like a word with you three, right at this moment actually." He stepped aside and in walked L, slouching in his normal stance as usual. Matt pulled his goggles over his bump, wincing at the movement and sat upon his bed. Near and Mello had stopped there laughing fit and sat on the floor, right next to eachother. Mello ignored this, thanking Matt yet again as he now had an excuse as to why his face was red.

"Hello Matt, Mello, Near," L greeted, "I would like to interview each of you personally. Just to see where you IQ lies at so I can see if you are acceptable as candidates to being the second L," he ended on a monotonous note. The three boys stared at him, nodding at his comment. Mello glanced at Near, who was staring at L, not only nodding, but his eyes were glowing with something. It was then that Mello realized that Near looked up to L, not as a lover, but as a hero. He was almost jealous of the attention Near gave L.

"Matt, you're first. Follow me," L motioned Matt to the room that was just a few doors down from their own room. Matt followed him and Watari closed the door behind them three. It was just Mello and Near, all alone. Mello looked at Near, catching Near's glimpse turning from him to the window.

"You OK Near?" Mello asked, trying to begin a conversation. Mello thought he saw a blush covering Near's pale cheeks as he nodded in reply.

"I'm fine Mello. Just thinking about what L would be asking us. You know?" Near turned to Mello and smiled slightly. Mello stared at Near as the feelings he had been ignoring were begginning to take over. He couldn't love Near!

----------------------------2 Hours Later--------------------------------------

"Near, it's your turn," L called as he returned a yawning Mello to the room. Near stood up and looked at the clock, it was nearly 8:00 pm. Why so late? Near thought. He pushed it aside and walked out the door with L.

"I don't mean to bug you, sir, but...what exactly are we going to do L?" Near asked oh so innocently.

L smirked at this and put his hand on Near's shoulder, pulling him a bit to close for Near. "Be patient Near. You'll find out soon enough." L pulled him closer then before, sliding his hand to Near's waist.

Near was confused at these actions. He didn't dare to object these actions in fear of upsetting L. Sure he had loved L, but as a hero. He looked up to him. Why was L acting this way?

L and Near walked into the room, and as Near studied the darkness surrounding the room, L locked the door and approached Near, smirking like a Cheshire cat.

"Now then, let us begin."