A/N: Hey, I'm actually doing something multi-chaptered! I hope you enjoy it. I worked pretty hard on the chapters so far. But there is more to come!
Disclaimer: I do not own Death Note, the characters contained within, or anything related.
One: Encounter
Their first encounter was pretty standard, as far as a first encounter with Mello went.
A few hours before, Matt had idly walked up to Roger, asked him how his day was going, carried on some idle chitchat, and then excused himself politely to go play his video game. As he was leaving, he remarked, "Mello is beating up a couple of preschoolers in the front yard, by the way."
Four hours later, as Matt lay on his bed furiously pressing away at the buttons on his Game Boy, Mello angrily threw the door to the room open and stomped inside, stocking feet padding away at the floor.
"You!" he hissed, grabbing Matt by his collar and pulling him up to his level, "where do you get off telling Roger who I'm beating up?!"
Matt shrugged. "They were in preschool, man. You just don't beat up preschoolers. Stick to someone your own size."
As Mello's fist soundly connected with his face, he couldn't help but think that at least Mello was taking his advice.
Holding his hand up to his bloody nose, Matt studied Mello and remarked, "You have a good punch on you. It would be a waste to use it on preschoolers, don't you think?"
Mello blinked.