Chapter 2 (Days in the Wammy house)

"We did and he wasn't there!" cried Watari in panic. L and Mello looked at each other for a brief second before running off to find Near. Matt followed L and Mello to the bathroom. Matt pounded on the door before breaking it down. L looked around the room. When they saw that he wasn't in there they took off out the room to search around the hospital.

L went around asking people if they saw Near walking around the building.

"Sir?" asked Mello to a man sitting on a chair in the waiting room. "Have you seen a kid that looks about 12 years old, a little albino kid with white on and-"

"Mello! Albino?" asked Matt.

"Well that is what he looks like!" Mello turned to the man. "Well, have you seen him?" The man looked startled, then said:

"I... umm... sorry, but I have not seen this kid that you have described to me."

Just then a woman sitting next to the man said, "Well, I have seen the kid you are looking for. He was walking out of the bathroom, when a man in a big black jacket grabbed his hand and pulled him out the back door, but he didn't struggle. It looked like he had accepted it,"

"Why didn't you tell anyone that you saw him get taken away?" shouted Mello.

"I… I thought that was his parent, that's why! Geez, be happy that you actually got information from me!" yelled the lady.

Mello turned away from the lady, the went to the back door that the lady said that Near was taken to. He opened up the door and looked outside. He saw nothing except a toy robot sitting in the middle of the parking lot. Mello walked over to the toy and picked it up.

He looked at it for a moment then turned to L and yelled, "L, this is all your fault! If you had never taken us to the stupid bakery we would have seen Near get taken."

"Ryuzaki. Please call me Ryuzaki in public," corrected L.

"Yo, dude… Mello calm down this aint L's fault!" exclaimed Matt. Mello looked at Matt then ran back to the door and went inside. Watari came back as soon Mello ran into the building.

"What is wrong with Mello?" he asked.

"Mello is mad at L because he think that it's L's fault that Near was kidnapped. But you know what dude? I think it was all of our faults," said Matt sadly.

"No Matt you are wrong it was my fault, don't blame yourself and Mello," said L as he started walking inside the hospital. They all went inside and checked out of the hospital. But before they left Watari told everyone to look for Near.

When they got back to the orphanage Mello ran to his room and shut the door. He sat on his bed and stared at the toy.

Near, I'm sorry. I have should of been there for you. I'm sorry that I punched you in the face. No! This is all my fault. If I never punched you in the face like that you wouldn't have gone to the hospital, thought Mello. With that he walked over to Near's room and sat on the bed staring at the wall. Just then there was a knock on the door. Mello was silent.

"Mello? Are you in there?" asked Watari. Mello was still silent. Watari walked into the room with L and Matt following behind him. L was about to say sorry when Mello started before he could.

"I'm sorry L. If I had never hit Near and broke his nose, this wouldn't have happened," apologized Mello.

L nodded his head then left the room.

"I'm sure that L accepts the apology. L is not the one for words right now," said Watari.

Matt, Mello, and Watari then sat on the bed and stared at the toy Mello had in his hands. Watari looked at the clock it said 5:00.

"Well," said Watari, "I better get dinner ready, you all need to sleep at 8:00 because you have school tomorrow. I will inform the teacher that Near won't be attending for certain reasons." With that he left the room with Matt.

"Are you coming?" asked Matt standing at the threshold. Mello shook his head.

"I'm going to go to my room." Mello walked out of Near's room and went to his own.

Meanwhile, when Watari was cooking the dinner for the orphanage, he got a phone call that said that they found someone that they think saw Near in town. Watari told Mello, L, and Matt.

"Really?" asked Mello hopefully. With that the four of them went to the car.

When they were driving Mello asked, "Where are we going?"

"We are going to the bakery. That is where the women that said she saw Near is," said Watari. Matt looked at L - he looked surprised.

When they arrived at the bakery, they looked inside to see Mina on the phone with a customer. By the time that they got inside she was done on the phone.

"Ryuzaki! I knew you would be back for some more of that short cake that I made for you! I'm sorry that your brother was kidna- " Mina was cut off by L.

"He isn't my brother," corrected L. "He is my… Well I take care of him at the orphana- " L trailed off when he realized that it probably wasn't a good idea to say that he was from an orphanage; it wasn't even a good idea to be out in public in the first place. Mina didn't notice that he didn't finish because she was talking to Watari.

"Yeah I saw the kid called Near walking down the street," said Mina.

"Was he walking with someone else?" cut in L.

"What? Oh, no. He was by himself. He looked very confused."

"Oh, well thank you," said L as he was about to leave.

Before he got out the door, Mina called out, "Ryuzaki!"

L turned around to see Mina walking toward him. L gestured for Watari and the gang to go back to the car.

"Do you think that we can maybe… well, have dinner once?" Mina suggested shyly.

L looked shocked. He had never been asked on a date before. L nodded his head then turned around.

Mina laughed and called to him. "Tomorrow at 7:00!"

L turned around again and smiled, then left.

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Well, second chapter is done! Hoped you liked it!