I'd already pretty much finished this by the time I uploaded chapter 1 as I said. Yehh, I don't really have much inspiration for this fanfic, it sort of came out of nowhere, but im starting chapter 3 now so it should be up soon. This one's really long, sorry! :)

Chapter Two-

The next morning came around quickly, and Matt and Mello were woken up by the natural daylight beaming through their window, which they had forgotten to draw the curtains on the previous night. Despite this, it was 10:22am, and their bus was leaving in half an hour.

"Fuck" said Mello sounding tired "we don't have much time"

Without saying anything, Matt rolled out of bed and pulled his stripy black and red shirt of his head. What would be the point in a shower? They'd have to wash when they returned today in order to cover the evidence of what they'd done.

"Don't forget your ID" moaned Mello, sounding pretty much half asleep "I got everything else"

Mello and Matt had to sprint to the bus stop, but got there in time only to find that the bus was late.

"That was a waste of time then" Matt murmured to himself, only to be heard by Mello

"Yeh, oh well, at least we got a good day ahead of us" Mello replied, smirking as they boarded the bus into town.

The drive was only about an hour, and neither boys said much on the journey. It was about midday when they finally arrived.

"Go to a corner shop" said Matt to Mello, only to be responded to with a confused look, "what? Bigger shops have a hard time believing fake ID, whereas corner shops, they only want to make money."

"I suppose" replied Mello, pointing at a corner shop which was quite far from the public eye, "how about that one?"

"Sure" answered Matt, after all, it didn't really matter where.

Both teens entered the shop, and went straight over to the counter that has what they wanted: cigarettes. They joined a small queue.

"What do I ask for?" whispered Matt, clearly beginning to get nervous over what they were about to do.

"Relax" Mello whispered back "just ask for any random one; they're pretty all much the same anyway"

Matt agreed to this as they got to the front of the queue.

"Can I have those ones please?" Matt asked, pointing at a £10 packet on the top row, they looked about right.

"ID?" asked a very miserable shop keeper. He'd had this a lot, teens coming in the shop with fake ID asking for cigarettes, never to return again. Once Matt had given him the ID, he immediately went along with it. Obviously this was fake, but he wanted no trouble. He tossed a packet of cigarettes at the two boys whilst Matt shoved a £10 note across the counter. Matt slowly picked them up and muttered "thanks" under his breath. They then both left the shop, smiling at each other.

"We can't be seen doing this" said Mello, almost sounding nervous by now, "did you bring a light?"

"Yeh" reassured Matt "let's go to that mini forest by the park, behind that big building, we can't be seen there"

Mello nodded as they both proceeded to the location, it wasn't far.

"Here we are then" said Mello, sitting in the corner against a graffitied wall.

"Who's going first then?" Matt asked, taking out the light, two cigarettes and handing one to Mello, "never mind, I'll go"

Mello was shocked at this level of bravery, but just replied with "okay"

Matt placed the cigarette between his lips and attempted to light it, but failed the first few times. Mello continued to stare, when eventually it lit.

"Breath in" said Mello, taking the light off of Matt.

"I'm trying" replied Matt. After that, Matt inhaled very strongly, bursting into a fit of coughing.

"Ha!" laughed Mello, holding the cigarette between his lips and lighting it up on the first try. He breathed in, and didn't cough like Matt, but he didn't like it.

"Ugh" said Mello, gagging at the the disgusting thing between his fingers "this is awful, why the fuck do people do this?"

"I don't know" replied Matt, finally getting into it "it's kinda relaxing in a way"

"Yeh if it doesn't kill you" said Mello, putting out the almost full cigarette into the concrete, "well I won't be doing that again!"

"Sure enough" Matt responded, taking one more drag of the cigarette before stubbing it out on the ground.

For the rest of the day, the two teens hung out around the park doing practically nothing. Eventually, they had to return to Wammy's house. Both boys entered the house, hoping no one would notice them or the new smell of smoke.

"Today was good, thanks Matt" Mello said quietly "I think I needed that"

"Hey, I'm always here" replied Matt "but speaking of that, I need a shower and some fucking mouthwash"

Both boys grinned as they proceeded to their room, only to freeze at the sight of a small silhouette.

It was Near. Fuck.

"Hello boys" Near said, without any emotion in his quiet and calm voice "what have you been up to today then?"

Matt and Mello froze, would he find out?

"Just, um, hanging in town" answered Mello, as Matt nodded his head in agreement.

"Is that all?" Near asked, sounding suspicious. Both teens knew what he mean, and they could tell that he'd figured it out.

"Yeh, why you ask?" questioned Mello.

"Do you think I'm stupid?" replied Near.

"No. I don't understand... me and Matt were jus-"

"I know that smell. You guys have tried cigarettes for the first time."

"What th-"

"Don't worry, I won't tell Watari, as long as your swear not to do it again" said Near, slowly twirling a piece of hair in his fingers "after all, as much as you guys are competitive and rather quite abusive, I'd hate to see you waste your lives like that"

"We won't" promised Matt on his and Mello's behalf, almost sounding quite apologetic Mello continued-

"We're sorry, it was just that L said-"

"Forget it. It's fine" said Near, interrupting Mello and walking back into his room, looking ashamed at the two other possible successors of L.

Once they got into their room, Mello's temper once again got the better of him, making Matt fear for his wellbeing.

"FUCK" screamed Mello, throwing the almost full pack of cigs at the floor "THAT LITTLE FUCKER? HOW DID HE FIGURE IT OUT?"

"I uh, i don't know" Matt replied very softly, trying to keep his best friend even remotely sane.

"FUCK" Mello repeated as he collapsed onto his bed, lying there feeling like shit, Near knew what they'd done. Matt picked up the cigarettes and put them under his mattress, then sitting on his bed and switching on his PSP.

The room was silent for at least an hour, as Mello lay there thinking and Matt played his games. The door began to slowly creak open as Roger stepped quietly into the room, looking devastated. The two friends both looked up, thinking different things. Mello was convinced that Near has told him, but Matt knew it was something else. Roger had never looked so depressed.

"Please come to my office in 5 minutes" asked Roger, almost choking on his words as a tear broke from his eye "I need to speak with you boys and Near"

Once he'd left, Matt and Mello both stood up, confused. This had to be something else. Could it be?