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A Secret

I hid my diary under the floorboard that was under my bed. Hopefully, no one would look there. If they did, then they would find my candy, and if they looked deeper, they would find a box with a lock and key, and if they opened it, then they would find the death note. That would be bad. Very bad indeed.

'Maybe I'll go downstairs to the playroom. Perhaps I'll play with Name.' I trudged downstairs, my bare feet feeling the cold, wooden floor. A lot of kids liked to wear shoes in doors, but I didn't. I don't like socks, and the cold floor is refreshing. I suppose walking barefooted didn't help my appearance. 'Perhaps that's why some kids won't talk to me, because I look strange.' I stopped walking and stared at my clothes. I wore baggy black sweat pants, and my baggy shirt reached my mid-thigh. My shirt was strange too, because it only had one sleeve. I had cut my left sleeve when I got to Wammy's, so that the ribbon tied to my arm would be seen. I wore earrings, but they couldn't be seen under my hair that I could never seem to tame.

I started to feel self-conscious about my appearance, and suddenly, I didn't want to play anymore. I was outside of the playroom, when I turned around and started to walk away, lost in thought.

"A new face! Let's cuddle him!"

"No!"

"Ooow!"

"We're sorry!"

The sound of crashes, moaning, and crying snapped me out of my thoughts. I ran back to the playroom, surprised at what I saw.

L was standing in the middle of the room, while the other children were moaning and crying in pain. Mr. Wammy was already in the room, helping the crying children up so that he could take them to the nurse. "What happened here, L?" Mr. Wammy never yelled, but you could hear the anger and distress in his voice.

L explained that the children yelled "A new face! Let's cuddle him!" and then attempted to "employ violence" on him. L said, "They started it" and then declared, "I am justice!"

I couldn't help but giggle at that. It was then that everyone acknowledged my presence and stared at me. "Miss Nona, what do you find so amusing that you had to laugh in a situation such as this?"

"Uh- I – Uhm" I could feel my face growing red from embarrassment. Even the crying kids were staring at me.

"Well?" Mr. Wammy asked.

"Uh – I – I gotta go!" I yelled, making a mad dash out of the room. I ran upstairs to my room and locked the door, breathing heavily. I could still feel the redness on my face.

"Nona, are yew kay?" I looked up surprised to see Name. He was sitting on his bed, stuffing his face with candy. I stared at the candy hungrily and slowly walked to his bed and sat down. I slowly reached for some chocolate when I felt me hand get slapped. "Ow! All I wanted was some chocolate!" I yelled reaching for it again.

My hand was slapped once again. "No, you didn't ask!"

"Please? Pretty please with strawberries on top? Please Name?"

"Well when you put it that way… no."

"What? But I said please!"

"But I don't feel like sharing!"

"You- You meanie! Give me that chocolate!" I tackled Name as he held the chocolate away from me.

"But there's more chocolate there!" He said as he tried to protect the chocolate both he and I favored.

"No! I want that chocolate!"

"No, I want it!"

"Give it here, Name!"

"No, it's mine!"

"Sharing means caring! You don't love me anymore?"

"Not if it means giving you my chocolate! Stop Nona, it's mine!"

"Greediness is a sin, Name! Don't be a sinner."

I could tell Ciego and Name's shinigami, Armonia, were finding our situation amusing.

"B-But what about your lollipop? Remember, Mr. Wammy gave you the lollipop!"

"… You're right. Thanks Name!" I said happily as I got off of him and took the lollipop out of my pocket. I opened the wrapper and smiled when I felt the strawberry flavored lollipop in my mouth. 'Mmm, strawberries… I want strawberries now…'

"Bye Name!" I said as I opened the door. "Where are you going?" Name said as he was cradling the chocolate we had fought over. "I want strawberries." Was all I said as I walked out of the room. I was about to close the door when I heard Name say, "It's ok my precious, that she-devil isn't here to bother you anymore."

My eye twitched and I slammed the door open, "What did you call me?"

"AHH! SHE'S BACK!"

I don't believe that Name has ever gotten that hurt with a pillow…

I skipped merrily downstairs, the idea of having strawberries putting me in a good mood. I skipped to the kitchen and grabbed a bowl and filled it with strawberries. 'Delicious. Such a delicacy. The best fruit in the world. Strawberries, you make me happy…'

All of a sudden I could feel myself falling, but all I could think about was that I had to save my strawberries. That is why I fell sitting down. 'My butt hurts, but at least my strawberries are ok.'

I looked to see who I had bumped into, when I saw a boy with a mop of black hair rubbing his head. "Oh!" I exclaimed standing up abruptly. "I'm sorry, L!" I said holding my hand out to help him up. 'It's difficult to talk with a lollipop in my mouth.'

He stared blankly at my hand and stood up himself.

"Uhm…sorry… I suppose…" I said, letting my hand drop. I started to walk up the stairs, and I was almost up, when all of a sudden I tripped.

"Ah!" I yelled, tumbling down the stairs.

When I was finally at the bottom of the stairs, I heard a clack, and felt emptiness in my mouth. I softly put my bowl of strawberries down, and stared at my lollipop. 'My… lollipop…'

"MY LOLLIPOP! I'M SO SORRY LOLLY!" I yelled. Yes, fallen candy was a very serious thing. I felt my face redden when I heard soft laughter. I looked at were the noise was coming from, and saw L trying to have a serious face, but laughter kept slipping out of his mouth. 'This is so embarrassing. Maybe… Maybe I'll give him a strawberry…! But they're my strawberries! But… maybe he could keep this a secret.'

"I'll give you this strawberry if you keep this a secret!" I blurted out before I could stop myself. I've never seen a strawberry taken away so fast from my fingers. "My… strawberry…" I muttered lowly, feeling the emptiness in my hand. L finished the strawberry quickly and then he bent down to me. I could see the amusement in his eye, and I felt emptiness in the hand were I held the lollipop.

He looked at the lollipop, picked off some of the dust, and then popped it in his mouth, then started to walk away.

I stared, gaping at my empty hand and then at L's figure as it started to disappear in the hallways.

"I-Eh- You- You – THAT WAS MY LOLLIPOP!"

An incident like this actually happened to me two years ago, were I bought two cookies. There was a new girl that no one spoke to, so I decided to give her one of my cookies. When I opened my cookie, it fell on the floor (we were in the school cafeteria) and when I told my friend, she decided she wanted to eat it. I thought, 'if I can't have it, then no one can', so I stepped on it for a good minute or two. When I was done stepping on it, she grabbed it, held it to the ceiling, "blessed it" and her and her cousin started to munch on my cookie. I'm never going to forget that...

That's why fallen candy/ sweets is so serious.

So yeah, I actually like this chapter; it was fun to write. And I got that playroom incident with L from here:

http: / deathnote . wikia . com/wiki/L:_The_Wammy's_House/One_Day