Near and I really didn't have any friends. We had kids ask us to play outside, but we politely declined. I didn't think any of those kids would actually like me. I was kind of weird. I still am. I didn't dislike any of those kids, because they were never mean to us. The only kid I ever did dislike was Mello.
Mello was a normal kid. He played soccer outside, and had a lot of friends. The reason I disliked him is that he was always picking on Near. Near was an A+ student, and was at the top of his class. He had to be, because he would become the next L. Mello hated to be number 2, always falling short of Near. He knew that he had to beat Near to be L, but he knew that it wasn't likely.
Mello had a best friend, who was also his roommate. His name was Matt. Matt was the only boy I ever liked. He was kind of strange, like me. He loved video games, and almost never came outside. He was right after Mello to become L. I was a year older than him, but I didn't care. Matt liked me, too, but he couldn't tell that to Mello, because I had more than one boy after me, including Mello.
Mello tried to talk to me one time, but I didn't listen. After he was done talking, I asked if he would introduce me to Matt. He was really ticked off about that. But he introduced me anyway. After that, I not only hung out with Near, I also watched Matt play video games, and we talked for hours each day. I was 13 then, and he was almost 13. Little did we know that L would die less than a year later.
To be continued…………………….