My second chapter for the night er..morning. Whatever you know what I mean. Enjoy. Oh, I don't know if I'm supposed to keep repeating this every chapter or not so I'll just say it anyways...Death Note and characters associated with Death Note are not mine. Though I wish Ken'ichi Matsuyama, the guy who plays L in the movie (which by the way I have now seen all three spectacular movies online), was mine and all mine. I would keep him locked away from the world in my basement and take REAL good care of him. Giggity giggity goo! *dies laughing at her own stupidity* It's been a LONG night and so far morning too. Here's the next chapter.
Busted
The next morning all three of them woke up in a much better mood than the previous day.
"You snore like an old geezer, mate."
"Shut up! At least I don't drool or suck my thumb!" Mello yelled at Matt.
Matt gasped.
"You said you wouldn't tell!"
Matt tackled Mello on the bed, Near just made up, while Near stood on the sidelines watching, twisting his hair around his finger and thumb.
"Nice to see you both getting along so well this morning. I'm going to eat breakfast." Near said, walking away.
He walked to the lab where he knew breakfast, L, and new cases were waiting for him. When he walked in L was busy typing away and watching some police tapes.
"Near." he greeted.
"L." he said back, sitting in his seat next to L.
"Where are the other two?"
"Fighting." Near said, eating a bowl of cereal while looking over a case.
"I see. I hope they do not break anything. Watari would be very upset. He was the one who decorated everything." L said, picking up a sugar cube and eating it.
"OW! OW! Old man that hurts!"
"'Old man?!'"
Watari yanked harder on Mello's ear for that insult.
"Ow! Leggo my ear, that bloody hurts!"
"You two know better than to fight in the house. Get to work and behave yourselves." Watari said, sternly.
Mello and Matt glared at him as they rubbed their now red ear. They both gave Watari one last scowl before sitting down and doing their work.
"I can't get into this. It's coded." Near said, referring to some information on his screen.
"Scoot over let a pro do it." Matt said, with a cocky smirk.
As he was working the screens in the lab all flashed red.
"Aw bloody hell! No you didn't mate!"
L put a thumb to his lips.
"You put a virus in my equipment."
"I got it, I got it. Bloke thinks he's smart does he? Well...take...THIS!"
"What did you do?" Mello asked, reading some files on his computer.
"Completely destroyed his computer with this bad ass virus." Matt said, very proud of his work.
"The files I was trying to get into?" Near asked, twisting his hair around his fingers.
"The files? Oh, yea, I saved them on your computer before I crashed his."
"Thank you." Near said, reading said files and gathering the information he needed.
"You think you're so great." Mello said, with a playful smirk.
"I know I am." Matt said, leaning back in his chair, folding his hands behind his head.
Mello smirked and tipped him back, making him crash onto the floor backwards.
"OI! You did that on purpose!" Matt yelled, standing up.
"Yea, but this is an accident." Mello said, throwing a doughnut and hitting him in the face with it.
Matt flicked the white powder off his goggles and cheek before tackling Mello to the ground, getting into a wrestling fight.
L sighed as he sadly eyed the doughnut on the floor.
"Such a waste."
"What is going on!?" Watari yelled, walking in and holding a tray of tea.
Both Mello and Matt hurriedly pulled away and stood up, clapping their hands over their ears.
"It seems that today we will not be getting any work done. Instead we will take a little vacation." L said.
"Vacation?" Mello asked.
"Where to?" Matt questioned.
"To my private beach."
"YOU have one of those?" Matt asked, amazed.
"Of course. For a change of scenery."
"But you don't go outside, or have windows to look out of-OW!" Mello said, rubbing his sore head.
"So disrespectful!" Watari scolded.
Matt snickered at Mello which earned him a death glare.
"Let's go pack and go." L said, standing and shuffling away.
Near followed after him and Matt and Mello practically ran out of the room because of the look Watari gave them.
~a couple hours later~
"Wow, it's so..."
"Clean?: Matt finished for Mello.
"Yeah. No soda cans, or plastic in the sand, and the sand itself is so white."
"The water is clear too." Matt added.
"I'm going inside." Near said, frowning.
"What's wrong?" Matt asked him.
"It's too hot, the sun is in my eyes, and dirt is getting in my shoes. I don't like it."
"You need a tan. You're as pale as a ghost." Mello said.
"Yeah, some sun is good for you, and it's not dirt it's sand."
Near gave him a look and Matt quickly backed away.
"Let's all changed into our swim suits and sit on the beach." L suggested.
Matt and Mello gaped at him in disbelief.
"I am hurt. I do go outside on occasion."
They all went inside and changed into their swim suits. Once done they went back outside to see towels and umbrellas already out and waiting. Mello and Matt ran to the water while L and Near went under the umbrellas to sit down on the towels.
"It's hot." Near said to no one in particular, as he sifted the sand with his fingers.
"Hm. I suppose you're right." L said quietly.
"Anyone hungry or thirsty?" Watari asked, bringing a big basket with him.
"Cake does sound good." L said quietly, biting his thumb.
"How about a chocolate chip, chocolate cake, with chocolate icing?" Watari asked, holding up a plate with a huge hunk of said cake on it.
L's eyes got as wide as saucers.
"Oh my." he breathed, reaching for the cake.
"Sweet! Cake!" Mello said, grabbing the cake and chomping down on it.
L's eyes narrowed as he contemplated hitting the blonde. Instead he calmed himself down and bit his thumb a little.
"You know you've been taking a lot of my things today."
"Whoa, de ja vu." Matt muttered, drinking juice.
"Y'know Matt said something similar to that to me yesterday." Mello said licking the icing off his fingers.
"Then maybe you should take the hint." L said.
"Major de ja vu." Matt said again.
"Juice?" Near asked, holding his juice pouch up to L, trying to keep the peace.
L gave Near a small smile and sipped some juice.
"Oooo. Indirect kiss." Matt said with smirk, taking a small bite of Mello's cake.
Near blushed a little as he drunk his juice, but thankfully no one took notice.
"Hey! That piece was bigger than mine! Can I get another piece, Watari?" Mello begged.
As soon as Watari gave L his cake L dug in, taking big bites of the delicious cake.
"I don't know. You don't need anymore sugar." Watari teased.
"C'mon? Please?" Mello pouted.
"Alright, Is suppose you can."
"You don't need anymore sugar." Matt said, now eating a hot dog.
"Shut up. You know how I get when I don't have sugar."
"Yea, just like me when I don't have my cigs."
"You smoke?" Near asked, eating a hamburger.
"Yea, you didn't know that?"
"I had my suspicions." Near said quietly.
"It's a disgusting habit that he needs to quit." Mello said, glaring at him.
Matt just shrugged.
When Mello was finished with his second piece of cake, they tried to get Near out form under the umbrella.
"Come swimming." Mello said, tugging on his hand.
"No."
"Yes." Matt said.
"No."
Mello and Matt finally grabbed his hands and drug him toward the water. Near tried to resist the whole way, which resulted in two trenches from the beach towel to the waters edge, where he dug his feet in the sand trying to resist.
Just before they tossed him in the water Near screamed.
"I CAN'T SWIM!!!"
Both boys stood there shocked that he had actually raised his voice, then his words sunk in.
"You mean no one taught you how to swim, mate?" Matt asked.
Near hung his head and gave it a small shake no.
"We can teach you." Mello, said.
"NO! Uh...no we shouldn't..."
~flashback~
"Whaddaya mean ya can't swim?!" Mello yelled.
"It's just as I said you idiot. I. Can't. Swim. It can't get any simpler than that."
Mello snorted.
"I can teach you."
"Really? You'd do that?"
"Sure! We're friends aren't we?" Mello asked.
Matt nodded and smiled.
"Ok, here we go. Ready? Set? GO!"
Mello pushed Matt off the dock and into the water below.
"Now one hand over the other! No! No..not like that...one hand over the other.."
~end flashback~ (scene from Titus when Papa Titus taught Dave how to swim)
"Why the hell not?" Mello asked.
"Uh...I uh..." Matt stammered, trying to think of an excuse.
"I'll teach him."
All three boys jumped and turned to see L there eating a red popsicle.
"You know how to swim?" Matt asked incredulously.
"Of course. Why wouldn't I?" L asked, tilting his head to the side.
"Oh, I don't know...let's see...probably because we never see you outside except now." Matt answered sarcastically.
Near went to L quickly, while the other two were distracted, holding onto the hem of his trunks.
"I still know how to swim." L said.
He took Near's hand and started walking into the water. As they waded deeper into the water Near held L's hand tighter. They finally stopped when the water went to Near's chest, which was also about the same height as L because of his hunched posture.
"Now, as I walk backwards holding your hands I want you to push up off the bottom and keep yourself afloat on you stomach by kicking your legs."
"Sounds simple enough." Near said, thinking it over.
"It is. Now, one, two, three..."
Near sunk like a rock.
"Not...so....simple." Near said, in between coughs.
"It is. You just need to get used to it."
Near gave a small nod and continued to try.
They all finally came inside the as it was getting dark out. All four of them were exhausted and even looked like it.
L's dark circles under his eyes looked even darker, Near was next to him holding his hand and nodding off as he walked, and poor Mello and Matt held each other up trying not to fall down and sleep where they stood.
Watari smiled fondly at them all.
"The baths are prepared." he said.
They all slowly went their own way going to take a bath and little while later the three boys met up in their room.
"Gah...I'm so bloody tired." Matt complained, yawning.
"Yea me too and I think I might have a sun burn." Mello said, with a scowl.
Near just rubbed his eyes and got into bed thinking.
"Night" they all said together, climbing into bed after turning out the lights.
About thirty minutes later Near opened his eyes and quietly snuck out of bed. He quietly opened the door to sneak out.
"You are so busted."
Near jumped and turned to see Mello and Matt looking at him and smirking in the dark.
"Off to see him are ya, mate?"
"See who?" Near faked.
"Tch. Don't bother lying we know you like him." Mello said.
"Yea we so know. We saw it when he taught you how to swim. You're in love with L." Matt said.
Near turned a light pink.
"Do you think...it's wrong?" he asked quietly.
"No way, mate. You can't help who you love. You just can't do anything with him till you're older. You don't want him to go to jail."
Near gave a small nod.
"Here's what you do. Go in and say you couldn't sleep and you wanted to stay with im. Ya gotta make it convincing though. Look and sound the part. Then when he lets you stay act cold and get close to him for some body heat. Then you-"
"MELLO!" Matt hissed.
"What? Oh...sorry."
"I'm going."
"Good luck." Mello said.
When he was gone Matt looked to Mello and shook his head.
"You're such a perv."
"Oh yea?.."
Then Mello suddenly attacked Mello under the covers.
Near slowly made his way to L's room. He paused outside of his door for a moment before knocking on it softly then entering, not waiting for a reply. He walked into the dark room and saw a figure hunched over sitting up on the bed.
"L?" Near called softly.
"Yes, Near?"
"I...I..." Near found he couldn't voice what he wanted to say.
L understood so he simply said, "Come. It's alright to stay in here tonight."
Near practically ran to the bed, getting under the covers and leaning against L. He reached up and started to twist his hair.
"You know don't you?" Near asked quietly, after a little while of silence.
"Yes. You also know that nothing can happen until you are of legal age and even then you might get over your crush." L said, though his voice didn't sound as strong as he wanted it to sound.
Near turned his face suddenly and kissed him softly. He pulled away slowly and leaned back against his side, cuddling close to him.
"It's not a crush so don't say that it is."
"That was your first kiss...why?..."
"Because I am serious." Near said.
L smiled softly in the dark and put his arm around him and held him a bit closer.
Yay! Im done! Again! Woo! I'm so good it should be a crime. I'm so dead tired though so even after spell check if stuff is still wrong forgive me. Its 3:03 am here in Pensacola and I'm tired. Ive been up all day trying to protect my cats from my evil brother who has been picking them up and shaking them (and they're just kittens still on wet food) and then Ive been watching my lil sisters baby and he cries and cries for no reason. Seriously. He was crying and I turned to him and I said, "Why are you crying fat boy? You're not even shedding any tears." He laughed. Seriously people he laughed. He kept doing it and I finally got annoyed and put the hood thing of his car seat down so he couldn't see me. He seriously cried then. So I felt bad and picked him up and we watched Prince of Tennis together. Lol. He likes anime, jpop and kpop mv's, Sponge Bob, and the Avatar better than any other kid show. Its funny. My bro was all like 'If you keep letting him watch all that Japanese stuff he'll speak Japanese and not English!' I laughed but he might have a point. Babies are smart and pick up languages they hear the most often. Now I'm babbling coz I'm so tired. G'night er...morning...whatever! I'm outies! You know what to do! R&R! Also thank you to those of you who patiently waited and also sent me emails telling me to get my ass in gear and to hurry up and update this story. Thanks for waiting and giving me encouragement to post more. *Bows* I truly appreciate it. Arigato Mina! *Blows kisses to all*