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"Really?" She asked joyfully

"Yeah, now get off of me, you soaking my shirt" Near said, still not looking her way

"Oh, sorry!" She said as she let go of him

She then grinned

"One more thing" She said, and reached up to feel his pale, white short locks of hairs

Near snapped his head in her direction, and she gave him a look of awe

"No wonder you were touching it earlier…It's so soft!!" Sakura said

Goosebumps soon appeared on Near at the feel of her massaging his scalp, and he shivered

He resisted the urge to lean into it more, and simple settled with staring at her

His time with her was cut short when a loud ringing noise filled the air and a look of shock graced her features

Her hand slipped out of his hair, and Near almost immediately found himself yearning for her to touch him again, like a puppy would with his master

"Oh no! I'm going to be in so much trouble! I forgot to clean up the mess I made!" Sakura screamed, making a dash to the napkins and sponge lying forgotten on the floor

She picked them up, swung the door open and-

"Sakura, do you know how to get back?" Near asked

Sakura froze, then turned around, laughing nervously

"Can you take me, please?" She asked, looking at him apologetically

Originally, he would've refused, but decided to go with the bright young girl. For some reason, he didn't want to be left alone by her anymore, he wanted to stay with her for as long as he could, and helping her find her way back would give him the perfect excuse. He wanted to find out what classroom she'd been assigned so that he might cross paths with her again. After all, they hadn't found out who's won the argument. And Near was not particularly fond of losing.

"Alright" He said, standing up and walking towards a shocked Sakura

"Really? Thank you so much! I would've been wandering around everywhere if it weren't for you!" Sakura said

"What room number is it?" Near asked

"Room number? Oh, I don't remember…" Sakura trailed off, trying to think of what she could remember about the place so that she could explain it to Near

He finally reached her, and proceeded with his next question

"What's your teachers name?" He asked, twirling a strand of his hair

"Umm, I just called her teacher, so, I wouldn't know!" Sakura chirped with a smile, expecting him to get where it was magically, after all, he was a genius, right?

"Do you at least remember which direction you came from?" Near said

'What a useless woman!' Near thought, but kept his outward calm façade

Sakura nodded vigorously

"Yes! It's that way!" Sakura said, pointing left

"And the teacher's a girl! And she has long brown hair, tied in a high ponytail, with square glasses, and she's not old or wrinkly!" Sakura tried to explain

Near stared at her intensely, a dark aura surrounding him

Sakura's smile remained unwavering, a light seemingly emanating from her, overpowering Near's negative energy

He finally looked out the door and into the hall

"Well, standing here isn't getting us anywhere, let's go" Near said, walking through and towards the direction she had pointed out

Sakura nodded and walked out as well, her equipment in one hand, quickening her footsteps to catch up to Near

He stole a quick glance at her once she was walking alongside him, and then looked back up ahead

Sakura noticed this, and grinned, as she reached out to grab Nears hand, hanging beside him

Once contact was made, Nears head shot back at Sakura with slightly widened eyes, giving her a shocked look

Her smile remained unwavering, as always, and continued holding his hand

Near's face relaxed and he looked up ahead, a tiny face adorning his cheeks as he began twirling a strand of his hair with his unoccupied hand, tightening his grip on hers with his other

After all, he liked the contact he had with her…


A lone puzzle board lay unfinished and forgotten on the floor of an empty room, toys thrown astray around it, along with a water gun.

There was one piece missing to complete it, lying carelessly next to it


"Y-you! What the hell do you think you're doing Near?!" A certain blonde haired boy screeched, pointing an accusing finger at him, holding Sakura's hand

Said boy was blankly staring at a particular strand of hair he was currently twirling around with his fingers, seemingly oblivious to the rest of the world

This irritated the blonde haired boy more

Sakura was just staring up at him innocently. Near had found the classroom, but everyone had left, and the mess had already been cleaned up. Well, everyone had left but one blonde haired boy, which brought them to their current situation

"What are you taking about Mello?" Near asked, playing stupid

He knew exactly what he was talking about. It was hard to miss, he kept pointing at the place where he and Sakura were holding hands. It obviously irritated him, but Near was slightly curious as to why, he had a hunch though…

"Don't play dumb!" Mello said, infuriated at the fact that Near wasn't even looking at him while he talked to him, as if he were a mere child, when in fact, Mello was older than Near

Sakura chose this time to cut in

"Hi Mello! Thanks for the chocolate earlier!" She said, trying to lighten the mood, completely oblivious to why they were fighting in the first place

Mello turned a shocked look at Sakura, and near took this time to look at Mello

"Chocolate?" Near probed with a smile

Mello glared at Near and Sakura stared in awe at Near

"Oh! You smiled! I was starting to wonder if you didn't like smiling or something!" Sakura said, flashing a smile of her own

"I didn't give her my chocolate! She's lying!" Mello said defensively

"What? Yes you did!" Sakura said

"Mello wouldn't give just anyone his precious chocolate" Near pitched in

"I didn't give it to her, I let her borrow it! I was playing soccer and it would've been smashed if I fell, she was just holding it for me!" Mello said

'That's not what he said…' Sakura thought, but decided not to argue with him any further, after all, he was probably lying for a reason. Plus, they were friends! For whatever reason, she couldn't let Near find out she'd been given the chocolate!

"Oh yeah, I remember now! Sorry!" Sakura said

"The bell rang before I could get it back, so I came to her class to come and get it." Mello said, going along with the lie smoothly. This gave him the perfect excuse for coming to her classroom; after all, his chocolate was very precious to him

"Is that so…" Near said emotionlessly

"Wow! Did you find my class by calculating the numbers in the space time continuum or something?" Sakura asked with hopeful eyes, I mean, she was around geniuses' right? So it had to be something fancy like that, right?

Near stopped twirling his hair and turned to look at the girl

Mello looked at her stupidly, with an 'are you an idiot?' look plastered on his face

"Errr…no. I just asked around for a pink haired midget in bright red clothes and they gave me the classroom number…" He said

"Hey! I'm not a midget! I'm four! I'm supposed to be short!" Sakura said indignantly

Mello stuck out his hand, expectantly

Sakura stared at it and asked the most obvious thing

"What?"

"My chocolate bar, please" He said

Sakura sweated nervously

She gave a smile

"You see, what had happened was, I got lost and I was hungry since I didn't eat lunch and so, you see, I didn't think I was ever going to be found ever again and my tummy was grumbling and I still had the chocolate in my pocket and I tried to resist and until the hunger became unbearable I-" Sakura started

"You ATE my chocolate?!" Mello said

Sakura stuck her tongue out, giving him an apologetic smile, even though she was in all her right to eat it, after all, that's what chocolate bars are for, right?

"Sorry" She said

Near wasn't buying any of it

"Well, I don't see any more reason for me to be here, I'm going to my room" Near said

"Oh, was that your room back there?" Sakura asked

"No, the dormitory is on a different floor" he said, walking away. Mello might question his reason for being there if he stuck around for too long, and he didn't feel like explaining it to him

Mello's lower eye lid twitched as he watched near make his exit, trying to look all cool and whatever

"Whatever" He said, and turned to walk the opposite direction, Sakura didn't know which one to follow after, so she just shrugged and decided to go home after bidding farewell to her friends

"Goodbye Near! Goodbye Mello!" She said, turning to each one as she said their name

Mello snapped his head around

"Why does Near go first?" He said, peeved at being beaten by Near again

"Well, Near started walking away first, so the longer I waited to say goodbye to him, the further away he'd get!" Sakura said, trying to explain her own logic to him as best as she could

"You still owe me chocolate, so don't forget to get me some!" Mello said, turning his head back around and storming off

Sakura laughed nervously

"Okay!" She said, before heading home


"I'll bring you your clothes, L" Watari said, leaving his to his own devices

L's owlish gaze stared at what stood before him, his back hunched

He bit his thumb, this would be useful…


Sakura arrived home and the first thing she decided to do was get another jar of jelly. To her dismay, there was none in the refrigerator

She sighed

"What am I going to do now?" She asked herself

"Do about what?" A voice asked

She turned around, and watched as a hand reached into an opened jar of jelly and took out a big scoop of jelly

Sakura grinned, and watched as BB licked the jelly off his fingers. If anyone else were to see him doing that, she was sure they'd have fainted, but of course, Sakura had grown accustomed to the jelly loving boy

"Do you know where Watari is?" She asked, elated that he hadn't run away from her yet, as he'd started to do recently

It didn't last long, as he dropped his gaze from her

Sakura face twisted into a look of hurt to see this, which went by unnoticed by BB

She regained her happy façade and smiled brightly for him

"He said he'd be in room 303" BB said, continuing to lick his jelly covered fingers

Sakura nodded silently, and left, determined to reconcile with him only after having bought him a special jar of jelly


Sakura burst through the door of room 303, expecting to find Watari

To her disappointment, the room was empty

"Where's Watari?" She asked herself

She stepped into the room and got a better look around, there was a humming noise, and Sakura found the source to be what seemed to be a washing machine

She bent down and looked into the round window, and squinted her eyes to get a look at what was inside. There was a lot of water and-

Her eyes widened

There was a boy sitting in there! And not just any boy at that, it was-

"L!" Sakura screamed, tears immediately streaming down his face. She began banging on the window to get his attention, and he turned his head to look at her with his owlish gaze

"You're drowning! Don't worry! Just hold on for a little bit longer! I'll save you!" She said, petrified at the thought of losing a friend

She stood up and tried to look for an off button, but couldn't find one. She was running out of time, and had to think fast, so she just started trying to open the handle.

Finally, it opened, and Sakura fell back flat against the floor as water came rushing at her with L falling atop her

Sakura's eyes fluttered open, and she looked up to see L staring down at her blankly, thumb in his mouth and back hunched over, as always

Sakura's eyes began to fill with tears of happiness, and she pounced on him, burying her face in his chest

"I was so scared! I thought you were going to die!" Sakura said against his bare skin, slightly muffled. She hugged him tightly, crying

L could feel her salty tears on his chest as he stared down at her quivering form

Having deduced what was going on, he decided she wasn't a threat, he doubted she even knew the position she was in.

"Ahem" Came a voice at the door

L and Sakura looked up in unison

"I've brought you your clothes, but I can see that you're busy, L" Watari said, knowing full well it wasn't what it seemed but deciding to tease them a little

L didn't fall for it, as expected

"Yes, thank Mr. Wammy. Unfortunately, the washing cycle was uncompleted" L responded dully

Sakura stared at L questionably

"What are you talking about? You were in the washing machine on purpose? You could've died!" Sakura said

"It's not a washing machine, it's my personal invention, the 'human washer' complete with drying functions" Watari explained

"Why doesn't he take a bath by himself?! He's not incapacitated!" Sakura screamed in outrage

"Yes, well-" Watari started

"I can't trouble myself over such trivial matters." L said

"It's just like getting changed! It just has to be done! Nobody's going to do it for you!" Sakura tried to explain

"Yes, getting changed is also a trivial matter, which is why I have Watari do it for me." L said

Sakura's eye twitched

'What a spoiled little brat!' Inner Sakura thought

"You can't spoil him like that! He has to learn to do things on his own!" Sakura said as she turned her head to look at Watari

As they proceeded with their discussion, L took the time to look down at his member. Sakura sitting was in between his legs and he was naked, so her knee would occasionally rub against it. It was starting to rise as if of its own accord, though it didn't feel as good when he touched it. To test it, he began to poke at it. Yes, he deduced, it most definitely felt better when she touched it.

He knew that his experiment would be short lived. After all, the reason Sakura hadn't noticed his nakedness was because she only ever looked at people from the neck, up. Not to mention the stir of emotions of shock, fear, sadness and outrage she'd just experienced. He wondered how long it would take her to notice it. He didn't bother hiding the fact that he was staring at his member, so it was no surprise that when Sakura turned to look at his face, she followed his eyes to look at what he was staring at

She immediately pushed him back with all her might, looking away with a blush

"You pervert!" She screamed, got up, and ran away crying

L eventually sat up and bit his thumb, looking towards the door she had just left out of

"I'm a…pervert?" He said, turning his head to the side, giving himself the look of an owl


A/N: There! All done!! Thinking about making a vid for SakuraxDeathNoteGuys, but not sure what song I should use, 'Check Yes Juliet' perhaps? *sigh* i wish i had Sony Vegas...TT