A/N: Aah, I've been so busy lately! Oh well, thanks for reviewing, everyone! XD

English is in BOLD.

Japanese is NOT in BOLD.

The bold doesn't show up on some browsers, apparently. The first line Mello says is in English, for the record.

The next day, Light woke up to the bed shaking.

What the hell--?

"L – I mean, Ryuuzaki – wake up! Please wake up, Near gouged my arm with his stupid kiddy robot toy! Will you yell at him for me? He listens to you, but doesn't give a damn what I say!"

It was the brat. He had his hands on L's shoulders and was shaking him violently, and was yelling in English. Light didn't understand a word of it.

"Please speak in Japanese for the sake of politeness, Mello. And I wasn't asleep; I was ignoring you," L grumbled. Light watched blearily as he sat up in a normal position and gave a great stretch. The teen cringed at the sound of bones popping.

"He mauled me!" Mello screeched, holding out his arm to show a tiny cut on the side of it.

"Don't cry over it, blondie," Light commented disgustedly. "I've been through worse than that."

Mello peered down at Light. "Like what?" he asked.

Light simply held up the chain.

"You don't like being chained to Ryuuzaki?! Are you insane?"

"Silence is required at this time for me to regain my composure," L interrupted, and the fighting pair quieted immediately.

"Mello, I will be in the other room in a moment. Wait there."

Mello scurried out with one last dirty look at Light.

"Light-kun does not like Mello," L observed.

"Well, obviously."

"I had thought you two would get along."

"Well, you thought wrong."

"Very well. Light-kun will join me in the other room and I will resolve the problem between Mello and Near," L finished, and he hopped to his feet suddenly, making Light climb over the bed to accommodate the chain.

They entered the living room and saw Mello seated on the couch and Near sprawled on the floor, playing with his toys.

Why am I surrounded by such freaks? Light thought briefly.

"Near, please keep your robots to yourself," L said after a moment. "Mello, don't provoke Near." Then, apparently done with his speech, he walked into the kitchen.

Light smirked at the distraught Mello as he walked by and was rewarded with chocolate being thrown at his back.

"Is that it?" the brown-haired teen asked L as the detective rummaged through the cupboards.

"Yes."

"…But that was boring."

"I am boring, Light-kun."

Pfft. Hardly. Light kept his thoughts to himself.

They went back, L with some gummies in hand, and the detective sat down next to Mello.

…Which left Light without a seat.

"Move," he barked at the blonde.

"No way."

Light decided that he wanted to take control of the situation, so he daintily sat on Mello's lap.

"Get off of me!" Mello yelled.

"No way," Light responded, mocking Mello.

L merely raised an eyebrow and looked over at Near on the floor.

"Near."

"Yes?" the white-haired boy droned.

"Throw me that blue robot."

Near did so without a question and L caught it. He stuffed the rest of the candy into his mouth and held the robot up to Light's face.

"Light-kun is acting like a petulant child," he said, making the robot move as if it were talking to Light.

Light frowned at the toy. "Get that thing out of my face," he ordered.

"Light-kun is extremely argumentative and overaggressive. His percentage has gone up two percent." L was still talking with the robot, and it annoyed Light immensely.

"Yeah, Light. Mega-Robo says you're a dumbass, too," Mello added. "So get off of my lap and sit on the floor like a good bitc-"

"You shut the hell up, Mello!" Light leaned back, effectively crushing Mello's face with his back.

"He's suffocating me!" Mello's muffled voice came.

"Light-kun has made Ryuuzaki take drastic measures," Mega-Robo was made to say, and the next thing Light knew, he had been flipped over onto the ground beside L.

"Ouch!"

"I want to go to the park," Near said suddenly, looking up at L.

L settled back down and blinked a few times before nodding. "That sounds refreshing, Near. We will go later, once Light and Mello stop acting like three-year-olds."

Near nodded and hoped for a bit more peace at the park. After all, how much damage could those two do out in public?

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