Today was when all the major dares started. They awoke at different times but all went to breakfast together. They saw L walk in and Near went over and grabbed onto his leg.
"Um, good morning Near, I see you played truth or dare last night," he said as he continued to walked and sat down at the table. Near took the seat next to him and clung onto his arm and ate with the others.
"Yes, KJ dared me to cling to you all day, and Kuro has to go to school all day and I promised Kuro I would go to school with her," said Near.
"So I'm going to your classes?" asked L.
"Yes," said Kuro.
"And this truth or dare is to blame for your wardrobe change?" asked L. Kuro and Near just nodded.
"Mmmm I love a good chocolate muffin," said KJ.
"Shut up," said Mello trying to not take that muffin from her and run off to enjoy it's richness in the bold flavor.
"Oh and Matt if you want your video games back do a thorough look around my room, I fell asleep on top of a pokemon game last night," said Kuro.
"Ah, you're not suppose to tell him Kuro," said Keiko.
"Technology!" yelled Matt as he ran from the room nearly knocking down some other the other children in the process.
"Well it seems you all had a good time last night," said L. Mello snorted and crossed his arms.
"It wasn't fun," said KJ.
"Why what happened to you?" L asked turning toward her. She just crossed her arms and pouted.
"Mello stole her first kiss," said Keiko in a teasing way. L suppressed a laugh at that.
"It's not funny!" said KJ glaring at L.
"Well before I get killed I'm going to leave," said L as he stood up and Near had to too. L then started walking away.
"I'll see you later Kuro," said Near as he walked away clinging to L's sleeve. The group just watched as they walked away and Matt returned playing a game boy already. He sat down and they were quiet for a while.
"You know we've never done anything to bug L that much, like dare him or something," said Matt.
"That's probably because he would be able to tell what you're up to," said KJ.
"Well it doesn't have to be a game we could do something all day that would make him feel weird like we're going to be doing all day," said Mello.
"Like what?" asked Keiko.
"We could have L all of a sudden have a whole bunch of mini clones," said Kuro looking down into her cereal.
"That would be hilarious," said KJ.
"We should all do that," said Keiko.
"Who will tell Near?" asked Matt, not once has he taken his eyes off his game.
"I will," said Kuro and she got up and left the room. The others shrugged and immediately put their feet on their chairs and crouch over delicately holding their eating utensils while they ate.
Kuro was walking around Wammy's having absolutely no clue where L and Near went off to. She asked but no one knew either. She walked to their hallway: no one, L's room: no one, asked a boy to check the bathroom: no one of importance. Kuro was getting bored with this particular game of hide and seek that she found herself caught up in.
Eventually she turned down a random hallway completely lost right now when she saw the two coming her way. She had already hunched over when she entered their hallway so when she approached them they looked at her with questionable faces. She ignored them and only answered Near. She walked over to him and whispered what was going on in his ear and since they were short and whispering barely audibly, L couldn't make anything out.
Near smiled a little and then whispered something back to Kuro about starting now. Kuro nodded her head in response and Near grabbed onto L's pant leg and hunched over. L, now completely confused, put his thumb in his mouth until he finally figured it out.
"Is this another dare?" he asked. Kuro shook her head and they walked over to their classes.
The day went by slowly for those three, that lab wasn't anything special, it was actually the most boring lab so far. At lunch they watched as a girl ran into Mello and then looked like she was on the verge of tears until Mello remembered his dare.
"Are you okay?" he asked her, attempting a sincere voice. The girl's eyes widened and ran away probably thinking he had some contagious disease that alters your personality. Mello growled and sat down at the table.
"I'm impressed Mello," said L.
"He's been very good to do his dares," said KJ nodding her head in approval.
"It's going to be the death of me," said Mello putting his head down on the table and nearly toppling over because of the way he, and the rest of them, were sitting on their chairs.
"So you are all going to act like me all day?" asked L. They just nodded.
"We're scaring other children more then we're scaring L," said Kuro moving her thumb to her mouth.
"Not much can scare L so it's okay," said Near taking a sip of tea.
"Hey since we're acting like L, and he likes sweets-" started Mello.
"Stick to the sweets besides chocolate," said KJ nonchalantly as she took a bite of cheesecake.
"Damn it," said Mello as he looked at the piece of cheesecake in front of him that KJ made him get.
"It's not going to bite back, Mello, just eat it," said Keiko watching him.
"I know that," said Mello and grabbed his fork and took a bite of the cake and crossed his arms and looked at Keiko with a smirk.
"You're terrible at being L, Mello," said Kuro. The others, even L, nodded in agreement.
"Well I could try to act like him if I had chocolate," said Mello.
"Not going to happen," said KJ. Mello just sulked and ate his cheesecake the rest of lunch and then they headed off to their classes, L being dragged along with Near and Kuro.
No homework for any of them, mainly because they did it in class so they were sitting around the living room area. Mello and KJ were playing 'I Spy' because Mello wanted to take his mind off chocolate. Unfortunately for him, it was used against him.
"I spy with my little eye, something brown," said KJ.
"Chocolate?!" Mello asked looking around hopefully.
"No," said KJ.
"Near's bear?" asked Mello sulking once more and looking at Near's bear that was in the younger boy's hand.
"Yep," said KJ.
Near and Kuro were playing with toys and making sounds, while still sitting like L, on the ground.
"Oh no we're going down," said Near in a lower voice.
"Where did that giant bear come from, ahh!" said Kuro in a higher voice.
Matt and Keiko were both in a fierce pokemon battle against each other.
"Come on pikachu you can beat his ass," said Keiko.
"Nope, my charmander is way better then your dumb pikachu," said Matt.
And L was sitting on the ground next to Near because Near had a hold of his pant leg. They stayed like till dinner. It's amazing they didn't get bored but they're kids, games can entertain for hours.
"It's almost 7:34," said Mello staring at the clock in hope. KJ just rolled her eyes.
"When does Near let go of me?" asked L.
"When he goes to sleep," said Keiko.
"But I have to take a bath tonight," said Near.
"Why not just a shower?" asked KJ.
"But my rubber ducks," said Near.
"You're both guys so it shouldn't be much of a problem," said Kuro.
"But I have others things to do this evening," said L.
"Doing detective work can be put on hold," said Matt.
"Not when I'm trying to be the best," said L.
"We can make a substitute for the rest of the night," said KJ.
"Who wouldn't mind giving up their evening to spend it attached to Near?" asked Keiko and they all turned and looked at Kuro.
"But he wanted to take a bath, and I'm not the same gender," said Kuro.
"Could have fooled me," said Mello. Kuro glared at him.
"You should have said he had to be nice all day and not just during school," said Kuro.
"Then it's settled I get freedom and Kuro gives hers up," said L and before anyone could even blink L had left the room and Near looked down at his hand that iwas/i loosely gripping L's sleeve.
"But what about-" started Kuro as Near sighed as he grabbed onto her sleeve.
"Just turned your back to him," said Matt. Kuro sighed and looked down contemplating on whether she should bang her bead against he table, but decided not to because at a place like this, brain cells were important.
The evening Mello was counting down until her could have chocolate. When he did KJ gave him a bar and he ate it as fast as possible and then calmed down once the richness reached his taste buds. KJ sighed at how pathetic he was and Matt and Keiko just laughed at him. Kuro and Near just stared at him like he was an act in the circus.
"That's just disturbing," said Kuro who then shook her head trying to get rid of the odd image.
"Chocolate is his anti-drug, that has all the effects of drugs on him," said Matt.
"We noticed," said KJ as she scooted away from him.
"That was the worst dare I've ever had to do," said Mello taking another bite of chocolate.
"Okay I think I'm going to be sick," said Kuro as Mello took another large bite of chocolate. She stood up with Near and left the room.
"What's wrong with her?" asked Matt.
"She hates chocolate," said Keiko.
"She feels quesy at the site of someone devouring it and the smell of it," said KJ.
"How does she live with herself?" asked Mello.
"Not everyone likes chocolate as much as you," said KJ rolling her eyes.
"Hey Near, oh it seems like you get chocolate again, Mello," said L as his eyes went around the room, "Have you seen Near his bath is ready."
"He just left, try one of their rooms," said Matt smirking a bit.
"I feel somewhat sorry for Kuro," said Keiko as L left.
"She deserves it," said Mello.
"Why, because she doesn't like chocolate?" asked KJ. Mello nodded taking another bite of chocolate.
"Exactly," said Mello. KJ just groaned and put her head in her hands.
L walked down the hallway and went into Kuro's room where the two were working on a rather large puzzle. He watched them work for a bit before walking fully into the room.
"I've decided to let you off the hook, Kuro," said L.
"Oh really, were you having a guilt trip and couldn't concentrate on your work?" asked Kuro as she continued to place the puzzle pieces in their correct places.
"Somewhat, come on Near," said L. Near grabbed onto his sleeve they left the room. Kuro continued working on the puzzle until she finished and got bored. She decided to endure the chocolate eating and headed to where the others were. She heard them talking about other people at the orphanage before she heard dripping sounds and squishes. She turned her attention down the hall and saw L, soaking wet, walking down the hallway.
"What happened to you?" she asked.
"Near splashed me with ducks for making you worry a bit," said L.
"That was. . . sweet of him," said Kuro before laughing at him.
"Can you just go check on him?" he asked. Kuro nodded still laughing and walked to the bathroom. She knocked on the door and waited for a reply. She knocked again.
"Near? L asked my to check on you," said Kuro.
"Oh, come in," he said. Kuro walked in and saw him covered in bubbles and him holding up a rubber duck.
"What took you so long to respond?" asked Kuro sitting on the ground next to tub, but avoiding the puddle that was on the ground, probably from splashing L.
"I thought you were L so when he came in I was going to splash him," said Near.
"Ah, okay, So you're not dead so I'm going to go out now. I'll be in the hallway if you need anything," said Kuro and she got up and pulled some toys out of her pockets and left the room. About five minutes later Kuro saw Keiko and Matt walking down the hallway and stopped in front of her and watched her play with the toys.
"Near don't leave the poor girl alone for too long," said Matt as he walked over to the bath room door and threw it open. Near was standing there with his pants on and trying to untangle his shirt.
"You're horrible Matt, what if, you know?" asked Keiko walking over to Matt. Kuro and Near just watched them fight. Kuro then waved her hand for Near to come over. He walked over and she untangle his shirt for him and he put it on and buttoned it up. They watched a little bit while the other two were still fighting, and somehow their conversation moved onto Mario, how they arrived there, no one should ever want to know. Kuro and Near then left and headed to Near's room.
Mello and KJ were talking for a bit, mainly about bands, until they realized they were still alone. KJ stuck her head into the hallway and saw Matt and Keiko arguing in front of the bathroom.
"Twiddle dee and Twiddle dum are arguing in the hallway and Near and Kuro are in one of their rooms," said KJ walking back in and sitting next to Mello on the bed.
"Okay," said Mello who then turned his TV on and it was some stand up comedy.
Later L came and told them to go to sleep and to stop acting like him.