Okay so... this is my latest chapter/one shot of ' There's A First Time For Everything'. In this, you will find out how their friendship first began. I apologise for the wait between chapters but inspiration has been thin and with practising for my French speaking exam, it's been difficult.

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Dedication: I'd like to dedicate this chapter/one shot to mesokawaii, tootsiepop101 and . I'm glad you all liked it.


Luna sat in the library by herself, her small stuffed panda bear tucked beside her as she read an old tattered book that explained some of the ideas of Da Vinci. Perched on a chair across from her was a young boy she had seen at meals a few times, his black hair stuck in every direction. Strangely, he reminded her of her little panda. He always wore a huge white shirt that hung off of his body, jeans that dragged across the floor as he walked and had heavy bags under his eyes that were obvious signs of lack of sleep.

Though she hadn't actually spoke to him in the couple of days she had been at Wammy's house, she knew a little bit about him. Some of the older girls in the orphanage, like Kim who she was forced to share a room with, warned her against speaking to him because he was 'scary' but she couldn't see it.

' He doesn't have two heads and I doubt that he can breathe fire so he can't be that scary, can he?'

Plucking a tiny bit of courage from mid air, she picked up the notepad on the table in front of her before writing on it with a purple marker pen that she had brought so she could jot down any interesting notes. She wanted to understand machinery more and decided to combine a little bit of history with it as she loved it most of all so the library was the best place to do her research. With a small smile, she admired her hand work before flipping it around so the boy would be able to see it.

Slowly, his eyes scanned the piece of paper, reaching the neatly written word multiple times before blinking owlishly at her. No one had ever really spoke to him in any way, shape or form as they found him odd. He only spoke to Watari and that was when it was completely necessary for him to do so but there is was. She had a written a greeting on her pad. The word itself so simple, so over used, yet it brought him a little bit of happiness, even if the ' I ' was dotted with a cute little smiley face.


Hi.


It was strange to Lawliet, to say the least. He had been watching the new girl very closely at meal time in order to try and work her out. She had become his own little puzzle that was challenging him. When he had observed her, he noticed that she didn't speak to many people... like she didn't want to make friends like new recruits usually did. No. She entered the dining room, nod in greeting to their shared guardian then sit down to eat before whispering her thanks and leaving once more.

Yet there she was, the withdrawn new girl, trying to communicate with him.

Grabbing his own pad out of the messenger bag beside him, he scrawled out his own little reply though admittedly, it was a lot less neater then hers but he was rather eager for some form of conversation.


Hello.


Smiling to herself, Luna wrote on the lined pad again, happy to see that he was engaging in the little conversation. If she was honest, she craved some intelligent discussion of some sort instead of the mindless chatter the older girls tried to engage her in. They were interested in make up and boys where as she wanted to speak about computers or processors.

Mr Wammy, sensing her frustration on her first day, had spoke to her a couple of times and had even invited her for a few chess matched in his office but she wanted someone her own age. In her old neighbour hood, a young girl next door was like her and would happily chatter about science in order to distract Luna but when she left, she had to leave Lucy behind. Now all she wanted was her back... or someone like her to fill the small void she left. According to Watari, the boy across from her would be the best person for the task so she had to try and get to know him a little bit.


I'm Luna. What's your name?


I'm Lawliet. You're new here.


He hadn't asked her. Oh no. He had told her. Lawliet wasn't the kind of person to dance around when it came to cold hard facts. She was new to the orphanage and he would tell her that. What was the reason behind wasting paper and asking her pointless questions that he already knew the answer to? Really, there wasn't one.


Yes. Mr Wammy brought me here a couple of days ago. You're old.


I'm 6. That's not that old.


I mean you've been here a year which is a long time compared to my 2 days.


Well it is 18250% more then you've been here, yes. How did you know that?


People talk L. Besides, Mr W told me.


L? Mr W?


To be honest, I don't want to write both of you're names over and over again so I shortened them. Hope you don't mind.


No... I rather like it.


Good. It's going to save me time and ink.


He didn't know how to respond to that one. Did that mean that she was going to continue the conversation on? Did she want to 'speak' with him? Did he want to carry on 'speaking' with her?

' It's nice to talk to someone new besides, she seems okay. Only a 1% chance she's a bully but the facts don't back that up so...'

For a few hours after that, the young couple had carried on 'speaking' to each other in the library and to both of their surprises, conversation was never lacking. It moved from the puzzles L, as Luna like to call him, loved to complete and onto technology which she herself enjoyed a lot of. She even showed him a few designs she was working on, the latest being a small speaker which could be placed into a phone which would mask the callers voice beyond recognition. This pleased the aspiring detective, especially when he realised the advantages the device could offer for him or others in the orphanage.

When Watari finally managed to hunt the young children down, he couldn't help but smile at the sight of both of them in a pool made up of scrunched up paper balls. Strangely, both of them had come out of their shells a little bit but he found it amusing of the conversation format. However, he couldn't be that surprised that they didn't speak as he hadn't seen either of them speak to anyone besides him.

' Who knows? Maybe they'll advance out of notes and into words.'

" Come along children. You've missed dinner but luckily, Rose saved you both something. I must warn you though that unfortunately, we have ran out of vegetables but she has managed to keep 2 pieces of chocolate cake that seem to have your names on them." Cheering, Lawliet was the first one to jump up but when he saw his new friend pack her things away, he did something that Watari couldn't have anticipated so soon. He waited until she had finished then took her hand that wasn't holding the panda.

Both of their faces tinted a cute pink colour before he practically dragged them both out of the door, leaving Mr Wammy to follow them with a smile.

Who would have thought that their friendship would begin with a note?


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