A/N: I'm sorry it took so long for me to pst this! I've been sick. :(

Well...enjoy.

Light raised an eyebrow when walking into the main room.

The three former Wammy boys where sprawled in the floor, each doing their own thing.

Near was making sound effects with his toys, Matt was playing a handheld video game, Mello was watching the redhead while mocking him every time he died..though it didn't happen often. And L was sitting on the couch in his usual position, eating a bag of lickerish, humming to himself...and smiling.

Two things came to Light's mind.
1) Am I the only true adult in this place?!
2) L's in a really good mood today..

"Oh, hello Light." The detective looked up at him.

"Hey, uh..whatcha doing?" He walked over and took a spot next to him on the couch.

"Just eating this lickerish Watari got for me. It's quite good." He pulled out a few strings of the candy and stuffed it in his mouth.

"I see." Light couldn't help but smile too, L was just being so..cute...

"Also, I was thinking about something."

"Something?"

"Yes. I was thinking it would be nice to go for a walk today."

"That sounds great!" Mello cut in, standing up. "There's a park not far from here, I seen it on our way back from the carnival."

The park? That didn't sound like a bad idea..

"That would be nice." Light looked over to L. "Can we go?"

L stood and stretched. "Yes. In fact, I was going to suggest it. And as Mello said, it's not that far so we'll walk." He got two pairs of shoes from the closet, both white, and laid one pair in front of Near, who sighed.

"Matt c'mon, get up." Mello bent down and pulled at the gamer's arm.

"Hnn." He groaned in response, slowly getting up with his game consul in hand.

"And leave that here."

"What? Why?!" Matt backed up a little, holding it protectively to his chest.

"Because, that's all you'll be doing." Mello crossed his arms.

"...So?"

"So!? So it's rude to ignore people just to play those stupid games!"

"Rude?" Since when was Mello worried about manors? He raised an eyebrow. "I see. Fine, I'll leave it here so you can have me all to yourself." He gave a cheeky smile.

Blushing, the blond ripped the game out of his hands and threw it across the room. And before Matt could rightfully bitch about the fact that he hadn't saved yet, Mello grabbed his shirt and dragged him out of the room.

"Are you ready, Light?" L, ignoring the two's little charade, called up the stairs. The brunette had gone up several minutes ago to get something. But what was taking so long?

"Coming!" He called back. "Just hang on!"

L sighed and looked behind him.

Near was still on the floor, having already put his shoes on, and was stacking die on top of each other. Some things never change, he mused.

"Alright, what do ya think?"

The insomniac turned to see Light posing on the stair case. He was now wearing some white and red plaid shorts that came to his knees, with a red shirt that was just a little too small for him.

"Your mid-drift is showing, Light." L walked over and poked his reveling stomach, amused by the reaction.

"Don't do that! It tickles."

"Can we go now, please?" Near sighed, he was already starting to get a headache.,

x-X-x

"Are we there yet?"

"..Yes, Light."

"Really?"

"Yes."

"Well, I don't see it."

"It'll be another 10 minutes before you do."

"Then why'd you-"

"Ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer."

"..You don't have to be a smart-ass, Ryuu-cub." He crossed his arms.

"And you don't have to be so impatient." L glanced behind him. The other three were having, what seemed like, a very intense conversation.

"Singing?"

"Singing."

"..Yeah right, Near."

"Both you and Matt were."

"Bullshit. I don't sing." Mello denied.

"Yes you do, and you did. Very loudly I might add." Near was sure the hint of amusement in his voice didn't go unnoticed..and he was right.

"Well let's get you drunk and see how well you can control your actions!" Mello took a few seconds to think about what he had said. Near? Drunk? ...That would be interesting.

"You do get crazy when you've been drinking though, Mello." Matt nudged his side.

"Oh, look who's talking- Oof." He ran into the back of L when they had stopped at a corner without him noticing, making the detective stumble into the street. Light made a gasping noise as he pulled him out of the road by his arm. A car then zoomed past, one that would have more the likely flattened L.

"Shit, that was close." Matt sighed in relief. Near did the same.

"You nearly killed him!" Spinning around, Light pointed accusingly at the blond.

"It was an accident!"

"I'm sure it was!" Light challenged.

"Light.."

"What the hell is that supposed to mean?!" It was never a good idea to accuse Mello of lying. Even now he could feel his blood boiling.

"You just want him out of the way so you can be the L!"

"Light.."

"What?! How dare you-!"

"You pushed him!"

"It was an accident!!"

"Light!"

"What?!"

L tugged at his hand and caused the brunette to crush into him.

"Light, Mello didn't do it on purpose. And I'm fine, thanks to you." He pecked his lips. "Now, come one. We're almost there."

The detective kept a hold of his hand, and lead him across the street. Light, who was a little stunned by the kiss, staggered behind him. A pouting blond, a slightly entertained redhead, and a sighing albino followed.

Once they finally reached the park, they were grateful to see there weren't many people there. They could only imagine how odd their little group looked..

"Let's slide!"

L moaned. He didn't really care much for slides. But it didn't look like he was going to get a choice.

Matt and Mello walked around a little, deciding to leave the other two alone. "What do you wanna do now?"

"I don't know. Near, what do you-?" Mello looked behind him."Hey, where'd he go?"

"There he is." Matt pointed to a white figure seated on the swings.

They walked over.

Mello tapped his shoulder. "Uh, Near?"

"Yes?"

"What are you doing? You're not even swinging."

"I was waiting."

"Waiting?"

"For Matt to push me." He swung his legs back and forth a little.

The gamer raised an eyebrow. "Me?"

"Yes."

"..Okay." He shrugged, and got behind Near. Then gave him a push.

"You can swing by yourself." Mello crossed his arms, getting out of the way so not to be hit by Near's feet.

"True. But that wouldn't be as fun."

Mello frowned as Matt continued to push him. He couldn't help by notice the redhead's hands were just a little too low on Near's back every time he pushed.

"Push me too, Matt." The blond took a seat next to Near.

"Uh, okay." He did. And it wasn't long before he had him and Near up to the same height.

"Take my hand."

"..What?"

Mello extended his left arm. "Grab my hand, Near."

"Why?"

"Just do it."

The white-clad boy looked down as he swung, he really wasn't comfortable with this.

Mello reached out and grabbed his hand. "Now when I count to three, let go."

"What?!" Near wasn't really the panicking sort of person, but we was sure that releasing his grip when swinging this high was a bad idea.

Matt gave them another hard push.

"Ready? One.."

"Uh, Mello.."

"Two.."

"Wait!"

"Three!"

A small noise escaped the white-clad genius when the blond jumped out of his seat, pulling the younger one off his swing as well. They hit the ground and rolled a few times. Mello cursed himself for not realizing how high they were swinging, that landing was not fun.

"Ugh.."

"Near?" He rolled over to look at him. The albino was sitting up with his leg raised up to his chest, hugging it. This wasn't unusual, but the look on his face was. "You okay?"

"My leg hurts." He quickly changed his expression back to the deadpan one.

"Lemme see." Pushing his hands away, Mello pulled Near's pants leg up a little to get a better look. It was swollen. "..It looks sprained to me." He frowned. "Sorry Near."

The other boy was taken back, Mello hardly ever apologizes.

"It's fine."

"No it's not. Here." Taking off Near's shoes, he helped him up. "You're foot will be more comfortable without them. Now we need to get you back to L's so we can bandage it."

x-X-x

"Isn't this for little kids, Ryuuzaki?"

"Technically everything here is for little kids."

"Yeah but I'm pretty sure we're too big for this..."

L seated himself on one side and waited for Light to join him. After a moment, the brunette sighed and raised his leg over the side and sat on the teeter totter. The insomniac was immediately raised up and his feet hung down, barely touching the ground.

L smiled.

Light pouted.

"You need to eat. You're not even lifting my side up."

"Maybe you need to go on a diet, Light."

"Are you saying I'm fat?!"

"..."

"...?!"

"It's nice up here, I can see everything."

"Ryuuzaki!"

L pointed. "Oh, there's Mello and Matt." He waved, and cocked his head when seeing that only the redhead returned the gesture. It seemed like Mello's hands were full at the moment..

"Where's Near?"

"It appears he's riding on Mello's back."

Light turned around. "That's...weird."

The three walked up, giving an odd look. "Uh, having fun?" Matt chuckled when seeig the annoyed look on the brunette's face.

"Tons." Light sighed.

"Near, where are you're shoes?" L hoped off the equipment.

"Over there." Mello explained, motioning his head toward the swings. "We were swinging and uh,-"

"I jumped off, not realizing how high I was swinging, and sprained my ankle. Mello says I shouldn't walk on it."

Frowning, L examined his foot. "It's not serious, but we should get you back to my house. I'll have Watari take care of it."

Near nodded, and tightened his grip on Mello. The blond smiled. "I'll just carry you, you don't weigh anything anyway."

"You never give me a piggy back ride, Mel."

"The next time you become crippled Matt, I will. Okay?"

"I'll hold you to that." The gamer ignored Mello's teasing look.

The five of them began heading back, but Light stopped and held out his hand. "Do you feel that?"

"What?" Matt did the same, then looked up. "...You gotta be kidding me." The sky had turned a dark gray, and the lightest raindrops where started to fall.

Well, nothing really special about this chapter. It's just something that came to me when it was raining..
I decided to split this into two chapters cuz, well... I have a few different things in mind for their walk home. ;)

I'll post again as soon as it's typed up.