BEEP!!BEEP!!BEEP!!BEEP!!BEEP!!BEEP!!BEEP!!BEEP!!BEEP!!BEE-! WHAM!!
"Finally!" The boy grunted. The blonde snuggled closer to the figure next to him. It was quite soft and smelled nice and pretty small actually. He liked it and held the thing in his arms. i'I'll just skip a few classes.. Like I need them…'/i

"…st….nk.."
Mello opened his eyes. "What?" He looked at the figure. i'It talks?'/i
The figure took form and a Near who just woke up muttered again "You stink….. Let go of me…."

"WAAAH!!" He took great distance and fell off of the bed. "It's Matt's fault!!"

"Hm? What is his fault?"
"That.. That I was sleeping next to you.."
"….Okay."

Mello frowned. He wasn't even surprised or mad at the least. He sniffed and grimaced. "Ewl! What's that smell?!"
"That would be your body odour"
"Hah! No way! How can I small so bad?"

"He's right Mello" Came from the back. "You do stink. You didn't take a shower yesterday after football."
Matt was standing by the door with only a towel around his waist and a small one on his head.

"Oh…Oh yeah. Heh. Sorry. I'll take a shower now, Little Lamb."
"Excuse me?"
"I-.. I meant NEAR!!" Mello said in a rush and raced off to the showers.
"Is he always so stupid?"
Matt laughed and nodded. "Don't worry, you'll get used to it after a while.."

When Mello finished showering and got dressed, the three of them went to the Dining Room to get some breakfast. "And the best thing about it is: If you finish your plate you get a chocolate bar!" Mello grinned. "Yeah, and that's how Mello became the eating champion!" Matt laughed. Near frowned, "For a chocolate bar?" "Absolutely!"

Near raised his eyebrows and stared at his plate, he ate slowly, unlike the blonde and the redhead, who were clearly racing. Near stared at them. Mello was faster, that was for sure. It was as if he wasn't even chewing on his food. Like a snake..

"Done!" they both yelled at the same time, Matt still swallowing the little bits he was chewing. "I won!" "No way! I so was first!"
"….Mello won."

They fell silent and looked at their new roomy. "What?"
"Mello won. He ate faster and you just swallowed your food, while Mello was completely finished. And your plate has more crumbles than Mello's, which makes you the loser, Matt."

Mello grinned. "I've got a genius on my side!" He wrapped his arm around Near's shoulder. "Give up already! I always win! And now I've got reinforcement!"

Near looked away, not knowing what to say. He twirled his hair between his index finger and his thumb. His eyes grew wide when Mello leaned his head against his.
He could hear Matt laugh. "Sexually harassing Near already?" He joked. "Shut up, you're just jealous!" Mello backfired. Near sighed, and slowly shrugged Mello's arm off. "Mello, you're making my head hurt.." he muttered. "Yeah Mello, you're stone-hard head makes Near's little head hurt." Matt grinned. Mello pouted and sat up straight.
Near finally finished his plate after a while, listening to the conversations of his two roommates. He could only conclude one thing: These guys were a bunch of moronic tards.

"Good boys! Here's your bar of chocolate!" A nanny said, handing a chocolate bar to each one of them. "And I got you a little present too, Mello" She spoke, giving him a small present.

Mello grinned. "Thanks nanny!"
The woman smiled happy and walked off. "You're popular with the adults too?"
Mello grinned. "Of course I am. Everybody loves me!" Matt snickered, "You're such an egocentric jackass, Mello!" The blonde only grinned as a reply. The two boys ate their bar of chocolate while Near only stared at it.
"What's wrong? Don't like chocolate?"
"No… I.. never had chocolate before… actually…"

"WHAT?!" The buddies yelled of surprise.
"Never?" "Never never?!"
Mello looked shocked at Near and then hugged him. "Oh you poor, poor little boy, it's alright, here.." He unwrapped Near's bar and held it in front of his face.
Near stared at the bar. "I'm not sure if my stomach can handle that…"

"Don't talk bullshit, Near! It's like heaven! Taste it!" He spoke trying to open Near's mouth.
Near eventually gave into the determined blonde and opened his mouth. Mello fed him.
Near chewed on the piece of chocolatey goods while being watched by anxious eyes.

"And?" Matt asked, staring intently at the platinum white as Near swallowed his chew-work.
The small boy covered his mouth with his sleeve and seemed to be thinking, his eyes seemed glued to the table. All the while the other two were waiting for a response and kept staring at him, Matt's mouth opened a little and Mello nervously biting on his own bar.

"It's good.." he muttered softly, still covering his mouth.
Mello yelled a good "YES!!" and Matt grinned. "Be sure not to turn addicted as Mello!"
The little boy faintly smiled, removing his sleeve from in front of his face.
Mello stared at his cheek and leaned towards Near. Both Matt and Near froze.
"Mello, what're you doing?" The redhead asked first. Both their eyes grew wide as Mello licked Near's cheek.

"WHAT THE HELL?!"

"What?" The blonde asked, "There was chocolate on his cheek!"
Near's face had turned a light shade of pink, he touched his nose with his index finger and tilted his head a little.

"You ADDICT!!" Matt laughed and slammed his fist on the table.

"…Where's the bus?"

"It should be here by now… ten minutes ago…"
"The bus is late.. What the hell, this never happened before!"

"Hey guys!" A girl came running their way.
"Hi Linda!" Matt shined. Mello rolled his eyes.
Linda smiled back. "Hi! Don't wait for the bus, it's not coming. We're off today."
"What? Why?" The blonde asked rather surprised.
"Because Roger wanted us to get to know Near better, that's why."

Mello, Matt and Linda looked at Near. The little boy who was being looked at didn't notice. He was studying a bug which had fallen over and couldn't get back on it's feet.

"Ehe. Cool." Matt grinned, folding his arms behind his head. "Well, let's go!" the redhead starting walking ahead with Linda.
"Fucking hell…" Mello muttered.
Near helped the bug and then walked to Mello. "Why are you angry?"
"I'm not really angry.. it's just that every time that girl's around, Matt totally forgets about me!"
"…. Thank you're jealous?"
"What? No!"
"Than what is it?"
Mello remained silent and looked at the boy, as soon as they had eye contact, Near looked away. The blonde sighed.
"Look, I don't know myself either, okay? I just find that girl annoying, I guess."
"Maybe… You're in love with Matt?"
A silence fell.

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….

….

….

"Are you nuts?" Mello laughed. "Who the hell would fall for that jerk? I mean, always behind his gameboy and mocking ume/u. No way, dude."
Near raised his shoulders. "Maybe that's what you find lovely about him.. Unconsciously."
Mello raised his eyebrows. "Man, you're confusing. If manipulating it's self was a job, you'd be the perfect ma-… bóy for it.."
The boy smiled. "Thanks."

"How old are you?" A girl asked.
"I'm ten years old.." Near answered.

The girl looked disappointed in a way and pouted.
"Do you like to play football?" A boy asked.
"Not really…" Near answered.

The boy frowned, looking as if he didn't hear right.

"Do you like art?" Linda asked, hugging her knees.
"Sometimes.." Near looked at the ground. "Not always.."
Linda smiled happy, hiding her face behind her knees.

"Why do you always sit like that?" Another boy asked.
Near just shrugged as an answer.

"Why do you always twirl your hair?"
"Because I can think better that way.." Near sighed and twirled his hair again.

"What's your favourite sweet?" a girl asked, putting a gummi bear in her mouth.
"It's….. I think it's chocolate…" Near answered, eyes aimed straight at the floor.
Mello grinned like and idiot and chewed on his chocolate, peeking at Near from the corner of his eye.

"Hey!" A boy suddenly spoke, "You look like L! Are you… family of his?!"
Gasps were heard all over and everybody intently stared at him. Mello's chocolate bar fell out of his mouth.

It did look that way. The eyes, the hair, the weird sitting habits. Suddenly that answer was the most important answer of that moment. Was Near L's family?
Mello didn't know why, but at that moment, his hands started to shake slightly. Was his roommate possibly the child, brother, nephew or whatever of his biggest idol L?
Was this a possible replica of the man he admired so much?