A/N: Hola! Yay, the who group is finally together for the first time. I love Matt. He's just so blatantly... Matt. Ok, that didn't make sense, but you know what I mean. And yay for cuteness. Go ahead and enjoy it now. They have to grow up sometime... So Near's almost creepy here. He's five and already eerily analytical in his thinking. Anyway...

Thank you to Rinna-kun and killer bunny for reviewing!

Disclaimer: Is it mine now? No. (You know those phone commercials? I'm really tired...)

Matt and Near were standing at the door when L brought Mello up to their room. Well, Matt was at the door. Near was crouched in the middle of the floor still working on a puzzle. Ryder and Driscoll had already brought up the bed that would be for Mello. Admittedly the room felt a little cramped now, but that was only because they were used to so much space. Both boys were curious about the newest Wammy resident, but Matt showed it far more than Near.

When the door opened it was L they saw first. The black haired boy was leading the blonde, seemingly shielding him.

"So who's the new kid?" Matt asked anxiously.

"His name is Mello," L answered. "He's scared and he doesn't speak English. Please don't scare him."

As the blonde stepped shyly out from behind L Matt waved enthusiastically. Near finally looked up from his puzzle to watch the blonde boy watching him. The boy had long hair, down to his shoulders, and his eyes were a bright, clear blue. He was dressed all in black, as though in mourning. But that made sense, Near reasoned. After all, that was how they all ended up in this place. He reminded Near of a frightened rabbit, the way he was trembling with grief and terror. In the hand that wasn't attached to L's shirt he held a black teddy bear with only one eye. The bear was absolutely filthy, but that could be fixed. Near guessed that the boy was from either north eastern Europe or Russia.

Mello stared at the boy in the centre of the floor. He was watching him. But he looked strangely like this 'L' who had been so kind to him. Except that he was all white. L was pale, but this kid was just ridiculous. His skin, his hair, he even dressed in white. His eyes, though, were pure black. There was absolutely no colour about him. And he sat with one leg pulled up to his chest and the other curled back beside him. That just looked like it should hurt.

"What language does he speak?" Near asked quietly.

At about the same time Mello asked "Who is the white boy?"

L just glanced between the two of them. "His name is Near," L told Mello. Switching questions and languages L turned back to Near. "He speaks Polish."

"What did he just ask you?" Near asked.

"Your name," L told him, waiting to see his reaction. Near smiled and waved the boy over to him. Hesitantly Mello let go and made his way over to the pale boy. L, meanwhile, took Matt out in the hall to ask how he had hacked the computer system.

Left to their own devices Near and Mello watched each other with uncertainly. Near said something Mello couldn't understand and Mello told him so in words that made no sense to Near. After another few minutes of staring at each other, near went back to his puzzle. Mello watched him quietly for a moment. Near was surprised when and unfamiliar hand laid down a piece right next to the one he had just placed. He looked up and into Mello's ice blue eyes and for a moment they both smiled.

When L and Matt came back it was to find Near and Mello both working in silence on the nearly complete puzzle. Although they did not speak there was a sense of understanding between them. L just smiled and looked at Matt. "So what was this about you and Near spying on me while I studied?" he said, leading Matt to the den where he and Near usually spent the day.

Near and Mello barely noticed the door closing again. Both were too wrapped up in the puzzle and the teamwork to notice.