Hey there! I'm back after, I don't know how many months, with my first Death Note story. It's also my first multi-chapter story. Characters may be a bit OOC, especially in the beginning since they are still children. Please like and review and advise me how to improve this story. Sorry but the chapters will be a bit short towards the beginning. Please read and enjoy.
Disclaimer - I do not own Death Note and its characters.
Warnings - Shounen ai in the beginning and Yaoi later. Rated T for future chapters.

Chapter 1 : Meeting

Eight year old Yagami Light coughed as tears spilt from his eyes. The pain — he didn't want to feel it anymore.

Sachiko herself felt like crying as she cradled the shivering child in her arms. 'Soichiro, hurry! Please! I don't think Light can take it anymore.'

Soichiro looked at the back seat where his wife and daughter were trying to comfort his son who was withering in pain.

'Papa, mama, onii-tan will be owkay, wight?', four year old Yagami Sayu asked.

Soichiro sighed. 'I sure hope so…'

The detective pressed on the accelerator and sped through the empty mid-night roads towards the hospital.

Light was admitted due to high fever and a flu that went out of hand. He was put in room 202 with another child. His parents were told that his son would make a full recovery but would have to stay in the hospital for a few days. They were also told that they could meet him the following morning.

Lawrence Lawliet or L Lawliet as he preferred, was a light sleeper. He woke up at the sound of the door opening and whispered voices from the other side of the curtain that separated his bed from the one next to it.

He wanted to see who his room mate would be, hoping it would not be an annoying little girl like last time. L frowned at that memory. It was when he was hospitalized a few months back due to a bad case of malaria. He had a weak body so he got sick often.

Little ten year old L tried to get out of bed so he could see who occupied the bed beside his, only to note with annoyance that his movement was limited due to an oxygen mask over his mouth and various needles piercing his body.

He groaned when he felt his throat clench up and felt a growing urge to cough. He tried to take off the oxygen mask as quickly as possible. This proved difficult as the needles tugged on his skin, causing him pain. At last, he managed to remove the mask and gave a horse cough, splattering the pure white bed sheets with his red blood. Taking a shuddering breath, he coughed again, causing more of the red liquid to come out of his mouth. The boy clutched his aching chest, hoping, begging, for the coughing fit to stop.

Yagami Soichiro, who had asked the doctors if he could accompany Light to his room, was not one to get annoyed easily, but when it came to his son or daughter, he was very well ready to murder someone if he had to. So, he wasn't pleased in the least when he heard harsh, loud coughs issuing from the neighboring bed.

The nurse had a panicked expression on her face as she hurried over to the next bed.

Soichiro sighed and looked down at his son who had woken up. Light looked at the curtain between the two beds and looked back up at his father. Soichiro sighed again and lifted Light in his arms and walked over to the next bed where the younger would satisfy his curiosity.

Light looked up as his father stopped in front of the other bed only to be completely mesmerized. What he saw next was an image that was like it had been painted. It had imprinted itself in the child's mind for the years to come.

There, on the bed, sat a pale boy, illuminated by the faint glow if the moon. He shook his head lightly, as if to get rid of some unwanted thoughts plaguing his mind, causing his wild, raven locks to dance about around his head under the glow of the moonlight. Sweat soaked his skin, making a bit of his hair stick to his face, yet, as the moonlight reflected off the droplets, it almost looked as if he was studded with diamonds. His entire being seemed to glow. Light was totally mesmerized by this beautiful boy.

The boy looked at Light and smiled, 'I am L…'

The moment L started coughing, a nurse rushed over and first patted him on the back to relieve him of his cough and then wiped the still dripping blood from his mouth. She then took the blood stained sheets off the bed and went to replace them with fresh sheets.

During the time she was gone, a man carrying a child appeared around the divider curtain. L was suddenly scared. In the past, overprotective parents have scolded him because his coughing or something woke up their own sick children. But this man looked kind. Slightly annoyed but kind. His face also held a touch of concern. He wouldn't scold or hurt him.

L shook his head to get rid of the thought of the man being mean to him. Instead he smiled at them, especially at the feverish looking child in the man's arms and said, 'I am L…'

The boy looked at L with a confused expression, no doubt curious about the strange name. L wondered for a moment if the boy would ask him about it, but instead the boy said, 'My name is Yagami Light. It's written as 'Moon' but read as 'Light'.'

L smiled. The boy himself had a strange name, huh? 'Lawrence Lawliet', said he, 'though I prefer being referred to as L. I'm British and I moved here to Japan about five or so years back, so I can't really say how my name is written in Japanese since it won't make much sence, but I can tell you how to spell it in English.' L gave a small chuckle at the end.

Light giggled. 'L, lets be friends!'

L smiled. 'Okay!'

How was the first chapter? Please like and review.
~Ryuuko