The woods behind the orphanage [L x Reader] • Death Note [Discontinued]

Chapter 29 | uncharted lands

"I told you! But nooo we don't believe anything near says"

"Ok ok! Maybe you were right. Magic does exist"

Mello didn't like admitting he was wrong, but standing under giant mushrooms kind of proved him wrong right now. Having followed the path, the boys found themselves walking through trees with gems and giant mushrooms, completely amazed at what they were seeing. They wondered how long L had known about this place, and what exactly he was doing down here every few nights.

"Hey do you hear that?" Matt spoke up.

"Heat what? The wind?" Mello sassed.

"No dumbass. Running water, there's probably a river nearby"

"So?"

"So? Rivers are water and water means sirens"

Near perked up, desperately wanting to find the siren again.

"It's probably at the end of the path, come on!" He said excitedly.

They'd never seen Near so eager to do something before. Usually he was very quiet and monotone, keeping to himself. But he must be really into this while magic thing if he was excitedly running  off in search of a siren. The two followed him down the path running behind him through the mushrooms and trees, the leaves crunching under their feet.

And sure enough, at the end of the path was a massive river, in the distance they could see a town on the other side.

"Woah... how do you get across?" Matt asked.

"There's a boat! Although it probably belongs to someone... there's probably no bridge nearby and you have to sail across" Mello replied, pointing out the boat that was docked up on the shoreline.

Climbing up into it, he found there was an oar, life jacket and a few personal belongings lying on the deck. One was a scroll of some kind, the other was a small bag full of shells and rocks. And hanging on the side of the boat was a shirt.

A white, long sleeves shirt.

"No way- guys look!" He called out.

The boys ran over and peeked into the boat, seeing all the things inside, including the shirt hanging off it.

"Hey, that's L's! It has to be it's literally all he ever wears, and it's the right size" Matt said.

Reaching over Near grabbed the sleeve of the shirt and pulled it off the side, looking at the tag and confirming it was a mens large fit for L's height. And there was one other way to confirm it was L's or not. He bought the shirt up to his face to smell it.

"Did you just smel-" Mello began.

"It smells like baked goods and sea salt. The sea probably from him wearing it after swimming here and the baked goods... I mean this is L we're talking about. This is definitely his" Near explained.

"Oohhhh... so this is his boat?"

"Looks like it"

The boys continued to look in the boat, and around the surrounding shoreline at the evidence that L had been there. Footprints in the sand, his shirt on the boat, clear signs of humans interfering with the area like broken branches off trees and sand castles on the shore. If it wasn't him then who could it be? There was no one else around here.

"Hey do you think he's been over to that town across the river?" Mello asked.

"Probably, I mean he has a boat here" Near replied.

"We should go"

"Mello none of us know how to drive a boat. Plus we can't stay here for too long or Roger will know we're gone"