1 Teenagers

7:30

'They're gonna clean up your looks
With all the lies in the books
To make a citizen out of you
Because they sleep with a gun
And keep an eye on you, son
So they can watch all the things you do…'

The radio started blaring sending sound throughout my bedroom. I groaned rolling on my back looking at the clock. I groaned as I sat up and rubbed my eyes.

'…Because the drugs never work
They're gonna give you a smirk
'Cause they got methods of keeping you clean
They're gonna rip up your heads,
Your aspirations to shreds
Another cog in the murder machine…'

I ran my fingers through my soft blonde hair. I yawned as I listened to the song for a moment. I was trying to figure out why…

I jumped up when I remembered what day it was. I joined in with the chorus, "They said all teenagers scare the living shit out of me
They could care less as long as someone'll bleed
So darken your clothes or strike a violent pose
Maybe they'll leave you alone, but not me!"

I pulled on some black boxers and quickly pulled on some dark, blue skinny jeans. I, then, grabbed a black long-sleeved shirt and pulled it over my head. I had to dress to draw the right crowd, right? I slipped my rosary under my shirt and started playing the air guitar.

It was the first day of school...

"Hey Mello," 'Mom' called from down the hall, "you better hurry up and get the hell out. And turn that shit you're listening to off!"

I rolled my eyes as I turned off my radio. "Love you too, Mom!" I stuffed my cell phone in my pocket. Then, I checked to make sure that I had my switchblade on me. Who knows? Maybe it'll be useful to me one day. I know when I'm low enough it's always helped me feel better.

I jumped out of my bed room window. I never bothered going out the front door because I never knew who was going to be there. Either way, this was much easier. My room was on the top floor of this crappy apartment. I knew it was the cheapest place in the building because of the torn up wall paper and everything, but then again it was on the top floor, meaning during the chances of a fire we'd be the last people to get out and have the best chance of dying first. Not that anyone would care.

Anyway, I jumped onto a tree branch. I had great balance. The tree only reached the third floor, the floor under mine. I worked my way down till my feet were firmly planted on the ground. I began to walk down the side walk to school.

I didn't take a bag with me. I didn't see the point of it. 'Mom' never bought me school supplies. Besides I had a photographic memory I remembered everything people said. Teachers took pity on me because of the case reports and hospital records they read on me. I'm not gonna go into all that.

So school. Hell on Earth. Jail to either set you on the path of justice only fuck you up later, or a place where you already realize you're totally fucked. Sure I wasn't popular, but everyone knew who I was, not that I'm bragging. I guess you could say I could've put a big walking target on my head.

Everyone already had their cliques. It's sophomore year for me. Two damn years left, not including this one. Although I could always drop out. It's not like 'Mom' can afford my college tuition, and even if she could she would waste her money on me.

I didn't have any friends. I mean, yeah I had people who I hung out with people and everything. I hated them.

I stood against a brick wall outside the cafeteria. I was seconds later till I saw familiar mop of white hair walk towards me. He had the same blank expression in his dark, gray eyes.

"Hello Mello," He said in monotone.

"Near," I spat out his name. I hated Near the most, but stuck with him since I was trying to beat him. Well, academically, but there are so many things I would love to do to Near that I'll never do.

"You didn't return my calls this summer. Was everything alright?"

Near had a tendency to care, but not really care. He had a crush on me according to the rumors I heard around school. However, I was not submissive. I wasn't going actually give in to Near even if I wanted to.

"Mello! Near!" I heard a female scream. I knew it was Linda. I could feel my eyes rolling when she hugged me tightly. "How was your summer?"

Linda also had a huge crush on both me and Near. I think that just shows how desperate she truly is. She was a short girl with her hair tied in pig tails. She had shiny, childlike brown eyes. Even though she was cute, in a weird sort of way, she was terribly loud and clingy. She nagged about everything. I don't get why she cares so much.

"It was fine," I replied. "My phone broke, and I haven't gotten around to buying a new one." I know. That was a lie. A pretty shitty one at that since my phone could ring at any moment.

"Oh that's terrible," Near said with false astonishment.

"Yeah, but I'll live."

Linda gasped as she turned quickly shouting, "Matt!"

A teen with red hair- not ginger kid red, copper red- jumped looking for whoever called his name. He almost dropped the pink DS in his hands. Pink? Freak… Sitting in the mop of red hair was a pair of orange tinted goggles. He wore a black and white striped shirt and dark striped jeans. He had on combat boots for Christ's sake! He was really tall! At least, taller than me. He was really skinny though. Not as skinny as me, but he did have a really nice figure and his—

What the fuck is wrong with me? You can't just start checking out some random guy you've never met. Let me get this out there. I'm gay. Yeah, another reason why my life's so screwed over. It's not just the reason that I'm not attracted to girls. Quite frankly, I think girls have little intelligence and usually when they have brains they're annoying as hell. I think Stephen King summarized a girl perfectly when he said 'a woman is just a life support system for a cunt.'

"Hey Linda," Matt said stuffing his DS in his back pocket.

"Matt, this is Near and Mello. This is Matt, you guys. He just moved in next door to me." I could tell Linda liked him because of the admiring looks she gave him. Yep, she was desperate.

"Are you supposed to be a guy?" Matt asked look directly at me. What the fuck?

I could hear some jocks laughing because they heard Matt's question. "Great job new kid. No one's ever worked up the courage to ask him that!" A blonde one laughed.

I shot him my middle finger, "Fuck you, Aiber!" I stormed off not caring about the looks I was getting. Now that was a first impression. I always find it funny how the first sentence people usually hear me say have the words "fuck" and "you" in them. I didn't really care I just had to get away from everyone.

I went to the library… It wasn't open. I love how we promote reading and yet somehow the fuckin' library was never open. Damn school board.

"Damn it!" I heard a kid mutter beside me making me lose concentration. He had clean auburn hair. He wore dress clothes (like a tie and a silk shirt and tan cotton pants).

I gave him another once over and automatically decided… I hated him. "Who the fuck wears a suit to a public school?"

He looked at me scanning over every inch of my body until he knew for a fact that I had just said "fuck" to him. What can I say? It's my favorite word along with all the others. I just used this word the most.

He smiled confidently, "Me." He extended a hand to me, "Raito Yagami." It's pronounced Light in English. Weird name...

I stared at his hand not willing to make contact. "Mello," I muttered looking back into his auburn eyes.

He arched an eyebrow then challenged, "Who the fuck names their kid Mello?"

Oh yes, he was going to be fun. Not what I judged him. I was always willing to accept a challenge. "Me, since I didn't want to walk around with people calling me Mihael Keehl for the rest of my life."

"German?" Light acknowledged. I had to give him credit. Guy was smarter than he looked. I nodded. "What brings you to Japan?"

I smiled, "Dad left me with my mom. Just chillin' till he comes for me."

"I get that my dad's never home."

Mr. Perfect wasn't turning out perfect. This was great. "Really, why?"

"He's chief of police. He's always working."

"I see…" Wow some tough life he has… Sarcasm.

"Do you have any siblings?"

"None that I know about," I laughed. "You?"

"Yeah, a little sister. She can be so annoying."

"I was the only kid my mom said she would ever have. I guess she's stayed true to her word."

"You're not very close with your mom are you?" Light asked.

"How could you guess," I said sarcastically. "Nah, I'm not very close with anybody."

"You seem to be getting pretty close to me," Was he smirking? Okay... so that means something right? What the hell is up with guy?

"Umm... T-that's because you're not like the other idiots at this school." He did seem different… Damn bastard is making me blush! Say something you idiot! Don't give the satisfaction of seeing you blush!

"Hey Mello, what grade are you in?" Why's he walking towards me? H-he doesn't have to get that close, does he? He's stroking my cheek! God that feels good!

No! You just met the guy and now you're going to get swept away in your emotions? No, no, no, no, no, no, no! Just harden yourself. Make it seem like it doesn't bother you. Yeah, be cool...

"Tenth," I muttered with my back against the wall. I know my looks kill. I was seductive enough to turn a straight guy gay just so he could get his hands on me. I will never be dominated...

Light smiled gripping my chin, "I'm supposed to be in a eleventh but I skipped a grade." So? What did I care? He's hot I'll give him that. But kind of arrogant...

''itsuwari' 'osore' 'kyoshoku' 'urei' samazama na negatibu ni…"

Saved by my phone! YES! The truth was I did break my phone, but bought a new one a week later. I didn't have to let Near know that though.

I opened my phone without a moment's hesitation. Light pulled himself back letting me have my space. Smart guy…

"Is this the insane piece of shit named Mello?" A familiar voice asked.

"If I say yes will you start going by the fucking bastard named Rod?"

He chuckled slightly, "Hey what's up, Mello? We haven't spoken for a while."

"That's cause you never call me!" I said it in the most girly way possible making Light look antsy. He mouthed the words, "I'm leaving," and was gone in no time.

"What was that all about?"

"Sorry," I muttered placing one of my feet against the wall as my back rested against it softly. "I was getting rid of some unwanted company."

"Really," I knew Rod didn't care, but the fake sympathy gave me false comfort. "Anyway, where are you?"

"School. Why?"

"I wanted you to make a delivery to some friends of mine. If you're in you get some coke for yourself…" Bribery, sweet, unadulterated bribery.

"Okay. I've got nothin' better to do anyway."

"Go to the park and inside that plastic tube where all those brats crawl in and out of. I stored your stash in it. I'll tell him to meet you outside the school gates."

"Like to know that we're not corrupting the minds of our youth... What if someone finds the stash before me?" I'm trying hard to keep my voice low. If someone heard this conversation I'd be in trouble, but it still was exciting. I finally made my way towards the exit.

"No one gets there before noon. Don't worry just deliver it to a guy that goes by Kyosuke Higuchi. I'll just tell him what you look like so he'll probably just walk up to you."

I rolled my eyes as I pushed open the door and walked outside. "Well it's nice to know my identities protected with you around." I don't know why I used so much sarcasm with Rod. I shrugged it off.

"Don't fuck this up."

"Right like we're not already screwed since we're doing this in broad day light. Fine I'll get going. Bye."

I put my cell phone in my pocket and started walking towards the gate.

"Mello!"

Linda was calling me back over to them. I took a deep breath and started towards them. "What is it?"

"Matt's sorry for what he said earlier! He didn't mean to make you angry."

I looked up at him. He was playing his game not looking up. Yeah, very apologetic. "Great, I gotta go."

Linda gripped onto my arm, "Why? Where are you going?"

"My boss called me. I gotta go to work."

"Hey Mello," A voice called me forcing me to turn around.

"Light?" He actually came back? This guy knew how to play this game. He was good.

"Yeah, I know this is sudden, but you want to go out Friday night?"

That was fast, but it did make since. I know a lot of guys, and girls, have tried to get something out of a night with me. They weren't able to walk the next day, but I never saw them again. I didn't want that. I wanted a relationship, but I knew that was never going to happen.

I crossed my arms over my chest, "Let me guess so you can take me out get me drunk or doped up so you can fuck me senseless afterwards."

Light's cheeks had a red hazed over his cheeks. Linda, Near, Matt and Light stared wide eyed at me.

I smirked at him, "Fine, but I have one rule." I walked up to Light inches from his lips, "I get to be on top." I smiled turning to walk away. I needed to get this job over with. I saw Light leave with a dazed smile on his face. Near and Linda were trying to look like it didn't bother them. Matt had a dumbfounded expression over his face. That look made me smirk. He looked so clueless and lost and cute. Okay, so he was cute doesn't mean I'm gonna be chasing after him like Linda.

Okay… I know that was a total whorish thing for me to do. I haven't slept with a guy in what seems like forever. And face it I'm not going to ever going to be in a relationship. Might as well get something out of these looks… even if it is a one night stand.

It wasn't long till I got to the park. I had to climb up the stairs of a playpen then walk across some bridge. There were a few kids on the swings, but they didn't harm my work. I was eyed by their suspicious parents.

I bent down on all fours looking into a bright, blue tube. About five packets with white powder in them sat in the middle of the tube. It makes me wonder what would've happened if some little kids found this before me. I crawled in the tube stuffing the packets in my pockets when my eyes spotted something underneath them. There were two rectangular bars that were wrapped in aluminum foil. I smiled stuffing one in my back pocket and held the other in my teeth as I crawled out of the tube.

I stood up unwrapping the bar and licking the chocolate underneath the foil. Nothing tasted better than the creamy, sweet candy. Maybe that's my German roots talking? I shrugged off the thought as I snapped off a piece with my teeth. A few of the kid's heads snapped up at the sound. They had timid expressions on their faces their parents glared at me.

I slid down a slide and started back to school. It wasn't long till a tall man with spiky, brown hair marched over to me. His hair reminded me of a not as spiky version of Axel's hair from Kingdom Hearts. It almost made me laugh, but I kept a straight face. I remained still looking into his cold, blue eyes.

"Are you Higuchi?"

He smiled slyly, "You're Mello? Pretty cute for a boy. You got what I've been looking for?"

I handed him four bags of the crushed cocaine. I licked my chocolate as he quickly took the packets from my hands. He stuffed them in the pockets of his navy blue suit.

I held out my left hand, which wasn't holing my chocolate, "So hand over my money."

He chuckled, "I paid Rod before I got here."

Bastard! "So you're gonna steal from me? I don't think so." I pulled out my switchblade.

"Looks like princess has some mouth. Don't worry I can get rid of that."

Princess? What the hell did I look like? I hated it when people thought they could get away with talking to me disrespectfully. I pulled my switchblade to his throat, "Don't underestimate me." I held my chocolate in my mouth as I reached in his pocket and grabbed his wallet. I somehow managed to get the money out with one hand. I only got a few hundreds. He had at least five thousand dollars so I'm guessing that was pocket change. I put his wallet back in his pocket. "I thank you for your business," I smiled making the chocolate crack as I took a bite. I turned and walked away putting the switchblade back in my pocket.

I felt hands grip me from behind and push me against the metal fence that was enclosed around the school. We really were stupid to be doing this in broad daylight, but this was the back of the school and no one was here.

"I think I should get something in return for my hospitality."

"Hospitality? You call this hospitality?" His grip tightened. I couldn't help but squirm. I had to get out somehow.

"Squirm all you want that'll just make this hurt a lot more than it needs to." His hands came down to my pants. I felt the urge to scream but wouldn't give him the satisfaction.

He began to stroke me through my pants. His fat hands felt weird around my cock. It wasn't getting hard and I knew from his movements it wasn't going to any time soon...

I felt all the weight off of me in a brief second. Higuchi hit the ground hard. Matt had kicked him in the ribs. I heard a small gasp leave the man.

"Get the fuck outta here!" Matt yelled at him.

Higuchi glared at Matt. He stood up and brushed off his suit before leaving. I stared in shock at Matt. He kept his eyes on Higuchi as he watched him leave. Matt's eyes were secured in his orange goggles. Once was out of sight he turned back to me. "I'm sorry Mello. I should've gotten here sooner. Are you okay?"

"I'm fine… what are you doing here?"

"Skippin' Phys. Ed. We're in most of the same classes this semester. I never would've guessed you were that smart."

I tried not to scowl at the guy who just saved my ass, but it was pretty hard. "Umm… thanks for your help Matt."

Matt pulled his goggles on top of his head. It was then that I realized he had really cute eyes. They were emerald green with pink just around the iris and little flecks of yellow were in the emerald green. "No problem. I hope we can say this is a truce from this morning." Look away, Mello, just look away.

"I'm not mad about what happened this morning. It's not the first time I've heard it." So you can just leave like a good little freak boy.

"Why were you even hangin' around with that guy anyway?"

Great he wasn't gonna leave me alone. "Umm… would you excuse me for a few minutes? I've gotta make a call to my boss."

"Sure, I don't mind. Take your time," Matt said leaning against the fence. I guess he doesn't understand when a person is trying to tell him to get lost. Oh well. I saw my chocolate on the ground next to his feet. Damn it! That bastard made me drop it.

I pulled out the second chocolate bar and quickly unwrapped it. I snapped off the corner making the familiar cracking noise. It made Matt jump. My lips curled into a smile as I dialed Rod's number.

After a few rings I heard a drowsy "Hello" from the phone.

"What the hell Rod?"

"Mello? You done already? How'd it go?"

"How do you think it went? I'm pissed because that guy wasn't gonna pay me."

"What? What happened?" I knew Rod was listening now. He hated it when people tried to cheat him out of his merchandise.

"I got there, did what I was supposed to do and he tries to tell me that he already paid you. I knew that was bull shit so I pulled out my switchblade and go about five hundred bucks off of him maybe more I haven't counted it all up yet. Then the fucker goes up and tries to rape me!"

"Aw man, I'm sorry. He do anything?"

"Nah, I got away before he could." I couldn't tell him about Matt.

"Don't worry I'll take care of him. Thanks for your work. You can keep the money you got off of him."

I'd never known Rod to be this generous. Then again, he was homophobic. Maybe he thought Higuchi caused some damage and was trying to be nice? "Thanks Rod. I'll catch ya later." I hung up and looked back at Matt.

"So that guy worked for your boss?" He eyed me curiously.

"Yeah. It's not some prostitution gig like you're thinkin'. It was just delivery. I shouldn't have to worry about him anymore."

Matt nodded slowly, "So you like chocolate?"

"I love it…" It was an addiction I had. It wasn't horrible or life threatening, however in my case it probably was. "And you like pink?" I cocked an eyebrow.

Matt blushed slightly, "The store in my neighborhood only had pink at the time when I bought one and the next shipment would be four months away. I just bought a pink one because I hate waiting."

"I see… Didn't you just recently move here? Where are you from?"

"Umm… Dijon, Paris. I didn't really like it there. My mom got a job offer in Japan, so we left."

"Cool. I haven't met another European person besides Near."

Matt gave me a look of disgust, "That British kid with white hair? He's weird."

That made me laugh, maybe this guy wasn't so bad after all. "Yeah, I used to live in Germany. We moved around a lot. I lived in Belgium till my parents got divorced."

"Then I can see where the chocolate comes from." He smiled sheepishly. I smiled back. He was really easy to talk to. It feels like I've talked to him before. "Umm… Mello? I know this is going to sound weird, but could you call off your date with Light?"

"Why?"

"Umm… I just don't think you shout date a guy just to have sex with him."

Why the hell is he blushing? No, screw that! Why the hell is he telling me this? I must admit he did look pretty cute. "Fine I'll cancel our date the next time I see him."

Matt's eyes seemed to sparkle. Freak.

"So, you speak German…" It was a rhetorical question that just made me arch my eyebrows. "I've always wanted to visit Germany. It's always looked so bright and… green."

"Well there is a lot of land. They don't have a lot of grass in Paris?"

"Only in certain places. I wouldn't know. I hate the outdoors."

I gave him a confused look. "You just said you like the greenery in Germany and now you're saying you hate the outdoors?"

"Going somewhere and looking at TV and photographed images are two totally different things. Germany looks nice, yes. I have not commented on the greenery at all, just some photos I've seen of Germany."

"You really are a freak. Do you like Japan, or are you gonna be particular when I say that?"

Matt's eyes widened, "I love Japan! You know basically all the worlds video game technology comes from Japan? Nintendo has come up with some of the greatest gaming systems ever, and I'm living in the city that manufactures them!" I thought he was gonna explode from happiness, or just excitement.

"So you like video games?"

"I love them!" Matt's eyes were so big. He looked so cute. His eyes were sparkling brightly at the talk of the things he liked most. He blushed slightly, "Sorry. My parents aren't around much and I usually only play video games when I'm home."

"It's fine. You like it, so it shouldn't matter what other people think about you."

His blush deepened, "Umm… yeah. Thanks Mello. I'll see you around." He got off the fence and started walking around the school until he disappeared. I thought my heart would never stop pounding.

TBC

Did you like it? first chapter... I do not own Death Note! or any songs used in this story.

Song used:

Teenagers by My Chemical Romance

I don't really like the band but I was listening to this song and got an idea for this story. I hope you enjoyed! I'll try to have the next chapter up soon!