Mello, Matt, Near, Raito and Ryuzaki sat on a bench of the high school. They all competed for the top grades, currently led by Ryuzaki with his perfect record of pure A; but that didn't meant they wouldn't talk to each other, actually, they were something near "Friends".

A rock path took you to the lonely benches surrounded by a green area of the school, just right in the middle of it. Such a beautiful place with a magnificent view of many kinds of glooming flowers and fruit trees with sweet scent deserved a high admiration [1]. Nobody hanged around there, which made it the perfect place for the weird gang; a high school student with junior high school kids.

-We got this interesting article about a "NiNi" generation; we gotta read it for our next exam and since there's only one copy I would like to read it out loud.- Ryuzaki said in a boring way to his comrades.

He sure desired to get the highest score above his friends, but he wasn't that low to play cheap.

-Go ahead- Mello gestured chewing on his chocolate bar.

-Ok. "Maybe you know one, or many, between your family, neighbors or friends. They don't study nor work. They have around 12 to 29 years old. Apathy and desperation take over them. Nothing cheers them up. The risk, experts warn, it's that they represent the sector most vulnerable to be sank in delinquency…" [2]

-What a boring piece of bullshit, green pea.

-You got a pretty filthy mouth, Mello.- Near pointed out.

-Yeah bastard, green pea, shut the hell up, green pea- Matt added not looking away from his game.

-Idiots…- Raito whispered adding quickly –green pea…

Just in time as three fists stopped dead in tracks centimeters away from his head.

-What's up with the green pea thing?- Near asked confused.

-This idiots, green pea, got this silly game going on; every time you say a bad word you must say "green pea" in order to prevent other players from punching you- Ryuzaki answered reading the "NiNi" thing.

-It sounds sick.

-Wanna join?

-No way- Near kind of feared Mello's fist…

-Ok then, may I continue reading?

-Hey! I just remembered some jokes! Want to listen to them? Too bad, want it or not I'll tell them, What is a pink dot in the grass?

Everybody stared at him like he just spoke German.

-What is it…?- Raito asked hesitating, he may regret it.

-An ant in her sweet sixteen's!

Silence.[3]

-Mello, that's practically impossible…

-Shut up Ryuzaki! It's a fucking, green pea, joke! … What is an orange dot in the rear of a refrigerator?

Near feared it would be another lame joke, but asked anyway –What is it, Mello?

-A cheeto [4] about to commit suicide!

Silence.[5]

-You know… food it's not alive; I highly recommend you go find a psychiatrist…

-It's a joke, you idiot! Green pea- Mello crossed his arms quite annoyed.

-A lame one, I may add- Raito said.

-Oh, if that's the case, I think I got a joke too- Matt replied turning off his game putting it in his pocket –What's a green dot in a corner?

-What is it?- Mello asked instantly.

-A grounded green pea.

-L…o…l…!!- Mello started laughing like crazy.

-Have you been in crack, recently?- Near asked politely.

-You idiot, green pea, Matt! That's such a lame joke! You stupid! Green peace!-

Mello kept cracking hugging his stomach.

Silence.

Raito hit him with the back of his hand. Everyone except Near jumped on him to hit him on the head as Matt said:

-Idiot, green pea, at least I don't confuse green pea with green peace. [6]

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[1] This place does exist! It's a bench in my high school that I found really amazing; I simply love this place to relax and its way more beautiful than I could describe it.

[2]This is an actual homework I had a week ago, the NiNi generation it's about people than "Nor work nor study" since 1990 or so, it's a really interesting phenomenon that occurs in Mexico.

[3]This actually happened, we were skipping study and telling really lame jokes but we were laughing out loud like idiots.

[4]You know… cheetos… those potato chips kind of famous.

[5]Again, instead of silence we were cracking and so in the third silence.

[6]As I said, it actually happened to me, Mello was a friend who's name I forgot, who sat next to Karla who appears as Raito, next was Matt who actually it's Edmundo, then Amy as Ryuzaki, poor girl never got to finish the "NiNi" thing, and finally the confused Near was me. And of course, we talk Spanish so the original version would contain much more filthy words.