It's five in the morning and I'm awake because there still shouting and throwing things at each other. My parents, if you can call them that, are always arguing. They argue from dusk till dawn. No matter what or who it's about. Of course they usually argue over me. Even when I don't do anything! As soon as I get home from school I go straight to my room and stay in there. I guess I hide in there and hope they don't come and get me. I just want to go unnoticed by my parents and everyone else on this planet!

It's nine in the morning and school is as boring as ever. Of course I got here about three hours early as usual, just so I can get out of the house before they wake up. I don't do my work at school, well most of it, only 'cause it's way too easy, I stay at the back off the class, playing my DS, and stay away from everyone and hope nobody bothers me. Of course it doesn't work.

The day went by as normal. During class the kids whisper things and spread rumours about me, most of it's because of how my name is spelt; Mail Jeevas. I mean it's really not that strange but these kids are all idiots! At lunch I sit on my own and people sit and snigger at me and stuff.

Now it's the end of the day and if I don't hurry up and get out of the building I'm gonna get chased home by a group of guys in my class. 'Shit, I dropped my books.' Mail was bent down if front of his locker picking up his books and shoving them in his backpack.

"Hey, Mail. What ya' doing?" Said a boy's voice.

Mail's eyes widened slightly behind his goggles, he looked up at the boy. He was stood with three other boys who were all smirking at him. Mail stood up and put his backpack on his back and spun round running away from the boys as fast as his legs could carry him.

"After him!" Shouted, the leader of the boys. They ran after Mail.

Mail looked behind and saw the boys catching up to him. 'Crap! There gonna catch me again!'

Mail ran round a corner, into a big crowd and started running in and out of the people. He looked behind and could see the boys slowing down. He ran into an alley and bumped into somebody. A blonde girl, no wait a guy. The guy was almost glaring at Mail. "Err...err sorry." Mail said.

"Hey there you are!" Said a familiar voice.

Mail spun round to see the guys stood at the alley entrance. He started walking back slowly. "W-what do you want this time!?"

The guy stood at the front of the others smirked. "Thought you'd know by now." He said and started to walk forward.

Mail backed off further. "Why!? I don't do fuck all to you! In fact I don't do fuck all to anyone! I just want to be left alone! Just leave me alone!" Mail shouted at the top of his voice.

The blonde haired guy looked at Mail from the corner of his eye.

"Wow someone's fighting back for a change." Said one of the other guys.

The leader of the guys walked closer to Mail but stopped when the blonde guy stood in front of Mail.

"Who the fuck are you!?"

"Why don't you cut the kid a break? And go pick on somebody else?" The blonde asked.

"You didn't answer my question!" The other one shouted and grabbed hold of the blonde's top, pulling him closer.

The leader fell to the floor, his nose bleeding. "Don't ever touch me!" The blonde said in a threatening tone.

'Wow! I didn't even see him move!' Mail thought.

"Bastard!"

The blonde stamped his foot in between the others legs. "Right, I suggest you leave this kid alone. What d'ya think?" He asked pressing his foot down harder.

"Yeah! Yeah, okay!" He screamed.

The blonde moved his foot and the others ran over and dragged there leader away from Mail and the blonde.

The blonde looked back at Mail. Mail's eyes widened slightly as he felt a shiver go down his spine. The blonde turned away and started to walk away. "Erm...thank-you."

The blonde stopped walking and turned to face Mail. "What for?"

Mail stood there with a blank expression on his face. "F-for what you did. Y-you didn't have to do that."

"I know."

"Right, erm...well thank- you." Mail told him.

"I didn't do it for free." The blonde told him and smirked.

'Okay now I'm freaked out!' Mail thought. "W-well I don't have any money. So I can't pay you!"

He walked closer to Mail. Mail backing away and bumping in to the wall. The blonde guy standing right in front of Mail. "Chocolate."

"Um, Chocolate?"

"Yeah chocolate."

"You want me to give you chocolate? Oh, I get it you like chocolate." Mail smiled with a small chuckle. He glared at Mail and he stopped smiling. "I'll bring you some chocolate!"

"I'll find you, so don't bother looking for me."

The blonde said and turned away. "By the way I'm Mello." He said looking back.

"I'm Mai..." He started but stopped himself. 'I can be anyone I want. I don't have to be Mail Jeevas, the kid who gets abused by his parents or picked on by people at school. I can be anyone.' He thought. "Matt. I'm Matt." He smiled.

I arrived home late. It was dark outside and it was nine. This was bad. Very bad. Mail walked in the front door and his parents were arguing as usual. 'If I quickly get to my room they might not bother me tonight.' He thought and tried to get through the hall quietly.

"And where the fuck have you been!?" His father shouted at him. He was drunk as usual.

"I had to stay at school late." He told him, hoping he would believe him.

"Lying little shit!" He shouted. He pushed Mail into the wall and then began hitting him, in the face, in the stomach and in the ribs. He pulled Mail into his room and threw him to the floor and kicked him in between the legs. He sniggered and left Mail's room slamming the door behind him. Mail laid curled up in the middle of the floor one hand in between his legs and the other on his ribs. 'I'm gonna leave this house as soon as I'm sixteen I'm leaving and never looking back! Not ever!' Mail thought as he laid there cried silently. Mail remembered Mello standing in front of him early that day. 'Uh, I have to get his chocolate. I have to.' He thought and tried to move but the pain hurt too much. 'I'll get it tomorrow before school.' He thought and laid back in his previous position.

End of chapter 1! Please review and stuff and tell me what you think. Thanx for reading.