Hmmm...not even one hit?

You've got to be kidding me.

well, no matter I guess.
I like it.
So I'm going to keep writing it.

Though I guess I'm going to blame it on the fact
That the game is relatively new...
and therefor there aren't many fics yet.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the charries from The World Ends With You, nor did I create the game.

Still in Neku's POV.


Noise Levels
:Chapter 2:

"Slam!"
The announcer boomed,
and I let my pin fly.
It wasn't long before I had myself up to the second seen spot.

Beat, having beginners luck, got to be my next opponent.

He was grinning from ear to ear,
"Yo, Neku. I'ma kick your ass!"

His boasting made me smirk.
"Bring it."
I told him, my pin at the ready.

"Slam!"
Went the announcer,
and flying went the pins.

Beat proved to be more of a challenge then I had thought.
Soon we were both down to one pin.
Beat's face was turned into a deep frown,
Biting his lower lip.

I smirked and moved around the table, still paying attention to our match.
Beats eyes however, followed me.
Lightly, and so no one could see, I touched his leg with my own.
His reaction was priceless.

He blushed, gaping up at me slightly.
I shrugged and let my pin fly once more.

"We have a Winner!"
Cried the announcer as Beat's pin flew off the edge of the playing table.

Beat looked at me with a mix of shock, disbelief, and maybe a side of pissed.
I had to move onto the next table quickly for the final match,
glad I didn't really have to speak to him yet.

I had a hard time concentrating on my match though...
What would I tell him?
Yeah, I know it was cheating...
but there was another reason too.
I just had to decide what I wanted to tell him.

-

As for what proved to be a huge upset,
I lost the match.
I just couldn't keep my head straight.

Hell, I wasn't even sure if the rest of me was straight!

As I walked out of the building,
I saw Beat and Rhyme, both waiting near the phone booth.
Rhyme was talking to him, looking worried.
Beat wasn't backing down this time though.

once again...
Oh. SHIT.

I stopped in my tracks,
nibbling my lower lip.
What the hell was I supposed to tell him exactly?

I didn't have much time to think before Beat came up to me.
I grimaced as he grabbed the front of my hoodie.
"What the fuck man?"
He said, dangerously close to my face.
I swallowed hard,
It was only a game...
but maybe something else was bothering him.

Rhyme was behind him, pulling on his free arm.
"Beat! Aren't you over reacting?"
She asked, her eyes wide.

He didn't even glance back at her.

"Wha' the hell did ya do that for? Wha' was it supposed to mean?"
Beat's eyes were locked with mine, like lasers they pierced into me.
Shit.
I never noticed how deep his eyes were.
The way he was breathing...
Panting slow and hard,
Certainly wasn't helping me one bit.

His eyes narrowed as he lifted me up slightly by my hoodie,
with that one muscular arm.
Oh god...what was I thinking?!

"Well, Phones?!"
He asked gruffly, using my old nickname he gave me.

"I think you might know why I did it."
I said, a bit softer then I intended.
My heart was racing,
my vision was getting blurred slightly,
and my brain was far from functioning right.

Beat's loud breathing stopped.
I felt my feet touch the ground,
but he didn't let go of me.
Rhyme had backed away slightly.
It seemed to me she was wiser beyond her years.
Maybe she knew all to well what I was going through.

Beat let go suddenly,
causing me to lose my balance.
I tittered slightly, before looking back up at him.

His jaw was set,
though his eyes looked unsure.
He turned away without a word to me.
"Rhyme. Let's bounce, yo."
I heard him say before Rhyme glanced around at me.
She tried to give me a reassuring smile before she caught up to Beat.

-

After that, I couldn't make myself go home.
I had told the folks that I'd be out all day,
and there was still plenty of day light left.

So I headed to the Udagawa district.
The place I used to hang by myself.

I hadn't been back there in a while,
finding it a bit unnerving slightly after the game,
plus finding out I had been killed right in front of CAT's art.

But now, as I stood in front of it,
Things seemed to calm down inside me.
So I sat with my back to the wall, one leg out and the other bent up with my arm resting on it.
I wished I had my headphones with me.
Music always helped me clear my head.

I closed my eyes,
remembering what it was like before...
First meeting Beat.

Back then, all I wanted to do was shut him out.
I didn't think being in the game had a purpose other then staying alive.
I'm glad Shiki was there to teach me other wise.

I know Beat was just as confused as me.
That look in his eye said everything.
He wasn't upset about losing to me,
or the fact that I had cheated.
But it was everything to do with his being unsure.

Resting my head back on the wall,
I let out a sigh.
I know why I bumped him at the table.
I know why my heart was racing at turbo speed when he had grabbed me.

I...
I like him.

But did that mean I just lost him as a friend?

-

I felt a hand touch my shoulder, and some one sit next to me.
I opened my drowzy eyes to see...
Beat?!

Yeah, I wasn't dreaming.
It was Beat.
He looked down...
I mean upset.
Rhyme was no where to be seen.

I turned my face back away as he looked at me.
"Yo...Neku."
He said,
his voice low and a bit regretful.
"I'm sorry for how I acted back there...It was jus' a game."

I shruged, swallowing hard.
"I-It's okay...It was really stupid of me to do that."
I couldn't help but feel like something was putting pressure on my whole chest.

I heard Beat sigh.
"...Look man, ya kno' this ain't 'bout that game."
He said, and I heard him shift.

"What do you mean?"
I asked, looking over at him.
The look on his face told me I was found out.
He had it all figured out.
SHIT.

"Damn, Neku...I mus' be real slow ta' have ta' have my lil' sister spell it out for me."
He said, with a slow smile.
"But don't think your the only one thats been hidin' shit."

I swallowed hard again.
I didn't like how mischievious his smile was getting.
It was making me nervous.

"Wh-at are you saying?"
I asked softly.

Beat's smirk grew.
"I'm Sayin' that I kno why you did it..."
He leaned in slightly, his eyes locked with mine once again, as I was frozen.
"An' I kno' why I liked it."

I started to say something,
but then time just seemed to stop.
Beat had leaned in more-
and was kissing me.
Holy Shit.
I thought I was going to die...
Because here I was kissing him back.


XD
Whoo.
Beat and Neku's first kiss!
too cute if you ask me.

I like putting this all in Neku's POV,
Because I can put exactly how and what he feels as everything happens to him.

R&R please.

Sora