*OMFG XD I haven't uploaded in ages lol XD I realised a lot of errors in the previous chapter. God, I was such a bad writer... what like a year ago? XD I don't own anything but Orlo! Did you know. I came up with his name by looking intensly at a packet of Oreo's? :D*
I walk over to my bed and rub my hair, Near stares at me curiously and I frown staring back.
"What?" I ask with my dull voice, tilting my head and raising an eyebrow.
"Oh... Nothing just that you seem... Strange. Even by my standards. Almost, normal I guess." Near replies as he holds up a new block of wood with blank green eyes.
"Really? Maybe everyone around you is just so weird you deem it as normal to be that strange." I reply quickly closing my eyes and drying my hair.
"Hm... Maybe. But it's highly unlikely." Near says moving a few figurines around with a wistful look.
The door suddenly creaks open and Wammy pokes his head through the gap, "Near told me you were awake Orlo, it seems as though you've gotten dressed. Good. Well, if you'd like to follow me please." I hop off the bed and look through the wardrobe and draws for my Parma violets.
"What are you looking for...?" Near asks and I turn around, hold a packet of Parma violets in the air.
"These.", I pull the packaging away from the top of the tube and pop a few into my mouth. Near stares at me for a second and pulls a paint brush out from behind him. He paints on a purple line and a hand, I stare for a second longer and realise that it's my parma violets. I smile slightly and walk out the room with Wammy, leaving Near to play with his 'toys'.
Wammy takes me down a few corridors and stops suddenly, "I was going to ask Near to show you around but I thought that I'd get someone more suitable for the job to do it. M will show you around. M is more sociable, you two are the same age as well so don't be scared to be a little rude to him. He might need it."
"Urm... Okay." I mutter and Wammy pats my head I growl at him, "Don't touch me please."
He retracts his hand and nods, "Okay okay. Here's Mello's room. I leave him to show you around." Wammy knocks on the oak door and pokes his head in, after a few breif words, a boy in a black shirt and no shoes or socks strolls out with his hands in his jean pockets.
"Hi, what's your name?" 'Mello' asks me, I stare suprisedly at his cold tone and tilt my head.
"Why's Wammy say you're sociable? You seem rather cold hearted to me." I accidentally say aloud. Mello glares at me and with a scowl turns around.
"You're not making a good first impression man." Mello says slouching forward a little more.
"Oh... Wait. Did I say that out loud?" I take a half step backwards and grab my packet of parma violets, popping a few in my mouth, "I'm so sorry! My name is Orlo. Nice to meet you I guess." My face reddens in embarrassment and I twist my hands together. Mello turns back around and smiles.
"That's better. Well. Shall we get going? There's a lot to see and a lot to do in one day. Especially since it's nearly lunch."
Mello starts to walk down to corridor and I scuttle after him, waving shyly at Wammy as I do. He waves back and turns around, I don't see where he goes as Mello and I turn a corner.
Mello stops and looks back around the corner and sighs, "Okay Orlo. I heard you got the spare bed in Near's room. How the hell did you do that? Wammy never lets anyone take that bed. How'd you get it. Of all people. None of the previous O's got that bed either." Mello rants and I just stand there, confused as he speaks for a couple minutes more.
"Urm... I don't really know to be honest with you... I just woke up in there... Near was already awake and stuff too... Wait did you say nearly lunch time earlier?" I say after Mello had stopped talking.
"What? You don't know why? And yeah. I did say it was nearly lunch. You hungry or something?" Mello questions, raising a eyebrow.
"Yeah... I'm really hungry." I mutter and pat my stomach.
"Okay, let's go get something to eat... If you don't know why you are in that room, I won't ask you anything else." Mello grabs my arm and pulls me through a few corridors and into a medium sized hall with a long buffet table laid out across the back wall.
"Here's the 'food hall' I guess you could call it. It''s where we all eat. We use this as a meeting spot because most of us don't like going to different places, other than our rooms and the library." Mello states as he walks across the room to the buffet table, "Near should be here soon too so you guys can get to know each other I guess. So will L, he only visits like once a month but he's here today so this should be fun." Mello grabs a paper plate and starts to grab some food. I follow suit and grab my own plate, grabbing some small things like carrots and salad items.
"Are you a vegetarian or something? You not like meat?" Mello asks.
"It's not that I don't like it. I just alternate what I have to eat." I mutter picking up a few tortilla chips and salsa dip.
"Hm. So what? Tomorrow you'll be having bacon and sausages?" Mello raises an eyebrow while asking this and I nod pouring myself a glass of apple juice into a small glass.
"Cool." He says pouring himself a glass of juice, "C'mon, let's sit down before anyone else turns up."
Mello finds a good seat, technically all of them are good seats since nobody's here yet and the room is well ventilated. We sit down anyway and start to eat our food. Just as I finish my first bite, Near slides quietly into the room and picks his own food. Finding a spot in the furthest corner of the room, I stare at him for a few seconds then look back at my own food. I take a few more bites and get startled as the door slams open as a gloomy teenager mopes into the dinning hall. Mello puffs up his chest and the teen growls at him, they stare daggers at each other while he's getting food. I frown at kick Mello under the table.
"It's not nice to glare. Even if you don't like them Mello..." I mutter as I take a bite of the carrot stick I picked up.
"Urg. Fine." Mello huffs and starts to shovel food into his mouth again, shooting angry looks at the new arrival occasionally.
After a while I pluck up the courage to ask him a question, "Who is that guy you hate so much anyway?"
"That's P, the letter after you. He's a right git. He's almost beaten me in the tests at least three times." Mello says finishing off his food.
"Tests? What tests?"
"Wammy didn't tell you? The monthly aptitude tests. They're to see what rank you are out of 26. I'm always 2nd. Near's always 1st. P is usually 3rd or 4th. C is usually 3rd though."
"Oh... Those types of tests... I'm not very good at those types of things." I say swirling the apple juice around with a straw I'd picked up earlier.
"What? You're not? Then why'd Wammy bring you here?"
"If I knew I would've told you all by now wouldn't I?!" I raise my voice, tired of his constant questioning. I stand up and slouch down, "Sorry for snapping at you Mello." I sigh and start to shuffle off out the door. Mello gets up too and walks out after me.
"I still have to show you around you idiot."
"Don't call me an idiot." I mutter and Mello slows to match my pace.
"Okay, sweet cheeks."
"Don't call me that either."
"Okay, Dumbest Smart Person."
"No way, are you calling me THAT!" I grin and shove Mello, he stumbles down a corridor I didn't notice we were passing and falls into a guys with black hair, panda eyes and a major slouch. Mello straightens up and scuttles back to me with a strained expression.
"Hey what's wrong Mello. Ain't you gonna apologise?" I say with my native dialect.
"Woah what? What's with that dialect Orlo?" Mello laughs a little but then freezes up, turns and bows, "I'm sorry L. Orlo pushed me."
This guy just stood there and dipped his head with a blank expression and held he hand out, "It's okay M, who's you're friend?"
"Oh this? This is the new O. Orlo." Mello says, pushing me towards this L guy, "Orlo, this is L. Say hi."
"What." I say flatly and turning my head to Mello, "This is L? A weirdo with a panda eye obsession?"
"Panda eye obsession...?" He mutters, seemingly hurt by that comment.
"Yeah. But hi, I'm Orlo. Nice to meet you." My eyes widen in realisation, "I said that out loud again didn't I?"
"Yep." Mello says from behind me and he snickers. I blush furiously and turn around.
"Don't we ahve places to see Mello." I state, not question, I don't have time for questions. I grab Mello's arm and walk off in the opposite direction of L in embarrassment.
*Well then XD Sorry for the very delayed update. Tee hee...? :I sorry. Stick around! :P*
