Your Children
Chapter 2
Near's POV
I pushed her off of me, "Onigiri, don't hug me", I said, unwrinkling my shirt, "It's uncomfortable". I looked up to see Onigiri pouting, her pupils were trembling and watery and her lower lip stuck out. It was the most ignorant, obnoxious thing on the face of the earth--yet hard to resist.
"No means no, Onigiri", she stayed in the same position, her eyes looked like they were about to overflow. "Hey Near, hey Onigiri!", Matt came by, did he get my note? It wouldn't matter anyway; Matt's feelings weren't easily hurt.
"Maaaaaatt" Onigiri said in a whine-y voice, "Near won't let me hug him", Matt's expression became serious and he glared at me, I stared, it was hard being the shortest in a group of 3 by about 5 cm.
"Near, is that true?" he said, bending down towards my height, "She's annoying" I said straightforwardly. Matt stood back straight up and looked pensive, as if he was some lawyer.
The London Clock tower sounded, (Wammy's House is located in England D) "Ooh, lunch" Matt broke from his thoughtful look and headed towards the dining room. Matt sometimes wishes that Wammy's House wasn't so aristocrat and elegant, then we'd have modern food like pizza (or chocolate, in Mello's case).
In the dining room…
Matt's POV
Wammy's House has a really stupid tradition, after we say grace, we sing the alphabet song instead of "Itadakimasu", we're named after the alphabet so when we get to that letter, the person who's name starts with that letter will say it, pretty stupid, huh?
After Roger said grace I got ready for the humiliation:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L!! (Lucky was proud of her name starting with L, VERY PROUD)
M…
N…
O!!
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
And
Z
Now I know my ABC's, next time won't you sing with me
I then realized that Mello wasn't there, usually when we sang the song me and Mello would both say a depressing "M" before dropping our heads in humiliation.
Our seats were lined against the long, long dining table in alphabetical order…Mello wasn't there, so there was a big space in between me and Near, I bent over and whispered to Near, "Where's Mello?".
Near looked at me from the corner of his eye, then looked back straight in front of him and whispered solemnly, "He's gone".
It took a while for his words to soak in, I was shocked, I couldn't talk, I couldn't breathe…'Mello'…
"Hey Roger-san, why do we have to sing the alphabet song!?" I heard Onigiri whine beside Near, she obviously didn't know, and she was stalling…nobody in Wammy's House liked the food they were provided. "Onigiri, just eat" Roger said. Onigiri pouted and forced some of the undercooked rice into her mouth.
I wouldn't eat, how could I eat so casually knowing that my best friend had left the orphanage we were raised in for so many years?
"Matt", I turned to look at Near, who wasn't looking at me, but emotionlessly scooping some rice into his spoon. "If you refuse to eat you're just like Kira" he said, forcing the spoonful into his mouth, then forcing the clump down his throat.
"How dare you compare me with Kira! A killer!! The only ones that I ever killed were people in my DS--but that doesn't make me a murderer, right?" I whispered to Near, he eyed me, "By refusing to eat, you want everything in the world to be sadness-free, like how Kira wants a criminal-free world…a criminal-free world is impossible, so…isn't that just the same for your desire for a sadness-free world? There are happy moments, and sad moments just the same" he said.
I couldn't say anything back, but I glared at him with such intensity if he weren't wearing white I would've burned a hole through him (Ku: I'm a nerd, it's kind of a science joke…black absorbs heat and white reflects heat).
And to add to that he said "Your thinking is too shallow", I was ready to kick him from underneath the dinner table. If Mello was gone, then that would make ME second now, right? Since I was third in Wammy's House…
Oh whatever, anyways, this stupid undercooked rice was really killing me…I needed a good plan…AHA!!
"Lucky", I whispered to the next to me, "Hm?" she asked proudly, pretending to act like some supermodel talking to a paparazzi, "Look!! There's um…a person that…thinks you're a hobo!!" I whispered loudly, pointing behind her (Ku: He didn't have much time to think XD).
"Where!! I'll kill him!!" she quickly turned, her ponytail whipped my face, "Ow!! Gosh, stupid hair!" I whispered quiet enough so Lucky wouldn't hear, as her back was turned I quickly dumped my bowl of rice into her bowl.
As I finished my task, I realized she was still searching for "him", oh well, might as well get more of the job done while I'm at it! I grabbed Near's bowl, who was already clutching his stomach in pain, Onigiri's, who was busy playing "Doctor" with Near, and dumped both bowls into Lucky's bowl, I resisted the urge to laugh, this would be fun.
I put the empty bowls back in their places, and waited for Lucky to turn around, what an idiot.
"Matt, I don't see--WOAH" she turned to see the mountain of undercooked rice in her bowl, "What the heck…", she said, examining it, "Is it just me or is this thing 5x larger than before?", then she noticed that Near, Onigiri and my bowls were empty.
"No, it must just look bigger in comparison to our empty bowls" I said, looking at the other two, Near was still in deep agony, while Onigiri flashed a smile of gratitude, "I guess so…" the (idiotic) Lucky said and started scooping up the rice.
But…if Mello were still here…he would've thought that it was so funny…but…he's not.
LMNOLMNOLMNOLMNOLMNOLMNOLMNOLMNOLMNOLMNO
The rice thing was fun to type XP Oh yeah, and today I told myself that I'd upload a new chapter to ONE of my fanfictions every week (not necessarily this one), so…bye!!
Ciao for now,
Ku