2. Hollow Meeting
Moon walked along the sidewalk. She usually doesn't go on little walks, as she is now, but she's curious. She turned a corner and saw the boy in white standing on the sidewalk looking up. She tilted her head and stared at him. "I really don't think this is a wise thing Mello." he called at the sky. Moon walked closer and looked up. She noticed that he wasn't looking at the sky at all. He was looking at a window on the top floor of the orphanage. In the window stood Mello and Matt holding something over the edge. Matt was holding what seemed to be a pineapple and Mello was holding a watermelon. "Don't get your panties in a bunch Near. It'll be fine." Moon sat down on the side walk a couple of feet away and watched. Near sighed and shook his head. Mello grinned. "OK sheep. Now watch closely. We'll drop them and you see which one lands first." "I already know which is heavier." Near stated in a bored tone. Mello glared at him. "I don't care. Ready Matt?" Matt nodded. "One...Two.......Three!" The fruit fell. Moon also knew which would land first. And considering where Near was standing she also knew what would happen when that fruit landed. Near knew this too. Near took one step back as the watermelon landed where he was just standing. It burst and Near ducked to avoid getting covered in watermelon. The pineapple landed a second after the watermelon and bounced off the sidewalk into the grass. "GOD DAMMIT!!" Moon looked up and saw that Mello was obviously angry. Near smiled. It was the scariest smile Moon ever saw. "Nice try Mello. But you should know better then to trick the highest ranking child at Whammy"s." Near picked up his toy robot and walked away. Moon stood up and looked up at the window. Matt was leaning against the side, playing his game. Mello was banging his head against the wall cursing a stream of profanities. Moon shook her head and walked back to her room.
The next couple of days were a blur for Moon. She never noticed time passing. Over the days the other children started to stay away from Moon. Some were intimidated by her. Others were afraid of her. She had no friends. It didn't bother her at all or it didn't hurt her feelings when the children acted the way they do towards her. She new they were doing it but it had no affect. Moon is simply not there. She has never felt emotion. She's never been happy, sad, angry or scared. And if she was at all she didn't feel it and it didn't show. She was hollow. That was why people feared her. Even her own parents believed she was evil. But, they loved her all the same. Moon always wondered what was wrong with her. Doctors said it was some mental problem but weren't sure. Even now as she walked down the hall to her class children stopped talking and watched her with wary stares. Moon didn't even look at them. She just kept her head down and continued on her way. Her first class was some sort of math class. She had a hundred percent. She had that in all of her classes. She may be emotionless, but she wasn't stupid. She sat in the very back, to ease her classmates nerves around her. She looked towards the front and noticed the white boy, Near. He sat in his desk in his usual manner, one knee to his chest, and twisted a lock of his hair. Moon thought he was a strange one. Moon pulled the hood of her jacket over her head to hide her face.
Classes ended for the day and Moon headed for her room. She stopped when she passed a door. She saw the letter N on it. Moon tilted her head and opened it. The room was all white and had toys scattered everywhere. There in the middle of the room, on the floor, was Near. He was building a house of cards. Moon walked in and sat across from him. She was curious of this boy. "Hello" he said in an emotionless voice. Moon tilted her head. "Its not polite to walk into someones room without knocking." his voice sounded bored. Moon looked at the door and back at him. " Well I guess you never learned manners. Have you Moon?" Moon wondered how he new her name. Near put the last cards onto the house and looked at his work. Moon poked the top card and the house crumpled to the floor. Near looked at her. He had very dark blue eyes, almost black. "So is there a reason you entered my room?" Moon just shrugged. Near grabbed a lock of hair and started twisting it. Moon got up and left. She new she acted rude, but she didn't really care. She walked through the hallways of Whammy's, not really paying attention to where she was going. It wasn't till 10 minutes later, when she looked up, that she noticed she was lost. Moon just sighed and sat in the middle of the hallway. Someone will eventually find her and show her back to her room.
Moon opened her eyes when she felt someone nudge her ribs with their foot. She looked emotionless at the figure standing above her. He was a boy about 15 or 16 . He had black messy hair and was wearing a black long-sleeved shirt and jeans. None of these features were what got Moon's attention. It was his eyes, for they were a startling shade of red. Moon stood up and stared at him. He stared right back. Moon wasn't quite sure of what to think about him. He blinked and said,"What were you doing on the floor?" Moon just continued to stare at him. "OK..well I wouldn't recommend making a habit out of it. People could step on you...though that could be interesting to see...", the boy put his finger to his lips and a thoughtful look came on his face. Moon narrowed her eyes and began to walk away. He stepped in front of her once again. She gave an annoyed sigh and he smiled. "May I at least know your name?" Moon didn't answer. "Very well...", his smile got bigger," I'm B..."
