*Hi again! Hope y'all stuck around! Orlo is such an embarrassed baby-child X3 I don't own Death Note XD*
I sigh and let go of Mello once we'd turned a corner and Mello was huffing behind me.
"The hell dude? Did you have to drag me?" Mello asks, his annoyed face making me anxious.
"Sorry Mello..." I lower my head and twist my hands again.
He sighs and pats me on the shoulder, "No it's fine. Well, I have places to show you right? Do you want to go see the library?"
I perk up at the mention of a library and nod, my eyes lighting up and Mello snickers. He walks through a few corridors and pats on a door with a book symbol printed on it in gold paint.
"This here, is the library. It's bigger than any of the libraries in the country. Well. Maybe that's an over-statement. But it is pretty big." Mello pushes the door open and my eyes widen as I take in the rooms decoration.
Oak wood panels on the walls and ebony shelves. The furniture is all the different shades of brown and gold and mountains of books surround multiple people sitting in the comfortable sofas spaced evenly between the shelves. I grin like a maniac and lurch forwards, surprising Mello and gush over the multitude of books that line each shelf. There were about 20 shelves all filled with books and even with the piles people have taken they don't seem to end. I pull out a book and read the cover, Mello leans over my shoulder and looks at the book.
"Oh, I've read that one before. I didn't like it. It was too emotional for my liking." He mutters as he goes to find his own books to possibly take out.
"Really? I found it heart warming..." I smile and hug the book that I'd read when I was around 10.
"Seriously? You liked that trash? I mean sure, the characters were great but the over all plot was terrible. C'mon Orlo. I thought you had better taste than that..." Mello shakes his head with a sarcastic smile and I slide the book back on the shelf.
"Shut up Mello." I say grinning my eyes still sparkling at the sight of all these books.
Mello sighs and turns around, "We'd better get out of here. It's an underlying rule that you can't be in here without actually wanting to read."
"I do wanna read though..." I mutter but Mello shakes his head.
"You wanna see the rest of the place don't you?" Mello questions, I nod my head and rub my arms sheepishly, "Great. Then let's head to the 'class rooms'."
"Class rooms?" I ask as we head out of the library.
"Yeah. How else do you think we learn all the stuff for the tests every month?" Mello rolls his eyes.
"Ah. Yes. How stupid of me." I reply blandly with an eye roll of my own.
We circled through the area and I see a lot of things. I met H and she seemed pretty cool, she held a book with one hand and flipped a coin with the other. It seemed pretty weird but she didn't drop it. Mello and Harley exchanged a few words and I was introduced to her. She seemed flustered around me and her nose started to bleed as she whispered something to Mello. He seemed offended by her comment and stormed off leaving Harley alone again.
We visited the classrooms, there were about seven of them, each fitted with different apparatus. One was a large science lab, another was fitted with around 13 computers and the others just had different poster boards and pictures hanging on the walls. Every classroom had a total of 14 desks and 14 chairs. Mello informed me that not everyone had the same class at one time, they were all split up into two classes of 13. I would be in the class with students N-Z and Mello is in the class with students A-M so we wouldn't be seeing each other during class time. That was unfortunate but I was okay with it. I wanted to get to know a few other people instead of just Near and Mello.
We're back at the dorms now and Mello walks me to my room. The one I share with Near and leaves promptly with a wave and a grin. I wave back shyly and turn to open the door. A voice calls out from behind me and I jump.
"Y... Yes?" I say, turning back around to address the person that spoke. I look up and see L. At least, I think it's L. My face pales and I lean up against the shut door.
"Oh nothing. I just wanted to introduce myself to the new kid." He says leaning on the wall opposite me, "I'm B."
"B? I though you were L..." I mutter as I take a closer look at him. He's slightly shorter than L and his panda eyes seem to be put on by makeup, he slouches less and has this evil looking glare in his eyes.
"Ah yes... Everybody makes that assumption but trust me. I'm nothing like him. I'm mealy a temporary imitation. I'll become my own person soon enough. Or the origional will be kind enough to up and die!" B starts to laugh and I look at him with a concerned look on my face. He composes himself and stops laughing.
"Well. I'd best be off. I gotta go get something off of C." He says as he slouches off down the corridor. I stare at the back of the taller guy who's wandering down the corridor, I didn't understand a thing that he just said but I kind of get it. I want to be the best, trying to imitate the best people but I know that I'll never be as great as others. He doesn't seem to think this though. He think's he's better than everyone else. He just has that... Air around him.
I shrug and turn, opening the door. My face still a blank sheet, not to be read by the strangers around me.
Near turns around with a blank expression of his own and waves me over to him. I slide across the room as slowly as possible to assess the situation. There doesn't seem to be anything wrong. Apart from the fact that there are way too many dolls present for a teenage boy to own. Maybe he has some sort of weapon hidden in some of the dolls. Maybe...
My train of thought is cut off by a cough from Near right in front of me. I am pulled back to reality and look down at him sitting in the middle of his own little area that he's made.
"Yes...?" I ask. Near looks down at the dolls and I see a dark haired doll standing outside the room and Near holds it up.
"Is he gone now?"
"Ur... Yeah he is." I say, surprised that he knew he was there at all. Near puts the doll down a line of small bricks, it seems to be a wall since on either side of the wall, other bricks form small boxes. These boxes contain small figurines of people and some even hold items.
"What is this anyway...?" I ask, kneeling down at the edge of the maze that the bricks make along the floor.
"The section of the dorms that I know about at this precise moment." Near replies, sliding a person out into the hallway as I hear a oak door open and close.
"How'd you know that it's that person?"
"I can tell how far a room is just by sound. I've learnt by watching and waiting. Also, the person in that room. Is the only one in there at the time. K is alone since L left." He states moving the small doll down a corridor.
"It's... Pretty late. Do you want to go get something to eat?" Near asks, even though it's only 5:30pm.
"It's only 5:30 Near...! I ate a few hours ago." I reply and Near waves his hand.
"It's never too early to eat. Also, you have to be up early to start 'school'. I think that's the appropriate way to put it." Near mutters, as he picks himself up. I frown but walk along with him towards the restaurant.
We arrive as a few others were leaving. They wave to Near and he just nods in reply, they see me and smile waving to me too. I smile slightly, waving to them each as they pass. One of the girls wink at me and I look away chucking a parma violet in my mouth to take my mind off things. Near grabs a plate full of traditional Japanese food, I raise an eyebrow as he grabs a few western puddings as well. I grab some vegetables and try one of the veggie rolls that Near passes to me. I take a few more vegetable rolls, which I learn are called Spring Rolls, but they usually had meat in them so I vowed to check in the future. Finishing off my meal, I stand up to put my paper plate in the rubbish bin. Near stops me as he gets up too.
"Keep it. I want to use it in one of my projects..."
"What project? The project of used paper plates?" I say sarcastically as I put it in the recycling bin.
"Well... Yeah." He says with a blank expression, so I have no idea if he's being sarcastic or not.
"Wait. Really?"
"No, it was a joke." He smiles with the same blankness his usual face procures.
"Oh... Haha!" I laugh awkwardly and shuffle on the spot.
"Well... It's late. We have to get up at 5 to get ready... There's something I want to show you before 'school' sessions start." Near mutters as he turns around, making his way towards the door slowly with a hand twisted in his white hair.
"Is his hair dyed or natural..." I mutter, following Near to the dorms.
"Oh I assure you. This is my natural hair colour. Unlike others I don't need to dye my hair to get the desired affect on people." Near says looking round a corner. I look down it as I pass and see B talking to someone. Not really talking but it's the simple way of putting it. It was more as if he was purring words into the other boys ear, the other boy way about half a foot shorter than B and his face was red and he had his hand on B's chest.
I looked away quickly as my own face started to redden. Eventually we made it back to our dorm.
"Urgh... I'm so tired right now." I sigh as I flop down onto my designated bed. Near does the same with a less of an audible sigh. More of a quiet huff of air from a tire inflater. I curl up in fatigue on top of my bed, almost instantly going to sleep.
"G'night Near..." I yawn in a half asleep voice.
"Night, Orlo." I hear his reply and drop off into the expanse that is sleep.
*That's it for this chapter folks! Regular updates on weekends should be a thing now XD (Maybe) I'll try to make them longer? But if I do that it might take longer to write XD but I'll try to make them at least over 1800 words. :P To be honest, it's not that hard.*