Chapter 8: Beyond Birthday

"Hello, Near, Mello, Matt," Beyond answered back, popping up out of nowhere.

Beyond had large, dark circles under his eyes, indicating that he hadn't been sleeping well. He had dark, unruly hair that seemed to have never been brushed before. His skin was a sickly shade of white, which probably meant that he didn't go outside very often.

"What are you doing outside?" Mello inquired.

Beyond ignored the question, purposely pissing Mello off. "Who are these two young girls?" he asked, eyeing the two curiously. Strangely enough, instead of making eye contact with the two of them, he looked way above their heads instead.

'What is he looking at?' Raisa wondered, looking up at the sky to see what it was that he could possibly be looking at.

Alexis glanced up too after noticing her sister's strange behavior.

Matt pointed to his right. "This is Alexis." Then, he pointed to the other girl in the group. "And this is Raisa."

The two girls turned their gaze from the sky towards him and said a quick hello, waiting for him to greet them in return.

He nodded his head in acknowledgement instead, and walked back into the house, calling over his shoulder, "See you later."

"…What a strange guy," Alexis said when he was out of sight.

"You said it." Raisa nodded in agreement. "He was looking up at something earlier. I wonder what it was."

"That guy pisses me off." Mello took a chocolate bar from his pocket and snapped it in half.

"Eh? How come?" Raisa asked.

"Simple. It's because he's first," Near answered.

"So, you hate anyone who's better than you?" Alexis asked.

"Yup," Mello replied bluntly, quickly finishing off the chocolate.


Author's Note:

You guys are going to see Beyond more probably sometime in the next few chapters. I just decided to introduce him now.