A/N: Sorry! I wrote this last night and was gonna post it this morning, but I slept in. D:
But I hope you all enjoy anyways! Reviews always welcomed!
(Near P.O.V)
I continued to stack my cards in hopes of building a tower larger than me. I had been watching Mello try to place his dominoes in the shape of a circle, but watching him fail over and over again was only funny the first few times. I don't know how long the blonde had been trying to do this, but he was failing miserably. It didn't help that he dominoes were smaller, thinner, and much more likely to fall over than the ones I had. Still, it was hilarious seeing him rage over something as small as this.
I placed another card on my tower, having to stand up to finish it now, when Linda came skipping in. The clicking of wood suggested that Mello's dominoes fell over because of her.
She stopped in her tracks, looking scared. "Oh, I'm so sorry Mello! I didn't mean…"
"No," he interrupted, rather loudly and sarcastically, "it's fine! I'll just start over again! Like I have been doing for the past three goddamn HOURS!"
Linda paled a bit, but I laughed under my breath.
"At least my card tower stayed up." I mumbled to myself.
Just as I was about to put another card on the tower, a domino flew right through the center causing it all to fall down.
I glared at Mello. "Really?"
The blonde sneered. "Oops."
I sighed, sitting down once again to restart my tower.
Linda sat in front of me, her cheeks red and eyes glittering a bit. "Hi Near, wanna go out and play? I'm done all my classes today."
"No thank you, Linda. I'm kinda busy now." I glanced at the blonde, a bit of resentment in my voice.
Mello said nothing, but he had a cheeky grin on his face while he worked.
Linda seemed saddened by my answer. "Oh, okay. Well, can I stay in here then and hang out with you?"
I shrugged. "Doesn't matter to me."
She beamed. "Okay! Just let me go get my sketchbook so I'm not too much of a bother to you."
She ran out the room, causing Mello's dominoes to fall… again.
This time I protected my tower before he threw one my way.
The blonde sighed, lying down to catch a breath and rethink what to do next. He had even grabbed a chocolate bar from his pocket, probably to help his anger from bubbling over again.
He chuckled. "Linda seems to like you."
I hummed. I guess I didn't care too much what he'd said. I was too focussed on my tower.
"And… you like her?"
I stacked two cards together. "She's nice."
Mello rolled over to look at me. "You're serious? You were crushing on her not two weeks ago."
I shrugged again. "I didn't know her then. She's different from the other girls here, yes, but she's not my type. Not all crushes grow into a full blown love, Mello."
He huffed a bit of laughter. "Yeah, but I've never seen you crush on anyone before."
"Did you ever think that maybe I just didn't know how to speak to a girl? Aside from you of course."
Another domino through my tower. That one I deserved.
I sighed. "You can't solve your problems by destroying things, Mello."
"No." He said as he bit into his chocolate. "But I can feel better by destroying your things."
I groaned a bit and began my tower anew. "To make things more clear for you, I have had a crush on someone before. They're taken now, but I'm still quite fond of them."
The blonde laughed. "No way! Who is it!? It's me, right? You're crushing on me?"
I knew he was being facetious but I decided to humour him anyway. "Yes, Mello, I'm completely in love with you. Take me now, my prince!"
He hissed a bit. "I don't know if Matt is open to polygamy."
"He never has to know." I whispered, causing him to laugh.
"He'd find out. But, uh, I'll keep you in mind. Just in case he disappoints me in the future."
I shook my head while rolling my eyes, stacking another card on my tower.
The blonde finished his chocolate bar, crumpled the wrapper into a ball, and threw it in the trash. "Seriously, who is it? Is it someone older or younger than you?"
"No."
The chocoholic scoffed. "That's a vague answer."
"No, I'm not telling you. You would just make fun of me."
"Come on! No I won't!" He paused. "Okay, maybe a little, but that's because you're my brother. It's an occupational duty."
I sighed heavily. "I'm not telling you."
"You aren't telling him what?" Asked Linda as she walked into the playroom.
Mello giggled. "Who he has a crush on."
Linda giggled too, much to my horror.
"Oh, thank you!" I yelled. "Why not get on the PA system and tell the whole school!?"
From the moment I uttered the words I knew they were the wrong choice.
Mello's sneer grew. "If you say so!"
He ran right out of the room and I hurried to stop him. He was fast though, and knew he would be able to beat me to the office where all the announcements were made. I had to try though. For my own dignity and sanity, I had to try.
He ran right into the office and dove for the intercom mic. Right as he was about to speak I tackled into him and the mic was knocked from his hand. I tried to hold him down as he began clawing his way to the microphone. I had him in a choke hold, but he was still laughing and giggling the whole time. To be honest, neither of us should have been doing this since we were both still recovering, and I risked having my stiches being ripped. I knew for a fact that if Light caught us right now, we'd have our butts handed to us on a silver platter.
Mello finally got hold of the microphone and flipped it on. "Attention, students! Attention!" I heard his voice coming from the hallway. "We have a very important announcement!"
I finally let him go and began to beg. "Please, Mello! Don't say it! You know I was joking, so please, PLEASE, don't do this to me!"
He held the mic in between his fingers, a slight sneer on his face. He tapped the microphone to test it once again.
"My fellow students, it had come to my attention that our number one student here at Wammy's, Near, if any of you are unfamiliar, has…" he paused for dramatic effect.
I'm ruined.
"…has found Roger's secret stash of porno mags under his desk. That is all!"
He dropped the mic and began running back to our room, laughing his head off. I ran after him as well, feeling more than relieved than I'd ever felt before.
As we ran, I asked him why he didn't tell.
He ruffled my hair. "Come on! I'm mean, but I'm not cruel! Now keep running, we gotta get back to our room and hide before Roger catches us!"
"Won't L and Light be angry at us?"
"I highly doubt it. L was the one who told me to do it! Light even approved!"
"What?! Why?!"
He shrugged. "I don't know. L said he was bored. Light too. I just said, 'sure, why not,' and now we're here."
I laughed for the first time in a month. "You're incredibly mean!"
"Just keep running, snowflake!"
Although Mello and I didn't get along very well most times of the year, I treasured the moments where we did get along. Where he included me and I wasn't in competition with him. It was truly refreshing to know he didn't completely hate me.
At least not at this moment.
