Okay guys, this is a long one, but I really like this chapter, it's funny, fluffy, and important. :D
"Okay class. Today's assignment is to really capture your mind. I want you to take this paper, and draw things that represent you. But the key in this project is to make them all connect, in some way. Almost like they all connect by your interests. I want to see what you guys think about, and I want you to try your absolute best." Mr. Mackkie smiled at the class. "Okay kids, hop to it."
Hmmm, an interesting assignment, I might actually have to think about this one. I start by drawing a ground line, and some yellow boxes floating in the air. I make a green pipe protruding out of the ground, and a monstrous plant is coming out of it. Then I draw sackboy running, it looks like he's trying to jump out of the paper. In the corner I put a little heart, to represent life. I add some more video game stuff. Wow, this is going to look really good in color! I bask silently in my artistic ability when I look over at Mello's… Bad idea.
He's already coloring his picture. He has what looks like a cliff, with a monster/demon thing standing on top of it. The thing is pushing faceless humanoids off, into what looks like a pit of fire. At the bottom of said pit, are very sharp rocks, covered with blood. The sky above everything is grey, and an angle looks like it's falling into the fiery pit. I'm going to have nightmares for days!
I stared at his picture in horror. "Hey Matt, which red makes a more convincing blood color?" He scribbled two shades of red on a scrap piece of paper. "Cause I think Fire Brick looks good, but Crimson also gives off an especially bloody feel. OH! I can use Crimson for the blood, and then I can add guts using the Fire Brick!" He went back to focusing on his art, I continued to stare in horror at his picture.
"Matt, is there a problem? Do you need help?" Mr. Mackkie asked, noticing my scared face.
"N-no. Sorry, I'll get back to work." I went to coloring my masterpiece silently. Mello looked over his shoulder at my picture.
"Oh it's that bagboy from the game!" He exclaimed, smiling at me.
"Sackboy Mello, for the last time it's Sackboy." I gave him an annoyed look.
"Holy shit, don't get your panties in a knot Princess!" He kid, and looked over my work. "It looks good, colourful, but really good."
"Thanks and yours is…" I looked at it one more time. "Going to give me nightmares forever." I shivered.
Mello frowned. "Really? I like it. I think it represents the beauty of suffering, even if that pain is only slight." HE held it up and examined it.
"How?" I looked at him, slightly more scared than usual. "All there is is blood, guts, burning, and horror! Wait… Did you say slight suffering? No no no, this is not slight, this would be excruciatingly painful. This would make the Saw look like a cakewalk. Satan himself would cry at this, don't call this slightly painful. And if you continue to call this kind of pain slight then I really fear for your future." I lectured.
He looked at me for a few minutes. "Really, I was going for a completely different approach. I really have to work on my symbolism." He looked over at mine. "What about yours? What does it represent?"
"Ummmmmm…" I looked at mine. "Well, it represents… S-Sackboy is trapped in a different world. He doesn't know what's what, so he's panicking to get out. It's all about the confusion you see." I tried to convince him I knew what I was talking about.
"Liar. That's Sackboy, and he's in Mario's world. That's it. You didn't use symbolism or anything!" He fought. "And here you are telling me how bad my picture is?"
"What? No. I never said yours was bad it's just, scary. And it doesn't have anything to do with what you want it to mean." I stated.
"Hmmm, well, what do you see of it then?" He asked.
"Umm, I'm not sure, maybe like it could be about pain, and suffering. Something really scary and sad."
Mello looked over his picture again. "Okay class!" Mr. Mackkie said. "The bell's going to ring in a few minutes, put your stuff away and you can go." He walked over to my desk. "Here, Matt Let me show you where you can put your things."
"Thanks." I got up and followed him timidly.
"Is it okay if I look at what you have so far?" He asked pointing to the rolled up paper in my hands. I nodded and handed it to him, he looked amused with it. "This is good. You have some skill in art." He smiled kindly. "So much detail, I can tell this is Mario, and Sackboy. An interesting way of combining everything, just mash it up into one video game. Oh," His eye caught something. "What's this here? He pointed to the little heart I put in the corner.
"That's because like, in games you have lives and stuff." I blushed lightly.
"Really, aha, well here I was thinking it was about love or something." My blush deepened dramatically.
"Matt!" Mello called from the door. "You coming for lunch?"
"Y-yeah. I have to go. Thank you Mr. Mackie." I said and practically ran out of his room. Love. Why does everybody keep using that term? It's getting annoying.
"You okay?" Mello yawned. "Your face is all red. Are you not feeling well?"
"Huh? No I'm fine. Thanks." I looked down.
"Oh, that's good." Mello smiled, and grabbed my hand. We walked down the hall hand in hand.
"M-Mello! But, what if somebody sees us?" I gasped. Since when did me and Mello start doing this kind of stuff? I only met him yesterday! "Wouldn't it make us look bad?"
"It's okay." He said. "Everyone's in the cafeteria getting lunch. No one's around to see."
"Oh." I sighed. I'm not used to this, I've never done anything like this before. "Should we go get lunch?"
"Aha, we have a fridge in our room for a reason. I never go to the cafeteria, I don't like their food." He laughed.
"Oh. Okay." I blushed. Back to our room, with the famous Mello, while holding his hand. I don't know if this is such a good thing, but then again, it doesn't feel like a bad thing at all.
:3 MWAHAHAHA What will happen to our dear Matty? Well, this isn't rated M so don't be too scared -_- Imma have to write a bunch of M rated mattxmello fics when I'm done. Too much fluff and no sex really kills me!