Chap 12

Holy shit… Did I lose half my head?

Opening her eyes, then cringing them shut because of the pain, Ivy once again attempted to see where she was.

A really white, dull looking room, with l ines of beds in rows on either side of the massive hall. Faded, but charming wall borders of leaping horses and flowers lined the room, taking away some of the bleakness it held. The smell of disinfectants was strong, like a hospital. The equivalent of Wammy's House nurse's office I guess?

As she tried to sit up, the swimmy feeling returned to her head, making her feel like she wanted to vomit. Letting her head rest once more, Ivy noticed there was a weight on her stomach. Looking down, she saw the snow white hair of the boy she had befriended. Near was resting his head on his arms, using the girl as a large pillow as he slept soundlessly.

"Aw," she said aloud, prodding him.

"That's so… awkward."

Sweet smile fading into one of annoyance, Ivy tried yet again to sit up, propping herself against the wall as she slid the boys head off her stomach, waking him up rudely.

"Hey kid, don't sleep on someone who just got their ass kicked. They don't wake up in a very good mood," she said, touching her wound very lightly, then noticing she had a busted lip, running her tongue over the dried blood and tasting the metallicness of it.

Near rubbed the sleep away from his eyes, and gazed blankly at Ivy, a tiny smile playing at the corner of his lips.

"Are you okay? How do you feel?"

The rainbow headed girl gave him a dumbfounded look. "I think you know how I feel, buddy."

"Well, you're finally awake! It's about time!" an irritated call came from the opposite side of the infirmary.

"Wow, kid. You really got worked over, didn't you?" Matt said, sitting on an empty corner of Ivy's bed, for once not busy being lost in a game.

Mello stood on the opposite side, giving Near a glare before making himself comfortable as well.

A less than gleeful look adorned the girl's face.

"What in Lucifer's name are you doing here?"

"Seeing if you're still alive," the blond replied, taking out a new bar of chocolate and tearing the wrapper with his teeth.

"What'd you do to piss those girls off so bad, anyways?" Matt asked, being more talkative than he usually was.

"I talked to you. Apparently their blocked headed leader has a thing for ya, Matty boy," Ivy retorted, burying her face in her hands as another noxious wave consumed her.

The redhead frowned, but his eyes showed concern for her. "Don't call me that."

"Him?! What about me?" Mello said, sounding almost hurt.

"They didn't say a word about you, player. Must've thought you were a flat chested girl."

Dropping the chocolate on the covers, the insulted boy grabbed Ivy by the collar of the uniform shirt the nurses had redressed her in.

The action caused her head to pound mercilessly, but she didn't really have the strength to push him away.

"Fucker," she mumbled, staring him in the face, wincing at the terrible feeling coming from the wound..

"Tch. And you said we shouldn't fight over stupid things," Matt piped up, resting his head on his hands.

Near had fallen silent, standing at the foot of the bed, he began to walk away, not wanting to be around Mello for long. He didn't feel up to hearing his soon to be started name calling.

"Hey! Near! Don't leave me with these guys!" Ivy called after the almost albino boy, pushing Mello back after she had grown tired of him being in her face.

Looking back for a minute, he smiled faintly and waved, before disappearing into the dark hallway.

Mouth open, the girl huffed. "Well..."

"So, how much trouble did you get in?" Matt asked.

"Trouble? I didn't start the damn fight, and I just woke up. I would like to know what happened to that group of lot lizards who jumped me though."

"Just detention and cleaning up the broken glass."

"That's it? Bullshit!" Ivy said, eyes on fire.

"You know, it is your fault for thinking you could beat them all. You were being a show off. That was dumb on your part," Mello said, picking the bar back up and taking a chunk out of it.

"What would you have had me do? Just stay on the floor and let them beat the shit out of me? I know I had no chance of winning, but still, that one girl made me mad as hell…"

"What'd she say?" the redhead asked, becoming more interested.

"She basically called me a whore. That's all. I don't take being called names for things I didn't do very well," Ivy nodded to herself, making her sentence sound like a rock solid statement.

"It was still stupid," the blond put in, raising an eyebrow.

"Oh, like you could've kept your trap shut any better. You're just as hot blooded as I am, Mello."

Both boys kind of smiled. Matt suddenly got up to leave as well, not even saying bye to the remaining kids.

Now only Mello was left.

Wonderful.