Sorry if it took me a while to get back. I had put an explanation on my profile, but for those of you who haven't read my profile, I'll explain now.
One word: midterms. Yes, that time of the semester had come up and I had to study. I still have three more tests, but I have time before those come up.
Another thing has grasped my attention and pulled me away from my stories. It is a game called Humans vs. Zombies. It is a game that is played throughout campus for a whole week. I have to survive getting to class and going on missions armed with sock bombs and Nerf guns. Nothing else can stun them. If I get tagged by a zombie, then I become a zombie and stay as a zombie for the rest of the week. In other words, it is simply a game of tag that involves Nerf guns. It is really fun. I don't think that I'll last too much longer, but then, as a zombie, I get to go around and try to "eat" people. Zombies also have missions.
Well, the game has only begun yesterday. There are about 270 people playing from what I heard and we started off with 5 original zombies. There are now over 70 zombies. I know that that doesn't seem so much compared to the number of humans, but zombie are sneaky. And think how much it would suck for the humans when, later in the week, they will be up against 200+ zombies. Yeah, that would definitely suck.
Well, anyway, this is an update, so I'll cut myself off here.
Disclaimer: I do not own Death Note. I do own my OC, June.
Chapter 27
June stared at the bracelet. And kept staring at it.
….She just didn't know what to say.
For the first time since they had known each other, Mello had rendered June speechless.
Mello was starting to think that the gift was a bad idea. He had given it to her in private because he didn't want anyone to see him giving it to her. He still had a reputation here he had to think about.
He kept staring at her face, but it just stayed shocked. This was looking more like a bad idea the more time had passed.
Then, she picked it up and she had a look of awe on her face as she stared at it in a new light.
It was…it was just…so…..
Beautiful.
She couldn't think of any other way to describe it.
She then moved to put it on. The problem: she was having trouble doing it one handed. She had small wrists and the bracelet was short. She couldn't reach it with the hand attached to the wrist she was trying to put the bracelet on.
Mello saw what she was trying to do.
Before she knew it, Mello had grabbed the bracelet and hooked it on for her. There was another moment of silence.
Then, before Mello knew what was going on, she threw her arms around him.
Mello stiffened at this. She had never hugged anyone before. It just wasn't her thing or something. So this threw him off completely.
"Thank you."
Mello's heart had skipped a beat there. Did she just thank him?
She pulled away and Mello saw her smiling. She actually did love it.
Mello tried to will his heart beat to slow and stop the heat coming to his cheeks.
"Yeah, well…..I'll see you tomorrow. Good night."
With that, he left and closed the door behind him before he could do anything stupid. However, he also felt a sort of….pride over the fact that she loved his gift to her.
June went over to her bed and lay down on her back. She raised her wrist so she could see the bracelet. It really was beautiful.
Well, that settled it. He really did like her, a lot. Now, that left one question in her mind.
Did she like him back?
….
The next day, June was running around outside with Matt chasing her. Why was he chasing her outside? Because she stole one of his video games in an attempt to make him go outside more. She had told him multiple times that he didn't get enough sun, but he always stayed inside playing video games, despite the fact that she was known to find some way to get him outside anyway.
"Come on June! I almost had that guy!"
June laughed as she ran. It was just so much fun messing with Matt.
Eventually, she ended up tripping and giving the game back to him (undamaged) because he caught up to her.
That was when Matt noticed something under her jacket sleeve.
It was a silver bracelet. He had never seen her wear a bracelet before. Who could have given her one?
Before he could voice his question, Mello had shown up. He had been looking for June.
Then Matt seemed to have understood. He noticed that Mello didn't give her a present last night at the party. But, now it looked like he just wanted to give it to her in private. If it was anything else, like candy, he would have thrown it at her head in front of everybody. Matt guessed that Mello didn't want anyone to think that he was going soft of anything.
Mello already knew what was going on, especially after he saw the game in Matt's hand.
It was just a typical day for them.
"Come on, it's almost dinner and don't you dare say you're not hungry."
She looked up at him, debating.
Then she got up, looked him in the eye and said, "I'm not hungry."
She, of course, only said that because she took it as some sort of challenge from Mello, who just took her hand and dragged her with him.
"You're still going to come and eat something."
Now, Matt was just trailing behind and couldn't see much of June's face, but he could have sworn that she was smiling warmly at him.
He shrugged it off. It was probably just his imagination.
…
After dinner, they all went back to Matt and Mello's room and June went to the bathroom.
Once she was at the sink, she looked at herself in the mirror and thought the same thing she had been thinking for a while.
Why did Mello like her?
She took a hard look at herself.
She had dark blonde hair. She supposed that it was a pretty color in the sun and whatnot, but she didn't like messing with her hair too much. Most people would probably consider it a rat's nest that went down to her waist now. There didn't seem to be anything special about the shade of blue her eyes were, at least in her opinion. Her face was kind of pale.
She didn't see anything that made her too special. Maybe it was something that she couldn't see but someone else could. She didn't know.
Plus, she had tormented him, yelled at him, stole from him, and just got on his nerves a whole lot. She couldn't see why he liked her.
But, since it was apparent that he did like her, did she like him back? She wasn't sure how to answer the question.
She still didn't have an answer as she walked out and sat on a bed as she watched Matt play Kingdom Hearts. She briefly wondered when he would let her played that, because that game was fun and had a good storyline.
Then she turned her attention to Mello. He was leaning back in his chair at his desk, as though wondering what to do next.
She looked over his blonde hair and the thoughtful look on his face. He wasn't scowling like he usually did, especially around Near.
She would have to admit, he looked pretty….cute?
She fought against a blush as that thought came to mind.
Ok, he was somewhat cute when he wasn't scowling, but what about him personality wise?
He was stubborn and PMSing and emotional and childish.
But he was also nice sometimes, and he did save her from freezing to death once, and he cared about her and Matt, and he scared the kid off that was annoying her even though she said that she didn't need his help, and he did help her up when she sprained her ankle and got herself a concussion from falling out of the tree.
He also gave her this bracelet.
She stopped herself there.
Ok, so maybe, just maybe, she liked him a bit. However, she wasn't going to say anything yet. She might say something in the future, or he might come out with it first, but now wasn't the time. Besides, who knew what would happen that could change things in a second. It was probably why she didn't spend so much time learning how to strategize. Things could change in a second. Things that you weren't prepared for. Winging it, of course, sounded like a bad idea, but to her, plans were more flexible like that. She could come up with something to do in no time at all. If there were any consequences, well, she would cross that bridge when and if she came to it.
It seemed better than spending so much time planning only to have everything blow up in your face. Of course, her brother didn't really agree with her.
She looked around the room. Mello was still leaning back in his chair and Matt was still playing the game.
She decided to put her headphones on and listen to Linkin Park.
After a while, she got to a song that reminded her of the Kira case that L was working on.
One minute you're on top
The next you're not
Watch it drop
Making your heart stop
Just before you hit the floor
One minute you're on top
The next you're not
Missed your shot
Making you're heart stop
You think you've won
And then it's all gone
Mainly, it was the part about making your heart stop that reminded her of the Kira case.
She lay down on her back and stared at the ceiling.
This case had been going on for a long time now, hadn't it?
Yet, from the sound of things, Kira was still at least one step ahead of L somehow.
Was there the chance that…..
She shook her head.
No. That was impossible. L had never lost a case before. There was no reason for him to lose now.
Kira was just tougher than the usual criminals. He was going to go down in due time, and then L would come back for a visit and tell her how he did it.
He was going to win this.
So, why was there this unfamiliar feeling of unease when she thought about the case in her gut?
Mello was watching her out of the corner of his eye. Something seemed to be bothering her. He wondered if he should ask her what was up. He knew that she wasn't going to tell him voluntarily that something was wrong.
Then he decided against it. She had always been fine before. He saw no reason why she wouldn't be fine now.
…..
A couple of weeks had passed and that feeling of unease hadn't left. It would appear every time she thought about the Kira case.
She knew her brother. He would win this case.
But, he told her to always trust your gut. Well, her gut was telling her that something was going to happen.
She didn't like the feeling. Not at all.
Mello and Matt had noticed a change in her behavior. She seemed to be spacing out a bit more often, and each time she had an unsettling look on her face. It was like she was worrying about something.
Now, it didn't take them long to think that she was worried about her brother, but they didn't know why she was worried. She had never worried about her brother before.
Finally, Matt approached the situation one afternoon when they were hanging out.
"Hey June, is everything ok?"
She looked over towards Matt who was giving her a slightly concerned look.
She frowned.
"Yeah, why do you ask?"
"It's just that…you've been spacing out and looking like you're worried about something. Is everything ok with your brother?"
Her eyes widened a fraction, but both boys caught it. Yep, Matt had hit the nerve.
"Yeah, well, he's been working on a case that's been going on for a while."
"What is the case?"
"A serial killer case."
"You're afraid that he isn't safe or something?"
She looked at Mello, who had asked.
"No, he's never lost before. And technically, nobody's really safe with that position. But….."
She had hesitated. Mello tried to keep a shocked look off of his face. She had never hesitated in what she had to say. This had to be serious.
She finally decided to tell them.
"Did you ever get the feeling that something bad was about to happen?"
Mello was confused at first, but then saw why she was acting so strange. She thought that something was going to happen.
"No, but I'm pretty sure that you're just over-thinking things. You just said that he never lost a case before, so why doubt now."
She smiled a bit, although it didn't reach her eyes.
"You're probably right."
After a moment of silence, Matt spoke up again.
"So, what's your brother like, anyway?"
She looked up as she thought of what to tell them. She knew that she couldn't say who he was, but telling them a little something shouldn't hurt.
"I guess you can say that he is childish and hates to lose."
Huh? Was that all she was going to say? Mello wanted to hear more, but he remembered that she wasn't allowed to tell them much about her brother, so he shouldn't pry.
After about a minute, he grabbed her hand and started walking to the entrance.
"Come on. It's going to get cold after a while and then you'll complain about the cold and about being stuck inside. So you might as well enjoy the weather while you can."
She looked at Mello as he dragged her outside and smiled a bit.
Maybe she did like him more than she was going to admit.
…..
More days had passed and that feeling never went away. In fact, if anything, it was just worst now.
It was November. It was 2a.m. She couldn't take it anymore. She couldn't sleep while this uneasy feeling in her gut slowly ate away at her.
She got up and went to her computer. She fidgeted with the necklace L gave her while she waited impatiently for the computer to warm up. She had worn it all the time after she got it.
Finally! The computer was finished.
She typed away and did what L had told her to do if she needed to contact him. She knew it was late, but he was an insomniac. With any luck, the late hour would mean that L was alone now.
However, she paused before she finished trying to get a connection. She didn't know why, but she was suddenly afraid. Why was she afraid? There was no reason to be afraid. This was just to check on her brother since it had been months since she had last seen him.
However, when she was done, she wished that she hadn't persevered. She couldn't comprehend the words that flashed on the screen. She knew what they meant and under what conditions Watari had been told to do this, but she couldn't believe it.
She fell out of her chair as the message on the screen began to sink in.
ALL DATA DELETION!
