Into The Sky

by TheSecretRoman

Secret woke up with no memories of herself prior to that moment. Confused and alone she finds herself outside The Wammy House where she is taken into the orphanage by A. She befriends A and B and is introduced to the messed up world they live in where everything seems to have a hidden meaning. Secret's then left to not only wonder who she is, but also what side of the law she is on

5. Chapter 5

This is a lot smaller than the last chapter o.o haha I was not about to write that much again!

Anyway ...

Thanks to everyone who's been reading my story so far :)

Thanks to BlackPaperMoon82462,krikanalo and Flik98 for commenting again and also thanks to Nizuna Fujieda for the new follow ^^

Okay, allot of what I was going to write in this chapter I've save for chapter 6 otherwise it would be a repeat of the TOO long chapter haha

Most of their ages have gone up a year now because of the time skip.

Apologies for any mistakes.

Disclaimer: I do not own Death Note.

I only own my OC Secret (and also this random character called Dee that is also in this story o.O ) and this story, I also own.

Rye belongs to Flik98.

So here's Chapter 5 ... enjoy! ^^

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CHAPTER V

July 22nd 2002. Seven months later ...

I tapped my fingers on the desk impatiently. I checked the clock.
7 minutes.
I sighed and relaxed in my chair, there was no point in getting ready to leave yet.

"Secret," The teacher, who's name I never cared to remember, said gaining my attention.
I looked up from my seat at the back of the class.
I didn't say anything. There was no point, she could see that she had my attention.
"Do you know the answer?" she asked me.

I bit my lip. She knew I hadn't been listening, she wouldn't have asked someone without their hand up otherwise.
I looked at the chalkboard, where a complicated equation was written out.
The numbers all seemed to blur to together as I attempted to work it out in my head.

"Em..." I muttered trying to gain myself more time.
I shook my head to tell her I didn't know and then shied down into my chair in some stupid attempt to hide myself.

The teacher gave me a worried look. She had been doing that nearly every lesson I had with her since I had started at the orphanage's school back in January after winter break was over.

"I'd like to talk to you after class Secret." she mumbled and then turned her attention back to the rest of class.
I bit my lip.
She wouldn't be seeing me if I could help it, I'd have to think of away out of it.

"Near, do you know?" She then said asking my white-haired friend who was sat two desks in front of me.
Near clearly hadn't been paying attention either, he looked up at the board and within seconds he had his answer ready.

"0.28596." He told her.

The teacher raised her eye brow with a very impressed look on her face.
"I only requested to two decimal points Near, but well done anyway." She praised him.

I rolled my eyes, that was simple for Near, maths was his best subject. Not mine though, at all.

I lowered myself in my chair further and pushed it out slowly and quietly, ready to dart for the door as soon as the bell when off.
I looked up at the clock again.
1 minute.
I bit my lip.
30 seconds.
I positioned myself so I would be able to move with the smallest amount of warning.
15 seconds.
10 seconds.
5...4...3...2...1...

The bell rang loud.
I quickly darted out the door while the teacher was distracted by the rest of the class standing up.
I rushed quickly around the corner so that she wouldn't be able to see me if she looked out the door.
I peered around the corner, chewing on my sleeve nervously, I don't know what I was worrying about though, she wouldn't be able to see me!

"Come on," I muttered impatiently "what's taking him so long."
I bit my lip until finally I saw Near slowly walk out of the class room door.

He immediately looked over to where he knew I would be.
I put my finger to my lips quickly as soon as he saw me to tell him not to say anything that could give me away.
He gave me a slight nod to tell me he knew what I meant.

With that I darted away.
That had been the last lesson of the day. Now I needed to go somewhere that they wouldn't find me. My room was out of the option, that's where they'd look first.
I quickly headed out of the school section of the building and rushed into the dormitories.
I found room 4 quickly and darted inside before anyone saw me.
Near wasn't back yet.

I blew my fringe out of my eyes and shuffled across the room and sat myself down hard on A's old bed.
I sighed and pulled my marbles out of my pocket and started to line them up on the little table besides the bed

Near walked in 5 minutes later.
He didn't even look surprised that I had invaded his room with my presence. He'd probably been expecting it.

He climbed up on the other bed in the room and sat himself in his favourite sitting position, one leg up one leg down.

"Why did you rush out?" Near then asked me.

I rolled my eyes. Wasn't it obvious?
"Because," I started. "She's just going to say the same thing she always does"
I didn't bother telling him what that was, he could probably guess that for himself.
"I don't want to be L's successor like everyone else here, I just want to find out who I am, and I highly doubt maths is going to help me do that."

"But what about after you find out who you were, if you don't have a good education then you won't really have much of a future." Near then pointed out.

I rolled my eyes again, I didn't need his lecture.

I turned my attention back to my marbles and started changing around the order they were in.
Green, red, blue, white and then black. I pushed the clear one away from the rest. That was no one so I kept it separate.

Near didn't say anything else for a while. Instead he slipped himself onto the bedroom floor and pulled his plain jigsaw-puzzle from out from under his bed. He tipped the pieces out and began placing them back on the board one by one.

I rolled my eyes. He always did that. I didn't see the point at all though, surely it got boring after the first few times.

I pulled open the little drawer in the table and pulled out a black marker pen and tossed it to Near.
He didn't see me throw it so he didn't attempt to catch it. It landed on the floor next to him and rolled into his sight.
He stared at it for a couple of seconds and then curiously picked it up like it was a completely unknown object. He then frowned at the pen, then looked up at me and frowned at me too.

"Draw something on your puzzle, so it's not so plain anymore." I explained

Near blinked and then looked back down at his puzzle.
He kept the pen in one hand and then continued to slot the pieces into place with the other.

Once he was finished he un-capped the pen and the paused for a second while he was thinking what to draw.
He then leant over the puzzle and began to draw in the top left hand corner.

He finished quickly and put the lid back on the pen and lay in of the floor down besides him.

I looked past him and saw he had drawn a 'L' in the corner of the puzzle.

I frowned at first and the rolled my eyes.

I grabbed the pillow off the bed and threw it at the back of Near's head.
"You're obsessed!" I said

Near seemed dazed at first from being hit with the pillow and then looked at me confused.
"I am not obsessed with anything." He frowned.

"Yes you are!" I argued "Why do that then." I said pointing to the letter in the corner of the puzzle.

I tiny smirk appeared on Near's face.
"Maybe I just did it to annoy you." He said. He didn't hint in his voice at all if that was the actual reason, or that he had done it for another reason and was just trying to tease me, which wouldn't be very much like him at all!

I pulled at face at him and lay down on the bed to face the ceiling.
"I don't like L." I reminded him.

I heard Near sigh.
"He's trying to find out who you are." He told me.

I frowned. "Is he?" I muttered.
I didn't know that. L had never said anything to me about him trying to find out who I was. He never actually seemed concerned by the fact that I didn't know, so I just assumed he didn't care.

"Yes he is. He has been putting much thought into it, and gave a lot of his time to do so." Near said.

I made a 'pfft' sound. I found that hard to believe! L didn't seem to give up any of his time from anyone unless it would assist himself in some way.
Near didn't say anything.
I guessed it was just an attempt by him to try to make me feel better towards L. I think Near felt awkward being 'friends' with me if he was joint first in line to be L's successor right now with Mello. I know he thought it would be better if I had no ill feelings towards L. But I disagreed.

I sat up. "Do you recon they stopped looking for me?" I asked Near.

Near shrugged.
I pouted at him and stood up.
I picked up the pillow off the floor and put it back on the bed and then picked up my marbles and put them back in my pocket one by one.

"Well I'm going back to my room anyway." I told him. "See you at dinner." I added as I left the room.

The corridor was pretty empty. Everyone was probably outside enjoying the summer heat, which I didn't much like. I blew my fringe out of my eyes as I strolled down the corridor casually thinking about how I couldn't wait until winter came back around again, even autumn, I was looking forward to!

I made it back to my bedroom without being stopped by anyone, so I guess they really had stopped looking for me after all.

I went into the room and pulled my marbles back out my pocket and rolled them into their dish on the bedside table.

Almost as soon as I'd sat down I heard a knock on the door.
I froze. They'd found me!

"Come in." I muttered reluctantly. They would know I was here already. They must have seen me in the corridor.

The door opened slowly...
Matt poked his head around the door.

I breathed a sigh of relief.

"Roger wants to see you." He said.

I let out another sigh, a frustrated one this time.
I'd let my guard down too soon.

I stood back up.
I gave Matt a look that should tell him I now hated him for bringing me such news.
He gave me a grin, that was only slightly apologetic, mainly amused.

I let Matt lead me back towards Roger's office although I could have gone myself, but he was probably making sure I didn't make a run for it.

Matt knocked on the door and then opened it straight away for me.
He nudged me inside. I heard him chuckle slightly as he closed the door. He was so cruel!

Roger looked up from his paper work.

"Ah, Secret." He said.

I braced myself to be told off.

"You're getting a room-mate." He then said.

"What?" I muttered suddenly surprised. I frowned.

Roger let out a frustrated sigh.

"Watari will be bringing a girl, slightly older than yourself, back to the orphanage Saturday afternoon." He began to explain. "She is already in England, her plane arrived from Japan this morning."

Japan? She was from Japan? All that way. Why had they made someone travel half way across the world, to come to this certain orphanage? I frowned again.

"That's all I know about her." He then told me. "She will be sharing a room with you as there is no more spare rooms and everyone else is already sharing."

I bit my lip.
I nodded slowly.
A roommate. I was getting a roommate. That made me nervous. I didn't know what this person would be like at all! There was nice people I guess around here, like Linda, but also not so nice people, like Dee, the girl Linda usually hung around with, the one that kept giving me the evil eye for no reason, she still did it.

I'm not sure I actually wanted to share a room. I hardly slept, surely that would disturb the person, so would my nightlight or when I woke up in the night from nightmares. None of that would be fair on this girl at all. Also I liked being alone, if I wanted company I'd go to Near's room, but I went to my room to get away from everyone else, that would be gone wouldn't it!

I let out a sigh. I just hoped I'd get along with this girl.

"Clear everything off your desk." Roger began to speak again. "Tomorrow morning, it will be removed and replaced with a new bed for your roommate. I'm sorry to disturb you Saturday morning." He didn't sound sorry.

"You may go now." He then said.

I bit my lip and nodded, then left the room.

I shuffled down the corridor back to my room, or it wouldn't be just my room for much longer.

Well I guess I was glad I hadn't been in trouble, but still...

I sighed and lay down on my bed.
My mind then started to wonder.
I bit my lip, all sorts of thought rushing through my head about how different things would be with someone else around.

I hugged A's blanket to me.
I lay down on my bed and curled myself up into a tight ball pulling the covers over my head.
I didn't care that it really was a bit to hot to have my thick quilt from the winter still on my bed. I just wanted to block everything else out now.

I closed my eyes. I tried my best from keeping myself from sleeping but I knew I couldn't resist any longer. I knew that if I carried on sleeping as little as I did then I would make myself ill sooner or later, but I hated sleeping, the nightmares seemed to always come now, every night.

Slowly I felt myself slip into the darkness of sleep. My mind became light as my thoughts disappeared to make way for dreams. I tried to shake my head to wake myself up, but it was too late.

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Everywhere seemed dark.
I looked around me until I found a source of light.
There was a hazy red glow coming from far in the distance.
I tried to walk towards it, but the further I went the further it seemed to get.

I bit my lip.
I looked down at the ground, it was also nothing but dark. In fact if I hadn't been standing on it I wouldn't be able to tell it apart from any other direction.

"Sky." I suddenly heard one of the voices whisper.
It was the second one, the less raspy one.

The voice wasn't echoing around like it usually did. It was defiantly only coming from one direction. It was coming from where the red light was.

"Sky." The other voice them whispered coming from behind me in the opposite direction.

I gasped and turned around to face where the second voice was coming from and for the first time I noticed there was a similar hazy glow coming from that direction too, only this time it was a dark purplish colour instead of red.

I closed my eyes quickly to I didn't have to see into either of the lights. Now I knew that's where the voices were coming from I no longer wanted to go towards them at all.

"It's started." Both the voices suddenly said in unison.

I bit my lip and dare to open my eyes again. But I stopped myself.
I didn't ask the voices what they were talking about. I'd regretted it every time I had done so in the past.

I heard one of the voices laugh. The one with purple light.

"She doesn't ask." Said the other voice. "Shall we tell her?" It seemed to ask the first voice.

Suddenly the first voice stopped laughing and everything went deadly quiet for a few moments.

"The one with red eyes in planning.
The one he copies knows.
He already told them what he's going to do, in a message no one can read.
If nobody solves it, then nobody knows.
But still he will not succeed." Both the voices said at exactly the same time.

I opened my eyes now.
But the lights had already gone out, and the voices had already vanished.

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The first thing I did when I woke up was sigh.
The voices were stupid, but clever at the same time.
They gained my full attention the moment they said 'The one with the red eyes'. Obviously they meant B.
They'd tried to work what they were trying to tell me into a riddle, but that hadn't really worked for them.

The riddle seemed simple, and it would be easy enough to understand to anyone who knew what B was up to.
The thing was - I didn't know what B was up to.

I got out of bed quickly.
I grabbed clean clothes and everything I would need and then left the room quickly to shower.
The bathroom was empty with no queue so I was finished in there quickly and darted back to my room afterwards.

I was about to put my bottle of shampoo back on my desk where I usually put it but them managed to stop myself.
I bit my lip and when across the room and put the shampoo bottle on top of my chest of drawers.
I then went back over to the desk and moved everything off it and put the stuff from there in various other places around the room.
I was guessing we would have to slipt the room in half somehow so that we both had our own space still.

I checked the clock, it was already 9am, I'd slept in longer then I had wanted to, which I'm not sure how I managed. The dream had gone so quickly yet somehow it had lasted hours.

I made my way down to the dinner hall for breakfast even though I wasn't really that hungry.
I was glad to see there was quite a few people still in there, so I hadn't slept in that late, I knew they kept breakfast open longer on a weekend because there were a few kids who stayed in bed until about midday.

I grabbed a simple bowl of cereal and sat down on a table by myself. I couldn't see Near anywhere, and Linda was with Dee so I didn't really want to go sit with her. Matt was with Mello sitting with a bunch of other rowdy boys, so I wasn't going anywhere near there. Other than them I didn't know many other people, so I thought it would be best to go and sit alone.

My mind seemed to go everywhere as I sat there ignoring my cereal.
I replayed what the voices in my dream had said in my mind over and over again.

The one with the red eyes is planning: That one was obvious - B, and he was planning something.

The one he copies knows: That would mean L. They were saying that L knows that B was up to something.

He already told them what he's going to do, in a message no one can read: This is where the whole thing started to get complicated. The sentence itself was easy enough to understand, but it would mean B had already told someone, whoever this 'them' was, that he was planning something. I wasn't sure how far that went either, had he just told 'them' he had a plan, or had he told 'them' what this plan was? The second part of the sentence was harder to understand. 'A message no one could read' - A code perhaps? Or a riddle like I'd been given. That would mean that he hadn't told anyone his direct plan, just a clue for them to solve.

If nobody solves it, then nobody knows: That was referring to this 'code'. Simply enough, if no one solved the code, then no one would know what B is up to.

But still he will not succeed: This was the bit that was worrying me. The voice was saying B wouldn't succeed at what he was doing pretty much, even if no one figured out his clue. Obviously B would be relying on no one solving it, but the voice was saying that it wouldn't matter.

I bit my lip. What was B planning?
I still hadn't heard anything from him at all since he had left months ago. L had said nothing either. Which would mean that he was still in the process of planning something, that would match up with what the voice was saying perfectly.

I finally ate a spoonful of cereal. I pulled a face at it and pushed it away. It tasted like cardboard, it needed sugar, and lots of it. I couldn't be bothered eating anymore though, even if I did bother to get sugar for it.
I took my bowl back to the counter to be cleared away and went back to my room.

I need instantly that someone had been in there, before I noticed the different furniture.
I sighed, I guess they had brought in the new bed while I was gone.

The room looked totally different.
It was almost like they had mirrored the other side of the room.
There was new bed opposite mine with crisp new sheets that were a pale blue colour. The head-board was a different way from mine so that it was exactly the same as my side of the room. There was also another chest of drawers at the end of the new bed, like mine was but the other side.

I sighed and sat down on the end of my bed. I sat back and pulled my legs up onto the bed and got myself comfortable.

This afternoon, my new roommate would be coming. I wasn't quite sure what time though. It was now a waiting game. Sure, I'd been nervous before, but I was now trying to not let it get to me.
11am. I sighed again, well it wasn't the afternoon quite yet.

I stood up quickly and shuffled out of the room. I darted quickly down the corridor and headed for Near's room to see if he was in.

I didn't bother knocking and just poked my head around the door.
Near was sitting on his floor as usual with his toy robot.

"Next time you could knock." Near suggested without looking up at me, obviously realising it was me straight away.

I rolled my eyes and stepped into the room.

"Do you want to go outside?" I asked him, I wanted to go outside.
Near shook his head. I pouted.
"Well you're coming outside." I told him.

Near looked up at me then frowned at me.
"What was the reason for asking me if you'd already decided for me." He said.

I shrugged.
I went up to him and tugged on his shirt slightly to tell him to stand up. He did.

"Come on." I muttered quietly as I pulled him out of the room.

As soon as I was sure he was going to follow me without having to drag him the whole way, I let go of his sleeve.

"Is something wrong?" Near then asked as we walked down the corridor side by side.

I sighed loudly. He noticed there was something up already, I guess it was obviously then.

"I'm getting a roommate." I told him.

Near frowned "What's wrong with that?" he said.

I bit my lip. "Well, I don't know yet." I muttered quietly. "I don't know what she's going to be like."

Near shook his head slowly like he thought I was being stupid. "It'll be fine." he promised.

I bit my lip. "Well, you know I like being alone, what if I want to be alone?" I argued.

Near raised an eyebrow. "You like being alone? So that's why you drag me everywhere with you." He said.
I almost raised an eyebrow myself, was Near using sarcasm? I never thought I'd see the day when Near developed a sense of humour!
But I was more concerned about what he had just said.

I frowned. "Don't you like hanging around with me Near?" I asked him, that had been the way what he had just said came across to me.

Near's face seemed to freeze like he had been caught out. He didn't say anything.

I really did raise a eye brow that time. Did he really not like spending time with me? Was he just putting up with me? Did he actually find me a nuisance instead?

I sighed loudly. "You're lucky I need a friend right now, or I may have fallen out with you for that." I commented.

Near didn't say anything again, I felt like hitting across the back of the head but that would be a bit too mean for nothing but a comment.

We ended up carrying on outside completely in silence.
I lead Near over to the tree and sat down. He sat down besides me and there was enough room for us to both lean against the tree.

"Are you okay?" I muttered trying to make conversation.
For the first time in a while I actually wanted to talk to Near about anything, just to check the friendship was still there, now that I wasn't so sure after the episode in the hallway.

Near nodded. I bit my lip, I was hoping for a vocal answer.

"Read any good books lately?" I almost kicked myself after I'd asked it, where had that one come from?

Near looked at me then and raised an eyebrow. Okay, I think he now thought I was a weird person.
"Are you just trying to start a conversation?" He guessed.

I let out a sigh of relief. "Yeah," I muttered to him. "You could help out if you want."

Near pulled a face. Clearly he didn't want to talk.
"Where's the sudden urge to talk to me come from?" He asked anyway.

I froze for a second. I didn't even know. I shrugged to tell him that.

Near sighed. "Look Secret, " He muttered. "I do not mind you coming into my room at all, and if being alone means that much to you, you can go in my room whenever you want, even when I'm not there, but you have to put up with me when I am because I am going to leave just for you."

I was shocked at first, while what he said sunk in. He was being nice. I mean, he had never been mean or anything, but he was actually being nice.

I gave him the biggest smile I ever could. "Thank you Near." I chirped. I threw my arms around him and hugged him.

I heard Near gasp. "Em...Secret, could you not..."

I pulled myself away quickly and looked away ashamed. "Sorry." I muttered quickly.
I know saying what he had didn't sound like much, but knowing he didn't mind me in there made things less awkward, I sometimes felt I was invading his private space.

I'd vowed to make Near think of me as a friend, and although I hadn't actually got me to call me friend at all, I was hoping I was almost to achieving my goal if not already. Near needed friends, and now I needed friends, so I guess that's why we had become as close as we were going to get to being friends.

I bit my lip. Going on like that made me sound so soppy I almost laughed to myself.

I looked up at the sky. There were grey clouds rolling in from the distance, there was quite a few people outside, and it looked like it was going to rain. Had none of them noticed? Or did they not care. I knew the smaller kids liked staying out and playing in the mud.

I rested my head on Near's shoulder and closed my eyes.
He didn't say anything, so he didn't seem to mind.

I think I must have fallen asleep, because the next thing I knew Near's was shaking my shoulder to wake me up.

"It's starting to rain." He muttered as I opened my eyes.

As soon as he had said it I felt the light rain drops tapping on my face.
I shook them away quickly.

I stood up as fast as I could. I wanted to dart inside there and then but I thought it would only be fair to wait for Near.

We both went inside, not running, but close enough. I don't think I'd ever seen Near run, in fact I think I would laugh at him if I did!

"What time is it?" I asked Near as we both burst into the entrance hall.

I saw him look up at the large clock above the archway in the hall.

"Nearly 2 o'clock." He told me.

I bit my lip. We'd been outside a long time. I frowned, Near had sat there with me asleep for that long? If I was him I would have got bored and left. He must have had something to do with him. I smiled as I imagined him with a pocket puzzle cube, that would be a strange sight!

I let Near go back to his own room then and I went back to mine. It was already the afternoon, I suppose I would have to wait in now, I didn't want to seem rude and not be there when my new roommate came. I wasn't really nervous anymore, maybe even a little excited.

I sat down on my bed and started laying out my marbles on A's blanket.

I stayed like that for quite a while. Perfectly content with simply rearranging the marbles order, not growing bored with it at all.

Suddenly I heard voices outside my room.
I scooped up my marbles quickly and shoved them in my pocket and then sat still, waiting.

There was a light knock as a warning that someone was entering and then one of the staff opened the door.
"Secret's quite." The woman whispered to someone else as they opened the door wider. Guess she thought I couldn't hear.

I then saw my new roommate.

"Thank you." She muttered quietly to the woman.
The woman nodded and then closed the door on us leaving us both in the room.

I almost sighed with relief, but stopped myself. She looked friendly.

She gave me a small smile and then sat down on the carpet with her legs crossed.

"Hi, I'm Rye. What's your name?" I said sounding cheerful, but she had a look on her face which made me not quite sure if it was put on or not.

I froze for a bit. I wasn't nervous anymore, but for some reason I felt like...being shy?
"...Secret." I told her.

She frowned. "What...? Won't you tell me your name? Or is your name is Secret?" she said.

I nodded to tell her that that was my name.

"Oh," She then muttered "Well then, how old are you?" she asked.

I paused for a bit and tried to work out my age in my head, I wasn't quite sure exactly after all I didn't know my date of birth.

She made a 'umm' sound to push my answer.

"Twelve..." I Told her quietly. That was if I had worked it out correctly.

"Oh... Well, im fourteen. Nice to meet you, Secret..." She then said giving me another smile.

I bit my lip and turned away from her. I didn't mean it to be rude or anything, it just felt awkward to look at her.

She remained sitting on the floor the whole time.
I let out a tiny sigh. I looked at the clock on the wall. It was getting late, I hadn't realised how much time had actually passed.

"Rye..." I said quietly.
It looked like she jumped as I spoke to her like she hadn't been expecting me to speak again.
"...It's dinnertime now, you may want to get something to eat." I muttered. My voice came out as something hardly over a whisper as it usually did when I was talking to people I didn't really know.

She paused for a second suddenly looking interested. I guess she was hungry.
"Oh, where do I go?" She asked.

Did she think I was going to just give her directions and let her get lost or something? I was going there anyway, so I might as well show her.

I got up and gestured for her to follow me. We both left the room, I started to dart down the corridor at my normal speed, but then slowed up a little so it didn't look like I was trying to ditch her or anything.

I was too busy concentrating on not going too fast that I didn't notice when we both accidentally bumped into Matt and Mello coming the opposite way down the corridor.

"Hey!" Mello shouted at us. "Watch it, idiot!"

I heard Rye mutter an apology to them. I didn't say anything, after all why didn't they move out the way either!

Matt looked up from his Gameboy that he was playing on and gave us both an apologetic smile.
I swear I saw Rye blush then, but I shook my head and thought it was probably the heat after all it was still summer.

I tugged Rye's sleeve to tell her to just leave them and carry on following me. She did.

Mello was still complaining loudly to Matt about us bumping into them, I though I'd get Rye out of there before Mello said something mean, after all no one should have to deal with an angry Mello on their first day!

I took Rye into the dinner hall and showed her where to get the food. We both then went over and got our portions of the dinner.

I then looked around the room quickly for a place to sit. The room was almost full. Every table had a bunch of people on it.
Finally I spotted Near sitting on a table on the opposite side of the room. Linda was sitting there too on the table, but luckily Dee wasn't with her so I didn't mind going over there.

I took Rye over there with me. I sat down next to Near.
I saw Rye looking around the room at everyone taking in her surroundings and then she looked finally at the table and who we were sitting with. She then sat down next to me. She sat on the chair and then pulled her legs up so that she was sitting cross-legged on the chair.

Linda was sitting opposite us, she gave me and Rye a small smile that I don't think Rye noticed.
Linda had he sketchbook in her hand. She looked over at Rye and the gave Near a smile that I could tell that she was telling him that she was planning to draw Rye.
Then she started to sketch in her book. Every so often looking up at Rye so copy her features.
Rye bit her lip and looked uncomfortable. It was obvious she'd noticed Linda looking at her, but I don't think she knew quite why.

We ate our dinner than. Afterwards I saw Rye get up and she looked like she was going to ask Linda something. I bit my lip, I suppose she would be okay on her own from now on, Linda could tell her where to go and stuff.

I whispered to Near that I was going to his room and he nodded.

I then darted out the dinner hall before I think Rye even noticed.

I made my way down the corridor to Near's room and the went inside.
I went and sat straight on A's old bed.
I was glad Rye seemed nice, but I wasn't quite sure what to make of her yet.
I lay down on the bed and sighed.

I looked at the little clock Near had beside his bed. It was even later, getting close to 8 o'clock in the evening.
I closed my eyes and started to think.

I heard Near come in a while later. I opened my eyes then.

"I thought you were asleep." Near muttered.

I shook my head and gave him a shy little smile.
"No, I hate sleeping, I always get nightmares." I told him. I'm surprised I hadn't actually mentioned that to him before.

"Oh, you seemed alright before." He muttered as he climbed up onto his own bed and pulled out his puzzle cube.

I rolled my eyes, was that going to be his new get-back thing? I guessed every time I said something to annoy him from now on he would probably bring up that I'd fell asleep on him. That would be embarrassing.
But then I frowned. I actually had been alright before. That was actually the first time I noticed I hadn't had a nightmare then.

"Maybe it was because it was day." I muttered quietly then as an answer. After all I'd heard of daydreaming, but I'd never heard of daymares.

Near let out a sigh and put all his attention on his puzzle cube.

I yawned realising I actually was tired.
I didn't want to go back to my room quite yet though.
I closed my eyes again. Just as I was falling asleep Near talked.

"It is past curfew, you would get in trouble if you get caught in here now." He said.

I didn't open my eyes and let out a moan as a complaint that he had stopped me sleeping.

"Shut up Near." I muttered and then fell asleep.

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So that was Chapter V ... I would say that it was completely unaided by Flik98 for a change because she went off and abandoned me! But I used her story to write the Rye scenes so I guess she did help after all -_-

Just mention now...This is NOT a romance! haha just it case you thought it was gunna turn into one.

Chapter VI couldbe up soon (notice the 'could' - meaning no promises haha)

Thanks for reading and please REVIEW! ^^ :)