Chapter one:
Mello walks through the hall munching on a chocolate bar. He pauses in his walking when he sees Near leaving the pale boys own room.
Near glances to Mello. "Morning Mello." He greets.
Mello grumbles then walks on past Near.
Near slightly watches Mello go then he turns back to his door closing it. He then pauses there staring at his hand that is on the door knob. He quickly shakes his head closing his eyes when he shakes his head then he opens them with his emotionless mask only to turn to follow Mello down for breakfast.
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Mello eats his breakfast and glances up only to see Near sitting at a table closer to a corner of the room….. Only Near isn't eating… The older notices Near is just playing with the small amount of food he got.
It's as if something is bothering the younger.
This makes Mello smirk.
"So something is getting to the robot Near hm?" He chuckles. "Guess I'll have to find out what it is." His smirk widens as he makes sure to finish eating. He waits for Near to put the tray and garbage where it needs to go then leaves the cafeteria before the other does the same to follow his younger rival. He observes Near for a little bit first.
Near walks along and suddenly stops to look around himself while some others walk by not noticing. He tenses as he turns to look away as if to calm himself only to slightly shake his head before picking up the pace not too fast to keep any suspicions from being on him as he heads for their rooms.
Mello smirks a little wider only to follow after Near and just as the other is almost at his own room. He follows seeing no one around. "Near."
Near slightly glances over his shoulder not enough for Mello to see his eyes as he continues walking. "Mello classes are going to start." He says.
Mello chuckles and picks up the pace only to grab Near's wrist moving to stop making Near also stop. "Seems something is bugging you." He almost purrs.
"Nothing is." Near says still not looking at Mello. "Now would Mello like to let go of me?"
"Nope." Mello answers almost smugly. "I'm going to find out what it is that has gotten into the robot."
Near sighs. "Mello there is nothing to be found." He says almost quietly.
"You're lying." Mello says.
Near goes quiet.
Mello's smirk seems permanently fixated to his lips right now.
Near suddenly moves his arm in a slight turn that is enough to get out of Mello's grasp like he slipped out of it. He heads to his room and goes in.
For a second Mello swears he saw a flash of something that seemed to be right behind Near when the sunlight peering through the window at the end of the hall shone on him.
But he didn't get a good enough look to know what.
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"He needs to be found and reigned in as soon as possible." A gruff voice commands. "We cannot waste any more time hoping that he will see why as a developing demon such as himself could not go to the surface. It is now becoming too dangerous to let this go on." He demands.
Two demons who are kneeling in front of the man in the throne chair keep their heads bowed as they listen.
"Yes." One says.
"Of course. We will go right away." The other says in agreement.
The man in the throne chair raises an arm off of the arm rest to wave to dismiss the two. "Then go!"
The two demons get up and turn rushing out of the door leaving the throne room.
"Do not disappoint me."
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The two demons walk along through Hell past people who seem to be so lost in their own Hell as they are being tortured to notice even the screams from others.
The screams are more hearable in certain parts but quiet or silent in other places.
After all demons do also like some peace and quiet as well.
"Let's go to the surface." One says.
And the two spread their demon wings flying up towards one of the portals to the surface.
They fly out and fly in the air looking around themselves since they are right now invisible not using their magic to be visible though there is only the people who can see spirits that can see them when they are invisible.
"Where do we start?" One asks turning to the other.
"We need to start looking at places where he could have been taken in. Possibly an orphanage." The other says turning the first demon.
The one demon nods and off they go to find the runaway demon.
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Mello moves forward towards Near's room only pausing to make sure no one is around before opening the door open enough to peer inside. He notices Near is standing at the window just staring off down to something on the ground or just staring off into space. He is about to enter but stops when he hears Near speak.
"How much longer will this go on for?"
Mello wonders what Near is talking about so he keeps listening while making sure to keep alert for anyone who might be coming to where the rooms are.
"I thought if I came here it would just go away."
Mello is still quite confused but waits for Near to say more.
But then he notices Near is starting to turn and he knows he'll be spotted so he quickly flees to his own room.
He goes over to the desk that each bed room has and he writes down what he has observed titling the paper as 'what's bothering Near.'. He looks it over afterwards almost in thought as he puts his hands, one still holding the pencil, onto the desk's surface on either side of the paper. "What is going on?" He wonders as he tries to look at every possibility for what is happening.
Whatever it is Mello is determined to get to the bottom of it.