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A/N: Thank you all for your reviews. It's really helping me keep going. I have the second to the last chapter done already. Now I just have to write what leads up to it. Near is OC in this chapter, I will warn you now haha

Pizza

Near sat in his dark room, playing with his toys. He was thinking about what had happened to him a few days ago. Had he really found a friend? It seemed like it, but he found himself wondering if it was real. If the red haired boy who had approached him in class was really trying to make friends. He shook his head, trying to get that type of thought from his mind. They had gotten closer in the few days that had passed, but he had not seen Mello since.

"Why would he talk to me if he wasn't wanting to be a friend? Why am I worrying? It's probably nothing." Near comforted himself, holding a stuffed rabbit plush up to his chest. He felt his stomach grumble but didn't take any notice. He just sat there with his little toy robot, twirling a lock of his hair around his index finger. He didn't even register the sound of a knock on his door.

"Near? Is this your dorm? I heard from Amane that it was." Matt's voice came from the other side of the door. Near blushed when he heard the voice.

'Okay' he thought. 'He does want to be friends then? Who's this Amane person? How would they know where my dorm was?'

"Ummmm, yes. Come in please Matt." Near said timidly. He shuffled around so that he faced the door. Matt opened the door roughly, but stopped when he seen just how many towns and stuffed animals Near had in his room. Matt just stood there for a minute before Near told him to come in farther. He shook his head.

"Oh yeah. Haha. Wow I wasn't expecting that."

"Weren't expecting what?"

"Uh ... Nothing, nothing." Matt decided to stop before he accidentally hurt the boy sitting on the floor. He sat down in front of him, looking around at all the puzzles and legos and other random toys. He felt Nears obsidian eyes on him.

"Would you like to join me? I was planning on starting one of my puzzles." Near got up as Matt agreed to help. He brought back a 5000 piece puzzle with the picture of a bowl of fruit that had been painted in still life. Matt recognized it in an instant. The same painting was hanging down in the art room.

"Wow. That painting is hanging down in the art room."

"Well, the artist is Whammy. I suppose that he may have sold his work."

Matt's eyes opened wide. He looked at the puzzle box again and laughed. It was the same painting.

"Ha. Our art teacher's Mr. Whammy. Oh my. That's pretty cool."

After finding out about whom exactly the artist behind the puzzle was, they took it out of the box and began their work. They chatted casually until Nears stomach grumbled again. It was already 7 o'clock. Matt stood up, grinning at his new found friend.

"You hungry, kiddo?" he asked. Near's big eyes looked up at him, making him look like a very fluffy puppy. 'What a cute kid.' He thought. Near looked at him questioningly, tilting his head slightly.

"Kind of. Just a little bit though. And I'm not a kid."

Matt's smile became more pronounced and Near was wondering if he had just set a monster loose in his tiny kitchen. This assumption was proven true five minutes later when Matt was attempting to make pizza. He decided he wanted his own toppings on a frozen pizza so was humbling cutting up mushrooms.

"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Near asked timidly from behind Matt. He was a madman with a knife. The poor veggies didn't have a chance as he chopped them up aggressively. Juice from the tomato was funning up the wall to his left, bits of pineapple to his right. He laughed and more food landed on the wall from his mad chopping skills.

"Of course it is! Why wouldn't it be?!"

"You have more ... things on my walls then on the pizza. I think I should take over."

"No, no! It's alright! I'll clean it up later. Besides, I said I would make us some supper. Why don't you just go sit and work on the puzzle? That way you can see my masterpiece when it's ready." Matt laughed as a piece of pepperoni stuck itself to Nears childish face. "Aww, come on Near. Laugh." Near looked at Matt, his hand dipping into the tomato paste. A smirk spread across the pale face with the pepperoni juice dripping down his forehead.

"Okay. I'll laugh." And he flung the clump of tomato paste into Matt's unsuspecting face. The red head looked at him in complete shock, then laughed.

"Well, I certainly wasn't expecting that." He then laughed a very evil 'Mwuhahahaha!' and pounced on Near. The smaller boy was pinned to the ground. His eyes were saucers in his head as he tried to throw Matt off of himself. After several failed attempts, Near finally decided that he would never win and stopped fighting. Matt began laughing again as a plot formulated inside his devious mind. He moved his hands to Nears ribs and began to tickle.

"Ahh! Oh my god! Matt!" Near gasped through his laughing fit. It seemed the pale boy was a target for tickles. A bell chimed somewhere in a different building, but Matt still knew its meaning. Matt had an evening class that he had to attend in a different building.

"Damn it! Why tonight?! Gah! Well, sorry Near, but I need to leave. Bye! See you tomorrow in home room!" Matt had shot up, off of the pale boy and raced to the door, almost forgetting his backpack that sat by the entrance. Near was out of breath so he couldn't even attempt a reply as the red head was out the door and half way down the corridor.

"Bye Matt." He finally said, still on the floor. He went to wipe his forehead, then groaned as his fingers ran over the piece of pepperoni. "Darn."

He stood and began to clean up. He was almost finished when he heard a small knock on the door. Or was it only small because he was far away. He made his way over to the door as another set of knocks rang out.

"Coming." He said when he tried to make his way around the pile of puzzle pieces on the floor. He opened the door and was faced with a very angry-looking blond. He racked his brain for a name then it came to him. "Oh you're Mello, right? Hello. Please come in."

"No. It reeks of tomato sauce in there. Where is Matt?" Mello's tone was harsh and impatient and it made Near shrink back a bit.

"He went to one of his classes."

"Fuck, that's right. He has those damn tester classes. I don't see why he goes to them. It's just a bunch of people playing games. Fine." Mello stated and turned on his heel, leaving Near to stare after him. "And you can stop staring. It's impolite."

Near stepped back into his room. "Hypocrite." He muttered sourly. He put his finger to his hair and began twisting. Something told him Mello wasn't going to get any better towards him. "A few days and already I have an enemy." Near sighed and sat by the puzzle that was painted by Mr. Whammy.

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A/N - Well, that was me comedy. Tell me what you think!