L walked down to breakfast at his usual time and saw four of his young friends. I'm sure you can guess who was missing. L took a seat and grabbed a cup of tea and then added as much sugar as he desired, which, considering who it is, that's a lot.
"How is Kuro feeling?" asked L.
"She's fine, it's not like she'll drop dead any time soon, she has a strong will," said KJ.
"What would you do if she did?" asked Keiko," like if Near came now and said she dies?"
"That would be freaky, I donâ–“t know what I'd say after what I just said," said KJ.
"You guys are wonderful friends," said Mello.
"Makes me happy I met you," said Matt. L just chuckled to himself.
"We don't lie," said KJ. Then all their eyes fell on two people that just sat down at their table.
"You're up," said Keiko.
"You're going to school?" asked KJ.
"I can't leave Near all alone to present the project," said Kuro.
"But the presentations are on Friday," said Mello.
"The teacher knew we could finish early so she said we could present today," said Near. Mello growled (like a kitty) and crossed his arms and leaned back in his chair.
"Well hurry and eat breakfast you two before school starts," said L taking a sip of his tea. Near and Kuro then got up and Kuro convinced him into getting strawberry rice crispy cereal and they came back and ate their food. KJ and Mello each had giant chocolate muffins with hot chocolate, they really like chocolate.
Soon they finished eating and their conversations and went to their classrooms. The same seemed to progress at a rapid pace and soon it was time for lunch. The group told riddles to each other the entire time.
"What's brown and sticky?" asked Kuro.
"I know," said Keiko.
"That's because we already heard it before," said KJ.
"I don't know, what?" asked Matt.
"A brown stick," said Kuro simply.
"That's lame," said Mello.
"Then you tell some better ones," said KJ smirking.
"Maybe I will," said Mello looking at KJ.
"Go ahead," said KJ.
"Fine I will," he responded.
"Go ahead."
"Okay."
"I'm waiting."
"I'm going."
"You're stalling."
"Am not."
"Are too."
"Nope."
"Yep.
"No."
"Yes."
"Narp."
"Yarp.
"Mello tell the lame riddle already," said Keiko. Matt snickered and Mello grumbled with KJ just turned her head away from Mello.
"Two American coins make-" started Mello.
"A quarter and a nickel," said KJ, Kuro, and Keiko at once.
"How did you-?" asked Mello.
"Did you know that we originally came from America so we've heard it, and know it," said KJ.
"Damn," said Mello.
"Ha, in your face!" said Keiko and everyone just got quiet and stared at her.
"Don't say that again, Keiko, please for the sake of humanity," said Kuro. The others just laughed, well, more or less.
They finished eating eventually and went back to their classes. It was now time for the first Shakespeare presentation.
"Since you two are excelling students in a gifted children school I let you do your presentation early. Had anyone else finished their project?" asked the teacher and she scanned the classroom. No one's hand went up.
"Okay, Matt and Keiko have already finished so they are presenting tomorrow it seems you will officially be the first, yet again," said the teacher. She seemed more cranky this morning, observed Near, but he didn't know why. He just assumed that she didn't get much sleep or she's PMSing (welcome to the international pms crisis hotline).
"You may start your presentation," she said and took a seat in the back and watched the two place the board on a chair and Kuro held it up from falling.
"Much Ado About Nothing is a tale of romance and trickery by William Shakespeare. Out of the two categories that Shakespeare wrote, this one is a comedy. It takes place in the country side and in one house that's land stretches for acres." said Near.
"The main characters are Hero and Claudio, the young couple that falls in love. The there are Hero's relatives. Her father is her only immediate family left and her cousin, Beatrice, is her best friend. Her uncle, Beatrice's father, is, of course, also nearby and watching over the family as well. Then there is the second cousin, Margret, who plays a role in an act that could have cost Hero's life.
"While Hero and Claudio love each other, the Prince can't help but also have some feelings toward Hero. But then there is also the other couple of Beatrice and the quick tongued jokester, Benedict. And every story has an evil villain in some shape and the villain for this tale is the Prince's brother," said Kuro.
"So far so good," said the teacher. Near continued and Kuro would cut in when she needed too. The continued to explain every aspect of the story, without giving away the end.
"Congratulations Kuro your first assignment and you got an A ," said the teacher as she wrote some things down on a paper that was on a clipboard in her hands. Near and Kuro put the display board against the wall and took their seats.
They were excused to go to their next and final class of the day and Near and Kuro said 'Hi' to Mello and KJ as they walked out of the room and the latter were walking in.
"Settle down class," said the teacher almost yelling.
"Someone's PMSing," whispered Mello to KJ. KJ just nodded and watched the teacher walk to the board.
"We already had one successful presentation today, I'm sure you all know by whom," said the teacher.
"Damn Near," said Mello quiet loud.
"Thank you for informing everyone, Mello, don't interrupt me again," said the teacher. Other students laughed and KJ smirked at him.
"Shut up," he said looking at KJ before eating a piece chocolate. KJ pouted at him and he smirked knowing full well that she liked chocolate and wanted some.
"Today I'm going to answer questions you have on the project, but first, who else has finished their project?" the teacher asked. Mello and KJ raised their hands, "Of course, you may present tomorrow," said the teacher and she took a seat in her chair.
"Well I get to sleep for the rest of the period," said KJ and she put her head on her hands and fell asleep as students raised their hands to ask questions.
Class ended and KJ was still asleep. Mello stood there pondering what he should do. He had tried shaking her and yelled at her, he even flicked water on her face but nothing but a few twitches and then she would just keep on sleeping. Keiko and Matt were walking by when they saw and walked in and laughed as Mello stood there glaring at her.
"Trying to use your mind powers to get her up?" asked Keiko.
"I can't think of anything else to get her up," said Mello.
"Did you try knocking her over?" asked Matt.
"That's mean Matt!" said Keiko.
"Plus she won't wake up because she can sleep through World War III if it was in Wammy's backyard," said Kuro walking in with Near behind her.
"Then what do you suggest we do?" asked Mello still glaring at the sleeping KJ.
"Pick her up and move around as much as possible," said Kuro. Mello looked at Kuro then back at KJ and walked over to her. He then picked her up and somewhat tossed her and she groaned and opened her eyes slightly then closed them and continued to sleep.
"It didn't work," whined Mello.
"Try it for a while," said Keiko. He sighed and they all walked back to their hallway, Mello shaking KJ as much as possible. Eventually they all went into Mello's room and he threw KJ onto his bed. She bounced a few times but remained asleep. Mello sighed and walked over to his bed and sat down on the edge. The others just took seats around the room.
"KJ's amazing, (why yes, yes I am)" said Matt staring at the sleeping girl in disbelief.
"Actually she's probably awake now, but she doesn't want Mello to bug her so she is acting like she's asleep," said Kuro.
"She did that to me once," said Keiko pouting.
"Aww," said Matt and he hugged Keiko.
"KJ WAKE UP!" yelled Mello leaning over the girl and bouncing the bed slightly. She groaned and turned over and then hit Mello in the face. Kuro and Near snickered as Mello sat back holding his nose. KJ then sat up and stretched as she yawned.
"Have a nice nap?" asked Matt.
"Yea, I had the weirdest dream. Mello was trying to get me up and since he was bugging me I hit him in the face," said KJ.
"That HAPPENED!" yelled Mello still holding his now bruising nose.
"OH, you might want to get that looked at," said KJ pointing to his nose. He just growled and sat down on KJ's stomach.
"Get off, if you want me to stop bugging you that is," she said.
"You're not bugging me," he said crossing his arms.
"Damn," said KJ.
"We should all play a game," said Keiko.
"But what?" asked Near.
"Hide and seek!" said Matt, "teams."
"I'm up for it," said Kuro with a shrug.
"Same here," said KJ.
"I'm going to team up with Kuro," said Matt.
"Okay," said Kuro.
"I'm want to team up with Mello!" said Keiko.
"Then I'm with Near?" asked KJ. Near nodded.
"Who is counting first?" asked Kuro.
"We will!" said Keiko. Keiko pulled Mello off of KJ and then they started counting. Matt grabbed Kuro's arm.
"We have to stay in our hallway okay!" yelled Matt before they ran out.
KJ got up and she walked out of the room with Near next to her.
"So did you get her to smile again?" asked KJ as they walked around in the hallway.
"Not yet, maybe after dinner," said Near.
"Let's go in my room we can hide behind the dresser, it is good enough," said KJ. They walked into her room and hid behind the dresser. (Because I'm such a midget)
"Matt where are we going?" asked Kuro. He then ran into Near's room.
"His closet is full of stuffed animals and toys that we can hide in," said Matt.
"How do you know?" asked Kuro.
"Mello trapped me in there one time, (He's sensible enough)" said Matt. Kuro just nodded and they went into the closet. Matt removed some of the toys and they sat down then the covered themselves completely with animals.
Keiko finished counting and her and Mello went to go find the others.
"I bet KJ went in her room," said Mello.
"Let's check there then," said Keiko. They walked in and searched the room. The soon found KJ and Near.
"Damn," said KJ and she got out from behind her dresser soon followed by Near. They walked back into the hallway.
"Kuro! Matt!" We found KJ and Near!" yelled Keiko pretty loud that Near, KJ, and Mello grabbed their ears and winced. Soon they saw Kuro and Matt come out of Near's room.
"You two count we'll go hide," said Keiko and she and Mello ran off. KJ and Near then started counting. Kuro and Matt then left.
"My room, I have a good hiding spot under my desk," said Keiko.
"Okay," said Mello. And they went into her room and hid under her desk with her chair blocking them from view.
"Let's just go hide under my bed," said Kuro when they walked into her room. She crawled under her bed and Matt followed and they laid there till they head Near and KJ coming.
"I'll look under the bed," said Near and KJ went to check the closet. Near looked under and couldn't see anything so he crawled a little more.
"Need light?" asked KJ who then opened the curtains.
"BOO!" yelled Matt at Near when the light flooded the room and Near saw them. This shocked Near and he jumped and hit his head on the bed. Matt and Kuro then crawled out and Kuro helped Near.
"Are you okay, that was a loud bump," said KJ.
"Oh so you worry about Near hitting his head, but not you punching my nose?" asked Mello from the doorway and pointed to his nose.
"Yea, and what are you doing we never said we found them," said KJ.
"Well matt yelling 'BOO' gives it away," said Keiko.
"I think a bump is forming," said Kuro looking at Near's head.
"It hurts," Near said holding his head.
"Let's get some ice," said Kuro and she and Near left.
"You know my nose still hurts," said Mello.
"Then you get ice too," said KJ.
"Near got an escort, what happens if I fall and hurt my nose more?" asked Mello.
"Then I should go just so I can be there when it happens," said KJ laughing at the thought. Mello just growled, "kidding, let's go," said KJ and they left as well.
"Interesting," said Matt.
"What?" asked Keiko.
"Mello's teenage hormones seem to have effect on him after all," said Matt.
"Haha KJ," said Keiko.
"Let's go get something to drink," said Matt and they left the room.
At dinner Mello had a bandage on his nose and KJ was smiling at it and he kept glaring at her.
"I'm never giving you chocolate now," he said. KJ just laughed.
Near was trying to eat while holding an ice pack on his head but he was having trouble because each time he would bend down to take a bite he would move his hand and it would hurt his head. Kuro noticed and took her beanie off that kept her hair up and put it over his head, securing the ice pack there.
"Thanks," he said as he felt the ice pack through the hat and then ate. Kuro just nodded and ate her food as well.
Matt and Keiko were filling L in on what happened that after noon that made his young friends so injured.
"KJ punching Mello in the nose isn't so shocking, but Matt scaring Near, that's not very nice," said L.
"I didn't think it would scare the kid so much," said Matt defending himself. L shrugged and they all continued to eat.
Back upstairs they were hanging out in each others rooms like always.
"NOOOOO! I demand a rematch!" yelled Matt as Keiko just beat him at a pokemon battle.
"Fine, but I'll beat you again," said Keiko. That went on to the wee hours of the night before Keiko and Matt finally passed out from exhaustion.
"New rule, no more punching me in the nose," said Mello as KJ was sitting in front of him removing his nose bandage.
"I didn't know your nose was there and the time before that you hit yourself in the face with nunchakus so that was your fault," said KJ as she pulled the ointment out that they got and opened it.
"Whatever, just refrain from doing it from now on," he said crossing his arms.
"Just stop moving or this will end up in your eye," said KJ as she put a small bit of the ointment on her finger and gently moved it across his nose. She rubbed it in and then got up and went to wash her hands. She came back and saw Mello making faces.
"It hurts," he said.
"Then stop making faces, genius," said KJ as she waked over and sat on the bed next to him. He sighed and then turned his TV on and they watched some random game show till they fell asleep.
Near was sitting on his bed and watched Kuro as she went over to his closet and pulled out a stuffed animal bear that was on top.
"That's snowy, I had him when I came to the orphanage," said Near.
"He's so soft," said Kuro sitting next to Near and looking at the animal.
"Yep," he said. He then reached up and took the beanie off and the ice pack and gently felt his bump.
"Let me see," said Kuro and she sat up on her knees and looked at his head. "Still a slight bump but it looks better."
"That's good," he said and handed her beanie back to Kuro who took it and put it in her pocket. Near smiled at that and grabbed a curl and pulled on it. Kuro just let him but soon he stopped and started playing with cars on the ground. His hair gently went across as Kuro's feet as he reached for a car and she yelped and drew her feet in.
"Oh sorry," said Near before turning back to his cars. What Kuro didn't know was that he was smiling. Soon Kuro just laid back in her bed and Near then took a feather from a toy he had and brought it across Kuro's foot and watched the effect. Kuro sat up and looked at him. He continued to move the feather and Kuro started to laugh. She tried to bring her feet in but Near got up and sat on the edge of the bed and grabbed onto her foot and brought the feather across her foot more.
"Ahaha! Near! Ahaa, stop!" she yelled between laughing. Near started to laugh too and stopped.
"I had to see if it worked," he said.
"Of course it did, didn't you see when your hair hit my foot?" she asked.
"Yea, but KJ told me to get you to smile again was to make you laugh and she said you were only ticklish on your feet," said Near.
"Oh did she now," said Kuro glaring toward the door as if contemplating on whether getting up and killing her friend right then.
"I won't hold that weakness against you, don't worry," he said. Kuro just looked back at Near and nodded. Near then held a car out to her and she took it and they ended up racing cars till they fell asleep.
L was walking down the hall of his young friends. He heard it was silent and went into the first room. He saw Matt and Keiko asleep next to each other and their game boys still on. He went over and turned them off. Then covered the two up with Matt's blankets.
Next room KJ wasn't in her room so he looked in Mello's and saw then asleep next to each other with the TV on. L turned it off and also covered those two after fully laying them down since their backs were resting against the wall.
L continued onto Kuro's room and saw James but not Kuro. He picked James up and brought it with him to Near's room. He saw then asleep on the floor and they were holding cars that look like they just collided into each other. He picked them up and placed them on the bed. He handed Near James and saw Snowy and gave him to Kuro. They latched onto the dolls and L smiled at that as he covered them and then left to go to his room.