Show Me A Smile chapter two by blackdragonflower
Characters belong to Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. / Nickname Mel-Mel is borrowed from Ghostly-Heaven It was too cute to resist! / GTA to its owners.
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Matt collapsed onto the ragged futon in the room he shared with his close friend and roommate Mello. He stared blankly at the ceiling then slammed a pillow over his face. He wanted to scream. His backpack full of homework lie haphazardly on the bottom bunk threatening to fall off and spill papers. Matt reached blindly for the stereo somewhere on the nightstand behind his head and managed to turn it on so it blasted out his favorite techno cd. Slowly the redhead was able to relax, but the blonde model refused to get out of his head. Her smile, her eyes, and the cute way she talked.
'This is probably just pathetic admiration... Yeah that's it. I don't have a crush on her... nope... not at all. She just has a really adorable smile that's all... And her eyes are gorgeous...' The gamer's eyelids began to droop shut, heavy with fatigue. All this arguing with himself was making him tired.
He was startled awake when the door was kicked violently open and his blonde counterpart stomped in chocolate bar hanging from his mouth and tons of textbooks and notebooks dangling in his arms on the brink of spilling onto the floor. Mello kicked the door shut and dropped everything on the desk. Matt sighed and rolled over not even bothering to ask. If something was pissing off his friend Mello would tell him any moment now. The chocolate eating sophomore flicked the stereo off and flopped onto the bottom bunk, after shoving Matt's things onto the floor. Letting out a sigh Mello smiled and took a bite of chocolate. "It's good to be back in the dorm."
"What was with all the kicking stuff?" Matt questioned a little irritated since he'd been so rudely awakened.
"Oh... that stupid freshman Near pissed me off again nothing more than that... What's got you all in a huff? Get turned down by some girl or something?"
"Might as well have." The redhead grumbled feeling pessimistic about his situation.
"What the hell has gotten into you? You never sound so... depressed. Last time you were like this was when... let's see... when you couldn't get your hands on a copy of the newest Grand Theft Auto... and I had to go through black markets to find the stupid thing for you so you'd cheer up." Matt continued to pout as he lies on the futon.
"It's nothing Mel-Mel."
"Bullshit. Tell me what's wrong now. You're harshing my mellow." The redhead stared at Mello a minute then burst out laughing.
"You're such a dork!"
"Well you're a dope. I'm actually giving you the chance to rant about whatever's wrong and you're not taking it? Twit. That's the last time I offer to listen to you."
"Fine! God nosy son of a bitch..."
"Got that right!" The blonde crossed one leather-clad leg over the other and proceeded to put on his "listening" face.
"It's a girl..."
"Well obviously Casanova."
"Do you want me to tell you or not Mells!?"
"Sorry geesh... go on."
"Well... she's a senior... and she well... modeled for art today... and I think I like her..."
"Wait... was this like nude modeling?" The blue eyed young man pressed.
"Wha? Hell no! Fucking perv."
"Oh I'm the perv..." Mello rolled his eyes. "It was just an honest question. Don't they do that kind of shit in those classes?"
"Well yeah but-"
"Point Mello. Dude your crushing hard on her. Just admit it Mattie. Who's the girl?" Mello was all ears as if he was a girl getting ready to hear some juicy yummy gossip.
"Misa Amane..."
"Mhm... I see..." Mello drummed his fingers against his knee as he thought about it. "I can see why you fell for her. She's pretty damn cute... but you know she's taken by Light Yagami whose father is a member of the Japanese police ya know."
"...How do you know that?"
"Light pisses me off for some reason so I did some background checking to find weaknesses... What I found was even better..." The leather-wearing boy licked his lips with a smirk on his face.
"... And what would that be?"
"His hot younger sister Sayu who also attends this university... "
"Yeah... so?"
"Where do you think I've been randomly the past two weeks fool?! I've been going out with his sister."
"Ouch. Are you doing that just to get revenge against him or-?"
"No... not entirely... I really do like Sayu-chan... She's got some attitude hidden in her... and she's the only girl that's ever turned me on like I have been lately."
"Damn..." The redhead breathed out. "You fell fucking hard. Got a bruise? Are you bleeding anywhere?"
"Shut the hell up."
"Ah what's the use... Misa would never look at a weird guy like me..."
"And why the hell not? I mean this is the straightest way possible when I say you're attractive Matt. She'd be an idiot to let a great guy like you get snatched up by some whore off the street."
"A whore? Mello I actually have standards thank you." Matt reached into his pocket for a pack of cigarettes.
"Yeah whatever. Just stop moping about it. If you want her do something about it. Lord knows nothing will happen if you don't make it happen. And no smoking in the damn room! Go outside and do that shit. I don't care if you destroy your lungs I just don't want the whole room smelling like smoke."
"Ah thanks you're real kind."
"Naturally. Be happy you got a friend like muah. Now if you excuse me I have homework I need to finish. Especially my Portuguese homework."
"I'll never understand why you took that class."
"Fool. Portuguese is an overlooked language that needs some love like you." Mello gently kicked Matt's elbow and strolled to the desk. The gamer decided to go
outside for a smoke. He closed the dorm room's door behind him and grabbed a cigarette from his pocket and lit up. The travel outside was short and he didn't run into anyone of value or interest. The nicotine stained his lips and puffs of smoke slithered from his mouth.
'Misa is out of my league. She's a senior dope... you're just a freshman... Seniors don't do freshman it's like an unwritten rule. I don't got a chance with a girl like her... But maybe I should take Mello's advice... I guess it wouldn't hurt to try... but she's already dating that Light guy... Isn't he like one of the star students here or something? Damn it... Why are hormones so damn frustrating?! What do I have to offer her anyway? I'm a technology geek studying for my
art, web design, and graphic arts degrees, I smoke, and I work part-time in a daycare center. Boy that's real attractive right there. '
But what Matt didn't know is he did have a chance. He could have a relationship with Misa Amane, if only he'd get past his denial and try. What he didn't know was
that she was crushing on him too. What he didn't know was that his smile, that one smile he'd so openly given her, lit up her day and made her want another one. He had a chance of stealing her away from Light Yagami, all he had to do was get up the courage and ask her out on a date, simple right?
But Matt was a gentleman, and stealing another guy's girlfriend was not cool. As far as he knew she was happy in her relationship with Light and he didn't want to ruin that. That however didn't mean the redheaded freshman couldn't wish he'd gotten to the pretty senior first. Matt sighed discontented and snuffed out his cigarette with the toe of his boot. Maybe the feelings would go away, then maybe, just maybe he could return to his normal life.