Show Me A Smile chapter four by blackdragonflower
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"Matt-kun why don't you take a seat?" Misa motioned to her bed and Matt took a seat biting the inside of his cheek nervously. "Let's see..." Misa bent over her desk and Matt's mouth dropped. He couldn't help but let his eyes roam over her body. And to his blushing shame, he liked what was in front of him. You had to be crazy not to.
He flinched when he heard a voice order, "Who are you?"
The redhead turned his gaze to meet the dark eyes of another. Light Yagami, another prized senior at the academy stood before him only cloaked in a pair of crisp clean khakis. His usually perfectly straight hair was slightly tussled and moist. From the simple details provided Matt could easily deduce that Light had been in the shower. The question was, exactly when, and was he sharing with Misa? The question burned at Matt's scalp causing it to tingle. "Oh Light-kun! This is Matt-kun. He's a friend."
Hearing her call him her friend Matt grinned his heart melting. Light noticed this and frowned. "Matt huh?" He watched Misa walk into the bathroom and the door closed. The brunette turned his attention back to Matt. "Look here freshman... Misa's my girl. You try anything and you'll regret it. You hear me?" Matt gulped. He really didn't want to get into a fight. He knew he could hold his own if need be, but he didn't like fighting all that much. Besides the times when he and Mello brawled for practice out in the back streets. That was for fun and conditioning, to keep in shape without the pain of lifting weights or doing sit-ups. "Understand? Or is your brain out for repair freshman?"
"I understand... and my name's Matt. I have a name Yagami."
"Why you little..." Light growled then humphed letting Matt's collar go and pushing him roughly onto the bed. "I'll let you go this time freshman. Watch your back and learn some respect." Light grabbed his shirt and pulled it on. He poked his head into the bathroom, "Misa I'll see you later."
Matt watched the senior go, quite relieved when he shut the apartment door behind him. Misa returned from her bathroom, towel around her waist but the one that was around her head was missing and her hair was brushed out. She wore a tanktop with cute frill. "Mattie... what are you staring at?"
Matt blinked and shook his head. "Oh I'm sorry... I was... off in space... thinking."
Misa sat beside Matt on the bed a worried look on her face. "Light didn't be mean to you did he Matt-kun?"
"No Misa! He was... interesting to chat with." The look she gave him told that she knew better but she ignored it. Matt took her hand in his and gave it a gentle squeeze. He put on his most cheerful face and smiled for the woman he adored. "Please don't worry Misa." And despite his gut telling him he was diving in at the wrong time he leaned over and pecked the side of her cheek, far away from her mouth to show he meant no threat. It was a friendly gesture. Misa turned a light shade of pink a smile appearing on her lips of its own accord. Her stomach fluttered with cheerful butterflies but she soon shoved them back down.
'You're with Light-kun Misa! You can't look too far into this... Mattie's just a friend... B-but he's so sweet...'
'She's so pretty when she smiles... Agh! Dude you better watch it! She's taken! It's not cool to steal another guy's girl, no matter how awful he is. If he was abusing her that would be another matter... but I didn't see any signs of that...'
He was surprised when she squeezed his hand in return and lightly kissed his cheek. His face became hot and it took a lot of struggling not to howl like the wolves you see in many old fashioned cartoons when they catch a glimpse of a good-looking chick. Matt couldn't explain in words how badly he wanted to just swoop the senior off her feet and pin her to her very comfy bed right then and there. He sighed. Misa got up and rummaged through some drawers with one hand, the other holding to the edge of her towel. The blonde senior flashed Matt a grin, "Mattie... I'll need you to turn around... I'm afraid I've been flashing too much skin..."
"Oh... no problem..." Matt shuffled his position so he stared at her walls, which were painted a dark, almost black, blue. He was tempted -if he had a brush of course- to paint a mural, which mimicked the heavens at night, stars twinkling setting the atmosphere for lovers. Lovers? When Matt's mind got there he turned a scarlet pink. He dug his fingers into his hair and shook his head wildly back and worth. 'No... dirty thoughts, dirty thoughts! Chase those away! Just because you saw her in a towel doesn't mean you get to think dirty perverted things! AAAAGGGHHH!!'
"Alright Matt-kun. You can turn around. I'm decent... Matt..." Misa tapped Matt's shoulder and jumped when he tensed. Her head bumped the railing of the bunk bed. "Owie!"
The redhead bit his lip. "Are you okay Misa?"
"Yeah... I just bumped my head." She grinned and giggled as she rubbed her head. She sat beside Matt on the bed again. They sat in silence for a little while more, neither knowing what to say to the other. Finally Matt broke the silence.
"Your room's very nice... I like how you have it set up, with the Virgin Mary and the crucifix, and candles."
"Why thank you Matt-kun!" Misa grinned so wide her nose wrinkled in a cute manner. "Do you like Bunni?" The girl reached for a pink bunny with a patch over its right eye.
"Bunni's cute!" Matt admitted.
"Yup there's Bunni and Emily!" Misa grabbed her other doll and hugged it close. Matt snickered, the doll kind of reminded him of Mello, just more gothic style instead of rough bad boy with a strange chocolate obsession. "Oh! Before I forget... I remember where your book is!" Misa scrambled off her mattress and her upper half disappeared under her bed. Matt's eyebrow rose, how'd his book get under there? Misa soon reappeared with the book in hand a triumphant smile on her face. "Here it is!"
"Uh... excuse me for asking... but how'd it get under there?"
"Well... I dropped my bag on the floor and everything went everywhere... it must have accidentally got shoved under."
"Then how'd you know it was there?"
"I had to look for something else under my bed."
"Mind if I take a peek? Sounds like you have a party going on down there..."
"..." The blonde's eyebrow rose. Matt was definitely different. Most people didn't ask to look under your bed. "Uh sure... Just don't get attacked."
"I got to see this..." Matt leaned over the bed and took a peek under. There was definitely a party under Misa's bed, clothes, books, notebooks, pencils, hair ties. "Wow... party was an understatement."
"Don't be so mean..." Misa pouted. "The rest of my room's pretty clean... I can't keep it spotless... I don't have the time for that." Matt reached under and grabbed a book. He read the cover aloud,
"Define Normal by Julie Anne Peters... It any good?"
"Yes it is! Misa Misa loves that book."
"I'll have to check it out sometime."
"Matt-kun...?"
"Yeah?" Matt stopped thumbing through the book and turned his eyes to hers.
"Thanks for being so nice..." Misa playfully tweaked Matt's nose giggling. "I saw your watercolor after you left..."
The redhead's cheeks burned to the same intensity of his hair with shy embarrassment. "W-what did you think of it?"
"It was cute! I loved it!"
"W-well... if you want... you can have it."
Misa gasped hands over her mouth. "Really?!"
"Yeah." Matt sat up and scratched the back of his head. He yelped when Misa glomped him arms around his neck.
"Thank you Mattie! Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Matt smiled and returned Misa's hug. Both felt warm in the loving embrace. It was all too short for the both of them when they pulled apart faces cutely red. "Well..." Misa grabbed Matt's book and handed it to him, "here's your book Mattie... I'm sorry I took yours by accident."
"No... it's okay... Hey... maybe sometime... would you like to... hang out?"
Misa nodded. "Yeah. It sounds like fun!"
Matt's cell rang. He recognized the ringtone as the one designated for Mello. "Um... yeah... I'll see you later?"
"Yeah. See ya Matt-kun." Matt backed towards the door and excused himself. Misa giggled. Matt forgot his book on her bed. 'He's so silly... I hope to see him soon.'
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Hey guys. Here's chapter four of SMAS. I hope you enjoyed. Things are starting to get pretty warm between Matt and Misa huh? XD
And Matt forgetting his book there? How cute was that? Chapter five should be really cute, if things go as planned. Well, see you next chapter!
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