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"Talking"
'Thinking'
Flash Back
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Near never went to lunch and neither did Sakura, They had stayed in their room playing with their toys. Near played with a car he had pulled out the drawer on the night stand and a lego track he had made out of a bucket of legos in the closet. After a few minutes Sakura began building more tracks for Near's car. Near handed Sakura another car from the night stand and she happily accepted his invitation and began driving and occasionally crashing into Near's car and initiating a miniature version of a high speed car chase that ended in Sakura being pulled over and given a "ticket" by Near.
After about forty-five minutes the bell for every one to go back to their classes rang scaring Sakura once again.
"Does that mean that you have to go back to classes now?" Sakura asked sadly
"No, I don't go to classes" He said emotionlessly
Sakura's face lit up "Really!" she asked excitedly
"Yes, I tested out of classes, they're too easy for me" He said still playing with the car and legos
"Wow you're really smart then, Near" She said smiling at him
"Yes I guess so" He said and gave her a small smile as he looked up from the toys
"Today's Friday right?" she asked
"Yes" he said going back to driving his car around the homemade track
"Yes! That means no classes for two more days!" She said happily as she yet again rear ended Nears car
The door slammed open suddenly making Sakura jump and scatter legos everywhere
"Near!!" A girl with dark black hair that went down to about four inches below her shoulder said loudly as she entered the room, she was smiling and seemed very energetic "I heard you finally got a roomie, so what's he--" she stopped as she spotted sakura picking up the scattered legos
"She is called Sakura and I don't think that she appreciates loud noises." Near stated clearly annoyed
"Awww!!" she screeched "she's adorable Near!!"
She then proceeded to scare Sakura half to death by hugging her and causing her to eep in surprise
"I don't think she appreciates that either." Near said as he watched Sakura struggling to get out of the girls grip
"Huh?" she then looked down and realized the struggling Sakura "sorry" she said releasing her captive
Sakura then retreated to hiding behind Near
"I think you may have scared her" Near said stating the obvious
"I-I'm sorry I just– you just k-kind of caught me o-off guard" Sakura apologized
"Kyaa!! You are soooo cute!!" She squealed causing Sakura to flinch again
"Oh and by the way I'm Helen" she said still excited
"I'm Sakura, nice to meet you" Sakura said and smiled warmly
"Awwww!!" Helen tried to hug her again but Near kept in her way
"Aren't you late for class Hellen?" he asked
"Crap you're right" she said looking at her watch "bye Sakura, bye Near!" she waved then closed the door loudly behind her making Sakura flinch again
"Thanks Near" Sakura said relieved
"Any time" Near replied giving her a small smile
After the track was repaired they continued to just the same as before. After another hour Sakura settled for watching near play and sitting next to him. Twenty minutes later she was asleep leaning on Near's shoulder causing his back to stiffen momentarily. He then picked her up bridal style and carried her over to her bed only to realize that she had left her suitcase, hair things, and other various odds and ends on her bed, so he opted for the next best option, his bed. He set her down and brush some stray hairs out of her face but as he tried to pull himself away he realized that she had a strong grip on his shirt. He sighed and gently tried to pry her off but that only made her tighten her grip.
"Please," she mumbled in her sleep "No, I don't want to. Don't leave me." she then began crying quietly in her sleep
He then quickly concluded that she was having a bad dream and gently shook her awake. Her eyes snapped wide open and she gripped Nears shirt with both hands a look of sheer terror on her face and sat up quickly still crying
"Wh-Where am I?" she asked
"At Whammy's House in our room" Near said
"Oh right" Sakura said her grip on Near's shirt loosening "sorry"
"What were you dreaming about?" Near asked
"I-It was dark and it st-started storming and I-I couldn't find anyone a-and I was so scared" she said through tears
Near then enveloped the fragile girl in his arms and rocked back and forth comfortingly like he'd seen the people on TV do so many times when a person was upset and they wanted to comfort them. He desperately wanted to make her stop crying because it gave him a crushing feeling in his chest to see her upset and he didn't like to see her upset. Even though he had only known her for a few hours he already was very attached to her, he knew he shouldn't get attached to anyone and that L had instructed him that it wold be best for him not to, but he couldn't help it, he didn't want to cut himself off from everyone, he wanted to be close to her.
After a while she fell back to sleep in Near's arms and he set her down gently on his bed and leaned down to brush the loose strands of hair out of her face, he then went back to playing with his car on the lego track. After a few hours he got bored and left for a few minutes to retrieve some transformers from the playroom. On his way back he bumped into someone causing him to drop the transformers. Without a word he gathered up the transformers and kept going not paying any mind to the person
"Albino freak" they muttered under their breath and Near kept going pretending it didn't hurt but it did, it always hurt but he chose not to show it, he chose not to show anything.
When he got back to his room he saw that the door was open a little bit and he panicked a little bit inside but didn't let it show. When he opened the door he saw that his bed was empty, he was officially worried until he saw that she'd left a note. The piece of paper had a single word written on it "BATHROOM" he smiled
"Good girl" he said quietly to himself
"Near!" Sakura's frantic and scared voice came from the hallway
Near was instantly out of the room and looking to the way her voice had come from and saw one of the older male residents had Sakura cornered and she was crying with her back against the wall. Near lost it and immediately charged at the older boy dropping to the ground at the last moment and kicking the boy in the stomach L style.
The boy cursed and retreated staggering down the hallway.
"Sakura, are you alright?" Near asked stooping down to the now collapsed Sakura who was still crying and shaking on the floor.
"N-Near!" she said throwing her arms around the surprised boy sobbing
After a few seconds he returned the hug "shhhh" he comforted "it's ok, I've got you shhhhh"
"Near" she repeated quieter this time
"I'm here, I've got you" he said then picked her up and carried her to their room the whole time she kept repeating his name.
He closed the door behind them and sat next to it still holding her. After a while she finally calmed down.
"Near?" she asked and looked up at her savior
"Yes?" he replied
"Thank you" she said and rested her head on his shoulder again.
They sat like that for about another thirty minutes then the dinner bell rang and Sakura jumped tightening her grip on Near but soon relaxing.
"Let's go" Near said as he helped Sakura to stand on her own feet.
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