Here you go guys. And I should warn you, I might not update next week...I probably will, but there's still a chance that I wont.
"Are you alright, Sayu?" Kuro asked me, I looked up to find her at the front school gate…with a guy.
"Who's that?" I wondered, forgetting about Kuro's original question.
Kuro didn't seem to mind as she replied with, "this is Ryan!"
"Really?" I gasped, looking at the taller boy…well, I could never doubt Kuro's choice of guys again, he looked good.
"Uh-huh" Kuro nodded enthusiastically, "he offered to walk me to school today, since my sister was too sick to drive again".
I blinked and nodded at her, looking away from Ryan with a small blush.
"Hey, are you listening?" Kuro questioned.
"Huh? Yeah" I nodded.
"Oi" Kuro turned me around and whispered to me, "don't even think about it, this one's mine".
"Huh?!" I squeaked, blushing.
"If you want one, try his younger brother" Kuro continued.
"He has a brother?" I blinked, curious.
"Yup, a cute one too. I'll give you the other details later" Kuro nodded.
"He's not gonna be an eight year old, is he?" I worried.
"Pfft" Kuro snorted, "no, fifteen turning sixteen, don't worry".
At that, Kuro left and went to talk to Ryan. I sighed in relief, sure I was interested in guys, but I had never been good at this sort of gossip. Whenever I was interested in a guy, I'd just follow him around like a stalker, thus scaring him away.
I shook my head and went in search of Near to tell him about Ryuk before the bell rang. In the end, I didn't end up finding him, so I had to wait until break.
"Wouldn't you be breaking your promise to him by telling me?" Near wondered, we were in the abandoned school building.
"Nope, he just wanted me to keep this a secret from Light for some reason" I replied.
"What do you think he was?" Near asked.
"I honestly have no clue, he could be a ghost, a spirit, the grim reaper…who knows! He could be something us humans haven't come up with before!" I exclaimed.
"Hmm, well whatever he is, there must be a reason you're able to hear him…and I'm sure it's the same reason as your brother's…" Near stayed silent for a moment, "has something unusual ever happened to you besides Ryuk's appearance?"
"No, not really?" I sat back in my seat to think, "well there was one thing…"
"What was it?" Near wondered.
"I might as well show you" I mumbled, "but it's at home".
"When do you think you could get it?" Near questioned.
"Next break" I replied, "it's the longest break, and mom would be out shopping".
"Are you sure? We can wait until after school to get whatever it is…" Near suggested, "you could get into trouble".
"Don't worry about it, I know what I'm doing" I grinned, lying upside down on one of the old lounge chairs and dangling my head, "besides, which is more important; catching Kira or staying out of trouble?"
Near thought about it for a second and nodded.
The next break, I went to the office and got a permission slip to go and get a school book from home, Near got a slip as well.
"Why did they let me come?" Near asked.
"Because it's the long break. They don't mind letting others go as well, as long as we all return within half an hour" I explained, "if we take longer than half an hour, our parents are called and we usually get into a lot of trouble".
"So we have to hurry?" Near concluded as we walked out of the school gates.
"Yep" I nodded.
With that said, we picked up the pace and jogged most of the way to my place.
"Are you alright?" I asked Near as I unlocked the front door, Near was hunched over breathing heavily.
"Y-yeah" Near sighed, "I-I'm just…not used to so much exercise".
I looked at him for a second before opening the door and taking off my shoes.
"Light?" I called out, if anyone was home, it'd be Light.
"Yeah Sayu?" Light replied, looking out of his bedroom door.
"Just wondering if you were home" I waved.
"What's up?" Light wondered.
"I forgot one of my school books" I smiled sheepishly.
"Oh, and who's your friend?" Light asked.
"This is Shiro" I told him, moving so he could see 'Shiro' better.
"Is he your boyfriend?" Light smirked.
"No" I glared, teasing from mom was one thing, but from Light it feels like he's exposing you to the world, "I'm gonna go get that book".
I ran into my room and grabbed my white notebook as well as some money so we could take a bus back to school instead of walking.
When I made it back downstairs, Light and Near both looked at me at the same time, I felt like I was interrupting a standoff.
"Uh…I got the book" I said, holding the book up a little so they could see.
"Is there anything else you need?" Light asked.
"Nope, this is it. Bye, Light" I waved, grabbing Near's wrist and hurrying out of the house.
"What was that?" I looked sideways to Near as we walked towards the bus stop.
"Apparently your brother isn't very fond of me" Near replied.
"But you haven't done anything yet" I argued.
"That's why I'm confused, wait…'yet'?" Near stared at me.
"We're going to be in a 'relationship', remember?" I reminded.
"Oh yeah. When is that going to happen?" Near wondered.
"Well…I'm not sure…" I stopped walking and tried to think, "but…we might need to change our plans…because my cousin, Kuro, wants to set me up with a guy…if I have a 'normal' boyfriend I'll fit in as the classic teenager, which means I'll stand out less".
"Oh, alright" Near nodded, "so what now".
"I say we should become homework buddies" I told him, "homework buddies take turns at each other's houses, so it should be easy enough, and when we have an assignment we can have sleep overs if we want to".
"…You could have told me about that option earlier" Near deadpanned.
"It slipped my mind" I blushed, rubbing my neck. We started walking again.
Near rolled his eyes but sighed in relief when he saw the bus stop coming up.
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