Wow. Like, wow. I haven't written in…forever. Yes, it's official. I'm the loser who never gets on anymore. I wouldn't blame you guys if you started throwing rocks or flaming pies at my head.
And for the record, I STILL haven't decided where Naeko and Light are. Just imagine a nice little country town in the middle of nowhere, with a lake. And then imagine me, trying to think about what to write, and hitting my head against the desk several times in a row. My guess is you'd get more enjoyment out of the second one.
Naeko sighed and dropped her bookbag onto the ground by her locker. With an early morning start, little breakfast and being late to the bus because someone couldn't find the death note and was panicking, Naeko was already ready to go home for the day. Leaning her forehead against her locker while she did her combination, she was just glad that Light was smart enough to find his way around the tiny school on his own. If she had to take time out of her already busy schedule to help him, Naeko didn't know what she would do. She already got enough of him at home. It was amazing how a family (well, family plus Light) of 4 could share a tiny bathroom. As long as Naeko could take her shower and brush her teeth she didn't care what the others did. Heck, she would even start taking her showers at night if it meant more time to herself!
"Hey, Naeko," someone said just as Naeko got her locker open. A silhouette appeared on the locker next to hers, and Naeko smiled. Only one person would have such a distinct hairstyle. A ponytail on the side of their head, with three strands braided from the ponytail and three other strands beaded.
"Hey, Marlie," Naeko said back. Marlie was a good friend of Naeko's, even if she was a bit of an air-head. "What's up?"
"'What's up?' You've been away for how many weeks and all I get is 'What's up?'" Marlie sounded indignant, and Naeko chuckled. Such a drama queen.
"I've only been gone for a month or so. You can't have missed me that much," Naeko said as she bent down to retrieve her first hour's textbook and workbooks.
"Oh really?" Marlie stepped forward so that she could lean against Naeko's neighboring locker and watched as Naeko shuffled through various folders and books. "By the way, weren't you supposed to be gone for the whole year? Why'd ya come back early?" After a moment she added hastily, "Not that I'm disappointed or anything. I'm really glad to have ya back!"
"I missed it here. Going back to a place with a lot of old memories can take a harsh toll on your sanity," Naeko said jokingly, even if it was true.
Marlie was silent. Oops, even if she had tried to make it sound like she was joking, Naeko wasn't much of an actress. Even the air-headed Marlie knew what Naeko was talking about. How long had it been since Naeko had told her friend about her deceased sister? Too long to remember, anyway. "So…you still remember her that much?"
"Yeah…" Naeko shut her locker and turned to face Marlie. "But it's okay. I'm not going to turn all emo and try and take over the world or anything." That's Light's job.
"Oi, Naeko." Both Naeko and Marlie turned to see Light walking down the crowded hall with his books under his arm. Well, speak of the devil. Or, Shinigami, whichever came first.
Marlie turned to Naeko quickly and asked, "Who's that? I've never seen him around here before. How does he know you?" Ah, and the barrade of questions come forth.
Naeko smiled softly and said, "That's Light Yagami. He lives next to my aunt, and I used to play with him a lot whenever I visited that section of town. So, I guess you could say we're childhood friends."
"Yeah, but why's he here?" Light was getting closer, and Marlie's voice dropped dramatically in volume so that he wouldn't hear.
Naeko just shrugged. "I asked him to come back to the United States with me, so he followed me using the foreign exchange student program." It was true, of course, but Naeko didn't have to say why Light came with her, did she?
"Yo, Naeko," Light said again once he reached the lockers the two girls were standing at.
"Hey," Naeko replied, as if they hadn't just walked in the school doors together a few minutes ago. "What's up? Find all your classes already?" Naeko spoke all in English, and Light could understand her perfectly. Well, it seems that sometimes last minute studying does help.
"Yeah, I found them," Light replied. He sounded funny talking in English, because of his accent. Marlie giggled and extended her hand for Light to shake.
"Hello, nice to meet you, Light. I'm Marlie, one of Naeko's friends." Light twitched a little when Marlie called him by his first name, but he shook hands with the shorter girl and replied with, "Nice to meet you."
Marlie giggled again, and Naeko rolled her eyes when the girl wasn't looking. Besides being ditzy, the girl was also totally boy-crazy, and the fact that Light was a good-looking, polite, young man didn't help the matter. Ah, well. Sometimes the best friends are the mentally insane ones.
Just then the bell rang, and Naeko jumped out of her stupor. "That's the warning bell, we'd better get to class," she said automatically.
Light looked rather skeptical. "You have another four minutes until the late bell rings, and you can walk slowly around the whole school twice in four minutes, it's so small. I don't think you'll be late."
"Yeah, but it's better to be sure," Naeko argued. "We don't want you to have a tardy on the very first day of school in America, do we?" Margie looked between the two bickering students and sided with Naeko.
"She's right, Light," Margie said, and then giggled. "Ooh, that rhymed! Right, Light. Haha! Well, I'll see you in class, Naeko!" Margie waved and then raced down the hallway. Light and Naeko watched her leave with incredulous looks.
Light sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "Well, whatever. I'll see you at lunch, okay?" Naeko nodded and Light leaned down, placing a tiny, loving kiss on her forehead. Then the teen walked away, in the opposite direction of where Naeko was going to be headed. Naeko watched him walk away, and when he disappeared into a classroom door she sighed and touched her heart, where she could feel her heartbeat racing. Well, I guess I'm can't ignore it any longer. I'm falling head over heels for that idiot. Even if he is a power-hungry, sadistic smart ass.
Naeko stood there a moment longer, and then the school bell rang, signaling the last bell.
"AWWW, SHIT!"
Yeah, really short. But hey, you guys barely gave me any reviews! So we're going back to the 1 review 1 page of Blessed Notes. I seriously think that's fair. Unless I get, like, 20 reviews. I'm only going up to 10 pages maximum, that way I can update faster.
Love you everyone! Even if the feeling is unrequited!