Chapter 8 – How Do You Like Me Now?
The next day, at Wammy's, Mello was the centre of attention. His fight with Matt had led to a broken nose and a very bruised face. He was found unconscious in his and Matt's bedroom almost an hour after their fight when the carers were checking everyone was in bed. He stayed in the hospital dormitory that night and against the nurse's best efforts, insisted he be allowed to go to classes the next day.
And so with his face battered and bruised, Mello made his way to English literature, his first class that he shared with Matt.
As he walked into the classroom, Matt put his head down. He was the only person in the class who didn't ask what had happened.
Mello looked over at Matt. The redheads head was down and his goggles were pulled down over his eyes.
"Matt and I had a fight, it appears he believes in fighting dirty," Mello said as he glared at the redhead.
"Sit down, everyone," the teacher said loudly.
Everyone took their seats and Mello made his way over to an empty seat on the other side of the room.
After a few minutes, the class had settled into doing their work and Matt felt it was ok to lift his head. As he did, a note landed on his table. Looking around quickly, he couldn't see who had thrown it his way.
"How do you like me now?" it read. He knew exactly who it was from.
Matt hurried from his class the moment they were dismissed. The second he was outside, he pulled a pack of cigarettes out of his pocket and sighed as he lit one up.
"Matt," someone called from behind him. As he turned around, he was punched squarely in the face.
"What the fuck?" he said as he tried to stop the blood dripping on to his cigarette. "Who the hell do you think you are, Mark?"
"Me? Who do you think you are beating up a kid for no good reason? What did Mello ever do to you?"
"If Mello has an issue with me I'm sure he can sort it out himself. This is between me and him," Matt said before kicking the boy named Mark in the shin and walking away to finish his cigarette in peace.
"Matt, Roger told me he wants to speak with you," A girl said as Matt walked into the dining room a few minutes later.
Looking around Matt sighed. Mello was surrounded by a large gang of boys, all of which were staring at Matt while Mello was sat wearing a smirk and eating chocolate.
"Fucking ass," Matt said as he turned around and walked out of the room.