The new addition ch2
Chapter Two
Luka's P.O.V.
The annoying, smiley girl with pigtails dragged me off into the herd of other kids, to a small boy with freakishly pale skin and white hair. The annoying girl, Linda, introduced him as Near. I stared at him and he stared back. No words were exchanged, but after a minute I glanced at Linda who was standing there, looking like a complete idiot, then back at Near. He understood and smiled, feeling my pain, and I let the corner of my mouth lift into a slightly crooked smile. She then pointed at a skinny blond boy with a bob cut, playing soccer and wearing all black.
"That's Mello. He's number 'two'," Then she whispered, "He's under Near, but he used to be number one, and he hates Near for taking his place!" She said it like she couldn't believe it. To me it made perfect sense. I would have felt the same. No offense to the pale boy. She then pointed to the red-headed boy and the girl with long curly brown hair sitting on the bench near Mello. The boy was actively playing his game boy, while the girl was completely engrossed in Mello's game. She had a black sketchbook in her lap and a pencil sticking out of the messy bun her hair was pulled into.
"That's Matt, he's third. He's a freak, a nerd, and Mello's partner in crime. He's the only one who can stand him besides Noa, and she's practically Mello's stalker!"
I didn't understand. They seemed nice enough to me. It's not like they were punching babies or kicking puppies. That's when I noticed that Linda was staring at my bandages. Linda seemed, to me, to be a very snotty and rude girl and I didn't like her she reminded me of my parents and how they treated people they saw as beneath them. So I told her just that.
"I don't like you." And that was all I said as I turned and walked off towards Mello, Matt, and Noa, whose heads snapped towards me (along with everybody else's) when Linda began to wail (It was almost more obnoxious than her smile). Mello looked from my bored expression to Linda's hysterical show, and grinned maniacally and looked to Matt.
"I like this one Matty." Noa giggled and Matt smiled, but did not look away from his game again. I stopped before the trio. Mello spoke first. "I like your work." He nodded towards the sobbing girl in my wake. I accepted the praise with a small nod, and then sat next to Matt. I stared at the screen then looked back at his face.
"Zelda?" Matt's fingers stopped their furious movement on the buttons. But when he did, he looked at me. The me past the bandages. It's like they weren't there to him, and I felt a small smile tug at the corner of my mouth. Linda was wrong.
"Yes, that would be correct." He looked curiously at me. "You like games?" I nodded furiously and smiled.
Mello stood there and watched us converse about various games before he asked, "Do you like sports?" I gave him a nervous smile.
"Some. I...I like soccer." He grinned at me.
"What about pranks?" Mello asked.
"And Art?" Noa added hastily looking at me with curious blue eyes.
My eye widened and a smirk spread across my face. "Only on people I don't like. And yes, I like art, but I'm not very good."
The threesome grinned at me with identical Cheshire grins, and then Mello spoke, "We'll get along just fine."
Time Jump 5 Years
We were all standing in front of the placement board. I was searching for my name in the tens and twentys and couldn't seem to find it. This was strange. I'd thought I'd done fairly well on my exams. Matt, Mello, and Noa were checking their placement in the top five when Noa gasped. Mello smirked and Matt smiled. I looked at my friends curiously. Matt motioned for me to come and look, so I did.
"Read the list Luka." Matt said, still smiling. I was very confused, to say the least. I looked at the list, reading in my head. 'Near...Mello...Matt…Noa ...Luka...wait!' I stood, staring, with my mouth hanging open. I'm sure I looked like a complete n00b, but I couldn't bring myself to care. I was in the top 5! I turned slowly to look at my friends, smiling like an idiot. Noa rushed forward, wrapping me I a tight hug.
"Oh, I'm so very proud of you!" She exclaimed crushing me to her already developing 13 year old chest.
"Put her down, Noa." Mello said sounding extremely bored. "You're crushing her." She dropped me instantly and I stood, hands on knees, gasping for breath, my eyes wide.
(My right eye never regained its color or sight, and I never expected it to. I just kept my hair and bangs long so people wouldn't stare. Much...)
Matt patted my back. "I think some celebration is in order." I stood back up and looked up at Matt, smiling.
(Yes, while Matt and Mello shot up like weeds, Noa and I grew more slowly, but now even she was taller than me and better endowed...anyways since I'd stayed...petite, Mello and Matt were a good head taller than me and had a good four or five inches on Noa.)
We arrived back at the dorms shortly after our visit to the score board. Noa and I walked into Matt's room, leaving the door open for them. Mello and Noa sat on the bed, while Matt and I quickly turned on the game stations and set up for game day celebration. Mello pulled a chocolate bar out of his bag and began snapping away at it. Noa just sat sprawled out beside him on the bed. They were obviously at an awkward stage, considering Noa had finally confessed about a month ago, after four and a half long years of debate with herself and me. Mello hadn't known what to do so he'd snapped at her and made her feel horrible. The next day, she walked into lessons with her nose pierced. Needless to say, it had not gone over well. They still hung out together, but I think it was more for mine and Matt's sakes than anything else. That, and Noa still wouldn't give up on Mello.
As soon as Matt and I had turned onto the TV and systems, we picked out a vs. game and went at it (so to speak).
I totally pwnd him. I'd beat Matt at every game so far, and I was quite proud of myself! It was really pissing him off. Mello and Noa had gone off a while ago to do something or other. I hadn't been paying attention at the time (too busy pwning Matt). They'd been gone about an hour. I heard the telltale beeping of the game over screen and turned to look at Matt, grinning like a mad man. "Now what's the score Matty?"
"Shut up." He growled, pouting, and crossing his arms. I ignored his demand and continued my teasing.
"I mean seriously, Matt! What's up? Are you on a losing streak or what?"
"Shut up Luka." I continued ignoring him.
"So Matt, do tell. How does it feel to lose to a gir-!" I never finished because next thing I knew I was flat on my back with a pissed off Matt pinning me down on the bed. I felt his game controller dig painfully into my side. Needless to say, I was shocked! He leaned down real close until I could hear his breathing in my ears and feel it on my face.
"I told you to shut up." He said calmly, and that's when it happened. He kissed me. Yeah, that's right KISSED me. It was so short and sudden that I almost thought that I'd imagined it! Then the door swung open. Mello and Noa walked in, bickering, and then there was a brief silence. I felt my face heat up and I tried to push Matt off, but he still wouldn't move. He was just staring at me like he was wishing he could kiss me again, he didn't.
"What are you doing!" Noa practically yelled into the awkward silence. That seemed to register in Matt's head. He shot me an apologetic look and climbed off of me. Mello gave Matt a knowing look before speaking.
"We came to ask you if you guys were hungry, but we could just come back later." Mello smirked. Matt and I both turned pink.
"No, that's ok. We'll come. I'm pretty hungry." I said. I was quite happy to hear that my voice was much calmer than I actually felt. Matt said nothing. He just nodded in agreement. Nothing more was said as we left for the café, video games forgotten.
TBC
A/N: Hope you're all enjoying the fic! And will hopefully continue to do so. Anyhow, please review(if you can)! It'll only take a minute, I promise! -smiles- And I would really appreciate it. Well, till next time. -waves-
P.S. in reference to the piercing situation im going on the assumption that it would probably be against the rules at whammys to have piercings(y'kno like how it is at private skools and such) noa is trying to get mellos attention by acting out that and mello sees her as a goodiegoodie and she is trying to change his opinion of her. so she decides she is going to pierce something every time she gets rejected by him.