So, I got quite a few reviews for the first chapter –thanks- so I thought that I'd update. I have not much a clue where this story may be going, but it's only the second chapter. If I decide to continue, I would have probably given much more thought to it, although I am not saying I haven't been thinking about it.
Oh yeah and I had no idea of what A, X and Z looked like so I made up their features from my own imagination!
Disclaimer: I still own BB! He and L sleep in my bedroom! XD
Chapter 2:
Dinner time, a time to satisfy your day-long hunger that you had not ever noticed its growth of.
Alternative and Kay were especially hungry. They were wolfing down bowls of soup and plates of meat. Xanthus and Zero ate together, chatting to each other as if nobody else existed. And Backup sat by himself, barely eating. Hood also sat by herself, although she was told by Roger that she should probably sit with somebody. She refused and sat in the corner to eat, although she did not touch the food on her plate. Every time she made a movement, she could feel eyes boring into her. She felt too uncomfortable to even twitch. The girl looked away from her full plate. Yes. People were staring at her, only because she was new. New children were always interesting, and the older ones always wanted to know what they were hiding, well, at least until somebody else comes along.
"What are you called?" Somebody asked her. The boy was recognised as Alternative. He had dark brown hair that looked like he had tried to spike it up earlier, but the gel he used wasn't very strong. His skin wasn't exactly pale but it definitely was not tanned.
"Do you mean my name?" The girl asked. Everybody's voices had either muted, or Hood could not hear them anymore. Hood chose the latter. As if anybody would quieten to hear what she had to say.
"No, idiot. Not your name, what did Ruvie call you when he met you?" Kay cut in, she sounded rather annoyed.
"Mr. Ruvie said my new name was Hood." She scrunched her nose up at the word. She didn't exactly want to get called 'hood'. A hood was something that was attached to your jacket to cover your head, not a name! Alternative snorted.
"How formal, Hood!" A laughed. B groaned, he obviously did not find that funny. Kay had a little giggle and X and Z barely noticed he said anything. "Most of the kids just call him Roger." He explained. Hood said nothing in return.
"Children, its getting rather late." An elderly man exclaimed as he wandered into the room. The elderly man was Watari. He was tapping on the face of his pocket watch which was attached to a chain inside his jacket.
A groaned simultaneously with K. B had already dropped his eating utensils and had wandered out of the room with silence. X and Z looked away from each other for a moment to hear what Watari had to say. The elderly man placed the watch back inside his inner pocket.
"It is approximately 8:30 PM. You all had a late dinner tonight. That will not be happening again. Curfew is supposed to be now, so finish your dinners and head to your rooms. Remember, lights out at 9." He told everyone. He turned his head to Hood as he pulled up a chair beside her. "How are you liking it here?" He asked only loud enough for her to hear.
Hood just mumbled. "It's ok. The kids aren't very nice, but I'm fine." The girl told him. Watari nodded with a tiny smile.
"I'm sure they'll warm up to you." He promised and got up to leave.
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Hood dug her hands deep into the pockets of her jacket as she walked by herself through the well lit rooms, looking for hers in particular. All of the other kids had already ran back, so unfortunately she could not follow because she was not one of those kids who could run without getting bored or feeling too lazy to continue in the end. Hood was also not one of those people who liked to ask for too much help. She never wanted to sound needy or whiny. She hated that.
Yes. The girl was lost. She had no idea where she was going. She was just wandering aimlessly around the ground floor of the mansion. She had come across a few stair cases but she refused to walk up them by herself. Who knows what could be up there.
She continued to wander around for what seemed like half an hour, when she found herself in front of Roger's office. She had a choice, she could knock on his door and ask him how to get to her room, or she could continue to wander around and find her own way.
She stood in front of the door for a minute before she lifted her fist to gently knock. Before she could continue on with this action, the door opened.
"Shouldn't you be in bed?" An annoyed male voice recognised as Rogers asked. The girl lifted her head. He was frowning. "It's 9:30, you should have been in your room an hour ago." The girl felt like an idiot.
"I was just about to knock on your door and ask you..." She trailed off, her eyes slid past Roger and into his office. The girl noticed two other people inside. One was who she thought was Watari and another. The other, she thought may have been Backup. He had untidy black hair that would have hung below his shoulders if it weren't spiked at the back. The only difference she could tell was with his shirt- it was white.
"Ask what?"
"If you could show me where my room is." She muttered. The person with the white shirt turned around. The girl figured out this definitely was not Backup. This person was much more paler than the other and his eyes were so dark they were almost black. The girl only got a glance of the other boy before she turned her attention back to Roger.
"You should have remembered where it is." Roger spoke bitterly. Kids really did annoy him. The man turned around as he felt a hand on his shoulder.
"I'll take her to her room on the way to mine." The boy offered. Roger looked like he was thinking for a second. The teenage boy had a blank expression on his face and Hood was staring at the two of them.
"Are you sure?" Ruvie asked. The teenager nodded.
"I was just about to head there myself." He told him.
"Fine."
Hood watched as the taller teenage boy dug his hands deeply in his pockets and wandered out of the room with a slouch. Roger tightly closed the door behind him. His eyes were a very dark grey and he had dark rims around his eyes that faded into purple. Unlike Backup, this was not makeup.
'Could this be the 6th orphan?' The girl thought with curiosity, keeping a critical eye on him. The teenage boy was just staring ahead. He knew the girl was watching him, trying to figure out whether she was safe with him or not.
"I take it you are Hood?" He asked. He sounded bored and very tired. Hood did not dare remove her eyes from him.
"Yes." She answered. She had suddenly noticed how much more she had been speaking on this day, which was surprising taking on account of the fact that she never spoke. "I take it you are the 6th orphan, 'Lost One'?"
"Mmhmm." He mumbled. "The oldest and smartest." Hood could tell he was the oldest, because all of the other orphans weren't as tall and weren't as mature as this one seemed.
"How old are you?" She asked.
"My age is of unimportance. How old are you?" He brushed off. Hood narrowed her eyes.
"You expect me to answer my own question when you won't answer it yourself?" She growled.
"Yes." His voice was louder than that of a mumble but it was still fairly quiet thanks to his usual monotone. The girl growled at him again.
The two walked together in silence. L led her up a set of stairs right at the back of the ground level. The girl did not feel safe walking up these steps into the hallway where her room was located. She grabbed onto the railings as she stood step after step, following the older teenage boy in front of her.
L led her into the familiar hallway which Watari had showed her earlier. This time the lights were on, so the corridor was no longer pitch black. She could see clearly inside the area and could easily see her door at the back. She turned back to L. He was already gone so she didn't have to thank him. She hadn't even heard him leave.
The girl slowly wandered over to her door and opened it. The room was dark and very, very cold. She felt the hair on the back of her neck stand and her skin begin to grow goose bumps. She felt around the wall to find the light switch, but could not find it. She eventually gave up and took a deep breath before walking in. A cold gust of wind blew from the window and the girl jumped as the door slammed behind her. It didn't take too long for her eyes to grow accustomed to the dark.
She could see a bed in the middle of the room with her case on the end of it. She could not remember even bringing it in there when she first saw the room. There was a chest of drawers on one side of the room and on the opposite side was a large window, the blinds were tightly drawn shut.
She carefully felt around the walls to lead herself to the bed. She reached the bedside table. She let the tips of her fingers trace the smooth wood underneath until she found the bed and collapsed on it.
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L opened up his bedroom door. He never cared for flicking the lights on, he doubted that anybody would ever try to break into his room. He pulled his hands out of his pockets and closed the door behind him. He could still see quite clearly in the room, his curtains had been left open and the moonlight had always shined in his room.
"Hello, L." L felt his heart stop.
"Whoever you are, you shouldn't be in here." L informed the intruder in his room.
"Kekekeke..." The intruder laughed. L would have been able to recognise that laugh easily, from anywhere. "Oh L, it's only me."
"Backup? What are you doing in here?" L demanded.
"Don't call me 'Backup'!" L felt a force push him to the floor. He yelped in pain as the younger male sat on his chest and held his windpipe. L quickly grabbed B's arms by his elbows.
The moonlight shined into his eyes, making it seem as if his red pupils were glowing. The black makeup under his eyes made them even more prominent. The shadow occupied most of his face but left his grin, which was showing his unnaturally white teeth and ghost like skin.
Backup chortled a laugh, which was coming out as a dark snigger. "Look at you, L. You look so pathetic under me." He sneered, licking his around his mouth. He leant closer, so his lips were at his ear. "I'm quite enjoying watching you so powerless." He whispered. L knocked B's arms over him, pressing down on his shoulders and the younger teen fell, landing on top of the older teen. L rolled on top of him and pressed his hands to the carpet.
"Now who's the powerless one?" He growled. BB smirked.
"Still you, L." He told him, as his head lifted as far as it could.
He head butted him in the forehead. L groaned as he felt a headache begin to form, but he did not remove his grip from Backup's hands. B lifted his head up again and head butted him again. L began to feel dizzy. B knew how L was feeling at the moment so he decided that one more head butt would give him the upper hand. L fell back on the floor and stared up at the ceiling. B leant over and came back into his line of vision. He was grinning again. He leant forward and kissed him on the cheek.
"You are weak." The red eyed boy smirked. L felt his eyelids drop and everything went darker.
Soon, L opened his eyes again. The first thing he noticed was how much his mind was aching. His brain was throbbing. L wasn't sure if he had imagined B in his room or if he really was in there. He sat up, running his hand through his hair. The room was very quiet. The teen climbed to his feet. As he had done this, he swaggered a bit before gaining his balance. He walked towards his door and turned the knob. It was locked from the inside. 'Does this mean that I only imagined him in here? It felt too real... I couldn't have imagined it!' He wondered.
There we go, second chapter! Did L just imagine BB in his room? If no, how could he exit the room and lock it from the inside?