Authors note: So I know To-oh is not a highschool, but I don't know much About Japanese schools, so bear with me!
Disclaimer: I do not own Deathnote, if I did, there would be at least a single frame with Beyond in it.
Matt's Pov:
I stared at the building as we exited the Black Sedan, it was just an average suburban home in Japan. Masonry stone walls, a large window facing the road, a cherry wood door, stone sidewalk, a picket fence surrounding a fresh green lawn, and some flowers lining the border of the house itself. It was just an average house, and I shouldn't have had a problem with it. But the thing was that, this was our new home, in any other situation I wouldn't have had a problem, but this just wasn't England. To be more specific, it just wasn't Wammy's House, it wasn't stone walls, with murals and stained glass windows, it wasn't a of set ceder double doors, it had no cedar floors, it had no classrooms, no lounge, no mess hall, no backyard with Mello's and I's treehouse. This place wasn't home, I wished it was, but it wasn't, at least I still had Mello though, it could have been much worse than this, like if we were separated..
I looked over at the scowling blond from beside me, who I was sure was critiquing the home just as much as I was, despite his outward appearance.
"Alright boys, I will leave you from here, if there are any problems don't hesitate to call okay?" Watari spoke up from his place by the drivers seat door, and I nodded in response, giving the older man a sheepish smile, while Mello only huffed, beginning to make his way to the house with a; "Let's get this over with" Under his breath.
I followed the leather clad blond immediately, making sure that Near was still following behind us as we made out way over to the door, only glancing back at the fancy car briefly as Watari drove away. Mello stopped at the door, ringing the bell, and waited for a moment. I heard the padding of feet down stairs, before the lock clicked and the door slid open, revealing an older man in his late forties. His mustache slightly grayed, but formally trimmed, his hair streaked with gray and brown, and clad in a casual brown suit. He looked tired at best, but his appearance didn't go without a kind smile, the man almost reminded me of Watari, but a little more stern if anything.
"Boy's, come in" He spoke, stepping out of the entryway and giving us apt room to move through the door, Mello first, then me, then Near traveling slowly and almost cautiously behind me.
"My name is Soichiro Yagami, but you can call me Mr. Yagami, it's nice to meet you" He greeted genuinely, offering me his hand.
I took it compliantly, though I didn't much feel in the mood for greetings. "I'm Matt, it's nice to meet you too" I told him, offering another sheepish smile.
He nodded, before turning to Mello with his hand extended, Mello only gave him a glare, causing Mr. Yagami to frown slightly. Though he didn't say anything, probably expecting at least a little bit of rebellious behavior from our group as he dropped his hand to his side.
"This is them?" A female voice spoke up from the doorway to what was probably the kitchen, and causing me to turn my head. The woman, which I assumed to be Mr Yagami's wife, wore a white apron over a blue sweater and conservative skirt, of course she too had a kind smile on her face as she stepped into the room, her short brown hair tied back into a bun with an elastic.
"Yes, this is Matt, Mello, and Near. Boys, this is my wife Sachiko, Mrs Yagami too you" He told us sternly, but still friendlily as he introduced us.
Mrs Yagami chuckled, "Its nice to finally meet you boys"
"Nice to meet you too" I responded, seeming as Mello nor Near felt like being social, in fact Near was almost hiding behind me, I didn't blame him at all as I shifted nervously in my place beside Mello. Mr Yagami, seeming to realize our discomfort at standing around, spoke up again.
"Alright, well dinner is almost ready, if you would like to put on some slippers, you can put your bags beside the stairs and join us in the kitchen" He stated, "The others will be down soon, they are just finishing up with your rooms. I heard about your friendship with Mello, Matt, so you two will be staying in the same room, while Near, you will be staying with Beyond, who you will meet soon" He informed us. Earning a grateful look from me, Glad that I wouldn't have to share a room with someone I didn't know. though I wasn't aware that we were sharing with anybody else at all, and it was a small surprise.
With a final nod Mr. and Mrs. Yagami headed towards the direction of the kitchen, leaving us to our own devices for the moment. Me and Mello stayed in silence for a few seconds, letting everything so far settle in a little bit. before I spoke up. "Well, I haven't eaten in the last twelve hours, so we might as well get moving" I mumbled matter of factly, leaning down to unlace my combat boots.
Mello and Near followed suit, but I couldn't help but notice how tense the blond's shoulders were as he untied his own boots. I knew he would be edgy, so this wasn't a surprise, I just hoped he wouldn't do anything regrettable.
After Near decided that he didn't want to wear slippers in place of his socks, and me and Mello both slid our now bare feet into the white slippers, we set our bags by the stairs. Though just as we did so, the sound of footsteps and voices sounded from the top floor, causing us to pause. Not more than two seconds later, a raven haired teenager came down from the stairs, pausing when he noticed us and smiling in what seemed to be recognition.
"Hello" He drawled out in a cheerful voice, hopping down the rest of the steps and offering Mello a hand, "You must be the new kids" He spoke in a mocking tone "I'm Beyond"
This time Mello resigned and took the teens hand, "Mello" he greeted tersely.
The ravenette leaned forwards as his gaze drifted over to me and Near as we stood just a step behind Mello. "You must be Matt then, and Near?"
"Yea" I nodded, eyeing his odd appearance. The boy looked our age, a few inches taller maybe, but it was hard to tell with his apparent slouch, he was decked out in a black sweater and baggy jeans, both garments looking to be about two sizes too big for him, making his apparently small frame appear even smaller. His eyes; a dark gray that reminded me of Near's eyes, seemed to have a tint of red in them, and it appeared he was wearing makeup. Foundation, giving his skin a pallor hue, and eyeliner ever so faintly applied underneath his eyes, giving the effect of slight bags underneath his eyes, that or he just didn't get much sleep. It was most likely the former.
A quick look over towards Mello told me he didn't like this kid; again not like he ever likes anybody, but even I wasn't so sure about how comfortable I was around him either. I felt bad for Near, recalling that Mr. Yagami had said that the pale boy was going to be rooming with 'Beyond'.
"Nice to meet you" He said, before turning his head towards the stairway, "Hey Light, L, get down here would ya?" he shouted, causing me to raise an eyebrow. What was with the names of these guys? I mean, me and Mello have nicknames, and sure they are kind of odd, well Mello's anyways. But L and Light? What kind of names are those?
A muffled response came from the upper floor, before I heard a door slam and two other boys appeared at the top of the stairs. The first one appeared to be Beyonds twin, though the other reminded me more of what would be considered the epitome of perfection. From his perfectly combed caramel brown hair, to the ironed khakis and white dress shirt he wore.
"Hello" They said in unison as they made their way down the stairs. "I'm Light, and this is L" He pointed to the slouched figure beside him as he stopped in front of us. "It's nice to meet you"
"Nice to meet you too, You can call me Matt, and this is Mello and Near" I nodded to each of the boys beside me.
"Of course" He smiled, though it seemed more than a little forced. I noticed L give him a sideways look, though it was so brief I'm not sure I even saw it.
"well, welcome home" L spoke up, pressing his thumb to his lip in an odd gesture. "Why don't we go to the kitchen, I believe dinner is ready" He suggested.
"Sure" I mumbled in agreement, looking over at Mello who just shrugged. He definitely wasn't all that happy.
"Alright" The ravenette said, making his way around us in what seemed to be his signature slouch. Beyond followed right behind him, a slight skip in his step and, I noticed his slouch was less prominent than L's. Actually every feature of Beyond's seemed to be a less prominent one of L's, weird.
We followed their lead, coming into the kitchen where Mr. and Ms. Yagami were just finishing setting the table. When we all entered the room they both looked up at us.
"Nice to see everyone is here" Mr. Yagami said in a humoring tone, glancing at Beyond patronizingly, only to earn a grin. "Take a seat" He said as he did so himself. The sound of chairs scraping the floor sounded as we all complied and took a seat, Mello sitting on the left of me, and Near on the right, Light, L and Beyond across from us and Mr. and Mrs. Yagami at each ends of the table.
"I hope you boys are alright with fish, rice and vegetables. I tried my best to make a simple meal for you, but the diet will still be an adjustment" Mrs. Yagami said as we settled down in our seats.
"We will be fine, I haven't eaten in twelve hours so food is food" I joked as I took a bite of rice. It seemed I was the only one who was going to converse with the family though, as Mello was in a bad mood and Near didn't like speaking in general it seemed.
My reassurance earned a smile from Ms. Yagami, though Mello's voice interrupted anything else that may have been said as he pointed a fork at Beyond and L. "Why are you two sitting like that?" He questioned in something close to a patronizing drawl. I looked over at the two ravenettes at his voice, and sure enough both were more crouched than seated on their chairs, both knees drawn up to their chests and toes just breaking the rim of the chairs.
L looked up from his questionable meal of cake, a blank expression on his face as he responded, but I did see his lip twitch in what could have been a withheld smile "I have to sit this way, if I sat any other way my deduction abilities would drop by over forty percent" He stated as if he was talking about the weather. "Unlike me though, Beyond just likes to copy everything I do" He said, though there did seem to be a lilt to his voice now, unlike before.
Mello only gave him an incredulous look. While I was looking back and forth between the two, eventually I spoke up. "So you two really aren't twins?" I asked to confirm my earlier suspicions.
Light, and Beyond chuckled at that, while Mr. and Ms. Yagami just looked amused. L's expression was unreadable, but there was a hint of mirth there. "No, we aren't even related at all" He told me with a small smile.
"Huh" Was all I said in response, earning a chuckle from Mello, and eliciting a smile from me despite my confusion at these boys, I loved hearing Mello laugh as he rarely did it at all.
"Well" Mr. Yagami spoke up, bringing everyones attention to him, "I don't know if you're aware, but tomorrow you will be going to school at 7 am, Light, L and Beyond will be going with you" he told us, turning the conversation around.
"That sucks" Was my only response to this new information, along with a slight pout. I didn't like school at wammy's, and even Mello didn't seem excited at the prospect of classes after a long plane ride like today.
Mello's Pov:
I rolled over in the bed again, letting out a huff. I couldn't get comfortable at all, it was too hot, too cold, and from what I could tell Matt was still asleep from across the room in his own bed. But I honestly didn't know for sure, after knowing him for so many years I realized that he was an expert at pretending to sleep. Something I suspected came from his childhood, but we never talked about how we got to Wammy's house, so I could never be sure.
I didn't have a good day, so it was reasonable that I couldn't sleep, not to mention jet lag. But still, it was too much for me to handle in one day, no matter how much I would deny it and hide it. I wasn't as strong as I let on, and I was stressed out. But nontheless I eventually spoke up, hoping that Matt was awake. I didn't know how he would be able to help with my insomnia, but then again I didn't really care.
"Matt, you awake?" I whispered, earning a 'Hm?' sound after a second. "I can't sleep" I stated to the lump on the other bed.
He rolled over, opening his eyes in the process to look at me in the dim lighting. "Me neither" He told me softly, "We should try though" He stated, earning a scowl from me.
"I can't" I told him, earning a snort.
"Typical, can you read a book or something if you won't at least try?" He suggested, letting his eyes close.
"No" I told him stubbornly, and cringed as I heard my voice crack a little. He surely noticed I was upset. I didn't even know why I had asked if he was awake, he couldn't help me fall asleep. I just needed to do what Matt does and wait for sleep to come.
He was silent for a second, then; "Want me come in bed with you?" He suggested, turning my face a light shade of pink.
"No" I grumbled again, rolling over in my bed and pulling the blanket over myself. "We're not five anymore Mattie" I told him, and that was right, we were to old too share a bed anymore.
I heard his bed creak, signaling to me that he was going back to trying to sleep, but then I heard the floorboards creak as he walked over to my bed. "Matt?" I questioned as he climbed into my bed and lay next to me, but he didn't responded as he pulled the blankets over us and buried his face in behind my neck. It felt awkward, and I tensed my body in reaction. Though I didn't say anything and let him lie there. Instead I just ignored his cool breath on my neck, and the warmth of his body beside mine. Eventually I managed to fall asleep, better than before, but I still felt uncomfortable.
L's Pov:
I walked back into the bedroom, towel draped over my dark locks as I closed the door behind myself. Light looked up at my entrance from his place by his desk, where he was organizing his books.
"Good morning Light-Kun" I drawled as I went over to my dresser, leaning down to pick out a shirt for the day.
"Morning" he spoke dismissively as he proceeded to shuffle his books around behind me. I looked up at him, noticing the low tilt to his voice as I pulled a white shirt over my head, dropping the towel in the process.
"Whats wrong?" I questioned, standing up and walking over to the brunette.
"Nothing" He mumbled as he leaned back in his chair to look at me, his hair falling against gravity as he gave me one of his signature smiles. One of his fake ones. I frowned.
"It's not nothing, we both know its not" I told him, "Is it to do with the boys from England?" I asked, though I was fairly certain that that wasn't the case.
"No, it's not, just forget it okay L?" He asked me, his eyes pleading. My frown deepened, not used to seeing Light this distraught about something. I had always known him to hide things, it wasn't new, but I had never known him to look as pleading as he did now.
"Alright, I'm going to go wake up Matt-san and Mello-san, it appears they are still asleep" I told him as I turned away. I would leave it for now, but that didn't mean I wouldn't figure out what was up.
"Yea I noticed, hopefully they don't need more than 20 minutes to get ready though" He chuckled as I made my way out the door, I smiled in response as I exited the room and closed the door behind myself.
Light and I's room was at the way end of the hallway, with the biggest window of all the bedrooms. Then there was Beyond's and Near's, and finally Mello's and Matt's closest to the stairs. I had been a bit concerned about how well Beyond would get along with Near. When I came here four years ago I came with Beyond, so I would know better than anybody how much of an annoyance Beyond could be as a roommate. But when I saw the two at breakfast this morning they seemed all right, so it was a relief. This whole thing was certainly an adjustment for everybody, even me.
I made my way to the last room in the hallway and opened the door, knowing that the two were still quite asleep. I wasn't exactly to surprised when I saw the duo snuggled on the same bed. Maybe I should have been, but from what I could tell, the two had been friends for a long time. Longer than Light and I, and with such a big movement in their lives it was beyond reasonable.
I closed the door behind myself and walked into their room until I was beside their bed, I leaned down slightly. "Matt, Mello, you need two wake up" I told them, shaking the half naked redhead. "Matt" I decided to focus on the redhead. He squirmed slightly in response, but didn't wake up. They probably hadn't gotten much sleep last night. "Wake up"
"Huh?" The redheads eyes fluttered open sleepily for a second, before he turned his head to look at me with squinted eyes. "Wha?"
"School starts in twenty minutes, you two slept in" I told him, watching as he blinked in confusion a few more times as he pieced together everything from the last few days.
"Kay" He rubbed at his eyes for a moment, Before turning around in his bed to face Mello, he shook the boy lightly. "Mel's wake up" he murmured, trying to wake up the blond.
Seeing that the two would probably be down soon enough, I exited the room without another word.
Light's Pov:
I opened the door for everybody once we got to the front gates, watching as the group passed me. Matt and Mello looking overwhelmed and tired, the pale boy; Near, looking indifferent but slightly nervous and L and Beyond looking how they usually do, L calm and collected as ever while Beyond had a purposeful look on his face. I frowned, not sure if I wanted to know why the ravenette looked so interested in school today, it couldn't be just because of the newest family members.
"Wow, this place is big" Matt commented in awe as he walked through the doors, Mello only gave a disinterested nod, clearly not caring about the size.
I nodded in response, glancing around the busy hallways of the school, no doubt Misa would be coming barreling over here soon. It would be nice if I could manage to avoid her until my classes started..
"Light!" I frowned at L as I recognized the voice of the cheery blond, before turning my head to the girl with a smile. But not missing L's amused smirk and the curious looks of Mello and Matt. "I missed you so much!" She chirped as she threw herself at me, I moved my arms to catch her and hold her to my chest, giving out a forced chuckle in the process.
"Misa I saw you yesterday, you couldn't miss me" I told her, forcing my voice to stay in an amused tone, but my irritation at the cheery girl leaked through slightly. Luckily she didn't seem to notice.
"I know...but Teru and Takada aren't good company at all" She pointed out, landing a peck on my cheek.
"They aren't that bad" I told her dismissively as I turned towards the group beside me, inwardly annoyed that she was holding onto me like her lifeline. "Alright, I can show you to the Principals Office if you would like" I told the three boys, who nodded in response, Matt and Mello still eyeing Misa uncertainly.
"Who are you?" Misa then asked, finally noticing the three new kids and detaching herself from me to walk over to them.
"I'm Matt" The redhead offered, along with an uncomfortable and awkward wave.
"Matt, Mello and Near came from England, they are in the same foster system as us" L pitched in, seeing Misa's confused expression.
"Oh, Well nice to meet you, I'm Misa!" She chirped, before her gaze drifted to Near and she leaned down in front of the uncomfortable looking boy "You're so cute, I bet you could wear girls clothing" She giggled, causing me to cringe, Near just looked uncomfortable, but responded anyways.
"I do not see the point, my current clothing is fine" He pointed out, a frown on his face.
Misa just giggled, ruffling his hair as she stood up, causing the boy to go ridged at the touch. I cut in before she said anything else. "Well, lets get a move on" I paused, holding out my bag to Misa, "Misa could you bring my bag to our first class for me?" I asked her sweetly, earning a pleasant smile from the girl.
"Of course Light, I'll see you soon!" She chirped as she took my bag and headed off in the direction of the classes. I waited until she was finally out of sight, I would gave let out a frustrated sigh if I was alone, but instead I just gestured for the boys to follow me and began to walk in the direction of the Principals Office with a "This way"
Once we got to the pine wood doorway, I stopped and knocked on the door. "You should be fine from here" I told them with a smile, seconds before the door opened and an older man with greying hair appeared in the doorway.
"Ah, you're here, come in" He simply said before going back inside he office. Reluctantly Near entered the room, followed by a grumpy looking Mello, and Matt was last, trailing behind the blond.
"Thanks for showing us here" He said with a small grin, before he closed the door behind himself.
"Well come on Light, Misa awaits" L spoke as he started walking in the direction of our classes, I scowled at the raven haired boy, but followed anyways. Leaving Beyond behind to go wherever he would like to until his classes started.
"This is going to be an exciting day" L remarked as I came up beside him.
"Yea, it will be, hopefully Mello doesn't get into a fight before lunch-time though, he seems like the type" I joked.
"I agree" L nodded. "On another note, good tactic for getting rid of Misa-Chan"
I scowled at him, "Yea, if only I could get rid of her forever" I grumbled.
"Now, now Light, Just because she is annoying doesn't mean that she is a bad person" He pointed out, earning another scowl from me, but a softer one this time.
Near's Pov:
I stared at the blank paper in front of me, ignoring the bustling children around me, working on their own art projects. Wammy's never made me draw on paper, they always gave me other things to do besides drawing. Like turning the page into a puppet and then painting it, never had I been forced to use a pencil and draw something on paper before..I had no idea what to do.
I twirled a piece of hair in my fingers, contemplating the picture, I could imagine each line that I should draw, I had the whole thing memorized, it was just a barn. But I had never bothered with drawing like this before, always clay puppets that I had to paint at the most.
I didn't like this, and the other kids were already starting on there drafts.
"Hey you're Near right?" A girls voice spoke up from across the table, causing me to look up at the brunette that had taken a seat across from me at the beginning of the class.
"I am" I told her.
"I'm Linda, you look like your having some trouble there, have you ever done this before?" She asked me, her brown eyes sparkling as her lips formed a pleasant smile.
"Not like this" I told her, not understanding what she was getting at.
"Well would you like me to help you?" She offered, already getting ready to move her supplies to my side of the table.
It couldn't hurt. "It would be much appreciated, thank you"
"Anytime" she said, her smile widening as she began to move all of her things to my side, I probably should have, but I didn't help her. Not that she seemed to mind once she settled in beside me.
"Okay, so first we need to start with a 9H pencil, it's the thinest" She said, handing me a blue pencil, I took it. "Then we need to use a ruler to get five straight lines like in the picture" She then put a ruler on my page, holding it in the right position for the line. Uncertainly I took the pencil and drew the first line, she then moved the ruler to the next spot for a line, quickly learning, I followed her pattern and drew the line lightly on each spot that she placed the ruler, smiling slightly as we got into a rhythm and worked on each other's pictures, creating our drafts.
Matt's Pov:
I glanced around the lunch room, searching for Mello. We only had one class together, which was our first, so I had lost him for most of the day. I continued my visual search, hoping that he hadn't gotten himself into some kind of trouble. We both knew it was very likely with his track record at wammy's. Eventually I caught sight of the leather clad blond with a group of sporty looking boys, his eyes narrowed at one boy with black hair as the boy seemed to have made a comment that Mello didn't like. I could see the irritation swirling around in his expression even from over here. Concerned, I began to make my may through the crowds of teens over to my friend.
"you totally look like a girl though dude" The boy chuckled, clearly oblivious to Mello's urge to hit him as I came up to the small group.
"Hey, whats going on Mells?" I questioned them once I was no more then five feet away, even though I knew very well what was happening.
The boy who was teasing Mello turned to me then, recognition flaring in his eyes immediately. "Hey your that geek that Aki was flirting with" He commented, the malice barely hidden in his voice. I blinked at him, hardly recalling what he was talking about, there were so many people that had talked to me today, and I didn't recall anybody flirting with me.
"I don't know what you're talking about" I told him honestly.
"Oh don't be an idiot, I 'outta hit you, bastard" He sneered, causing me to flinch just slightly, he was bordering on going to far.
"Hey, you shut it, You hit Matt and I'll hit you" Mello then grit out, coming up in front of the boy.
"Yea right, you probably couldn't get a decent hit on me if you tried" He chuckled.
I tensed, knowing exactly what he implied with that, and how Mello was going to react.
"You wanna bet?" The blond sneered dangerously, already drawing back his fist. Only then did the other guy look a little worried, but he still had a taunting expression on his face. By then several people had gathered their attention towards us, and some even stopped close to us to watch, Beyond and L being two faces that I recognized as they gazed on with concerned expressions, even if Beyond's looked more amused than anything.
I didn't stop Mello as he lunged forwards and hit the guy square in the face, the sound of the boys nose breaking from the impact echoing faintly in the air as he fell to the ground in a wreathing mess. Blood streaming from his face, along with tears and pained sobs. Mello began to advance on him further, ready to pummel the boy to the ground, seeing this, the other boy shuffled back on the ground, his brown eyes wide with fear.
"Mello, thats enough" I told my friend, deciding that any more would be going to far just for some mean comments. He sent me a glare, though it relaxed when he saw my concerned expression and instead opted to kick the boy in the stomach. Rather hard, but it was better than what would have happened.
With an angry huff he stormed out of the Cafeteria, leaving the teen choking on his breath on the floor, all of the spectators, and me, behind in the process. I didn't bother going after him, knowing it wouldn't do any good.
"What happened?" The gruff voice that I recognized as Mr. Omori sounded from the group, before the middle aged man made his may into sight. Once he caught sight of the boy on the ground, he quickly made his way over to him, helping the boy sit up. "Who did this? and someone get the nurse" He demanded, pulling a rag out of his dress shirt a handing it to the boy for his nose.
"Why didn't you stop him before he did it?" L's voice sounded by my ear, startling me, and causing me to jump as I turned around to face him, meeting his inquiring gaze.
"Um" I sounded, not sure how to answer, in truth I had never bothered to stop his fights, I only ever made sure they never went to far. "I don't know" I told the teen awkwardly.
"Hm" he sounded thoughtfully for a moment. "well nontheless I think you should tell the principal what happened, do you know where Mello went?" He then questioned.
"He has probably gone home" I told him, going off of memory, at wammy's after a fight Mello always went back to his room and proceeded to trash it. He would probably do the same here, and as usual I would be left to clean it.
"I understand" L said knowingly, earning a slightly curious look from me. What exactly did he understand? "Well, anyways, if you don't tell the principal what happened someone else will, so I suggest you go do that" He nodded over to to man who was currently speaking with a Teacher.
"Alright, you can go now" Mr. Omori told me, tucking a file back into his drawer and giving me a smile. "Thank you for telling me what happened"
"You're welcome" I told him, getting out of my seat. The second I did though thought crossed my mind, causing me to pause. "Mr. Omori, Mello won't get expelled or anything will he?" I questioned, concern evident In my voice as I looked at the man.
He shook his head "I am aware of your situation, so he will only get 20 hours of school service"
"Alright" I responded, giving the man one last grateful smile as I exited the room.
"Mattie Boy!" Someone shouted from behind me the second I closed the office door, before two arms fell over my shoulders. I startled, turning around to see none other than Beyond, as his arms fell off of me.
"What?" I questioned in a higher tone than I would have liked, slowly letting myself relax, though my shoulders still tingled from the unexpected touch.
"Oh nothing" He said with a smile, shoving his hands in his pockets and coming up beside me. I glared at him, though it wasn't near as harsh of a glare as Mello could pull off. "I just wanted to congratulate you on todays events" He stated.
Is he being sarcastic? I can't tell.. "Oh?" I sounded defensively, though he didn't seem to notice.
"Yea, that was a pretty good punch Mello gave that guy" He told me as he continued walking down the hall.
"I guess" I shrugged, "What's it to you?" I then questioned him, catching up to walk beside the teen.
"Nothing really, it was just pretty bad-ass" He commented, shuffling around in his pockets for a moment. Eventually he pulled out a little container of jam and started to pull the tab off, this got a funny look from me. "So anyways-" He said around his jam coated finger that he had stuck in his mouth "-are you joining any clubs?"
I gave him a curious look "Clubs?" I asked, edging him to explain.
"Yea, I just got signed into the band club today, but there's the art club, the studies club, tennis club- That's where L and Light are right now, then there the computer club, garden club-"
"Computer club?" I cut him off immediately, earning look from the boy.
"Yea do you like computers?
"I do" I told him, but redirected the topic quickly, not wanting to talk about my preferences with the teen, "On another note though, L is in the tennis club?" I clarified, not being able to picture the scrawny teen playing any type of active sport.
"Yea, him and Light won the Middle school championships when they were younger, that was before L and I came here so L was in England still" He told me, earning another wondering look from me. How much did I not know about these guys?
"You're from England?"
"Hmhm, sorta, L is from Portsmouth, while I was born in LA and lived there until I was 7, then I was in England until thirteen, when I came here" He informed me dismissively, licking clean his complementary container of jam.
That interested me, in a completely useless way. I guess it was just nice to have something in familiar with this odd group. Though, I could easily imagine myself coming to like them, at least they were interesting.
Authors note: Who hoo! chapter two down! This was, exhausting at best, 6000 words, it actually went farther than that, but, eh. So some things were revealed in this chapter, actually a lot, do you think you know what some of them are?
Q1: Why was Light upset this morning?
Q2: Can you guess why Matt's an orphan? I gave hints.
Q3: Why did Beyond join the band club?