Tap…tap… beep beep beep!!
“Ah crap” The red haired boy dropped his games console from the top bunk onto the larger mattress of the bottom bunk. CLUNK!
The red head smiled to himself as he watched the boy on the lower bed stir. “Very mature Matt” He snapped. The red head glared at him. “Shut it Near, go make a puzzle”. Near rolled his eyes and chucked the console on the floor before rolling across his bead once more. Matt sighed and jumped of from the top bunk. He noticed a small blonde person by the door… What the hell? Why was there a new girl in his and Nears Dorm??

“I…eh, I think your lost?” Matt suggested at the blonde. He watched anger rise in the blondes face.  Matt backed away slightly “Sorry Miss” He gulped before getting hit in the face by the blondes’ fist. The blonde looked at him, “I’m not Lost, I’m not female either” He growled. Matt looked at him “Oh…Sorry It’s just” Matt cut himself off and grabbed Near, dragging him up. “This is Near” He said simply pushing Near to the floor. “And I’m Matt” He smiled. “Great” The blonde replied “I’m guess those aren’t actually your real names, for obvious reasons, anyways the man that bought me here said I should say my name’s Mello” He said, “Now where is my bed?” Matt looked around “Any of the four here, you pick.” He said blankly, ignoring the angry look on Near’s face. Mello looked at the beds, they were horrible and tatty, he pointed to the one Matt had been on and chucked his bags on it “If that ok?” Mello said, sitting on the carpet. Matt nodded and sat on the bed Near had been sitting on. The Bed Mello had picked was the top bunk, it was a Single bed too. The bed below it, the bottom bunk was a double.

Near sat up “Matt, why are you always so mean to me?” He said, pulling a sad face and trying to do some puppy eyes. Mello looked at Near “What the hell’s wrong with your face? And why is you hair so…white?” He said. Matt completely ignored the both of them. Near pulled the blonde up but his shirt, he wasn’t heavy at all. “And why do YOU look like a girl?” Near spat, laughing at Mello. Matt sat up when he heard this, “Hey, shut it Near!” He shouted, jumping of the bed. He watched Near throw the new boy to the floor. “I hate you, and I hate your little blonde friend” Near said, grabbing his stuff and storming out of the room. Mello sat up, it was clear there was tears in his eyes, Near was strong and it had hurt when he’d been grabbed up and thrown to the floor again but the other boys words had hurt Mello too. Matt pulled out a cigarette and lit it. He smoked it a little before the silence and the gentle sobs of the other boy got to him, he put the cigarette out and flicked it out of the half open window in the room. “He’s moving to another room, I think there’s a spare room at the end of the corridor he’s had his eyes on for awhile.” Matt said, looking at the blonde, “Mello?” He said when the curled up lump didn’t reply. He sat on the floor “Sorry for saying you looked like a girl before, kids here can be a bit mean since… well I think it ‘cause they blame themselves for their parents deaths, they are all geniuses though.” Mello sat up and looked at Matt. Matt gave him an odd look “Well, just imagine the stuff they say about me, I mean look at my goggles.. and my clothes” He chuckled. Mello stared at him “Don’t you have a light in hear, it’s so dark… I don’t really like the dark” He sighed. Matt nodded, ‘better not to question, just stick on the light’ CLICK. The light went on it was quite dim in the room still.

After talking for hours, Matt noticed the time, 22:47 “Wow, Mel’s we’d better get to sleep” Mello looked at him “But tomorrow is Saturday?” He said confused. Matt nodded “Yep. Want to go to the park or something with me? I normally just muck about with my games at the weekend, really boring now I think about it” He grinned. “Oh ok them” Mello smiled. Matt grabbed his arm gently, “C’mon better go do your teeth and stuff.” Mello grabbed some Pyjamas as he was dragged down the corridor. Matt led him to the bath room “There, I’ll wait outside if you want” Matt beamed one of his freaky smiles. Mello just nodded and went inside locking the door.

Mello and Matt walked back to there room. Mello flopped onto his bed “Night Matt” He said, pulling the duvet over him, “by the way Matt, thanks for everything” He smiled. Matt flicked of the light “think nothing of it Mel” He said, as he sat in his bed. He saw a shadow come over to his bed. “I don’t like the dark” It whispered in a terrified tone “Oh yeah, Sorry Mel” Matt said. Mello grabbed Matt’s shoulder and fell on to Matt’s bottom bunk bed. Mello clung to the other boy. Matt was about to push him away when he heard the other boy speak “Sorry…” He muttered. Matt put his arms around Mello “Don’t worry about it” He murmured, falling into the mattress with Mello hugged up to his side. They both fell asleep.