Glow

Chapter Three: Friendship

Ryuzaki entered the cafeteria with his lunch tray, which happened to hold just cake. With marshmallows. And chocolate. And lollipops. This was one of the reasons everyone thought he was weird, just because he loved sweets and... hardly ate anything else.
He sat at the one table in the corner of the room that no one sat in - it was like it was reserved just for him. Putting the tray down and crouching on the plastic seat like he usually did, Ryuzaki's dark eyes flickered around the large room before resting on the piece of strawberry cake. He smiled slightly and began to pick at it, his whole attention on the sugary slice.
Then he noticed something. For the previous three hours of school, he hadn't encountered Light. He had seen him, but Light always slipped from his sights. Every time.
'Maybe he's avoiding me... I guess I can't complain. But he seemed really upset when he talked to me yesterday about the glowing thing.. Wow, that really needs a name.' Suddenly, he heard a throat being cleared from in front of him, and he looked up to see two boys sitting in the chairs across from him.
"Can... can I help you?" Ryuzaki asked quietly, looking between them warily. One was taller, with medium length, straight golden hair. He wore a black singlet and jeans, and he looked a little bit mean. The other was shorter and sat on the chair with one knee to his chest. He was twirling very pale hair with one finger. He looked quite young, though this probably wasn't the case.
"We're going to sit here. That's all we're doing so shut up and deal with it." The blond spoke first, with a firm tone. He began to bite at a half eaten chocolate bar he was holding. The white haired boy seemingly glared at him, as Ryuzaki stared in confusion and wariness. "Tch."
"Mello, don't be rude." The smaller boy looked back at Ryuzaki and gave a small smile. "I'm Nate. But you can call me Near. This guy is Mello. Nice to meet you, Ryuzaki." Near blinked at him, as Ryuzaki rose an eyebrow.
"Nice to meet you as well..."
"We heard about the glowing thing. So, that was with Yagami, right? Sucks for you. He's a dick. "
"Mello!"
"I'm not taking that back."
"So... you heard about that?" Ryuzaki slowly asked. "Anyway... I can't believe it. I'm not even entirely sure what he thinks of it. " He finished, taking a glance to both sides. He could see someone watching them from the doorway.. but the figure quickly disappeared. Light, most likely.
"Yes, we've heard of it. Everyone knows. But don't worry, I won't make fun of you. No promises to Light, though... Heh." Near chuckled as Ryuzaki looked back at the two, pulling his white sleeves down past his wrists..
"Oh." Was all he said in reply. The bell rang for end of lunch. "..Time flies." Near nodded, standing up at the same time as Mello and Ryuzaki.
"Aw, I didn't get to eat my lunch. Dammit.." Mello grumbled. He didn't have anything else anyway - just chocolate. He looked around -and stole the chocolate from Ryuzaki's tray- as he started to walk away, leaving the two behind. Near turned to the black haired student.
"I'll see you later, friend." He smiled and turned, then followed Mello. Ryuzaki smiled slightly at the thought of having a friend. It's been such a long time.. he snapped from his daze and put away his tray -reluctantly- , then started to walk to his next class. With his head held high.