Nekos At Wammys

Chapter Two

---Lyssa's Pov---

I have a hard time piecing together how we all came to be friends, though I can't remember a time when we weren't. The early days are a little cloudy, almost like I lived through it but my mind has closed up nearly completely on that time, as if something happened that made me not want to remember those days. That was what I was thinking when Zoe blew a fuse, as usual. I guess she didn't enjoy the idea of spending the rest of her underage days at an orphanage. All I know is that there I was, sitting in the corner drawing simply from boredom, when I flinched as Zoe started screaming "I AM NOT SPENDING THE REST OF MY LIFE AT THIS STUPID ORPHANAGE!" and, as if on cue, began throwing things at Rogers head, getting unfortunately  in his face and giving him death glares. After a few minutes of Zoe scaring the hell out of Roger, I commented monotonously "Calm down Zoe, the situation could be worse" and I suppose that's what made things worse. As expected, I heard her walking towards me, and didn't even get the chance to look up before she picked me up by the collar of my shirt and yelled "HOW COULD IT POSSIBLY BE ANY WORSE!?!" . "Well-" I started, before she slammed me on the floor and screamed "Don't answer that!" before stomping away and carrying on with her rant. The whole thing went exactly as predicted, Zoe gets mad and throws a tantrum, I comment, she picks me up by the shirt and yells at me, slams me down and then continues on her rant till she runs out of steam. What I didn't expect was Roger to hide behind his chair and yell "MELLO, MATT, NEAR! MY OFFICE NOW!". 'hmm, definitely unexpected, I wonder who they are, and more importantly, how they will affect the usual outcome' I considered as Zoe continued screaming at anyone in the room, except for Eileen, she doesn't dare yell at Eileen, I am not quite sure why. Anyway, I decided to ignore the whole affair and turn my attention back to my sketching pad. I soon finished my current drawing and stored it in my folder. I don't let anyone see what's in it, well, except for Eileen, it seems she's the exception to everyone, hmm.. I then felt a tap on my shoulder, and looked to see a strange boy with white hair and an outfit to match. "May I sit with you" he said monotonously, and I considered this briefly. 'why would he want to sit with me ?'. I finally decided it was not worth thinking too deeply on and replied "sure", noting how both comments were equally void of emotion. "Is your friend over there always this... short-tempered" He questioned, and I nodded. "how bout your friend " I looked at him, as he replied with monotonous "unfortunately". Seemingly out of nowhere, Roger said "Well, it looks like all I needed was for someone to distract them to get Kat to stop screaming. I want you 6 to meet your new roommates. They have already been updated to move into the rooms with you and I won't hear another word about it. Girls, I will talk to each one of you later, independently, about essentials that i will have to order for you since all your other clothes and personal items burned in the fire. Matt, your roommate is Eileen, Near-Lyssa, and Mello-Kat. Now out of my office!" and I nodded at Near, saying " fine with me" and he nodded in agreement. We stood, but the emotionless boy pauses a moment before asking "what did you draw just now".I looked at him cautiously, and ,after thinking about it for a moment, I replied with " I will only show you if you promise you won't tell anyone" and he nodded. I hesitated a little, but eventually showed him, and he analyzed it for a quick second, before I noticed Zoe looked angry. I closed it, nodded at him and whispered "let's get this over with" and walked over to her. "Is everything ok Zoe" I asked, with every word I spoke, her expression only seemed to get angrier, but her anger really spiked as I called her by her real name, and she grabbed me by the collar again, glaring at me with her full fury. Examining her for a moment, I realized 'oh no, she's changing'. On the outside, nothing had occurred, but on the inside I had just had an epiphany. It seemed to drag on forever, her angry silence, before she finally popped and she screamed at the top of her lungs "Dammit! WHY DO YOU ALWAYS DO THIS TO ME! WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE SUCH A PAIN! NEVER CALL ME ZOE, MY NAME IS KAT! and with that, she ran off, her ginger fur starting to show, but it wasn't my concern, it would only make things worse if I were to try and help. I rose off the ground and said "i'm going to need a while alone in our room Near". He seemed to understand because he nodded instantly. Before anyone said anything else, I took off, grabbing my drawing book on the way. When I got to the dorm with our names on it, I opened the door and quickly closed the doors behind me. I looked around at the room, noticing how plain the room looked, except for the puzzles and toys on the floor, and found that I liked it. When I got to my bed, there was nothing I could do to stop the only emotion I had in me from slipping out as I started to draw. After 10 minutes or so of drawing out my pain,  I heard a familiar rhythmic knock, and threw out an "open it Eileen" and she quickly slipped in. Walking over to me, she said "So, let me see it" (she has always known how I was feeling by the pictures I drew) and I shook my head, replying with " I haven't finished yet". She nodded and let me finish, watching as my pencil went over and over across the paper, revealing all the hurt I wasn't able to show on my face. When I was done, I handed her the paper, and she sighed "another picture of Zoe yelling at you,huh?". I nodded, before she added I wonder why she's so mean to you, better yet, why do you care what she has to say about you?" and I shrugged, not really knowing the answer, but thought for a minute and said "perhaps it's because what she's saying could be true, or maybe I just don't understand why she doesn't like me, but I suppose that's something I'll never know" and she looked kind of sad as she sighed. "do you wanna go look for Zoe?" she asked, and I quickly shook my head. " Nothing I say or do will help, so I just want to sleep the situation away" and she nodded, giving me a one sided hug before hopping off the bed and leaving me to sleep. I slowly laid down and covered up, my thoughts consuming me as I slipped into unconsciousness..

---Nears Pov---

I figured the whole situation was none of my concern, so I headed to my dorm and waited till Eileen left. When she finally opened the door, she looked at me and said "don't bother her , she's trying to sleep" and I nodded in understanding before opening the door as quietly as possible. I then went to her bed and looked at her. Her expression was as void of any emotion as her voice is when she speaks. I walked over to my puzzles, and almost started one, but something drew my eyes to her so constantly that I gave up on the whole thing, I then went over to my bed and sat down, my body facing towards her as I watched her toss and turn in her sleep. She did a lot of tossing, but her expression never gained any emotion until some time later, when she frowned and whispered "what did I ever do to you Zoe?" but it was gone as quick as it came. I cocked my head in confusion, before shaking it off and laying down to go to sleep.

---The Next Morning---

---Lyssa's Pov---

I woke up around 7:30, not being able to go to sleep again, so I just laid and thought about things. 'it's always emotional with her, no wonder she hates me' I thought, and went over where her hatred for me probably stemmed from..

--Flashback--

"I don't get it Lyssa, how are you always able to keep your cool all the time,you're always calm and void of any emotion, it's not human" Zoe commented, she had a frown on her face(and some other suspicious emotion that I couldn't quite place but didn't trust) nevertheless, I replied "it's natural instinct for humans to get emotional at times, and to speak with tone, but I have learned to live without it I suppose, it's just my natural instinct" and she rolled her eyes, and with an annoyed look on her face, retorted with "well I certainly wouldn't want to be like that, that's for sure"..

--End Of Flashback-

I suppose my emotionless ways have driven her mad, she never did like how I did not act "human" as she would put it. I looked at the clock again, and sighed a little, knowing that in exactly 20 minutes, I would have to get ready for classes.. This should be extremely boring ..