"Hey mello! It's nears birthday! We are being gathered in the hall." Matt stated making Mello look at him in a irritatedly. "I don't care about the stupid albino's birthday." Mello stated in a irritatedly manner. "But they have chocolate cake." Matt stated making Mello go wide eyed and quickly jump up from his laying position on the bed. "Lets go then." Mello said and grabbed Matts arms and pulled him out of the room.

"Good to see your happy about getting cake but I need to quickly go to my room to get nears birthday present." Matt stated making Mello let go of his arm and groan loudly. "Fine! But lets be quick!" Mello stated and they both quickly ran to Matts room. Matt went through his room and then found nears present on the chair. "Ah Found it." matt said happily and picked up the wrapped gift.

"What exactly did you get him?" Mello asked and tilted his head to the side curiously. "Oh I got him a book, seeming he likes to read. I was gonna get him a clown mask but it turns out he is scared of clowns." Matt stated disappointedly making a idea pop into Mello's head. "You know what? I forgot to give near a present. Well thats horrible I must get him something. Do you have the clown mask?" Mello asked making Matt nod and point to the draw next to the bed. Mello smirked evilly to himself and then opened the draw and pulled the mask out. "Perfect, now lets go. We shouldn't keep the birthday boy waiting." Mello snickered to himself and both him and matt left the room and headed to the hall where that party for near was being thrown.

Near accepted the many gifts the other talented orphans gave to him such as puzzles, books, teddybears, notepads etc. Near had chosen chocolate cake for his birthday cake because he knew Mello liked it and would at least be a little kind to him on his birthday which near didn't really wanted to celebrate. Near looked to the side to see matt alone and walking up to him with a worried expression.

"Here this is for you Near. Happy birthday." Matt said making Near take the present and unwrap it. 'Another book.' Near thought to himself and then looked up at matt. "Thank you matt, I can't wait to read it." Near said and watched as Matt smiled and walked over to the other boys for a chat and some cake. Near turned around and nearly screamed as he saw a clown mask being worn by someone. Nears eyes built up with fear and he wanted to scream. And he did. Near screamed extremely loudly making everyone look at him before Near ran away as tears ran down his cheeks.

Mello took the clown mask off and being laughing uncontrollably. "Oh my god did you see his face that was hilarious!" Mello laughed making everyone look at him with a serious expression. "Dude...you made him cry...on his birthday." Matt stated making Mello laugh harder. "Oh my god what a baby." Mello joked and crossed his arms over his stomach as he was laughing so hard he could barely breath. "WHO MADE NEAR UPSET?" Roger yelled making everyone point a finger at Mello. "Crap." Mello said and tried to escape but was held firmly by the collar by Roger.

"Come to my office it seems we need to have a talk about your manners." Roger stated making Mello groan in a disappointed way. This was going to be hell for Mello.

Near sat in the corner of his room with his legs up close to his chest. Near shook in fear as he kept imagining that clown face. Tears where still streaming down Nears cheeks. He hadn't stopped crying for hours. He was horrified to no ends. He was most likely going to have nightmares if he slept. That's if he could sleep. Near knew exactly who was behind the mask. The only person who hated him so much. Mello.

After two hours of Roger speaking to him about his manners Mello was sent to his room starving. He got nothing to eat the whole day and it was past 10:00pm at night so it is too late to eat dinner. Mello walked to his room and laid down on his bed as he remembered the fear in Nears eyes as he ran away and apparently crying. Mello found it hard to believe that the small albino had been crying. Near never showed emotion. Mello found it laughable that Near ran away like a little girl. He was truly weak.

Mello's door cracked open making Mello sit up on his bed and look at it curiously. Mello stood up and then opened his door to see nobody? Looking down Mello seen a piece of chocolate cake on a small plate on the ground with a letter underneath it. Curiously and hungrily Mello picked the cake and note up before walking into his room and closing the door behind. Mello turned the letter around to see the handwriting was extremely neat and most likely belong to no other then near. Maybe it was a hate letter or something?

Mello stepped a bit forward so the moon light shone on the letter making the letter able to read.

'I don't think you have had anything to eat today. So I saved you some cake before the others like matt ate it all in less then five minutes. I wanted to get Vanilla cake because I'm not really into sweets such as chocolate but I knew you liked chocolate so I got it. The icing is already melted, sorry about that but I hope you enjoy the piece of cake.

N'

Mello read and then sighed. "Nice one Near you know exactly how to make someone feel guilty." Mello stated to himself and then put the note down and then looked at the piece of cake. 'So he hates chocolate but got it anyway just for me? It's like he already knew I was going to do this and was one step ahead of me." Mello said angrily and the bit into the chocolate cake which tasted better then anything he had ever tasted in his life.

Mello looked back at the note again and something caught his attention. There was something at the bottom of the note. Mello bent down and looked at it more closely it read:

'P.s I made the cake'

Mello was completely speechless. 'Near hates chocolate. But near decided to make a chocolate cake just so I could like it?' Mello thought to himself and suddenly he didn't feel like eating chocolate anymore. That was the first. Mello set the cake down on his bedside table and looked up at the roof. Guilt. Thats all mello could basically feel at this point. Mello's eyes grew heavy and he soon drifted off into a guilt filled dream.