A/N: Inspiration struck me from that ever inexhaustible source of the one-shot romance fanfic author, Youtube videos. Need I elaborate?
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Summary: He didn't forget about it. MelloxNear implied slash
Title: Photograph
It was the first photo Mello had ever allowed taken of himself.
It was also the last.
Mello had found it tucked in a book while packing. There had been a long period in which the blonde had simply stood there holding the picture, in the middle of his room in front of the chair with his backpack on it. He'd stared at it for the longest time, not a single thought entering his mind. A serenity Mello couldn't recall feeling ever before fell around him as he looked at that picture, not needing to think about what to do with it, because he already knew.
Mello left it... where he would find it. It was a symbol, it was a message, it was a farewell. Letters were so outdated, why bother when a picture said a thousand words?
Later, Mello couldn't remember why, though he knew there was a reason. Was it an excuse? An excuse, to seek him out one more time? Mello didn't need to, he would never let the photo fall into the wrong hands. He would be more likely to burn it than allow it to be a danger. Mello knew this.
But he didn't burn it. And he didn't leave it. He kept it.
Near kept it.
Mello returned for it, not that it was hard. Near had practically set out a sign and a welcome mat for him, all things considered.
"I just came... for the photograph you have of me." Mello said. 'Of course, why else?' The SPK members would think. It wouldn't occur to them to question how Mello knew Near possessed it.
Dear Mello,
Written on the back. That's all, nothing more. But why should there be? After all, they say a picture's worth a thousand words.
Mello and Near only needed three.
End.
A/N: It's short, just a one-shot. More of a whim, really. Guess the three words, lol. I dunno, wanted something cheesy and this pretty much fits that bill. Review pleeeease. Otherwise I might get depressed and write something emo, and god knows noone wants that. I suck at angst. xD