A blonde teenager crept into the Wammy's basement, where he knew files on all of the orphans were hidden. He was sick of not knowing anything about a certain mysterious albino and was dying to learn something.
There was a filing cabinet filled manilla folders, each marked with a letter. Mello searched for the one labeled 'N'. His deft fingers grasped it and pulled it out of the drawer, plopping down onto the floor Indian style with the folder resting in front of him. He opened the folder and flipped through the contents before him.
His eyes took notice of an old photo of Near in a Halloween costume. The boy looked about four years old and adorable adorned in a kitten costume. His onyx eyes weren't empty the way the blonde knew them to be today, but questioning, probably wondering what that sudden blue flash was just before his image was forever imprinted on to a small photograph.
The blonde wondered what Near might look like today if he were to ever dress up like that. Suddenly, his imagination took over with an image of Near with cats ears, a tail, and a frilly light green dress. It was complete with two bows. One bow was at the top of the dress and the other tied around the soft white tail. In the center of each bow was a little golden bell.
Mello couldn't be bothered to think of his usual rivalry with the boy, his head too full of images of an appealing Near. Just the thought made the chocoholic begin drooling.
A few minutes later the blonde would be scolding himself. He would not be pleased that he would ever feel that way towards Near. But for that minute, Mello was enjoying himself.