A frustrated growl woke up the once-sleeping seven year old blonde boy. He sat up and rubbed his dark blue eyes. "Matt?" he muttered curiously as he saw the red head coloring furiously. "What are you doing?"
Matt looked up, pausing for a moment. "It's Near's birthday, Mells!! And I totally forgot! So, I'm drawing a picture of all three of us!" he said, smiling before going back to his drawing.
Mello's eyes got wide. "WHAT!?" he yelled, jumping out of bed. He looked around frantically.
Matt looked up, his green eyes wide behind the yellow tint of his goggles. He laughed slightly. "Did you forget too?" the six year old asked.
Mello nodded, "Uh... Yeah..." he muttered. He rubbed the back of his head. He sighed, shaking his head. He looked around the room and went wide eyed, his eyes landed on his stash of chocolate bars. There were exactly three whole bars and three-fourths of a chocolate bar left.
Matt looked up at Mello, "What are you going to do, Mells?" he asked.
Mello sighed, "Matty... I have to use my chocolate..." he muttered, walking over to his small table and picking up two chocolate bars. He sighed and broke up the pieces equally. He sighed and formed a small train caboose. He smiled at his creation. "There..."
Matt laughed slightly. "It's the end of a train!" he exclaimed happily. He looked down at his picture. "See?" he smiled, showing it to Mello.
It was on regular lined paper and had three stick figures. One had blonde hair, one had white, and one had red. They were holding hands. there was a funky tree, some grass, a smiling sun, and it said 'Friends 4 Ever' on the top.
Mello smiled, "He'll love it," he said.
Near was out in the game room playing with his toys. He sighed, so far no one had remembered to tell him happy birthday. Then again, he didn't even know if anyone else was up. He thought he heard Mello and Matt, but he was used to them yelling at each other in their sleep. He shook his head and made his train run into the wall. He glared and threw his G.I. Joe action figure toward the door.
Matt ducked as he walked into the game room and saw the G.I. Joe flying at him. He had the picture hidden behind his back. He chuckled, his green eyes shining bright, his goggles around his neck.
Mello's eyes went wide and he quickly caught the G.I. Joe action figure and sighed. "Near, I would appreciate you not throwing your toys at us..." he sighed, acting like the oldest of the three, which he was, for once. He held the chocolate train behind him as well.
Near sighed, "Sorry..." he muttered. He was the youngest of the three, but was so quiet you would never notice. He seemed a bit down today. He looked away from the two older boys and pouted.
Matt cocked his head to the side. "What's wrong Near?" he asked, already knowing what was wrong with the white-haired boy.
Mello nodded, "Yeah, what's wrong Near-bear?" he smirked.
Near growled at the nickname Mello used to annoy him. "Nothing's wrong." he muttered darkly.
Matt smiled and looked at Mello, who grinned. They both revealed their presents at the same time and exclaimed, "Happy Birthday Near!"
Near smiled, "Thanks Mells! Thanks Matty!" he jumped up and hugged the two boys tightly. He looked at the picture and then the chocolate caboose. He smiled and found a thumb tack, pinning the picture to the wall in his little corner of the game room. He started playing with the train and then broke a piece off, eating it. He smiled. "This is the best birthday ever!"
Mello and Matt fist-bumped and grinned. "Oh yeah..." they said simultaneously.