Sorry for the wait, but I hope this makes it all the worth while. I appreciate all the reviews I have been getting and thanks for keeping me writing. I do love these characters and love to write stories about them. Thanks for viewing, well onto the story...

Princess Near looked out his window and saw an approaching carriage. He smiled weakly at yet another set of princes that were going to come see him, be disappointed, and leave. He was going to look like a fool in front of yet again more people, and just plain out embarrass himself.

He heard servants running around the parlor and kitchen area and he started to make his way to see just who this was. Upon reaching the bottom of the stairs, Near walked slowly to the front entrance where his fathers were already standing watching as the golden carriage pulled up.

Near sighed and walked out in his dress and crown get up and stood next to the pair. He squinted to try and see just who it was.

Mello was pulling into the large iron gates of the Whammy Kingdom when he caught sight of the beautiful, magnificent castle. It was a large cream colored building with towers and balconies high in the air, granite steps that shone brightly, and the garden.

The garden was full of lilies and flowers beyond comprehension. It contained various bushes and shrubs galore while one plant stood out the most, and that was the strawberry plants. They were everywhere along the castle's grounds. They surrounded the castle in a bright red color and made it stand out even more than it already had.

Mello was simply amazed at how well done and beautiful everything was. If the castle was this grand from the outside what about the inside? And maybe even it's inhabitants? Mello felt his heart race as he grew near to the castle steps where he could see blurs but not yet full people.

He could see the two kings and a smaller blurr next to it. That must have been Princess Near. Mello gluped and straightened out his clothing and hair making sure he was perfect.

When the carriage stopped, he climbed out, being welcomed by a trumpet announcing his arrival, "Prince Mello from the Kingdom Kira, son of King Light and Queen Misa." Mello bowed in front of the kings and princess before he took a good look, and when he did what he saw astonished him.

Princess Near stood there arms folded and a disgruntled look on his face. He was not happy about the whole dress idea at all and his father's continuos embarrassments have come to a point where he could no longer take it. That is until he saw Prince Mello.

The first thing he noticed was the boy's golden hair. It was like that of no other. It was straight as an arrow and seemed to fall in the perfect places. The next thing that came to his attention was the extreme amount of leather he had on, from his boots to his vest he seemed to be leather from head to toe. Princess Near however, couldn't say that he didn't looked sexy in it though.

A big thing that made Near wipe his eyes and take a double take on was his face and shoulder. It was severely burned and left the marks to show it. He couldn't help but wonder how he had been hurt so badly. He knew that a fire had broken out in Kingdom Kira, but how had the king and queen escaped without a scratch, and the prince end up with burns all up his arm, chest, and face?

He concluded to one thing. They were trying to kill HIM. Near felt at that moment so sad for the lone prince and angry at the King and Queen who did this. He couldn't believe that they would ever do such a thing, and to probably the most handsome being on this earth too. He could feel his teeth grit and his death glare harden, but that was soon taken over by the lust now covering his eyes.

He wanted to know what he sounded like, what did his voice and his personality hold? Was he as sweet as he looked or a total ass? He was probably very sweet deep inside, but Near could see from his eyes that he had a high maintenance temper and and extreme amount of stress in his life. Near could fix that though, he could make Prince Mello be happy.

Then reality hits like a slap in the face, this isn't some love story. This is reality and in reality princesses don't always meet their prince charmings, and what makes this guy different from all the rest? He sighed and let his mind just entertain the idea of the thought of the beautiful prince ACTUALLY liking him back.

Mello felt like his legs had gone weak, and his heart would pound right out of his chest. Princess Near was a lot more beautiful than he could have ever imagined. He wore a white dress with lavender ribbons at the bottom and waist and top line of it. His crown was more like that of a tiara, and a slight blush on his porcelain skin shone in the sun.

He obviously didn't get out much. He wore alot of white, but maybe if this worked out, wait who was he kidding? He was going to make this work out by all means necessary, but maybe he could get him to wear more black in things, yeah...

The way he looked now though, the way he made him get weak, THAT was the sold price right there. He knew now with no question in his mind that the little boy he once knew at the orphanage had not only grown up, but grown into the most angelic, beautiful creature this planet has ever seen.

Mello meant every word he was thinking about, he knew that Princess Near was a gem that he had to have, but the question was how. His appearance probably looked horrific to him, he probably looked like a monster.

Princess Near probably won't even take a second glance at him. He will be on his way without even getting to know Mello first, but he couldn't let that happen. Not now anyways, so he had to devise a plan, and at that moment Mello had just the perfect idea on what that was.