Matt stood in his now empty art class.

It was Friday and during lunch Matt had told Mello to go to the art room after classes ended.
Mello was running late.

"I'm here!", Mello said running in. "I was on the other side of the orphanage in P.E. I came running."

"Remember how I told you that we had to paint someone or something for this class?", Matt asked him.

"Well duh. It's art. What did you paint? That Mario character from your video game?", Mello asked looking around at the art drawings of the other students drying in plain view.

"We have Beyond for last period".

Both Mello and Matt turned to look at Near who was standing a few feet behind them.

"W-What are you doing here?! Are you spying on us?", Mello accused Near.

"I am not spying on Mello and Matt. I have art last period with Matt and B", Near said.

"Shit I've never even seen you," Matt laughed as he face palmed and Mello continued to look at other paintings.

Near grabbed his backpack and got ready to leave the classroom. He was used to not getting noticed until he spoke.

"So what did you draw, sheep?", Mello asked Near not looking at him.

"Roses."

"Oh the roses that are planted on the cemetery ?", Matt asked.

"What did you want to show me, Matt?", Mello's attention turned back to the redhead. Mello hoped he hurt Near's feelings by intentionally excluding him from the conversation.

"I have class with B and he painted a portrait of-"

"Backup painted Alternative," Near interrupted Matt.

Mello frowned at Near. Did Near not know that three is a crowd? But he allowed Near to guide him to B's painting.

"It really does look like A," Mello thought out loud.

"Yeah.... does Backup not know that Alternative is a-"

"Male like the four of us?"

The three wammy boys turned to look at who had interrupted Matt. It was B.

Near instinctively turned to look at Mello, but Mello was already looking at Matt.

If Backup knew Alternative was a guy then why was he drawing him?

"Nate, Mihael, and Mail. There's always more to the information that is written on files. Typical boys who cannot see past gender and appearance. That's why you three are not first in line to succeed," B said as he laughed.

Mello tried to walk towards B but Matt held him back. He didn't want his friend Mello to get into a fight.

"How do you know our names, Beyond?!", Mello demanded to know trying to let go of Matt's grip.

"I know more than the information provided in personal files. More than your real names and date of birth," B told them as his eyes travelled above the three boys foreheads.

B picked up his painting and walked out of the room. The three younger boys stood inside the empty art room covered in goosebumps due to B's strange words.

"He's just trying to scare us," Mello told Matt. "He's a weirdo."

But Near couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong with Beyond Birthday. Something beyond his weird eating habits and conduct disorder.