After we married and moved in together, we knew Skywise would get lonely by himself in our apartment, having been separated from his housemates when Nora was sharing a place with a friend.  We wanted to get him a companion, and felt a kitten was best.  As it happened, one of her bosses had taken in a stray mother cat with kittens that were about ready to be separated from her.  Since this was supposed to be "my" cat, I made the decision as to which kitten we took.  I chose a mostly white one, with two grayish-black spots on its head and a gray-black tail.  It was a good contrast to Sky's all-black coat of fur.  

We didn't know the kitten's gender at the time, but thought it was a female.  We were going to name it "Zoe", which happened to be her boss's daughter's name, because it sounded pretty.  When we took it to the vet, we learned "she" was a "he".  After much deliberation, I named him Dmitri.

Dmitri was an exceptionally cute kitten.

Cute kittens make you 
want to cuddle them.

This led to my nicknaming him "the Worm", "Mitri-worm", "The Wormy Kitten" and "Wormy".  We also called him "Worm-butt", which amused our friends no end.