Prince, Frog and Mild-Pineapple

Chapter One: The Starting Point

I stared at the photographs that were lying on my desk, a mixed expression of grief and sadness hovered over my eyes, it was pictures of me and Bel-senpai.

I'd heard from Lussuria that Bel-senpai, even though he loved attention, never liked to take photographs with anyone. Reason being: "Because I'm the prince, and princes don't take photos with peasants." So when he asked me to take some photographs with him out of the blue, I felt special, a little too special, because I was the first.

The fake prince was smiling in all the photos, while I just stood there emotionlessly, and he looked really happy for no reason. I refused to smile when he asked, ordered actually, me to because Shishou said before that I used to get attached quickly to the people who saw my smile. At that time, I have never thought that those days with Bel-senpai would end, at least not so soon.

Flashback

"Ushishishi, Mammon is back!" Belphegor exclaimed as he grinned, pulled the floating infant close to his chest for a tight embrace, while resting his chin on the baby's head.

"Mu…Bel, if you want to hug me," the infant started, her voice dragging itself across the room, "you'll have to pay."

The blonde just smiled a smile that he had never showed to people that were not close to him and gently pulled the infant's cheek, "as greedy as always, Mammon."

All the Varia members were gathered around their once deceased mist guardian, all except for Xanxus and Fran. Smiles hung around the members' faces as they laughed at Lussuria's comment on how close Belphegor and Mammon were. They were happy that their partner in crime was back, alive and safe, and completely neglected the fact that they were ignoring Fran, the current mist guardian. Also, they failed to notice one very important question: If Mammon was back, what use will Fran be of Varia?

The teal-haired illusionist just continued to stand at a corner quietly, observing everyone, especially his senpai and Mammon, meanwhile feeling something he had never felt before: Jealousy.

"Mammon, meet your replacement!" Belphegor exclaimed, his grin widening more, "He's a frog in disguise! Ushishishi!"

"Mu…" Mammon glanced at his replacement, eyed him for a while, then returned his focus to Bel, "I suggest that I change room with him. He can use my room; I'll take his place with Bel. After all, I wouldn't want the rookie to get hurt from Bel's mindless stabbings."

Whispers and mumbles were exchanged around the room as the guardians and their underlings glanced from Fran to Mammon, then to Belphegor. They wondered who will be the lucky one; they do think Bel was handsome and cool for a murderer, to sleep in the same room as Prince the Ripper. The three of them remained silent, until the prince decided to speak up.

"Ushishishi, but…" his voice trailed off, jaws twitching slightly as his smile attempted to escape from his face, "the prince is used to have his frog in the same room as hi-"

Sadly, before he could finish his sentence, Mammon decided to interrupt and cut him off. "Bel" was the only word that Mammon said that caused the assassin to change his mind.

"…The prince prefers to be in the same room with Mammon. So," he glanced at Fran, hesitated but still brought the words out, "froggy will use Mammon's room."

"I knew you were going to say that," Mammon declared as she smiled at Bel, before she turned and smirked at Fran.

"Yey," said frog cheered with faked enthusiasm, trying as hard as he could to not choke on his words, "finally someone saved me from the stupid, fallen, fake prince. Now I won't have to suffer anymore, thanks, Mammon."

"Oh, so that was how Froggy sees it, huh. The prince was the only one who actually liked it then. Thanks, Fran, for making me realize it." Bel stated as he spared a look at Fran, before turning his head away. There was a tension in the atmosphere and Fran could feel the coldness in Bel's voice. There was a hint of anger in Bel's voice, and everyone spotted it, so people kept quiet.

End Of flashback

So here I am, in Mammon's room, staring at my shared memories with my senior. I even failed to realize that I was crying until I saw a drop of my tear fell onto the photo I was holding. There was this pain in my heart that I had never felt before. It was suffocating and I did not like it one bit. Was this what they called "Love"? Then, do I love Bel-senpai? The stupid fake prince who always stab me whenever he got the chance? More tears rolled down my cheeks.

Yes, I love him. I love that fake-prince. I love Bel-senpai. But, it was too late now and that very thought caused my tears to fall even more violently. I wanted this pain to go away; I wanted this love to disappear. I wanted no pain. I wanted no love. I wanted no regret, and I wanted no… no Bel-senpai…

Then a idea hit me. If I want to get away from the pain, I need to go far away. I needed a place that would help me to forget about all these things, and also forget about Bel-senpai. There was only one place that came to my mind, and all those ideas slowly combined together to form a decision.

Leave the Varia.

Return to Shishou.

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