The curse is finally lifted and Mammon is now turned backed into an adult as she was meant to be in. For years, she and her six follow comrades longed to have the wretched curse lifted placed upon them by Checkerface. Happy as she was that the curse is no more, the one person she desired to be with the most since joining the Varia was that stupid prince. She has always feels safe around him... always... but now... lately, he's been avoiding her. Mammon doesn't know why, but her heart aches so much. So much that hurts. The unbearable and crucially painful. Bel saw Mammon in her adult once when fighting against Hibari Kyouya and that bastard Fon.
So what changed?, Mammon wonders as she looks for the idiot prince. Why is he avoiding me ever since the curse broke? I deserve an explanation! That baka royalty. Mammon pouts in frustration. She hates this feeling! She wants it to go away here and now, but she knows it won't until she talks to Bel.
"Mou! I finally found you, idiot prince!" Mammon spots Bel messing with the big oaf, Levi. Mammon sends her illusions to wrap around Bel and hold him tight. "I finally caught you! Levi, leave. I want to talk to him alone."
"Tche. Fine by me. I need to help Bossu anyways before the stupid brat interrupted me." Levi stomps out the room.
"... Shishishishi. What does the baby wants with the Prince now?" Bel cracks a fake smile.
"Ngh! You know damn well I'm not a baby anymore! Myu~!" Mammon says, feeling slightly hot on the cheeks and fighting back the tears. "Why were you avoiding me? You've been avoiding me ever since the curse officially lifted from me! I really want to know!"
"... Because Mammon is not interesting anymore," Bel says teasingly.
Because Mammon is not interesting anymore... because Mammon is not interesting anymore... because Mammon is not interesting anymore...
She thought nothing would break her, but hearing those words really outdone itself as Mammon burst into tears and runs out of the door, freeing Bel from the illusions holding him down. Dumbfounded, Bel frowns.
"Sniff... sniff... stupid prince..." Mammon is sitting under the tree she once shared with Bel, crying. "Sniff... stupid tears. They won't stop. Am I really that uninteresting now? Am I?! AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!"
Mammon screams her heart out while tears still pours down from her eyes. Until the sun sinks down below the horizon, Mammon continues to weep from her sadness of a broken heart until she falls asleep, her back against the trunk of the willow tree.
"Ngh..." Mammon stirred in her sleep before opening her eyes slowly. She blinked her eyes a couple of times before she notice she's not under the tree anymore. Mammon absorbs in her surrounding slowly. Huge king size bed. Velvet draping background on top of the bed header. Messy desk on a corner. Slew of clothes everywhere. Doors leading to a master bathroom, closet, and hallway. A broken window next to a window glass door that leads to a balcony. Only one person she can think of whose room Mammon's in is the boss of Varia, Xanxus. Why and how did she arrive at her boss's bedroom. In the bed more accurately no doubt, she wonders.
Mammon gets out of the bed and leave the room, rubbing her eyes from sleepiness. By the time Mammon steps out of the room, she bumps into something solid and warm. Mammon looks up and gulps. She accidentally bumped into the man himself.
"I-I-I-I s-s-sorry, Boss! I-I wasn't watching where I was going! Myu~" Mammon apologizes quickly and bowing repeatedly. I'm going to get yelled at! I know it. That's how Boss always been after all those years I've been in the Varia.
"Hn. Whatever, trash," Xanxus gives Mammon a quick glance and a sly smirk before entering his room and taking a gulp from his beer bottle.
"?!" Mammon is taken aback and surprise of how Xanxus reacted towards her for bumping into him by accident. She was prepared to get yelled at and get whacked by the beer bottle he's holding. Mammon turns around and stares at Xanxus before asking without thinking, "A-ano... H-how did I get into your bed, Boss?"
Ah! Shit, shit, shit! That sounded so wrong! I can't believe that slipped through my mouth before thinking. That's not like me at all! Mammon mentally beating herself up over such trivial matter.
"Isn't that obvious, trash? I happened to feel like walking around the grounds at night and walked past the willow tree and found you sleeping under it," Xanxus says without looking at Mammon.
"! I doubt that's true..." Mammon whispers, pink in the cheeks. "A-arigato, Boss..."
Xanxus smirks as Mammon left after her thanks. "She's got more interesting than before."
Mammon's mind begins to wonder to Xanxus more often and keeps losing count of the money in her hands ever since she left his room earlier that day. It was quite unusual for her act such way and she couldn't explain why, which is more unusual because she always able to explain things. Mammon sighs.
Mon... Mammon... "MAMNAN!"
Mammon snaps out of her daze, "Myu~?" Mammon blinks a couple of times before she realizes Bel was standing in front of her, trying to get her attention.
"The Prince now sees the peasant finally snapped out of her daze," Bel crackles happily. Mammon turns red and slaps Bel hard across the face. "The peasant dares to slap the Prince across the face?!" Bel hisses.
"J-Just shut up, Bel! How could you call me uninteresting and laugh about it?!" Mammon yells before she can control herself, tears threatening to fall again.
"The Prince was only teasing the peasant," Bel starts, but Mammon cuts him off with an angry hurt voice.
"Shut up! I don't want to hear it! Do you have any idea how much those words hurt me?! I had always felt safe being around you all these years! I even fell in love you! I hate you! I hate you! I hate you! I hate you, stupid Prince! IT'S OVER BETWEEN US!"
Mammon turns around and runs off the room, hiding the tears, the sadness, and the pain under the hood that always hid her face from the shocked Prince.
"I... The Prince is at a loss for words."
A few days later, Mammon no longer hangs around or speaks to Bel unless she absolutely have to. Bel couldn't stand it that Mammon is ignoring him. He would go apologize to her, but he hates saying sorry to anybody. It's below him. Royalty don't say sorry. They're never in the wrong. The rest of the Varia obviously notice the different air between the Mist and the Storm members. They knew better not to pry.
"Peasant, this is irritating. The Prince does not like being ignored," Bel corners Mammon one day.
"... What do you want me to say? You broke my heart." Mammon glares at Bel.
"The Prince did no such thing. The Prince likes teasing peasants. The peasant misunderstands the Prince." Bel places his hands on the wall, trapping Mammon between them.
"Maybe so, but what you said to me still hurts," Mammon says in a small voice.
"Peasant forgives the Prince then?" Bel smirks.
"Myu~ For now..." For more than once in mere days, Bel never seen Mammon so vulnerable. "But, for now on, we're just comrades of the Varia like we always been."
"Fine by the Prince," Bel frowns. He doesn't like it. Bel also had feelings for Mammon, but he didn't know how to handle it before that little tease blow up right in front of his face. He may have lost his chance to tell Mammon he had feelings for her ever since her curse was lifted. "But this Prince have feelings for this peasant..."
"It's too late for that, Bel..." Mammon looks away. "You've lost your chance to tell me you love me."
"..." Bel frowns. "The Prince is hurt by those words."
"Now we're even. Goodbye, Belphegor. For now on, we're just comrades of the Varia. Nothing more, nothing less. Myu~" Mammon pushes Bel's arm away and leaves him behind without looking back. She regrets nothing, but falling in love with Bel. Never again, would she ever fall in love with anyone again. The pain in her heart was just too much to bear and it will never heal for the rest of her life.
Oh, how wrong she is as there may be another who could heal the scars and pain embedded deep in her heart. Someday soon, Mammon will reopen her heart to love... to the next person closes to her...
Author's note: I know this chapter sux balls. I honestly didn't know how to start the story and it was suppose to be a one-shot too. ^^;;; To all you BV fans, gomen! I had to shatter apart the pairing for the fic. I happen to be listening to some sad songs on youtube at the moment when I started this, so I kinda went with the flow. I promise it'll get better! Look forward to chapter two!