Pictures of You

Pictures of You

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Chapter 1: Lawliet

Sky – Love Holic

'Hey Mom!' A little raven boy ran to a young, smiling woman. The woman had long, straight, black hair and flawless pale skin. The woman bent down on one knee as the little child, who looked exactly like her except male, gave her a hug. His thin pale arms wrapped around the woman's slender neck, as the woman gave him a kiss on his cheek.

'Lawliet…' The little raven nuzzled his face into the crook of the woman's neck. He sighed, his warm breath tickling the woman's flesh. The boy pulled back his face revealing a toothy grin. The woman smiled sweetly at the boy and lifted herself up, intertwining her fingers with that of the little boy's.

It was a beautiful sunny day, the wind was blowing softly, birds were singing and flowers were blooming. The mother and child walked quietly, their footsteps were faint against the hard concrete sidewalk. There were stores on their right, the grocery store, a couple dollar stores, and there was an ice cream parlor.

'MOMMY! MOMMY! CAN WE BUY AN ICE CREAM PLEASE?!' The little boy pointed at the store, jumping as his sandals made thuds on the ground. He had a smile that stretched from ear to ear. His onyx eyes shimmered as the rays of sunlight hit it.

'Sure sweetie.' Lawliet squealed with delight as he ran inside the ice cream parlor. The woman softly chuckled and ran after the little boy. The inside had a couple small wooden tables with two chairs on each side. There was a counter that stood beside the glass window, where all the ice cream tubs sat. Tall stools were set up in front of the counter. Menus hung on the wall with all the different ice cream choices and prices. Lawliet was standing in front of the menus thinking long and hard on what to choose. His thumb was in his mouth and he was nibbling at it slowly. The older raven walked to her son and placed a hand on his shoulder.

'Um….i want a strawberry cone mommy.' Lawliet looked up at his mother smiling, anticipation obviously showing as he fidgeted with his fingers. The woman held the boy's hand and walked him over to one of the employees.

'I'd like two strawberry cones please.' The lady went over to the counter and scooped up four scoops of strawberry ice cream. She piled two on each of the crusty brown cones and gave them to the mother, who handed it to Lawliet. Lawliet, holding the ice cream and eyeing it as if it were bombs that if they hit the ground would explode and kill everybody, walked over to one of the tables and sat down waiting patiently for his mother to come and join him. The older raven paid the woman and strolled over to the younger raven.

'Mommy…where's daddy?' Lawliet stopped licking his cone and looked up at the older woman, dark coal eyes meeting another pair of dark coal eyes.

'Daddy…is in heaven Lawliet. I told you that before.' The long haired raven looking away from her son's questionable look. The younger raven was surely not naïve and he knew his mother was lying. His father was a bad man and he had hurt his mother. He wasn't in heaven he was in hell. But he didn't want to ask anymore. They finished their ice cream cones and walked out hand in hand not saying a word.

'Now Lawli-chan what would you like to do?' His mother smiled at him and it made his heart warm. He loved being called "Lawli-chan".

'I don't know what would you like to do mommy?'

'Lawli-chan, how about we go to the playground?' Lawliet laughed and squeezed his mother hand.

'Okay mommy.' They walked together and pressed the button to cross the street. A red car was driving and the older raven eyed the car suspiciously. The younger raven kept blabbering on and on about what they could do at the park and how much fun they'll have. The red car kept coming closer and closer and it wasn't like it was slowing down. They were still crossing the street when the red car accelerated and the woman stopped dead in her tracks. She felt shocked and scared, utter horror, she wanted to move but her legs, her legs stopped moving. The car was so close and she looked at her child. He was staring at the car, his eyes large with horror. Lawliet held tighter onto his mother's hand but the mother ripped his hand off of hers and pushed him away. The car was merely a few meters away from the woman as she stood there alone. Lawliet was on the ground, salty liquid filling his eyes as it darted from his mother and the red car that was going to hit her, then to the red car the sped off as his mother lay there in a pool of blood.

Lawliet woke up screaming and panting hard. His body hurt, it hurt badly. The raven slowly got up. He realized that his pajama top and bottom was discarded mysteriously and he was left in only his boxers. The window was open and a gush of air hit his body. He started to shiver, 'Why is the window opened?' and the boy rubbed his eyes.

Lawliet got up from his bed and turned to the mirror. Red gashes were all over his body the cuts were dry. His pale white legs were no longer pale but were light pink on the areas that wasn't cut. He touched the marks and winced at the pain. Lawliet started to look around for the object that placed these injuries on him. His room was a mess, the white sheets that spread on his bed were covered in blood stains and were out of place. The blood stains were most likely from his wounds that fell while he was sleeping. There was broken beer bottles and glass all over the floor along with cigarette butts. Then something long and black caught Lawliet's eyes. He started to limp towards the suspicious item. Lawliet's mouth dropped open and closed abruptly. 'A whip?'

Anger flowed through him but he kept his face stoic. He started to head over to the master bedroom. 'He probably was the one who did this to me. Came home late and drunk definitely stressed over his goddamn work and took it out on me.' Lawliet stopped at a large white door. This was the master bedroom and behind this door lay an abusive man. Lawliet didn't bother knocking on the door, he slowly turned the handle and peered inside. Light snoring could be heard from the sleeping man. His chest rose and fell at a rhythmic pattern. 'The devil was sleeping like an angel.' Lawliet scoffed, as he turned away and closed the door.

The raven reached his bedroom and he just wanted to fall back on his bed and slip away from reality but he knew that school was in a couple hours and he had to get ready. Lawliet sighed and walked over to the bathroom, his legs felt a little better and he could walk a bit better than before. Said boy stripped off his boxers and stepped into the shower. Hot water washed away the dry blood and cleared his mind, he started to think. 'Mother…I-I miss you.' Lawliet stepped out of the shower and began to dress. He applied some eyeliner, which he really need not since he already had bags under his eyes. His pale white face, which luckily had not been hit by the whip, crashed with the darkness of his eyes and his unruly long black hair.

Lawliet turned to look at his clock. '7…it's a bit early but I can stop by the cemetery.' He gathered his books and stuffed them in his book bag and started to head downstairs.

The raven was at the bottom of the stairs when an old man called out his name.

"Lawliet-san, why, may I ask, you are leaving right now?" Lawliet turned around to see his butler Watari standing his hands folded.

"Ah…I'll be stopping by the cemetery today Watari." Lawliet started to walk away when Watari stopped him.

"I would like to drive you there Lawliet-san." The raven sighed, Watari has always been there to care for him and would never let him go to the cemetery alone because once he'd go there it was very difficult for him to leave.

"Thank you Watari." With that Lawliet and Watari walked side by side and left the mansion.

It wasn't a long drive to the cemetery. His mother had died 13 years ago when he was only 4. His father was part of a mob and died in a Hit and Run. His father anyway didn't care much about his family. Sex and free food was all he wanted from the raven's mother and from Lawliet, he could do nothing since his mother protected and defended him. After both deaths of his parents Lawliet had nobody to take care of him so his uncle had got custody over him. Just like his younger brother, Lawliet's uncle, Miguel Ray, was part of the mob.

"Lawliet-san, we're here." Watari opened the window that separated the driver seats with the passenger's. They took the long, slick, black limo, as usual, to the cemetery. Lawliet nodded to Watari and got out of the car. He walked slowly through the graveyard not looking at any of the tombstones and keeping his eyes locked on the one he came for. It was really quite easy to find, all of the other tombstones had loads and loads of flowers while his mother's grave stood bare. He would've bought as much flowers and even more for his mother but he was poor himself. His uncle was the one with all the money and he wouldn't give a penny to Lawliet except for the must haves and to his uncle, giving flowers to the dead was not a must have. The raven met his destination and looked down at his mother's grave.

"Here lies a beloved mother and wife, Kim Naomi Hideki." Lawliet mumbled as fell to his knees and ignored the striking pain that hit his knees from the wounds. His large onyx eyes shimmered with a transparent salty liquid he was quite used to, even though he hated to show it.

"Hey mom…" That was the exact same words he said the last time he saw her.

"I had a dream about you. It was really quite nice, we were going to eat ice cream and you asked me what I wanted to do and I didn't know. Then you suggested for us to go to the p-park…" Cold, wet tears fell from his midnight black orbs and down the pale white face. Lawliet fell and sat on his bottom the pain overcoming him.

"I m-miss y-you… mommy," Choked sobs escaped the trembling pastel-pale lips.

"I have n-nobody, nobody that loves me…." The raven tried to get back his composure but couldn't the loss of his mother was still too immense and the tears started to roll off his eyes, the portal of emotions. He looked down as if he was ashamed of showing this much sentiment.

"And that devil, Miguel, he beats me…he beats me hard, a-and I can't do anything about it and it's not fair! Then at school….there's this boy…." Lawliet started to trail off. He looked up at the grave stone with fierce eyes and stood up on his knees to grab the stone and wrap his injured arms around it. He screamed in agony, his eyes closed shut, as tears continued falling leaving behind stains. He hated that he lost his mother, the only person who loved and cared about him.

"WHY DID YOU HAVE TO LEAVE ME IN T-THIS COLD HEARTLESS WORLD?! WHY MOMMY? ….why?" As if on cue, Lawliet realized how stupid and utterly useless this was. His normal stoic self was now peeled off and was left with a blubbering fool. He quickly got up and wiped his tears with the heel of his palm, sniffling slightly, and stared at the rock that was engraved with his mother's name. Black orbs searched the tombstone as if hoping it would be all just a sick joke and his mother's name would be erased. He hoped that for 13 years, each time being turned down and brought back to the reality of his mother dead. He turned on his heels and left the graveyard never once looking back. Without a word Lawliet got in and Watari drove him to To-ou high school.

'I hate you for leaving me.'

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