Music: Monsta X Misbehave

(Play the music for extra feels)

Many years timeskip

Reader POV

You held Noelle's crying form as Acier talked to you and Nozel. Both of you were now fourteen. 

"(y/n), Nozel," Acier motioned for you two to come closer.

Both Nebra and Solid were outside.

"I...I won't be around much longer, my body is weak."

"Mother, that's not true-" Nozel stared.

"Shut up and let me get this in." She stared at both of you. "I want you two to take care of each other, okay? Please, for me. Try to push the hate away and start fresh. Especially you, Nozel. Lose your arrogance towards her."

"I don't care what you do on your own seperate terms, but together? You must get along. Your siblings need it and (y/n)," she smiled at you with love. "I already consider you my daughter. Take care of Nozel, won't you?"

I handed Noelle to her mother.

"She looks like me, don't you think?" Acier's voice got weaker as she kept talking. "Take care of everyone for me, won't you?"

Tears streamed down your face. You knew that Acier was dying.

None of you knew the real cause, she was on a mission somewhere when she came down with an unknown condition.

For once, Nozel wasn't being arrogant around you. No, he was staring at his mother with worry.

"Mother, don't leave us! Don't leave me," he begged as tears welled in his eyes.

Acier maneuvered Noelle so she could gently stroke her eldest son's face. "Oh, Nozel. My eldest son, I love you. I'm not leaving you, or at least not in the way that you think. Do you know why?"

He shook his head.

"Because I will live in here," she placed her hand on his chest where his heart is. "Don't be afraid, Nozel."

...

That night, the entire world seemed to be crying with everyone.

Noelle was crying in your arms as you cried silently in your room.

Nebra and the other Silva siblings were in their own rooms.

Nozel, however, was still in the room where his mother died. Acier's funeral was in a day's time. Since their father was not found after a mission somewhere, Nozel was currently making the arrangements for his mother.

The very next day, Leon and his family came over to offer their condolences along with the other nobles that knew Acier.

They all knew that you lived with them. Some treated you like they were better than you, and some treated you as an equal.

"(y/n), I'm so sorry," Leon held you as you cried onto his shoulder. You both were closest of friends and you loved him as such.

Nozel however, things haven't gotten any better. In fact, as time grew on, his hatred for you grew.

"Fuegeleon, get off her. She isn't welcome here at the funeral,"

"Nonsense!"

"I am the head of the Silva House now," he hissed. "If I do not want a commoner here, then respect my wishes."

"You are wrong," Nebra and Solid said. "Mom would've wanted (y/n) there."

"I don't care."

Against their wishes, you were kicked out of the funeral and shut in your room along with Noelle.

Their reasoning for Noelle was because if it wasn't for her birth, their mother would've been still alive.

From your room, you watched Acier's coffin be buried in the Silva' Family's graveyard a little ways away from the mansion.

...

"(y/n)?" Ashio, who was now nine, held onto you. You were visiting your family.

Sadly, your father had died long ago and your mother was struggling to keep the family business along with training Ashio.

"Hi, Ash." You moved past him with sadness in your heart.

You said hello to your mother and chatted for a bit before returning to the Silva Household.

Nozel was impatiently waiting for you to return. "(y/n)."

"Nozel," you gave him a false smile with annoyed eyes. "What do you want?"

He said nothing but ushered you to follow him to his room.

"What is it?"

"Come here." He patted the space next to him on his bed. "Do you love my cousin Fuegeleon?"

"I...uh..."

Nozel's grin on his sleeve tightened. "Alright. Just..."

"Nozel, are you alright?" You sensed sadness from him. "Listen, it's okay to cry."

"I'm not crying!" He sat up abruptly, startling you. "It just seems to me that you two love each other,"

"Well..." you nervously started. "He loves me, but I love him as my best friend."

"So you don't want to someday marry him?"

"Where is this all coming from recently?" You asked him with concern. "Don't you hate me and my existence?"

Nozel just shook his head. "Nevermind, (y/n). Get out of my room."

"Rude," you got up and left his room, closing the door behind you.

You went outside to place a flower on Acier's grave. Sadness came over you. It was literally just yesterday that she was alive.

Take care of Nozel for me,

Her words echoed in your ear. "Acier, how can I take care of someone if I don't understand them?"

You didn't know, but Nozel was watching you from the porch with sadness in his heart.

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I cried while writing this chapter. How is reading it? Did you cry?