Warning - It's graphic and sad at the beginning. And it is long. You have been warned.

     It was almost four years ago. You ran to the village square as fast as you could. Why were you running? Because you had just found out that they were going to execute your mom today. That's right; Princess Ophelia was your mother. You just hoped you weren't too late.

     You saw her, giving her speech about peace to the rowdy crowd below her. But you didn't have as happy of an outlook on life as your mother did. You knew that her death wouldn't change anything; that these people -no, monsters is a better word for them- would find some other way to destroy themselves. Which is why you had to get to her before she did something stupid.

    You ran up onto the stage, dodging and pushing past guards who tried to stop you.

    "MOM!" you screamed as you finally got up there, begging for her to stop. She looked at you with wide eyes, for the first time looking scared, right as the blade fell, slicing her and the side of your foot.

    You screamed as you saw what happened, falling to your knees as your body shook from the force of your sobs. You didn't even care that your foot was bleeding heavily. All you cared about was the mother that you had seen killed, and for no reason at all. You heard everyone around you pitying you and finally realizing what their choice had done. You heard faint murmurs of "Poor girl," and "Aw, if only there were another way."

    "OPHELIA!" you faintly heard someone else scream through the chaos in your own mind.

   "She's dead!" you thought. "She's dead, and it's all your fault! You guys killed her, you all did!" You screamed it in your brain, but you couldn't find the will to get your mouth to form the words.

    You screamed and kicked at the guards when they came to pull you away from your mother's corpse. You didn't want to leave the only kind face you had ever grown up knowing. But finally, your body was racked with sobs hard enough to end all of the fight left in you. They dragged you off of the stage despite your faint protests. When they were out of sight of the crowd, they wrapped your foot but were unable to do anything else to help you because of a law that stated that it was illegal to treat any and all wounds caused by the executioner's knife, even those of an innocent person.

    They then brought you back to your father, the prince of the small village. He rubbed your back, whispering sweet nothings to you, although you tuned him out. He let them kill your mom. You could never forgive him, or the town. You made your choice that night and left not long after the incident.

    Time Skip, A Few Years ----

    You were walking down the street with your friends Mahiru and Buddy. Well, more like limping down the road due to your bad foot. Even after you had left and the offer to have your foot fixed had come up, you chose to keep it to remind yourself of your mom and the terrible things you had suffered to get to where you are today.

    Mahiru and Buddy's servamps, Kuro and Wrath, had also joined you guys on your walk. They were always talking about having to keep in the specific distance limit for eves and servamps, however far that was, and so they joined everything you guys did together. Mahiru was the eve of Sloth, and Buddy was the eve of Wrath. You were the only one in your friend group without a servamp, but you didn't mind. The two servamps were always there for you when your parents were not, even though you weren't their eve.

    You had known that your mother had had a servamp ever since she was about five years old, and Kuro and Wrath always told you stories of the both of them together. They had even gotten into the love interest between the two of them, but you already knew how that story ended, mainly because he wasn't your father. Apparently, you had even met him a couple of times, but you were very little and had no memory of him. But, this did grant you access to the world of servamps without actually being an eve.

    The one thing that you didn't have clearance for was knowing that one of those servamps had developed a liking towards you; Kuro. Mahiru and Wrath always teased him about it, especially when you and Buddy left the room. Whenever the two of you came back, Kuro would be bright red, but no one would tell you why. The only reason Buddy wasn't in on it was that she might spill the secret, and where's the fun in that?

    You and Buddy were walking along, singing a bunch of songs. You would sing anything from "Seven Years" by Lukas Graham to "Lost Boy" by Ruth B. Mahiru stayed behind the two of you, joining in the chorus and any other parts he knew, which was rare. The servamps were walking behind you in complete silence. But one of them was paying more attention to you than the other.

    Unbeknownst to you guys, there was someone above watching all of you. He had seen you and was intrigued, so naturally, he decided to come and talk to you. He landed on the road ahead of you, and walked up to your group, accidentally bumping into you. You fell to the ground, landing on your bottom.

    "I'm so sorry!" you heard a male voice exclaim with concern, holding out a hand to help you up. You looked up, seeing a cute blonde boy with red glasses. You smiled, allowing him to pull you up, much to the annoyance of Kuro.

    "It's okay," you assured him, brushing whatever dust you had on your shirt and pants. You looked up to see the stranger staring at you like he was trying to figure something out. You blushed bright red.

    "Do I have something on my face?" you asked, getting redder by the moment. The stranger repeatedly blinked, as if snapping out of a trance. You saw his cheeks flush almost as red as yours.

    "No, no. You just look like someone I used to know..." the boy said, smiling awkwardly at you. You giggled, finding his antics to be adorable. Kuro groaned in what you assumed was boredom behind you.

    "And who is that? Maybe I know them," you asked him. He shook his head at your idea.

    "I doubt it. Her name is Princess Ophelia, though, I bet you hear that all of the time," he said in a slightly flirtatious tone. Your face fell immediately into one of sadness.

    "I do know her, and I do get it a lot... She was my mom..." you said solemnly, looking down and away from his face. His face lit up in recognition.

    "You were that girl on the stage?" he gasped. You gasped as well.

    "You were there?" you gaped. The strange boy nodded sadly. Then you felt Kuro and Wrath come up and put their hands on both of your shoulders.

    "(Y/N), that's Lawless..." Kuro told you, his usually monotone voice laces with an unusual softness. Your look suddenly hardened from the sad frown you were wearing to the hardest glare you could muster, scaring even Kuro and Wrath.

    "YOU'RE LAWLESS?! YOU'RE THE ONE THAT COULD'VE SAVED MY MOM?!" you screamed at him at the top of your lungs. You would've run and attacked him if it wasn't for Wrath holding you back.

    "LET ME GO!" you screamed at her, while Lawless backed away slowly. "YOU COWARD! COME HERE AND FACE ME!" you screamed at him. Buddy and Mahiru ran up to you, trying to calm you down along with Kuro and Wrath.

    "NO! HE COULD'VE SAVED MY MOM! HE COULD'VE-" you couldn't finish. You fell to your knees, sobbing as you remembered the horrific sight of seeing your mother killed right before your eyes. Everyone huddled around you, trying to comfort you. But Lawless stood there awkwardly, wanting to help you but at the same time, not knowing how.

    While watching you, he got the urge to protect you and to make you stop knowing this horrific pain. And not just because he had failed your mom, but because he saw her in you. He knew you were so much like her, and he knew that he was already head over heels in love with you, no questions needed.

    After a few minutes of body-wrenching sobs, you were able to stand up and face Lawless even with your red and puffy eyes.

    "You were my mother's servamp. You offered to save her; you could've taken her and save her, even though she didn't ask for it. You could've helped my mother to see why she needed to stick around, why she needed to stick around for me, for you," you told him in a calm, sad voice.

    "For me?" he asked, tilting his head in confusion.

    "Yes, for you. We all know you loved her, and so did I. But, I'm willing to keep you around, you know, for my mom," you smiled slightly at him.

    "As your servamp?" he asked, looking at you brightly.

    "If you would like..." you said softly, much to Kuro's disappointment but to Lawless' excitement.

    "I would..." he then turned into his porcupine form, "just give me a name and a gift!" he said excitedly. You giggled at his cuteness, annoying Kuro even more. You pulled out an old dog tag that you had in your pocket and carved the name "Hyde" into it. You placed it around his neck, snapping it together in the back. He then transformed into his human form, smiling down at you.

    "Hyde, would you mind if I continued to call you Lawless? Like my mom?" you asked, smiling at him.

    But right then, a chain came out of nowhere, connecting your wrist to his neck. He smirked, pulling you closer by your hips and exposing your neck to him.

    "I wouldn't mind at all... I just need to drink a bit of your blood to seal the deal... But don't worry, it won't hurt," he whispered, smirking as he exposed his fangs and leaned down to get his drink. But, Kuro finally lost it.

    "STOP!" he screamed, pushing Lawless away from you.

    "What's your problem, Kuro?" you asked him, startled as to why he was putting some effort into something, and attacking his brother of all people.

    "I love you, (Y/N)," he blurted out. You stood there, unsure of how to react.

    "K-Kuro, I--" but before you could answer, you were cut off.

    "No, you don't, Kuro! You only do because you're scared that she'll get hurt if she's around me! Well, guess what? I love her too!" Lawless yelled back at him. You awkwardly looked at Buddy, Wrath, and Mahiru, trying to tell them that you needed an excuse to leave.

    Buddy nodded, running ahead and you quickly ran to catch up with her, laughing and joking as you left the boys to duke it out whatever way it ended up.

    Time Skip----

    You finally became the eve of Greed, just like your mother before you. As for the two servamps who loved you, they gave you however long you needed to come up with the decision for yourself. And today you were sure.

    You told the two boys to meet you outside of the vacation house where you had been staying. They followed you out, Lawless smiling widely as he awaited your answer, and Kuro sat there with his usual bored look, although he did show a bit of care.

    "I'm sorry... Kuro, I love you, really I do, but it is the sort of love that you find between siblings. Lawless, you're the one I truly love." you told him, watching as the excitement bubbled on Lawless' face, and the normally unemotionally charged look turned to one of sadness on Kuro's.

    "I understand..." he trailed off, walking back inside and away from the two of you. You hated seeing him so sad but understood that he probably needed some time alone. You probably weren't the best one to comfort him for this anyways.

    Lawless still had a huge grin on his face, and once Kuro was gone, he ran up to you and wrapped his arms around your waist, picking you up and spinning you around in a circle as you giggled. Lawless enjoyed the sound so much and was perfectly content to sit there and listen to that for the entire day, especially now that he could call you his.

    (Bonus Ending)

    You didn't feel too bad for Kuro for long, because later, you saw Kuro sitting with his arm wrapped around Mahiru's shoulders, looking at each other like there was no one else on Earth.
_______________________________
Omg, my first one-shot EVER to go over two thousand words!!! Wow, I can't believe it! Hopefully, you guys enjoyed this, and I WILL be taking requests. If you have any, please leave them in the comments, and I will try my hardest to get them down as soon as possible~!