VIOLET. | SKULL DE MORT.

Chapter 1: Removing the Persona

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3rd Person P.O.V
It was a nice afternoon. The Arcobaleno were lounging in the living room, either talking to each other or doing their own things, which they mostly do with the exception of Skull, Fon, and Yuni.

Although, Skull hasn't been talking around these past few days, and the others were slightly worried as this isn't the Skull they knew. So, with a direct approach, Fon and Reborn decided to ask (in Reborn's words: demand) on what has happened to him in this last few days.

"Skull/Lackey" Reborn and Fon both simultaneously said. They looked at each other, stared for a couple of seconds, then put their full attention on Skull, whose face contorted to curiosity and confusion as they haven't continued on what they were saying.

"Why aren't you like yourself these past few days. We- I've been getting worried about you." Fon decided to talk first. It was clear in his sentence that they have been worrying about him, but decided to change it into him as he didn't know what the others were thinking. Of course, Skull noticed the slip in this sentence, but decided to ignore it as he quite believed that they considered him like a family.

"Oh. That's what you have been worrying? Haha, don't worry too much. It's just that I've been comfortable with living with you guys in these past few years that I didn't feel like the need to make myself more noticeable than others. Granted, there were bad experiences with you guys, but nothing happened worse than that in my life so far." Skull laughed as he said his piece while calmly explained on why he hasn't been talking.

"Oh? So, what had happened in your life that has been worse than your treatment with us, in these past few years?" Reborn questioned, as his eyes narrowed on Skull's body. Shoulders slumped, but ready for action, which was unusual for the lackey as he has always been laid back.

"Damn, shouldn't have said that." Skull murmured to himself, which the martial artist and hitman heard due to their heightened hearing.

"Oh? Why is that?" Fon asked curiously and serenely as he stared at Skull.

"You don't need to know that, haha" Skull said with fake happiness. Reborn was going to demand, when suddenly, the room had been surprisingly suffocating due to the amount killing intent that they didn't know where it come from. Reborn and Fon were slightly affected, but nonetheless stayed calm as they tried to find where the killing intent was coming from. The others were affected greatly, but not so much that they can be paralyzed by the fear.

Looking around the room, trying to pinpoint where the killing intent was coming from, ready to pounce at the person. After searching the room, they turned to Skull, his head was ducked,  eyes were covered with his amethyst purple bangs, with his mouth in a straight line. Underneath the bangs were his eyes that like smoldering magma, with amethyst purple seeping in and little flecks of other colors were mixed in.

"Like I said, you don't need to know. That part of my life is dead to me. Understand?" Skull said with killing intent seeping in his voice, which turned deep. He raised his head to look at the men who was in front of him. Reborn and Fon has seen his eyes. A smoldering amethyst purple with a thin ring of topaz orange, and flecks of sapphire blue, azurite indigo, ruby red, emerald green, and citrine yellow. His pupils were a onyx black, which were slits like that of a feline. Although they didn't notice it as the amethyst purple was mesmerizing to notice anything but that color.

Fon was visibly nodding serenely when internally he was slightly surprised as to how Skull had killing intent. Reborn tipped down his his fedora in agreement. Underneath the tipped fedora which was covering his eyes, the shock was prominent within his eyes along with the emotion that someone couldn't quite decipher.