back in the victorian era, your parents were close friends with riki's parents. Thats how you first met, when u were 5 and he was 7 years old. You were shy, hiding behind ur mom and refusing to approach him, but eventually, as time went by, you both became good friends, always together, however one day, the plague struck and riki and his family decided to move to the city, leaving you back at the countryside with your parents

years passed, riki became a lord, he was known to be the nicest one, the real gentleman. you were a wanted thief and rn, you were running away after stealing from a store, but then, a guard (rikis guard) caught you and pushed u onto your knees on the floor, other guards ran to you and surrounded u, swords pointed at you as one of them pulled your hood off "u little thief.." the guard spoke, raising his hand, slapping you. One of the guards left to get riki, the lord