Yamiyo stood up, walked to the door and let in ten-years-old Satsuki, who was his neighbour's daughter. She has always admired him. Her mother was his ex and they still were on good terms.

"My dad told me that Shinikoto-san is gonna fight with your demon friend or something like that" said Satsuki. "Why are you a demon's friend?"

"A demon?" repeated Yamiyoru. "Are you sure that this friend is a demon?

"Well, daddy said that he's a half-demon or... Oh, Naokiyo-san, where are you going?!" Satsuki was confused, when Yamiyoru ran out of the house in a hurry.

Yamiyoru didn't listen to her. He moved to Sacra in no time and ran as fast as he could to the house of some half-demon.

It wasn't important to the angel at that moment that it was very uncultured to run into someone's apartment or house without knocking. Now what mattered to him was to run up the stairs as quickly as possible, find Shinohara and warn him about Hashidani's fighting skills.

"Shino!" he cried, pulling Akumarou out of his thoughts.

Shinohara was reading some book in this moment and didn't even realize that Yamiyoru was here.

"What are you doing, my friend?! Do you think that you'll win with Hashidani?! He's gonna kill you, he won't let you win!"

"Yamiyo, calm down" said Shino, putting his glasses on the cupboard. "I can defend myself. And I have to win, because I don't want to lose you."

"Wait. What are you talking about?" Yamiyoru was confused.

"Shinikoto told me that if I win, I will be able to punish him somehow, if he wins, I'll never see you again" Shinohara explained, standing up and walking towards the angel.

"So I'm more important to you than your own life?" Yamiyoru asked. "Shino, I don't count at this point! Hashidani is capable of anything, if he protects his point of view! You don't even know how stubborn he is! He'll kill you if..."

Yamiyoru couldn't end his opinion about this duel.

He has never expected that he would meet a son of Akuma.

He has never thought that he would become his friend.

And he for sure has never expected that Akumarou, known as Shinohara, would put his hands on Yamiyoru's cheeks and would kiss him so suddenly and so intense, that he couldn't breathe.

Shino moved away from Yamiyoru, staring straight into the eyes of the completely confused angel.

"Do you know that you are beautiful, Yamiyoru?" asked Shinohara. "I've met a lot of humans, angels and demons, but you are the most beautiful person, whom I've seen in all my life."

"Shino" whispered Yamiyoru, when Shinohara hugged his waist.

"I love you Yamiyo" said Shino. "I just freaking love you."

Still hugging Yamiyo, he turned back and gently pushed the angel on a bed. He sat next to him and looked at him.

"So, I want to tell you that I won't do anything that you..."

"Stop this nonsense" Yamiyo kissed him passionately.

Shino chuckled.

"So..."

"I love you too, Shino."