Thursday, 19th March
10:03pm
(Angel's Pov)
I walked into the main hall of Hell's Palace, and once walking through the doors... I froze, seeing Gamer standing with Satan, no one else in the room whatsoever. "What's the fallen doing here?" Angel questioned, looking at Satan as she folded her arms "The same reason as I called you" the devil answered as Angel walked over to the two "No-there has to be a mistake... I was called here to have some 'talk' with you-" "Well... sort of" Satan interrupted. "A guard called in stating that they're expecting a new born in the family any day now, so you're here to fill-in for them tonight for curfew-duty" Satan stated as Angel narrowed her eyes "That still doesn't answer why the fallen's here" she pointed out as Gamer bit his tongue, forcing himself to stay quiet "He's coming with you" Satan bluntly answered. "Wha- no! absolutely not!" Angel snapped before pointing at Gamer "He's inexperienced and still can't fucking act like a proper demon" she stated as the fallen kept his eyes to the ground "You may be right, but Gamer is part of Hell's future" Satan stated firmly as the fallen hesitantly lifted his head. "And it wouldn't hurt you to at least try to get to know each other better" the devil added as I glared at him.
A few minutes later, me and Gamer walked out of the palace and towards the gates "My fucking day off wasted on this" I muttered to myself "Could've just said 'no'" Gamer told me- wait "How-" "Great hearing... I guess" he answered, immediately shying away. I rolled my eyes, turning my head away from him "And with 'better luck', I'm stuck with you" I stated and to my surprise, he agreed "Yeah, I'd hate to be stuck myself too" he said as my eyes narrowed "I'm not in the mood for sarcasm-" "No, sadly that's honest truth" Gamer assured me and I could tell in his voice... it was the truth. "You shouldn't say crap like that about yourself" I told him as he shrugged his shoulders "Try living an entire life where person after person constantly reminds you how powerless and useless you are everyday" his words hit a nerve- how fucking rude and stupid were these assholes? pathetic excuses of angels I'd say... I hope that somebody fucking punished them for throwing the fallen out of Heaven. I can tell he was a million times the angel any of them were. "You're not useless now, you've got the abilities of a shadow walker" I reminded Gamer "Yeah, and the now inability to summon a weap-" as he swung his hand up in the air, a gold spear appeared out of nowhere and fell to the ground, causing the fallen to flinch a bit. Gamer hesitantly picked it up as I rolled my eyes "Oh look, you can still summon a weapon" I stated in fake happiness and excitement before continuing to walk. The fallen ran over, catching up as the spear disappeared "...what's curfew-duty?" he asked as I angrily signed in annoyance "It's like policemen doing a patrol at night around a town" I answered, glancing at him to see a confused look on his face before painful realisation hit me as I narrowed my eyes.
"Please tell me you know what a policeman is" I asked and after a minute, he slowly shook his head "My god- the fuck are they teaching you up there?" I questioned "Hey- I lived a life were everyone avoided me at all costs, not my fault that all I was taught was Heaven things and combat" Gamer stated as I signed in annoyance, again. "Right... curfew-duty is like... guard angels patrolling the wall around Heaven but at night" I told him as he mouthed 'oh' "Police is almost the same thing as the guard angels but with more rules and so much less wall guarding" I explained a bit more as he silently nodded his head- out of nowhere, a devil ran past us with something in his hand... a dull red jewel. "That's Sovanna Jeong's family stone" I said as Gamer raised a brow "Who-" "An overlord" I told him, immediately running after the thief. After running about a street, I quickly climbed up a fire escape onto a building's roof, continuing to chase the thief that way. He ran about a block until a knife thrown from two streets away hit the back of his leg, causing him to stumble to the ground as he yelled out in pain. "Fuck" he hissed as I jumped down onto the street, summoning my scythe in my right hand "No no no no no no no no- please, just leave me alone!" he stumbled onto his feet as I walked towards him "It's your fault you've decided to disobey curfew and stole from an overlord... give up now and your punishment will have mercy on you" I said, taking another step. "Fuck no!" he ran at me, trying to throw a punch, I jumped over him, landing behind him and kicking his back in. He turned around and swung a couple of punches, I dodged them and swung my scythe but he dodged it... then he showed up. Jumping out of the shadows and slitting the man's neck, the man fell to the ground as Gamer stood there, smirking "I had it under control" I groaned, collecting the thief's soul "I know, but I don't understand why you didn't just take him down with one single blow-" "Cause that's not what they deserve" I hissed "...pickup the jewel" I coldly told him.
Gamer rolled his eyes as he picked up the dull red stone whilst I started to walk away, he caught up. "What about the body?" "Dead caters will collect it in ten minutes" I answered as my scythe disappeared, a questioned bugging my head "Why the hell is the royal family so interested in keeping you and teaching you to be a demon?" I asked, somewhat catching Gamer off guard. "I-I don't know... I don't really think they care that much about-" "Satan literally put you on curfew-duty with me" I interrupted "Of all the guards you could've gone with- even Death-" "I wish, but Death's apparently doing a different job today for Aristomache and Euanthe" Gamer stated as I raised a brow. "What job?" "I don't know, that's as much as I know" he told me as I stopped walking. The fallen turned his head back to me before walking over "Everything alright?" he questioned as I looked at the ground "...you shouldn't be hanging around Death so much" I told him as he raised a brow "...what-" "I've known him a little bit longer than you and seen his true side- he's not the type of person you should be hanging around with" I stated, looking up to see Gamer's brows frown in confusion. "He's my friend-" "He hurts all his friends, Gamer" I snapped yet he barely flinched "Look- I may not know what really happened between you two, but I know for myself that he isn't a bad person, Death's good-" "He hurt me for no reason at all" I interrupted as Gamer's eyes widened a bit. "Wha-" "He's a ripper demon, Gamer" I stated, somewhat towering over him "He's a fucking monster-" he... he kissed me. He pulled away, brows still somewhat frowned as I stood frozen in place and a second later... I punched him in the jaw.
Gamer stumbled back a bit, looking up at me as I turned my back to him and started walking away "I may not know what happened between you two, but I'm sorry" he somewhat yelled as I froze "I'm sorry for what he done... but I know for sure there's a reason for why he did what he did" he continued yet I ignored him. "Go home" I coldly told him "But-" "Death knows Sovanna, get him to take the stone back to her" I told him before climbing up another building's fire escape and running off.
(Death's Pov)
I tiredly signed, leaning against the bar counter.
I had just gotten back from delivering the Toflieet flower to Aristomache... after leaving the Greed Ring and thankfully arriving back in the Pride Ring, I... for some reason walked Akire back to her witch shop in Isledale before heading back to the palace to give Aristomache the stupid flower we literally risked our lives for then finally, here we are... back at the casino and thankfully Nile and Martin were closing up, and no customers inside.
"Long day?" Nile questioned, drying glasses as Martin wiped down several tables "You could say that" I answered, my tiredness obviously slipping through into my words ..."Why were they after us?" "That" I answered, pointing at the flower "Guessing the cult is after it as well as the royal family" I looked out the window, watching the Greed Ring slowly disappear beneath us "So the Killen Cult is really back?" Akire questioned, finally had caught her breath back "Seems like it" I answered... I turned my head to Nile "We have to start being careful" I told him, loud enough for Martin to also hear. "May I ask why?" Nile questioned as Martin looked over at us "I was chased by a couple killens earlier today" I told him "Killens?!" Martin questioned, worry and fear twisted into his voice as Nile's eyes widened a bit "You sure?" he questioned, placing down the cup and towel as I signed. "Yeah... it seems like they're back, one tried to get Gamer on Cleansing Day last year" I told them as Martin panicked more "WHAT?!" he yelled "You're only just telling us now?!" Martin questioned as Nile rolled his eyes "There's a chance that this could just be another sighting" Nile said "If the cult was really back, a royal family member, Black Councillor or overlord would be dead by now" Nile stated. I signed "Yeah, you're right... but I'd rather be careful now and have all you guys safe from those pathetic excuse of demons and devils" I told them as the back door of the casino opened and closed. I turned my head as Gamer walked in from the back to the main part of the casino and around the back of the bar "Hey, how was your day?" Nile asked yet the fallen just ignored him and walked out the back to the employee rooms, a few seconds later, a door slammed shut.
"The hell was that about?" Martin questioned, leaning against a table as Nile turned back to me, looking at me as if I done something wrong "Don't give me that look-" "Don't give me that bullshit- last time this happened, you did something to Angel" Nile stated. "I was with the fucking witchdoctor all day risking my life with flowers and killens, I didn't do anything" I somewhat snapped before trying to calm myself down a bit "Right... go check on him then" Nile said, folding his arms "Wait, why do I have to-" "You're the one who brought him home" Martin stated as I angrily signed "Fine...". I walked around the bar and out to the back to the employee rooms. I walked over to the door of Gamer's room, hesitating for a second before knocking on the door... no answer. I slowly grabbed the doorknob, turning it before opening it "Gamer?" my voice went un-answered as I carefully stepped into the room, seeing the fallen sitting on his bed, hugging his legs with his head buried into his arms. I closed the door before walking over and sitting on the edge of the bed "...you alright?" I asked, this time getting an answer "No- I fucked up" he admitted as I raised a brow "What do you mean you 'fucked up'? what happened?" I asked. "...Satan made me go with Angel for curfew-duty and she started saying all this bad crap about you a-and... I did something to shut her up and it was so stupid" Gamer started, every word slightly muffled and twisted "It's okay, mistakes happen-" "I kissed her, Death" Gamer somewhat snapped, lifting his head up a bit yet his eyes were closed whilst I froze. "Y-you..." I couldn't find any words... he kissed Angel? One, how the fuck did that happen? and two... why... why do I feel bugged about it.
"First fucking kiss and I ruined it just to shut a girl up" Gamer continued... his first kiss? he had his first kiss with Angel... why do I feel so bugged by that- I can literally feel the anger slowly building up. "I'm such a fucking dambass... god, I'm so pathetic-" "Hey" I gently held his shoulders as he looked up at me, tears starting to threaten his eyes "You are not a dumbass and you're certainly not pathetic" I told him. "But Angel-" "Don't care about her words or what she did afterwards, okay?... anyone would be lucky enough to have you" I stated as Gamer cracked a small smile "...really?" "Yes, really" I smiled back before Gamer pulled something out of his pocket and gave it to me, it was a small dull red jewel. I raised a brow "What-" "Some devil stole it from an overlord, Sovanna... something?" he said, unsure of the name "Sovanna Jeong... this is her family stone, isn't it?" I questioned as Gamer nodded his head. "Angel said give it to you and you'll give it back" the fallen told me as I rolled my eyes "Of course she did" I groaned, turning my head back to the fallen "Thanks Game" I smiled, a few seconds later, Gamer laughed a bit "Game?" "Oh my lord" I laughed a bit, holding my head "You just give me a nickname?" he smirked as I somewhat glared at him. "Don't-" "That's so cute" he laughed as I felt my face redden a bit "Right, never calling you that again-" "Come on, say it again" he laughed as I smiled, holding back my own laughter "No" "Please-" "No, fuck off"... eventually our words just turned into laughter.
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