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Today was another tiring day of school, not bad mind you, but tiring all the same. You were definitely itching to get home and relax with the others. Since it was Friday you were thinking about maybe asking the boys if they wanted to do a movie night since a new comedy just came out and you were excited to see it. You especially wanted to ask mammon, to sit close to him, to see him laugh (and cry) in his cute exaggerated way.

You neared the classroom that was Mammon’s last class of the day, and you rushed to surprise him so you could both walk home. You stopped in front of the door and opened it quietly. You could see Mammon and some other demons talking, you decided to wait a moment for them to finish their conversation. No one seemed to notice you as they continued to talk.

“You free to hang tonight Mam?” One demon said to Mammon.

“Nah! He probably has to hang with that dumb human! He’s been spending so much time with it lately." another demon said.

Mammon looked away embarrassed and was silent for a few moments. You went through a lot of emotions when that demon said this, but you knew Mammon would probably pop back at him with some kind of insult. He always did when someone insulted you.

“Yeah, he's right…I’m babysitting the dumb human tonight so I can’t hang…sorry” Mammon said.

“Damn that bitch has you on a tight leash, you should eat her” The first demon said.

“Yeah! It’s been forever since I've had human meat! I miss the good ol’ days when you could get shit like that really easily. Don’t you agree Mammon?” The second demon said.

“I…wouldn’t go that far…It's illegal for a reason-” Mammon tried to say back, but was cut off.

“Don’t tell me you actually care about that bitch.” The first demon said.

Mammon was silent again before answering: “Why would I care about her?”

This broke you. He…didn’t care? Tears started streaming down your face. You couldn’t control yourself. You let out a quiet sob and all three of them turned to stare at you. As soon as Mammon saw you, he knew he messed up. His eyes grew wide and he stammered as he got up to give you an excuse, but you ran. Out of the room, out the school, as fast as your legs could take you. For a while you heard Mammon behind you, calling out. But you lost him in the shops because it was really busy today. You decided to rest in a cafe. You didn’t want to go home, if he would be there, waiting to suck up to you. You didn’t know what to do though. Do you go home at all? Maybe you could go to purgatory hall… you sat and thought about what to do next.

A wringing from your D.D.D. snapped you out of your thoughts. You looked down to see it was a call from him. You hung up on him without a second thought, but you stared at the screen. You looked through your contacts thinking about calling someone, finally you decided to call up Asmodeus. He was really good at comforting you. The D.D.D. wrung for a few minutes before he picked up.

“Hello darling!” he greeted.

“Hello Asmo…” You said back.

You didn’t hide the tiredness in your voice, so he knew something was up immediately.

“Dear, where are you?” He sounded a bit worried now.

“The Devildom Cafe, I…I don’t know what I want to do Asmodeus…”

“Dear, I’m coming now, do you want to fill me in on the way?”

You took a deep breath, before agreeing and telling Asmodeus everything that happened. He was silent, but made sure to say “yes” and “mhm” so you knew he was being attentive. When you finished he was silent for a few moments. You could feel his anger seething from the other side of the line.

“I’m sorry stupid Mammon did that love, I’ll make sure he regrets it later.”

“Thank you Asmo but…I don’t want that.”

You heard a knock on the glass beside you. It was Mammon staring at you from the other side. You almost dropped your D.D.D. in surprise as you both stared at each other. Mammon was about to go inside and you were about to run from him, when Asmodeus spotted Mammon running up to him. Mammon didn’t register that Asmodeus was there until he grabbed Mammon by the ear and started to yell at him. Mammon tried to get away but couldn’t get out of Asmodeus’ grip. You watched in shock at what was happening, before snapping back into reality, realizing you should probably run to the house while Mammon was distracted.

You flew out of your seat (leaving the amount of Grimm to pay for your drink) and ran out the restaurant and down the street. Asmodeus and Mammon both noticed you, but Asmodeus sensed what you were doing and continued to hold Mammon. Upon seeing you Mammon tried even harder to wiggle out of Asmo’s grasp. All to no avail.

As you entered the house you didn’t stop to catch your breath. The brothers greeted you as they saw you, and you did frantically try to say “Hi” to each one, but you were more focused on the whole, running away thing. As soon as you entered the room you slammed and locked the door. As soon as the door was safely locked your legs buckled beneath you, not only from the sadness but also just from the sheer tiredness of having to run twice in one day. The adrenaline was gone.

You didn’t want to cry again, but you couldn’t stop yourself from shaking like a leaf. Mammon was so mean. For no reason! But, maybe it was your fault for getting your hopes up so much.

You got a text from Asmodeus after a few minutes. You didn’t check it though. You just needed to be alone for a while. You ended up falling asleep by the door, you didn’t answer your phone or go down to dinner. Even if you hadn’t fallen asleep, you just couldn’t face them right now. Maybe Mammon was lying, he usually does, but what if they didn’t…what if they all felt this way…after all this time. You couldn’t shake those feelings.

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Asmodeus was very worried when you didn’t answer his text, he went up to your room to see if you would answer, but when you didn’t after a couple times he decided to leave you alone. Mammon wasn’t able to come visit your door because he was currently being restrained by Beel and getting an angry lecture from Satan (as soon as he heard about the situation he instantly lost his cool).

When Asmodeus got back down stairs he sat down in the chair across from Mammon and gave him a deathly stare. Mammon was starting to sweat under Asmo’s gaze.

“Mammon. My. Dear. Brother” Asmo Started.

Mammon Gulped: “Uh…hehehe…Yes Asmo?”

“Do you want to tell me what sparked your distasteful outburst?”

“I-ah…I…She hates me now doesn’t she?”

Mammon looked down to the floor solemnly, he looked like he was grieving over a dead loved one. Like his world would never be filled with happiness again. It almost made Asmodeus feel bad for him, keyword being almost.

“Deflecting isn’t your style darling, try the tsundere act, it fits you much better.”

He looked up at Asmodeus with a pained look. Mammon really did feel bad.

“I’m sorry-”

“Don’t apologize to me Mammon, I’m not the one who feels like shit right now. Honestly! I can’t stand you! And I don’t know how the hell Mc does! I can’t believe out of every demon here in the devildom she wants you-”

Mammon had his head hung low until the end, when Asmodeus said the words “Wants you” His eyes brightened up and he looked so starstruck. Again, if Asmodeus wasn’t so filled with anger he would have thought it was cute to see him so in love.

“She…Likes me? Wants me?”

“Yes you Idiot! God! You didn’t even know! My god, how stupid can you be!”

Mammon was silent before answering:

“Yeah…I am pretty Damn stupid…”

Asmodeus couldn’t take Mammon’s moping anymore. He had an idea.

“Alright, everyone listen up! Especially you Mammon!”

All 6 of the brothers focused on Asmodeus (keep in mind Beel was still wrapping Mammon in his arms restraining him and Satan was still fuming in a seat next to Mammon).

“Here's what we’re gonna do. We are gonna get Mammon to say sorry to Mc, and get these idiots together!”

Mammon looked up hopefully to Asmodeus. Asmodeus hoped this would work, he loves love stories! The rest of the night the boys schemed about what they would do to get the love birds together.

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You woke up on the floor the next day. Everything ached from the unlikely and uncomfortable spot. You sat in front of the door, like you did yesterday, and contemplated whether or not you should go downstairs. It was Saturday, so you couldn’t necessarily escape from Mammon like you could during the school week.You contemplated for at least 30 minutes before deciding it was probably best to go downstairs and pretend you were ok. While you were angry at Mammon, you didn’t want anyone to worry. This family has had enough drama.

You traveled downstairs in your pajamas, everyone was already at the table. You took the empty seat next to Asmodeus and all the brothers quieted down to look at you. You looked up to smile and say “Hi guys” and they slowly retreated back into quiet conversations. Looking around the table you realized that everyone was there, except for Mammon. Your heart ached a bit, but you steeled yourself. ‘Your nothing to him…’ you sadly thought to yourself. Asmodeus handed you a prepared plate and smiled at you kindly.

“Good morning dear, did you sleep well last night?”

“Uh, yeah, not too badly…”

“Good…Good!”

You could tell Asmodeus was trying to keep the conversation light, but he desperately wanted to ask the deeper, more prominent, questions. You unfortunately did not feel like indulging THOSE questions, so you held him off by picking up the conversation yourself.

“Sorry you probably had to hold Beel off from my plate.” You chuckled at the end trying to keep it lighthearted.

“Oh no dear, in fact, he was the one who made it for you.” Asmodeus smiled back at you.

This…worried you. Beel was not the type to hold him self back from food, much less make a plate for someone, unless he felt bad for you or guilty for something. They all know about yesterday. Damn it.

Asmodeus snapped his fingers in front of your face, you got caught up in your thoughts. You looked up to him and smiled.

“Sorry! Still kinda tired, so I'm spacing out.”

“No problem dear…”

He gave you worried eyes. You didn’t want pity right now. You didn’t want them to know. You just wanted to hide away in your room for eternity and forget about everything that happened yesterday. You worked on finishing your food quickly before anyone could rope you into anything. You also thought up your excuse, you decided to land on ‘Mountains of homework and studying’ because it couldn’t be too easily refuted especially because Lucifer would agree that if you have homework you should get it done. Sadly, as you finished your plate you felt a hand on your shoulder. You looked behind you to see HIM. You tried to conceal the surprise that you felt, but you were caught very off guard so you probably weren’t able to conceal it very well.

“Mc”, he spoke softly, “I need to talk to you”.

“Uh…Yeah…Sure?”

Dang it! You didn’t mean to say yes! Unfortunately, you didn’t want to be rude…and it was too late now. After you excused yourself from the table, and put your plate in the sink, you slunk over to Mammon and Mammon led you to the library. He let you go in first, shutting the door behind you too so you could have some privacy (or the illusion of it, his brothers were probably listening in as we speak). Mammon sat down on the couch and motioned for you to sit next to him, you nodded ‘no’ deciding to remain standing instead. He looked hurt, but he respected your decision. He fidgeted with his fingers looking all around the room thinking about what he wanted to say before opening with:

“Want ta’ hear a joke?”

“What-”

“Knock Knock.”

Was he, Was he really telling you a KNOCK KNOCK JOKE!

“Mammon I’m not going to-”

“Knock Knock”

You sighed. You thought he was going to talk about yesterday or apologize. But you knew you had to divulge in whatever his joke was because he was definitely persistent enough and stupid enough to say “Knock Knock” all day.

“Knock Knock”

“Who’s there…”

“A little ol’ lady!”

“A little old lady who?”

“Wow I didn’t know you could yodel!”

There was still a sadness in his eyes, but he let out a childish laugh followed by a shit eating grin. That was the stupidest joke you’ve ever heard, but you couldn’t help the small smile that crept onto your face, damn that idiot.

“I got ya’ to smile!”

“Yes, you did.”

It grew quiet again, but the atmosphere wasn’t as suffocating as it was before. It was almost like yesterday never happened, almost. Mammon straightened himself and thought about what to say next. You decided to sit next to him, this surprised him, but he tried to compose himself.

“I’m sorry for the joke, It was just really awkward…”

“Yeah, there's a reason for that Mammon. A certain someone said some really mean shit to me yesterday.”

He seemed stung by your comment but he kept going.

“I want to apologize…for…yesterday. I want to give you so many excuses about why I said what I said but…I hurt your feelings and there's no excuse for that. What I will tell you is this: You aren’t just a babysitting job to me, I don’t know why I said that, but I need you to know you mean a lot to me. You really do.”

He looked at you, pleading with his eyes for your forgiveness. You looked back at him thinking about how you wanted to react.

“Thank you for owning up Mammon, it means a lot to me. Although, can you tell me why you even said all of that in the first place?”

Mammon gave you a guilty look.

“I was talking out of my ass, I really didn’t want to hang with those punks…I wanted to hang out with you. I…saw your hurt face after I said that stupid shit. I felt disgusted with myself that I said that about you. I tend to just make up excuses and lie when I want to get out of something…but I should have thought about you, and I didn’t.”

You studied his face for a few minutes. He was very sincere, spending all this time with Mammon you could tell. If he was lying to you you would know the signs. Mammon really was your friend.

“I forgive you Mammon.”

“Really?!” He shouted excitedly.

“Yes really, but if this happens again I won’t got it?”

He smiled at you.

“I promise treasure, it will never happen again.” he said tenderly (almost lovingly)

You held your arms out for a hug, and Mammon lept at the chance to hug you. He held onto you tightly as if you would disappear forever if he let go. After prompting him to let you go (because you were losing air quickly) he changed the subject, gaining an excited gleam in his eye ‘is he hashing out a scheme?’ you wondered.

“Treasure?”

“Yes?”

“As an extra apology, I got us tickets to the fair tonight…are you…up for it?”

You look up at him bewildered. A demon fair? You wondered what the difference was. Probably a ton of things. Then you thought on the fact you two would be alone, together. So much could happen and at a fair of all places! You would be alone. And together. Your face flushed.

“Yes… I’d love to go.”

Boy was that a mistake.

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Asmodeus helped you get ready for your date. You could tell he already knew about it, but you were thankful that he pretended not too and treated the date like it was a “hangout”. Was it a hangout? You supposed you didn’t know if it was actually a date date, but you kinda supposed it was. But you totally didn’t put pressure on Mammon or yourself to label it, maybe it was a casual hangout! Who knows! You decided to stop thinking if this was a real date and put your brain power to finding the right dress instead.

“Darling you would look so good in this white dress!”

“Asmodeus, I love you, but this is a fair. That dress will be green, brown, and rainbow in like two seconds. The minute I walk through the entrance it won’t be a cute white dress anymore.”

Asmodeus huffed playfully.

“Fine darling, have it your way.” he said it in a way that sounded like he was offended but smiled at you so you knew he wasn’t.

“There are a lot of good options though, Maybe jeans?”

“Jeans!” He sounded like he really was offended that time.

“Asmodeus. It’s a fair. Not a dinner date.”

“But JEANS darling, NO ABSOLUTELY NOT! NOT ON MY WATCH!”

You laughed and fell backwards onto the bed.

“We’ll never agree at this rate Asmodeus.”

“Don’t worry darling. It’s always good to make them sweat a little anyway.”

He gave you a knowing wink that made you blush and turn away. He then picked out an outfit and dropped it onto your head.

“Try that on for me darling.”

You laughed through the clothes and got up to go try them on. In the bathroom you got a good look at them. You had tight fitted black pants (not jeans) and a cropped bright blue blouse with long puffed sleeves and ruffles. The blouse reminded you of Mammon's kind eyes, and your face only grew hotter when you realized you were thinking that. When you stepped out Asmodeus gasped and had a look of awe in his eyes.

“Wonderful darling! Just stunning! We must accessorize!”

You laughed as he took you to his jewelry box and began picking out jewelry for you. It was another full hour until he was done.

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Mammon and you decided to meet up separately because mammon had last minute business he had to attend to. Asmodeus drove you to the fairgrounds fussing about your look like a worried mom the whole way there.

“Now you have everything darling?”

“Yes Asmodeus. I do.”

“I’m glad dear.”

You said your goodbyes, stepping out of the car and walked to the front to wait for Mammon. You saw Asmodeus’ car waiting for you just in case, which you appreciated. As you saw Mammon approach you saw he held a bouquet of flowers in his hands. When he saw you he ran up to you excitedly.

“Mc! You look wonderful.”

“Thank you, but you should reserve your compliments for Asmodeus later, he fussed over EVERYTHING in my outfit.”

“Yeah, sounds about right.”

He handed you the flowers, they were roses.

“Why Mammon, if I didn’t know better I would think you were confessing to me.” You Teased him.

His face turned bright red.

“A-Wha-Of Course not..Uh I! Just Uh, apology bouquet! Yes! Exactly that! Don’t worry Mc!”

Your smile faltered a bit when he said it was just an apology bouquet, but you decided not to dwell on it right now.

“Well thank you Mammon, this is very sweet.”

“It’s my pleasure, treasure.”

You both entered the gates to the fair, and from there the fun began. You had a blast going on all the rides, especially when Mammon would get scared on hold onto you like a little kid. He had an especially hard time in the haunted house (which he had insisted on going into because “The Great Mammon isn’t scared of anything!”). He Clung onto your arm and stuck his face into your soldier screaming wildly. You couldn’t help but admire how cute he was curled up against you like that, you really were in love with him weren't you?

The night hit its climax during the ferris wheel. You both made idle conversation before stopping at the peak of the ferris wheel. You looked out at the sheer majesty of the Devildom and sighed happily.

“Mc?”

You turned to him.

“There's something I want-No, need to say to you.”

“Yes?”

“Knock Knock.”

“Mammon. Really?”

“Knock Knock.”

“Mammon I’m not dignifying you this time.”

“Knock Knock.”

“Fine!”, You laughed, “Who is it?”

“Eyesore.”

“Eyesore who?”

“Eye…Eyesore do… love…you.”

You sat there for a long while processing. Everything. Did Mammon just confess? No, even crazier, did he confess WITH A KNOCK KNOCK JOKE?

“Ok, that's a lot to process. First of all, I love you too Mammon but like- A knock knock joke?”

“I’m Sorry! I was gonna’ be more romantic! God! I practiced and everything. I’m such a loser.”

He placed his embarrassed face in his hands hiding from you. You started to laugh which made him shrink in on himself even more. As the ride descended back to the ground you took his hands into your own and forced him to look up at you.

“No, it was perfect, really it was.”

“Really?”

“Really.”

He smiled awkwardly at you and looked away for a moment before looking back at you. An idea had sparked in his mind. He took his hands from your grasp, and replaced them onto your face. He pulled your face closer to his (and you let him). He closed the gap with his mouth onto yours and you kissed lightly for a few seconds. Although, for you it felt like a happy eternity. You had never kissed anyone before really, but you were happy to finally be kissing Mammon. When you opened your eyes again Mammon had the excited little kid look in his eyes and his tail had appeared and was waving around happily.

“I love you Mam.”

“I love you, treasure.”

You wished the night had stayed just like that. Unfortunately it didn’t, it turned into a pretty bad night for both of you. It started when you and Mammon were eating a pretzel together and walking around the fair, deciding to take a small break from the rides. Mammon was happy, until he spotted those two demon boys that had been in the classroom with him. He shrunk in on himself as he saw him and approached.

“Well looky who it is! Good ol’ Mam and his human toy!”

“Hey man. Babysitting again?” The second said.

“Oh, Uh, hey guys…No I’m here on my own volition…with my…friend.”

Friend? Friend? Last time you checked “friends” didn’t romantically kiss and say “I love you”. You hated the way he said it, like you were a disease he wanted to be rid of. You couldn’t bear it.

“Yeah sure man, blink twice if you’re in danger.” the first demon said.

The two demons began to cackle and Mammon nervously fake laughed as they did. He looked towards you gauging how mad you were, and when he saw he looked terrified for his life. Good.

“Hey, look guys, we gotta get going but…uh…it was nice seeing you guys.”

“Yeah, Yeah whatever man!” The first demon said, still cackling.

You and Mammon walked off from them through the crowd and stopped at a bench. Mammon sat down and motioned for you to sit next to him. You were too angry to.

“A friend Mammon? You tell me you love me, then look the other way when those-those BASTARDS ask?”

“I didn’t want to tell them…”

“Why not?”

“Because it doesn’t matter!”

“Our relationship doesn’t matter?”

“No! NO! I meant…It doesn’t matter that they know.”

“It does to me.”

“Why? We’re together! Isn’t that enough?”

“My question is how it COULD be enough for you…are you…ashamed of me?”

“No! Of course not!”

“Then I don’t know what the problem is Mammon!”

Mammon looked away ashamed or embarrassed (you could only assume). You didn’t want to hash the rest of this out right now-not because you didn’t want to publicly yell at Mammon- but because you were just starting to get tired. Tired of this fair, tired of these people, tired of mammon. You decided to get yourself a few moments alone to calm down. You couldn’t be near Mammon right now.

“Mammon?”

“Yes…Treasure…”

“I’m going to get some funnel cake or uh- whatever the demon equivalent is…you stay here…ok?”

“...Ok love.”

He looked like a kicked puppy, but you couldn’t care less right now. He's hurt you two days in a row, you can’t deal with all of this right now. You walked a little bit aways from the bench to the booth with funnel cakes. You couldn’t see Mammon in the crowd, but you were still fairly close. As you stood in line you shot Asmodeus a text. You gave him a vague explanation, but basically just told him to come pick you up because Mammon was being stupid. He said he would be there in a few minutes. You decided after you got your cake you would send a text to Mammon telling him you were leaving. You didn’t want the drama or the begging, you just wanted to be home. You felt a hand on your shoulder. You spun rapidly around (expecting it to be Mammon) when you realised it was the first demon, the one Mammon was talking to earlier.

“Heya girl.”

He was seemingly alone.

“Hello.”

“You uh, alone?”

“No, that fool Mammon is around here.”

“I see.”

You stood there looking at each other. He didn’t take his hand off your shoulder, you tried to shirk him off, but he gripped harder onto your shoulder.

“You come with me.”

“Why would I do that? I’ll scream!”

“Mammon won’t hear you, and he’s the only one that’ll care.”

“How are you so sure?”

“I just know bitch, wanna test me?”

He gripped harder into your shoulder, you could feel it start to bleed. You were petrified.

“Get your cake, might as well since we’re in line. Then you’re gonna come with me. Got it?”

You nodded. You thought about what to do. You knew ultimately you were going to be ok, Asmo knows you want to leave and if you didn’t send him a text he would start to worry. But how long would you stay ok for? When you were in the front of the line you wanted to get the demon ladies attention but he tightened his hand on your shoulder signaling you to shut up. He ordered for you and accepted the cake from the woman. You were powerless as he led you away from the booth, and Mammon. He led you to a dark blindspot behind a mirror house. You knew it was far from the bench and no one would hear you scream. All you could hope for was an opening to run. You stayed vigilant.

“So cupcake, what should we do?”

“What could you honestly want with me? I-I’m just a human! Plus, if anything happens to me Diavolo-”

“I don’t give a crap about that guy. Bring it on! I’ll take him!” He laughed.

This kid was an idiot.

“I’m worth much more alive than dead.”

“I don’t care what you're worth.”

“What do you want from me?”
He used the hand on your shoulder to shove you into the wall, taking the air out of your lungs. He took his hand off of you and you fell to the ground, water rushing to your eyes.

“Honestly? I’ll be truthful. I’m kinda addicted to the taste of human meat. Ever since it’s been made ‘Illegal’ it's been impossible to get any. I’m jealous. Mammon gets to walk around with such a prime piece of meat! And how does he treat it? As a friend? No way! I won’t let him waste you anymore!”

You were totally and utterly afraid now. Any cool you had before was completely overcome by anxiety. You tried to think on how to answer him, to calm him down, but you couldn’t. Then you noticed, he was alone. You tried to divert the conversation.

“Where-Where’s your-friend?” You wheezed out.

“Oh, that loser bailed. Called me a freak or something. But that's ok, now I get you all to myself!”

He kicked you in the stomach, making you lose air again but, your adrenaline kicked in and you tried to fight back. You grabbed a rock from nearby and threw it at him. It was hefty and caught him by surprise. He temporarily took his focus off of you to dodge it. Although, when you tried to get up to run he jumped, pinning you down to the ground under his body (onto your front). He was too heavy to push off, and you still felt winded from having the air knocked out of you twice. He shoved your head into the first and held down your back, then bit into your shoulder (the one he had already clawed into). You screamed out in pain, and he bit down harder. He didn’t take any of the meat from your shoulder, but it still ached as he unclasped his jaw from it.

“I want to savor your taste, since I probably won’t get another whole one like you for a while.” You could hear the smile in his voice.

He next clawed into your back. You struggled and screamed against him, but he just laughed and pushed you down. He licked his fingers of blood as he deliberated what he wanted to do next. You breathed heavily and looked all around you. There was a metal pipe near you on the ground, just arms length away. It was your only chance.

“Is that Mammon?!”

“Where?”

You reached for the pipe, just narrowly reaching it before he looked down towards you. You hit him in the face with the pipe. You seemed to have hit him in the nose because he grabbed at it in pain. He was distracted enough for you to shove him off with your arms. He fell to the ground clutching his nose. You tried to run but he recovered quickly and grabbed your leg. You fell on your face (getting your own bloody nose) and scraping your arms and legs. He pinned you down onto your back and dug his claws into your arms. You screamed again, but you started to get woozy. You were losing blood and the adrenaline was getting to be too much. You were scared. Were you going to die?

“You humans. You never know when to-”

He was tackled away from you onto the ground. Your vision grew bleary but you knew it was Mammon. He was yelling and seemingly punching at the demon beside you. Another person picked you up, it was Asmodeus. He whispered into your ear telling you you were ok. You started to cry, blurring your vision even more. Asmodeus started to run, presumably to the car, while Mammon continued to bust up the demon. You were so tired, you lost a lot of blood, and your adrenaline was leaving you immediately. You started to pass out. Asmodeus was trying to tell you not to pass out. But it was too late. You passed out in his arms as he ran to his car.

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You awoke in your room. You could tell you were bandaged up. You were in pain, but it was very minimal. You only had one desire on your mind: You need to talk to Mammon. You started to get up, but fell back to the bed due to the pain in your shoulder. This was going to take a while.

It took you a solid 15 minutes to get up from the bed and another ten to shuffle over to the door. You opened the door and continued to shuffle on using the wall to help you. It was night time (it appeared) so that explained the lack of nudgy demons at your side.

When you appeared at Mammon’s door you knocked quietly, holding yourself up against the door frame. There was no answer the first time you knocked, so you knocked again a little louder. You heard shuffling from the other side of the door before it finally opened to reveal Mammon. He looked around the hallway sleepy eyed until he spotted you. When he spotted you he instantly seemed to wake up as he ran to support you.

“What the hell are you doing! You should be in bed!” He said.

“I wanted to see you!”

He seemed aback at your statement and he flushed deep red.

“F-Fine! But let me help you into my room ok?”

You nodded as he moved to support you. You thought he would just support your weight but he full on bridle carried you into his room, shut the door, and gingerly put you onto the bed (like you were made of glass). He sat in a chair opposite of the bed. The red was gone from his face now, he held a look of guilt on it.

“Mammon. Can we talk about…what happened before?”

Mammon seemed surprised about how you immediately went to the subject of interest, but he nodded after a second.

“We shouldn’t be together…” Mammon said.

“What!?” You yelled.

He was looking downwards away from you until you yelled. He was making direct eye contact with you now.

“Idiot! Did I say I wanted to break up?”

“That's the problem MC! I’m an idiot! “Friend” I’m disgusting. I don't deserve you! I don’t deserve your kindness! I don’t deserve to have you love me because all I’ll ever do is hurt you! Even though it’s not on purpose, I’ll take you down with me. Being with a loser like me will only ever hurt you…”

“Mammon you are an idiot-”

“I am-”

“But I would be mad at you if you broke up with me for stupid reasons like that!”

“What?”

“Mammon. You make mistakes, we all do. I know you care. You just slipped up. We can work on that, we can learn from our mistakes. I’m not angry at you, but I will be if you break up with me for those stupid reasons.”

He continued to stare into your face, and then all at once tears started to stream down his face. He edged over to you standing over you on the bed, before laying down gently on top of you, crying into your chest.

“I love you.” He said.

“ I love you too.” You said.

You both had a lot you needed to talk about, but you both knew that that was better left until the morning. You were both tired and in need of company. Mammon got comfortable on his side holding you close to him. You breathed into his chest, hearing the soothing rhythm of his heartbeat.

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You both talked it out the next morning. It was a long and productive conversation, and by the end of it you felt seen and heard and Mammon knew what he needed to work on.

You weren’t able to go to school due to your injuries, but you heard from Asmodeus that Mammon went around school all day yelling about how he was dating you and how you were off limits. Hearing this made your heart do somersaults. Mammon wasn’t perfect, but you know he's trying. You heard the demon who attacked you was arrested and was most likely going to be put to death (he could burn for all you cared).

When Mammon came home you both snuggled and he told you about his day. He helped you do things like walk to the kitchen etc. and come night time you both snuggled up in bed together. Mammon was elated as he held onto you. He was yours, and you were finally his. He would never mess this up again.