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[ clutches at his chest. ] And I would never... [ trails off and drops his gaze. ]

And we don't really know anything about the fall of Heaven, do we?

Not really, no. Only that it would have happened quite a while ago.

Which means she had been asleep for a while. [ and none of her angel friends thought to wake her before getting the heck out of dodge. ]

[ y i k e s. ]

What did you do to get her to open up to us? When we were talking about souls she took a moment to consider something you'd said...

I was trying to convince them that Hell had stolen us, that we weren't demons and hadn't gone with them willingly. But they accused me of lying.

[ SIGHHHH ]

So I told them to look into my heart. I guess they found what they needed there.

[ oh king. ]

Of course they did. [ grabs his shirt and tugs him close. ] Despite everything you're still a good, no, great person.

My conversation wasn't too different. I was called a demon, then a demon accessory, and then accused of selling my soul to temptation, ... [ but none of that mattered. at least king had gotten through to mehniel. ]

[ he's really not but go off I guess ]

You're not taking any of that to heart, are you?

[ yugi will think so for the both of them then. ]

I'll tell you what I told Mehniel, my soul belongs to you, so Hell couldn't possibly have it.

[ Oh.

Distracted by being flustered for a second. ]

[ if intensity weren't here he'd probably kiss king right about now...

...but intensity is here. ]

[ Eh so what!!! That statement deserves something.

He leans in to kiss him, tilting his head to very carefully avoiding the painful nose in the process. ]

[ breaking his nose for a kiss would have totally been worth it, but he appreciates the care taken. ]

[ but, ok, sure, forget intensity. king's the only one that matters right now anyway. or ever, lbr. ]

[ meets him halfway for the kiss, his grip on his shirt tightening to hold him in place. if we're doing this, we're doing this for longer than a fraction of a second. ]

[ NO IT WOULD NOT BE WORTH IT, YUGI PLEASE.

It's not a peck, but they're still in the middle of Pep!pep! dorm, so it's chaste until he finally pulls back. ]

I'm glad you're not dwelling on anything they said.

[ SAYS YOU. ]

[ his bedroom isn't that far away, just saying. ]

Like you said, they don't know everything, and I already know where both my heart and soul lie.

[ There's plot happening, get your head outta the gutter!! ]

And that conviction is exactly why the demons couldn't have taken them from you, amnesia or no.

[ ...ok. ]

[ smiles at that. ] I'm not letting them go without a fight. [ (ง'̀-'́)ง ]

Good. And if they ever try, we'll show them real hell.

I hope that, for their sake, they know better than to try.

Do you think there was anything else noteworthy about our field trip to Heaven?

[ A pause. ]

Yes. ... But I would rather talk about it privately.

[ nods. ]

Alright. Just tell me when and where. [ but moving right along. ] Do you think Mehniel is going to find the other angels or do you think they're... dead... I think the first thing they'd said was something about how Heaven was more or less reduced to only eight.

I don't know... I guess it's possible they could have fled. But where does an angel go when it's forced to leave Heaven?

We might not have seen all of Heaven. We didn't really get to look around much, and if there were more weird doors like the one leading to Mehniel's room, then it's possible we overlooked something.

Maybe... but they seemed pretty frantic, didn't they? It's like they could already sense no one else was there anymore.

True. Do we know if Heaven has a hierarchy like Hell? Maybe they couldn't get into some of the other parts either, again... assuming there are any. But, no, you're right. Her feathers were really ruffled.

I wonder...

It would add an extra layer of cruelty if they just left a lower-ranked angel behind when they fled.

[ And then still... keep them locked out... ]

Did they really flee? What if they were called to battle? The lower ranked angels would be the first called to arms. Where we were did have a tower and some battlements. We could have just been looking around the barracks.