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Alex lay in his bed, watching Tia search for some thing or another. Finally he caught on when he noticed that she was making some sort of hammock. "It's alright if you sleep in my bed," he muttered.

"What?" she asked, spinning around, "oh, no," she stuttered, her face turning pink, "I couldn't possibly-"

"Nonsense."

"Well, alright," she finally said, sidling into the bed next to him. Alex smelled her hair, she smells so nice, he thought; Suddenly, he thought back to earlier that day: Alex had decided to show Tia around town, but as they were walking through the middle of the town, they were approached by a fat man carrying a book and a pajama-clad child with a duck bill. The man looked over at them and opened the book, he exclaimed, "poruku!" the boy changed into a giant trebuchet, which uprooted a lamppost and hurled it at them. Alex quickly opened his own book and yelled, "seushiru!" causing a bubble to form around them, which the lamppost bounced off of. The bubble dissipated and Tia thrust her arms out palms facing the opposing pair, "saisu!" he exclaimed, a blast of energy escaped from Tia's hands.

"koporuku!" the man exclaimed, diving to the ground, the child, who Alex assumed was another mamodo, shrunk down and ran towards them, he jumped into the air and the man again exclaimed, "poruku!" and the mamodo transformed into a huge battered ram which knocked Tia across the now evacuated street; the mamodo changed back to his normal form, laughing in triumph, but his happiness didn't last long, as Alex, feeling incredible anger at Tia's pain, punted him into his bookkeeper, knocking them both to the ground, he stalked over to them and grabbed them both by the front of their shirts, "who are you two?"

"I-I'm Gareth" the man stuttered, "my mamodo is Kanchome."

"Well, Gareth and Kanchome, run now, and live in fear because if I ever see you again I'm not going to be so forgiving." The pair scrambled up and ran, screaming in terror at Alex's wrath. Alex himself ran over to Tia's crumbled form, "Are you okay?" he asked, shaking her shoulder.

"It hurts," she said, lifting her head slightly, "to exist."

"Hold on, Tia," Alex begged, suddenly the book began to glow, he opened it and saw that more of the text was coherent, "What is this spell?" he wondered aloud, "Saifojio?" Suddenly a large pink sword appeared hovering over Tia, she groaned and sat up, the sword faded away. "I'm alright."

Alex thought about how scared he was that Tia was hurt, "This is wrong," he suddenly said.

"What is it?" Tia asked, turning around.

"I'm a human."

"Yes."

"Your, like, a demon or whatever."

"A momodo, yes."

"And we're lying in a bed together."

Tia's cheeks burned red, "yes."

"And I like it."

"Alex," Tia said a grin creeping across her face, "I think you have a crush on me." Alex leaned closer to her and kissed her on the lips. "I think so," he said.