Head Over Heels
By Red Chapter one: Falling
Mattie had to be quick. If the shadow demon got her things would be bad. She really liked her friends and had finally settled in. Then some random shadow demon decided to kill her, well try at least. She was a highly skilled angel. She was not letting some hotshot shadow demon ruin her new life.
"DIE ALREADY!" it screamed throwing shadow blades at her. The blades only dissolved when they got near her. She was practically shining! Wait she was…
"NO WAY YOU AMERICAN HOSER!" she screamed stabbing at it with a blade of light. An inhuman scream came from its throat as it started to dissolve from merely touching the blade.
"I hate demons!" she hissed turning to the stairs. She needed to get into her apartment and relax. She was shining enough that even humans could see her glow. Her glow was a reddish honey color. Everyone had their own special glow.
"stupid shadows…" she was tired from using so much energy but she only had to make it to her room. Then as she started down the stairs the shadows flung themselves at her. She tried to stretch out her wings to stop herself from falling three stories of stairs but the shadow wrapped around her.
"AHH!" it was trying to squeeze the life out of her. Too bad for it her glow was still enough to kill what was left of the shadows. Too bad for her she was already falling head over heels down the stairs. She fell all the way down just to land awkwardly on someone...
"Mattie! Are you ok?" a concerned voice said from bellow her. She looked down and there was…aw hell did it have to be him?
"Birdie! Answer me!" the albino said sitting up and holding her.
"BIRDIE!" he was starting to panic.
"I'm ok Gil…" no she was not ok in fact she was the very opposite of ok. She was bleeding but that wasn't the problem. SHE WAS SITTING ON HER CRUSH'S LAP!
"No you aren't your head is bleeding!" he moved her bangs away from face to see the blood flowing from a cut.
"Here give me second to call 911!" he reached for his phone that had fallen out of his hand when she landed on him.
"NO!" that would be very very bad…
"but birdie you're hurt…" he looked worried. But why? He never noticed her. No one did.
"No! I'll be fine…" but she wouldn't she was really dizzy and it hurt to breathe. She probably had a broken rib but she was more worried about her wings. The demon had used its dying energy to crush them and they felt broken.
"BIRDIE!" Gil looked scared now. Absolutely terrified.
"Just don't take me to the hospital…" was all she managed before passing out.
*^.^PruCan^.^* (GIL POV)
"Birdie!" I shook her trying to wake her. She didn't wake up and more blood poured from her head. Oh God so much blood. I had to take her to the hospital! But she said not to…
"I won't take you to the hospital but you can't yell at me for what happens…" She couldn't hear me but still…I was no doctor.
I carried her up to my apartment and set her on the table. I moved her hair away from her face so I could get a better look at that cut. It wasn't deep just bleeding like a bitch. I bandaged it and made sure she didn't bleed to death. Then there was the matter of her ankle. It was swollen and slightly purple in colour. That couldn't be good. And of course there was her hoodie. It was now soaked in blood and a long gash down the front had ruined it.
"I'll buy you a new one" I said half-heartedly as I pulled it off her small form. I had a heart attack. Right when I got it off her I noticed them. How I had missed them I don't know but…God was she an angel!? I mean she was so kind and beautiful and sweet and she had fucking wings! That was why she was always wearing hoodies and too large sweaters. If she was an angel then was Amelia one too? They were twins…
That's when I saw how much pain she was in. Her face usually so kind and caring was contorted with agony. I turned her over so she wasn't lying on her wings and what I saw terrified me. Her shirt had holes in the back for her wings so I could see bruising around her wings. God maybe I should call an ambulance. Then of course it hit me why she didn't want me to. She was an angel for god's sake if I called an ambulance she would become a test subject!
"Great idea Gil!" I said sarcastically to myself. Still her entire back looked bruised and I'm pretty sure wings don't bend that way…
"What am I supposed to do?!" I yelled at her. "Well you're not going to help me…but your twin might be able to!" I grabbed her hoodie and searched for her phone. Lucky me she had it with her. I dialed Amelia's number and waited for her to pick up.
"HELLO! HERO HERE!" she didn't have to yell…
"Amelia! I need your help Mattie is hurt!" Please tell me I don't have to explain her landing on me…
"Who is this?" her voice suddenly wasn't so happy and bouncy, it had a cold edge to it.
"It's Gilbert! Come to my apartment quick!" seriously she was the fun loving sister.
"Did you take her hoodie off?" her voice was still cold but it had a note of worry in it.
"Yes and I'm guess you already knew that she's a fucking angel" I deadpanned. Hey I don't have time for this! Bleeding angel on my kitchen table!
"I swear to god if you did anything-"I didn't let her finish that sentence.
"I didn't do anything! She fell down the stairs at her apartment! But…" That didn't really explain this amount of bruising…
"but what?" she hissed.
"I think she might have been attacked or something cuz she is totally bruised up"
"SHIT!" she yelled into the phone.
"what?!" seriously don't just randomly yell profanity into the phone.
"She said she thought there was a demon in the area! Damn it! It must have attacked!" demon…ok I can get that…kinda…
"Just hurry over! I think her wing might be broken…" it really doesn't look like it should be at that angle…
"SHIT! ARTHUR! I NEED YOUR HELP WITH SOMETHING!" great…right when I think this can't get any weirder…
"Gil I'll be over in a couple minutes! Don't let my sister die before I get there!" and with that she hung up. Awesome just awesome…
+Five minutes later+ (time skip brought to you by maple!)
"WHERE THE HELL IS MY SISTER!" Amelia yelled from the front door.
"Calm down Amelia! And she's in here" I said. I had taken a wet clothe to her face trying to get rid of some of the blood.
"Oh god Mattie!" Amelia said running over to her sister.
"WHAT THE BLOODY HELL!?" oh yea Arthur…
"Arthur I almost forgot" Amelia said turning to him "Mattie is an angel and so am I!" she said it with a grin on her face, like this was totally normal. Like she was telling him she failed home Ec. or something.
"…nope I don't believe you! This has to be some prank just fake wings!" ok yea I understand freaking out. I would have too if I wasn't so worried about Mattie.
"No it's not Arthur" Amelia gave him a bear hug before taking off her top. Wait what!? Thank god she had a tank top on too because I was not dealing with that awkward.
"Bloody hell…" Arthur reached up towards the tips of her wings. While Mattie's were a pale honey colour, Amelia's are a little darker and larger.
"Don't-"Amelia didn't get a chance to finish that because Arthur just barely touched her wing. "EEP!" she yelled and hid her face in his chest.
"What wrong?" he asked "Did I hurt you?"
"n n no…" she said pulling away from him but she wouldn't meet his eyes.
"Just help Mattie!" she said pushing him towards the table.
"Amelia I'm a vet like a doctor for animals! Not people!" he said looking a bit lost.
"Then take of her wing! It's not supposed to bend that way!" she said avoiding his eyes. What's with her all of a sudden?
"I thought so…" I said trying to remind them that I'm still there.
"Right well I'll need help getting her shirt off" Arthur said quietly. His face was determined but blushing. I can't really blame him.
"I'll get her shirt off" Amelia said coming over to the table. Arthur and I turned around when she flipped her sister over to get the shirt off. Awkwardness reaching maximum. When we turned around Amelia had her on her back again but it didn't deter Arthur's blush…or mine.
"Ok now I'll need to touch her wing, is that ok Amelia?" he wasn't gonna take any chances.
"Yes but I'll help you in case she wakes up" She said putting a hand on her twins shoulder.
"Ok Gil you might want to wait outside, not to be rude but for now this is my operating room." Arthur said.
"Fine by me" I was never good with around hurt people. I'm surprised how long I'd gone without vomiting from all that blood…oh wait I was just waiting until now. Great!
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(Mattie's POV)
"MAPLE!" I screamed feeling my wing being touched. Great being stripped down to my bra doesn't wake me up but someone barely touching my wing does.
"It's ok! We just need to move it back into place? Ok Sis?" Amelia said smiling at me. She's bad at hiding her feelings. I could sense the fear and worry surrounding her.
"o ok…" I hid my face in my shirt which was currently serving as a pillow.
"Ok this wil probably hurt" someone said suddenly grabbing my wing and twisting it back into place.
"SON OF A-"Amelia covered my mouth before I could finish that sentence.
"Mattie? Are you ok?" The someone asked me worry dripping from them.
"no…" was all I said before passing out again.
+A good hour or so later+ (time skip brought to you by awkward writers who write awkward PruCan)
"Holy fuck!" Someone said.
"Well yea…" someone else said. Wait that sounded like Amelia.
"So you are really angels and you fight demons and shit?!" That sounded like Gil…
"Um not how Mattie would put it but yea!" Amelia said happily.
"Mattie would probably get on to you for telling your biggest secret to two humans" That was probably Arthur…oh god was he the one who set my wing?
"Probably but I didn't really have a choice. With her wings she as weak as mortals er humans." Amelia was a dead bird. Seriously telling two humans our secrets!
"Yea but you aren't any stronger than me!" Gil oh ignorant Gil.
"Wanna bet?" Amelia what are you doing?
"Sure!" Oh the glorious idiot.
"Twenty bucks say that even injured Mattie can pin you to the ground" Amelia you just want to make things awkward you little gosse!*
"Deal!" I could hear them shake hands.
"Do you think she's awake yet?" Arthur asked.
"Of course she's probably listening to everything we're saying and thinking mean things about us betting on Gil's weakness!" Amelia the ever cheerful.
"Yea and I'm pretty sure you both regret that!" I said trying to sit up.
"I wouldn't do that love. You're pretty banged up" Arthur thank you for saying the obvious.
"That and you're only wearing a bra!" Gilbert said happily, Damn I may like him but beating him up was starting to sound appealing. Of course all I manage though is to lay back down and close my eyes hoping to ignore them until I would wake up from this hell.
"Come on Mattie I'm sure Gilbert won't mind if you borrow one of his shirts!" Amelia I will hurt you.
"Er…sure I'll grab you one." Gil said before leaving the room. Wait what am I even lying on?
"What happened?" that was probably a good start.
"How about you start and I'll fill in the blanks?" Amelia said pulling up a chair. Yes just as I suspected I was on a fucking table. Great just great…
After figuring out what happened we came down to one problem.
"Normally an angel would heal super quick and Mattie would be better by now. But when she broke her wing her glow got messed up so she can't." Amelia said trying to explain.
"Um glow?" Gilbert said raising his hand.
"Yea it's part of our magical angel powers. We can see people's glows and feel waves of emotion coming off of them." Thanks Amelia why don't you tell him all our secrets.
"So she will have to stay here for a month or so before I can get a healer in town." DAMN IT AMELIA YOU'RE DOING THIS ON PURPOSE!
"um ok…" poor Gil he must be so confused.
"One other thing though. You guys can't tell anyone about us because that would be bad for everyone involved." Durdurdur nah derp Amelia.
"Here's a question. What kind of bad?" Arthur asked shifting in his seat. He didn't ask for this either…
"Demons, angry angels, and probably crazy scary scientists!" Amelia do you have to be so cheerful?
"lovely" Arthur said rolling his eyes.
"Can we go back to Mattie living with me? I only have one room." Oh god…AMELIA I WILL MURDER YOU IN YOUR SLEEP FOR THIS!
"You'll figure something out!" and with that she left leaving me here with Gilbert and Arthur.
"I'd better keep up with her since she's my ride. Mattie I'll come back in a few days to change the bandages and see if your wing is set right" Arthur said chasing after Amelia. It didn't take an angel to see his feeling towards her. God so awkward.
"Well than…you can have the bed." Gilbert said awkwardly.
"Um yea, but I still can't stand…" god damn it! I hate relying on others!
"I'll carry you…" and he did he carried me to his room and dropped me on his bed before running out like his life depended on it. This will be fun…
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There's an angel sleeping on my bed in my shirt. A really really hot angel. GOD DAMN IT! I'm pretty sure it's sinful to think about an angel like that…
"Goodnight, birdie…" I said outside the bedroom door. That gives that nickname more meaning…
"Let's just get through this" I sighed falling asleep on the couch.