"Ha ha ha ha! After failure over failure, I finally hold the ultimate item within my hands!" Continuing to laugh until her laughter turned into a violent cough, Satanichia Kurumizawa McDowell was all but certain, completely and utterly certain that victory was finally at hand. "Now there is nothing and nobody that will be able to challenge my claim to the throne of hell!"
Whirling around twice, she raised the staff above her head. "It was really expensive but this time it was definitely worth it!" After all my loyal purchases of the hell shopping channel, they finally gave me a VIP card and a VIP products catalog. I had to ask daddy for an allowance to buy this… but… he he he… it will totally be worth it! With this that damn Gabriel will finally have to obey my every command! I'll make her kneel! And… and I'll have her give me her lunch so she has to go hungry! And then I'll have her give the wrong answer to the teacher so she gets chewed out! This mind control staff of mine will-
"Satania-san." The demon swung the staff around, startled, and the person that had said her name ducked to avoid taking a hit to the face. "That's dangerous, Satania-san."
"Raphiel?! How did you get in here?!" Satania clung to her staff like it was made from solid gold. "You- You're here to take my weapon of certain victory from me!"
"I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about." Raphi procured a key from her skirt pocket. "And I have a key."
"How do you have a key?!" Satania looked heavily upset with the idea of an angel having free access to her flat.
"I wonder how." Raphi just smiled deceptively. I actually had a dozen copies made.
"Heh… heh heh heh… you've stepped right into my trap, Raphiel!"
And she was so surprised to see me just a moment ago. "What trap could that possibly be? Is it… related to that mystery staff in your hands?" This is going to be amazing, I can tell.
"Hear me and despair! This is the legendary staff of Myn D. Furaia! All it requires is one tiny, little command of a higher being such as myself and you will be at my mercy! Now, grovel in fear before me, detestable angel!" Explaining her newest – possibly worthless – acquisition from the hell shopping channel, Satania posed as high and mighty as she could, raising her chin so high she could barely see Raphiel – or straight ahead for that matter.
"It looks like an ordinary wooden staff to me. The kind an elderly man would use." Raphi maintained her friendly poker-face and took a step back. "But if you believe in it so strongly..."
"W-What do you mean believe! It's the real thing! At the cost it came, it has to be! I'll show you! I render upon you the command: crawl on all fours and bark!" Pointing the staff's thick head, a wooden knot, at Raphiel, Satania invoked the power of the staff.
"You really do take issue with your familiar's habit of taking your lunch, don't you." Raphi didn't do anything but answer. She just stood there, smiling and perfectly impervious to the mystical power of the staff.
T-That's odd… did I get the incantation wrong? "In the name of Satanichia Kurumizawa McDowell, I command you to crawl on all fours and bark!" And still, nothing happened. No, no, this has to be the real deal! They showed on the channel how a random demon from the audience ended up controlled! "Hold on! Don't move! I just need to take a quick look at the legendary runes."
The instruction manual, I assume. Raphi was not hiding her amusement very well. It wasn't quite as funny as many other of Satania's escapades because the whole shtick with her buying ridiculous items from hell was getting pretty old now. I don't think she has ever bought anything that actually worked. It is actually pitiful. But that just makes it more entertaining.
It doesn't say anything about how to use it here! Satania felt the clutches of despair claw at her behind – when in fact it was just the amused eyes of Raphiel. In that case I'll use my great demonic power to make it work by force! Her horns and wings visible to everyone that looked, Satania focused really hard on the staff. Really, really hard. So hard that she started to squint and feel funny in the head. "Crawl!"
"What happened to the part of barking like a dog?" The corners of Raphi's mouth continuously drew towards the far end of her cheeks. "Woof. No? Not what you asked?"
"Crawl! Crawl! I said crawl!" Hurling the staff around with each word, Satania hit the floor and knocked the wood knot, the head of the staff, right off. Slowly sailing through the air, Raphi caught the broken off knot.
"Oh my. It appears to be broken. Hm?" The knot felt strangely warm in Raphi's hands. "Satania-san. Did you do anything… strange to the staff?"
Satania's reaction was cut short. "Huh? I have no idea what you're talking about."
"Is that so?" Maybe it was about to burst into flames because she forced her demonic energy into it?
"What are you doing to it? It's lighting up." Satania was pointing right at the large knot, half the size of a volleyball. "You're stealing its powers for yourself, aren't you!"
What powers? But as Raphi looked at the knot, she found herself unable to move her body, to let go of the knot. And it was true that it was gradually getting brighter and brighter. Oh. This could be bad.
Satania tried to back away but found herself frozen in the pose she made just seconds ago – still pointing at the knot. "S-Stop! This isn't funny!"
"I am not doing anything, Satania-san. But… this could be a problem." Raphi looked just the tiniest bit of worried, frozen in place, holding a wooden knot that was quickly turning into the magical equivalent of a miniature sun. "There is a lot of magical energy coming from this." It isn't demonic or angelic in nature… so a human must have made this? It feels quite powerful all of a sudden…
"My eyes! My eyes!" Satania shut them as hard as she could but the blinding white light was penetrating her eye lids like they were made from wet paper. "Turn it off already!"
"I would if I could." Raphi couldn't see a thing either. And she had a really bad feeling about what was going to happen next.
Across town was Vigne, just on her way to Gab's place after grocery shopping. "If I don't feed her a decent meal every now and then she'll just eat chips and snacks all the time…" After looking at her stipend a few days ago, Vigne had mailed her superiors to ask why her stipend kept going down. What came back was a letter that recommended a career change to her – purification, reincarnation, ascension. They told her to become an angel instead. But there was no way she could do that to her parents. And still, what was she supposed to do? Living in the human world was not without its hardships and her stipend was dangerously low.
Taking a corner, her phone started to ring. She didn't recognize the number. "Yes?" Vigne froze on the spot when the speaker on the other end stated their name and position. "Not that I know. No, not today." Listening to the voice, she started walking again once it was clear it wasn't her who was in trouble. "I cannot say." I have a pretty good guess though… "I do associate with angels, yes." More listening. "All demons in the far east?! Yes. I am sorry sir. Yes. I understand." And the line went dead.
In the name of great Satan, if this is your fault Satania, I am going to lynch you. Vignette still felt her heart pound like crazy. Getting a call from Hell's major crimes department was the last thing a high school demoness put on her daily to-do list. "I better tell Gab."
Ten minutes later, after opening the door with a spare key, Vignette found said Gab hurriedly stuffing a console into a bag, "Sorry Vigne, can't stay. I have a pressing appointment in Finland. Or Sweden. Or Norway. Wherever they have good internet."
Putting the groceries into the fridge, completely unimpressed, Vigne surmised what had transpired here. "You got a call from the major crimes department of Heaven? The department from hell called me too, asking me if I received any large packages today."
"They asked me the same thing." Gab stopped what she was doing. "They didn't say what was going on but they asked me if I hang out with any demons and that they might have to recall all the angels in the far east."
Just then, both Gabriel's and Vignette's phones started to ring. They were being called by Raphiel and Satania respectively.
And not fifteen minutes later, both Gab and Vigne looked at a ruined living room – Satania's living room – which was quite the disaster. "Do I even want to ask how this happened?"
Raphiel had a rare look of distress on her face. "We are not entirely sure ourselves."
"V-Vignette, what do I do? I accidentally lied to the hell cops!" Satania looked ten, maybe twenty, times as distressed as Raphi. "I said I didn't get any packages but the thing that caused this mess came in the mail today."
Gabriel pulled out her smart phone and started using an app from heaven that let her look up the latest news. "Oh, this has gotta be it." Gabriel started reading from the news article. "Earlier today at the national conference of balance, a catalyst bla bla bla bla stolen and lost bla bla suspected of escape to the human world bla bla bla current whereabouts unknown bla bla. That's kinda the gist of it."
"Gab." Vigne had a look of utter contempt on her face and just grabbed the blonde's phone and read the article herself. Oh, that is not good. "Satania, what exactly did you get in the mail?"
"That staff." Satania pointed at the large wooden staff in a corner – the head that had snapped off right below it. "But I called the shipping company earlier and they said the packet is still en route!"
Gab looked at the staff rather intensely. "Hey… isn't that..." Taking back her phone and scrolling through the article, Gab stopped on a particular picture. "It is. Satania, you do know that this thing you broke is one of the seven catalysts of balance? You know, the things that keep heaven, the human world and hell from colliding and stuff?"
"First I've heard of that." Satania was not exactly an exemplary student when it came to history.
"Satania's ignorance aside, this is the stolen object. But why did the thief break it?"
Satania swallowed hard and started to sweat. Raphi didn't let that chance pass by. "Yes, Satania-san, do you have any ideas about why the thief would break such a monumentally important object?"
"D-Don't ask me! I don't know anything!"
"Knowing that idiot over there, she swung the staff around after not being able to tell what it does and broke it. And since Raphi stalks Satania everywhere, she was here when the thing went kaboom." Gabriel looked proud of her conclusion. "Don't underestimate me. I played every single ace attorney game." With a guide.
"There is no way Satania-san would do something that irresponsible and childish. Isn't that right, Satania-san?" Raphi was very amused with the situation now. Satania was sweating blood and water, like a hunted animal.
"Y-Yeah! It's not my fault that staff looks exactly like the mind control staff I ordered!"
"Gab, let's go. Since apparently the staff just magically appeared broken at Satania's place, there's nothing to do here."
"I'm sorry! Please help me!" Satania lowered her head all the way to the floor. She was in trouble way over her head.
"What exactly are we supposed to do?"Gabriel still looked like she was ready to leave. "We can't repair that thing and-" Gab changed her mind, walked over to the staff and took a look. "Maybe we can glue it back on?" Gab picked up the separated head of the staff and stuck it on top. "Vigne, c'mere and hold that thing for me so I can take a better look."
Vignette grabbed the staff and next thing any of them knew, the room was even more chaotic than before – the staff had imploded on them, a reverse shock wave that pulled everything towards the wall like a miniature gravity well. Gab was upside down against the wall, her legs in the air and her head touching the ground. "I am never helping Satania again."
The second both demon and angel had touched the staff, everything had gone sour. The wooden object was lying on the ground, and, to the surprise of everyone, the head was firmly reattached. "Case closed. I told you, I am super good at Ace Attorney. There is no case I can't solve." Rolling over and landing on all fours, Gab wasn't bothered at all that the room was almost no longer a room but pure, undiluted chaos at this point. "My job is done. Farewell! Until the next case!" Hurrying out the door before anyone could get the idea into their head that she was supposed to help clean up that mess, Gab left the other three behind.
Vignette was more noble than that. "Now that the staff is fixed, and please keep it that way, you just need to call in that you had a packet delivered to you just now and you recognize the stolen object. They don't need to know you had it for half a day." Lying is very demonic isn't it? This must mean I still have hope at being a good demon!
"Vignette… you're a genius." Satania was deeply impressed and immediately looked for her phone in the chaos.
"I'll have to go and catch Gab before she stuffs herself with junk food." In truth, Vignette didn't want to get involved in whatever was going to happen now. She regularly had to clean up Gab's place already, she was not gonna be everyone's maid.
They were both gone before Satania could ask for their help in cleaning up. But Raphiel was still there. "That was quite the number of happenings today."
"You're… gonna help me clean up, right?"
"I wonder what I should do." Raphi still enjoyed seeing Satania being put on the spot. "I could be swayed if you paid for dinner. Ah. That's right. You spent all your money on a worthless staff."
"A-A great demon like me has no problem going hungry for one evening."
"Oh, is that? I guess you won't need my invitation to dinner then. Pity, I was thinking of having curry tonight." It is such a pity that she is taste deaf. There would be a great many things I do with curry alone like this.
"I was wrong. Please treat me to dinner." Satania felt her stomach grumble already. She really liked Curry. Taking out her cellphone, Satania dialed the last number that called her. She had to get rid of that damn stick.
=== Of Angels, Demons and the Mishaps connecting them ===
Satania was the last to arrive at Gabriel's place – why they always ended up at that dumpster was a mystery to her. "What's so important you had to call me so early in the morning?" Satania was still sleepy, yawning while standing up. "I get it that you need my help but couldn't you let me sleep in? I had to spend all night cleaning up my living room!"
Vignette looked like the reaper itself with her icy glare and Satania sat down without another sound. "Did any of you notice something strange since yesterday?"
"Vigne, I need to finish my quests and-" Gabriel didn't really care was this was all about. It was probably just something stupid that Satania did anyway.
"Gab, focus." Vignette wasn't taking any of their usual bullshit. "I'm a demon, right?"
"A really bad one." Gab didn't mince her words.
"So what is this?" Vignette used her powers and took her true form. And to the surprise of everyone in the room, she wore a short, white dress, had a halo over her head and authentic angel wings.
"So you did a job change. Good for you. Can I go back to my game now?" Gabriel was so thoroughly unimpressed with Vignette being an angel now that it was hilarious to Raphiel.
"This is no laughing matter!" Vigne grabbed Gab by her pink jacket and shook her. "I'm a demon! A demon! I admit not an exemplary one, but I'm a demon!"
Gabriel remained indifferent. "You say that but you look pretty holy to me."
"Vignette… you really became an angel. Did you hate being a demon so much?" Satania felt just a little bit betrayed.
"I didn't become an angel by choice!" Vignette shook Gabriel even harder, a clear look of desperation on her face.
"Someone forced you? This must be the work of that secret angel organization that I heard about on Factor X of the Demonic!" Satania jumped to her feet. "Don't despair Vignette, we'll get your demonic… uh… demonicness back!"
"Satania-san, the word you were looking for is soul. Her demonic soul." Raphi was still a little amused by the situation. Turning her into an angel against her will is a bit too unbelievable. Raphiel was not nearly as gullible as the rest of the girls.
"Yeah that! On my honor as the-" Satania, too, turned into her true self. "great arch demon- what the heck is this?!" Satania was in the exact same situation as Vigne. Angel wings, halo and white dress, all completing the angelic Satania set. "Vignette! They got to me too! They're trying to take over hell and turn everyone into angels! We need to call home!" Taking out her cellphone, Satania dialed a number from hell. We are sorry but only registered members of hell are allowed to contact this address. "They already got to hell!"
"You two are making such a big deal out of this." Gabriel was finally back down on the floor, feeling a little dizzy from being shaken like an old cornflakes box.
Raphiel had a pretty good idea of what was really happening but she enjoyed watching the chaos too much to intervene yet. "Gab-chan, why don't you try returning to your real self as well."
"I don't see what good that will do but-" With the most uninspired look on her face, Gabriel turned into a demon. "Huh."
"Is that all? Huh. Be upset or something!" Vignette grabbed the demonic Gabriel and shook her again. "This has got to be bothering you!"
"Not really." Gab managed to make Vigne back off and pulled on the red strings that were attached to the black top that covered her meager chest. "Vigne. These are your clothes, right? I never thought about it but they're kind of slutty."
Gab dodged a horrible attack from Vignette and hid behind Raphiel. "I was thinking Oh, I finally went all the way and became a demon but if these are your clothes, it's more like we swapped."
That took the wind out of Vigne's rage and she immediately look at Satania. "So if you and I swapped."
"My. So I must be a demon then." Raphi had figured this out from the start. There was no way to just forcibly turn someone into an angel or demon. And doubly so if it happened over night. Returning to her real form, Raphi felt that her clothes were on a little tight. "Hm, it kind of lacks impact when you assume it ahead of time."
"You two are mighty calm considering what's going on." Vigne was back to angry now. "Don't tell me you two somehow caused this."
"Are you stupid?" Gab turned back to her human form. How the heck does Vigne not catch a cold running around in skimpy clothes like that? "I never even heard of some kind of power that can turn demons into angels."
"But-"
"Do you not think this happened because of the balance catalyst. It did explode on us. One time it was when Satania-san broke it and the other time when Gab-chan and Vigne-san put it back together." Raphiel felt strangely comfortable in Satania's clothes. Considering human fashion trends I wonder if this would be considered acceptable to wear outside?
"So lets get that staff and make it put us right." Vigne was ready to storm out the door but everyone else just stayed where they were. "What's wrong?"
"Honestly I don't care." Gabriel crawled over the floor, back to her laptop. "I also think you'll make a pretty good angel. You were a total flop as a demon to begin with." Gab, completely uncaring that she was now a demon, started to play her online game again. I wonder if my stipend will go up now? Since I'm a demon, and demons are supposed to be evil, mean, rude, lazy and so forth, just playing games and roping people into staying up all night and partying with me has to count as tempting humans, right? I could totally use the extra money to buy that premium value cash box.
"I am not particularly bothered by it either. I would help you, but Vigne-san how exactly do you intent to get access to a recently stolen inter-dimensional treasure responsible for keeping the world in one piece? And possibly break it. Of course we shouldn't go and tell them that Satania lied, broke the catalyst and caused this situation. Right?"
Satania was vibrating with tension. "Uhm… if we could not tell them about me breaking the staff…?"
"Sacrificing Satania would be a very demonic thing to do, Vigne-san. Hell would probably welcome you back. Although poor Satania would probably spend the rest of her life in maximum security prison."
Satania immediately jumped at Vigne's waist. "Please don't turn me in!"
"I could never make you go to prison, Satania." Vignette realized right then and there that she really wasn't cut out to be a demon. "What do we do now? If someone finds out that we swapped places, they'll call the authorities and Satania will end up in prison anyway. We all could."
"Does hell prison have internet?" Gabriel would base her next action on the response to that question.
"No." Vignette couldn't believe that lazy bum.
"We only have to hide that we switched when we go back home, right?" Gabriel got on her feet, turned back into a demon and started to tie her hair into two giant spheres, hiding her horns perfectly. "There. Just need to get my old clothes back and done. Perfect angel."
"Gab..." Vigne couldn't believe that girl. "You think the lack of a halo might not be really suspicious? And the devil wings?"
"Ah." Gab didn't bother to undo the huge hair spheres and just sat back down. "We're screwed."
"Hm, I do faintly recall a magic spell that could help…" Raphi was just going to pour oil on the fire now. It was difficult to not spill the beans too quickly. "Ah, I remember now. It was a spell to help fix lover's quarrels."
"I have a bad feeling about this..." Vigne could read Raphi just a little bit and that was enough to see where this was almost certainly going.
"If I remember correctly, all you need for the spell is a strand of hair, saliva from a kiss and either some ground lilies, ground roses or ground dandelion depending on the gender of the quarreling lovers."
"That sounds so fishy that has to be made up." Gab looked really suspicious. "It sounds about as fake as all that trash Satania buys on that shopping channel."
"The spell only temporarily swaps the quarrelers natures." That should include being demons and angels. Maybe. I can't wait for them to test that. A lazy, rude and foul mouthed Vigne-san might be hilarious. "That should fix things." The spell only lasts for about three hours or so, I think. But it'll be fun to see Gab-chan and Vigne-san trying to make that work.
"I have to agree with Gab. That sounds really fishy."
"Of course, it's up to you two whether you believe me or not. But there is an extended weekend coming up and we are all supposed to go back home then, yes?" Raphi was trying unbelievably hard not to laugh.
"You said you two but aren't you forgetting that you're in the same situation?" Gab watched Raphi's face freeze. "You seriously forgot?"
I was so caught up in enjoying their flustered faces that I completely forgot that I am currently a demon. And then a single drop of sweat ran down her neck. If Gab-chan and Vigne-san swapped… wouldn't that mean that my potion had to be made with Satania? Staring really intensely at the former demon turned angel, Raphiel felt rather excited all of a sudden. I wonder what kind of face she would make!
"You said temporary. How long is temporary?" Vigne was not really all that confident in Raphi's idea but it was the only thing they had to go on with. Outside of putting Satania into prison.
"Three or four hours I think? We could make more in advance." Raphi put her palms together for a moment and was back to smiling. "In the worst case Gab-chan and I will come visit you two angels in hell."
"I've been thinking this for a while now but you're enjoying this a little to much." Vigne was still freaking out on the inside but keeping her shit together because she knew there was no point going crazy. "What kind of stupid spell requires a k-kiss as an ingredient anyway?" Now that I said it out loud… I have to kiss Gab, right?
"My, are you embarrassed that you will have to kiss Gab-chan?" Raphi watched Vigne blush and knew she was on the right track. It would almost certainly be easier to just claim that we came into contact with the catalyst and all of this happened without Satania-san doing anything… but that wouldn't be nearly as fun!
"What about you?! You'll have to kiss Satania!"
Raphi just kept smiling and put her hands back together. "Oh, I don't mind."
"Eh, seriously?" Satania was the most surprised out of all of them. "Like, seriously seriously?" Her face resembled nothing from the human world, so strong was her disbelief.
"And here I would have thought a beautiful angel like yourself would have more confidence in herself. Or could it be that Satania-san is actually bad at-"
"The great Satanichia will show you a kiss that knocks your socks off you fake demon!" Satania realized immediately after that she walked right into her provocation but it was too late to take it back.
"Vigne." Gab had gone back to gaming in the mean time.
"What?!" Vigne bolted around and shouted without intending to. Seeing that, Raphi nearly exploded. This just keeps getting better. I only thought I'd make Satania-san sweat a little, but this is far beyond my expectations. They are actually accepting my suggestion.
"Don't shout. Can you go and buy some ice cream? It's hot." Gab's face nearly kissed her laptop when Vigne stepped on her back.
"Take this seriously, will you?"
"I am. It's not like my sister is coming by to check on me or anything. We just swapped jobs. It happens all the time in anime." Gab's complete lack of panic just drove Vigne further up the wall – and amused Raphiel immensely.
"This isn't anime!"
While those two were messing around with each other, and Gab insisted Vigne go buy some ice cream, Raphi cut a small strand of hair from the back of Satania's head. The redhead propelled herself forward, against the table with too much force, when she heard the sound of scissors right behind her ears. "W-What are you doing?!"
"Taking a strand of hair?" Raphiel answered like it was the most normal thing to do in this situation. Cutting a small end from her left bang as well, she left both strands on the table. "Gab-chan, is there a florist somewhere close by?"
"Huh? No idea." Gabriel was being held in the air by her collar; Vigne had just about enough of her not taking the situation seriously. "Wait, I think there is one near where I work."
Work… It's more like you laze around in uniform there. Vigne thought to herself and let Gabriel down. "Are you going to get flowers for the potion?"
"Oh, it isn't a potion. You don't have to drink anything." That would be quite gross after all. "It is just a spell that uses up ingredients to channel power correctly." Walking to the entrance, putting on her shoes, Raphiel opened the door and let the summer heat in for a moment. "Gab-chan, Vigne-san, should I bring enough for your share as well?"
"Sure." Gab opened her big mouth without considering Vigne's feelings and was immediately hit on the head and went down for the count.
"Wait, I'm coming too!" Satania jumped up and rushed to the door. She didn't want to be left alone with those two. If they ended up killing each other, the cops would be all over her again and then it was curtains for her!
The door shut behind her, Satania could hear Vigne make a funny noise right before shouting at Gabriel. And then she realized she was alone with the girl that put her through so much trouble – and who she was supposed to kiss to avoid prison. This is nothing a great arch demon… a great arch angel? Which is it…? This is nothing the great Satanichia Kurumizawa Mcdowell can't handle!
"Satania-san."
And all the confidence flew right out of Satania's body. "W-What?" Her expression was that of a frog about to be eaten by a snake.
"There is no need to be nervous. I am sure a girl as popular and beautiful as you has kissed many girls and boys before. Isn't that right?"
"Naturally. When I was in middle school I sometimes could not open my locker without being flooded by love letters." H-Hey! What am I saying?!
"Then I'll be counting on you to teach me. I have had not the pleasure of my first kiss yet." Raphi was trembling, shaking and hid her mouth behind her left hand because she was sure she could not possible retain a straight face right now.
"O-Of cour- ow, ow." Satania bit her tongue.
Walking side by side, turning a corner and heading towards where Gabriel worked, Raphiel calmed down enough to play her next card. "It might be necessary for us to keep seeing each other regularly even while we are in heaven and hell. Like secret lovers."
Satania felt almost faint now. "N-N-No big deal. A demon and an angel being lovers is an old hat already. There was even a time when I was about to tempt an angel into-"
"What was her name?!"
"W-What?"
"You and I are the same age, so I probably went to school with that angel. What's her name?" Raphi paused just a moment. "Or could it be that Satania-san prefers older girls? Or perhaps… younger girls?"
"Tyr- No, Ter-… I remember, her name was Tarpis." Phew. "There were so many girls, I sometimes lose track of their names."
She just keeps digging her hole deeper. At this rate she'll make it to hell. "Oh, the underclassman of ours that adores Gab-chan."
What?! "N-No, she was definitely my age." Satania was sweating nervously now. I just picked some angel name I remembered at random from Angels vs Demons, Super Makai Wars Chronicle Z. T-There's someone like that? And Gabriel knows her? "There gotta be more than one Terpis, right?"
"Terpis? Wasn't her name Tapris?" Raphiel's lips were quaking.
"E-Eh? Yeah, that's what I meant."
"Ah, my mistake, it was Tarpis, not Tapris, right?" Upon seeing Satania near tears, Raphi needed a break. "C-Can we stop? I have something in my eye. E-Excuse me." Turning towards the nearest wall, rubbing her eyes, tears of laughter streamed down her cheeks, in total silence, while her body rocketed from the amusement held in.
"Hey, you okay?" Satania was just looking at her shaking back.
"Y-Yes. It is rather obstinately stuck in my eye. But I am finished now." Raphi had slightly red eyes. If this days keeps up like this, I am going to die. But what a wonderful death it will be!
Continuing their journey to look for a florist, Raphi quickly picked up where she left off. "But I must say, I expected nothing less of a great arch demon."
"What are you talking about?"
"Demons strive to be decadent, lavish, indulgent, perverted and greedy. It was foolish of me to think you were still a virgin, like my humble self."
V-Virgin? "O-Of course." Satania could not even look at Raphiel anymore. "There have been so many that I find it difficult to remember their names after all."
"But surely you remember your first?" Raphi was giddy with anticipation. What kind of lie is she gonna come up with this time?
"A great demon like myself has to have her secrets." S-Safe.
"Ah, I understand. She was that much more experienced than you, yes?"
God damn! Satania clenched her knuckles and actually prayed to god, since she was an angel now. Praying to shut that horrible bully of a demon. "O-Of course not." Please let the florist be close, please let the florist be close.
"Now that I am a demon I wonder if I should strive to be just like Satania-san." Raphi was still smiling at maximum power, enjoying herself immensely.
"It isn't easy to become a great and evil arch demon like myself." Satania raised her head and looked very proud of herself. Hell just didn't understand my greatness yet!
"You're an angel now so maybe you should strive to be like the old Gab-chan." The mere thought of Satania behaving like a super nice person was enough to crack Raphi's smile wide open.
Satania remembered how creepy it was when Vignette told her what the old Gabriel had been like. "I think I'll find another way..."
As they, surely, had to get closer to the florist now, Raphi played her next card. "I am going to count on you."
"Eh? With what?"
"The kiss, of course. I heard it is quite difficult to get right and that a first kiss will be something you remember all your life." S-She's so easy to tease, I would… I would almost feel bad if it wasn't… wasn't so funny.
"L-Leave it to me." Satania was shaking from head to toe. W-What do I do? There is no way I can get out of this after bragging so much about it! I have no idea how to kiss!
Giving Satania a bit of a respite, Raphiel just walked next to her in silence – until she suddenly took her hand. "I decided long ago that whoever I give my first kiss to should also be my partner." And any moment now… there it is! Raphi couldn't help bug giggle, her laughter suppressed as hard as she could, at the face of the horribly embarrassed and perplexed Satania.
Satania was so out of depth in her own web of lies that her mouth worked while her brain was frozen solid. "S-Sure. I'll be your girlfriend."
Eh? "I can understand if you do not want to-"
"I said I'll do it! Be happy that this great arch demon is willing to be your girlfriend!" No! What am I saying? Am I retarded?
Eh, eh, eh? This isn't how this was supposed to go! She's really holding on to my hand, too! It… is surprisingly comfortable. It did not expect that. "Are you sure that someone like me, a demon, is fit for an angel?" If I remind her of her new nature, she will surely reconsider.
"I will always be a demon at heart!"
Raphiel was suddenly at a loss. It was so easy to tease Satania because once she went down a particular path, she never looked back and just hung herself in her own web of lies and exaggeration. But that also means she was not going to reconsider this. This might have been a small miscalculation on my part.
Walking about a hundred meters while holding hands, Raphi found herself strangely entranced by Satania-san's face. This… is not so bad. Teasing her is great fun, but her personality aside, Satania is actually very good looking. Thinking about it, if I do become her girlfriend, there is a great many things I could use to tease her that I wouldn't be able to do normally. After being around Gab-chan and Vigne-san for so long, it doesn't seem like such a strange idea.
She keeps staring at me. I… don't have something on my face, right? No, this must be that… she's all… what's the words? Smitten? Taken? Something like that! "Do you realize my greatness now, Raphiel?!"
From holding your hand? "It seems your greatness is being obfuscated by your new angelic nature. But I absolutely believe that a former arch demon is capable of capturing that same glory again."
"For someone as skilled as me, that should be a piece of cake."
"So you will be aiming for the title of arch angel then?" Raphi couldn't tear her eyes away from the shocked face of Satania who only now realized what she had gotten herself into. "I am sure that someone like you could even overthrow god." Although you will have to compete with the naturally talented angel Vigne-san for that.
"N-Naturally." Satania's day was just getting worse and worse.
"It appears we are here. Now, let's get the lilies we need for the spell."
=== Of Angels, Demons and the Mishaps connecting them ===
"This is going to work, right?" Vigne sat at Gab's table, next to the lightly roughed up Gabriel, staring intently at the small collection of ingredients.
"My, do you doubt me?" Raphi felt exhausted. Not because of the short walk or something physical like that but because she was almost sore from laughing – or holding in all that laughter. Satania was there with her, cross-legged by the table. And she was the reason Raphi was so tired.
"Vignette." Satania only needed to open her mouth and Raphi already stuttered in her movements. No matter what came next, Raphi was primed to explode already. "You and Gabriel should become girlfriends." Satania said it with such a deadpan voice and expression that the atmosphere in the room just evaporated entirely. Raphi was in turmoil on the inside and nearly had to excuse herself to the bathroom. But she couldn't miss this.
"W-What… W-What the hell are you talking about?!" Vignette leaped past the table and grabbed Satania by her shoulders. "What the heck happened to you while you were gone?! Raphi, what did you do?!"
"I didn't do anything." Lord in heaven, grant me the strength and endurance to see this through without losing myself. "I told Satania-san that I would like my first kiss to be with my partner and she was generous enough to accept myself." Although I kind of set her up for it.
Vignette looked at Raphiel and her big smile and then Satania, who looked not exactly happy with herself but tried her best to cover it up. "Satania, she is probably messing with you." Trapping Satania as being her girlfriend to toy with was too far for Vigne.
"I am absolutely not." Raphi wouldn't let Vigne take away her toy. "I was really happy when Satania-san said she would be with me." Am I maybe coming on too strong? "And I do not think an arch demon would go back on her word so easily."
"Raphi..." Vigne didn't have the energy to fight it out with the ex-angel. Satania will realize she is just being toyed with eventually. "Can you hurry up? I still have to do laundry."
Opening up the bag with the ground lilies; the florist had looked rather depressed over having to do that to the flowers, Raphi put some in her left hand, put the bag on the table and then took the strand of red hair with her right hand. "Satania-san, are you ready?" I didn't think I would actually be doing this, but I really don't mind. It might have been interesting to steal Gab-chan or Vigne-san from each other, but I feel that would have been pushing things too far.
Satania imitated Raphiel's actions, holding the white hair in her right hand and the ground lilies in her left. "And now?"
"You don't mind Gab-chan and Vigne-san watching? I see the great Satania is so used to kissing that this is nothing special for her." I… I can't hold on much longer. Seeing Satania suddenly realize what was coming next, Raphi felt like she had to run to the toilet or she'd wet herself.
"Hey." Satania turned to the other two, her face gradually turning more and more red. "Turn around. I cannot… reveal my technique to anyone." By Lucifer and Beelzebub, what the hell am I saying?!
Gab readily left her post to continue playing her game. To her all of this really didn't matter. If push came to shove, she would find a way to just stay in the human world. Maybe I'll pretend to have the flu or something.
Vigne turned away as well, blushing on her lonesome; thinking about having to kiss Gab in the next few minutes. Don't let it work… don't let it work… my heart is gonna explode if… no, if it doesn't work, we're all screwed!
Satania turned to the side, facing the demon Raphiel who grinned wide. "You look happy."
"Of course." I don't get to see you so unnerved every day!
"H-here we go." Just… just do it. I can just blame it on being an angel or something! Trying to get close enough, Satania's right foot had fallen asleep, she fell over her own legs and landed right on top of Raphiel in the most cliché position possible – their lips already connecting.
Satania tried to immediately back away but didn't get very far. "Sa-li-va." Raphi whispered and put her arms around the ex-demon. She couldn't hold her too tightly because she had something in her hands, but it was enough to force their lips back together. Raphi had no experience kissing either, but she wasn't nearly as nervous as Satania was.
Satania felt like she was seeing stars. Kissing was completely different from everything she had expected. It was soft, a bit squishy, really warm, hot even and kind of wet. She stiffened up like a board when Raphiel suddenly stuck her tongue into her mouth. By Asmodeus, what is she doing!? It's all slippery and hot and… it… kinda feels good? Clumsily responding to the kissing by mimicking what Raphiel did, the ex-demon felt a great heat stirred inside of her. This… is pretty good. Pursuing the demon's lip the second she tried to end the kiss, Satania took away control from the girl that quite frequently bullied her.
But their excursion into the realm of lovers was cut short – or should have been. The ground lilies and hair burned away in their hands with a flash, hurting about as much as briefly holding one's hand into the flame of a candle. And then, nothing. Satania was so absorbed into what she was doing, she only felt that her hands were now free and they immediately sought what she herself knew felt good.
Down on the dirty floor, Raphi felt embarrassed to the core when she moaned into a kiss because Satania groped her breasts. T-The spell definitely finished, so why is she still going? Her arms were resting against Satania's shoulder but she was liking the kissing too well to put much force into trying to push her away. I think this might be bad… I could get addicting to this sensation, even though she's so clumsy…
Satania was rough, her fingertips sinking deep into the soft skin of Raphiel's breasts. Her lips always catching the tongue of the demon girl when she tried to get away and then sucking it back in. Lewd sounds came from both of them in unison, indistinguishable who created them. The insatiable angel was still on top of Raphiel more than three minutes after they had started, her face flushed and eyes open, looking at the embarrassed face of the girl beneath her. How do you like that?! The great Satania-sama exceeded your expectations with ease!
"Will you two finish already!" Vignette's face was red like a blister, standing on the other side of the table, pointing her right index finger at the couple making out. Those sounds make me feel all funny in the head!
Satania rose from Raphie like she had just finished drinking the blood of a victim, licking her teeth and then lips, her expression that of a conqueror. "How innocent, Vignette. This is what it means to be a great arch demon! This is but a trifle before my experience, my prowess as a lover."
"As if! Shut up and show me if you're actually a demon again!" Vigne was not fully in control of herself.
Meanwhile, Gab was just staring very intensely at her screen, clicking on the same NPC way too many times and getting logged out for suspected bot behavior. Holy shit. I've seen some lewd stuff online but actually hearing it in person is pretty intense.
Satania did as asked but not before striking a grandiose pose. And sure enough, there was no halo, no angel wings and no white dress. She was back to normal, for now. "My old glory, returned. Hello darkness my old friend." Satania was ignored right away while she turned on one foot, almost idolizing herself.
Vignette looked down at Gab. "Gab. It works."
"O-Oh. Yeah. Good."
"You… mind if we do a test run?"
Gab scratched the back of her head and reluctantly sat up. "Probably better. I don't wanna stand at heaven's customs and get detained."
"We will give you two some privacy." Raphi, whose face was still flushed, grabbed Satania and dragged her all the way outside, against her complaints.
"Hey, they didn't go outside!" Satania was upset she didn't get to see Gabriel embarrass herself. "I wanted to see that stupid NEET angel mess up!"
"There is something I'd like to talk to you about, Satania." Omitting the -san was a leap for Raphi.
"Hah, are you ready to proclaim your undying love for me after having tasted the great skill of I?!" Satania felt great, being able to talk high and mighty down to Raphiel.
"Something like that."
Eh? "H-Hmph. It was about time you realized my greatness." No, wait… is she serious?
"You certainly betrayed my expectations. I didn't think it would be so much fun." The opportunities I will gain by being her girlfriend aside, she was rather… convincing. Is this that feeling of youth that I sometimes read about?
"Eh… really?" Satania couldn't keep her surprise confined to her thoughts anymore. "It felt that good?"
"Yes. I would like to do that it again." Raphi could be stunningly honest with her words. Saying it out loud like that was embarrassing for any normal person and even for those that the words were directed at.
"Come again?" Satania was sure she was losing her mind.
"I am counting on you to show me how to be an excellent girlfriend then." Raphi loved the confused and mildly terrified look on Satania's face. "Since I already have a key to your place do you mind if I bring something to eat over later in the evening?"
"Food?!" I'm really in a pinch with money right now. "You may serve me something alright!" Yes! Free food! Woohoo!
"It will also allow us to see how long the spell endures for." Raphi briefly turned into an angel and felt strangely enough not as comfortable as she had been as a demon. Maybe my calling really is to be a demon. How interesting.
"I can't believe I'm just borrowing my real self right now." Satania took her demon form and touched her horns. "I'm going to miss these."
"I'm sure that in no time at all you will be renowned all throughout heaven." Most likely not. "Or does the great Satania feel she is limited to greatness only as a demon?"
"I'll show those feathered fools that no matter where I am I will rise to the top!" Satania raised her fist against heaven and within moments, a lightning bolt that came out of the blue, crystal clear sky struck the ground next to the house they were at. "S-Second place! I'm such a generous and kind person that second place will suffice just this once!"
Raphi was holding on to the house wall to not fall over, her suppressed laughter hurting her on the inside. My… my head is going to pop off. Before she could fully recover, the door opened and Vigne staggered outside, her face as red as a tomato still. And she had her horns and devil wings.
"It. Works." She sounded and moved like a robot. "Going. Home. Now." She didn't say anything else to the other two, just turned back to her human form and walked away, slowly.
Satania was curious and peeked inside. Gabriel was sitting at the table, leaned back and only managing to not fall over from the heavy tilt of her position because she was using her arms to support herself. She looked burned out as well, not even recognizing Satania. "See that Gabriel!? The difference between a lowly demon like yourself and me!" Bragging about how easily she handled the kissing part, Satania was about to step inside when an empty can of juice came flying her away and she jumped out of the way. Before she could even figure out what was going on now, Gabriel had dashed through the apartment and slammed the door in her face. Not in front of her face but literally into her face, causing the temporarily restored demon to go down.
"Oh my..." Helping Satania up, Raphi was impressed that Gabriel could still move like that. This looks very promising to be great fun. I should ask Vigne-san and Gab-chan to come out on a double date with Satania and myself.
=== Of Angels, Demons and the Mishaps connecting them ===
"If I eat anymore… I'll..." Satania burped and then immediately lied down next to the table in her living room.. Said room was a little more spartanic than before since a number of things had broken in the catalyst blast.
She sure can eat considering she is taste deaf. Raphiel had followed Satania home and gone out to buy groceries while Satania cleaned up. All of that had taken the better part of four hours and the magic spell had worn off right before dinner – which did nothing to damper Satania's appetite. Teasing her is quite fun, but I'm sure it will be even more fun if it comes after spoiling her a little. "Satania, since I bought the ingredients and cooking, I would only be right of you to clean the dishes. Unless of course you wish to repay me for the ingredients."
Satania looked terrified of owing Raphiel money and forced herself up, her bulging belly feeling like an anchor trying to drag her down to the floor. "N-No. I'll do it..." S-Slowly… I ate way too much…
Seeing Satania's expression brightened Raphi's day. Mission Feast and Force is a full success. Brimming with happiness, Raphi one-upped her game. "You don't mind if I stay over for tonight, do you? It would be awful to go back this late in the evening." A short pause to let it sink in, then Raphi continued. "Oh, but you don't have a guest futon, right? I suppose we will have to share yours then." No matter how confident she is, suddenly having a brand new girlfriend spend the night with her is bound to unnerve her. And sure enough, Satania dropped one of the plates she was carrying. It didn't hit the ground but her foot and stayed in one piece. Satania felt like her foot wasn't that lucky, though.
"Is everything alright?" Raphi looked at the chaos unfolding from the safety of her position at the table.
"My foot..."
"Oh, I apologize. I meant the dishes."
"How mean!" Satania burst out and dropped another plate, right on her foot again. "Ouch!"
"Please do take care. Of the plates." I would never be able to see this if she hadn't agreed that we be partners. Although that feeling from before… Getting out of her seat, Raphi followed Satania, picked up the two plates and put them back on the pile she carried – six plates total. "Please do take care of your feet too."
Satania looked at Raphiel like she was about to bite her head off and quickly fled to the sink to wash the dishes.
That wasn't the reaction I expected. Raphi followed her again and grabbed her from behind. "My only ulterior motive is this." Kissing Satania's nape, the angel in front of her tensed up. "What is wrong? Countless girls must have done this to you before." Ah. That just sort of escaped me.
"O-Of course. But I'm impressed, finding one of my weak spots so quickly." There… there is no way I can go back and just admit it was all a lie. Not anymore. The lie had become too big and involved for her to admit to it anymore.
"I know where the futon is so I'll do you a favor and bring it out. I wonder if I should have brought a toothbrush?" Unhanding the literally poor angel, Raphiel walked away and turned into a devil halfway to the stairs to the small floor upstairs where Satania slept.
What do I do? I lucked my way out of the kissing by dumb luck but there is no way I can get that lucky all the way! W-Wait a second… all the way to what? What is she planning to do, staying over? She's gonna want to do that, right? Angels are fearsome… Satania scrubbed the plates while trying to think of something to say so she could get out of this.
"Satania?!" Raphi called from upstairs. "Do you mind if I sleep naked? I did not bring anything to change into."
The word bounced around in Satania's mind like a rocket propelled ping pong ball. Her heart was pounding so hard that she felt hot and started to sweat. Naked. Naked. N-N-Naked. It was all she could think about; Raphiel's naked body right next to her. She had been scrubbing the same plate, that was already squeaky clean, for more than a minute straight.
"Satania, do you mind if I borrow one of your pajamas?" Raphi had been rolling on the floor, imagining the horrific face that Satania had to have been making in complete silence. Covering her mouth with both hands, she just couldn't keep herself under control.
"S-Sure!" Satania shouted back a few seconds later.
Setting the futon and changing into one of Satania's devil themed pajamas, Raphi found it to be mostly fitting. She was just a few centimeters taller than the redhead and a little bit more developed than her so it was no wonder that they were not a bad fit.
Walking back down in just her pajamas, her school uniform left folded on a chair that was also upstairs. "Do you mind if I use your bath?" Raphiel waited until Satania turned around, almost finished with the dishes, before she revised her question. "Or would you like the two of us to share it? It might be a little early for me, but-"
"Angels practice generosity. It is but a small feat for me to practice patience as well and leave the bath for you to use as you need it." She managed to pull off the line without fumbling her words, but not without looking visibly stressed.
"I knew you would make a great angel. I will call you when the bath is free. I won't take too long." Hurrying to the bathroom, because her stomach hurt from holding in her laughter, Raphi started to think that maybe she had to cut back on the teasing or she herself won't last long.
Satania was too stressed out to feel all that full anymore and headed upstairs, ran upstairs, the second she heard the bathroom door close. Feverishly searching for some kind of trap in the futon, she made a bit mess of it and worked up quite the sweat with her full stomach. It… can't be. There's no trap. So is she just genuinely going… going to do… that?! I'm not ready! Am I ever gonna be ready to have s-s… to do that with an angel? "Ah. That's right, I'm the angel now! But that's even worse! I think? Why is today so complicated?!" Satania rolled around on the messed up futon.
Down in the living room was Raphiel, behind a corner. The bath was still being let in so she had time and sure enough, she was squatting, leaned against the wall, her face scarlet red because she absolutely couldn't let Satania hear her now. This.. this is too much. She is going to kill me if this keeps up. My entire body feels like I walked a thousand kilometers. If I have to keep this kind of amusement on the inside every day I am really going to die.
Dragging herself back to the bath, Raphiel silently closed the door and sat on the closed toilet, waiting for the bath to finish and slowly undressing. Taking a bath at Satania's place is kind of exciting.
Meanwhile Satania was staring at Raphiel's clothes. She took off… everything. And right now she's n-naked down in my bathroom. Am I… Am I gonna be an adult tonight?! The great Satania, future queen of hell, ah wait, that's wrong. Future queen of heaven, seduced by a demon?! Satania blankly stared ahead. I'm toast.
Sitting there for a few more minutes Satania eventually just gave up on saving herself, fixed the futon and crawled towards the chair with Raphiel's clothes. She took off everything. So that means… Satania reached for the pile. No, Satania, stop! Even a demon, a great arch demon, the most vile demon, would not do that kind of thing! With her arm still stretched out, Satania kept hesitating. But… she's my girlfriend now, right? I think so at least. She said so. So… it should be okay for me to look? Yeah I think I saw a rule about that somewhere…
The piece of clothing on top was Raphiel's sweater. Taking that off, beneath was the top piece of her school uniform. Satania's hands started shaking. It was clear that the skirt was the bottom piece, so that only left her underwear and socks in-between. Lifting the edge of the shirt up, Satania's heart pounded so hard that it was like a drum beat in her heart. Lifting it up further and further, she could see something black and fancy looking underneath.
"Satania?!" Raphiel, wrapped in a towel, called from down below. "Where do you keep your hair lotion?!" Raphiel shook and quickly covered her mouth when there was a loud crash and scream from upstairs. "Satania?! Is everything alright?!" I can imagine what she was doing. I didn't intend to catch her doing that, but… but… ow, ow… my stomach hurts...
"B-Bottom drawer!" Satania shouted back and looked at the mess she had made. The chair had fallen over and Raphiel's clothes were spread out over the futon. By Satan's horns, shit. Trying her best to put things back as they were, Satania found that the black panties of the ex-angel had almost sailed down to the living room. Reaching for them, Satania didn't raise her knee high enough and hit it on the floor, burning her skin a little. That was enough to push the panties instead of grabbing them, having them sail all the way down.
I don't believe my luck. I must have been cursed when I became an angel. Hell has cursed me for betraying it. Slowly getting up and walking down the stairs, Satania stood in front of the panties and hesitated all of a sudden. She… was wearing them a little while ago. Is… is… it right for me to touch them? But I have to touch them to put them back! Picking them up with one hand and holding them in front of her chest, the mixed sensations gave Satania pause. They're kinda warm…
"Satani- Oh, you're down there." Raphi came out of the bath again. "There is not a lot of skin lotion left, but can I use some?"
"Yes! Absolutely!" Satania flung around, wildly gesturing with her obviously empty hands. "Just take your time!"
Raphiel turned away and then hesitated. "Is it my imagination or are you acting a little suspicious?"
"We had a long day. Of course it is just your imagination!" Satania hurried back up the stairs, panting like a maniac.
She must have done something wrong or she wouldn't be so obviously in distress. I can't handle any more amusement today or I will really die so I'll ignore it. Returning to the bathroom, a fourth time and last time, the demon got back in the tub.
Meanwhile, the freshly made angel was stripping, trying to find the panties she had hastily shoved under her shirt. And of all the places to get stuck at, it was right between her breasts, soaking up all the sweat she had worked up just minutes earlier. There was only one choice there.
Raphi felt actually refreshed when she finally emerged from the bath all clean and sparkling. Satania was back down at the living room table and eating some crackers. How can she still eat after all that? "Satania." Raphi tried to sound as nice and personally attached as possible. "I let new water in already. Do you mind if I go ahead to bed… or do you want me to wait for you?"
"A true ruler knows no loneliness so you can go ahead. I'll j-join you after a bath." Satania managed an almost perfect poker face and got up, slowly, like she had nothing to hide.
While Satania headed towards the bathroom, Raphiel went upstairs. She had thoroughly dried herself off and even used the hair dryer that had been collecting dust in the cupboard. Noticing that the futon was a little crumbled and the chair was in a completely different spot, Raphi figured out what Satania had been doing right away. Checking her clothes, it was all there. Except her panties. Instead of them, there was a pair of black panties with a red bat motive and a small piece of paper. The great Satania-sama claims your panties as proof of your contract.
Satania thought she could hear hysterical laughter coming from outside but when she turned off the water, it wasn't quite hot enough for her, she couldn't hear anything anymore. While Raphiel had kept her clothes out on a chair, Satania changed in the bath – wearing Raphiel's panties herself and throwing them into the laundry. She felt something inside of her die as she did that.
Raphiel was tired but not nearly tired enough to not wait for Satania. It took half an hour before the angel left the bath and headed upstairs, already wearing a pajama. She always kept a number of them in a cupboard in the bathroom because she regularly forgot to bring one from upstairs.
"Are you… still awake?" Standing in front of the futon, Satania felt like this was her honeymoon night. Her heart just needed the tiniest trigger and she was sure it would actually explode in her chest and kill her. The sounds from outside were dampened by the enormity of her heart beat's intensity. She's asleep! Safe! Thank you Satan! Thank you God!
Very slowly and very carefully sliding into the futon, Satania died on the spot when Raphiel turned around and put her arms around her. I hate you, Satan and God.
"Yes, I'm still awake." Smiling at the frozen Satania, Raphi felt just the tiniest bit of pity. Someone this innocent should never have been a demon. "Would you like to hold hands while we sleep?"
Satania revived from the dead. "Hold… hands?" Is… that it?
"My, were you planning on doing unspeakable things to me on our first night together? I should have expected such from a great demon." Oh no, I can't stop myself.
"I shall be merciful and will only hold your hand tonight." I take it all back, Satan, God! I love you! No hard feelings, okay?
Raphi just smiled by herself and slowly inched a little closer to Satania, putting her hands on top of the angel's, until their shoulders touched. "I am glad you offered to be my girlfriend." Although I worry I am going to have to really hold back on the teasing or it might kill me. My stomach still hurts. And... I am not ready to do anything else either. And if I kiss her like this… I am sure I won't be able to sleep at all. "Good night, Satania."
"N-Night. Raphiel."
"Please call me Raphi from now on."
"Y-Yeah. Sure." Satania still felt her heart beat pretty hard, but it was far from killing her again. "Night, Raphi."
=== Of Angels, Demons and the Mishaps that connected them ===