!WARNING SPOILER! Only read if you have finished the manga or do not plan on reading it.

_was standing in the door frame of his room, her hands clutched together against her heart, eyes rapidly filling with tears. ''...Squ-qu..., please don't ever scare me like that again!'' She cried out, voice cracked and tears streaming down her face. She rushed to her beloved's side and carefully hugged his bandaged chest while she cried on the weakened Varia commander, babbling out incoherent fragments of sentences between sobs. A trembling arm slowly lifted and a large hand nestled itself in (h/c) locks, softly stroking them to soothe the woman's pain.

He had had luck to have Mammon with them on the battlefield or else he would've been dead. And a useless death it would've been too. In merely a few seconds Jager had pierced his heart and left him motionless on the ground while the others were still fighting. The illusionary heart Mammon had made him to replace his pierced one had saved his life and kept him alive until the transplantation. And alive he was glad to be. He wouldn't have been able to bear the sight of his dear _ crying his death...or maybe doing worse than crying, he didn't want to dwell on it.

''...I promise.'' his voice came out hoarser than he would've liked but there wasn't anything he could do about it. He gestured the woman to come closer, which she did. He pressed her head down to softly press his lips against hers. He could feel her tears falling down on his cheeks which it pained him deeply and he couldn't do nothing to stop it beside breathing and holding her body close against his.