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Adam always thought that when people did harm without meaning it, they deserved at least a second chance and this is what he thought Michael deserved.
He ended in the Cage partly because of him, indeed, but the older Angel only wanted to do what he thought was right. He was a stubborn douche bag who deserved a great amount of slaps but he certainly wasn't a bad person, so why not give him a second chance.
Maybe, then, they could start acting like civilized people near each other, and not like crazy teenagers that can't pass by without insulting each other, constantly.
He got up slowly, and walked quite tensed towards Michael side of the Cage.
He didn't know what would happened. What if he was still angry at him? Will he at least listen to him? What if he don't even want their relation to change.. It would be awkward and quite sad for the both of them, then.
Thinking about things like this stressed Adam to no point, a freaking Archangel was angry at him, what did you expect of him? He got so distracted by his thoughts that he didn't even realize that he now stood a few feet away from Michael.
He was mumbling to himself and got really surprised when he saw that Michael was already looking at him, with his stoic mask back on, yet, he still seemed somewhat surprised to see Adam here standing in front of him.
The Milligan didn't really know what to say or what to do.
Maybe something like... "Hey, sorry for insulting you but you deserved it, dude. Anyway let's bury the hatchet and act like none of it ever happened." Hahaha.. No, seriously, he didn't know what to say so he just mumbled a few other things to himself before finally taking his courage at both hands, counted to three and then spoke.
"I... We.." Words didn't come out as he thought they would. "We should start over"
Michael stayed silent and didn't really seem like he understood everything that was happening.
"Erm... I am sorry for insulting you earlier... I didn't mean to be so rude to you" He continued. "We are gonna be stuck here together for all eternity, so might as well be in good terms, don't you think?" He stretched out his hand, and waited for Michael to respond. It was rather awkward.
When he was about to bring back his hand, Michael shook it slowly. "You're right, we should not act like that. I accept your apology, Adam Milligan." He let go of his hand, and gestured for him to sit down. He was quite uncomfortable standing there, Michael might have sensed it and Adam was grateful for it. He sat next to him and waited for him to say something, whatever. "I always tried to do what I thought was right, what my Father thought was right. I wanted to do anything to make him proud of me, even if that meant hurting other people for his cause. I thought that hurting people wasn't this bad as long as i followed his orders. I was wrong. People's life, people's thoughts, people's feelings matters, so do yours." He didn't dare to look at Adam in the eyes, he instead looked at the floor between his legs.
"I know that everything is hard for you. You didn't ask for anything, yet all this awful things happened to you... I hope that someday you'll find the strength to forgive me for bringing you here." He looked almost as emotionless as always, but his voice was full or concern, sadness and most of all... Regrets.
Adam didn't prepare himself to hear Michael talk that way, for once he wasn't angry, revengeful or anything like that, he was just trying to be a better person towards his Father, Adam and himself.
"I will" He said softly. Everything was just too much for him at the moment, he wouldn't forget it all right now, but he knew that someday, someday he'll find the strength and the will to forgive Michael. The poor guy didn't mean any harm. He sounded so lost and confused, it made Adam wants to hug him but he knew that if he did Michael would smite him right away so he opted for patting his back instead which was still kind of strange.
Who would pat an Archangel? Seriously...
He carefully put his hand on Michael's back and started to slowly pat him.
The angel instantly stopped moving and a few moments later glared at Adam.
"What are you do-"
"Dude, it's okay, chill. It is common for friends to do this kind of things, so just relax and enjoy it." Adam said while laughing awkwardly.
Michael still seemed somewhat confused but relaxed a bit to the touch of Adam.
He looked as if the words just sank in his head. "Friends... Is it what we are?" He asked slowly.
"No."
"Not yet but it will be what we will become soon." He stopped patting Michael but still left his hand on his back. "We both had awful experiences, but we should try to somewhat take a new start. You'll see, it'll make both of us happier" He really meant it, but he knew that it would be a hard thing to do. But still he had to keep believing that he'll be able to do it, someday.
Since their last conversation Adam hasn't moved a bit, he still sat next to Michael.
They talked about various things, Michael told him about what his life in Heaven was like, how it was to be a soldier and Adam told him about how it was to live in his small but cosy town, with his mom and how awful a student life was.
"Yeah and I tell you, it was one of the most embarrassing day I've ever had! It was just awful! I never talked to either of them after that."
Adam was telling him about that one time in high school when he asked his friend to give his crush the note that he wrote for her, and his friend being a bastard gave it to her brother, instead. Of course the poor little Milligan didn't know any of this, and after school the guy tried hard to get into his pants. Adam, confused, gently tried to get away only to be punched hard in the face and ended up with a sliced lip and a bruise on his cheekbone.
"Humans are really weird and complicated. Why did your friend had to do this kind of thing? And why the other person had to hit you?"
"I don't know! I don't even know why my friend thought it would have been funny to do this, it was anything except funny, I can assure you."
"Maybe he thought that it would have been better for you to date the brother?"
"Nahhh" He laughs awkwardly. "He knows that I don't play for the other team."
Michael tilted his head, he looked confused. Maybe expressions weren't the best thing to use while discussing with an angel.
"It means that I'm not into guys, Michael."
"Why do humans care so much about gender? It's really weird."
"Well, not all humans do. Certain loves people of the same gender, some loves both genders and some other don't even care. It's not that I'm homophobic or anything! It's just that if I am into guys I haven't figure it out yet." Casually explained, Adam. "Don't angels have genders too?"
"No. We're celestial beings. We do not need such things as gender."
"Hmm, I see. It's really interesting. But how do angels reproduce themselves?"
"I do not know a lot on this subject. I only know that angels can reproduce with humans, but it is forbidden to do so. It will result in the birth of a Nephilim, a hybrid half-human and half-angel. When transformed into humans angels can reproduce, which will result in the birth of a human baby ."
"Hmm, and... what about sex? Don't angels have needs too?"
Michael seemed to be taken aback by the question but answered anyway.
"While in a vessel angels can have sex, but most of them don't, judging this practice too human."
"Angels cannot have sex in their true forms. The closest thing from sex might be Soul bonding, it is the act of tying your soul with your soul mate's. It is extremely intimate and can only be done once, to your true love. Once the angel or human die, their souls will be bond forever."
"Wait- Angels can do it with humans too?"
"Yes. Angels can have relationships and sexual intercourse with humans, they, however, can't copulate with them while still having their angels powers. So soul bonding stays the best option for the both of them"
"Woah, that's so amazing, man! I would have never thought this kind of things to be possible. It really feels like true love exists, now." Adam smiled sadly, his mom never experienced true love and now he never will too. It was quite sad. "I pray my friends or even my brothers to find their soul mate, that's the best thing that could happen to them." He hugged his legs, and put his head on his knees.
The sadness came back.
Here we go.
Michael sensed it, and awkwardly tried to make him feel better while patting his back like Adam did with him earlier. He didn't speak, he didn't know what to say to make him feel better. What could he respond to that, anyway? He totally knew that they'll be here forever, he knew that Adam won't ever be able to find his soul mate.
It was a simple gesture but it made Adam feel better right away.
The situation was quite funny actually, the Mighty Archangel Michael was trying to comfort a pitiful human crying about the fact that he'll never find his true love.
Michael was really trying to be more kind with Adam. He would have normally destroyed Adam for having touched him like that earlier, but now he was the one doing it.
It was kind of cute. It even made Adam laugh.
The archangel was glad to see the smile was back on his face.
"Michael, you don't have to force yourself to do that." He said while turning his head towards him, still smiling.
The angel didn't look back at him and stayed silent. He put his hand on Adam's forearm and didn't move a bit.
Strangely, it wasn't an unpleasant feeling, quite the opposite actually.
It was really comfortable, he could stay like that forever.
He side-looked at Michael and murmured to himself. "Maybe my trip in Hell won't be that bad after all."