Alluring Secrets

#9

"Where am I?" Leo muttered looking around groggily, taking in his surroundings. 'This is my bathroom…' He thought looking down to see he was naked in his bath tub. "That damn bastard stripped me!" He yelled with a pissed off look on his face as he realized his body was trembling. He went to stand up and get out of the water but he his body ached to the point he couldn't even get his legs to move upward. "Damn it…" He hissed in pain as he let himself lay back down in the tub. 'I forgot that damn bastard threw me around. I can hardly move.' He thought closing his eyes as he heard a knock on the bathroom door. "If it's you, devil, you can go die!" Leo hissed as he glared at the door as it opened. "Elliot?" Leo says in confusion as he noted that Elliot was wearing a pair of sleeping pants and a sleeveless shirt.

"Devil? That's a new one from your mouth." Elliot says walking into the room holding a towel.

'Tsk, wasn't talking to you.' Leo thought hotly because he suddenly felt like he couldn't speak as he watched Elliot set the towel down on the counter and open the cabinet. 'If Elliot's here, where's that devil at?' He thought looking around the bathroom and glancing to the door as if he'd appear any minute. 'Tsk…I don't sense him anywhere. It pisses me off, he got away…' Leo thought gripping the side of the tub in anger.

"You alright…? Do you need me to get something to ease the pain?" Elliot asks gently as he looked over his shoulder.

"No…" Leo says softly relaxing his grip on the tub. 'But Elliot missed his last chance for revenge.' Leo thought gently letting his eyes close.

"I can't that Shinigami had the balls to come here…" Elliot says softly pulling out some things that Leo heard hit the counter gently.

"He was after you…" Leo says softly as he sensed Elliot turn toward him.

"But he attacked you…" Elliot says softly as he moved towards the tub.

'Because he thought that it'd make you cry.' Leo thought feeling slight pinch of pain as he felt something warm brush against his cheek. He cracked his eyes open to see Elliot was trying to brush his bangs out of his face.

"Sorry… Are you still in any pain?" He says softly, pulling his hand back away from the demon's face.

"Yeah…" Leo says softly as he saw Elliot move away from him to get something off the counter. 'Tsk… I couldn't even slightly damage that bastard but that damn devil killed him without even breaking a sweat.' Leo thought glaring at the water as he felt Elliot sigh.

"Sorry because of my stupidity you were targeted by them. It won't happen again." Elliot says softly before he stood.

'Again…Are there more than just that Shinigami after you?' Leo thought looking at Elliot who seemed a bit flustered.

"I'll let you get dried off and warmed up. I'll bring up some more tea since you first pot got busted." Elliot says not looking at Leo but the snake demon could sense the heat that was spreading across his face.

'He's going to leave me here like this? I can't move. What, the hell, does he think he's doing?' "Elliot…" Leo says softly as he watched the boy move toward the door.

"Hmm…" Elliot hums not looking back at the boy and Leo sighed.

"…can't get out. It's too deep." Leo states softly as Elliot looked at him confusedly. 'It's your fault… Do something about it.' Leo thought glaring at Elliot, who simply nodded.

"Ah…Right. The water got cool again. So your body hasn't been able to heal properly." Elliot says calmly as if he hadn't been trying to run away.

'What does that have to do with anything?' Leo thought with a small frown.

"Well, let's get rid of the water first…" He says pulling the plug so the water would drain. "We should check your temperature too; you're still shaking like a leaf." He says calmly moving to helping Leo out of the tub. Leo shuddered at the feeling of Elliot's warm arms wrapping around his middle to pull him up. "Sorry if I hurt you. You were pretty beaten up." He whispers as he slipped one of his arms around Leo knees and lifted him up and out of the tub. He then moved and set Leo onto the toilet seat before grabbing the towel and throwing it around his shoulders. Leo stared at Elliot with slight tired look as he felt the warm towel wrap around his body. He let Elliot put the thermometer into his mouth before he reached out and grabbed Elliot by the waist.

"I know you're temperature's low but before you go grabbing on to me let me see how low it is stupid." Elliot says with an annoyed look on his face but Leo did not move. He simply sighed and let the boy do as he pleased until the thermometer beeped, signaling that it was done. Elliot then took it and sighed. "Let's get you to bed, Leo…" He says gently picking up the demon that was still clinging to him. 'This is really uncomfortable…' He thought frowning as he recalled having to strip Leo and put him in the bath. 'If he found out about that he'd probably try to skin me.' Elliot thought sighing.

"Elliot…" Leo whispers reaching up and tugging on the strands of Elliot's hair.

"What's wrong, Leo." Elliot says softly as Leo pressed his face into Elliot's chest.

"You're so warm." Leo mutters softly.

"Oh, no, you're not doing that that to me again, Leo." Elliot states quickly, dropping the boy onto his bed, with a bright red face. "The blankets on, get your ass under it." He states turning away from Leo. "I'll get you some clothing… I know I put some sweat pants into the drawers." He says walking over to his dresser and he heard Leo's shuffling under the blanket. 'Good he's warming up… So he won't do something stupid like earlier.' He thought with a small frown on his lips. 'If he wasn't targeted I could have taken my time and properly killed that bastard.' He thought with a small huff as he pulled out a pair of black sweat pants and a long sleeve shirt. "Okay Leo… I've got you some clothing. When you're warm enough, I think it'd be best if you put them on." He says setting them onto nightstand. "Make sure to get some sleep when you're warm enough okay?" Elliot says with a small sigh before he moved to leave but a hand shot out and grabbed Elliot's arm. "What's wrong?" He asks softly before he was pulled under the covers. "Hey!" Elliot shouts glaring at the dark haired male that was on top of him.

"I'm cold…" Leo whispers softly straddling the angel.

"You can move! Damn you…" Elliot growled glaring at the snake above him.

"I said…I wasn't able to get out." Leo states quietly as he leaned forward with a light smile. "That doesn't mean I cannot move." He adds before falling onto Elliot and sighing in annoyance.

"But you sure collapsed quickly." Elliot states glancing to the side as Leo sighed

"It seems I can't hold my own weight up at the moment." Leo muttered closing his eyes.

"En yet you were able to pull me under. You're such a lying bastard." Elliot states with a pissed sounding voice as Leo buried his face into Elliot's shirt.

"I'm just cold…" Leo muttered and Elliot growled.

"The blanket will warm you up…Get off me." Elliot states shoving at Leo to make him get off but Leo on clung onto him with a small growl.

"You're warmer than the stupid blanket." Leo grumbled hooking his right leg underneath Elliot's.

"That doesn't mean that I'm your heating rock." Elliot states with his cheeks heating up at the fact that he let Leo crawl on him for the second time that day.

"Of course not…You're much softer than a heat rock." Leo says with an almost playful tone as Elliot shoved at him. "That hurts… quit bullying me." He says with a small pout.

"Why you…" Elliot growled getting ready to smack that teasing look right out of the bastards eyes. 'Don't you dare, try to act cute now, you damn snake!' He thought shoving at Leo again with a scowl on his lips.

"Your face is all red…It's really cute." Leo says leaning his head to the side so he could see Elliot's face better.

"Get the hell off of me, now." He states shoving Leo for a third time and the demon glared at him.

"No…" Leo states giving Elliot's neck a small kiss. 'If he won't warm me up I'll just tease him to death till he gives up.' He thought sighing purposefully against Elliot's neck.

"S-Stop that." Elliot hisses putting his hand into Leo's face to keep him from doing that again. 'Perverted bastard… His temperature wasn't even as low as it was last time! He's just trying to take advantage my not wanting to hurt him.' Elliot thought glaring at the demon that looked as if he was sulking.

"No…" Leo grumbled moving his head out of Elliot's grasp.

"Don't you tell me no you bratty demon." Elliot growled going to re-grab Leo's face but he ducked and pressing his lips to the soft skin under Elliot's chin.

"Bratty." Leo grumbled softly nipping at the skin causing the other to hit on the spine making Leo yelp in pain. "Ow…What was that for?" Leo whined pressing his face into Elliot's chest and he rubbed his sore back. "My back's still sore you jerk…" He added as he was rolled off of Elliot's body.

"I hate hurting others but I hate when people bite me more!" Elliot growls glaring at the other person before he threw the blanket off of him and climbed off the bed. He went to leave but Leo grabbed his wrist.

"You owe me." Leo stated harshly as Elliot looked down at him with knowing eyes. 'I practically got killed by the Shinigami that was after him and missed my chance to fight that damned devil.' He thought glaring at the angel.

"Not if it means letting you do something like that!" Elliot says coldly as Leo hissed slightly.

"I'm cold and pissed and it's your fault. Take responsibility…" Leo almost yelled as Elliot looked slightly embarrassed by his words.

"Ah…What's that…I-Tsk…That's a stupid request!" Elliot states trying to tug his wrist away from Leo but he wasn't going to let go.

"If you don't, I'm going to make you." Leo says causing Elliot to stop before his ripped his hand out of Leo's grasp.

"As if I'd agree to that…!" Elliot shouts gripping his hand into a fist as he glared at the ground.

"Hmm…Who says you'll have a say in it?" Leo teases lightly grabbing the bottom of Elliot's shirt and Elliot turned around, slugging him in the side of the face, knocking the demon back onto his back in the process.

"I won't just lie down and let some demon take me." Elliot shouts glaring at the demon before he stormed out of the room.

"Hey wait!" Leo shouts gripping the side of his face where he was struck. 'Did he seriously just punch me?' He thought staring at the door way in shock. "Tsk… I didn't mean in that way, stupid…" Leo states grabbing the blanked and cocooning himself inside of it. "But seriously I'm freezing and this blanket isn't warm enough." He grumbled closing his eyes intending to sleep till he was warm enough.

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"Oi! Wake up, Leo! I've brought you breakfast." Elliot's voice says as Leo felt something kick his side. The demon simply growled as he opened his eyes and turned his head to see the angel holding a tray with a sour look on his face.

"What's wrong with you?" Leo asks as he recalled what happened the night before. "Right…" He says with a sigh as he rubbed his jaw as Elliot walked over to the table that was just off to the right of the balcony doors.

"Just get up and eat, stupid." Elliot states setting the food down on the table as Leo rolled his eyes and stood up causing Elliot to turn away from him. "Didn't I tell you to put clothing on?" He questions as Leo stretched flinching as his joints resisted with a painful joint.

"I would have if someone had stayed to make sure I didn't fall asleep before my body was able to move." Leo says causally and Elliot shot him a glare.

"You were able to move just fine." Elliot says harshly before turning his head away with a small blush on his cheeks. "Put something on before you catch a cold." He adds setting Leo's plates onto the table as the demon walked over to his dresser to look at his bruised face in the mirror.

'Maybe I went a little over board with the teasing yesterday…' He thought flinching as he touched the bruise. "Don't want to… Besides it's warm in here today." He states with another slight stretch trying to make his body move again.

"That's because I was so pissed last night that I punched the thermostat and it broke." Elliot muttered under his breath causing Leo to look at him.

"What'd you say?" He asks with a slight curious look and Elliot shakes his head.

"Nothing, just eat…" Elliot says with a sigh turning to leave.

"Elliot…" Leo called out stopping Elliot and the angel glanced back warily. "When you're done eating, Elliot, come back up here. We need to talk about some important things..." He says calmly as Elliot turned a third of the way toward him.

"What could we possibly talk about?" He asks with a small scowl and Leo sighed.

"Our deal… And I won't have you shirking the details." Leo states causing Elliot to scowl at him.

"Tsk… Fine, but I'm putting a limit to five questions, so think carefully!" He states turning back toward the door.

"Haa? Why's that? I said no limit." Leo states with a small frown on his lips.

"Because you sexually harassed me all day yesterday…!" Elliot states spinning around and pointing at the demon. "It pissed me the hell off but I didn't want to make a scene because it cause a problem for my family! So, I dealt with it!" He adds glaring at the demon.

"But it's your fault." Leo says putting his hands onto his hips and Elliot's eye twitched.

"My fault…? Wait! You know what? I won't answer any questions if you start this shit again!" He states as Leo sighed and tilted his head to the side.

"Fine…" Leo says calmly as Elliot moved to the door. "I'm serious, no shirking me." Leo called as Elliot left the room and Elliot scowled.

'How about shanking…' He thought with an annoyed look on his face. "Whatever." He called back shutting the door.

"Geez, what is his problem. Getting so pissed over a little bit of teasing… If he really was an angel of the Sanctuary he'd just laugh it off and get over it already." Leo states with a huff before he looked at what Elliot gave him for breakfast. This caused him to smile gently as he looked at the omelet that was sitting on the table. "What is that angel trying to do? Apologize with food?" He says with a laugh as he sat in his chair and poked the egg omelet. "Maybe he wants to make me fat…" He jokes laughing at his own words before putting a fork full into his mouth.

He ate silently waiting for Elliot to return and about three hours later there was a knock at the door and Leo was spiraled under his blanket trying to get his wounds heal quicker. He called for whoever it was to come in, knowing it was Elliot by the huff of breath he heard when the door opens.

"Are you still naked?" He questions as Leo let his head fall off the edge of the bed with a slight smirk.

"Only for when you come to see me, Angel-boy…" He states watching Elliot flinch. 'And this is a sort of revenge for punching me.

"Oh, for god's sake…Why did you suddenly start harassing me like this?" Elliot says shaking his head as he pitched the bridge of his nose.

"It's not harassment…and if I had to choose a date it would be ours the other day in the woods." Leo says rolling on to his stomach with a slight smile. Elliot simply rolled his eyes and moved over to pick up the plates that were left on the table. "Hey, don't tell me you're mad about last night?" Leo states in a surprised way, pulling himself up using his hands.

"Of course I am! You stupid Bastard! What if my sister or brother saw such a thing you'd be dead by now!" Elliot states turning toward the demon before looking away.

"Why should you care if I get caught?" Leo says standing causing Elliot to turn his eyes a way.

"I don't… but I'd rather not be embarrassed to death." Elliot states with a shift.

"So, you don't care what I do to you…? As long as we don't get caught..." Leo asks with a playful smirk on his lips causing Elliot to almost drop a plate.

"I did not say that!" Elliot shouts glaring at the demon.

"But you said that you didn't want your siblings to catch us because you'd be embarrassed to death. So that means if your siblings weren't around and I tried something then you would let me." Leo says walking over to the boy that looked agitated his words.

"That not what I meant!" Elliot shouts with a bright red face.

"Hou?" Leo simply hums as he stood next to Elliot with an amused smirk playing across his face.

"Get you naked ass away from me before I kick it." Elliot states pushing Leo away from him.

"Why, I'm not going to do anything and it's not like I have different parts then you, Elliot." Leo says with a slight taunting look on his face as Elliot glared defensively.

"That's retarded! Why, the hell, would that make a difference about me wanting you to wear clothing!" Elliot states harshly. 'And you obviously know nothing about us angels! We can be both, you know!' He thought not looking at Leo.

"I'm a demon, Elliot, does that answer your question?" Leo says with a slight grin on his face and Elliot scowled.

"Fu-That would be a bad thing to say…" Elliot growls, stopping himself from saying something he'd knew would lead to something that he didn't want to deal with at the moment.

"What were you going to say?" Leo asks tilting his head with a slight curious look as Elliot turned away from him.

"Nothing…" Elliot says with a light frown on his face. 'Knowing him he'd take it as a request.' He thought as he walked out of the room slamming the door.

"Hey!" Leo shouts because Elliot left but he would rather not go out in the air conditioned hallway in his birthday suit. "Damn him…He makes me wait three hours then he disappears again." Leo states with a huff as he looked at his blanket. He then sighed before turning it back on, planning on crawling back under the covers but the door opened back up and Elliot re-entered the room. "Are you going to answer my questions now or what?" Leo asks pulling the blanket off the bed wrapping it over his shoulders.

"Depends… Have you decided on five questions?" Elliot says softly watching the demon sit down on the opposite side of the bed, facing away from the entrance. He then held the blanket open, a motion for Elliot to join him. Elliot rolled his eyes before he sat on the outside of the blanket causing Reo to sulk and close the blanket. "If you're cold put some damn clothing on, like I told you to last night." Elliot states crossing his arms as the boy buried his-self deeper into the blanket and moved closer to Elliot.

"Don't want to…" Leo muttered dumbly shuddering as the blanket warmed him again. "I want your body heat…" He says childishly causing Elliot to shake his head.

"Tsk… Put some damn clothing on and maybe I'd consider it." Elliot states with a small blush on his cheeks as Reo leaned on him. 'Why the hell does he have to do this to me…?' He thought feeling the warmth of the blanket on his shoulder. "You know this wasn't part of the deal." He says with a sigh and Leo chuckled.

"Neither was me getting beat up." Leo retorted causing Elliot to roll his eyes.

"Just ask your questions or go back to sleep." Elliot states watching Leo close his eyes behind his glass lenses.

"What did you do in the Sanctuary?" Leo whispered causing Elliot to flinch. "Tell me why you were there, what you did there." He whispers as he felt Elliot take a deep breath.

"Do I have to? You'd think it a foolish story." Elliot says leaning his head back on the bed the one Leo had had him pinned the night before, that memory caused his face flush slightly.

"Yes you do… and remember tell me everything you can think of." Leo says listening to Elliot sigh.

"Okay, well, I was sent to watch over the children of the Sanctuary." He said with a slight sigh. "I knew the dangers that being there would bring me but I went anyway, determined to carry out my orders." Elliot says softly as he felt Leo reposition himself so he could look up at Elliot. Elliot simply let him as he closed his eyes and remembered everything that happened to him in the Sanctuary, some good, most of them bad trying to decide on what he should tell Leo.

"You're not going to short change me are you?" Leo asks with a small pout on his lips as the corner of Elliot's mouth twitched. "If you do I'll torment you till you tell me." Leo murmured reaching a hand out and stroking Elliot's cheek slightly.

"You're shameless to try something on an angel." Elliot says slapping the hand away with a slight annoyed look as he reopened his eyes to see Leo straddling his legs, blanket and all.

"And you, Elliot, are Shameful for letting me." Leo says with a slight teasing smile.

"Get off me." Elliot ordered while Leo made himself comfortable causing Elliot to grimace at the fact he had a naked demon in his lap.

"Continue…" Leo says with a smile knowing that he had won for the moment.

"Ugh, Fine…I took the offer and I went to the sanctuary and sat on the wall or occasionally went into the gardens. I lost count of how many centuries I was there but I started to feel lonely. It should have been my first sign that the Sanctuary was getting to me but it did not even cross my mind. As it would have it, that loneliness got to me one day and I ended up meeting a child in the Sanctuary that could sense me." Elliot says quickly watching Leo, who looked slightly amused, with serious eyes.

"That seems to happen a lot to you angels of the Sanctuary..." Leo said in a bored way as he stretched his arms around Elliot's neck, pulling himself closer to Elliot. "You're talking too fast by the way. Slow down or I won't be able to understand.

"I don't want to talk about this anymore…" Elliot states looking off to the side with an force emotionless look on his face. 'If he finds out the truth I'd never live it down and I'd most likely end up dead…' Elliot thought silently as he continued his explanation.

"But this was the deal for being have and waiting till we got the Shinigami to a secluded area." Leo says with a slight frown as Elliot rolled his eyes.

"I know that! Ugh… It's not like I'm going to stop! Anyway, I kind of…Well…fell in love with that child." Elliot stated softly realizing that he had never actually admitted it to the boy and his face started to burn with embarrassment.

"Really?" Leo states lifting his head up with wide eyes and Elliot smiled knowingly but with a twinge of sadness also.

"He won't ever come looking for me out of love... He wants me dead." Elliot says softly as Leo frowned not looking at Elliot as he remembered his last moments with Elli.

"Ah…I see." Leo mutters laying back down onto Elliot. 'So Elliot was abandoned by this child…' Leo thought sadly as he felt Elliot try to push him away. "I'm staying right here." Leo growled gripping Elliot's shirt. "We're not done talking yet." He adds watching Elliot flinch.

"I want to be done... I know what you're thinking and it's not true! It was the other way around! So get off! I'm done." Elliot states pushing at him but Leo didn't budge.

"Is this going to be like pulling teeth? Cause I can totally do that." Leo says with an un-amused look on his face causing Elliot to glare at him.

"Tsk…You don't hear me prying into the time you spent in the Sanctuary do you?" Elliot states coolly as Leo tilted his head.

"I'm not the one with a bunch of Shinigami after me." Leo retorts watching the anger rise in the angel's eyes.

"I don't want to continue…ask about something different." Elliot states harshly, looking away from Leo. 'The more I tell him about the time I spent the more obvious it will become to him.' He thought gritting his teeth as Leo pressed him to continue.

"No… Finish. Tell me about what happened between you and that boy! And how you ended up in the chapel…where the Shinigami were!" Leo says looking at Elliot with serious eyes.

"I said I didn't want to talk about it anymore." Elliot states not looking at Leo as an upset and angered look formed in his eyes. 'If I said anything he'd connected the dots and realize the truth. Then he'd leave…just like last time.' He thought as he felt Leo's grasp on him tighten.

"But that's not fair…you said you would." Leo says holding Elliot in his spot to keep him from running.

"I don't want to talk about him! How would you feel if I pressed for details about how it was with Elli…?" Elliot states forcing a glare onto his face as he looked back up at Leo.

"Fine…I'll drop it for now." Leo states readjusting himself on Elliot's lap so Elliot couldn't escape with out embarrassing himself. 'How did he know that name… I've never mentioned her name to him...' He thought looking over Elliot carefully wondering if the teen was hiding something but he couldn't see anything besides annoyance and slight relief. "I'm going to ask another question." He states watching Elliot nod with an understanding look. 'I'll just go to my second question…even thought it might be a worse topic.' He thought before leaning back slightly. "How did you lose your wings?" He asks softly just in case anyone was listening watching Elliot tense and look at Leo with dangerous eyes.