The angel gazed into Ty's surprised, wide velvet eyes. He leaned forward, connecting his lips with Ty's soft ones.
'I'm sorry, everyone,' he thought, closing his eyes.
—-
Frantic footsteps echoed through the Heaven's main hallway. Dawn's two-colored hair swished behind her as she made her way down, entering the Council's hall. She pounded mercilessly on one of the doors until it opened, and then threw himself in. She gripped onto Warden's shirt, her heterochromic eyes spewing tears.
"Y-You!" she shouted accusingly, "You knew this would happen! You knewit!" she cried out, uselessly pounding onto his chest. "You knew it and you allowed Sky to do it, Ryan!"
—-
Ty's eyes went wide, but quickly closed as he kissed Sky back. A tongue swept over his lips and he gladly parted them, allowing Sky to tangle their tongues together.
The kiss only lasted a little while. Sky pulled away, the most guilty expression on his face. His soft golden eyes filled with translucent tears.
"I'm so sorry," the tan angel whispered, "I… Couldn't help myself… I'm sure you'll get a better guardian… Someone who can protect you," Sky rambled.
"W-What are you trying to say?" Ty stuttered, trying his hardest to piece together some sense from what Sky was saying.
"I… I just broke the highest law," Sky said flatly.
—-
Bodil entered the room with a scowl, although his face remained emotionless otherwise. He gently untangled the protesting Dawn from Ryan, letting her cling onto himself instead.
He shook his head, looking at Ryan, "You did nothing," he muttered coldly, petting Dawn's disheveled hair.
"I did, actually," Ryan protested calmly, "I have been outvoted."
Bodil's eyes pierced through his even with his glasses still present. "You shouldn't have allowed them to."
—-
"Law?"
Sky nodded, averting his gaze. "I have sinned, and now I shall be punished," he whispered.
"What? Why?" Ty watched as the angel's shoulders slumped, his wings hanging down dejectedly.
"It is… It is unforgivable for an angel to have feelings for a human," Sky muttered. His eyes glazed over as he gazed at Ty.
Ty watched in awe, mixed with concentrated fear, as Sky's face paled, its color draining in a blink of an eye. He reached out over the table and brushed his fingers over Sky's now ice cold cheek.
He flinched back, however, when Sky's skin cracked, with a sound similar to a porcelain doll being smashed. A small chunk of… what was it? Sky's skin? No. It fell to the ground and shattered like a glass vase, sending little shards flying everywhere on the ground. A small hole now resided in Sky's right cheek, but the angel himself was smiling.
"W-What…?" Ty whispered, shaking his head slightly.
"I broke the highest law; I'll get the highest punishment," Sky said, his soft golden eyes dulling, "The punishment for loving a human is death."
—-
"Let me guess thrice who my new protegé is," Bodil mumbled sarcastically, causing Dawn to sob louder. He patted her back comfortingly, trying his hardest not to let his own tears fall.
"I would really appreciate it if you stopped this sarcastic tomfoolery," Ryan said coldly.
"I would really appreciate it if the Council didn't let angels harm themselves," Bodil countered, not even batting an eyelash.
"Enough of this already! Out!" Ryan shouted. Bodil turned around, helping Dawn, and they slowly left Warden's room, walking down the hallway again.
"P-Please, Bodil…" Dawn mumbled.
Bodil stopped, brushing away her tears with his sleeve. "What?" he asked softly.
"P-Promise me, Bodil… Promise me you won't let anything happen to him… For Sky…" she begged, sniffling a little.
Bodil forced a small smile, "I won't. He'll be as safe as can be," he assured her.
—-
Sky's snow white wings slowly spread out, the feathers turning into what seemed to be porcelain. They fell, each of them shattering on the wooden floor into countless white shards. They fell slowly, so Ty had enough time to watch them in high detail with his wide eyes.
"I'm sure you will get a good angel to guard you," Sky assured him, his cold and hard hands coming to cup Ty's face. They didn't even feel like they were alive anymore, and they weren't, they were also slowly crumbling, little pieces and dust falling onto the ground.
"Sky…" Ty whimpered, holding onto the remains of Sky's hands for dear life.
"Can… I kiss you one more time?" Sky asked tentatively, all feeling leaving his legs as he saw his right calf shatter, dust flying everywhere.
Ty leaned forward, balancing Sky's body - which now weighted near to nothing - in his arms. He pressed his lips against Sky's urgently. They still had a bit of heat in them, and were still soft, not like Sky's hands - or what remained of them - which were still gripped in Ty's own ones.
Ty could feel Sky's body crumble and shatter beneath him, even as the two of them tangled their tongues. When they pulled away, Ty was sobbing loudly.
"…Thank you…" Sky muttered, giving Ty one last warm smile as the last remainders of his body broke, porcelain shards flying in every direction, somehow managing to not his Ty.
Even in death, Sky made sure Ty wouldn't be hurt.