Xellos' POV -----
"Who decided purple was my colour anyway," I muttered. Raising my voice, I added, "Isn't this photoshoot OVER yet?"
"Mr. Xellos... you look good when you're mad too, but can't we go back to the sinister thing?" A shaking camera man asked.
I couldn't remember the last time I had to keep my eyes open this long. But, provoked by his comment, my eyes closed and curved into a perfect .
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Exiting the studio, I surveyed my surroundings, and began to make my way back to wherever it is I live. It was then that I heard the voice of malice and destruction.
"XELLOS. JUST WHERE WERE YOU?" Lina Inverse exclaimed, a lust for blood boiling inside her.
I had to admit, I enjoyed her feelings of general annoyance, regardless of the fact I always regret ticking the firey red head off.
"Oh... well, you know..." I managed.
"If you tell me 'it's a secret' you're a dead man-- er, mazoku."
I laughed on the outside, but on the inside it was more nervous. I was beginning to think Lina would see through my plan.
"Well, I must be going!" I hastily moved behind a nearby tree and vanished from Lina's sight. I already could calculate her reaction, and it wasn't pretty.
"Now, I think it's time to get back to stalking Lina in the shadows." I laughed to myself, but somewhere, deep within me, I realized it was fricking ridiculous that Hellmaster ordered me to babysit the quartet. Well, not really baby sit, but, er, you know. It was then that Filia noticed me sipping tea in a nearby tree. (A/N: Don't ask why Filia's in the Hellmaster arc, she just is. LIVE WITH IT.)
"You scum! What are you doing here?"
I spit out my tea due to surprise. But luckily, being as clever as I am, I thought up an instant excuse.
"Ahh, Filia-san. You're looking lovely tonight." I offered.
"Okay, there's two things wrong with this picture--" Amelia started, only to be cut off by Lina, who covered her mouth and dragged her and Gourry into the darkness of a corner to watch the scene play out. I sweatdropped as I heard Lina say, "After strangling him enough times, it's finally working out!" I could almost hear Amelia say, "Xellos x Filia is sooo OTP OMG".
"L-Lina-san? What are you doing?" Filia asked, worried.
"Oh, just shut up and say yes!" She called in a hushed voice.
I sweatdropped again as I listened to Filia and Lina exchange words in a conversation that was irrelevent to the topic I originally meant to bring up.
"Filia-san?"
"What do you want, garbage?"
I cringed at my favourite nickname. It was then I realized I needed to hurry up and just say what I wanted to say to Filia, or this could take all night.
"Can I borrow your toothpaste?"
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A/N: That was without a doubt the least funny story I've ever written so I have no idea what genre it could be. Then there's humour, so I'm like, what the hay. I was going to make it longer and turn Xellos into quite the psycho character, but when I really thought about it, how could I do that to my beloved purple mazoku?