Note: wow – thanks TigerDragon (sorry for the uber shortening! I'm feeling kinda lazy today lol ;) even if you're the only person reviewing it, I don't mind ¦-) it's nice to have a great reviewer like you XD and sorry this chappie's really short… I just wanted to convey a different side to the OC XD

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Promptly at dusk on the second day from the prior meeting, Dante headed to the deserted church yard, and lo' and behold, there she was, sitting upon the top spire; legs idly swinging, waiting for him, smirking her trademark as Dante doubled jumped to be beside her.

"Hello," was her salutation as she nodded before turning away. Something seemed to be bothering her; she didn't seem to be her usual upbeat self. "The fourth letter of my name is 'A', as in 'accepting is believing'," she shook her head softly. "So – your question?" she kept herself turned away from him, and Dante's primary question was forgotten for the time being.

"What's wrong?" he asked as he stepped closer.

"N-nothing," she uncharacteristically stuttered. Where was her seemingly abundant confidence? "Nothing at all," even her chuckle was shaky, and Dante pulled her to him, repeating his question again, but she kept her gaze away from him. "I… can't tell you yet. I myself have to accept and believe," she whispered, her voice like the gentle rustle of falling leaves that even Dante had to strain to hear.

"When you do accept and believe, will you tell me regardless of what happens? Sometimes it's best to talk about things," he suggested with genuine concern. He didn't know when it had started to happen, but he'd begun to develop feelings for this mysterious demon that he'd never had for anyone else before. "You can… tell me, ok?" he knew that he wasn't usually like this, but right now, he didn't care.

"Th-thank you," she looked up at him, their meeting gazes seemed to enlarge a slowly burning flame that had always been there since their first meeting, Dante leaned closer… hoping for a… but before that could happen, 'Arca' gently pushed him away. "Uh… I have to go, but – if it helps, during the past day and a half, I went to see Lucia," she smiled softly as she began to walk away in the direction of the setting sun. "And… our next meeting… try to find a room that's concealed to the naked eye," and with that she jumped down from the spire and retreated.

"O-ok," he murmured. "I'll scout for a secret room and I'll see you there a.s.a.p. I hope… you'll be fine on your own… for the time being? There's only one more meeting left after that," it was funny, how that thought saddened him, but from the first, he knew that he wouldn't be able to let her go easily; and he knew that somewhere within the demon – a part of her at least didn't want to be released.

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Heh – I hope that wasn't too bad for an uber short piece lol