A/N: hey guys! new pic fic by our emi maou community on discord, credits to snophalanger waterfallia abasiccrow dibaaliya ayu-san22 and myself! :) also just a reminder, maouemiweek is coming up, starting on 18th may 2020, details are on my tumblr (szay12k)

Disclaimer: i dont own anything.

The night had completely fallen. Emi had gotten together with Rika and other co-workers. They had all eaten a lot. Rika, seeing Emi who was already totally drunk from alcohol, decided to call Maou.

After hearing a few rings, Rika was about to hang up, losing her patience but Maou picked up the phone-

"Hey Rika! What's up?"

"Oh um.." Rika awkwardly replied.

"Can you come over and help pick us up Emi - you see, we were drinking...and I want to make sure Emi gets home safely.. I would come along with you guys but I have to be somewhere"

Maou sighed with a wry smile "Ok I'm coming, I'll arrive in a few minutes if I can sneak past Ashiya"

"Thank you so much Maou" Rika said as she swiftly hung up.

Rika sat for a few minutes with the wasted Emi and he kept his word, Maou showed up.

Maou quickly walked towards them when he saw Rika waving from a far.

"Hey Emi! Come on, get up and Let's go. You're drunk." Maou said to drunk Emi as he tried to lift her arm up.

When Emi sees Maou trying to lift her arm up, she shouts "You filthy demon! I'll slay you in half! (Hiccup)"

Maou replies... "Yeah yeah , whatever, let's get going already , Ashiya will not be happy if he finds out that I am here!"

After couple of steps ... Maou notice that Emi can't walk properly (because she's all tipsy ) so after a hard thought of process , Maou decides to take Emi on his back while Emi struggles against that move that Maou decided to take.

After some struggles and shuffling and arguing from Emi's side Maou carried Emi on her back and walked out of the place slowly as she listened to Rika's thanks to Maou and goodbyes from the rest of her work friends.

"How the hell did you end up like this Emi?" Maou whispered to an almost asleep Emi

Emi who was resting her head on Maou's back seems to be speaking some words that sounded like complete gibberish.

Maou sighed and continued with her on the back while Rika shook her head behind them at Emi's antics.

After couple of minutes of walking, he heard Emi say something, this time he can make out what she was saying;

"Maou, thankyou..'

"No need to thank me" Maou replied

"Huh?!" said Emi in a shocked manner.

"I have to look out for my demon generals right? Plus, just take this as a once in a lifetime offer alright"

"u-uhh y-yeah" Emi stuttered with lost for words as a slight blush appeared on her face as she nuzzled deeper into his shoulder.

Maou raised an eyebrow in concern but decided to blame Emi's actions on the alcohol instead

'Isn't she's underage to be drinking anyways' Maou thought

The two people had totally forgotten about Rika who was with them the whole time walking to the station. She was just enjoying observing both of them.

'Soo cute' she thought seeing how both of them interact like a shy couple.

As they arrived at the station then only Rika speaks up.

"Okay! Maou make sure you get Emi home safe okay?!. I trust you!" said Rika with a naughty smirk on her face.

Once they arrived to the station, they waited for the next train sitting on a bench.

Suddenly, Emi starts laughing out of nowhere, Maou just slides a little far from her, trying his best for her to not notice... suddenly...

"Why don't you fight me Satan!?" Emi between screaming and whispering...

Maou then replies ... "what are you saying?"

Emi asks again... "Why? Tell me why we aren't fighting!? You're a demon and I'm the... (hiccup)"

"The hero?" Maou replies...

Maou, after thinking a lot and looking how determined she was for an answer, he says... "Look, Emi.." and before he says anything else, the train arrived!

"Oh! The train is here, let's go Emi... ", Maou felt a kind of relief for the mini distraction

And so they got in and left the station.

Once they arrived at Eifukucho, Maou walks in the direction Emi gave him and reached a large building which he does not hesitate to enter.

As Maou stood in-front of Emi's apartment – Urban Heights Eifukucho, he noticed Emi has fallen asleep again, he shook her awake, wanting to ask for a key but in response to that Emi only grumble hating that he's waking her up when she's very comfortable at the moment..,

"I need a key to take you in", said Maou in a most obvious tone.

To that Emi gave him a nasty look and said

"Ok..fine"

He put her down on the floor but she was still leaning on him, took out the key from her purse and gave it to Maou as he stood with his hand on her waist trying to keep her stable

A couple of minutes later, Maou grew tired trying to hold Emi up by the waist

He opted for a princess style to carry her, to make the process quicker.

Even though Emi was not too fond of the idea and tried to wiggle out of his arms, he held her closer to keep her stable and carefully entered her apartment making sure not to knock anything out of the way as he walked through

It was dark and he couldn't find the lights.

He reached out to what he assumed to be her bed and laid her gently.

Emi shuffled into her sheets with her face directly into her pillow.

Maou removed her shoes and put a blanket on top of her. He felt bad for Emi as next morning she would experience a killer hangover.

As he made a 180 turn about to leave when he felt a grasp on his wrist and a small voice say "wait"

"Can't you stay for a bit?" Emi whispered with her face facing into the pillow.

"Huh? .. I can't-hear you if you talk like that you know?" Maou said with a slight annoyed tone.

"Can you stay here for a bit... Please.. ", Emi said in a slow tone and a slight blush on her face.

"..." seeing how powerless Emi is right now. Maou gave a heavy sigh..

" *sigh... Fine.. But just for a bit.. Then I'm out of here before the last train."

Time passed and there is an awkwardly silence in the atmosphere...

Emi just laying down watching Maou's back, sitting on her bed , just looking at nowhere...

"Hey Maou", Emi with a fragile voice..

"What now?" Maou answers with a tired and sleepy voice...

"Why did you come for me?"

"What do you mean?" Maou with a surprised tone

"You could've just refuse to come or maybe even call a cab (taxi) for me ,to take me home " Emi with a slightly confused and conflicted tone...

Maou turns and looks at Emi... "Well, for starters, calling a taxi is expensive, can't afford to spend money like that, especially for you!" (Emi with a pouting face)

"But if I'm being honest, I don't even know myself ", Maou says while looking at the window on a very clear moonlight shining part of Emi's apartment.

"..."

"Why is the demon king being nice to me?"

"Hey don't mistake this for a favor! You will be charged heavily I warn you!", Maou immediately rebuked.

"No, that's not it, the demon king is not only being nice to me right now... that's how he has always been thinking back..", Emi no longer seemed sleepy. She was staring at the ceiling blankly as she kept talking.

"...What did a couple of drinks do to Emilia, the Hero! Hello, wake up!"

"Hmm, trying to change the subject as usual huh", She did not pause or refute - "I need to know - no one treats someone who's after their life this way"

"Hey Emi, do you remember when we first met?"

"Of course, it was in Afsahan, I'm too tired to remember the whole fight", she rolled her eyes.

"I meant on earth. I thought you were a regular girl from here. We did not know we were enemies."

"Ah yes, that night...", Emi felt a slight blush on her face. Why is he bringing that up right now?

"Would you believe me if I told you your smile wanted to make me forget the past and stay with you forever?"

"Demon King! ww-what d-do you mean..."

"If we wouldn't have found out that we were Demon King and Hero, things would have been different now." He was still staring out the window, unable to look her in the eye.

"Stop it already!", her heart thumped loud as she found herself sitting up on her bed.

"Hey, Emi.. what .. stop! is this how you thank me for helping you?"

"Get out before I kill you! I don't want to see you again!", she kicked him out of her apartment.

She wasn't ready for this now. Not at this point with things as they are.

Maou was standing outside, scratching his head, thinking over what just happened. Not knowing how to interpret her actions.

"Had a spat with your girlfriend there, son?" - an old man who was probably a neighbor, spotted him out in the corridor. He seemed to be welcome home by his wife. " I know they can be confusing sometimes!", he continued.

"Yeah... haha.. you have a goodnight!"