Hello everyone!

Catgirl here! I'm really sorry for taking so long. I had to take care of some business and they took more time than they should have. Anyway I'll do my best to keep up as I write a lot of stuff at the same time. Please enjoy this chapter.

November was near and the first crisis with the writing exams had passed already. I had calmed down a bit and was trying to forget the whole incident with Mephisto. No matter how hard I tried though, I couldn't stop thinking about that dark aura that enveloped him while he was questioning me about Rin. Why was he suddenly so aggressive? And the way he talked … it was so unlike him.

Ever since that incident I was a bit awkward around him and every time we happened to meet in a staff meeting or anywhere else, I would try to act as professionally as possible to cover that awkwardness. I wasn't angry at him. I wasn't even irritated. I guess what I felt the most was… pleased. Because, I was able to get an emotion out of him, even in such an aggressive and surprising way. Mephisto was always so secretive with everyone. I've noticed that since we met, he had shown twice what I believed to be his true feelings.

The first time was when we spent almost three hours together eating that delicious cake, watching anime and in general having fun. The second one was that time in his office.

I knew he was a demon and he meant bad news; but I couldn't help but feel interested. I wanted to know more about him. Wanting to spend more time with him. Though, after the recent events I was slightly unwilling to do so.

Though, that changed about a week after the events of that rainy day. In comparison, today was one of the sunniest days since I've come to Japan and it was the end of October, too.

I was looking at the inside of my new room as I had just brought the last box over. It was … fantastic! I mean double bed, fluffy and stuff, which by the way I loved. Sofas with animal print cushions (not real fur of course) and really soft. The walls were decorated with several nature themed paintings, which I also loved .The bathroom was huge; painted white. There was even a Jacuzzi! I never had one of those!

When I first saw it, I was like a little child: jumping up and down with joy. Running at the bed I screamed and jumped on it hugging tightly the pillows refusing to let go. And I hoped no one was watching me, otherwise I would have a lot of explaining to do. The thing was however, I never had such a big bed. Not that fluffy either.

After some minutes full of joy I remembered who was the one that gave me this room. Realizing something I decided to pay a visit to Mephisto. Looking at my mirror I realized that my clothes were a mess. Grabbing the nearest blouse, which happened to be a 'V' shaped one and some black trousers I wore them and then I used the bronze key to enter the Academy. I knocked his door and when he called I went inside and rushed to where he sat and looked at him up and down carefully.

He gulped and raised his hands in defense. "Now, now Ayame-san~ Why are you looking me like that? Have I done something wrong?~"

After the whole incident, Mephisto was back to normal. It was like nothing ever happened. And if he ever understood how weird I felt at the beginning being around him, he never showed it. So, I wasn't that surprised with his current behavior. I didn't blame him either as I had rushed into his office out of the blue. It was possible I was freaking him out a bit.

I looked at him a bit more and crossed my arms while bending to have direct eye-contact with him "I don't know …you tell me. I just returned from the dorm you gave me…"

"Was there any problem?" He asked.

"No… that's exactly the point… It's perfect actually"

He raised an eyebrow. "So, Ayame-san~ What's wrong?~"

"Mephisto-san, you gave me the room for free… Not only that, it was fully furnished and it's exactly how I would decorate it. Not only it has the necessities, it has some of the most expensive stuff I've seen in a while. So, I'm wondering, why would you give me a fully furnished dorm with all this expensive stuff and how exactly did you know my favorite colors and themes so you would decorate it!"

"Oh ,that~" he snapped his fingers "Well ,my employees convenience is a priority for me ,because it helps the image of the school in general. Besides happy employees make a happy headmaster~"

I sweatdropped *You are always happy Mephisto…*

"As for the how-I-knew-your-taste part…" He grinned slyly "Yukio, helped me a lot with that~"

I raised an eyebrow.

"He is a childhood friend after all isn't he?" Though he was putting a cheerful act, I sensed a hint of coldness at his words, as if he remembered the argument we had a week ago. I doubted he had forgotten about it. His gaze met mine and I immediately turned my attention to some DVD's he had on a desk on my left refusing to look at him.

"In any case…" I said try to change the topic "Thank you. It was very nice of you to… you know… give me that room."

"That's not a problem, my dear." He said happy. And I was relieved to hear his voice going back to normal.

A moment passed in silence as I was trying to figure out a way to excuse myself and leave.

"Want to hang out for a bit~?" he asked suddenly.

I looked at the massive paperwork lying on his desk carelessly and then raised an eyebrow in his direction. "Don't you have work to do?"

"How did you get that idea?" he asked in a shocked tone.

Bending closer to the desk I eyed a sheet of paper that looked familiar. It had the stamp of the Vatican at the bottom and half a dozen signs from the chancellors.

"And from what I can see you didn't do last week's paperwork either, as I remember seeing that document the last time…" Realizing where this sentence was heading I stopped talking and started coughing awkwardly.

"Maybe I can stay for a while…" My eyes met his and I could see he was pleased beyond belief. His smile was even wider than usual and his emerald eyes had 'mischief' written all over them. I felt curious and tried to understand what was with the sudden change of his mood.

A thought crossed my mind as I realized that I was bending over and unintentionally I had given him a prefect view of my cleavage. Standing up like I was hit by an electric shock I felt my face turn fifty shades of red.

"You know what? I-I have to leave after all!"

Without waiting for him to even say anything I turned my back to him and stormed out of his office.

That was almost two weeks ago. I had decided to forgive him and had tried to forget the whole thing. Not that he didn't apologize for staring and also enjoying the view of my half revealed breasts. Although I was irritated I wasn't mad…okay maybe I was a little. But, every time I thought back to his face when he looked at me… with that sly grin. I just felt Goosebumps run up and down my spine.

I shook my head and gazed at my class as slowly each and every one headed home. I had just returned from not-that-tiring lesson with the Pages. Okumura Rin among them. I liked this class. Although, there were aggressive with each other and constantly getting into fights … Well, Suguro and Okumura did. Rin was the naïve and short-tempered one and Suguro -or Bon as his friends called him-,was the strong-willed, but also short-tempered one .Maybe that's why they constantly fought with each other. They were very alike, though no one dared to say that to their faces.

I was sitting on small wall of a fountain inside the school and was looking at them as Shima Renzo, a boy from the same class as Rin who had pink hair was trying to flirt with his classmate Moriyama Shiemi a blonde girl with big green eyes, who was really shy.

I giggled at his efforts. In two days they would go to camp for a weekend and they all seemed really excited about it. Little did they know that their training camp was also their Esquire Exam. Oh, Mephisto enjoyed keeping everyone in the dark just to see their surprised faces when the truth would be revealed.

Suddenly, I heard my mobile ringing and looked at the screen. I had a text.

Can I see you in my office?~

Mephisto~

I smirked. "Speak of the devil…"

After a couple of minutes I was sitting comfortably on his office's sofa; him sitting on his office's chair looking at me smiling.

His arms were on his desk and his fingers touching each other. "So Ayame-san~ I'll cut to the chase .You are aware that I had taken Satan's offspring under my wing~ I have a big heart after all…"

I coughed mockingly "Really?" I teased. "If I recall you tried to… execute him at first." I crossed my hands and smirked.

He pretended to be offended while standing up and walking to me "It was an order from the Vatican Ayame-san~ You know how much I like the kid~" He continued sitting next to me.

"I thought you preferred not to mix business with personal matters." I grinned while using his exact words from that time. Rin and I talked… a lot.

He smirked slyly and slipped closer to me "You are unfair, Ayame-san~"

I coughed teasingly "So, just to return to our first subject… Yes, I am aware that Rin is Satan's son."

"Good, now Ayame-san~ With the exams being in two days and his probable promotion to an Esquire, the probability of the Vatican discovering my little secret is more probable. When and if that time comes and they happen to interrogate you, I don't want you to get involved. Angel can be very persuasive if he wants to~ When that happens I want you to accuse me. Alright, Ayame-san?"

I looked at him confused "Of course I will. This whole thing was your idea after all. I'm just working here, that's all. I just hope that when that time comes you won't just abandon the boy…"

"Do you think I am that kind of person?"

"Well…"

"Don't answer that!"

Giggling I looked at my watch and stood up. "Anyway, I have some paperwork to do before the exam. So, if you'll excuse me…"

"Of course~"

"See you, Mephisto-san." I said closing his office's door and leaving.

So, this was it for today. Hope you enjoyed the chapter. Next Chapter will be uploaded between the 15th-20th of the month. It's a rather long chapter (compared to the other ones at least) and we'll finally have some proper 'interaction; with the too. Nothing lemony... yet. :) Can't wait to see you next time.