In the warehouse, Beelzebub screeched painfully, his illegible words saying something along the lines of 'damn you, demon!', before melting back into the ground in a rapid burst of red flame. It was evident he wouldn't be back anytime soon. The King of Hell did worry slightly for his younger self, but he did vaguely trust him; if he was anything like his own self, he was awesome enough to make the rightfully destructive decisions.

Glancing down at the ground, Crowley immediately noticed a giant burn mark from which Beelzebub had entered and exited, and also the bowl of remaining ingredients from the blood spell had spilt onto the floor, causing a red stain. Both of which would be a pain to get rid of.

"Great. Well, that's enough dealing with hell creatures for today." He sighed, turning away from the door through which Anthony had disappeared and returning to his 'research.'

After being utterly enveloped by a flash of all-encompassing for a moment, Anthony promptly found himself stumbling out through the door of the Ritz. Momentum shoved him forwards so he ended up sprawled in a rather undignified manner on the concrete pavement outside. The dishevelled demon took a good few seconds to get his bearings and generally pull himself together after his time travelling ordeal, yet when he did, he simply glanced upwards and around, realising where he was in an instant, and mentally thanking his future self for providing him with the right spell to return to his home. Not long after, a familiar voice which was tainted slightly with concern burst out not far in front of Anthony (actually, I guess I can just call him Crowley now), who remained in a heap on the ground.

"Crowley, dear! You're alright! Well, it appears you are… Unless you're hurt anywhere I can't see, of course – but I suppose that's irrelevant. What happened? Where did you – was it your boss, or perhaps an angel? Oh dearie me, it wasn't the Antichrist again, was it? Well, that would be a stupid idea, of course, not being of the ineffable plan, but-"

"Thirteen seconds."

"Sorry, what was that, dear?"

"Thirteen seconds – that's how long it took for you to use the word 'ineffable' in conversation."

"What?" Aziraphale seemed vaguely baffled and put out for a moment, yet continued to babble on nonetheless. "Oh, of course, yes. I do use that word excessively, don't I? Ahaha… But enough about me, what ha-" Fed up of the angel's constant flow of one-sided conversation, Crowley interrupted him, but with something a little different to words. Placing a hand on the back of Aziraphale's curly blonde head, Crowley pulled the angel's head slightly towards his own and hastily pressed their lips together. Aziraphale reacted with initial confusion, yet just began to relax into the kiss when Crowley pulled away. The demon shot up from the ground, dramatically dusted off his suit and flashed a quick grin at Aziraphale, who simply stood with his lips still slightly parted, frozen in shock and utter bewilderment – in a good way, of course. In fact, in the best was possible. The angel was practically glowing inside. Since all of the said events happened in less than two seconds, Aziraphale was naturally still reeling from surprisingly human emotions, yet Crowley continued as if nothing had occurred, and addressed his perplexed yet very dear no-longer-considered-a-friend friend.

"Sorry, dear. I just do wish you'd shut up sometimes. Now, shall we?" Holding out his arm, Crowley gazed expectantly at his angel. Still verbally paralysed, Aziraphale remained silent, but responded by gingerly reaching out an arm and linking it with the demons'. As the couple strolled back into the Ritz, Aziraphale could no longer subdue his curiosity.

"So, uh, dear… What did actually happen?"

"I went somewhere more far away than you can comprehend, met some people – particularly one who bore a striking resemblance to myself – had to make an important decision, but none of that matters now. Let's get back to our usual table."

A/N:

And so we come to the end of this fanfic. I hope you guys enjoyed it – it was certainly pretty fun to write! Please leave a review if you liked this fic, and it would be great if you could check out some of my other ones. Thank you for your support, see you soon :)