Disclaimer: Katekyo Hitman REBORN! was created by Akira Amano.

Claimer: I own the plot and OCs; nothing more, nothing less.

Warning: happens before Gola Mosca comes in and there is a tad bit of blood in this.

Pairing: BelOC, OCOC

Aria slept surprisingly well. By the time she and Belphegor got to the hotel it was nine o'clock. Belphegor went to sleep really fast so Aria didn't have to worry about him slitting her neck while she was sleeping. When she woke up, he was still sleeping.

He's truly lazy, Aria thinks to herself as she leaves the hotel room.

When Aria gets to Beto's house, she takes out her gun. She puts the oddly made gun up to her ear and shakes it around. There is no sound so she tips her gun and feels it. When she's satisfied she goes to the door and knocks.

A moment later, Beto answers with a smile. Aria feels her heart flutter a little, but she keeps a straight face. Beto looks the same but with a black tie.

"Let us go over what I'm to do today over breakfast," Beto says with a more charming smile.

"Alright, but don't expect me to pay. The food goes toward your debt," Aria informs him.

Why you little… Beto thinks to himself with anger and annoyance. These feelings don't show themselves on his face. Beto keeps his smile and says, "Naturally."

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THUNKTHUNKTHUNK

Aria is standing stock-still at the doorway. There are three knives lodged in the door where her head would've been had she not been slow to open the door. Aria fully opens the door and looks at Belphegor who's balancing a knife on his pointer finger. He has his usual morose grin. Aria comes to hate that grin all over again every time she sees it.

Aria just stares at him for a few moments. She comes into the room and closes the door. She yanks out the knives from the wood while Belphegor watches curiously. Aria goes over to Belphagor and then sets his knives down beside him.

This makes Belphegor frown. He wanted to hear Aria scream with fright, maybe even put on a frightened face at least. If fear won't come out, then maybe annoyance and anger will show.

"Ushishishi, enjoy your date?" Belphegor asks as Aria turns on the television.

Aria doesn't answer.

"Did you suck his face?"

I'm about to shoot your face in a minute, Aria thinks but doesn't answer.

Aria goes over to her bed. She sits down, takes off her boots, and then lies down. Aria pulls the second pillow under her head. Aria pulls up her sleeves and starts rubbing the angel-wing tattoo she has on her wrist.

"Ushishishi, did you get really friendly really fast?"

"Why do you want to know so badly?"

"… Shishishi."

That didn't work out the way Belphegor wanted it to. Aria wasn't supposed to fight back in that way.

Belphegor grows increasingly more bored as time wears on. Aria watching TV annoys him. Why wasn't he trying to do something with actions instead of words? He did try in the car ride here, so what was stopping him now?

It's because she's so calm. With anyone else, Belphegor they're giving him silent permission to hurt them since they're antsy with anticipation, waiting for him to cut them with his knives. With Aria, she doesn't think Belphegor will hurt her. She hasn't given him her silent permission.

Aria is just good enough to hide her being anxious.

Aria is bored watching the television. Her mind starts to wander as she thinks of things to do. Her bangs suddenly sting her eyes, and that's when Aria gets an idea when she rubs her hurting eyes. Aria gets up and goes to the bathroom. She finds scissors and goes to cutting her bangs since they need a trim.

"HEY!"

Aria jumps, having been scared out of her wits. Belphegor's shouting caused Aria to cut her finger. She stares at her cut, and then she looks at a grinning Belphegor.

If I can't cut her, then I'll have to have her cut herself, Belphegor tells himself now that his plan was successful.

"… What?"

"Your show is back," Belphegor tells her, chuckling his usual chuckle afterwards.

"… Alright."

Belphegor gets up. Aria is cleaning the scissors while her finger is beginning to drip blood. Aria hears Belphegor come into the bathroom. She stops what she's doing and looks at Belphegor warily. She can't tell he's looking at her finger.

Belphegor gently takes Aria's hand, to her surprise, confusion, and suspicion. Belphegor licks his lips, looking like he's concentrating. He brings Aria's finger close to his face, but then he closes the distance himself.

Belphegor puts Aria's cut finger into his mouth.

Aria widens her eyes. She didn't expect this. Her heart speeds up, pumping blood into her cheeks. The bathroom suddenly seems to be closing in on her. Aria feels the temperature rising. She suppresses her shudder when Belphagor runs his tongue over her cut. She convinces herself it's because it stings.

Aria jams her elbow to the side of Belphegor's head, but she might as well have punched him.

Belphegor is rammed into the bathroom sink. Aria moves past him and leaves, picking up her boots on the way, and then she slams the door.

Belphegor stays as he is. His right ear is ringing, but he's grinning. He finally got a reaction as frosting on the cake. Belphegor stiffens when he feels something trickle down the corner of his mouth. He slowly looks up into the mirror to find red on his face.

Then the deranged laughing begins.

Aria isn't even in the same hallway. She leaves the elevator into the lobby. She goes outside and heads… somewhere. She's about to tuck her hair back, but sees that her finger is bleeding again, so she stops and stares.

Aria can feel that her finger is still wet. Aria wants to lick the blood away, but thoughts stop her from doing so. Aria doesn't want to put Belphegor's saliva in her mouth. Wouldn't it be an indirect kiss? Aria never cared about someone's germs before, so what was stopping her now?

She hated him, that's what's stopping her.

But what was going on in the bathroom? The way Aria reacted had to be because of anger and shame, right? No, anger and shame doesn't feel like that.

Aria finds somewhere to eat. She cleans and fixes her finger before she eats. She takes her time, trying to decide what's going on with her mind.

What was going on with her mind?

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What was that sound?

Aria walks down the hallway quickly. She was heading back from getting something to eat for lunch. She's confused, but in the back of her mind she knows where the noise is coming from. When Aria gets to the door, she hears the noise again. It sounded like a girl.

Wha…?

Aria gets out her key. She unlocks the door and opens it. On her bed is a girl who's tied up. Belphegor is looming over her. From what Aria can see, this girl has many deep gashes and is bleeding all over her bed.

Belphegor turns around with a completely crazed smile that Aria has never seen before. He lets out an unhinged cackle that disturbed Aria with how mad he seems to be.

"Ah, so the one who spilt the Prince's blood—the Prince's royal blood—is finally here, ushishishi," he says, going into a fit of giggles afterward.

Aria gulps as she sees Belphegor run his hands into his hair. He leans forward, having turned away from Aria. She slams the door and charges down the hallway. She doesn't look back as she runs.

Aria gets a glance back when she turns down the hallway. She thinks she sees their door open. Aria easily gets to the stairs. Aria skips steps as she goes down the stairs. Surprisingly, she gets to the lobby before Belphegor can catch up to her. Aria goes outside where some people are walking around outside, and then she stops running.

Belphegor wouldn't knife her if there were witnesses, right?

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Aria didn't go back to the room. She got another room for the night to the confusion of the woman at the desk. She went as far as asking if Aria and Belphegor had gotten into a lover's quarrel. Aria chose not to answer.

She is now back to the door. The girl, for the first time in a while, is hesitating just to enter a room. She takes out the key. She slowly inserts it, feeling tense. The nervous girl takes a calming breath and then opens the door to see what's inside.

What Aria sees is a bare bed and another bed with a lump under the covers. There's no cut up bloody body anywhere. The lump in the other bed moves. Aria instinctively flinches because of what she had seen yesterday. She tightens her grip around the door's handle and gets ready for whatever will come out.

A mess of blond hair pokes out from under the sheets. The tensed girl listens to Prince the Ripper let out a loud yawn. He turns his head and the girl thinks she sees a flash of his eyes. Before she can decide if she saw a particular color, the Prince buries his face back into his pillow.

He turns his head again, but he's not facing her. She hears him ask, "May I help you, or are you going to continue to stare at me?"

"Where is she?" Aria asks, not wanting to beat around the bush.

"Who?"

"You know who I'm talking about," Aria snaps.

Aria closes the door behind her, although when it closes it sounds like she might as well have slammed it. Belphegor doesn't respond because he chooses to try to go back to sleep. Surprisingly, Aria walks to the foot of his bed and yanks the covers off of his body, and off of the bed.

"I'm not letting you off that easily. What did you do with her? Where is she right now?" Aria asks again.

Belphegor rolls over. He doesn't like what Aria did, and shows his frown of discontent. All Belphegor is wearing is a black wife beater and boxes. Normally, people would feel uncomfortable around him for that, but Aria doesn't seem to care. That irritated Belphegor, because it could've meant she would leave him alone.

"I got rid of her," Belphegor answers with a yawn, setting his head back onto his pillow. "I found a place where they sell meat… the rest is history."

Nothing is said after that answer. Belphegor finds this odd so he lifts his head and turns back to Aria. She's staring at the sheets in her hand, and Belphegor can't tell what she's feeling from the look on her face.

So she does hurt after all, Belphegor tells himself with some amusement.

If she could hurt, she could be controlled.

"Ushishishi, you make for such an interesting toy. I would love to play with you once I figure out how you work."

I hope you guys liked this chapter. I think this is my favorite chapter. I tried.

Anyway, if you want another update I'll need TWO reviews. This is because I haven't written up the next chapter yet, so I need the time. Give constructive criticism! I don't want any of that cursing-because-I-think-you-suck crap. It. Does. Nothing.

By the way! To answer a review sent in by someone: Aria is fawning over Beto because she can't necessarily help it. She's only human, and also a teenage girl. Hooray for those stupid hormones~!