No smut. JUST ANGST.

Azuko's jaw dropped when Shoichi-demon dad, not real dad- came to pick her up from school with a car. It was not a family car too, it was a fucking lancer. It was a week since the bill crisis was averted. God knows how he gets the money but the next week? New clothes ? New car ?! How many people did he kill ?

"Get in!" he said smiling.

Azuko quickly went in before anyone sees her. It was better than being panicky about it and causing trouble.

"A CAR ?! I need to know where you get this money !" Azuko yelled.

Shoichi just chuckled. From his also brand new prescription shades he gazed at her daughter top to toe. "You need new clothes."

"You are not buying me anything until you tell me!" She crossed her arms and huffed.

Shoichi pulled the car to the side and parked miraculously well. "I got a high paying side job." he smiled. "Now, how about daddy buy you ice cream ?"

Azuko nearly fell for it but she shook it off. "Did you kill anyone ?"

Shoichi shook his head. "My friend is a superstar and she lent me the car for work. She also sent me some other gifts. I sold most of them for small cash."

"Your friend?" Azuko tilted her head.

"Demon friend. She is a demon." he said flatly.

"...okay."

Azuko and Shoichi went inside the café. They both beamed the the ice cream at the same time which annoys Azuko how much that demon reminds her of her real father.

"Which flavor do you want ?" he asked.

"Just give me money and I wil buy them myself. I don't trust your judgement." Azuko said sternly.

Shoichi shrugged. Fine by him.

Azuko ordered her ice cream and took the number. Shoichi was behind her until there was a slam on the door.

"Shoichi darlin~"

Shit.

The lady went gingerly and skipped lines to get to his side. "Buy me ice cream please~"

Shoichi shot her a death glare. Jenny laughed. "I am craving for ice cream~ Or maybe something more than ice with the cream~ My boy Rosalio is not here at the moment and I am lonely~"

"I had my daughter with me today. Go away." he said.

"Ooh~ The cute one with the red eye ? How adorable!" Jenny skipped over to meet Azuko.

"Hey! Wait! Come back!" Shoichi yelled.

Azuko was sitting with her ice cream when the incredibly beautiful foreigner came to her. "Hello there~ You must be daddy's little girl~" she said.

Azuko was prepared to leave until he saw Shoichi pushed through the queue and went to their table. "Jenny. What did I said about minding your own business ?!"

Jenny whined. From the way Shoichi reacts to her, Azuko safely assumed they know each other. "Dad, this is your demon friend ?"

Jenny nodded cheerfully while Shoichi sighed.

"She gave me the job and money. So technically we are not friends. She is my boss."

Jenny nodded again in approval. "He is my bodyguard. He guards my body~" she winked.

Shoichi wanted to choke her right away.

Azuko sort if read between the lines and shrugged it off. He is a demon so he could do whatever he wants. He is not his real father anyway. "So you two are sex buddies?"

Shoichi panicked and shushed her. Telling her to not be so loud. Jenny laughed at the act for she knew he loved them anyway.

"Shoichi, be a darling and buy me an ice cream will you ?" Jenny winked. After tossing her credit card at his face, he begrudgingly go to the queue again. Azuko really wondered if that demon was weak to money.

"So…" Jenny started. "How is he ?"

Azuko shrugged. "I still don't know why he must take my dad's form and pretending to be my dad. I know he is hunting angels and such but.. why ?" she grumbled. She took a glance at Shoichi who quickly turned back to face the queue when she spotted her looking at his direction.

Jenny can't help but smile at the remark. "You don't know anything, eh ?"

"Sorry ?"

Jenny hummed as she took a mirror from her bag. "We demons are incredibly powerful beings, but one thing I know for sure, we cannot shapeshift. That is weird coming from a demon such as myself but… that is what Shoichi looks like."

Azuko raises an eyebrow. "Did you mean that, he naturally looks like my dad?"

"On the contrary little one. I think he is your dad" she smiled.

Azuko laughed. "He said it himself. He killed my dad. He was an angel protecting me until… he-"

"Did you know that Shoichi used to be an angel?"

"What ?!"

Jenny shrugged. "The last time I saw him before he turned into a demon, he already has the signs. Broken wings, pale face, always unfocused. I'm glad he lost his wings completely. It was hard to see him in such a pitiful state. I like this one more." she licked her lips.

"What happened to him ?" Azuko whispered.

Jenny smiled. "You should know. He is staying with you is he not ?"

"He... never told me anything…" she said.

"Figured. He was good at hiding his intentions. Then again, it is easy to know which part of him that he lost." Jenny huffed.

"Lost ?"

"Child. When you become a demon, you lost a crucial part of yourself in return for power. I think he lost his compassion. That is why he is so cool~" Jenny giggled. "Without his compassion, he will think all too rationally. He will justify his thoughts with his mind and and act according to it."

Azuko thought for a while. Maybe Jenny make sense after all. If there is a slight hope that his father was here with her… should she put faith in him?

"He commited suicide years ago. I would believe him more if he becomes a demon instead of an angel." she said. Azuko will never forget this fact. He left her alone. As much as she missed him, there will be a bitter part in him that would never be replaced.

"Strawberry for you. Matcha for me." Shoichi cut into the conversation with a good bowl of sundae.

Jenny grinned. "We were talking about you."

Shoichi raises an eyebrow. "I hope it was not about our sexual misadventures." he took his seat beside Azuko.

Jenny shook her head. "Of course not."

Azuko takes a look at his bowl of ice cream and smiled. "My dad used to like matcha ice cream a lot as well." she showed her empty bowl of matcha ice cream.

Shoichi blushed. "T-That was not intentional…"

Jenny have not seen such genuine emotion from Shoichi before. It was quite refreshing.

"Child, remember. He lacks compassion." she said.

Shoichi drove them home. Jenny decided to go on her own. Good riddance. Shoichi did not think he could last another minute with her. Well, at least he got her credit card. He could buy more ice cream now if he wanted to.

"Dad…"

"Hmn ?" he tilted his head.

"Can we make a quick stop somewhere ?" Azuko asked.

"I do not see why not." he turned his car towards the address she gave him. They parked on the kerb between the spacious park and the residential area. Azuko took off and held her breath. "Dad, will you follow me ?"

Shoichi complied.

Azuko took him through the park. He thought it was a park at first but soon he realised it was a public cemetary. Shoichi instantly reached out and pulled Azuko's hand.

"Let's get out of this place." he said sternly.

This place is bad. I don't want to…

"Dad…" She pulled herself back.

"No. I am not going…" he said with a hint of...fear ?

"Dad, did you know what place is this ?" She asked softly. She really could not read what is in the demon's mind now. He never looked so distressed.

"N-No…" he lied.

"I understand." she said. "Azuko will be right back. Wait for me." she said as she turned further into the grave site.

Daddy will be right back, wait for me.

He said that once. One time. Azuko was sick in the hospital bed and Shoichi was called by the doctor regarding her conditions and more importantly, her payment.

He cannot lose her here.

He killed whatever fear dragging him and moved his feet to find her. He found her sitting beside a worn out grave. Azuko's mother was not buried here of course. She was a loved one with friends and family to take care of her remains. This one, belonged to a really poor and lonely man whose body was found hanging inside his own house.

Rest in Peace

Azuma Shoichi

"You came." Azuko said softly. "They would not let me see his corpse until he was buried. Everyone was afraid it will scar me more than it already has. Everyone made is less painful for me but… sometimes I just thought to myself and realised "Oh, I am an orphan…" and it made me a little bit sad."

Shoichi was quiet. He did not said a word as he stood and watch the small square where they buried his body years ago.

"Dad, Jenny told me how you used to be an angel. She also told me the possibility of you used to be my dad. At the very least, I don't think that is true. You are so different to him that… I am actually fine showing these to you." Azuko smiled bitterly. She wiped a few loose tears from her face and cleaned her father's grave with wet tissue.

Azuko was surprised when Shoichi fell to his knees and hugged her from behind. She protested but he only hugged her tighter. "I'm sorry…" he said.

"Shoichi ? Please. Do not tease me like this." Azuko said.

"I am sorry I was weak…"

Azuko's eyes widened. She realised now that he really was her father. She cried. She cried like she has never grieved. Shoichi held her in his arms, calming her like it was just a bad dream. She was six again after a nightmare, her father would bring her warm honey with milk and stayed with her until she fell back asleep.

"Azuko ?" Shoichi whispered. His eyes widened when he realised she fainted.

A chuckle came. "You have two days."

"ALEX!" Shoichi growled.

"Yes. This is Alex." he said calmly. "I found what you were doing before you fell. I feel kind enough to tell you that before you panic why she suddenly fainted."

Shoichi lifted her up quietly. "What do you want ?"

"I am just here to merely tell you that archangel Aya is looking for you. Oh, and if you have information regarding Rosalio, please tell me. I remember he was dating your sex friend Jenny not long ago." Alex smiled. "Oh, this is for you." Alex tossed a feather to the floor.

Shoichi picked them up and put it on Azuko's body. It dissapears immediately.

"Now you have three days."

Shoichi still does not trust him. He took Azuko back to his car and waved sarcastically to Alex.

Alex merely smiled.

He drove home.

"So that is what the feather for!" JP jumped from his chair. He closed his laptop and took off his uniform. He reached his back for that one missing feather that Alex took when he was doing...things.

He would had a talk to Alex about this.