The young Hero smiled, looking down at the Dean, who was curled up beside the Hero, his head resting on Almaz's chest "Mao?" Almaz asked, running his fingers through the Dean's hair, hearing the other hum contently. Almaz chuckled as the Dean shuffled to get closer
"Nnn, Almaz..." Mao practically purred, a small blush appearing on his face "Nnnn, what are you doing?"
"You're hair's silky today, Mao." Almaz snickered
"Nnn, shut up Almaz..." Mao blushed, Almaz raked fondly through the Dean's hair again, grinning as the Dean shuffled once more, opening his eyes slowly "W-what's your problem Almaz?"
"You're hair's soft."
"W-what?" Mao stuttered
Almaz just looked at the other, an innocent smile across his face "What do you want to do?"
Mao shrugged "Whatever you want, I guess.."
Almaz jumped up, a wide grin took the Dean by surprise "You mean it, Lord Mao!"
Mao laughed, the hilarity of the shy Hero as he quickly realized the situation, before shuffling back underneath the covers, completely embarrassed. The Dean stood up, grabbing an new outfit from his half-destroyed dresser. Grabbing Almaz an outfit from the closet Mao built him, before tossing it to him "Hurry up, before I change my mind!"
Almaz nodded, struggling to quickly throw on the outfit "This means a lot to me, Mao."
"Don't mention it, ever, Almaz." Mao growled, a smile across his face
"I promise, I won't."
The Hero stood up quickly, grabbing the Dean's hand "Hey, Almaz?"
"Yeah?"
"Where's Makora?"
Almaz froze, checking her room to see it empty "I don't know..."
"Should we go looking?" Mao whined, a deeply concerned look tainted his face
"S-she'll be fine, let's give her a little bit longer." Almaz smiled
Mao nodded nervously "Okay, but, if she's hurt I'm pinning it on you Almaz."

The two left the room, gossip about the party from the previous night tainted the ears of anyone who heard "W-was it really that..."
"I hope not..." Almaz replied, tightening his grip on Mao's hand
"Hey, you two! You're Makora's parents right?" A small demon smiled, looking at the two smugly
Mao growled, a lowly demon dared address him "What's it to you?"
"She's quite the partier, I didn't know she had it in her! Where, is she anyways?" The demon asked
"We don't know..." Almaz piped in, sighing deeply as concern began getting the best of him
"Well, hope you find her soon, I hadn't seen her since half way through the party man!"

Almaz growled, dragging Mao off "We're going to find her!"
The Dean smiled, looking at the Hero who's look of determination just brought Mao's mood up "Almaz! You already know where we have to look."
"W-where?" Almaz asked, stopping dead, seeing Mao's look darken more and more
"I swear, if he..." Mao grunted, tightening his grip on Almaz's hand, before running the other way
"Where are you going Mao!" Almaz shouted, Mao glared back at him
"You should know exactly where we're going!"
Almaz jumped "Mao! She's not even sixteen hundred yet! What makes you think she would do something like that?"
"We did, didn't we? I wasn't that old either."
Mao had a good point, that the Hero truly hadn't thought of yet. "Mao, she's different than we were!" Almaz shouted, nearly tripping as Mao quickened his pace
"A good different, or a bad different Almaz?" Mao growled "She won't hesitate to kill either of us!"
"Either? She adores you Mao." Almaz yelped, trying to match Mao's pace
The two stopped in front of a room, which Mao started pounding on "Makora! Get out here!"

A scared scream was heard from inside, Mao growled "You're not in trouble if you just come out!"
"Y-you're lying!" Makora shouted, her voice cracking
"I'm not lying! I... nevermind..." Mao sighed, sitting on the wall across from the door "Just get your ass out here Makora."
"Mao? You were so angry a second ago... why aren't you tearing him apart?" Almaz asked, a small smile on his face
"We went through the same thing with your father remember?" Mao smirked "It was still worth it, and, gh, never mind!"
Makora nervously stepped out of the room, shaking fearfully "Dad I..."
"Shut it Makora." Mao grunted "I said you weren't in trouble."
"Dad? What's wrong?"
Mao sighed, completely ignoring the question, which Makora was determined to get the answer to
"Dad?"
"I went through the same thing... I know what it's like." Mao admitted to the younger demon, gently taking hold of Almaz's hand once again
Makora shuddered "Dad, that's, just gross."
"S-shut up, you asked." Mao groaned, motioning her to follow them
"You aren't mad dad?" Makora questioned, running up beside Mao
The Dean glared at her, looking back towards the ground "Of course I'm mad Makora!"
"Ach, s-sorry for aski..."
"But it's your choice Makora, I can't control your decisions." Mao continued

"D-dad..." Makora smiled, wrapping her arms around Mao, much to his own discomfort
"Get off me!" Mao growled, a smile placing itself quickly on his face as he released Almaz's hand to grab Makora
"Gah! Dad!" Makora giggled as the Dean flipped her around in front of him, she jumped off and ran towards their room
Mao laughed, grabbing Almaz before chasing off after her "Come on, Almaz! We'll lose her!"
Almaz sped up, quickly catching up to the Dean, who had a devious smile across his face "M-Mao?"
"She's playing a game Almaz, don't even past humans like to play games?" Mao snickered
"Of course we do Mao!" Almaz chuckled, releasing Mao as he sped up ahead of him "She definitely gets her speed from me Mao!"
"I'll make you eat those words Almaz!" Mao laughed

The three bolted back, demons stared, but it was normal in the academy to see stuff like that
"I win Dad!" Makora panted, her hands on her knees as she tried to catch her breath
"No way Makora, you had a head start..." Mao smirked, sitting down on the bed, beside the Hero who was gasping for air "You okay Almaz?"
The dream flashed into his mind again, making Mao whine nervously as he hid himself in Almaz's shoulder "Lord Mao?"
"Shut up, Fake Hero..." Mao growled, quickly pulling Almaz close as he shifted himself until his arms were securely around him
Almaz sighed "Mao, I'm worried, I wish you'd just tell me what's wrong."
"I said shut up! M-maybe I should just remove your vocal cords..." Mao sighed, nuzzling the Hero
"Mao! Enough with this! I want to know what the hell's bugging you!"
Mao shook his head "It's none of your damn business!"
Almaz tried to shuffle away from Mao, a fake pout took his face "Maooo, I'll leave right now unless you tell me."
Mao jumped, gripping the Hero tighter as he whined "Almaz! You can't leave!"

"I just want to know what's wrong." Almaz demanded, turning the Dean to face him
"D-damn it Almaz, I, I just can't!" Mao replied, tears being desperately held back
The Hero stood up "Then I'm leaving Mao."
"N-no! Almaz it was just a nightmare!" Mao screamed, wrapping his arms around Almaz's waist
Almaz looked back, seeing the tears Mao was trying to keep to himself "It was a little more than a nightmare Mao."
"It was nothing, it's bugging me is all." Mao sighed, trying to pull Almaz back down beside him
Smiling, the Hero sat down beside him once more "If it's just a nightmare, than why don't you tell me?"
"It's, just so tough to say." Mao whined, nuzzling Almaz's chest nervously
"You can tell me, anything Mao." Almaz smiled "We're married remember? I'm sure I've heard worse from you."
"Y-you died, saving me." Mao admitted, no longer able to keep his tears from falling as he nervously nudged into the Hero again
Almaz looked at the Dean "Is that why you made me promise, not to die?"

Mao nodded, looking at the Hero "You, wouldn't die for me would you?"
Almaz smiled "Of course I would Mao. I'm your servant, right?"
Mao sighed, it was a good thing the Hero was so willing to give himself up for Mao, but, that also meant Mao could be responsible for Almaz's death "Nnn, Almaz, you can't die, you got that?"
"You two, just, gah, Almaz you're a sad excuse for a demon!" Makora growled, poking Almaz harshly
"I used to be a human Makora." Almaz growled, seeing the teenage demon's eyes widen "Mao?"
The Dean was shaking "You just can't die Almaz! I won't allow it!"
"Mao... I'd give my life for you, isn't that a good thing?" Almaz smiled
"I can't, lose you Almaz."
"Mao, same goes for you." Almaz replied, hugging the Dean tightly "I love you too much."
Mao blushed, looking at Almaz as he wiped the tears from his eyes "I... I love you too Almaz."

Makora smiled, before leaving the room "You know, no matter how much these two fail as demons, they're great as a couple."
"Almaz?"
"Yeah Mao?" Almaz replied, seeing the Dean look at him nervously
"I-it was Makora, that killed you..."
Almaz froze "W-what?"
"In my dream, that's why I didn't want to tell you." Mao admitted, standing up "But I couldn't just let you leave on me!"
Almaz shook "S-she was trying to kill me?"
"No, she tried to kill me, and you ran in front... you died for me Almaz..." Mao cried, the dream replayed in his head again, making him shudder as he nuzzled Almaz preciously "I can't let it happen Almaz."
"Mao? Just remember, how you used to treat me, my life was unimportant to you, maybe that's how it should be."
"Your life was never unimportant! That was proven at the gate to the human world! Wasn't it, my order that brought you..."
"You appeared to me, and gave me back my title... you even called me friend..." Almaz smiled
"F-friend?" Mao stuttered
"Sapphire said you cried, is that true?"
"N-No way!" Mao stuttered, hiding an intense blush from the young Hero
Almaz chuckled, seeing the Dean trying so desperately to hide the evident red across his face "Thank you, Mao."
"S-shut up Almaz!" Mao whined, looking nervously at the Hero "F-for what?"
"You did, you appeared to me, you gave me my title, and when I got it back, I came back to life..."
Mao smiled at the young Hero, before carelessly placing a small kiss on him, resting gently on his shoulder before speaking "Just remember, that doesn't mean you opened my heart."