Kuroshitsuji © Yana Toboso
OCs © reaper-of-lost-souls
A/N: Sorry for the last update guys. I was busy diligently writing that I forgot to look over a chapter. Oops! Plus I've been having some writer's block when it comes to writing this story… just where I have it placed right now. I don't know what I should put down or how I will write it (not this chapter but chapter 47) Either one or the other… it's infuriating . but that's okay! I decided to do a different story to let my creative juices flow. I'm not stopping this fanfic! Just working on other things so I can get back to my story and not feel like I'm stuck in a ditch trying to get myself out =3 So hey. If you have any short story ideas for me then go right ahead and say them! I don't know if I'll do fluff, lemon, or just a story. Just something short XD (I'll stop ranting now =3) ENJOY!
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"oooOOOYY~AH," Sophie yawned as she scratched the back of her head and looked at her small schedule book. "Let's zeee…" she yawned again, setting her book down on her desk and sitting down.
"Sleep well?" Eric looked over with a chuckle escaping his lips.
"Actually yeah," Sophie yawned again, "more than normal… So who usually shows up first? Mr. Spears, Alan, or you?"
"Well Alan and I usually show up at the same time," Eric shrugged, looking over at Alan before looking back at Sophie, "but Mr. Spears always seems to be here first. I wonder if he just sleeps here."
"Geeze," Sophie grumbled, "From a study I recent conducted it shows that people who sleep late will have more mental stamina and can actually outperform early risers in daily tasks. Same holds true for shinigamis since we need to sleep and perform metal tasks every day."
Eric chuckled at her comment, "Oh really? When did you do this?"
"About three years back," Sophie shrugged, "and last year. I set the study out for six months with a group A that would wake up early and a group B that would sleep in late. That's why I'm not bothered that Mr. Knox and Miss Sutcliff don't arrive to work till later. As long as the work gets done for the day I can care less about when they show up to work."
"And here I thought they called you tough," Eric smirked.
"Well… for the American standards I'm tough," Sophie smirked as she sipped on a cup in her hand. "I think it's the new recruits that say I'm tough. A shinigami that has worked under me for at least a year doesn't mind my methods, unless they're an intertribal little snot that doesn't do anything for the department," she shrugged. "I can be ve~ry enjoyable company if you stay on my good side and follow my orders. Simplices ut."
"Pardon?" Eric asked.
Sophie looked over at Alan and then smirked at Eric. "Simple as that. Now if you excuse me I have to go deliver these forms." She blew as kiss at Eric and left, walking up the stairs and leaving the two of them alone.
Alan snickered as he turned in his chair and looked at Eric. "I think Mrs. Serbus just showed you up Eric."
"Can it Alan," Eric grumbled before cracking Alan a smile. "Yep I guess so… I'm going to go for a smoke. Want to come?"
"… I'd rather not," Alan answered in slight disgust. "Those cigarettes make me noxious."
"Suit yourself," Eric shrugged as he stood up and grabbed for a carton of cigarettes in his pocket. "Tell Mr. Spears I'll be back in a while."
"Alright," Alan nodded as Eric left, letting out a tired sigh as he watched him vanish down the stairs. Then he took out a small bag and moved the cup of tea on his table closer to him as he fished out a pill from the bag. "I hope these actually work," he sighed, popping the oddly glowing pill into his mouth and drank down the rest of his water. "…" he paused, a slight smile on his face as he held his hand to his heart and felt slightly better. "Wow… Ben was right. I'll have to ask for more," Alan chuckled to himself, resuming his work before anyone else showed up.
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"Thomas Isador and Benjamin Herman please come to office N103 immediately," Sophie called on the intercom, letting out a sigh as she sat down at a large desk and stared around the room. The council had given her this office since she was a Director, which she had to admit was a large office, but she never had a real use for it. Since she was working under William then she had no need for the office because she would rather be closer to her superior instead of running up and down the stairs all the time, but then again this did serve for a good lecture room so she could talk to her employees behind closed doors. The door softly opened and Ben poked his head in, Sophie noticing that he was holding the other shinigami back. "Mr. Herman I want to talk to you separately. Have Mr. Isador come in first."
Ben nodded and let the other guy in; standing outside in the hallway and watching the other shinigamis walk to and from their offices. "What are you in for now Ben?" Lewis laughed.
Ben growled and narrowed his eyes at his older brother. "I have no clue. Warum?"
"Oh, just heard Sophie is going to lay off a bunch of shinigamis. Perhaps you are one of them?" Lewis responded.
"I doubt it," Ben shook his head, "because I get my work done on time and have no reason to be fired."
"Whatever," Lewis shrugged as he passed by, "Gute Reise!"
"Shut up Lewis," Ben narrowed his eyes and snarled, watching as Lewis skipped down the hallway and entered into another office. Then he looked at his watch and sighed, leaning against the wall and clutching his chest tightly. He took out a pill from his bag and popped it into his mouth, swallowing it whole but nearly choked when the door swung open again.
The other shinigami walked out of the office with a frightened look on his face and Ben gulped. "Don't doddle," Sophie grumbled under her breath, "Mr. Herman."
Ben gulped again, slowly walking into the room and closing the door behind him. "Y-yes –"
"Sit," she said sternly, Ben sighing again as he sat down in the chair Sophie was point at. Dang, Sophie did look intimidating from behind a desk. Ben swallowed, watching as Sophie took out a form and looked through it. It was his personal forms and his face suddenly turned pale. "… What's with that face Mr. Herman?" she asked.
"I'm sorry if I did something wrong!" Ben stood up, "but I swear to you that it won't happen again! Just don't fire me! I don't want to die!"
"Fire you?" Sophie blinked in confusion, before laughter escaped her throat and she wiped a tear away. "You must be joking Ben. I wasn't planning on firing you."
"Y-you're not?" Ben asked as he slowly sat back down. "Then why am I here?"
"… I noticed one of my pills in Alan Humphries' possession and you've asked for more pills? Benjamin Herman what is going on?" Sophie narrowed her eyes.
"Oh…" he paused, plopping back down in the chair and looking up at Sophie. "You see… I ummm…"
"Yes~?" Sophie said roughly as a way to urge him on.
"I came across this group for shinigamis to come together and talk about their lives with horrible diseases," Ben began, "and Alan was there talking to us about his Thorns of Death. So I came up to him and told him about the pills I've been using and he became interested. Plus he's a nice guy and I hate to see him suffer as much as I do and –"
"So you're telling me that you gave away experimental pills to a shinigami that you barely know about so he can feel better?" Sophie responded.
"Y-yeah ummm…" Ben looked down to the ground twitting his thumbs. "Alan isn't a shinigami I barely know. We go out and talk after our shifts about our conditions. He's a really nice guy… I just feel sorry for him. The Thorns of Death haven't taken my body as harshly as he and –"
"Ben… I order you to not give your pills to Alan again," Sophie sighed as she stood up and collected her papers.
"But why?" Ben stood up to block Sophie from the door. "If they work for me why can't they work for him?"
"Look Ben," she grumbled as she slammed her stuff into her messenger bag, "the pills I've been making are something the council doesn't know about. If they were to find out or if they fall into the wrong hands then, knowing them, I'll be told to continue to make the pills. You know how hard it is to make those pills! I can't just throw them away Ben…"
"… I know," he sighed, "but I was only trying to help him. If you want to withhold my pills then –"
"No that's quite alright," she smiled, "and let me handle Alan. Just tell him that you can't give him anymore pills… Have you given this pill to anyone else?"
"Just Alan," Ben answered.
"Good," Sophie nodded, "and if he asks why, tell him the pills are still experimental pills and the council does not know about them. I don't want to be traced back to this… if they have me make these pills every day and night I may end up dying –"
"Alright I get it!" Ben huffed. "I won't give the pills to Alan anymore… I won't bother you anymore."
"Good," Sophie chuckled, "but tell me if you need more. Are you running low?"
"… I only have one more –"
Ben watched as she pulled out another bag and poured half of the pills into her hand and handed it to him. "You take this half and Alan will get the other. Please tell me if you need more, but don't do something stupid again," she smirked as she put the pills in his hand and put her hat back on her head. "Now if you excuse me I have to get going." He chuckled as he looked at his hand, putting the pills into his pouch and walking out the door.
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"Oh Alan you're the only one here?" Sophie asked as she came back to her cubical and put her stuff down at her desk.
"Everyone is out reaping and I'm going to be out soon enough –"
"Enough chit chat," Sophie suddenly said roughly. "An employee of mine gave me information that you are using experimental pills he gave you, which are not authorized by the council."
"What?" Alan huffed as he looked at his bag and then back at Sophie. "Now sorry but –"
"I know everything~ Mr. Humphries," she glared, shoving a bag of her pills into his head. He blinked in shock, a wide grin growing on her face. "Can I trust you with this secret? It was wrong for Ben to pull you into this but –"
"Nah it's alright," Alan chuckled as he put the bags of pills into his suitcase. "Could you tell me what's going on?"
"… I'll talk about it later seeing as someone may come by at any moment, but I'll just ask you how you're doing every once in a while," Sophie shrugged as she walked back over to her cubical. "Oh yeah! And if you need any more just ask. Ben can fill you in on any questions. I have to go now."
"A-alright," Alan sighed as he watched Sophie grab her things and leave. "Thank you!"
"Meh you're a good kid. If you were someone else though I'd have to eliminate you, but no biggie," Sophie shrugged as she left.
"W-wait what?" Alan gasped, before letting out a frustrated sigh and looking back at his papers. Oh boy, what did he get himself into?
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"Alex what's up?" Sophie looked up, watching as he ran at her cubical out of breath.
"T-there… there! –"
"Slow down will you," she grumbled as she shoved her cup of tea at him. "Drink that down slowly~ and tell me what's going on."
Alex let out a deep sigh, glugging down the tea slowly as he tried to calm his nerves. "I-its Marius," he told her. Then he looked around the room at the other shinigamis, wondering if he should continue.
"Damn it Alex spit it out," she growled. She narrowed her eyes and pulled on his tie so he was staring deeply into her annoyed eyes. "What about him?"
"I was out on a mission and saw him terrorizing a village looking for someone," he coughed, "and I ran right over here to tell you –"
"But you didn't think about stopping him?" Sophie sighed.
"W-what? I thought you may have told him to –"
"No!" she growled as she threw her coat on and shoved her hat atop her head. "Tell me where he is," she said roughly as she looked at her hands and then pulled her gloves on. "He better not dirty his hands before I get there."
"He's in Pickering just north of York," Alex said as he began to follow her, "and I went there because of a massive murder on the soul list at 1154."
"Go tell Jericho," Sophie told him, "and I will show up before you… Well go!"
"Right!" Alex huffed, running right up the stairs.
"Sophie wha –"
"Grell please just let me handle things myself," Sophie sighed, running over to the railing and jumping over the side. In an instant her body disappeared into a black haze, stunning the shinigamis that had ran over to investigate what was going on.
William walked out of his office, looking at the shinigamis as they whispered to each other. "What is going on here?"
"Nothing Mr. Spears!" Eric chuckled, "or I think that… don't know."
"Mrs. Serbus just took off –"
"Thank you Alan," William sighed. "I'll tell the council –"
"You will do no such thing," came a voice from the top of the stairs, making their way down to level E and setting foot into the hall. "The Paranormal Operations Department will handle this. Everyone back to work and we'll handle things."
"And just who are you to tell us what to do?" William narrowed his eyes roughly.
The shinigami grinned, leaning into William's face as his dark hazel eyes stared into William's green shinigami eyes. "Jericho Serkan, the North American Director of the East of the Paranormal Operations Department. Now if you have an issue we will discuss it later; time is of the essence. Come Mr. Agon," he turned around and walked back to the stairs.
"Yeah you're one to speak!" Alex grumbled as he ran ahead of Jericho down the stairs.
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Sophie paused, looking at the chaos around her. All around her were humans and supernatural beings alike screaming, trying desperately to get away from the creature that was lurking in the village. She ran as fast as she could through the crowd and to the other side of the village, finding Marius standing over a body and stabbing into it with his stainless sword. She heard the man scream and she gasped out in fight, suddenly feeling blood splattering all over her hands. "Marius Ellen Ioreta Serbus, I order you to halt at once!"
"No!" he growled, not looking up at his sister as he stabbed into the man dying in his hands. "He doesn't deserve to live! He sent you away from me! I can't forgive him!"
Sophie growled, jumping in front of him and pushing Marius off of the body. She looked behind her and her eyes widened, noticing it was the human body of Chaz Hoover. "Marius stop," she narrowed her eyes at him, "now give me the sword… now…"
"B-but…" Marius gasped, clutching the sword tightly in his hand. "H-he… Sophie I…"
"Quis fratris the sword please," she ordered as she held out her hand. He whimpered slightly, his crystal blue eyes full of rage as he stared at Chaz' remains. Sophie grabbed his face so he was staring into her crystal blue and shinigami green eyes, which held a raw hint of grief. "You cannot do this. Stop killing people. Do you want to know something? Whatever blood you spill is on my hands too Marius because that is how our souls work," she narrowed her eyes at him as he stood there shaking. "I feel every soul you devour and every soul you heal. It is the price I pay for being the paterfamilias of the Serbus family. Marius… don't dirty your hands anymore… you are hurting me as much as you are hurting yourself."
"S-soror…" Marius said quietly, his trembling hand slowly handing over his sword to her.
Sophie smiled and took it, still keeping a hand upon his face in a comforting way. "Marius…" she sighed, "You hurt me you know that? You stayed away from me for five years and now you go out killing beings without my orders? Fratri… why?"
"I-I didn't want my little soror to dirty her hands," he hiccupped as he looked towards the ground, "a-and soror used to be so~ good before she left. I just thought… I never knew…"
"Soror still loves her quis fratris," she smiled, "but I can't live it past me if you dirty your hands also. Marius… let me carry the burden of killing. That is what I'm here for, correct? Let's have one sane person in our family, for our mother's sake."
"O-of course soror," he sighed, "I-I am sorry."
"And I accept your apology," she said as she gave him a gentle kiss on the forehead, looking over at Jericho and Alex as they slowly walked up the hill. "Please think about what you have done… I want you to move on from this Marius." He gave her a nod and looked down, not noticing the shinigamis walking up the hill, but only the destruction he caused. "Let me fix the mess you have made," Sophie sighed.
"B-but…" Marius paused, keeping a firm hold on Sophie hand.
She smiled, "Please Marius… give me this purpose. Go to the shinigami realm with Mr. Engjëll and have a nice cup of tea. I know you love jasmine tea, yes?"
Marius slowly let her hands slip away from his and he gave her a nod. "Y-yes soror," he sighed.
"Hey!" she called to him as he began to walk over to Alex and Jericho, "I heard the pastries are to di~e for! I think you'll enjoy a blueberry scone or two, yes?"
Marius cracked a smile, "Okay. Thank you," he bowed, running down to Alex and walking away with him.
Sophie let out another tired sigh and looked over the destruction as the sword evaporated into the black haze, watching as Jericho walked up the hill and stood beside her. "… What are you going to do?"
"I will have to revive everything," Sophie sighed, "but will you help me if something goes wrong?"
Jericho smiled, "Of course, Serbus. That's why I'm here," he grinned. She just rolled her eyes and put her hands in front of her, closing her eyes and letting a soft sigh escape her lips. Jericho took a step back, watching as the black haze came from her hands and flowed onto the ground. It shifted as fog through the village, swirling around every fallen soul on the ground. She coughed slightly, gritting her teeth as she concentrated on her hands. Then the black haze turned to white, the glow spreading quickly like running water throughout the village. Jericho turned around and watched as the bodies became healed and their wounds mended. Sophie let out a rough cough distracting Jericho from the amazing sight, watching as her body dropped to the floor and the white glow evaporated into the air. "Sophie?" he said quietly, kneeling over her body as she collected herself.
"I-I'm fine," she pushed him away roughly, still kneeling on the ground and coughing into her neckerchief. Sophie staggered to her feet, brushing off the dust from her clothes and chuckling to herself, "I-I'm fine… this isn't that bad," she smirked.
Jericho nodded and smiled. "Of course not… Now let's get back to the realm," he said as he held out his head to her. Sophie stared at it hesitantly, narrowing her eyes at him. "You are in no shape to teleport yourself back to London. Now come."
She let out a sigh of defeat and grabbed for his hand, flinching back and turning around as an ear piercing scream came from behind them. "You bitch! Bitch!" Chaz cried out on the ground, still limping in pain. "You took my chances from being a shinigami! Now you order my death!"
Sophie frowned, barely listening to the curses he spat at her. "Shouldn't your memories be wiped clean Chaz?"
Chaz growled, "I… They came back, all of it, after that shinigami began to attack the village. You, Sophia, you are a piece of work. Why can't you let me die?"He cried out as he slowly crawled to them, "I have no life here!"
"Should I kill him?" Jericho asked.
Sophie shook her head, slowly walking over to him and loomed over his body. Chaz grabbed hold of her leg and tried to pull her down, but his human strength was no match for her own supernatural strength. "P-please… grim reaper kill me…"
"… No," she said roughly, "because you need to live out the rest of your life for your sins. You are not supposed to die at this given time, and until your name appears on the soul list will you die. Because of what my brother had done, you can only die by the blade of a Serbus or of old age. Nothing, not even suicide, will kill you. Good bye Chaz Hoover." Then she hit his head with the butt of her scythe, knocking him out cold.
"… Why did you do that?" Jericho asked.
"Because Chaz needs to learn for his sins even if he didn't know of his past as a shinigami," Sophie sighed, "and Death doesn't want him to die yet. It is not his appointed hour… it's not my order to kill him yet." Jericho frowned, noticing how cold and miserable her voice sounded. "Now let's go home… I still need to talk to Marius." Jericho nodded and grabbed her hand, the two of them disappearing unnoticed in the blink of an eye.
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Jericho held out his hand as Sophie began to sway, letting out a tired sigh as she leaned against a wall. "I don't think you're okay Sophie," he frowned.
"I'm perfectly fine," she grumbled, "now let me talk to Marius alone."
Then she walked into Alex's office and shoved him out a few seconds later, Alex yelling as she slammed the door behind her. "What is with her lately?" he growled. "Geeze…"
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"Hey Marius, are you okay now?" Sophie asked as she walked into the room and sat down on the couch.
Marius sighed as he wiped the blood from his face. "Y-yeah… oh god. I'm sorry about all of this Sophie. Something just came over me and –"
"Exactly why I told you to not make a move without my orders," she told him in a stern and monotone voice. "… Why did you leave me alone for so long? When I meant that you should watch over our household I didn't mean leave me! Do you even know why~ I tried to have Death send me forms about you every day?"
"No," Marius shrugged as he looked to the ground in shame.
"So I could talk to someone that I knew every once in a while," she said sadly, "and when the forms didn't come in… and you stopped seeing me… that really hurt quis fratris."
Marius' eyes widened and he looked over at her in shock. "I'm sorry Sophie… I didn't know… Just this world is so different then what I know –"
"And that is why I am supposed to be in charge, correct?" she looked at him sternly.
His eyes wandered to his lap as he twiddled his thumbs, knowing he had done a great wrong. "Correct."
Sophie cracked a smile, gently rubbing his back and letting out a sigh. "Please don't do this. I know you want to act like an older brother and head our family, but I know this world better. How about this: you defend the warm and luscious fields with Aya, alright?"
"Sure," he chuckled as he rubbed the back of his head. Sophie smiled as she set her hat down and laid her head on his shoulder, letting out a tired sigh. "… I'm sorry again –"
"Hey don't worry about it," she sighed again, "it's alright…" Marius smiled and set his head on top of hers, quickly drifting off to sleep.
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"… They've been in there an awfully long time," Alex grumbled to himself as he had his arms crossed over his chest. "Should we go in there?"
Jericho looked down at the watch on his wrist and sighed, "Yeah." He knocked on the wood, slowly opening the door and walking into the dim room. "Sophie… Mr. Serbus, is everything alrigh –" Then he paused, a chuckle escaping his lips as he looked over at the couch.
Alex pushed him away and looked into the room, a smirk growing on his face as he watched Sophie and Marius sleeping soundly against each other. "Wow… if it wasn't for that blood on their faces it would be rather cute," he chuckled.
"I think it's still adorable, even with blood on their faces," Jericho commented as he walked over to Sophie and shifted her shoulder slightly. "Sophie… Sophie wake up."
"O-oh?..." Sophie yawned, lifting her head up gently and looking up at Jericho. "H-hello," she smiled sweetly, letting her brother's head slowly float down to the armrest of the couch. Then she frowned, coughing to herself slightly once she remembered where she was.
Jericho noticed her sudden change in expressions and also frowned, looking up at Alex as he walked over to his desk to continue on with his work. "Miss Serbus, can I talk to you privately?"
"Sure," she sighed, standing up and wiping the blood from her face with her neckerchief. Jericho held the door open for her as they walked outside, Sophie chuckling to herself as she took off the bloody cloth from her neck and continued to wipe her face. "Not a lot of blood huh?" she chuckled sarcastically to herself.
He chuckled back, but his laughter wasn't as strong as Sophie's. "… I know you don't want to talk about this but –"
"Jericho what now?" she grumbled. "You know how I am after using my powers like that. I'm ex~hausted~. If you want me to get the forms into you today then –"
"Sophie this isn't about work," Jericho said lightly, "but… our positions."
"What about them?" she grumbled, pushing away from him slightly as she walked down the hall. "You are a director and I am a director. What's the big deal about that –"
"Not that. You know what I'm talking about," Jericho grumbled. "Look, I love you I really do, but our positions as Gods of Death and –"
"Jericho that's why I'm still angry with you!" Sophie growled. "You don't get it. You still don't get it. Do you think I fell in love with you because of our positions? Because I felt pity on you or something? No! No, you know that!" Then she let out a huff, glaring into his hazel eyes as he stared back into her tired blue and green eyes. "… You still can't figure it out?"
"That's why I'm here," he sighed, "because I need to understand why you can like a weakling like me –"
"You're not weak," Sophie said gently in a mutual tone, "and I loved you, not liked. Why?... You're one of the only people who don't care about my position in power." Jericho blinked blankly at her as she chuckled lightly to herself and rubbed her shoulders as if there was a chill in the air. "Jay… you… you always made my day brighter. When I was with you I felt I didn't have to worry about everything as I usually do. You weren't after my powers or trying to woo me, but you just loved me for me. I… I love you," she sighed as she looked down to the ground, "but after sleeping with another woman I couldn't take it. Yes, I ran away, but you were just the lighter to a long fuse that I was neglecting till now. I told you I wanted to go back home… but I wanted to stay with you and –"
"Sophie I didn't know –"
"Jay don't start!" Sophie coughed, starting to choke on the tears that unknowingly rolled down her cheeks, "It's over… get over it. I know you don't like me anymore… Go back home to your old life and leave me out of it." She stared up at him with anger in her eyes, even as tears rolled down her cheeks. "I am done with this… go home."
Then she turned around and began to walk away, putting her hat back on her head and pushed it down over her eyes. "Wait, wait! Sophie wait!" Jericho held his hand out towards her.
"I have been waiting for years Jericho!" she yelled, turning back around and glaring at him from behind her hat. "I am tired of waiting around for you! I live every day as if it is my last, putting myself in danger for the sake of everyone around me. What if I died today, tomorrow? I can't continue to wait on a decision from you! Just… just bugger off!" she growled as she turned back around and rushed as fast as she could towards the stairs.
"Wait I –"
"Sister wait!" Marius coughed, pushing the door aside and calling over to her. "Just hear him out!"
"And why should I?" she growled, gritting her teeth and clutching her fists in an attempt to stop the tears from falling down her face.
"Because… I'm to blame for this," Marius answered softly.
Jericho and Sophie both turned to Marius, her eyes widened in shock. "M-marius?…"
"I was the one who got Jericho drunk that night," Marius confessed, "and I am the one who convinced him to sleep with someone. I didn't want you two to be together… no one does." He sighed, "But I am truly sorry. If you should blame anyone then blame me… I am the one who planned everything."
Sophie stood there frozen, Jericho narrowing his eyes slightly before turning back to Sophie. No one could really read what she was going to do because of the large brimmed cowboy hat over her face, but Jericho knew what she was thinking. "Sophie… Sophie don't –" She made a dash for the stairs, close to throwing herself off of the railing. "Sophie! Don't!" he growled, gripping a firm hold around her waist and pulling her close to his chest before she threw herself off.
"Let me go damn it!" she growled lowly as she clawed at his arms and tried to wrestle away from him. "Let me die! Ahhh!" Sophie hissed as she bit down hard on his arm, trying as much as she could to get his hands off of her.
Jericho didn't budge.
"J-jericho…" she began to sob, clutching tightly to his arm as he kept her close to his chest. "I-I…"
"I know," he said softly as he buried his head into her shoulder, "and I'm sorry too… Can we move on from this? We don't need to resort to violence."
"… Okay," Sophie said quietly, keeping a tight hold on his arm. "… I really do forgive you."
"That's all I ask," he chuckled.
"No really!" Sophie said as she wiped her eyes, "I mean that! God, I'm not kidding –"
"Sophie stop it already," Jericho continued to chuckle, "can't I just be happy about this?"
"Oh is that so?" she looked up at him with a devious smirk on her face, "Well you can't be happy on my~ watch. Nuh uh."
"Why not?" he pouted.
"Because you didn't let go of me yet," she huffed.
Jericho smirked, setting her back down on the ground and letting go of her waist. "So~rry~"
"That's better," she huffed again, brushing pretend dust from her clothes and fixed herself. Her eyes were still puffy and red, but she didn't seem to notice as she tilted up her hat from her eyes and gave him a devilish grin. "Sorry about the arm."
"Hey it will heal," he shrugged, "and –"
Jericho's eyes widened as she pulled down on his tie and crushed his lips into hers, all the while a giant smile spread across her face. A soft moan escaped his lips as he wrapped his arms back around her body and pulled her closer up to his mouth. Then she quickly pulled away, a smirk on her face as they parted. "Think of that as a thank you kiss," she smiled to him, rustling up his hair, and walking over to Marius and grabbing hold of his head. "Could we just stay friends for now?"
"… Fine… Sure," Jericho shrugged and nodded, watching as Sophie pulled Marius to the stairs.
"Come on," Sophie said as she talked to Marius, "you still have a few other people to apologize to."
"Y-yeah alright," Marius sighed, scratching the back of his head, "but I thought I would do that –"
"Live life to the fullest right?" Sophie shrugged, "because you don't know when you'll be dead. Now come on. I'm probably going to have a bunch of forms to sign after this." Marius nodded and followed behind her, their hands letting go as they descended down the stairs.
Jericho let out a tired sigh, looking over at the shinigamis that were peering around and looking over at the commotion. "G'et, all of you. Back to work!" he raised his voice, the shinigamis running off and going back to their jobs. Then Jericho glanced over at Alex, "What's with that look?" he grumbled.
"… Nothing," Alex shrugged, "but you're not over her yet are you?"
"… I don't know," Jericho shrugged.
Alex walked up to him, glaring at him behind red glowing eyes, "If you dare hurt Sophia again I will tear you apart limb from limb."
"Is that a threat?" Jericho growled back.
"… Yes," Alex huffed as he took a few steps back, but was still staring with pure rage at Jericho. "Why are you constantly after her? You're after something aren't you?"
"Not at all," Jericho responded, "because she has nothing to offer back to me. In family status, my family is just as important at the Serbus. Plus… well I don't think anymore has to be said," he huffed walking back to his office. "Now get back to work Mr. Agon. I want your report in by three o'clock."
"… Yes Mr. Serkan," Alex grumbled back as he walked back into his office to tidy everything back up.
"Hey guys," Lewis said as he walked up the stairs and marched over to Ben and a group of shinigamis chattering in the corner, "what's up?"
"You missed every~thing~" Ben smirked.
"What?" Lewis huffed, "What did I miss?"
"Mrs. Serbus just cried!" one of the shinigamis said.
"And that director guy, Mr. Serkan, got kissed by her!" another said.
"And –"
"Lewis, Sophia and Jericho just made up and you missed it all~" Ben interrupted them with a smirk on his lips.
"What!" Lewis huffed, throwing his papers onto a nearby table. "Bull crap! The most entertaining thing for the week and I miss it! That's what I get for doing my work on time," he grumbled to himself.
"What so you know about this?" someone asked.
"Yeah I guess," Lewis shrugged.
"Tell us!" a few shinigamis said at once.
"Yeah tell us!" the others said.
Lewis grinned deviously while Ben glared at his older brother. "Lewis… don't start…"
"Oh come on Ben," Lewis chuckled, "what's the problem with a little bit of office gossip? Now gather around! I'll tell you all the fruitful relationship of Mister Serkan and Miss Serbus." He winked at them before continuing on.
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A/N: As I've said, my enthusiasm in writing this story is slowing down… it's probably because I have so many chapters written down and I can't ask you guys 'what should I do next?' because I already have the next chapter ready to be proofread 3 Well I'm trying to do other things. I think drawing and coloring most of the day today helped A LOT. Just because I got frustrated with the art… that's it XD Well I hope you enjoyed this chapter! I'm sorry for having such a delay. I'll try to post more chapters earlier… Ugh. It's really cold here. If I wasn't stuck at home while there was a blizzard outside then I wouldn't have this horrible cramp in my leg… I wanted a green tea latte this morning 3=
simplices ut – Latin – simple as that
warum – German – why
gute reise – German – bon voyage
quis fratris – Latin – big brother