Sweet Devil AU Part IV
It has been a few months, close to a year since Arthur had met the young demon, and by now, he had already forgotten about the encounter he had, having other things to busy himself with.
He was on his way back to his house when he saw a figure standing in front of his door, he approached it and saw a small boy, an angel, standing in front of his door with a smile on his face, he looked like he was waiting for someone. The boy soon noticed him and his smile grew.
"Hi!" The young one greeted him cheerfully.
"Um..Hello?...are you waiting for someone?" Arthur asked, he looked around, there's no way there would be anybody around here, he waited for a while, hoping for someone to come running towards them claiming that this was their child, but no one came.
"Yupp~ but they're here already so it's okay now!" He answered back cheerfully.
"Um...okay.." Arthur honestly felt a little creep out by his answer, but decided not to think about it, as this is just a young child, and young children say some very weird things sometimes.
"Would you like to come in?" Arthur found himself blurting out, he cursed himself in his mind.
'Why did I just invite this super creepy kid that just randomly appeared in front of my door into my house...' He internally groaned.
"Sure!" The boy answered, somehow seeming more happy then ever.
"What's your name?" Arthur asked and he held the door opened for him to step in.
"It's Alfred, Alfred F. Jones!" The boy replied him.
Alfred, honestly speaking, felt like the happiest kid in the world, he was finally able to meet Arthur again. He did feel a bit depressed for a few days after what Magnus told him about angels and demons and that it was forbidden for them to be together, he managed to get over it somehow, deciding that if he could just see Arthur everyday, then that was enough for him. And so he did, using the newly gain freedom that his father gave him, he travelled to Heaven once again, eager to be able to see Arthur again.
He waited, he stood in that same spot where he had been a year ago, crying and wounded. He wondered, whether did Arthur remember him, would he remember him once he saw him, it has been a year, it hasn't been that long, but a year does seems like a pretty long time. His appearance did change, only because he was in an angel's form now, his eyes still remained a lovely cerulean blue colour, maybe Arthur would recognized him.
'But…' He frowned. ' What if Arthur chases me away?... I was wounded that time, now I'm not, what if, what if, he's change?... what if he became like those mean people from town… Then Arthur wouldn't be Arthur anymore…. He won't be my angel anymore..' His mind raced with thoughts and he felt his frown deepen until he heard some footsteps coming in his direction.
He caught sight of Arthur, and his frown made a one hundred and eighty degrees turn, he noticed that Arthur saw him too. Arthur approached and Alfred studied him again.
He still looked the same, nothing's changed about him, he still had that messy blonde hair, those weird eyebrows, that thin and slender body, and most importantly, those beautiful green eyes that Alfred absolutely loved.
Alfred felt his heart speed up, mostly due to joy and excitement, at being able to see him again.
'Arthur... I've missed you..'
The clock's ticks echoed throughout Arthur's living room as Arthur stared at the small angel sitting across him with curiosity.
"…So, urm, Where did you come from?.." Arthur couldn't help but ask.
" From the woods." Was all he got in reply.
"Which part of the woods?" He asked again, trying to be gentle.
"Don't know." The smaller one answered again.
"How can you not kn-…nevermind.." Arthur signed, obviously already giving up trying to get some answers out from the boy.
'He's just small child, he's probably lost and is too young to remember where he came from…still, he's awfully calm about this..' Arthur continued staring at the boy in front of him, who in return, stared back.
"…Do you errr, want some water?.." He asked, trying to break the awkward silent.
"Hmm, Okay!" Alfred nodded in response.
Arthur got up and went into the kitchen, not noticing that Alfred had gotten up and followed him. He filled the cup with water, and turn back to the living room, only to almost bumped into Alfred who was standing behind him, he jumped up slightly, almost spilling the water in the cup.
"Y-you've scared me! Don't do that!" He scolded slightly, trying to calm his rapid heartbeat.
"I-I'm sorry.." Alfred apologized, looking down, making Arthur feel guilty.
"It's okay, I'm sorry too, I didn't mean to scold you like that, you just scared me a little.." He bend down to slightly pet the boy's head.
"…do you get scared easily?.." Alfred tilted his head, waiting for his answer.
"Huh? Errr, well, maybe a little, I'm used to staying here alone and I rarely get visitors, so suddenly having someone here is kind of a fright when I'm not expecting them to be behind me." He explained.
" So you stay here alone?" Alfred asked again.
"Well, yea."
"Don't you get lonely? Staying here alone?" Alfred stared into the man's eyes.
"Well…to be honest.. it does get a bit lonely here sometimes, even though I'm suppose to be used to being alone, I feel that, it would be nice to have someone to talk to once in a while.." A wave of sadness washed over Arthur, and his lips turn into a frown.
Alfred felt sad seeing Arthur sad, he didn't like seeing Arthur sad, he looked as if he was going to cry, and Alfred hated that. He brain stormed for ideas, hoping to find one that would make Arthur happy again.
"Aha! I've got it! I'll stay here with you then!" Alfred exclaimed happily when he managed to think of an idea.
"H-huh? Stay here? With me?" Arthur stuttered out, shocked at his idea.
"Yupp!" Alfred nodded happily, hoping that Arthur would agree.
"That's really kind of you, but you can't" Arthur managed to calm himself down, now trying to reason with the boy, he felt happy, he really did, at the thought of someone wanting to be around him, even though it was just a small child.
"Why not?!" Alfred pouted, slightly annoyed that Arthur didn't give it.
"Because you probably have someone else waiting for you, and is probably panicking now because you are missing, besides, I barely know you, you can't just stay with someone you barely know" Arthur's gentle smile returned and he stood up.
"So, if we get to know each other and get closer, then I can stay with you?" Alfred's eyes light up with hope again.
"W-what?, N-no, that's not the point of what I'm trying to tell you" Arthur protested.
"Then what do I have to do? What do I have to do so that I can stay with you?" Alfred's eyes harden with determination, and Arthur knew that he wasn't going to give up.
"Urmm, o-okay, look, I'll make you a deal, you can come over whenever you like to, but you must return home once evening arrives, I don't want your guardian or whoever's taking care of you to get worried, promise me ,okay?" Arthur held out his pinkie finger.
"Okay!" Alfred laced his own pinkie finger with Arthur's, he didn't even need to think before agreeing, as long as he could spend some time with Arthur, that's enough. Just the two of them, they could be alone...together…forever.
Little did he know, that that was going to change really soon.
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