"RAPHIEL!" Satania screamed, as she shot up from her bed. Her sheets were damp and stuck to her body , due to the various beads of sweat rolling off of her. Unraveling herself from her sheets she hurried to the bathroom to wash her face. After splashing the icy water on her face, Satania looked up into her mirror. Frenzied, bloodshot eyes stared back at her. That, combined with her frantic, tousled bed head, the future queen of hell bore more resemblance to a wild demonic beast than that of a dignified demon.

'THE HECK WAS THAT?! Why the hell would I dream that up?' she questioned herself as her body began to shake uncontrollably. "All those dead people...Vigne and Gabriel...Raphiel!" As her breathing became rampant, Satania bolted back into her bedroom, tripping over her bed sheets in the process and face-planting the floor. "Ouch...where did I put that phone?" After shakily getting up, the demon tore her room apart in a mad searching frenzy, until finally finding her phone resting in its charging cradle where she left it last night. 'Duh.'Satania thought, mentally facepalming herself. Clumsily walking to her nightstand and retrieving her phone, she thumbed through the whopping 12 contacts in her phone until she reached the contact 'Demon Angel' and pressed the call button.

"Come on Raphi...please let none of it be real...come onnnnnnn!"Satania's pulse began to race as her as the dial tone droned on, until she finally heard a stifled 'Hello?' followed by a yawn.

"Thank Satan...you're not hurt anywhere? No scars? Anything?" the demon frantically questioned.

"Satania, for your sake, I hope you have an explanation for calling me so early in the morning."

Even Satania's phone seemed to melt from the anger emanating from Raphiel "Uhhh...I wanted...to say...good morning?"

"Goodbye Satania."

Satania's phone became silent. "I'm so stupid! Of course she would react like that!" Satania sprawled on her bed, and stared at the ceiling. 'I can't tell them about this one, not in a million years. They'll put me in a padded cell somewhere.' Sighing dejectedly, Satania headed to her living room and slumped in front of her small TV. 'Sleeps out of the question. I'll watch some shows until I have to get ready for class.' Absently flipping through the channels, for the first time since she started college, Satania couldn't wait to head to her physics lecture.

She had to keep her eyes open. Every slight nod off was met with an even stronger jolt in order to keep herself awake. The one time she needed her professor to drill Newtonian mechanics in her head until her brain became sludge, the professor decided to give the class a light review lecture. Unable to fight the weight of her head any longer, Satania slumped over her desk and closed her eyes. 'Maybe I can sneak in a little sleep...'. Loosening her tense muscles, Satania was about to rest until the image of Raphiel being impaled assaulted her. "GAAAHH!"

Satania screamed, disturbing the now annoyed professor.

"Kurumizawa, judging by your enthusiasm I assume you can explain what a unit vector is for the rest of your class?" the professor asked.

"Sorry sir." Lacking the energy to challenge him like she normally would, Satania quietly shrunk back in her seat, and continued to fend off sleep.

"Kurumizawa could I speak to you for a minute?" The professor asked as Satania was hazily packing her bag.

"Yes?" Satania agreed confusingly.

"Forgive me for prying, but are you feeling alright? You seemed to be in a trance during today's lecture." the professor asked her with a surprisingly gentle tone.

'He's not lecturing me?' "Yes, everything's fine, just couldn't sleep last night." 'Not a total lie at least.' she thought.

"Is that so..." he responded before heavily thinking to himself. The silence becoming unbearable, Satania began to slowly head towards the classroom doors. "If that's all you need professor then I'll be on my-"

"You know, Kurumizawa, even though your class performance isn't stellar, you have been present at every lecture. I can't speak for any of your other professors, but if you continue to feel unwell, you are free to miss my next lecture and recuperate. Try to take it easy for the rest of the day alright?"

"Wow...uh..thank you prof. You're not so bad after all!" Satania said, smiling for the first time today.

Like a switch, the professor returned to his strict self. "Don't push your luck.. The atom requires the proton and electron to function properly. Understanding this balance will help you understand our universe and how it works, no matter what you do in life. "

"Uh…"

"That was the new topic we learned at the end of the lecture. Remember to study your notes and don't forget to practice the problems I gave you." the professor stated sternly.

"Right. Thanks again for the advice professor." With her only class finished for the day, Satania went to grab a quick snack before getting ready for today's track meeting.

Something was definitely wrong. Normally she would have assumed the early morning wake up call would be a part of Satania's usual schemes. But recent events proved otherwise.

"Hey your Raphiel, right?" the seemingly friendly stranger asked, approaching Raphiel while she was eating.

"Yes? And you might be?" she replied with her usual dazzling smile.

"Oh just Satania's classmate and fellow track member. I know you guys are friends so I thought I should tell you that she doesn't seem so hot. She was half asleep then all of a sudden started screaming in class. It was hella crazy." the stranger rambled.

"That is very concerning...well thank you anyway, miss..?"

"Oh! Right! I'm Naomi!" the stranger replied. "Thank you Naomi." Raphiel replied. "No prob!" Completing her job, the bubbly girl jogged off.

Now watching(stalking) Satania at her track meeting, the angel's suspicions were confirmed. Normally dominating her other team members in practice laps, she trailed behind one of the slower members, and was barely at a jogging pace. She would do okay, slow down, then the coach would egg her on, then pick up pace again. This pattern repeated until the coach called everyone back for break.

After speaking to the team, she pulled Satania to the side. Mumbling something to her, the demon was excused as practice was resumed. Raphiel watched as the demon sullenly sat on the metal bleachers. Emerging from behind the equipment shed on the other side of the field, Raphiel was about to make her way over to Satania, but apparently someone beat her to the punch. Naomi had made her way to the bleachers and looked to be trying to improve Satania's mood, to no avail. As a second attempt to cheer the girl up, Naomi proceeded to wrap her arms around Satania and hug her. A hug that lasted too long, as Raphiel felt her eyes twitch.

'I should have a little chat with Naomi'.

Taking a short break from her track meeting, the normally upbeat Naomi was unusually quiet as she trekked towards a nearby vending machine. With determination, she viewed the contents of the vending machine, hoping one of these sugary items would help her on her quest.

"A water for me...and a cherry cola for Satania. Maybe some gummies too, this'll at least improve her mood a little bit!" Satisfied with her choices, she thumbed the keypad and paid for the items. A shadow loomed over her and the vending machine as she waited for her snacks.

"Hey, I'm almost do-EEEEK!" the girl shrieked under the frightening presence.

"Hello Naomi." The trembling girl lurched back into the wall, and before she knew it was cornered by the buxom angel.

"R-R-Raphiel! Can I help you?" Naomi asked.

"Why yes you can. What exactly is your relation to Satania?" she questioned darkly.

"W-we're friends! Just friends!" Naomi replied.

"Just friends? Would someone who is only a friend hug that long?" Raphael threatened.

"I only wanted to cheer her up!" Naomi defended, hoping the wall would swallow her and take her away from the terrifying girl.

"Is that so...hmm...those are for her I assume?" Raphiel asked, gesturing to the dispensed snacks in the vending machine.

"Yep!" Naomi answered.

"Then give her this too." Reaching into her bag (which Naomi could have sworn was empty), Raphiel pulled out a package of melon bread.

"These are her favorite. Just don't get too close to her and we won't have any issues, okay?"

"Y-yes ma'am!" Naomi saluted.

"Good." With that Raphiel walked off.

'At least Satania has support in her corner. Even if that support's terrifying.' Naomi sped back to Satania, hoping her haul would help improve her teammate's mood.

"Hey Satania."

"..."

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"Satania! SATANIA!"

Finally breaking from her daze, Satania finally looked up to see Raphiel staring intently at her.

"Oh, Raphi? W-what's up?"

"I thought I'd come see you home after practice." Raphiel said, smiling as innocently as possible.

"Alright, I'm almost done getting ready."

After Satania finished packing the rest of her equipment into her locker, the pair cut through the field to head out the back gates of the campus. As the pair walked past varying stores and buildings, Raphiel stole an occasional glance at the demon's face. While seemingly calm, Raphiel could see the occasional flinch. Satania's eyes were panicked, as if she expected something to jump at her at any moment. 'Definitely not fine.' Raphiel noted.

"So, Satania, I decided on our groups next hangout! There will be a local fair soon, with the same amusement ride you threw up on! Sounds like fun right?" Raphiel said, hoping to get a reaction out of her friend.

"Yeah, that sounds great Raphiel." Satania replied with a monotone.

'Nothing? Not even a challenge or haughty comeback?' Raphiel thought.

"Satania...are you feeling alright?"

"Y-yep! Just had a little headache is all..heh heh..." the demon replied nervously.

'Liar. A headache wouldn't make you act like this.' "If you say so..." Raphiel sighed.

After the pair reached Satania's apartment, Raphiel said her goodbyes then headed to her own apartment a couple of blocks down. Feeling the stress from the day roll off her shoulders, the angel decompressed on her couch letting the white cushions absorb her body. All the girl could do was pray that her friend would be in a better state of mind tomorrow.