#twstoracle

And, lo and behold, in his living room are Crown Prince of Briar Valley Malleus Draconia and Lilia's son Silver.... Playing? Well it certainly looks like something. Malleus holds Silver upside down by his ankle, while the little one fights in his grasp.

"What happened?" The ex-general hides his smile as he asks the two boys what exactly has transpired.

"Mally is picking on me!!" Silver crosses his arms and pouts, for once. He tries fighting the taller fae's grasp, but nothing works. Malleus only chuckles.

Lilia looks at the children and shakes his head.

Malleus turns to him, the face of a perfect little angel. An inexistent one, Lilia knows very well.

"Picking on a child is a very undignified action for a prince such as me. I could never." He answers. Even his voice sounds angelical.

Lilia raises an eyebrow and puts his hands on his hips.

"Oh vraiment? A bit hard to believe." He replies. Silver is half asleep, hanging upside down. "Malleus, put Silver back upright, please."

Malleus raises an eyebrow.

"Now." Lilia continues. "Or do you want me to bring out the get along shirt?"

At that, Malleus reconsiders. But it's a second too late. In a snap of fingers, Silver is standing up again, awake, Malleus is crouching on the floor and they are inside a get along shirt.

"What's this?" Silver looks as his arm passes by one of the sleeves and Malleus' arm passes the other.

"Lilia!" Malleus exclaims in disbelief as the older fae merely cackles in delight.

"Ah what a sight to see!" He claps as he looks at the boys. "Priceless! Oh this deserves a picture!"

Little Silver still attemps to understand this shirt while Malleus pouts. Truly one of Lilia's best picture.

"You both stay there and get along while I prepare dinner, alright boys?" Lilia doesn't wait for an answer as he moves to the kitchen.

And that brings the boys together. As much as they love Lilia, his cooking...

With teamwork, Malleus and Silver take off the shirt and toss it aside. Free from their restraints, the boys dash to the kitchen to stop a possible future massacre. Silver clings to Lilia's leg as Malleus places a hand on his shoulder.

"Why don't you both dine with me tonight?" He offers. "S'il te plaît?"

Lilia considers for a second and nods.

"Very well then. I have to finish doing the laundry. Can you both play PEACEFULLY?" He asks. The boys nod and he's off to hang the clothes outside. As he hangs up the clean, wet clothes, he hears the sound of Silver and Malleus' laughter filling the cottage, from Malleus tickling him and the fae having fun teasing the small human.

Lilia smiles. What a peaceful and dreamy life he leads with his children.

Book 7 hit hard.

"Hey Yuu!" He started joyful, yet upon seeing Yuu's serious face, his smile diminished. "Is everything okay...?"

"Crowley arrived at Ramshackle today... He said found a way to get me home. I'm leaving in a few days." Yuu swallowed the lump in their throat as they sat on Ace's bed, looking at their hands.

Ace blinked once, twice. He took time to process the information. He looked at Yuu, who still refused to look in his eyes.

"Oh.... This is.... Great, isn't it?" Ace tentatively said, attempting a smile again.

"Yeah..." Yuu seemed pensive. A silence hung between them for a good 5 minutes before they looked up again to him. "I just wanted to say you're unlike anyone I have ever known." They said with a sad smile.

Ace knew that smile all too well, and he was despised it on Yuu's face. It was the smile they opened every time Ace had reminded them they weren't anything special when Yuu and he lost themselves too deep in each other's eyes and walked on the thin line that separated friends from significant others.

"Hum..." He looked down this time.

"I..." They started then paused. Ace raised his gaze again upon noticing the lack of words.

"If I pushed you, or if I came on too strong. Or if ambushed you, for that I'll say I was wrong and regret it. I didn't mean that." They finally got the words out, seemingly holding back their tears. "I regret those. I'm sorry about that. But I'm not sorry for loving you." Ace's heart tightened at hearing those words. And Yuu continued, "I'm sorry about everything, but not loving you. That was the best decision I ever made." Yuu let out a sad laugh and took Ace's hand in their own, squeezing it before letting it go.

Moments after, Yuu had left the room, leaving Ace to process everything.

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It had been two days since Yuu came to talk to Ace. He was still processing everything. But he knew he had to talk to them. He ran through Night Raven College, asking around for them. The students answered they seemed angry, tired, restless. Sad. Maybe he should avoid them for now, they didn't seem open to conversation. But Ace had avoided that conversation for far too long.

According to everyone, Yuu hadn’t left Ramshackle for the past two days. Deuce and Epel had been keeping them company, but after a day, they were asked to leave. Therefore, Yuu was alone with Grim.

Ace took a deep breath and knocked on the door. Yuu opened it a few moments later. They looked pitiful. Their eyes were red and swollen, there were clear marks on where their tears had rolled on their cheeks, their clothes were mismatched and all crumpled and they had eye bags.

“What do you want?” They sighed, exhausted, allowing Ace inside of the dorm. He came closer and lifted their chin to look him in the eyes. At that, Yuu scowled and pushed Ace away.

“Don’t do that.” They muttered.

“Do what?”

“Pretend that you care about me, or whatever it is.” They said and sat back on the couch. “I’m stuck in the moments I swore that we had already, okay? I don’t need more.”

Ace stood in front of the couch, then he sat on the floor, crossing his legs. He kept in silence. And they stayed in silence for some time.

“Sometimes,” Yuu broke the silence, “I know I’m a bit delusional, but I wish you would chase me or try to embrace me…” They whispered and looked down, “For once, I wish you would lie and say….”

‘I love you.’ Ace thought. But didn’t say. He only thought, as his coward heart prevented him from accepting it. Prepared him to the moment Yuu would leave.

“Listen, I really like you. Really.” He smiled and Yuu seemed to slightly lighten up.

“You do?”

“But not in the way that you want me to…” Ah. It had to be expected.

Yuu nodded and closed their eyes. ‘I hate that I fell in love with you…’ They though to themselves as Ace stood up and said goodbye. He left Yuu to deal with their spiralling thoughts. They were not sorry for loving. But the package as a whole, the pain, the rejection, the wandering thoughts. They hated those.

‘Why did I fall in love with you?’ Ace was also lost in thoughts. He hated how pained Yuu looked, how pained they sounded. But it couldn’t be helped. No matter how much he loved them, he couldn’t.

‘What do I do with this love for you?’ They shared thoughts, unknowingly. ‘How am I supposed to get over you?’

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It was time. Yuu stood in front of the mirror, their way home. Crowley stood by the mirror's side, waiting for them, to start the ritual.

Yuu looked behind them, all their friends gathered there. Some were crying, some were comforting others, some smiled sadly. Yuu shared one last hug with the first years, their closest group. They pat Grim's fur, gently shushing his cries.

And then Ace came up to them.

He held their hand for a bit and squeezed it. He opened a sad smile and nodded.

"Bye, Yuu." He whispered, leaving unsaid words in the air.

Yuu bit their lip as they swallowed the lump in their throat, as they climbed towards the mirror. They looked back one last time.

"Why in the world won't you love me too...?" They whispered before they turned and passed the mirror. They were back in their house. Nothing had changed.

But Yuu had brought back two things. A letter that Ace had written while he was away for some holidays, and a broken heart. They didn't even take a step before they fell to their knees and sobbed loudly. How miserable it is to have a broken heart.

On the other side of the mirror, Ace hadn't managed better. The prefect gone, he fell to his knees and cried, mourning a love that never happened.

His heart could have tried, but the pain of being broken is not one predictable.

When Lucifer "misses" his angel life, he can be found in a nice, little, hidden niche in the House of Lamentation, going through an album of photos he managed to preserve during his fall. A special album at that, for the photos were pictures extracted from memories, mostly his, but some of his brothers' too. It brought an extra specialness to it.

This is what Lucifer is doing today. If he remembers correctly, this marks the nth century since Belphie lost his fluffy little sunhat.

Belphie must have been a few centuries old only when he had lost his little hat that Lucifer had given him. Lucifer remembers: Belphie had scurried everywhere on his chubby little legs, checking every room, every street (does Celestia have streets?) possible, anywhere. He had come back that day with teary eyes and puffy cheeks from crying. Lucifer had smiled and picked up Belphie, assuring him that everything was okay. He could still get him a new hat. And suddenly, as if conjured by magic, Mammon had walked in, saying he had found the hat. Belphie had such a big smile that day when he put his hat on again.

Lucifer stares at the picture of a smiling baby Belphegor adjusting his hat with his own fond look.

A few pages later, there's a picture of Belphie and Beel curled up in Levi's bed.

When they were smaller, a bit before Lilith's arrival, Belphie used to wander around their home and get into his brother's bed to sleep comfortably. He often dragged Beel with him. And each day, Asmodeus and Levi either called Mammon or Lucifer to move them. But no matter how many times they were put in their beds, someone would wake up with the twins snoozing next to them. And then Lilith arrived, the twins set up a small bed next to her cradle and they slept all the time she slept.

This picture is from Asmo's memory. Lucifer and Mammon are picking up the twins as Levi opens the door for them. Asmo holds Lilith to place her with the twins in the big bed. The twins never crushed Lilith as infants.

One of the last photos of the album is from when they fell. When Belphie still loved Lucifer.

As Belphie often stated, he always slept better when with someone. After falling from Heaven, Belphegor was unable to close his eyes on his own. Someone always needed to be close so he could relax. It was either Beel, as Belphie's twin, or Lucifer, as the older brother. His warmth brought peace in this hellish, chaotic place that would eventually call home. Lucifer still carried his brothers, even when they were older. He showered them with the paternal love he couldn't get anymore. They needed it to finish growing into fine young men.

The photo depicts Lucifer with his head lulled to the front, Belphie's head on his lap, Lucifer's hand on Belphie's head.

Lucifer misses the time his brother didn't resent him.

One can't escape reminiscing one's past life, no matter how hard they try.

Solomon was quite happy with his new sweater. Oh, an absolutely beautiful sweater indeed! Red, with a snowman turned upside down. From the snowman's hat hung two Christmas balls and the carrot nose popped out, almost as it imitated…. Male genitals. 

Yes, a quite exquisite sweater. Solomon was proud of it, sure to put all the sweaters that came before to shame, and to beautifully abhor all his entourage.

And what better moment than showing it off during the Purgatory Hall’s movie night? Eden had talked about a trilogy of movies about a boy alone at his house and they JUST had to watch it. If anything, to prepare Luke in case it happened. Not that Eden would let it ever happen, he cared for Luke too much to leave him alone for such an extended time. 

Solomon arrived, basking in the glory of his sweater, as Luke was already snuggled up to Eden, Luke in a puppy onesie and Eden in his egg pants and anime oversized shirt, and Simeon, in light blue pants and a yellow light shirt, came from the kitchen with a bowl of popcorn.

Then they all saw the sweater.

............

“What is that ATROCITY!?” Eden exclaimed as he sat up, quickly covering Luke’s eyes.

“What is it?? I want to see!” Luke bounced up and down, trying to push Eden’s hands away, without an ounce of success.

“Why, this is my new Christmas sweater of course!” Solomon preened and sat down next to Eden on the couch, wrapping an arm around him, while Simeon grimaced and sat on Luke’s other side. 

“Yeah uhm,” Simeon started and grimaced even more as he looked at the sweater again. “I don’t think it’s appropriate to wear this. Even more so in front of Luke.”

“Ah come on!” Solomon pouted, Eden’s hand still shielding Luke’s eye, who was now pouting too. “It’s human tradition to wear ugly Christmas sweaters! I’m just following the tradition.”

“Yeah, well this one is down right horrendous.” Eden pointed out. “Go change so we can watch the movie.” 

“No.”

“Solomon, go change. Now.”

“What if I don’t want to?”

“Can we boot him out?”

“Absolutely.”

“Hey!”

“STOP FIGHTING!” Luke shouted over all the voices, finally pushing Eden’s hand away and seeing the sweater. He tipped his head to the side. “What’s this?”

Eden sighed and rubbed his temples.

“You know what, fine, wear it, let’s just watch the movies.” He said and cuddled closer to Solomon, bringing Luke closer again, and Simeon sat close to Luke too, an arm around the child’s shoulders. 

Bundled up like that, they were quite happy.

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“I can’t believe these parents are so stupid.” Luke said as he wolfed down yet another handful of popcorn in the middle of the first movie. “Who in their right mind would leave their children behind!?” 

“Don’t talk with your mouth full.” Eden chastised and put his fingers under Luke’s chin to make him close his mouth. “They were slightly inattentive.”

“Yeah and literally forgot the boy at home!” Luke still seemed upset.

“Luke, are you scared we’ll forget you home?” Simeon asked and paused the movie, turning fully to look at Luke, who seemed to be holding back tears.

“M-Maybe….” He whispered.

“Oh, dear….” Eden, Simeon and Solomon hugged Luke tightly.

“We’d never forget you home. You’re too precious to be forgotten.” Simeon whispered.

“Promise?”

“Promise?”

“Pinky finger promise?”

“Pinky finger promise.”

“Okay…. We can continue watching.”

Simeon restarted the movie and hummed softly, carding his fingers through Luke, who soon enough, was too sleepy to keep watching, snoring away his worries on Eden’s shoulder. 

“He’s asleep,” Solomon pointed out.

“I’ll put him in his bed.” Simeon whispered and picked up the boy, gently adjusting his arms around the small body and going to put him in his room. 

Eden and Solomon sat together on the couch for a while longer, while Simeon made sure Luke wouldn’t wake up.

“You know, I still think you should change this sweater.” Eden muttered, making Solomon smile.

“Mhm, is that so?” He smirked and chuckled. “Or what?”

“I’ll have Beel eat it.” 

“You wouldn’t.”

“Wanna try?"

“.....Fine.” Solomon stood up and went to his room.

“Convinced him?” Simeon sat back down next to Eden, reached for the tv controller again, this time to put another movie they had started watching about magicians. 

“As always.”

They had won this round, Solomon admitted, but he’d win the war, he swore so.

“I’m back,” he said, in plain pajamas and pulled closer to Eden again. “Oh the magicians that steal banks!”

“Yeah. We’re about to finish the first one so we can start the second afterwards.” Simeone said and put the movie on. 

“Just- How do they do that!?” Solomon exclaimed after a while.

“Babe.” Eden turned to look at him. “You’re a sorcerer.”

“Yeah but they aren’t! How do they do those tricks?? The way they throw that card is not normal. Like, how can they do that???” Solomon pointed at the screen again.

Simeon held back his laughter as Eden was openly smirking. 

“I don’t know, you’ll have to wait to find out.” Eden whistled, as the magicians prepared yet another heist, and yet other tricks.

Solomon was still glued to the screen, trying to analyse each and every trick the group performed. Even he, a sorcerer who had real magic, was aghast at how they worked and couldn’t decipher that enigma. Or perhaps it’s precisely because he has magic that he can’t understand how these supposedly normal humans were performing their acts. 

Even after a few hours, both movies were done and they had explained how the movies happened, Solomon still tried to understand how the hypnosis worked. 

“So he just spined whatever he could and made them sleep?” Solomon looked at the cup in his hand.

“Yes,” Eden and Simeon replied.

“Can I try it on you?”

“Tomorrow, yeah?” Eden said, taking the cup from Solomon’s hands and helping him up. “Let’s go to sleep.”

“Fine.” Solomon conceded with a yawn. “Good night,” He softly kissed Eden’s lips. “Good night Sims.”

“Good night.” Simeon returned before everyone parted, everyone heading to their own rooms. 

Movie nights were fun, Luke decided when he woke up the next morning. He didn’t finish the movie, perhaps, but he had a lot of fun while watching what he could. Maybe they could finish the movie tonight.

"Wait. Come back to that," Ace whispers, looking at Epel as Epel looks bored already, "They are saying that Yuu and that guy from Octavinelle are dating!? What!?"

Et pourtant, et pourtant, et pourtant, je ne m'y vois pas.

"Yeah mate, ya hear' me," Epel says and shakes his head, opening his textbooks again. "People saw them being all cutesy and kissing."

They go back to silence, everybody studying for an upcoming test. Ace, however, is too caught up on the rumors.

So rumour has that Yuu and Jade Leech are dating? They had been seen kissing? Doing couple stuff?

Comme un médicament, moi, je suis rien sans toi.

Ace needs a moment. He stands up and leaves the library without a warning and runs to the nearest toilets. He locks himself in one of the stalls and sits on the floor to reflect.

He had managed to let his dream slip through his fingers. He had been coward. That part of him had showed up just when things were going right.

Sevens, please let this be a nightmare.

But it isn't.

Et je sais que, je sais que jе perds du temps dans tes bras.

He sees them when he leaves the toilets.

Jade and Yuu are walking down the corridor. They are close, Yuu is laughing and smiling, and Jade has a face of possible adoration.

Ace looks away and walks. Where? Good question. Anywhere really.

So the rumors are true.

Wandering around leads Ace to stop in front of the statues of the Sevens. The Queen of Hearts.

Car dans mes yeux, ça se voit.

How ironic. His steps took him back to where Ace and Yuu first met. It was quite the meeting honestly. The fight between Grim, the detention for all of them. Yuu and Grim chasing after him when he tried escaping detention, then meeting Deuce... Great memories.

His smile is bitter as he sits next to the statue.

What is stopping Ace of being with Yuu? What stopped him of saying "Yes, I love you" when they asked the other night, 3 months ago?

La fièvre dans les yeux, oui, ça se voit.

His cowardice.

What would he do when they were gone? How would he deal with a broken heart? 

Mon cœur se serre, j'ai du feu dans la voix.

He couldn't. And his stupid heart decided to prepare for it in advance by refusing to open up to them. Even if he had held Yuu close to it, he couldn't.

Le plus souvent,

As Ace sits there, students pass by. Life goes on. Nobody stops to ask him if he's okay, if he-

"Ace, did something happen?"

C'est quand je pense à toi

Ace raises his gaze. He feels he seen an angel. A beautiful, scary but dazing creature. Divine and out of reach. He smirks and shakes his head, putting up again his pretend game.

"Just happened to look at your gremlin face, Yuu."

Amour en fièvre...

Quote: "Come with me and you'll be in a world of pure imagination~" V/A: Fairouz Ai (Japanese)/Amber Lee Connors (English) Gender: Female Sexuality: Bisexual Age: 16 Birthday: 18/02 Zodiac sign: Pisces Eye color: Brown Hair Color: White with golden strands Height: 164cm Homeland: Scalding Sand Family: Unamed Father Unamed Mother Kalim Al-Asim (older brother) 15 unamed younger siblings Unamed uncles and aunts

╭──・ School Information School Status and Fun Fact Dorm School Year: Underclassman Class: 1-A Student Number: N°43 Occupation: Student Club: Pop club Best Subject: Musicology

╭──・ Interests Favorite Color: Red Favorite Food: Orange juice Least Favorite Food: Unseasoned food Likes: Spending time with her brother, spending time with Leona, being free, sleeping, eating Dislikes: Being told what to do all the time, loud noises, parties too big Hobbies: Dancing, singing, playing bass, spending time with Leona Talents: Dancing, making Leona actually listen

╭──・ Other information Nicknames: Bibi, Boo Other nicknames: Cherry, Princess, My Lady, Herbivore, Brat (affectionately) Appearance and Personality: ♡ Appearance: Abi presents to have white hair with golden strands, rumored to be a blessing from a certain god. She is considered average height for her age, despite being called shortie by Leona. Wearing the normal NRC uniform, her pants are often replaced by long shorts or a long skirt. For her Savanaclaw uniform, she wears a golden crop top, jean shorts, a leather sleeveless jacket, maude boots, fingerless gloves and yellow-gold anklers. Around her waist is the Savanaclaw scarf. Her hair is always adorned with a yellow-gold/red hairband and her face always has a little bandage from daily little injuries. Her necklace is moonshaped from her favourite auntie. ♡ Personality: A lively girl with a kind heart, Abi has a curious personality, always wanting to unveil everything in her path. When confronted to a new topic in which she does not possess all the knowlegde, she'll find a way to discover everything she can in the next 24hr. She is easy going and loves making friends, however, Abi hates places that are too crowded or too noisy. Like Kalim, she masks her trauma through happiness.

♡ Trivia:

Leona and Abi became best friend because they are both the second child. She doesn't have it as tough as him. He treats her as a little sister or a practice child even

She's not as naive as Kalim and is a lot more aware of situations

She's an empath

Moving dorms never crossed her mind, she's very happy to be with her best friend

She likes a certain Heartslabyul first year

This is the first one! All the fics in this will be based on Artic Monkeys songs. The title is from one of the albums. If you have a song request, don't hesitate to hit me with it!