âœ. âYouâve got to be shitting meâŠâ This is actually happening. An angel is sobbing before her. He couldnât be barking up a worse tree, right now.Â
Looks like words alone wonât get it through his skull.
Pistol is whipped out, once more, flipped on palm before taking aim. She FIRESâ not at the angel but somewhere on the blood soaked floor near him, in an attempt to snap him out of this embarrassing display. âI said⊠No. Blubbering.â She blows the barrel, palm resting on sassy hip.Â
âI donât know a damn thing about love. Making love, however⊠well⊠thatâs a different story.â A careless flip of the hair. âListen; crying about the past solves nothing. AND it ruins your makeup. Absolutely dreadfulâŠâ
She puts her gun away again, walking over so she may kneel before the angelâgetting him at eye level. âSo dry those tears and have some pride. If you continue to act like a baby, I will put you over my knee and spank you.â
The gunshot roused a glance to the ground, where the bullet hit. Satan wondered if it could kill him, but knowing his Father, he doubted his end would come so easily. He didnât want this feeling, this accursed pain that was too entirely human.
âYouâre right. Love does not exist.â He whispered, eyes still downcast. The same words heâd once believed sounded hollow, even more so when spoken, but he latched onto the thought, desperate for it to once again be true. â...I donât wear makeup.â He mumbled and sniffed, lifting a hand to wipe the tears from his chin.
Broad wings twitched when the stranger knelt down before him. He looked at her once more, eyes slightly widened. The pistol had not startled him, but her gesture did. There was something intimate in her action he didnât know whether or not was intentional. It reminded him of Akira, of the child extending a hand towards him only to embrace him a moment after.
Another wave of tears welled from his eyes, but he brushed them away like she instructed. Pride was familiar. He could do pride. A quivering sigh of laughter left his lips.
âIâd like to see you try.â He replied with a faint hint of humour, and took a breath to steady himself. âI'm sorry to have imposed my pain on you. I donât know why Iâm like this. Even when my Father cast me from Heaven, I had not wept.â