///Melissa POV///
“Umm…”I walked into his room and knocked on the open door.
“What is it?” Death asked me. He was under the covers and his back turn to me. I can’t even believe where O’Felia told me to-
“I have to sleep here…” I said slowly in embarrassment. With that, he shot up from bed.
“WHAT!?” he was embarrassed as well.
“Shut up! I-It wasn’t my idea…i-it was them! T-They told me that I can’t sleep in the living room and there are only two rooms here…s-so…I-I…I’m sorry!” I was blushing red…and he was as well.
“What the fuck…” I then saw that he was shirtless. I was paralyzed in embarrassment much more now. He had a fucking six-pack…”H-Hey…what are you looking at…”
“W-why…are you…um…shirtless…” I managed to get my words out. He looked at himself and he sighed…
“Ok…forget looking at me…ok? You sleep on my bed, got it?” I nodded and he grabbed one of his pillows and a blanket. While that happen, with his back turn. I saw scars and bruises on his back. Also on his arms. I wasn’t paying much attention to his injuries until now, how much pain can he take and how? I raised my hand to my glasses when…
“Hey! Where’s my glasses?” I gasped out as I searched my pockets.
“You lost them when the Hells Hounds attacked us.” He said.
“How can I see…forget that question, Re-Demons powers…” I said.
“You’re cute like that…more without the glasses.” He said with his back turn on me. I don’t understand him sometimes…he said that he isn’t kind before and now…I don’t understand boys.
“Umm…shut up…” I smiled happily. Screw this…he IS kind but won’t show it…I’ll leave it to this today.
We fell asleep and the next thing I know, I wake up. I turn my head to look out the window…only a few hours until morning. I wonder what will happen to everything. My home here, the school, can I handle it all for this life? I couldn’t go back to sleep, what the fuck is this smell? It’s so familiar…its Death scent. I remembered it now. But not from today when I chased him…I smelled it before, but I don’t when and where?
“Uhh…” I heard Death muttered out loud. I looked to the ground to see him asleep. He’s having a dream-
“…Liz…Beth…Liz Beth!” he called out. Why is he saying that name…who is Liz Beth?
“Death…” I got up and kneeled down beside him. That’s when he started to struggle in his sleep. He was kicking and he looked like he was fighting something off. “Death!”
“NO! Please, no!” he was screaming now…he began to panic and I held him down. “LIZ BETH!...Leave her ALONE!”
“DEATH…WAKE UP!” I shouted at him. His breathing was rapid and short. Then he opened his eyes and they began to scan the room…they stopped at me. He winces for a second and began to cry. I grabbed him and sat him up. Then I hugged him gently…he burst into tears as he held me tight.
“It’s ok…everything is okay…” I said smoothly.
“It’s my fault…” he said between tears. “Liz Beth…it’s my fault that she’s…”
“Death…everything is fine now…don’t worry now…” I said to him as I made him look at me. I smiled to him.
“He’ll be okay…” I heard O’Felia. I turned to look at her. “This has happened before when he remembers…”
“Remembers what?” I asked her. I looked at Death; his eyes were wide in fear. He held still and didn’t move…
“Give him a sec…he’ll be fine…” she said. I laid him down and watched him doze off into sleep. What happened to him…what could have spooked him that badly?
“What happen?” I asked O’Felia. We watched him sleep some more before she answered me.
“Nightmares…about someone…” she told me. I think who she was talking about.
“Liz Beth? That’s the name he kept repeating in his sleep.” I told her. She nodded yes. “Who is she?”
“She is…no…was a Demon like Death…” I quickly understood what she said.
“She’s dead…” I saw a tear show up in her eye.
“She was…well, she died in front of Death in the worst possible way. A large monster that O’Hara sent the two to kill. Knowing that both were Demons, we thought they can handle it. But they didn’t return as scheduled…two days exactly. We all left to investigate and found Death.” She stopped and she was breathing rather harshly.
“What happened to him?” I asked her as I checked on Death, he was still asleep.
“We found him with both arms broken and lost some blood for…um…I think a day or two…” I was hit in concern for him…he really is in so much pain.
“He wouldn’t talk for three days…wouldn’t eat for two days and couldn’t sleep also. His condition was worse in the beginning…but time past and finally told us that Liz Beth was killed.” She continued.
“My god…” I felt the tears swell up in my eyes.
“The monster was a large mutated Lion…a Familiar to be exact…we couldn’t kill it because the monster disappeared after we acted and failed the mission.” She grabbed my hand gently. “We were all so…young…seeing a friend was so hard on us…including O’Hara, but mostly more on Death.”
“Why?” I asked her. She just got up and walked to the door, but she looked at me. Over her shoulder, she said…
“She was Death’s partner and girlfriend…he blames himself for her death.” She left me speechless…I looked at Death.
“Is that why…you don’t what me close around you…to say thank you or won’t be kind to me but still are?” I said to him, but he couldn’t hear me. What would he say if he heard me…
Morning rose and we enter the living room. O’Felia talked to CJ but Death and I wouldn’t say a word to each other. O’Felia noticed this and soon after, we were all dead quiet to each other.
Later that day, we began to pack clothes and furniture we can carry. O’Felia told me more about Death, after Liz Beth died, he left them for two years and now he’s back. Super badass and hero she described him.
“Why you avoiding him?” she then asked me.
“He told that he isn’t kind to me and I know it has to do with Liz Beth, being his partner and stuff.” I told her as I stuffed clothes in the backpack.
“Partner?”
“Yeah…I mean, you’re a team with CJ and I want to be partners with Death.” I looked away as I blushed. My eyes then landed on Death, he was packing but then he stared at me.
“Oh…you like him?” O’Felia whispered in my ear. I blushed hard and it was hot.
“N-NO!” I cried out in embarrassment again.
