That Awkward Moment When...

Ch. 11-A Wedding and a Funeral

T/W: Talks of suicide

Death

Violent Depictions

A/N: I felt this needed to be addressed before I start the story. If any of my reader's need to reach out to someone,please reach out. You are NOT alone.

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"Are you going to just sit there,making us wait,"inquired Satan. Aerith huffed,exasperated. "Whatever I've decided to do,this is going to be way more life altering for me,than any of you."

She steeled herself,and continued,"I'll die here in the Devildom." A cacophony of voices rose from the brothers,as she watched their expressions. To the surprise of everyone,Beel's voice boomed over them all in an instant.

His expression was one of hurt,as he looked at Aerith. "How exactly do you plan on pulling this off,"he asked,sounding as if he'd been stabbed.

"I'm not going to ask anyone here to end my life.And I know lower level demons aren't going to touch me with a ten foot pole;so, suicide is my only option. That way,my blood will only be on my hands."

It was as if the air in the room had been sucked out by a vacuum. The silence was deafening.

"What are you gonna do,"Beel asked,his voice laden with sadness,as the rest of the brothers circled in behind him. Aerith took a step back,feeling closed in.

"Hells Bells...I haven't gotten that far yet. I mean I AM human,so there are quite a few options available to me. I need to find one that works for me."

"How are you speaking so flippantly about taking your own life? Like it doesn't matter," asked Satan,sounding angry. "I'm honestly surprised, that for all the "so-called" background research that was done on me, that no one saw I've tried to commit suicide once when I was a teenager," Aerith shot back getting irritated herself. She couldn't understand why her doing this was causing them to act like this. She'd assumed they all knew about her past attempt,but judging by the expressions on everyone's faces,they didn't. And she was pretty sure Diavolo and Barbatos had seen that,somewhere. Aerith also wondered if there was a reason they had kept it from the Avatars.

She shrugged her shoulders,at their expressions. "This just seems to be the lesser of two evils,or more. And this isn't about me hating my life now...This is about staying with the one I love,"she stared at Beel.

Then, her brown eyes turned to Lucifer. "When I decide what I'm doing;do I have to tell you what I'm doing?" Beelzebub answered before Lucifer could. "I think that I'm not only speaking for myself here. But,there's nothing I could think of worse than the thought of you as you die alone...for me. If not all of us, I want to be there for you,whatever you decide,"he gripped her hand in his.

Collecting her emotions, to attempt to stay strong,Aerith simply nodded. Had she said anything at that moment,the floodgates would have opened. After some silence had passed Aerith spoke up again. "From what Diavolo and Barbatos said, it sounds as if whatever I do, I'll have to do it after Beel and I...uhhh have I guess gotten hitched?" It ended up sounding more like a question,because in all honesty no one had been thinking of unions or anything of the sort in the last months.

Lucifer let out an almost annoyed snort at that moment. "If you didn't want to wed a demon,maybe you shouldn't have turned your pact into a blood pact that night."