Angel | Baji Keisuke x reader

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C H A P T E R 5

Your walk home with Baji was, surprisingly, silent. The moment he approached you and, later on, offered you to walk home together, you thought he would ask you more about yourself and your work in general. However, all you got was silence, albeit a comfortable one, and some side glances from said boy.

As you were nearing his apartment door, you changed back into Aiko and entered his home as such. After all, all these years, you had never been in his house as yourself, since it felt like you were intruding in his privacy, and so, every time you were here was as a cat.

Baji, however, didn't know this, and once his apartment door was closed behind him, he looked around him in search of the girl – not noticing she hadn't walked in with him.

"The hell? Where is she?" Baji thought out loud. In response, he received a light nudge on his leg. Surprised, Baji looked down and stared at Aiko, or rather, your cat form.

"..."

"..."

"You're telling me..." He started, moving his hand to pinch his nose "...You can change forms as you please, and didn't think about telling me that and instead told me to do a damn talent show, as proof of what you said?".

Embarrassed about not thinking about that earlier, you looked to the side and refused to look him in the eyes.

"Can you change back?" he asked, after a few seconds of awkward silence.

At this, you looked at him and despite not saying anything, Baji could tell from your posture how uncomfortable you were with his request.

"Mom's not home, if that's what you're worried about" He tried, as a way to make you feel more comfortable, even if you knew that at this time of the day his mom was still working.

Trying not to think too much about it, you did as he asked and changed back. What Baji wasn't expecting, however, was the sudden bright light that came with changing forms, making him hiss and close his eyes.

Once in your human form, you smiled sheepishly at Baji's reaction. Sure, you felt bad for not giving him a heads up, but it's not like you could talk in your cat form. And honestly, how didn't he notice this same light a few seconds before?

"Sorry, Baji-san, force of habit" Even knowing he accepted your apology for transforming into a cat, you felt the need to explain him a little more,  but didn't get the chance as he started talking before you could do so.

"Soo... you never were in this house as you-you, just as Aiko?" He asked, to which you hummed in affirmation.

"And you were always here? Since I was born?" Nodding at him, you waited for him to ask you more questions, since you knew he should have a lot of them.

"How come I just started noticing you a few months back, though?" At this you paused for a second. So, he just started seeing you recently, that made sense, otherwise, you would have had this conversation a lot sooner.

"I'm just as confused as you are about that, Baji-san. Because you aren't supposed to see me at all".

"Right, something about Guardian Angels being invisible and all of that".

"But don't worry, Baji-san! Me and Tae will look into it and try to understand what's happening" you said, as a way to reassure him, even if he didn't need it.

"Tae? You mean the one from the other day, the one I couldn't see?"

That was another thing you couldn't make heads or tails about – why could he see you, but not Tae? Both of you were responsible for him from the moment he was born, so what was the reason for only you being seen by him?

"Yeah, she's a Grim Reaper, but now that I think about it, I guess you not being able to see her is a good sign." Seeing the question in his eyes, you decided to continue "Even if it's rare, only people at their deathbed can see Reapers.".

Nodding, Baji seemed deep in his thoughts before looking at you once again "And when's that? The day I die, I mean".

Surprised by his answer, you can't help but flinch at his question. He's so young to thing about stuff like this! And hopefully, won't have to think about it so soon.

"I don't know. Not even Tae knows, to be honest. A Reaper only knows that they have to go and collect a soul a few days before, and only they can read the card with the person's name. Of course, when the name on the card is the one the Angel's responsible for, the Reaper tells them.".

"Hm" Even if not really satisfied with his answer, Baji decides to move on from the topic, seeing how uncomfortable the girl was. "What about you?".

"What do you mean? Do you want to know what's a Guardian Angel?".

"You already told me that, what I wanna know is what you do".

"Oh, got it, got it" nodding in understanding you grin at him "It's simple, really. Even if humans can't see us – since it's against the rules, and only Messengers know how to do that – we can only help people make their decisions with simple nudges or clues, leaving the final decision to them.

We can also help with small injuries, by minimizing the pain someone is feeling or speeding up the healing process. All of this is not just to the human we are responsible for though, we can do it with anyone, the difference is, with others it's a one-time thing, while with our humans it's something regular".

"I see" Baji mumbled, before nodding at himself, as if for now, this was enough for him. "I guess we're stuck together then" He said, grinning at you, making you relieved (and happy) that he was accepting all of this.

I guess that that time he got to himself to thing about this was worth it.

"I guess we are" you giggled, before putting your hand out for him to shake "Let's start over. My name's (Name), what about you?".

"No last name?" Shaking your head, you waited for him to go along your silly actions "Whatever, name's Baji Keisuke, nice to meet 'ya".

What both of you weren't expecting though, was for the moment both of your hands connected, his hand passed through yours as if you were invisible, and for you to feel a slight static all over your body.

Well... that's new.