𝘿𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙣 𝙏𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝘼𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙡

4: Baby steps

"Come." Raziel said in his angelic voice to Silvius.

When he didn't budge, Raziel proceeded to pull Silvius's claw.

*growl*
Enough!
Kill me now! And get on with your life. You've won.

"What?! No! I'm not going to kill you. Now quit whining and come with me."

Silvius stared at him with such bitterness, but went along with Raziel.

•••
They stood in a partially lit room which was white of course.

"You need to get used to the light here, so you don't die. I'm going to keep you in here and gradually increase the light."

*growl*
I do not intended to be here for the rest of eternity! If you don't kill me, I will."

"You will do no such thing." Raziel ordered, anger visible on his face. But he quickly composed himself.

It's rather unacceptable for angels to show traits forbidden by the Lord.

"If you don't want to be in this room for the whole day, I can alter the rest of the house."

*growl*
It's your house.

•••
It had been a few days since his "training" For the light had begun.

Celeste had come over to the house to check on Raziel, and for some reason, he thought it would be best if she gave Silvius his dinner.

"Here." She said looking at the demon in disgust.

*growl*
Who are you?

"A friend of Raziel's" She answered.

Silvius took the food from her. He noticed a fork in his plate.

I can use this to get the work done.

*growl*
Well, are you just going to stand there, and watch me eat?

She got out of the dining room leaving Silvius alone with his fork.

"Silvius, I've bought you som-"
Raziel's sentance was cut short when he found the demon on the floor with a fork in his throat, bleeding to death.

"W-what have you done!?" He screamed rushing towards him.

"Celeste! " He called for her. But she didn't come.
After the third call, she finally decided to show up.

"Can't you hear me?!" Raziel was panicking.

She looked at the bleeding demon in amusement.

"Get me the pearl whetstone. His bleeding won't stop."

She walked away slowly

"Please hurry!"

•••
Once Silvius was all patched up, Raziel carried him to his room.

He observed every detail on the demons body. He believed that he could make a difference, if only he could keep Silvius from hurting himself.

He sat on a chair beside Silvius's unconscious body, waiting for him to regain consciousness.

After a while, he got bored and went to find Celeste.

"Did you give him the fork on purpose?" He interrogated coldly.

"I can't lie to you, so yes. I did."

"Why did you do that?" He held his head in his hands in frustration.

"I was only doing you a favor, Raz. That demon will be the death of you. I don't want that."

"Celeste I know you want what's best, but if can't support me through this, you shouldn't be here."

"Raz." She spoke softly "... Don't do this."

"It's best if you don't visit me for a while."

•••
It had been five human years since Silvius was captured. He had finally accepted the fact that he was never leaving this place.

He had grown more tolerant, to Raziel's requests and sometimes orders.

His skin had changed, scales were slowly receding. His fangs were much shorter than before.

And Raziel was tutoring him to speak, instead of making inhumane sounds.

•••
"Thank you." Silvius spoke for the first time, with words.

Raziel had a look of amazement on his face, as he handed over some new clothes to Silvius.

"You're very welcome." A smile broke accross as he replied.

"I was thinking, why don't I cook dinner tonight." The former suggested

"What? You incharge of dinner? Have you ever cooked before?" Raziel chuckled.

"No. But i can try, and if all goes to hell, you can always make something else." Silvius shrugged.

"Alright you can, but nothing will go to hell, we can't afford that."

They walked out of the room and headed to the kitchen.

•••
Alomst an eternity later, Silvius decided to make spaghetti and meatballs.

"If you keep working at that speed, we will have dinner by the time doomsday arrives." Raziel complained.
"... No wonder, you could never kill me."

Silvius gave an annoyed look at the gold eyed angel.

"You're so full of yourself."

"I am not!" Raziel feigned dramatically.

"You know what, I will call you when I'm done. You can go."

"Are you really kicking me out of my own kitchen?" Raziel raised a perfectly manicured eyebrow.

"Yes. Now leave." Silvius deadpanned.

The sound of the harp echoed through the entire house. It usually ment that Raziel was summoned to court by the head of the Dominion.

Raziel hurried out of the kitchen to check it out.