DiMENSIONS [IDOLiSH7]

32: Beloved Humans

A/N: Hewlo lovely ppl. I know I hadn't updated this or any of my ongoing fanfics last year. Or maybe I only did a couple of times. This year, I'm really determined to finish DiMENSIONS. Please take this chapter. After this I'll go and work towards the ending before I come back here again. Thanks so much for waiting! 

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-Silica, Yamato's Residence-

The next morning, the angel had decided. He was going to wipe whatever images or ideas he had about the two worlds clean and began seeing them by living alongside the humans. After all, they had Isumi Haruka's vengeful spirit to locate. As a dutiful Keeper and also a sinner for having tried to destroy the two worlds, Sougo thought he ought to help the humans he loved get rid of the root of the problem once and for all.

Not wanting to be a bother, Sougo decided he would try to learn things himself. Yamato had said he was free to use anything in the spare room he was in. Letting curiosity guide him, Sougo poked around every corner of the room. Believe it or not, it was his first time to spend a night inside a sheltered place called a 'house'. The room he was in had a carpeted floor, an AI vacuum cleaner, a bed, some shelves, and of course, Silica's one and only AI assistant: Kinako. Not sure what Sougo was thinking, but at one point, he looked under the bed to find a pile of magazines. When he pulled one of them out though,...

"Ahhhhhhh!!!!" Sougo screamed loudly, alarming both Ryuu and Yamato who were making breakfast in the kitchen. The couple quickly made their way to Sougo's room, thinking something bad had happened.

Sougo was on his knees. His face went as red as a tomato. On his lap was that very magazine he pulled out from under the bed. The cover featured a super erotic image of a buffed man in his tight and vibrant-coloured underwear. Yup, Ryuu and Yamato witnessed the whole scene.

"Oh," Yamato sighed. He wasn't a teeny bit fazed. "I thought our house is on fire or something. You scared us there, Sou." Yamato eyed that attention-grabbing object on Sougo's lap. "You found my dirty mag stash, huh? Do you like it?"

The redness on Sougo's face went all the way up to his ears. He wondered how humans could shamelessly talk about something so embarrassing.

"Ahahaha... it's a prank, right, Yamato-kun? Right?" Ryuu laughed dryly as if he had never known Yamato possessed such an item.

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Sougo followed Ryuu and Yamato to the Yamato's dark laboratory after breakfast. Really, he did not have to. He could have gone somewhere else and explored on his own, but he would like to observe what Silican's daily life was like. Sougo was instructed not to touch anything and so he did just that.

Sougo found the place rather suffocating. Sky Realm was basically a vast space full of clouds. He thought he'd be more fascinated by several strange things in the Silica, yet he ended up feeling a bit uncomfortable. Silica was such a 'proper' world to the angel in a way that people were always following some sort of procedure or protocol. Even just by stepping into the space distortion lab, he was bombarded with instructions on what to do and not do.

That being said, he loved it when Nagi stepped into the room to check on Ryuu and Yamato's progress. The two who looked like they were carrying the weight of the world, (which they technically were. They were tasked with locating the spirit after all.) appeared much less tense with Nagi hanging around. The responsibility they were tasked with was huge, yet these humans remained calm and continued their discussion and research. Sougo could not help smiling. He loved it when he could see the hearts of the humans. During dire situation, they came together as one and it was fascinating.

Perhaps with time, Sougo could understand more about the humans he loved on a deeper level.

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After a few more days, Sougo had gotten slightly more comfortable with Silica. Every day, he learned something new. Now that his heart was more open to these changes, he enjoyed himself much more than on the first day he got to Silica. Even if he had been exploring on his own most of the time and not getting to talk to anyone much, he was content. Doing too much would overwhelm him for sure.