The Demons Demise

CHAPTER 5: ANGELS ANTAGONISM

After a few days, the morning sun of a new dawn rose for a new month. Hunting month for The Angels Antagonism. Does Anouke already know about this? He'll have to prepare, even more so if he's going to fight them off. I can tell that he won't run away from a fight even if he's taking his last breath. I should probably tell him, Lex thought to himself involuntarily.

He sat up on the sofa and looked out at the morning sun streaming through the windows. "Morning, Lex!" Anouke cheered. "Actually, I never thought about this, but now that The Angels Antagonism is out on their hunting spree this month, why were you hunting me out of hunting season for your group?"
"Well, uh... Ak- Somebody wanted me to kill you due to something which happened in the past. If I did that, he told me he would give me a higher rank in The Angels Antagonism so I could lead more of the hunts and become more powerful by... Just for a reason. And your 'brothers' tried to stop me from finding you, so I had to... Yeah, not just kill you. Well, I didn't kill you, but you know what I mean."
"I see... 'Ak,' huh..?"
"I misspoke," Lex hastily replied.
"Okay then."

"Now, Lex. The real question is: whose side are you on? Are you going to go against your own kind, your own group, even your own ideals, or are you going to help me, hm?"
There it is; that question. What am I going to do, go with my ideals even though I'm like this, or help Anouke? I'll probably just get in the way of Anouke anyway, he is... he is stronger than me after all, as much as I hate to admit that. "I-I don't know," he said truthfully. Anouke smiled dejectedly. "Hey, look," he started to speak in a wistful tone. "Your eyes are becoming grey. They're faded around the top. I'm glad." He gave that joyless smile again.

"How have you changed me so quickly, Anouke?" He placed his hand over his face, fingertips pressing into his forehead and covering his eyes which now had grim sorrow in them. "What is happening to me? What have you done to me?"
"You see, it's not really anything of what I've done... It's just because you're not with Demons anymore, so now you won't have those surrounding you and halting your change to becoming Angelic. Or... You want to become an Angel to escape from the past, without even realizing it yourself."
"Oh, that's all? I see," he moved his hand away from his face as he realized something urgent.

"Wait, have you eaten something? When you, uh- When you asked me for help the other day and I refused, did you eat anything?"
"Well, I guess not, no."
"You haven't eaten for ages! Why didn't you tell me, I probably would have helped this time."
"Well, you haven't eaten anything either, Lex. And don't say that you can go longer than this, I mean you probably can, and so can I, but you need to eat, too."
"I could say the same back to you."
"How about we both help each other out, Lex, hm? You help me reach my food and I'll help you with hunting for yours. How does that sound?" He asked, hiding a smile.
"Not too bad I guess."

"Well, then. I'm feeling extremely hungry as I'm sure you can imagine."
"Sure can, A-Anouke..."
"Hey, you said my name!" He gasped in shock then smiled at Lex. "You hardly ever say my name, so that made me happy, haha!" He beamed at Lex even with closed eyes, the shape of crescent moons.
His smile is so cute... He watched Anouke as his face returned to normal. Wait, what am I thinking?

They both walked over to the cupboard in the kitchen, Lex reaching up and grabbing the first can of food which was there. "Eh? Is this some sort of joke?" He held out the tin he had picked up with a bland face and Anouke laughed. It was tinned peaches. "You really don't know anything about Angels," he held his chest and tried not to laugh. He took a deep breath and had calmed down now. "Alright, so... Phew, that was funny, though. We don't eat anything actually, and we don't really get hungry. I just thought that it'd be fun to tease you and now I want to do it more, you have the best reactions!"

"Huh? But before when you tried to reach the food... Wait, that was a joke as well, just to get my reaction!?" Lex asked, almost in shock.
"Yup!"
"Well, I think it's time for you to eat, Lex. And I know that you're not tricking me since I know some stuff on Demons. I've got more knowledgeable since you've been here as well."
"Yeah, whatever, let's just go, I'm starving. Wait, before we do, if you don't eat why do you even have food?"
"Oh, well when I first got here, the house was neglected and the food was already there."
"Right... Well, let's go then."