Dip - Heaven in hell

Chapter 21

I smile and put out my arms as I soar through the air.

Pip giggles. "Are you having fun?"

"Yes! This is so cool!"

"I'm glad. Hold onto me."

"What? Why?"

"It'll make you feel better."

"Okay..?"

I wrap my arms around him while we fly.

"Where should we land?" He asks, pausing in the air.

"We should stay inside. Do you remember where your house was?"

"Yeah, I do."

Pip does a loop in the air before turning around back towards South Park.

"Ah!" I scream as he picks up speed.

"Hahaha- you're kinda cute when you're scared."

"I am not scared!"

"Sure thing."

We fly down to his house. It's kinda nice, having this place to go back to. It's kinda like we're living together.

I might as well enjoy it while it lasts. He will have to go back to heaven eventually...

Pip looks at his shoulder once we get settled in, it's still bleeding a bit. I might've been a bit too aggressive.

I take the first aid kit out of my backpack. "Let me put a bandaid on that..."

"Plaster."

"What?"

"They're called plasters."

"Pip, why do you still correct me on this stuff when you know this is just how they say things here."

"I guess I just kinda like it. You get a little bit annoyed when I do and I think it's cute."

I feel my face get red. "Sure..."

I put the bandaid over his cut before heading to the living room. I'm kinda tired, that encounter was exhausting...

"Damien?"  Pip asks as I sit on the couch.

"Yes?"

He sits next to me. "When are you going to ask me out?"

I freeze. "Sorry?"

"We kissed. And that demon guy said we both wanted to... you know..."

"Pip... you don't even fully remember me yet."

"But I know I was in love with you. And I know I feel something now... isn't that enough?"

I stay quiet for a moment, not knowing how to react to this sort of thing.

"Pip, you're an angel and I'm a prince of hell. You know there's no way it could work out, right?"

"What about that story, Romeo and Juliet? I think they made it work even though it was forbidden...."

"Pip, Romeo and Juliet died in the end. They killed themselves."

"Oh."

"Yeah."

"Well, I'm already dead and you're immortal."

"You could disappear. Just like your friends did. My father could kill you and you would stop existing in the afterlife."

"What if I just don't return to heaven? If we talk to your dad maybe we can work it out. He might be happy to have me around. I would keep you fed and-"

"No. Pip, just stop. It's not going to work."

"You never know until you-"

I raise my voice. "Enough! It's not fucking possible! Drop it."