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Shouldn't have left the kids unsupervised

Enma wasn't sure what he was expecting when he went to go pick up Kuroki and Grim from their class on yagujen, but it certainly wasn't to find Ito with them.

He raised an eyebrow. "Weren't you supposed to be in..." He trailed off, his eyebrows furrowing as he struggled to remember what their schedule was.

"Religion. And, yeah, I left. Professor Frollo's vibes were off," they said, their nose scrunching.

Kuroki mouthed that Enma shouldn't ask and, for once, Enma decided that maybe there were questions he didn't need the answers to.

"Can you transfer out?" He asked instead.

They shrugged. "Doubt it. Those contracts we signed seemed binding. But I saw – uh – B...B... letras... Vanrouge-senpai before I left, so I'll just get the assignments from him."

Enma nodded. There had been an empty seat next to him in his art class and the teacher hadn't seemed concerned nor surprised, so it probably wasn't a big deal to skip here.

But... he fought off the smirk threatening to play across his features as a terrible realization came to him. Enma sniffed and pretended to wipe a tear from his eye. "Wait, you could go anywhere and you went to hang out with him?"

"I'm Ito's favorite," Kuroki caught on quickly, grinning.

"You're Ito's favorite," Enma nodded along.

Ito rolled their eyes. "It's 'cause, out of the two of you, I trust Enma to not get his ass kicked on the first day a lot more."

Kuroki sputtered. "Hey! That's only because of Grim!"

"And you're the one that wanted him," Ito reminded him, reaching over to poke his nose.

Grim gave them a look that would be more fitting if they had killed his child right in front of them. Since they did not, as far as Enma was aware, he thought the monster might be overreacting a little. "Everyone wants me."

Ito hummed and patted the monster on the top of the head. "Very true. My mistake, Grim-sama."

Grim nodded, easily placated.

Now this just wouldn't do. Enma sniffed. "You don't have to make excuses, Ito. Just say Kuorki is the favorite. I won't hold it against you, promise."

Ito groaned. "I can't believe I'm saying this, but I can't wait to go to work for Crowley. Fuck you guys."

Kuroki gave them a disgusted look. "I'd rather not."

Ito gave him a tiny shove. "I hate you both. Don't do anything stupid while I'm gone."

"No promises," Grim said. At least he was self-aware.

"Yeah, I figured that was too much to hope for."

~

"There really are chestnuts all over the place!" Grim said.

Which, thank you for stating the obvious, Grim. Enma hadn't noticed. Honestly, you'd think they were playing a visual novel where the graphic designers hadn't had enough budget to create another background. They could see the chestnut trees.

(Which, as far as he could tell, were perfectly normal. The chestnuts didn't even seem to be larger than normal. Sad.)

Deuce grinned, pushing himself up from where he and Ace had been waiting under a tree. He held out a hand to help Ace up as well, but Ace ignored it.

"Took you guys long enough," Ace teased. "Weren't your guys' classes closer than ours?"

Kuroki shrugged. "We were tormenting Ito."