It Started With The Stab of a Knife : An AfterDeath Tale

A Ruby and A Sapphire Stoned Secret

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"Whoa."

Geno shivered lightly as he cautiously opened the front door, peering outside. All of the trees were barren outside of Life's house, each one blanketed with a thick layer of shimmering snow. Geno had thought it only snowed this badly near the middle of the day, but he was fairly surprised as he looked over the forest at noon. 

"Well, it usually snows overnight." Reaper told Geno, hovering next to him. 

The scarfed skeleton shrugged and made an effort to open the door a little more. However, his efforts soon became fruitless. "What the...?" 

"Oh. We're snowed in." Reaper pointed out, adding a small push to the unmoving door. Geno glanced at Reaper and gave him a very jovial smile. "...What?" 

"SNOWED IN? SNOWDIN? EH? EEEHHH???" Reaper blinked, utterly confused. Geno saw this and gave up, disappointed. "Snowdin was the town I lived in." 

"Oh." 

Geno sighed. "Anyways, I guess we're stuck here." 

"You say that like it's a problem." Reaper rose a non-existent eyebrow, casually floating over to the couch. 

"Well, it kind of is." 

"How so? We pretty much just stay here and laze around all day." 

"I just wanted to...you know...go out and do something?" 

"Like what?" 

"Uh...laze around out there?" 

"Pffft. Ah, the brilliant and magnificent Geno had made a breakthrough today. He finally came to the conclusion that we are both lazy *sses that don't do anything other than pun, eat, and sleep." 

Geno waved Reaper away. "Save me your insults for later." 

Reaper thought for a moment. "Why? Do you want me to just whip out my insults at a later time and just start roasting you?" 

Geno strolled over to the couch and slumped onto it. "Sure. Go ahead and smack talk me in a fancy restaurant or something."

Reaper grinned widely. "Could you say that again? I want to record it for later." 

"Oh my god, CAN YOU NOT." 

"Not what?" 

"BE YOU." 

"Nah. I'm too fab to do that." 

Life, which had been reading a very extensive novel about snails, peered up at the two. "Excuse me, but don't you two have a baby to watch?" 

Silence. 

"...SH*T." 

"Reaper, where did you put the baby?" 

"Uh...?" 

"HOLY F*CKING SH*T REAPER, WHERE IS THE BABY." 

"UHHHH... Upstairs...?" 

Geno scrambled to his feet, alarmed. He quickly sprinted up the stairs, Reaper following after him. 

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Geno silently open the door to their room. Inside the room and on the bed, a tiny bundle was laying peacefully tucked underneath the blankets, sleeping soundly. 

Reaper tapped Geno's shoulder. "Is the baby in there?" 

Geno nodded quietly, slowly closing the door. Both let out a brief sigh of relief. "...We're terrible parents." Geno finally sighed, sitting down on the floor. 

Reaper chuckled. "Probably...but hey, we'll get the hang of it." 

Geno managed a small smile. "I hope so." 

Reaper and Geno sat in silence on the floor, not having anything else to do. "...Hey Geno?"

 Geno looked up at Reaper. "Yes?" 

"I've been thinking about something..." Reaper pulled out something from behind his back, keeping it hidden in a fist. "Since we have a child and everything..." The god opened his hand, revealing a silvery ring with a ruby attached to it. 

Geno's eye-socket widened. "...Is that...?" 

Reaper shakes his head. "It's not a wedding ring." 

Geno's face dulled a little. "Oh..." 

Reaper smiled gloomily. "Sorry...I highly doubt news of a god and a mortal getting hitched will be accepted by any of the other gods." 

"...I understand..." Geno lifted his own hand and grazed the ring with his bony fingers. "So...what is it then?" 

"A promise ring." 

Geno glanced at Reaper. "A promise? About what?" 

Reaper gingerly took  Geno's left hand and slid the ring onto his finger. On his own left hand, he adorned a similar looking ring, but instead of a brilliant ruby, it had a sparkling sapphire. "A promise that...one day...we could go somewhere far away where we could actually have a real marriage." 

Geno's face slowly began to heat up at Reaper's words. "So...in other words...This is a 'secret marriage'?" 

Reaper smiled and shrugged. "Pretty much." 

Immediately after Reaper uttered those words, Geno leapt forward, tackling Reaper into a tight embrace. Geno wore the biggest smile in the universe, Reaper's nearly matching in size. "I can't believe...!" The scarfed skeleton laughed, gripping tighter to the god. He was too overwhelmed with joy that all words failed him, simply holding Reaper tighter. 

Reaper noticed this and his smile boiled down to a smaller and warmer grin. He returned the hug, resting his chin on Geno's skull. 

"I love you, Geno..."