Opposites attract

Good in you

It was late. Around 9 or 10pm and Aria could feel her eyes starting to droop. She was cuddled with Amaimon, her head buried in his chest and his arms wrapped tightly and protectively around her. They were watching a movie together on the couch when Aria lovingly started to snuggle him. Amaimon felt that strange sensation in his heart again. Like a fluttering or that feeling you get when using a swing. He felt his face flush and start heating up but strangely he enjoyed it. The green haired demon could smell Aria's flowery shampoo and honey lotion. He had grown to love this smell, though at first he had made fun of her for smelling so dainty.
From the corner of his eye, he saw his brother eating some mochi ice-cream. Hmmm... Aria had made him try that once and it was freaking amazing! Amaimon's stomach started making funny noises and he realized it wasn't love this time. It was hunger. The Earth King gently wriggled his way out of Aria's grasp and made his way towards his brother.
After bugging him for ten minutes, Mephisto gave in and handed Amaimon a bowl of the mochi ice-cream. They were both finishing the movie as Aria slept soundly on the couch. Both demons greedily ate the mochi, hardly even chewing.
Suddenly, disaster struck! Mephisto started choking on some strawberry mochi!!! He was gasping for air and flailing his arms like a madman trying to gain his brother's attention. 'Amaimon help me!!!' he inwardly thought and tried to gasp but the younger demon was too engrossed into the movie to notice his brother's cry for help.
Suddenly, disaster struck again! Amaimon was now choking on chocolate mochi!!! He placed his hands on his throat, signaling Mephisto he was choking. To his dismay, his older brother was turning purple now. They turned to Aria but the little angel sighed in her sleep and turned over. Her back was now to them and neither demon could call out for help. This was it, they were going to die choking on mochi ice-cream.
The room was spinning and Mephisto's vision was starting to get blurry when unexpectedly.... "HHHUUUUAAAA!!!!!" Aria sucker punched him and Amaimon in the gut, causing the mochi to fly out of their mouths and land on the floor with a 'plop.' They both gasped for air and Mephisto eagerly hugged the girl.
"Oh my little angel!! I knew not devouring your soul for being so annoying would pay off!!" He was gingerly stroking her hair. Aria chose to ignore that comment and just took it as Mephisto's way of saying thank you.
"H-how did you know we were dying?! Does the power of our love give you some sort of extra sense? Do you know when I'm in danger???" Amaimon started to cough, his throat obviously irritated with what was previously lodged in it.
Aria laughed and shook her head no. "I actually got up to use the bathroom and noticed you weren't sitting with me anymore. I looked around for you and saw you both choking, so I did the first thing that came to mind." She had a satisfied grin on her face. "What were you guys eating anyway?" She peered down at the floor where two gross puddles lay.
"Mochi." Both demons said in unison.
"Ah... so both of you were choking on squishy balls." Aria laughed. Amaimon just stared blankly at Mephisto and the girl. His brother was currently giving her a nuggie in response to her comment.
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It was a bright sunny day when the King of Earth decided to take Aria to the nearby park. There was a beautiful garden that he knew his little angel would enjoy. He wasn't the sort for romantic gestures but he came to find that every smile she gave him, would brighten his day. Just another item to add to his very long list of strange things Aria made him feel.
They walked in silence. Both content in each others presence. Aria wore a simple white sundress with a black ribbon around the waist, black flat shoes and her hair in its natural curls cascading down her back. Amaimon was in his usual attire minus the maroon coat. He had a lollipop in his mouth, as always, with a large bag of sweets held tightly in his right hand.
Aria admired the beautiful scenery before her and occasionally asked the greedy demon what he thought of it. Amaimon would usually reply with something neutral. He neither hated it nor loved it. It wasn't something he saw everyday in Gehenna so it was a nice change but he didn't care either way. At one point, he took hold of the girls' hand and laced his fingers with hers.
He was staring straight ahead with a deadpan look on his face. The demon felt when the girl turned to look at him but he did not look back at her. Instead he just replied, "The scenery doesn't matter to me. Whether it be mountains of rotting corpses or flowers, all that matters is that you're with me." Amaimon had been rolling a daisy flower by the stem between his left thumb and index finger. He took the opportunity to turn to Aria and brush a strand of the girls' hair behind her right ear and affix the flower there. The girl responded with a blush and a soft smile. He really could be sweet when he wanted to be.
A few more minutes of walking and they came to a bench overlooking a large pond and some ducks swimming about. Aria gestured to her companion to have a seat with her and he did so. She watched for a moment, as the demon was rummaging through his candy bag for more sweets to indulge in. She thought to herself, how can he be a demon? He has such a child-like innocence and at times has kind and sweet moments like these. If she hadn't't witnessed his anger and demonic transformation first hand, she wouldn't have believed him to be a demon. Suddenly, something Mephisto had said popped into her head.
'You always try and see the good in everyone. Even when there isn't any'
'How well do you know Amaimon? You have yet to see what he is truly capable of, my dear'
Perhaps her love for him was blinding her to the truth. Amaimon was a demon. One of the seven princes of Hell. The demon King of Earth. One of Satan's children. Mephisto had warned her that as an angel, she would attract demons of all kinds but it was what he said next, that really struck a chord with her.
'Just as your angel powers can turn a demon berserk with rage and lust, a powerful demon can sway you to obedience and submission without you realizing it.'
Had Amaimon done that? Even if it was unintentional, was the love she felt for him real? A sudden scream tore the girl from her thoughts. She turned her gaze towards the source of the screaming and saw it was a woman. She was pointing towards the lake and Aria noticed a little girl splashing and struggling to breathe. The angel quickly ran towards the little girl but was halted by the green demon. Her worried eyes searched his golden ones as to why he stopped her but before she could do anything else, the demon jumped into the lake.
Within seconds the King of Earth managed to reach the girl. He grabbed her and tossed her out of the lake and onto land. Before Aria could question him as to why he tossed her like that, she saw the greedy demon being pulled under the water. There were some air bubbles escaping to the surface but no Amaimon. A few agonizing seconds passed, it felt like eternity, but still nothing. Just when the angel was about to jump in after the green demon, another body was flung out of the water, this time rather violently. It wasn't Amaimon but what Aria recognized to be a Kappa. A demon that lures people near water, then pulls them in to drown. It had a large slash marking across its chest where its blood seeped through. A second later, Amaimon had jumped out from the water and was standing near the Kappa.
Aria ran towards him but the little girls mother got to him before her. She was bowing to him and repeating 'thank you' over and over. The little girl, only waist high to Amaimon, gave him a hug to show gratitude. The demon gave them both a thumbs up as a 'you're welcome' gesture and walked back towards Aria as the mother and child walked away.
How could she have doubted him? Sure Amaimon was a demon but just as she previously thought, he had a good side. He could be kind if he wanted to be. The light in his heart hadn't't been completely snuffed out. However, just as he reached her, the girl noticed the demon now carried a different bag of sweets then he previously had.
Aria pointed to the bag and asked, "Where did you get that?"
Amaimon held no emotion as he replied, "The girl had this bag of gummy worms and I saw the Kappa call out to her. That's when I realized he was going to drown her but when he pulled her in, the girl still had the bag of gummies. I didn't want them to go to waste so I jumped in after them. I grabbed her and flung her out of the water to get to the gummies that were sinking but the Kappa tried to drown me. So I killed him and flung him out of the water too. That's when I spotted the bag, grabbed it and came back up."
Aria was speechless. She didn't know how to process what he just said. Here she thought he had done a selfless act but he admitted he only saved the girl out of greed. Where was her sweet demon prince?
"Are you ok?" Amaimon questioned.
Aria snapped back to reality and stared at him for a moment. "Yes." She smiled. He gave her a confused glance, which she thought was rather cute. "I love you." She hugged him and he returned the embrace. He wasn't perfect but she loved him. He indirectly did something kind. He could have just killed the little girl and gone for the bag of sweets but he didn't. Amaimon saved her, perhaps not with that thought in mind but he did. There was hope for him and Aria wouldn't give up. He had good in him, she knew it and was determined to prove it. Determined to prove Mephisto wrong.