A Deal With The Devil

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At the gate to the second circle of hell,  dan needed a minute to rest. 

"hey, Phil? can I ask you something?"

"anything."

"this next task, gaining the love of Minos, I don't think it's going to be very easy. we cant just gain fake care, fake love. we need to pull the actual feeling out of him. he is the guardian of this layer because he committed the sin of lust, and yet there still has to be the ability to love in him, right? or are we going to be stuck here forever?"

Phil cupped his hands around his own cheeks, elbows propped on his knees, "I think this is going to take some time, yes, but not forever. we have to actually care for Minos. even if neither of us mean it, we need to put the time into gaining his trust, and then personally teach him how to love. it may take months, but i promise you, i am not going to let it take us years. i want to protect you. we met not that long ago, honestly, i cant keep track of time down here. i know that its hard to believe, but i actually care about you, and thinking to myself that i can make that connection with you so fast makes me confident that we can do the same thing with the deadly sin of lust."

" i care about you too, Phil. and frankly, i don't think that i could get through this without your companionship. something I've realized, is i have a lot in common with this Minos guy. i don't think I've ever truly cared about someone. anytime I've said i love you, or just ran from one night stands. said id stay by someone's side, or pretended to care when its obvious i didn't, i look back at it and realize that im a horrible person. i belong here, but at the same time, i feel differently about you. when i sat ill stay by your side, i mean it. when i tell you i care, i mean it. when i say i love you, i mean it. i know, i know we like just fucking met-"

phil was kissing him before he could finish his sentence. the mutual feeling between the boys was like a rare occasion of love at first sight. 

after a while of resting at the gate, Dan and Phil are woken up by yelling. they both jump up realizing there was a tall god-like man, telling them to get inside the gate and have a talk with him.

"i am the guardian of this gate to the second layer of hell. i speak t other inhabitants of this circle before they enter to be sure this is where they belong. i am assuming that's not why you're here though, because if you were meant to be in this layer of hell you would have been transported to me the second you got here. so, why are you here, and why should i let you live?"

the two boys looked at each other, trying to decide mentally who is going to speak for the both of them. phil spoke up,"uh, hi.. we are here because we got sent to the wrong layer. satan himself told us to find our ways here or he would send us to purgatory. the people in there are real annoying, am i right?" Phil fibbed and dan knew why...

"you boys look intimidated. why is that?"

dan spoke this time,"its just that.. you're so tall and strong looking, god-like, majestic..."

"well isn't that kind of you to say, it seems there may be a reason you're here my men. why don't you come further inside? i feel you two may want something from me. in fact, i know just what you want. I've only ever had one other person make it here, and they are here to this day, just like you shall be. you two asked to come into hell, and with all things you've now done to bring yourself here, this is where you'll stay."

Dan and Phil stood there frozen. they never thought that the journey they started not long ago would end so abruptly, and in this way. overtime, they both grew to believe that they were going to succeed, and live a death together in hell, and in love. it dawned over them that they don't have any way out of this, even if they died, they would just be sent into a state of purgatory.  souls of the dead and forgotten swarmed around them now, all of them having been condemned to this place for their own reason. dan and Phil realized it wasn't the right thing to do, to come here. it felt as though the tw of them merged into one with the rest of the lost souls, and not long after, they were swallowed into the treacherous depth of hell.

AN/

well that was pretty rough wasn't it. i was really struggling with this sorry, especially after the first "break" i took. i started this at the wrong time for sure, and i am still very passionate about writing, but its time this story comes to an end! i was debating deleting it, but i realized having this here is like a mark of completion. i feel it shows there is definitely still progress i can make, and i want to be able to say i finished my first ever wattpad series 

to the 0 people who read this(unless that one read isn't me then hello there make yourself known) and anyone who may happen to come along later, thank you so much!! this was really fun for me. i do plan to write a novel for an upcoming wattys sometime within the next 5 years or so. i am not going to let it be less than perfect. in the meantime, im going to put effort into being more active here, as i am now set in stone at my home, no longer in the hospital yaaaaay!!!

really though, thank you so much.

ok ill stop now             :)