3
Asmodaios
***
How foolish I was. I should have known better—and I did, though I was beginning to doubt my wisdom.
I should not have followed Azarias out of Egypt, but curiosity got the best of me. Undoubtedly, I thought I could restrain myself; how wrong was I...? It was only my second encounter with him in the library and I already lost any semblance of control and composure that I had. The first day, I was ignored and I was glad for it; I probably would have taken him in the library, right when the janitor would arrive and see him in all his sensual glory. I surprised myself when I still had enough restraint to keep my clothes on outside of his apartment.
I sighed as I closed his apartment door, leaning heavily on it. How so very foolish I was. I could find out what I wanted away from Azarias; it would undoubtedly be more difficult, and I wouldn't be able to test any theories I developed, but I would keep him safe. My being with him was attracting my brethren already, and not at a desirable time. I opened my eyes and growled a bit. "Reveal thy form, Belial."
At my recognition of his presence, Belial appeared in all of his fake, angelic glory, pompous as always. His white feathered wings fluttered slightly, moving flaxen hair like honey out of his icy blue eyes. "Good evening to you, Asmodaios." Belial dusted off his robe lightly.
I stared at him maliciously. My brain knew barely posing as a human was idiotic, but I was careless nonetheless. Now I had to deal with this. "Whatever do you desire from me to disturb my peace?"
The smug blonde laughed. "I want nothing from you." He angled his head to the side. "Actually, what have you learned about his one you cannot seem to leave to himself?" I growled my warning, which he ignored altogether. "Why not just ask Purson or Vine? Make your life simple and ask, like I did?"
I nearly hissed my displeasure. "If I wanted this to be anyone's concern but my own, I would have. Now leave me."
"Certainly." He moved to walk around me. "I'll just keep
him
company instead. I heard his screams are most delectable." Belial feigned a sexual pant before my hands were a vice around his throat, forcing his back into the door.
As I lost control of my rage, I began to shift back to my demonic form, my tail smacking the floor. "If you
dare
show yourself to me or Azarias again..." I growled as talons broke the skin of the blonde's neck, small rivulets of blood spilling down his neck. "I shall personally do unto you critical harm." I certainly was not in a good situation; I might actually kill him. "Have I made myself clear, blondie?"
Belial coughed as he spoke. "Alright, alright; I comprehend your nonsense." I lessened my grip around his throat as I changed to a human guise again. "What's yours is yours, and if you so desire, so is what's mine." He rubbed his throat. "Bastard." Belial covered himself with his wings and his form imploded, leaving behind only a few white feathers. It was back to his side of Hell for him.
Moving away from Azarias' door, I glanced down, eying the gigantic dent in the floor. Foolishness became my mantra as I dissolved, leaving for my own realm of Hell.
***
Acting human was becoming exceedingly annoying. It was toilsome enough being the university know-all and librarian; I simply had to torture myself more by replacing an employee in the English department. It should be illegal for professors to become pregnant when they have classes to attend.
I grimaced as I heard another group of girls speaking of me. Sexual restraint was not one of my strong points, even if desire was subdued in this ridiculous form. I easily found my way from the courtyard—or better called "gossip central"—to the lecture room, taking a seat at the bureau. Ten minutes to the start of class and students were already seated and waiting; how diligent. I opened the professor's planner, checking what they were discussing—modern junk, apparently a sort of love story from the prompts she wrote—and closed it just as quickly. This was going to be more boring than I thought. I would be glad to return to my own research afterward, continuing my slow trek through various sources, unreliable, reliable and useless alike. From what I had seen, I was beginning to doubt Azarias was completely mortal...
My thoughts quickly shot out the window as I heard and smelt Azarias nearby. I sincerely hoped he was not in this room, at least not today; it would be too soon for me.
Hope flew out the window, as well.
Azarias walked into the room, throwing several pills of Excedrin into his mouth before glancing toward the front of the room; as soon as the redhead spotted me, he nearly turned around and walked out. He instead chose to glare at me as he sat, and continued to throughout the rest of the class, speaking not a word until the class was dismissed. It seemed he planned on staying, so I closed the door before leaning on the bureau in front of the room. "How is your hangover treating you, Mr. Dimitriadis?"
"Save it,
Rousseau
." My, what a stupid name I chose; it sounded worse coming off of his lips. He displayed a stereotypical, redheaded rage as he approached my figure, causing me to sigh. He grabbed my jaw tightly, still glaring through heavy, dark lashes, forcefully joining our lips together. I couldn't stop the smirk from forming on my lips; even through his anger he couldn't help himself. My eye twitched unnoticeably as he bit my lip harshly.
Still feisty, I see. "What in Hell are you doing here?" A sour look played across his face.
"And here I believed you were happy to see me." I rubbed my eyes before removing those accursed contact lenses from them and tossing them; they were useless once I was upset or aroused anyway. "My attempts to stay near but far from you are just failing with each day." I grabbed Azarias by the waist, pulling him closer. "I'm putting your life at risk; your life in danger would be of no use to this one." My teeth scraped gently along the side of his neck.
"What...? What the hell are you talking about? Hairball again?" His hands played with my hair, rubbing my scalp gently.
"You haven't figured it out yet, have you?" My pupils changed to slits as I inhaled his scent.
"All I figure is you're a creepy bastard with sexual insecurities. I just figured you had ED as well or something like tha—argh!" I flipped him onto the desk with ease, one of my hands grasping his calf and the other lying on his chest. "What the fuck is your problem?!" He stared into my eyes, bewildered; he looked like he was beginning to understand though.
"You
clearly