I Scored Myself A Mate

"Mark wait." Allias called out. "You should listen. There is a way to keep you alive so…"

"I am sorry." Asmodeus said, making him stop on his track. He had his back turned on him, Mark didn't want to meet his eyes, he didn't wish to see his expression. It hurt him too much. "I know this might shock you, it sounds horrible but I am not lying. I swear. I want to help you." 

"How can you say that?" Mark asked him and turned around filled with anger. "How can yous ay that when you murdered me!" he shouted at the demon. 

Asmodeus had felt it, somehow he was expecting this happen. Mark was looking at him like a pure enemy, as if he wanted to rip him to shreds. He didn't mind if he did it, the demon did not wish to live without him. 

"You knew." Asmodeus stated. He was suspiciously calm while on the other hand Mark was shaking with rage, his pale face had turned a vibrant red and he was panting. 

"Of course I knew! You fucking idiot! I knew. I always did. The reason I lied was for all this to be over, for you to leave so we can move on but you chose to stay! Why would you do that? You were the one who took my life away from me so why, why are you trying so hard to keep now?" He shouted. 

Asmodeus felt his heart rip. Mark had decided to push him away, he wanted him to disappear. He had lied just so they could be separated. 

"While I was begging for my life, while I struggled not to die you simply looked at me as if I was nothing more than an object, something you wanted out of the way. I died. I fucking died."

"You lied to me too." Asmodeus interrupted his rampage and Mark stared at him wide eyed. "I had waited for you, I believed in you and when I found you I tried so hard for you, why did you treat me like this? Were you mocking me? Was that it?"

"Are you trying to put the blame on me?" Mark asked. He was obviously upset. 

When he had woken up Mark had seen Asmodeus first. His bright eyes, his worried expression and his handsome face. His heart instantly fluttered and for a second he simply wished to dive into his hands. Then the memory of his dying crushed into him like a tidal wave and everything inside him screamed to get away. The red haired knew he had been wrong too, he was aware of that but deep inside back then he had believed that Asmodeus wouldn't do it, he wouldn't hurt him. He knew he was contradicting himself. He sounded stupid even in his own mind and that annoyed him even more. The fact that the demon king had ended up killing him though would never change and he had found himself in this situation because of him.

"No I am not. I simply want to know why did you do that? Why didn't you want to accept me? Was it maybe because you didn't love me anymore?" Asmodeus said. His assumptions hurt and he felt extremely embarrassed while they talked. The elves in the room seemed to be observing the scene quiet, barely breathing as the two do them continued their argument. 

Surprisingly the demon was calm, he didn't wish to hit anything or shout. Somehow after Mark had awakened every ounce of anger or rage in him had disappeared. He just wanted to know, how did they end up in such a miserable mess? Was he the only one who should apologize. 

"It was because I felt guilty." Mark mumbled, his voice sounding almost like a whisper now. He want screaming anymore. 

"Guilty about what?"

"About what I did to you." He stated and Asmodeus sighed. 

"Form the contract with me Mark. Cut the bullshit and live. If you don't want me on your side after it I can still leave. I am sure Allias and everyone here can keep an eye on you" he told him. The demon had decided there was no way to meddle with the past anymore. His goal here was not to make Mark want to be with him again, his true purpose was to keep him alive, make sure he would live. 

"Is that all you want to tell me?" Mark asked him and the demon nodded. He was expecting an apology, a plead to be forgiven but he knew it wouldn't matter now. He did want to say he was sorry, he felt it after all, a deep sorrow but in here, in front of everyone he believed like it would lack feeling. He might have sounded immature but still he wished for this to be a moment for the two of them, even if he was terrified that Mark would not forgive him. "I will never, ever, ever form that stupid contract with you, honestly I prefer to die!" The red haired man shouted before he stepped off the room. Allias was fast on his track always wary of his possible running away and immediately went after him,making sure that he would get to talk to him. He had to change his mind, the elf king thought and followed him.

"That was eventful" Ea commented feeling the tension in the room. Theseus stared at him strictly. "Sorry, being too much with Ares has affected me. Sorry." He repeated twice and left the room too embarrassed. 

The high general had been left alone with the demon who was standing frozen in the middle.of the room. His eyes were locked on the ground, slightly expanded as he tried to process this whole mess.

"This wasn't just eventful it was disastrous." Asmodeus said and Theseus sat on the doctor's chairs. He looked at the demon with pity in his eyes, trying to think of something to say. "Why are things so complicated?" He asked the general.

"I've wondered about that myself a few times actually." Theseus responded with a sad smile.

"I can't let him die." He said.

"Well there is no way to force him into a contract." 

"Actually, maybe there is."