Kylo

Xander once said his favorite feature about Aria is how she never falters. She is even finding ways to have fun in hell, it seems like nothing can break her. But following her gaze to a brunette haired girl and a raven haired guy, I have no idea why she froze.

The dark sky makes it rather dramatic as the brunette runs to give Aria a hug. She looks like she spent days in the forest, she is probably a newly dead. I have no idea what to make of the guy, he might be another new one or he could be a minister from Heaven, I can't tell.

Whoever they are, they are the perfect distraction from Aaron. He may be a royal, but I'm not apologizing when I don't even know what I did. If I had to guess, Lucifer put some crazy idea in his mind and Aaron was stressed enough that he ended up believing it.

I try to focus as Aria introduces us to them but my mind keeps going back to the meeting. Xander knows something happened, but he doesn't know what it is yet. I bet he is waiting for Aria to leave for a while so he can ask me about it. The guy is named Javier but I don't remember the brunette’s name. Maybe it is Valentine? Close enough.

Valentine pulls Aria and Javi aside and I can feel Xander getting ready to say something stupid. “So, did you guys break up?” He starts off.

“The weather is nice.” I reply, completely ignoring his question, partly because I don't know the answer.

“I'll take that as a yes then.” He whistles, “Can I spray paint his room now?”

I chuckle at his words. Xander may be stupid, but he is the best kind of stupid. “Only if I can join you.”

“Anyway, how is the contest going? Ready to give me any secrets?” He asks and I know he is trying to change the topic for my sake. So I gladly let him.

“My idiotic plan seems to be working. People could have just read the Terms and Conditions to find the ‘Your soul belongs to me in three days’ phrase but they are too lazy.”

“That’s one way to put up laziness in the list of seven deadly sins.” We laugh and I realize how long it has been since we joked around like this.

After getting on the top three I started hanging around with Aaron more and when I was not with him, I was modifying the code to the game. It has been weeks since I lefty actual friend behind, and I do regret it.

“How about we get some popcorn? My treat.” I offer, hoping Aria's trio doesn't join us. Xander, surprisingly, doesn't even ask Aria to join us as we head back to Edifice.

“And where exactly are we going to get some?”

“Did you know perks of dating a royal include popcorn privileges?” I smile as memories from our shared childhood come back. It wasn't pretty or peaceful, but with Xander, everything feels fun.

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“Let me get this straight, he thought you had ulterior motives?” Xander almost falls down laughing as my tragedy of a story- and I can't help but join him.

The old prisons feel more like a home to me than my dorms ever did. Sharing it with Xander only makes me feel as if I am sharing it with a brother. Roofus peacefully sleeps beside Xander, it’s tail occasionally moving side to side as he runs his hand over its head.

I know Xander has to take Roofus for training in a few minutes, but I still feel a pang of sadness when they leave. I enjoy a few moments alone before going upstairs, it is getting harder and harder to sneak in here after being in the top three.

I debate between going to the cafeteria or to my room as I walk upstairs. As soon as I turn at a corner to head to my dorm room to get some sleep, I see a fist coming right at me. I’m too slow to get out of the way and I’m only able to watch as Valentine's hand hits my nose.

“Why is it that every newly dead wants to hit me in the face?” I groan. Beside her, Javier snickers, but I can tell even he wants to exactly what Val just did.

“Maybe you should stop killing people.” Val states.

“Where is the fun in that Valentine?” I wink, some of Xander's cockiness rubbing off at me.

“It’s Valarie.”

“That’s what I said. Now, if you will excuse me, I have somewhere to go.”

“Delete the app and you can go to hell for all I care.”

I snort at her words as I walk away, “This is hell.”

I can't sleep even as my head hits the pillow, all I can think about is how dissappointed my mother would have been at me. She died in an accident, and here I am causing even more deaths. But life did not teach me to be kind, my mother did. And now, I don't have either of them.

Sleep does not come early, which is why I resort to fixing more bugs in the game. Soon, I get bored of that too. All I can do is stare at the number of souls I have gotten. This time when I dream, it isn't about my sadness. It is about all the people who died because of me. Three hundred and twenty six souls.

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