The past few weeks had flown past in what felt like hours. Most of the days, Dark was doing something that Mark and Jack had ordered him to do. He was still their Guinea pig and they quite enjoyed being pampered by the demon. Dark hated every second of it but chose to bare and grin it. All he wanted was to gain their trust again. Anti, despite being told not to, couldn't help but try assist Dark in some of his tasks. He just felt so bad that the older was doing this much manual labor without any reward in sight.

At the moment, the two demons were busy scrubbing out the bath tub while Mark, Jack and his parents were out for roller skating. They had been careful to go unnoticed by Jack's parents the whole time, not wanting to freak them out about two demons inside their house.

Anti huffed and wiped some sweat off his forehead before dipping back down and scrubbing the dirty tub like mad.
"How does a bath tub even get this dirty? When was the last time they used it?" Dark grumbled, pouring some more soap onto his cleaning brush. Anti chuckled a bit at that. He'd gotten used to Darks Bitching over the weeks. And there was a lot of it.

"Maybe it stopped working a while ago and they've just been too lazy to fix it," Anti shrugged, taking a bit of a break from cleaning.
"Or maybe a snake got into the pipes and nested there, and now there are hundreds of baby snakes slithering around," Dark grinned, splashing some water at him. Anti squealed and shivered in disqust at the thought, splashing him back with a laugh.

The good thing about these weeks of labor is that it's actually helped Dark and Anti grow closer together than ever before. The two laughed as they both started splashing each other with water, turning it into a war. Anti grinned and pounced forward, pinning the bigger man down to the ground with a victoruios, 'hah!' The Asian demon smirked at this and quickly flipped them, pinning the smaller down with an equally victorious, 'hah!'

Anti huffed playfully and stuck his tongue out, which Dark happily leaned down and kissed, sucking on it a bit. Anti blushed deeply and took his tongue back whining a bit.
"You're so cute," Dark sighed and gently brushed some neon green hair out oh his face, letting it stick to his forehead. Anti purred and nuzzled his face into his hand, kissing it gently. He loved moments like these, where it was just the two of them, acting all lovey dovey with each other.

After a bit of fond gazing at each other, the two finally got back to work on the still filthy bath tub. It took about three bottles of liquid soap, two brushes and a ton of elbow grease to get it to look like brand new. Anti and Dark stood back to admire their work, nodding in approval.

They heard the door open and voices coming from downstairs, meaning that the family must be back. They quickly hid the supplies they used and mopped the wet floor up a bit before going to hide. They usually stayed in the attic when Jack's parents were around, since almost no one ever went there.

It was already pretty dark outside so Jack's parents said their good nights before heading up to bed, having had a long, eventful day of roller skating. Jack and Mark had a blast together. Jack got the concept pretty easily and by the second hour, was skating like a pro. Mark on the other hand, had fallen down on his ass so many times that Jack gave up counting. After going roller skating, they all ordered a pizza to share among them, a good way to end the day off.

When Jack's parents were asleep, the two demons snuch down to go find their counterparts, who were in the bathroom with the previously filthy bath tub.
"Wow, I'm impressed you two," Mark hummed, an arm wrapped around Jack's waist. The two demons nodded proudly, "good. My arm muscles are probably dead now." Anti commented and they all laughed.

"Does this mean I'm done now?" Dark asked hopefully, looking at his counterpart with wide eyes. Jack and Mark looked at each other and grinned, shaking their heads.
"We have one more thing for you to do, it's probably the hardest one yet." Dark groaned at the sound of that. He didn't know if he could handle any more labor or being slaved around.
"Fine fine, what do I have to do?"

The four of them went down to the living room, being led by the two humans. They all stood in the middle of the room, staying silent for a while. Dark had no idea what they had in stor for him and was admittedly, quite scared to find out. But he was also excited, they said this was his last task before they'd trust him completely. He was ready to do almost anything at this point. He just wanted it all over and done with.

The room was filled with silence for a few minutes, just building the tension up even more. Whatever this was, it was definitely going to be something to remember. Mark smiled and kissed Jack's cheek before pushing him forward towards Dark.

"For your last task. You have to kiss Jack," Mark stated casually. Dark furrowed his brows in confusion and immediately stepped back from the human, looking up at his counterpart.
"Mark? What do you mean? You'd never let me do that," he said frantically. But Mark still didn't move Jack away. Jack actually looked quite happy, puckering his lips for Dark. Anti clenched his fists at that and looked down. He started remembering all the things that had happened before, how Dark favored Jack over him all the time and always compared them.
"Yeah Dark... Do it. Kiss Jack," he said bitterly, tears threatening to fall.

Dark looked from Anti, to Mark and then to Jack, his mind racing to try and find a way out of this.
"We said this is the last thing to have to do to let us trust you Dark. Do you want us to trust you or not?" Mark said in a bit of a forceful tone, watching his counterparts every move.
"I-I..." Dark stuttered and looked down at Jack. One little kiss was all that was standing from him and their trust.

Dark took a deep breath and gently held Jack's shoulders, leaning closer to him. Jack didn't react, just staring up at Dark, as well as Mark and Anti, waiting for his next move. Dark was about to connect their lips until he glanced over at Anti and his heart nearly broke. He saw the brokenness in his face and knew exactly what he was thinking. He looked down in thought before stepping away after a while, "no."

"No?" they all said in unison and looked up at him, Anti the most surprised.
"No," Dark said again and pulled Anti into a tight hug, rubbing his side.
"I will do almost anything to get your trust back. But if it means disowning Anti in any way, then I'd rather not gain your trust back at all. I love Anti too much to lose him again." He looked down at the smaller demon with a loving smile. Anti looked back with tears in his eyes, blinking rapidly, "D-dark..." He whispered, a smile spreading across his face.

Mark smiled at that and pulled Jack back to him, "well then I guess all we say is, welcome back to the family."
"What?" Dark looked up from Anti in confusion. The two humans laughed and pulled them into a tight hug, patting Darks back.

"You passed buddy. That was just a test to see if you really did learn your lesson," Mark explained, smiling as he gave Jack a kiss. A small smile creped onto Darks face at the realization, "I did it... I did it!" he cheered out and hugged Anti tightly, spinning him around happily. Anti giggled and held onto him, kissing all over his face, "you did it daddy!"

The four laughed and happily hugged it all out, talking about anything and everything. And Dark. He finally didn't feel so alone anymore.

~~The End~~