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Apollyon lay sleeping in the bed, his body completely relaxed as his entire being was at peace. Shifting, he reached out an arm to grab Eleanora, but instead his hand came in contact with empty space. Lifting his head off the pillow, he looked at the place beside him through squinted eyes and looking around the room for any signs of her.

Turning towards the bedside table, he noticed the time to be displayed 6:25 a.m, 45 minutes until the alarm starts to ring. Groaning, he sat up in bed and rubbed his head before getting off. He pattered across the floor in search for Eleanora before making his way out into the lounge. Apollyon went into the kitchen, seeing Eleanora standing in front of the stove, cooking something.

"Eleanora." He called out from the doorway. "Sweetheart, what are you doing?"

"Happy Birthday!" She exclaimed with a broad smile before tackling him in a hug.

"Birthday?" Apollyon confirmed in confusion as his arms instinctively wrapped around her shoulders.

"Yeah. The day a person is born is called a birthday."

"But I don't-"

"You don' have one. That is why I made one for you." Eleanora smiled up at him as he was looking down at her. "Today, December 12th."

Apollyon couldn't object. He didn't have it in him to object to her. Not with her enthusiastic smile and glinting eyes. He didn't want to take away this moment of joy from her. Eleanora didn't have many of them left, and he wanted to create new ones with her over the spam of the 17 months she had left to live.

17 months, 27 days, 12 hours, 17 minutes, 45 seconds and counting.

His heart ached as he gave her a broad smile in response. There was no way out of this, Eleanora Jane Clark would be dead by this time in 2016. Leaning down he hugged her tightly to himself as he inhaled her familiar fragrance, wanting to memorize every last detail about her.

Apollyon placed a kiss on her temple before pulling away from her, allowing Eleanora to take hold of his hand and settle him at the dinning table, before placing his favorite assortment of food on the table. Eggs with bacon, and toast, chocolate chip pancakes with strawberry syrup and his favorite peanut butter and banana sandwich.

Apollyon grinned at her, his eyes alight with joy as he instantly dug into the food. Eleanora smiled at him as she sat down across from him, eating her own breakfast as they talked with each other. At 7, they both got dressed for school as Eleanora insisted that she dress him. Apollyon objected, and one thing led to another, which led to an agreement.

The agreement stated that Eleanora gets to dress up Apollyon for the next two weeks and in return he gets to dress her up for the same duration. They both agreed, and Apollyon got to dress Eleanora first, since it was his birthday.

Apollyon looked through her clothes before he picked out an outfit, placing it into her hands and telling her to wear it. Going into the washroom, Eleanora stepped out a few minutes later with an impressed look on her face and her hair pulled into a messy bun.

Apollyon chose black ankle length booths for her with black skinny jeans, a royal blue blouse beneath a black leather jacket with a beige scarf around her neck. Apollyon stepped forward and opened her bun, telling her that she looked better with open hair.

"You're actually good at this." Eleanora smiled as she fixed her hair. "Now my turn to choose for you!"

She handed him an assortment of clothes and pushed him into the washroom. Eleanora patiently awaited his return as he stepped out with an incredulous look on his face, staring at her in utter disbelief before looking down at the clothes he wore. She smiled at him in response as he wasn't amused, not in the slightest.

Apollyon wore black shoes with camel brown pants, a white button up shirt hidden beneath a slate colored sweater. He looked at her with a raised eyebrow and crossed arms as she told him to tuck in his shirt before she started to mess around with his hair. Styling them to have a fluff to them, she pushed them back so that they were out of his eyes. Before he could complain, Eleanora made him wear a pair of wayfarers before stepping back.

"I look like a nerd." Apollyon grumbled a he stared at her with displeasure.

"A very cute one." Eleanora reciprocated before handing him a black overcoat to wear ontop.

"No leather jacket?" He asked feeling rather disheartened that he was forced into wearing something that wasn't him.

"No leather jacket." Eleanora grinned back slyly. "At least not for the next two weeks."

Apollyon kept his head down when they entered the bus, but it didn't help that Eleanora announced to the entire riding population that it was his 18th birthday today. Everyone wished him a happy birthday as he awkwardly thanked them in response.

At school, the word spread very quickly that it was his birthday and one by one the students came to wish him a happy birthday, and mention that he looked adorable in his attire. Eleanora was having a blast watching him become all flustered and shy whenever someone approached him to wish him happy birthday or say that he looked adorable in glasses.

However, the best part was when the teacher's started to wish him a happy birthday. They both were seated together at their table during Biology class, waiting for Mr. Lam. Just as the doors opened, and everyone greeted him a good morning, Apollyon put his head in Eleanora's lap because he didn't want his favorite teacher to wish him a happy birthday.

"Alright." Mr. Lam smiled coyly. "Rumor has it that a today is a specific Mr. Master's birthday?"

"Yes." A few of the students smiled as they noticed how shy Apollyon actually was.

"And where is Mr. Masters?" Mr. Lam inquired, looking at all of his students, but not seeing Apollyon. "Ms. Clark, would you like to enlighten us about his whereabouts?"

"Well, sir, he is right here." Eleanora informed as she made Apollyon sit up straight as he buried his face in his arms, hiding his flustered expression from everyone. "He is a little shy."

"I've noticed." Mr. Lam chuckled. "Happy Birthday, Mr. Masters."

"Thank you, sir." Came the muffled response as a few of the students laughed.

Throughout the class, Eleanora rubbed Apollyon's back as it usually calmed him down, and he appreciated it. He complained to her not to have announced that it was his birthday, because he didn't particularly like the attention that he was getting from everyone. He even insisted on having lunch outside, in the snow, in order to avoid everyone.

Once at home, Apollyon lay cuddled with Eleanora as he realized that it was all very draining. All that attention, and the continuous well wishing. He was exhausted.

"Why don't you take a little nap?" Eleanora suggested as he had rested his head on her chest, his arms wrapped around her waist with Eleanora rubbing his head.

Apollyon hummed softly in content before he drifted off to sleep. Eleanora lay awake, rubbing his head because she knew that the moment she'd stop, he'd stir awake. However, Apollyon awoke after two hours, shifting his head to the other side before he crawled up, engulfing her entire body in his arms and cuddling her aggressively as Eleanora laughed at his antics.

"Come on, we gotta get ready." Eleanora laughed as she tried to get out of bed.

"Ready for what?" Apollyon spoke huskily into the crook of her neck.

"For your birthday party."

"My-what?"

"Birthday party." She repeated as he sat up, straddling her waist while rubbing his eyes.

"I never-"

"I did." She intervened. "Just a few friends, nothing more. I promise."

"But..." He trailed before sighing tiredly. "Who is gonna be there?"

"Mrs. Scott, Elliot, Jason, Jennifer, your other friend Andrew and his sister Sasha." Eleanora smiled at him. "I hope that's alright."

"Yeah...I guess...It's a only a few hours, right?" Eleanora grinned back in response before they both got off the bed, setting everything up before Apollyon decided to take the first shower.

Once he got out with a towel wrapped around his waist, he found Eleanora laying out clothes for him. Eleanora put out white pants for him with a navy blue long sleeved shirt under a corresponding blazer. Apollyon wore the clothes while she took a shower and looked at himself in the mirror. This was something closer to his general preference, not entirely, but close.

Choosing out Eleanora's clothes for her, he left the room to settle down on the sofa with Sebastian laying across his lap. He sat there, listening to the vinyl record playing while stroking the cat. Soon Eleanora stepped out in dark brown knee length boots with black leggings and maroon colored long shirt with a golden chain necklace hanging from her neck, two rings dangling from the end of the chain.

Smiling, Apollyon stood up before placing a kiss on her forehead.

"You look beautiful." He smiled at her as she played with the rings around her neck.

"You look rather handsome yourself." She smiled at him. "The guests should be arriving soon, shall we set up?"

"Alright." Apollyon nodded as they both headed towards the kitchen and brought out all the edibles. One by one the guests started to arrive, everyone of them wishing Apollyon a happy birthday and handing him a gift, or a kiss in Mrs. Scott's case.

The gathering was lively and fun, as Apollyon ensured to stay close to Eleanora through out the time of the meeting, even placing a chaste kiss on her lips when he knew Jason and Elliot were watching. Mrs. Scott was overjoyed to know that they finally decided to go out together, and hugged both of them tightly, informing them that they were a very adorable couple.

Apollyon thoroughly enjoyed the infuriated look on Elliot's face and the one of tension of Jason's.

Everyone talked among each other, interacting and getting to know one another before Eleanora insisted that they open the presents. Mrs. Scott had gotten him 'The NeverEnding Story' by Michael Ende, he thanked her for the literary work he could add to his collection.

Elliot got him a Swiss pocketknife. Apollyon looked at him incredulously as Elliot had shrugged telling him that he could be nice, too. Apollyon thanked him for the gift before moving onto the next. Both Andrew and Sasha had gotten him new vinyl records, and Jason got him a travel journal. He appreciated all the gifts and thanked everyone for being there.

However, the gifts weren't finished. Eleanora still had to give him something. She had gotten him leather wristbands, all in different colors as he found them very intriguing. She also got him a personalized dog tag that had his name on it. Apollyon Masters. Turing it over, he read what was engraved on the back.

12/12/1996

You may be Fallen Angel, but you are my Fallen Angel, never forget that.

Apollyon looked at Eleanora with a broad grin as he wore both the dog tag and the wristbands before hugging her. However, it end up that she wasn't quite done with the gifts. She had one more surprise in store for him. His own, laptop. He laughed at her before placing a kiss on her temple, thanking her and everyone for this lovely experience.

One by one, the crowd started to thin out until Eleanora and Apollyon were left once again in their apartment. They cleaned the apartment in silence before they both settled down on the sofa in exhaustion. Apollyon sat beside Eleanora, admiring the dog tag engravings before he suddenly stood from his place.

Walking over to the light panel, he dimmed the lights before making his way to the record player standing in the corner of the lounge. Placing a record in, he rested the needle on top as the soft sound of Elvis invaded the silence, singing 'Falling in love'

Apollyon stood in front of Eleanora, offering her his hand as she placed her palm into his. Pulling her up, Apollyon rested one hand on her waist as he entwined their fingers together on the other hand. Both of them danced slowly to the music, as Eleanora had rested her head on his chest as he softly sang the lyrics into her ear.

"Wise men say, only fools rush in" He sang softly into her ear. "But I can't help, falling in love with you." Apollyon continued to sing softly as the music drifted around them as they danced in tune to the melody, lost in each other's arms and the night that lay ahead of them.

Wise men say
Only fools rush in
But I can't help falling in love with you
Shall I stay?
Would it be a sin
If I can't help falling in love with you?

Like a river flows
Surely to the sea
Darling, so it goes
Some things are meant to be
Take my hand,
Take my whole life, too
For I can't help falling in love with you

Like a river flows
Surely to the sea
Darling, so it goes
Some things are meant to be
Take my hand,
Take my whole life, too
For I can't help falling in love with you
For I can't help falling in love with you

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