"Oh my, I'm... I'm so sorry, YN. It seems..." He was trying to make this seem realistic, but in reality, he had never done this before. "It seems one of my demons attacked you and well... fused with you."

You panicked as you looked down; your body was now covered in grass and vines. It didn't take you long to start screaming again and pushing yourself into Lucifer's arms.

"I'm a monster!" You yelled at him.

"No, no! You're not a monster! Never would I call you that. You're simply... a victim. The demons... they must have gotten jealous and decided to try and attack you. But your heart must have been too strong of them. You absorbed them." He stroked your hair as you hyperventilated.

"Can I... can I go back to my family? Will I be okay?" You looked up at him with huge saucer eyes.

He frowned, not enjoying the look you were providing. It made him feel... different. Little did he know, that this feeling was the feeling of guilt.

"I... I don't know, YN. Demons eat humans. Perhaps you aren't fully a demon but you might still have those desires. I think it might be safer for you to come with me."

"But... I'm... I'm supposed to get married soon. My family... they'll wonder where I am..." Your eyes were filled with fear; did this one event really just change your life forever?

"I can go to your family. I can explain to them what happened. I can even provide them with some type of consolation. Would that be okay?" He kept petting your hair, absolutely enthralled with the feeling of it.

You sniffled.

"Like you'd pay my dowry, kind of?" You looked up at him pitifully. "My family really does need it... And they wouldn't be able to take care of the orchard..."

"I have an orchard for you already, remember? I would happily do such a thing for you. But of course, that would mean you may just have to be my wife." He gave you a small smile.

You recoiled. That wasn't what you wanted. You wanted to live up here, in the human realm. Perhaps now, you would have to live alone, but you were not interested into going to the Underworld.

"I... I don't want to go to the Underworld." You plucked up the courage to tell him as you pushed yourself out of his arms, standing up shakily. Looking down at yourself, you saw flowers sprouting and dying on your own body. Vines hung limply from your arms and shoulders, grass littered your skin. "How do I change back?"

Hades stood up and frowned.

"How would I know? I am not a demon." His feelings were hurt, just a little. Why didn't you want to come with him? He had offered to pay your price even; something he had no reason to do.

"Well I can't go back to my family like this!" You yelled at him, trying to pluck some of the plants that grew on you. "Ouch! Why does this hurt!?"

It wasn't the only thing that hurt though.