Today was the day. The day you have been waiting for since you got to the church. Your first ritual. Sister imperator gave all of the siblings the day off and you were ready to party. You knock on Sister Alyssa's and Sister Victoria's door, "WAKE UP GUYS WE HAVE TO GET READY!" Your response was a string of curses and groans, but they did open the door, "What the fuck y/n. It's only eleven." Alyssa complains rubbing her eyes. You walk into their room, "Well the ritual is at four, then there's the whole party till tomorrow, and I'm going to make my move." You strut across the room as you say this, the girls laugh, "FINALLY IT'S ONLY BEEN LIKE THREE YEARS!" Alyssa "Okay hot shot, come on, we gotta get you ready." Victoria jokes rolling out of bed, "I think we should get y/n ready last so they look the most perfect" Alyssa suggests, "Alright true, you're going first then, I need to wake up before I attempt eyeliner." Victoria grumbles, gesturing all of you to the bathroom.

You both look at Alyssa, trying to figure out what outfit and hair to do. She has long, straight red hair, pale skin, some freckles, and green eyes, "I say," Victoria says breaking the silence, "we should keep the hair straight, neutral eyeshadow, black lip because we're extra, and we'll put together the outfit later." You and Alyssa nod in agreement. You grab the hair straightener while Victoria grabs the makeup. Your watch reads 11:45, you better get a move on. You work on straightening Alyssa's hair to just make it look neater while Victoria starts on the eye makeup. Once you finish her hair, you walk around to look at Victoria's makeup work, and are genuinely impressed. Alyssa looked just like Alyssa, but like an evolution of herself, "You look good girl!" You say, she smiles, "Y/n can you do the lipstick, I'm terrible at it." Victoria asks moving to the side, you take her place and pick up the black lip liner, "Keep your lips relaxed or so help me satan if I have to scrub lip liner off of your face." You half threaten half joke. You gently over line her lips a little, and fill her lips leaving the center untouched. You pick up her black lipstick and spread it just on the outside of her natural lip and take her red lipstick leaving a small amount of the color in the middle of her lips, "Smack your lips a little bit." You order placing the lipstick back into the bag. She does the action and her makeup is done, "You betta work bitch!" Victoria yells, snapping her fingers. You all laugh at her antics, "Alright your turn" Alyssa says standing and making Victoria sit on the toilet like she was.

You and Alyssa now look at Victoria, she is also pale with big, brown doe eyes, her brown hair is cut short, just to rest slightly below her cheekbones, "Okay, so," Alyssa says running her hands through Victoria's hair, "Smokey eye, matte, deep red lip, and for hair, I have no clue." You reach under the cabinet and pull out a curling wand, "I got the hair." You start curling her hair to give it some more volume and shape. It only took a few minutes because of how short her hair is. Her makeup took no time at all either. She looked at herself in the mirror, "I look hot! Thanks guys!" She says hugging both of you. All of you step back. You check your watch, 2:00 pm, "Shit guys it's already two." You say showing them your watch, "Alright let's do this!" Victoria says fist pumping. They quickly sit you down on the toilet and get to work.

You couldn't see yourself in the mirror, and they were not telling you what they were doing. You just closed your eyes and thought about how you'd make your move on the one ghoul that has had your eye forever, "Alright Romeo, stop daydreaming and look at how hot you are." You open your eyes and look in the mirror. You gasp. Your eyes popped with the smokey black eye and sharp black liner. Your lips were black with gloss. Your cheeks, inner eye corners, cupid's bow, and nose were highlighted, adding another layer of beauty. No foundation however, but your skin seemed to glow, "wow. I do look hot, thank you guys!" You turn and hug them, "Oh no problem y/n. You need to feel your best to make your move, plus if it doesn't workout don't forget our pact" You all laugh. You made a pact a few years ago that id marriage didn't come by 26 you would marry each other.

You look at your watch again, 3:20, "Shit guys, we have to go!" You pull them both back into their room. You brought your outfit in your bag to change with them. Alyssa picked out a black sheer crop top with long sleeves that cut off at the elbow and black jeans and Doc Martens. She also chose to accessorize with all silver jewelry. Victoria chose a black a-line party dress with ripped fishnets and her platform Doc Martens, "I hate when you wear those." You say, "Jealous that I'm taller?" She responds by looking down at you, "Yeah a little" You joke. You chose to wear a black crop top with puffy sleeves and an a-line neckline. You choose to wear high waisted jeans with a grucifix belt. You wear gold and silver jewelry. You put on your rose quartz necklace, empress tarot card necklace, and golden locket you wear everyday. You chose to wear your grucifix earrings and decorate your fingers with several rings. You do a once over look in the mirror with your friends and grab a quick pic. You leave your phone in the room because one person always loses it or breaks theirs and you were not leaving the ministry.

You all head to the church to attend the ritual. You get to the doors, but are pulled aside from the crowd by Omega, "You are y/n right?" He asks, "Yes, why?" You ask concerned, "I have been informed to sit you and your group somewhere special." You look back at Alyssa and Victoria, they look just as confused. Omega offers his hand, you hesitantly take it and he leads you through the crowds to the barricade. Specifically, the center barricade. Omega makes sure all three of you are there and comfortable, "I must return to my duty, stay here after the ritual." He orders, you nod. "Y/N YOU GOT US FRONT ROW?" Victoria squeals jumping, "I mean-I-I guess?" You say still trying to piece together why you got special treatment. Right when you were about to ask them for their opinions, the opening notes of Kaisarion filled the congregation with screams and cheers.

The ritual begins and Sodo walks right up to you and holds his hand out, you take it, he kisses it and you blush like a madwoman. Everyone screams around you and you feel as if maybe he did feel the same. You talked only at Rituals and when you would run into each other in the halls, he would bow and make small talk before you both had to leave. When mummy dust started, you got nervous. Sodo is a slut. This is a well known piece of information. You would always wear a scowl on your face seeing him interact with others in the crowd, the way they'd scream his name and ask to fuck made you see red. However, this time, Sodo stayed center stage and only interacted with you, even when he gave himself his hand job you stuck your tongue out, good thing the guitar covers his dick. You both kept teasing each other the whole time. Once the last chord rang out, the entire congregation screamed and the band began throwing out picks, drumsticks, and flowers. Sodo left the stage and came back with a bouquet of a dozen roses. You were too busy looking at the pic he threw you that has a grucifix engraved in it, just admiring the pick, "Y/N LOOK UP!" Victoria yells, shaking you out of the trance. You look up and lock eyes with the ghoul you have felt a connection with since the moment you met, but this time he was holding out roses, for you. You take them and scream, "Thank you!" He simply nods and waves at the crowd walking off with the band, "Here, I'll take these," Victoria says once the room is clear, "back to my room, and you make your move here. We'll meet you at the party." She pats your shoulder now holding your roses, "Awww but I wanna watch" Alyssa complains, Victoria grabs her arm and drags her out of the now empty cathedral.

You stand there for a while, just waiting anxiously for Sodo to come out. You fidget with your ring that has the spinning chain in it on your right hand. You take deep breaths trying to calm your racing heart. You close your eyes and focus on what you planned to say. You were so lost in your head that you barely felt the hand that touched your shoulder, "Y/n? Are you okay?" It was Sodo. You turn and face him with a soft smile, "Yeah, yeah I'm more than okay. Thank you." He looks into your eyes, you look away for a moment, trying to control the blush that was spreading across your face, "I don't know if you noticed, but you've been on my mind recently." He admits, holding both of your hands. You snap your neck back and look at him, "I-me too." You stutter out. You take a deep breath and continue, "I-Sodo since we met I-um I felt this connection to you, and I-uh." You stutter, "You planned to tell me tonight too didn't you?" Sodo smirks. You pale, "Well, I-uh, yeah, yeah I did." You say swallowing your pride, "And I wanted to tell you at the party after a few shots for some confidence, but I guess you had other plans?" He laughs, you immediately smile like an idiot at how cute his laugh was, "Yes, well, y/n I've been hiding it long enough, I've had this instinct when I saw you. This instinct to protect you, hold you, and love you." You scanned his eyes for any lie, but there was none, "I tried to keep it hidden, but I can't anymore, if you don't feel the same I understand and I'm sorry, but I had to tell you." He drops your hands, you both stare at each other with shock and anxiety, worried about how the other would react, "Sodo, I feel the same way." You admit, his eyes crinkle under his mask, an obvious indicator that he was smiling.

He quickly picked you up and spun you around, you wrap your arms around his neck to tey and stabilize yourself, "I am so, so happy, y/n I've wanted this forever" his heavy breathing was more of a turn on, "Same, same Sodo, I-I really do." he hugs you tight to his chest, "Do you want to go to the party or back to my room?" You look up at him with a smirk, "Your room." You say with no hesitation. He laughs at your neediness. He lets you go and grabs your wrist, dragging you through the halls past siblings and ghouls and into his room. This would be a night to remember.