Okay, can you guys on Archive of Our Own please calm down with your comments?

I know I messed up because as it turns out, 'sinners' can't leave the pride ring. I'm working on a reason, just let me think of something.

... And I just found out that Verosika is voiced by the same actor who played Killua from Hunter x Hunter and I can't unhear it.

(Kirigaya Mansion, nighttime)

Yamato was sitting on the couch reading over a newspaper. His hands slowly gripped the paper tight as he read it.

'Only a few more months until the next extermination my fuckups. You guys all better be prepared, cause we're about to get fucked twice in one year.'

He ripped it in half before slumping his shoulders on the couch. He looked at the half that said the aforementioned text then stood up, placing the other half on the table before walking to the kitchen and balling it up and dropping it in the trashcan. As he turned around, he was met with Maria's presence.

"When are we gonna tell him?" She asked.

"I'm working on it." He says before brushing his hair out of his eyes. "If the bunker doesn't work, the best we can do is get Stolas to send him and his friends to another ring or Earth."

"What does that mean for us?"

"I don't know, but I'm gonna figure something out. I'll try to talk to Camilla about it during the meeting."

Yamato then left the room. Maria picked the paper out of the trashcan and reread it. She gripped the paper tightly before setting it ablaze, turning it into ash within seconds. Then she put a hand to her heart before she left as well.

(The next morning)

".............................. Hey..."

Minato laid motionless.

"............ Hey, wake up..."

He shook a bit before turning over.

"Hello! Minato? Mito!?"

"Shut up, Blitzo."

"........................ WAKE THE FUCK UP!"

He then gasped as his eyes shot open and he sat up. He then groaned as he shook his head.

"God, fine I'm awake. What is it?"

He says in annoyance before raising a brow as he didn't hear any response. He looked around in confusion before realizing he wasn't in his room anymore, rather his bed was now in some kind of dark void. He got up and onto the invisible floor before looking around.

"Well, this has got to be the most... empty dream I've ever had." He says, his words echoing.

He looked back at his bed, then was puzzled when he saw something sitting on the edge, one leg up and an arm on its knee. The figure was wearing a long coat and hood so there wasn't any way to see who it was, but he could see the white wolf like tail which he had a feeling of what this being could be upon seeing it.

"What in the Elm Street?"

Before he could say anything further, he heard a car engine and looked back seeing a car pull up. Two goons stepped out and he recognized them immediately, not who they were but who they were with.

"Yagami." He muttered.

"Alright, let's get this over with." One of them says before lifting a body bag out of the trunk and going through a door that just formed.

He looked back at the figure, and it just pointed at the door. He didn't understand it, but he went to the door and through it. As he did, he found the goons near a conveyer belt, then they dumped out a body that was in a bag onto it.

When they did his eyes widened. It was his body, laying there lifeless. Bloodstain from the knife wound still on his coat, and dried blood still running down his head from the bullet hole. It shocked him to see himself in that condition, though slowly shook his head.

"Freaky, huh? This is just the beginning."

He then looked around for the voice, but never found the source. Then he heard the conveyer start and saw his body start moving down it.

"There, now all we have to do is get his ashes and bring them to the boss." One of the goons says before they left, vanishing into the air.

He scowled when he heard what they said but wasn't too focused on it. With another head shake, he looked back at the conveyer belt, watching it beginning to dissolve as his body while forming more as it moved. He jogged down to keep up with it before it formed an incinerator at the end.

"Okay, just what the fuck am I watching?" Minato says in annoyance.

"Just watch."

As his dead body was approaching the incinerator, there was some kind of light forming on the side. He rose a brow, not understanding what it was all about. Then it turned into a fiery ring just as his chest was in front of it, before a large, clawed hand reached out and stopping the body from going further, then it pulled the body into the portal.

Before it closed, an imp's corpse was tossed out of it that went into the incinerator. After that, it disappeared, leaving the boy more confused than anything. He growled in frustration.

"Okay, seriously. What the shit did I just watch!? What is this!?" He yelled out while looking around. "Hello!? Answers wanted over here! What did you just show me!?"

"What do you think I just showed you?"

"Oh, yeah, real helpful." He started clapping sarcastically. "You are the best at explaining shit that happened in my dream."

"This isn't a dream, kid."

"Yeah, and I'm Rimuru Tempest. Can you just show yourself already?"

"I already have." He turned around and saw the same figure that was sitting on his bed. "Guess I don't blame you for thinking this is fake. Sorry for the late response. I needed some time to adjust to this... mind thing."

"Sure, whatever. Who are you exactly?"

As he said that, the figure walked up to him, pulling the hoodie down to reveal himself.

I don't own this image... obviously.

"Someone you can thank later."

Before Minato could ask, the figure suddenly disappeared and the void around him disintegrated, and he was standing in his room. He was left disoriented for a slight moment before looking around. Nothing was out of place.

"W-Wha...?" He stumbled on his words for a second. "What the actual fuck?" He slapped his face slightly to see if he was still asleep. "I swear, dreams in Hell are insane." He says before flopping back on the bed.

He kept telling himself that it was just a dream and nothing more. Although, he did find it weird. He hasn't seen Yagami or even been to Japan in so long, much less could he care what he had done to his body by that point. However, that whole thing with him burning his corpse just keep his ashes as a trophy or something seemed like a thing he would do.

"Nah, there's no way that actually happened." He says to himself.

After about a few minutes of laying down, he finally got up and went downstairs. After saying good morning to his mother, he stopped at the living room and looked at the table. Then he picked up a newspaper that was ripped in half.

"Hey, where's the other have of this?" He asked.

"Uh..." Maria says after looking at what he was holding. "Oh yeah, uh... y-your father got a little pissed because the other half had some political shit on it."

"Oh, okay." He says before looking at the remaining paper and read it. "Human working at the Hazbin Hotel? What?" His eyes scanned it. "Blah blah, shitty hotel, blah blah, Lucifer's daughter is getting desperate, blah blah... huh. What do you know?"

"Oh yeah, I was gonna tell you about that. I thought you'd might wanna check it out." His mother said as he looked at the picture.

"So this is the guy, huh?" He says while seeing a kid his age with glasses. "Meh." He then shrugged and dropped the paper.

"You're not interested?"

"A little bit, but not really. So, there's another human. Big deal. If I run into him, I run into him."

She just shrugged before he went to sit at the table for breakfast.

(Sometime later)

Minato was talking a walk around the city, rubbing his head in order to forget the 'in his words' stupid dream he just had. It wasn't a workday, so he didn't have to worry about Blitzo calling him for something, whether it'd be a mission or just getting the book from Stolas. Speaking of which, he took out his phone to text Octavia.

It wasn't anything worth mentioning, but they had planned a date for that night. Just some light flirting and setting a date and time to meet up.

'Alright, got thing's set.' He thought before he got out of the messages and was about to put away his phone before seeing one of his contacts. 'Oh right, Bee. Man, wonder if I have a chance with her.' Then he recalled what she said last night. 

"You don't read up much about the other rings, do you?"

'Maybe I should read up more about Hell. Least so I don't get confused when asked latter.'

With a shrug, he put his phone away just as he was arriving at the grocery store. That was until he heard some weird grunting in a nearby alley. He figured it was just some guys having sex in public or something and wasn't even gonna bother to check it out.

"Get off me!"

He stopped and his head whipped in the direction of the noise before running over to it.

"Sweetie, please-"

"Stop fucking calling me sweetie!"

He looked into the alley and saw that there was some kind of demon with four arms that was trying to stop a pink demon with white hair, goat horns and hooves. She was shoving him away in anger.

"Please, I'm sorry! I didn't mean anything by it. It was just so lonely with you away-" The four-armed demon pleaded.

"Shut the fuck up, Jarold! I told you it's over!" The other demon yelled back as she tried to leave again.

"NO! NO! PLEASE!" She was grabbed and practically manhandled back, which is where the boy couldn't watch anymore. "It wasn't even special. She's nowhere near as good as-"

"Alright, I've heard enough." Minato then says while shoving the guy off of the woman and getting in front of her. "Beat it, pal."

"Excuse me?"

"You heard me. Get the fuck out of here."

"Stay out of this! This isn't your business, brat!" Jarold yelled at him.

"Don't give a shit."

"That's my wife, you little sh-"

"I am not your wife!" The woman yelled as her hair flared up in anger.

"Listen, asswipe, you fucked up, now you gotta move on. And if you wanna keep this up-" Minato started to say.

"OR WHAT!?" Jarold yells as six spider legs came out of his back and lifted him up. "Go on, finish that sentence! Finish it you, little sh-"

He didn't finish before Minato hit him with three rapid punches that sent him off four of the legs, balancing on only two before he kicked one of them out, sending him crashing face first into the concrete. The boy didn't waste time, grabbing the man and throwing him at the wall, creating a small crater with blood staining it.

Just as Jarold started to get up, he kicked him in the back of the head, causing more blood to paint the walls and ground. The spider demon groaned in pain before one of his legs was grabbed and slammed on a knee, bending it backwards and causing him to scream in pain before he was tossed.

"Come on, keep talking! Go on!" Minato yelled at him which caused him to scurry away while crying like a bitch.

The woman looked astonished to see what just happened. As for our protagonist, he looked into the puddle of blood on the ground, seeing his eyes flashing in the reflection. He rubbed his eyes, and they went back to normal. He groaned before looking back at the woman.

"Sorry, didn't mean to freak you out." He tells her.

"Don't apologized. You just saved my ass from that cheating prick." She says before brushing some dust off her outfit. "Thank you for that by the way."

"It's cool. Not a hero, but I don't like assholes like that guy."

"Still, thanks." She says before she noticed something. "Hey, wait, are you that human working with those assassins?"

"Yeah, that's me."

"I-I wasn't expecting them to employ a human, especially so young." She says while getting closer, inspecting him. "Are you still a teenager?"

"Hey, not that far from becoming an adult." He chuckled. "Have you met I.M.P.?"

"I actually came to have someone killed, but... well you weren't there at the time."

"Figured that out pretty easily. Name's Minato." The boy then holds his hand out.

"Uh, Melissa." She says while shaking his hand. "I mostly go by Ms. Mayberry though."

"So, what's the deal with that guy anyway?"

"That asshole is my ex." She says while pulling out a cigarette and lighting it. "I was in the middle of teaching and the class and I decided to call him on up on his birthday for a surprise, and what do you know? I catch that motherfucker, fucking a woman in the room we had!"

"Damn."

"Exactly." She inhales from the cigarette before puffing out smoke. "I made a little mistake out of blind rage and go over to kill that asshole-" She gritted her teeth when she said it. "Sadly, that whore survived, and everyone kept calling her a hero, so I needed your coworkers to take care of her for me. And now that asshole won't stop harassing me."

"Can't fucking take no for an answer, huh?"

"OF COURSE HE FUCKING CAN'T!" She yelled while her hair flared up again.

"Hey, hey, easy." He then started rubbing her shoulders. "Calm down, calm down." He says as she slowly calmed down.

"Sorry." She says before turning to him. "It's kinda hard to find anyone decent around here."

"Eh, there's some... somewhere." He says before she let out another puff of smoke.

"You wouldn't know of any place I can hide out for a bit?" She asked as he pondered for a second. "Not that long, just... I don't want that asshole following me to my new home and knowing where I live."

The boy pondered some more before opening his mouth. "I might know a place."

(Kirigaya mansion)

"And that's why we're here now." Minato says.

"... Oh, I see." Maria says while looking down at the gawking sinner. "Well, uh... how long do you plan on staying... Ms. Mayberry?" She asked as the woman continued gawking. "Ya know what, never mind. Just... make yourself at home I guess." She says before awkwardly leaving.

"Huh, that went better than I expected." The boy says with a smirk.

"Your parents are overlords?" Melissa says while looking at him as he nodded. "I... I-I don't know what to say. This... t-this can't be real. Can it? Am I dreaming? Pinch me."

"... Uh... I'm not really chivalrous, but I don't know-"

"Just do it!" She demanded before he reached over and lightly pinched her shoulder. "What was that-? Harder!" He did it somewhat harder and she jumped a bit. "Okay, thank you."

"Never see overlords too often do you?"

"What do you think?"

"Alright, well, like my mom said, just make yourself at home." Minato says while patting her on the shoulder and walking over to the couch.

"Again, thank you." She says while following.

The boy stretched for a second before reaching for the remote-

"Really?"

He stopped midway wondering where that voice came from, and in that moment, his hand collided with Melissa's. They looked before Minato quickly pulled his hand back and cleared his throat. He looked back, seeing that she was taken aback, a small bit of red on her cheeks.

'Oh, come on. Is that the level of cliche that-' He thought to himself before inhaling. 'Get over it, Minato. This probably isn't gonna be the last time something like this happens.' He shook his head then picks up the remote, handing it to Melissa. "The TV's free if you're up for it."

"T-Thanks." She says before taking it and sitting next to him.

"The giant horse cock, weighs over 11 pounds-"

Minato swiped the remote from her and started switching through the channels. He gave the woman a nervous smile, still running through the channels before sighing and stopping on a random channel that was promoting robot clowns.

"What's the point? This is probably the most normal channel you'll find down here." He says before dropping the remote on the couch.

"Trust me, I've seen this a lot of fucked up channels. This one especially so many times already." She tells him.

"Yeah, we don't buy into much of these commercial shits."

"Good for you. People in the Greed Ring from what I hear sell shit only to put out a newer version not even a year afterward."

"Sounds like a certain company named after some fruit."

"I didn't die that long ago, I know who you're talking about."

"Good to know."

He then changed the channel again.

"Your honor, the defendant was found-"

"Objection! Lack of evidence."

"............... Objection, lack of bitches."

"Objection, lack of father."

"Objection, lack of hairline."

"Objection, stale ass wig."

"OBJECTION!"

They just kept back and forth shouting objections, going from insulting each other to getting into a fist fight. One of the lawyers ripped off the other's toupee.

"GET THE FUCK OUT!" The judge yelled in annoyance.

"Well, at least the courtroom shows are better than the ones on Earth." Minato chuckled.

"Agreed. Still kind of trashy in my opinion." Melissa says.

"So, how long until that creep gives up?"

"I don't know. He's been getting more forceful lately so... there's no reason you should get involved."

"I know, but I don't care. I'm all for being a dick, but I'm not that big of a dick." Minato says before getting a ding on his phone and checking. "Crap. Sorry, I got somewhere to be. Enjoy uh... hanging with my mom, I guess." He then got up, ditching his coat before jogging to the door.

"So, uh..." Maria says as Melissa turned back to look at her. "How's life in Hell?"

(Meanwhile)

Minato was walking up to the Goetia household, around the wall blocking off any intruders. He easily hopped the wall and looked around to make sure-

"Mr. Kirigaya, you don't have to sneak in." He froze up before slowly turning and finding a hellhound bodyguard.

"What?" He asked.

"You're free to come in on his highness' word."

"... I didn't have... I don't have to break in? His wife didn't say not to?"

"Well, the prince is higher than her in terms of... what's the word?"

"Right, got it."

Minato heeded his warning as he ran and as Stella was walking out, he did a jump on the outside table and jumped off of that, doing a flip before landing on the balcony.

"WHAT THE FUCK!?" She screamed before angerly stomping back inside. "STOLAS! That human brat dirtied up the table again!"

"Damn, how did he survive this long with that voice alone?" The boy says before he went in the mansion before nearly bumping into the prince.

"Breaking in again, young man?" Stolas jokingly says.

"Heh, you know it. Hear your wife earlier?"

"I wouldn't be surprised if this whole place didn't hear." He joked again. "Any who what brings you here today?"

"Oh, well, your daughter invited me over... to..." The boy slowly came to a stop as he looks up at Stolas' face becoming stern. "Way to be forward, Minato."

"......... Okay, uh... to what exactly?"

"Uh..." He scratched the back of his head while looking away. "To take her on a date?"

"A date?" Stolas says before thinking. "O-Okay, okay, well then... run along now."

"Really?" Minato asks before stopping as he saw Stolas holding a shotgun to his face-

"Really?" Minato asks, astonished.

"Yes, yes, now go on before my 'wife' has another hissy fit."

"Alright... uh, take care."

"Of course, but just one thing." Stolas says before grabbing the boy's shoulder. "Keep my owlette safe. There's gonna be cretins that will try to harm her and hurt her in any way possible because of being royalty. So please, stay on guard!"

"Okay, okay, you got it."

"I mean it! If I find even a small and tiny hair on her head harmed-" Stolas' eyes glowed bright red.

"CHILL! CHILL! I GOT IT!"

"Good." He then calmed down as he pulled away and then suddenly smiled. "You can find her in her room. Just five doors-"

"Got it! Thanks." Minato then says as he ran down the hall and around the corner before stopping and inhaled before exhaling, wiping sweat from his forehead. "Oh, man." He sighs before turning to see Stella glaring at him. "Sup." He then says while walking by as she scoffs.

"When is that thing gonna stop coming here? It walks around like it fucking owns the place." He hears before rolling his eyes as he continued his walk.

He made his way down the corridor and eventually came to a stop at the door of the princess. He did a small stretch before moving his hand up and knocking on the door.

"Yes, dad?" The owl girl's voice came from the other side.

"Not your dad." He responds back.

"OH SHI-!" There was a small bit of stumbling heard before a clearing of a throat. "Minato, y-you're already here?"

"Yeah. You need a moment?"

"O-Of course, wait a second."

Next thing he heard was some shuffling of clothing and the clanging of hangers... and a bit of mumbling. He chuckled a bit as he stood while humming to himself as he waited. Then the door slowly opened, revealing the owl girl.

"S-So... what do you think?" Octavia asks with a blush.

"You look good." Minato says which made her smile before he held out his hand. "Ready to go?"

"Yeah, let's go."

(Meanwhile)

Back at the Kirigaya Mansion, we find Melissa trying to find something good to watch on TV before eventually turning it off all together and leaning back while rubbing her face.

"Having trouble?" Maria says while walking in the living room with a tray of two bowls.

"You can say that."

"I know I can't really relate, but that doesn't mean I don't know how you feel." She says while sitting next to the smaller woman which startled her a bit. "Dear, you don't have to be afraid."

"I-I know that, but it's still... really shocking to see an overlord act so kind, much less sitting next to and treating me like... like an equal."

"Trust me, the other overlords are... still pretty threatening, but mostly civil. It's just the Vees you have to worry about." Maria then sets the tray and hands one of the bowls on a plate to her. "Do you like Miso Soup?"

"Actually, never tried it before."

"Well, you'll be in for a surprise then."

"Okay." Melissa says while taking a sip from her spoon. "Huh, this is actually pretty good."

"Thank you. Even after death, I still got my boys running for it." Maria says proudly while picking up her own bowl.

"Yeah, that's... good to know."

The taller woman noticed the sad look on her face.

"You know you can talk to me." She says.

"Thank you, but... I'm just trying to think of a way to avoid that asshole once it's time for me to leave."

"I see." Maria then hummed in thought. "Well, I could help with that." She says while putting her bowl down. "If you want, I can guarantee you protection with the help of my family."

"Huh? W-Wait, you mean like... make a contract?"

"No, no, just a promise. No handshaking, no contract, and I'll gladly help you."

"What? I-I couldn't. I mean, status aside, we just met today."

"Yes, I get that, but I also know what it's like to have someone not accept no as an answer and harass you and I wouldn't want you to go through the same thing." Maria explains before pausing for a second. "Yeah, there were a few people that annoyed me. First it was, 'I'm not interested', then it became 'I have a boyfriend', then it became 'I have a husband'. The many of them getting their teeth broken in by either me or my husband, then Minato and his siblings would follow."

"... Wow." Melissa says before thinking.

"I-I'm sorry, I didn't mean to overshare. Lord knows I hardly have another woman to talk to, and that stupid bitch Stella thinks she's too good to talk-"

"I wanna make a contract."

"Huh?"

"I want to make a contract with you." Melissa states.

"What? You don't have to. You have-"

"I don't care." The woman then stood up and turned to face her. "Look, I'm not a fan of the risk of my soul being owned, but at this point, I don't care what happens to me. At the very least, I don't want this just to be a favor."

"... So, you really up for a contract?"

"Yes."

"Like, are you really sure?"

"Yes, I'm sure."

"... Wow. Okay, uh..." Maria says before she stood up herself. "Okay, if that's what you wish." She then knelt down before holding her hand out and it started to glow as there was a wind which blew their hair back. "If you're absolutely sure."

Melissa looked at her hand, hesitation showing on her face as she looked back and forth for a second. With a small inhale and exhale, she reached her hand out, still shaking a bit. She then winced before grabbing the hand and shaking it. Once the shaking was over, chains slowly manifested around her before it all stopped, including the wind and glow.

"Okay, and..." Maria says as she let go and stood up before summoning a contract, looking down at the signature. "Contract's been made. Everything is set in stone."

"Woah... is... is that what it feels like to make one?"

"Well, I've seen it a couple of times. My husband owns the majority of souls of people that used to work for us when we were alive."

"Oh... wait, has Minato made... any?"

"Not as far as I know, but ya know, I'm not entitled to really know every single part of his life so... I don't know if he can or not."

"I see." Melissa says before rubbing her hand. "So what now?"

Maria hummed in thought again. "Care for a drink?"

(Later that night... You're not gonna do the same thing you did to the guy in the FNF story, are ya-)

"And then she just fell down and that was it." Minato says which causes Octavia to giggle.

"Fucking, seriously?" She asked.

"Yeah, no one let her live it down."

They were walking down the street, the boy with a coffee and the owl girl with tea. Minato discretely whipped out his pistol and shooting the tenth imp that failed to attack, causing it to fall to the ground. They look up and noticed how late it was starting to become and... well, they had to go back home, so they decided to stop at the Goetia home first.

"So, had fun today?" Minato asked her.

"Yeah, more than I usually have anyways."

"Glad I could help."

"Uh, if you're not busy... well, any other day you aren't busy with another girl-"

"Via, come on. I'm not gonna forget about you. Besides, you have my number. Just call any time and we can figure something out."

"Right, right. Again, thank you."

"Hey, you don't have to pretend it's not weird. It's okay."

"Well, I do still find it odd, but I'm slowly getting used to it."

"I can relate to that. Still getting used to this myself."

Octavia only smiled before stepping over to Minato and grabbing him by the cheeks and kissing him. He was expecting though, was a little put off from how her beak felt against his lips, but slowly sank into the kiss. He swears he could see her leg stick up behind her as she did, nearly chuckling before they ended the kiss.

She stepped back, blushing before brushing some of her hair back, then turned to start walking up the stairs. She did look back while waving which he waved back with a smile that brought one to her face. The boy only smiled as he turned and started to make his way back home.

(............... Wait the chapter isn't over-OH SHIT! Uh... back to the Kirigaya's place or whatever the fu-)

"I'm home!" Minato called as he walked through the door.

"Welcome back! Miso soup is in the fridge if-" Maria started to say before the boy rushed to the fridge and nearly ripped the door open, taking out the bowl of soup and putting it in the microwave then starring as it started. "... You're welcome."

As soon as the ding was heard, Minato pulled it out and took a sip. "Oh, that is so good." He sighed with a smile before taking another sip and looking around. "Is dad not back yet?"

"He's on his way back now."

"Gotcha, so... where's Ms. Mayberry?" He asks before he started devouring the soup.

"She's in the guest bedroom. She's a little, uh..." Maria's face scrunched a bit as the boy noticed. "Needs some time to herself."

"Did something happen?"

"No, no, she just needs... again needs time to herself."

"... Uh, alright." Minato then slurped the rest of the soup down before putting the bowl in the sink. "I'm just gonna head to bed. Love you."

"Already?" His mother asks before sighing and shaking her head. "Here we go."

Minato went up the stairs and went down the hall, walking to his bedroom... before his eyes darted side to side and he skipped the door completely. One last check, he was in the clear... this time.

So he continued down to the guest room and slowed to a stop. He put his head to the door, hearing quiet breathing almost... sobbing. He knocked on the door.

"Hello, Ms. Mayberry?" He says, not getting a response. "If you're in there, I'm coming in." He says giving it a moment before slowly turning the knob. "Hello?"

Peeking inside, he found the room to not be as messy as he was expecting. He stepped inside, closing the door behind as he heard the quiet sobbing continue as he looked around, finding the woman in question on the bed, a couple of bottles lying around her and one that the boy nearly tripped over while going over to the bed.

He sighed before picking the thing up and putting it on the nightstand, next to another that was half empty. "Ms. are... are you-"

"I'm fine." Melissa says as she sat up, her face being red and her hair being a mess. "I just... I just... leave me alone."

"Easy, easy." He says while putting a hand on her shoulder as he sat on the edge of the bed. "How much did you have?"

"Fucking not enough! That asshole ruined me and now he's acting all, 'we can fix things', 'she wasn't that good'-WHY WERE YOU FUCKING HER THEN!?" Her hair flared up in anger.

"Okay, okay." Minato then reached and took the half empty bottle and gave it to her. "Here."

"Y-You're not gonna stop me?"

"Nah, I ain't a drinker but... I can understand when someone needs one every now and then."

"This... t-thank you."

She would start chugging the bottle while he watched. She eventually stopped before dropping the bottle and it almost rolled onto the floor before he caught it and put it back on the nightstand. Then Melissa started sobbing once again.

"Why!?... How could he do this to me!?" She says before covering her face with her hands. "I loved him, and he did this-He talked about that stupid bitch having a family-We could've had a family! I could've... I-I..."

Minato grabbed her hand, making her face him. "It's okay. He's not gonna bother you. Look, don't let him get to you, don't even let him stay in your mind. Just... just forget about him."

"How... even after death he won't fucking leave me alone!"

"Again, take it easy. He can't do anything now. He's the one wasting his life away."

She looked down at his hand, tightening her grip around it before she moved closer, resting her head on his shoulder as he wrapped his arm around her. "All I want is to be loved. Is that too much to ask?"

"No, it's not. Just relax." He started combing her hair.

They sat there for a minute, eventually calming down slowly, their hands still in hold of each other's. After a while, she pulled her head away from his shoulder and sniffled.

"You feel better?" Minato asked.

"A-A little." She mumbled. "He never even kissed me even when we got married."

"Really?" He asked as she shook her head. 'Fucking asshole.'

"I wish I could've had at least that."

Minato looked at her before thinking for a moment. 'Fuck it. You win again, consciousness.' He lifted her head up to face him. "Just one?"

She stared at him; tears filled in her eyes before nodding. He took a deep breath and started to slowly move his face closer to hers, but she didn't wait and practically tackled him down onto the bed, smashing her lips against his. She wrapped her arms around his shoulders as he wrapped his around her waist. The boy knew what was gonna happen and he was ready.

(Meanwhile)

Maria had just finished cleaning up as she heard the front door open. Yamato groaned as he walked to the living room while rubbing his face.

"So... how was the meeting?" She asked him.

"Well, not as stressful as I was expecting, though one of the Vees ended up attending and... long story short, we had to cut it without being able to discuss anything." He tells her.

"Oh... sounds like fun." She then says sarcastically.

"How was your day?"

"Well, I actually formed a new contract today."

"Oh, nice. How did it go?"

"Nothing too special, just some problem to deal with."

"I see, and where is Minato?"

Maria was about to say before she heard some light banging on the walls, causing her husband to turn to upstairs. "... I think he is with my new client right now."

"Of course he is." Yamato sighed in annoyance while pinching the bridge of his nose. "Just what I wanted to come home to."

To be continued...

................................................................................................... Okay, I think you guys have waited long enough. Next chapter is your lemon.