Opening his eyes, Ringo smiled as he found John all curled up in his arms. "Aw, he really is cute. Good thing it's my day off today, I hope it's John's too. I'd like for him to come see my house." He thought, stretching as he got out of bed.

"Phew.. Looks like I've been packing on the pounds since I started staying with him." Looking into the mirror, Ringo noticed his face grew round and soft, his belly had a paunch that rolled over his waistband and his jeans were much tighter than before. "I guess that's what happens when your best friend is the best baker in town."

Hearing a loud yawn from the bed, Ringo smiled as John awoke. "You had a good snooze Ringo?"

"Best sleep I ever had actually, y'know, you've been nothing but kind to me. Are you like an angel or something?"

It took John all his might to hold back his laughter. "I guess you could say that. I just love to bake, and I think I like you too."

"Aw.. I don't think I ever met a sweeter man, oh! I almost forgot, you wanna come over to my place sometime soon? Since I've been here quite a lot. It's not much but I call it home."

"I'd love to! But first I gotta get some orders delivered, can't have all those customers waiting. I'll be there around eleven, that sound good to you?"

"That sounds perfect! I'll see ya at eleven."

With that Ringo was out the door and making his way back home, to his surprise he found his mother's car parked up front. "Oh? I wonder what she's doing here. I thought she wasn't supposed to leave the hospital until at least three more days."

Upon opening the door, he was greeted with blasts of streamers and noisemakers galore. "Happy birthday Richie!!!" Elsie cheered, pulling him into a bear hug. "Did you forget it's your 23rd today?"

"Oh! I almost did.." Ringo blushed, how could one forget their own birthday? "Did the doctors let you go today to give me a birthday cheer?"

"Actually I made a full recovery and now I'm back home. It really is a miracle all this happened."

"Or maybe someone up there really likes us. I know John does, I think he's got a thing for me. Is it just you here?"

"Your stepfather Harry is in the kitchen, he's set all the presents down on the table. Unfortunately we didn't have time to get a cake."

"That's just fine Mum, I had quite a lot to eat at the Chocolate Hoglet. Hopefully John gets some time out of his day to come visit."

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Back at the bakery, John couldn't help but feel that someone was watching his every move. He was tense the whole day, but hoped he could loosen up before heading over to see Ringo. "Grr.. I'm sensing angels, what could they want with me?"

Once the coast was clear, John reverted to his demon form, luring the two angels into the building. "I see you have an interest in me. Sorry but I'm taken." He snickered.

"Tak-you mean that human you tainted?"

"Tainted? I got no idea what you're talking about, but I didn't do anything to him. He came to me."

"You can't fool us, Gluttony. We know you're planning on luring whoever enters into hell! We're here to cleanse them of their sins."

"I hate to break it to ya, but all I do is sell goodies and see whoever is best fit for the eternal flames and scorpion laden pits of hell. And not by luring them in, that's a Jinn's job."

Paul and George still weren't convinced. "We were sent by god to keep you under close watch. Try anything with that short human, and we'll banish you back to the depths from where you came." The older angel growled, leaving.

"Pft, typical angels. No free will ya got." He thought. "But now to get that birthday cake over to this address, I can worry about those two later."