Dealing with the Devil (The Devil is a Part Timer)(MaouxEmi)

The Truth

Emi wakes up from her slumber by a shrieking voice getting increasingly louder.

"Mmpf" Emi mumbles, voice half muffled by the pillow covering her face, still stricken with fatigue.

She opens one of her eyes to examine where the voice is coming from and she is met with the face of her roommate Rika and also the blinding light of the morning sun. This causes her to flinch away back into her pillow as she feels the pain of a pounding headache thanks to last night's party.

"Ooof, my head..." Emi lifts her hand to comfort her head and scratches it in the process.

"EMILIA! Do you mind telling me where you were last night? You just disappeared with that tall dark handsome guy you were dancing with, and I was left looking all over for you! I was so worried, he could have done something to you or somethinggggg, next time.." Rika continues to whine and her high-pitched voice irritated Emi more and more.

Emi nods her head into her pillow, "Ahh I'm sorry that I made you worry, but could you keep your voice down? My head is killing me.." She says while furrowing her eyebrows, finally sitting up to face her friend.

Rika lets out a sigh of relief that her friend does not look hurt, or more importantly, naked. Sure, she was in last nights clothes, makeup all smudged, and she had a crazy case of bed head, but at least she was still alive. She hands her a glass of water and an Advil tablet.

"Here, for your hangover"

Emi takes the offerings gratefully with sparkles in her eyes, "Thank you~", she quickly takes the pill and lets out an 'Ahh~' after downing the glass of water.

When she's done she looks and sees Rika just staring at her intensely, like she's trying to figure something out.

Emi looks at her with questioning eyes, "What? Do I have something on my face?" She swipes at her face carelessly.

Rika shakes her head, "Nonono...Did you sleep with that guy last night?" Rika's frown turns into a mischievous smile.

Emi looks up at the ceiling, memories still blurry from last night, "Uh gimme a sec, let me think about what the hell happened last night" Emi makes a concentrated face and buries her head into her hands trying to recall the events from last night.

"Last night, I was dancing...with a guy. I'm pretty sure I was already drunk when I asked him to dance. Then we went into a room... and..." Emi mumbles out loud partly to tell Rika what happened, and partly to remind herself.

Rika was listening to this intently with her mouth wide open, "Oh. My. God. That guy was kinda hot too, I mean, if you liked his type. But continue, did you guys-?" Rika makes the hand symbol for penetration and looks at Emi trying not to laugh.

Emi blushes and slaps Rika's hands away, embarrassed and a little annoyed. She thinks harder and tries to figure out what happened next. 

Suddenly, last nights memories came back to her in a flash, so quick it felt like she got hit by a tidal wave. Sadao, that was the guys name. After finding out she remembers screaming profanities at him and throwing whatever she could find around the room at him. But the funny thing was, he didn't find her reaction shocking at all. When she notices this, she realizes that this whole thing was his intention all along and that he just did this to play with her. Emi got progressively angrier, to prevent herself from doing something she regretted, (like she could even make a mark on him if she tried pff), she got all her stuff and just left the party without telling Rika.

Rika was having a ball observing all the facial expressions that came to Emi's face and how quickly they changed. First embarrassment, then confusion, then anger, and now, rage.

"Ohmygod. UGH I CAN'T BELIEVE I ALMOST SLEPT WITH THAT JACKASS!" Emi screams and then wincing from the pounding it caused in her head. "Ouch."

Rika looks at her, confused, "Huh huh huh? What do you mean? I thought you liked him? Didn't you think he was hot?"

"Ye- I mean NO, THAT'S NOT THE POINT! Urghhh." Emi grabs her hair on both sides of her head.

After chilling out for a sec, she continues "Let me explain something to you, his family is scum. Lowest of the low. Alright? Last night was a mistake, I almost slept with the son of the boss of the Sadao company. The Sadao family are basically a bunch of thugs, feeding on your misery. His family was the reason my house got repossessed and my father had to go to the hospital for a broken back. I had to go to school and work three part time jobs just to support us. Basically this all happened because we were poor and needed money. My father borrowed a lot from the Sadao family whom he thought were close acquaintances but they ended up adding a high interest and we couldn't pay it back. They got threatening, and eventually, violent. If it wasn't for the multiple shifts I begged my bosses to take, and almost dropping out of High school, we would have never paid it back. I don't even know how I got into the best University in the state, I'd like to think an angel sent by God saw our suffering and blessed our family. I almost didn't come here, but my Dad was always my greatest supporter. He told me I had to go and get an education and not be like him. I had to make sure my future family always had enough to eat and a nice house to live in. Even with the debt to the Sadao family paid, I still have hospital bills to pay off and my mom is nowhere to be found. I never even got to meet her, but my dad told me stories. He loved her a lot, I could tell." Emi said all this in a low, melancholy voice. Looking up, she found a sniffling, crying Rika.

Emi looks at Rika wide-eyed, "Huh? Why are you crying?"

"Uuuw, I *sniff* I didn't know that you had it this hard Emi *sniff*" Rika scoots over to her friend and gives her a hug.

Emi pats her back awkwardly, "It's alright, I'm fine now. I swore revenge and I'm gonna take it." Emi makes a fist, determined.

Emi giggles, "At least we didn't go all the way. I think that would have caused me to literally move out of the country."

Rika laughs at that statement, "This is a huge university, so I doubt you'll have any classes with him, much less see him on campus."

Emi sighs, hoping and praying that she was right.