•Black Sheep• || The Devil is a Part Timer || Urushihara / Lucifer

༺Chapter 13༻

"Emi is on her way, she just got off work," Maou stated as he opened the door to his living space. Aiko only nodded her head as the three walked in.

As usual, Ashiya was at the stove, cooking dinner, and Urushihara was sitting at his computer. The girl's heart skipped a beat at seeing him, even if it was only the back of his head.

Aiko placed her bag quietly in the corner on the floor before sauntering over to the NEET, cautiously sitting down beside him.

His eyes quickly glance to the side. Upon seeing the girl's face, his grip on the mouse tightens and his face reddens.

He turns his head away from her to avoid being made fun of because of it. Although Aiko took that as he didn't want to talk. A melancholy aura now consuming her.

For the remainder of the time until Emi showed up, she just looked down, fiddling with her hands.

The sound of the door opening caught everyone's attention.

"Alright, I'm here. Time for that explanation," the fuchsia haired female commanded as she crosses her arms and sits at the table.

Aiko breathed in deeply before turning around, facing everyone in the room. From beside her she heard the laptop close and then some shuffling.

Urushihara had turned around as well. Though for some reason, Aiko noticed his attention was on Ashiya, of all people.

"Aiko?" Maou's voice broke the silence of the room.

'Right. I'm the reason everyone had gathered here...I have to explain,'

"S-Sorry...Um, well, first, I have to apologize that everything turned out this way. That you all had to find out in different ways. I don't have any rational reason for keeping this a secret other than fear of being judged and rejected," her head hung down slightly as she anxiously picked at her nails.

"Of course I knew who all of you were, but not until that earthquake hit, and the mall collapsed. Yes, I was there when Maou and Chi went on that date. I saw everything. And then after that was the bridge incident," Aiko noticed out of the corner of her eye that Hara tensed and shifted in his spot.

"The anonymous creature that was there, was indeed me. I knew I needed to help you all, as well as try to talk to Lucifer. I won't get into that right now, but the reason I didn't want my identity to be revealed at that time, for one, was because of a promise I made to my late Mother. I was suppose to stay hidden, like the abomination I am. A creature that should not exist..."

"Ms. Aiko don't say that! Remember what I told you before!" Chiho shouted.

"What you told her before?" Emi questioned.

"U-Uh..." Realizing she may have made a mistake, the high schooler sends an apologetic look Aiko's way.

"It's okay Chi, it's not a secret anymore, you can tell them,"

And that she did. Explaining how Aiko saved her from those thugs those couple of weeks ago.

"I didn't know that," Maou pipes up.

"I made her keep it a secret. It was accidental, but it was also on instinct. I just did what was right. I saved my friend,"

"You saved my life Ms. Aiko! No bad creature would ever have done that,"

"She's right," Emi adds in, "Coming from a Hero, that was a very heroic thing for you to do,"

"Well...thank you, I suppose,"

"So may I finally ask, is it right to assume our hypothesis that you are are hybrid of an Angel and Demon?" Ashiya asks what was on everyone's mind.