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Episode 13: Love Hearts, Pigs and Heartache

Tom had passed out due to exhaustion, Tord placed the toy down and carried Tom off to his room. It would be better if he gave him some time to be alone after a one and a half days of spending together, this was the right thing to do; He then proceeded to sort his clothes whether they were dirty or clean, most of the clothes Tom soiled smelled a lot like apples and cinnamon, which was kind of nice if it were in some other context.

Now the house was quiet, there was no running around or high-pitched whines asking for bits of chocolate. Tord closed his clothes in the washing machine and sat down to watch his clothes spin around. The silence was teasing, sure, it was nice to have peace but it was also nice being able to run around and live in such an active environment, come to think of it, this was the most excited he's become, reading about adventures was fun but getting to live in one was even better.

The clothes stopped spinning, Tord snapped out of his thoughts and started folding the clothes one by one slowly.

It was oddly cold this evening, which is ironic for a creature made of fire; Tord laid on his bed and inhaled the scent that Tom left to linger in his sheets, his heart ached at just the idea of being alone again...What is happening to him?

Tord sat up and started to pace around inside his room, has the temptation finally got to him? Was Tom tempting him to sin?

Tord rushed to his bathroom and looked at the mirror, he was still here, his fingers grazed the surface of the mirror as if he would be able to touch his reflection, something sharp pricked Tord's finger causing for small droplets of blood to stain his sink.

Angels aren't meant to bleed, they could get hurt, but bleed, never. Tord ran his fingers under cold water and wrapped a bandage around it. Fear and confusion hung heavy on the air, Tord rushed out of the bathroom and immediately lit candles on his altar to pray.

"Tord"

Gabriel was standing in front of him, disdain evident in his face, Tord closed his eyes and continued praying. Gabriel cupped his cheeks and turned his face so that he looked directly at him.

"Tord, why are you bleeding? You better be thankful he's sleeping or else you'll be done for! You're smarter than that! So, get your act together and focus on the mission!"

Gabriel leaned closer and looked directly at Tord's pupils, much to Tord's protest, the sudden realization made Gabriel let out a cackle.

"Your pupils are dilated, there's someone on your mind? A certain demon? It's okay to fall in love! But not with her kind"

"His... he's not as bad as you think, I'm not in love with him! I'm just friends with him"

Tord corrected with a deadpan tone, the anger a bit evident in the tone with such a simple mishap, his eyes widened at the words that came out of his mouth, Gabriel's smile widened.

"A boy? How interesting...either push him away or kill him, we can't have him corrupt you, we've already lost a Seraph because of your twisted idea of love, wake up"

Tord woke up facing the ceiling, the sunlight had already made its way to illuminate his room, he sat up and started to walk around the hallways, Tom's bedroom door was left open with Dante sitting in the middle biting onto a note. Tord picked up the note and read it carefully:

"Thank you, Tord! For yesterday! Thank you! Thank you for the phone! I'll pay you back!! XOXO, P.S: here's my number if you want to talk: XXX-XXX-XXX"

A small smile made its way towards Tord's mouth, he patted Dante's head and walked to his library. His mind couldn't bring himself to finish the book, his left-hand clutched Tom's number tightly while his leg bounced excitedly. Tord fished out his phone and typed in Tom's number, it rang for a moment before Tom finally picked it up,