Mika
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“Damn it!” I hear Charlie scream from down the hallway upstairs a loud crash following. I travel down the hallway slowly before standingin front of the room, my hand on the door, “he’s such a, such a, fuckingasshole!” He yells. Did, Charlie just swear? An angel using profanity? I swingthe door open to see him standing over a lamp shattered on the floor. What thehell happened between them two? He snaps his head to me, anger written all overhis face, but, wet cheeks. Oh no Charlie… “Get out.”

I close the door behind me, “you’re going to be a dick to mewhen you can’t afford pushing anyone away?” I ask taking a step towards himmaking him run his fingers through his hair.

He shakes his head, “you’re right. I’m such a selfish brat,”he sighs stumbling back, his back hitting the wall, “if I just told him why Iruined everything, he wouldn’t be harassing me now.” He mumbles under hisbreath

I purse my lips as I step towards the shards of glasskneeling down and picking them up, “now you’re calling yourself the brat?” Iask a small smile evident on my face, but, he doesn’t reply, “Anyway Charlie, Idoubt you ruined everything. The past is just something that chases you, it maybe difficult to escape, but, you make it even more difficult when you let itin,” I mumble staring down at the shards of glass, squeezing them slightly. Mysmile gone.

“I just can’t stop thinking about it. Kindness can hurtinstead of help…” He sighs sliding down the wall bringing his knees up to hischest. What is going on with him? I don’t like this side of him, he’s so upset,letting things gnaw at him from the inside, what was Levi to him?

I stand up and walk over to the dresser placing the shardson top, “Hating yourself won’t help. Do you mind if I ask what he was to you?”I ask not looking at him, still staring at the shattered lamp I just placeddown.

“An old friend,” his voice is muffled as he speaks with hishead buried in his knees. Before or after death exactly? “He’s a demon and I’man angel, I had to stop our friendship otherwise he was going to be killed.” Isnap my head to him, mouth hung open, but, he doesn’t move.

“Reality is just a shitty game created by god,” I sigh as Imake my way over to him. He stays silent as I kneel down and place my hand onhis knee, “Sometimes Charlie,” I start making him look up at me slightly, hairfalling over his eyes, “you need to understand pain, to know peace.” I smilesadly.

“Why are you being so nice to the one who hurts you?” Hemumbles bringing his knees closer to him.

Sure he’s a dickhead, but, deep down, he’s just as broken asme. I shake my head and cock it slightly, “because I know what it’s like to bebroken.”

His eyes widen as he lifts his head up, “Broken?” He asks. Ireach my hand towards his forehead and push his hair away from his face makinghim flinch. I nod not wanting to reply, “You really are strong.”

My eyes widen at his comment after all the times he’s calledme weak, “hiding you’re emotions and being strong are two complete differentthings.” I hold my hand out and he takes it allowing me to help him stand up.His mouth stays closed as he looks down at his feet obviously scared of what’sgoing to happen with him and his old best friend, but, I’ll make sure he’sokay, “you never told him why you had to end the friendship did you?” I askrealising why he’s so scared and sad around Levi and Levi just seems so laidback and a little confused.

He tenses his body, “no, I didn’t want him to do anythingstupid and start a war,” he chuckles slightly and rubs the nape of his neck,“knowing him, he would.”

“Someone willing to do that for you, is someone to keepclose to you,” I smile rubbing his back. He sighs and walks over to the mirrorleaning forwards and string at his eyes, “what’s wrong? You weren’t crying?” Iask. He didn’t cry that whole time, but, he’s still checking his eyes? Its thenI notice, purple beginning to grow in his eyes.

“When angels can’t control their emotions, we can’t cover upwho we really are, same as demons, their eyes go black, red when they’reangry,” He mumbles as he blinks a couple times trying to make it go away, but,it stays there, “go away dammit!” He growls to himself.

I hug him from behind to calm him down, I can pretty muchfeel the worry radiating off of him, “you need to calm down,” I sigh. My mindflood back to the memories of my siblings. The way I always used to talk tothem when they got sad or angry, the way they laughed, smiled, cried. Justeverything. I hate getting flashbacks from things I don’t want to remember,but, for some reason, I don’t want time to erase them.

“Calming down would be easier if what you said weren’t sodeep,” he chuckles again still trying to make the purple disappear.

I take my arms away from his body and cross my armsplayfully across my chest, “you’re the one who just said when an Angel can’tcontrol their emotions, they can’t hide who they really are.” I laugh slightly.Quickly two white wings come out of his back making me jump back quickly,“shit!” I yelp.

He looks at them in the mirror and groans, “really? Now?” Hespins around and faces me, “this is the real me,” he looks almost sad about it.I guess it’s understandable. He probably still wants to be alive.

“I forgot I can’t see you in the mirror,” I state as I stareat an empty mirror. I could swear I was looking at him before. He looks back atme, “although I could swear I was looking at you before.”

He looks in the mirror and at me, “and I forgot you weren’tone of us,” he blinks a couple times, “although, remember when I came down forthe first time?” He asks turning back around facing me, his wings flappingslightly.

I nod staring at them, “Mika and Jasper were battling,” Icontinue his sentence.

He runs his fingers through his hair and stares into my eyesbringing his face close to mine, searching for something, “they both said therewas purple lingering in them, that’s why they started fighting,” he pulls hishead back from my face and pouts, there was purple in them? Only angels possessthat, is there still a chance that I can be an angel?

A smile appears on my face, “so that means I can still be anangel,” I look up at him slamming my hands together in excitement. He juststares at me expressionless, “you don’t want me to be an angel?” I jokecrossing my arms.

He shrugs, “not really,” he chuckles making my heart skip abeat, excuse me Charlie? “I want you to be a god, and not one that rules byHades side.” My body freezes as I stare at him. A god? He want me to be a god?

“A god?” I ask blinking a couple times, “you haven’t evenseen what I can do, I’ve only seen two things and I can’t control them,” Iprotest, why am I protesting about being a god?

He shakes his head and points at me, “what did you tell mewhen you attacked me?” He asks making me raise an eyebrow, laughing slightlyabout the situation, “You’ve been practising, so keep doing that and everythingwill work out,” he places a hand on my shoulder just as the door swings open.

We snap our heads towards the door to see Mika and Jasperstanding there, I thought for sure Mika was going to get mad at Charlie fortouching me, but, he just smirks at me as if he knows something I don’t. A softawkward chuckle leaves Jaspers lips, “We lost Levi.”

I furrow my eye brows and step away from Charlie, “how doyou just lose someone?” I ask pulling my head back in confusement.

“He said he had to use the bathroom and he just,disappeared,” Mika rub the nape of his neck making me scowl playfully at him,“this was the last room we checked, he’s not in the house.”

My stomach drops and I’m sure Charlies did too, “n-not inthe house?” Charlie stutters taking a step back slightly hitting the mirror.

“Calm down Lee, we’ll replace him,” Jasper smiles walking up tome and leaning into my ear, “make sure he’s not in the room, even if you thinkhe hasn’t come in, check.” He pulls away from me patting the top on my head.

“If we don’t replace him, we’ll go out and replace him. I’ll gowith Jamie,” he gives me an adorable smile, “Charlie with Alex and Jasper isJasper, he doesn’t need anyone else,” he laughs slightly, I could tell hedidn’t mean for that to sound rude, but, it did.

“I’m going with Jasper,” Charlie speaks up grabbing Jaspersarm pulling him back to him, Jasper stumbling as he does so.

I stare at them both, Jaspers eyes wide as if his body isstill in front of me and his head has been ripped too fast away, “okay, Alex cango by herself, she’s strong,” I smile looking around for her, “speaking ofAlex, where is she?” I ask.

Mika leans on the door, his head also resting on it, he looksso cute, “double checking the house and looking around the front and back.” Igo to speak, but, Mika continues, “Though that’s not the only problem we haveright now…” His gaze leaves mine and looks at Charlie, his wings and his eyesstill prominent. We all look at him as he looks at me, eyes wide slightly.

“I can’t control it,” He mumbles rubbing his arm lookingdown from all of us.

Jasper spins on his heels and starts to walk out the door, “Charlie,follow me,” he speaks in the most playful tone I’ve heard in a long time. Ilook down at his feet to see him almost skipping?

I turn my head to Charlie, “you better follow him,” I laughas I pat his shoulder making him walk after Jasper, but, he stops as he gets tothe door. His wings are too big, “I’ll help,” I stifle back a laugh as I hurryover and grab one of his wings, they feel like a bird mixed with a cloud, ifthat makes sense. Mika hops on the other side and helps get him out the door.

Once he’s through he turns to us, “thanks, that was kind of embarrassing,”he mumbles, his face in a bored state, showing no emotion. He’s going back tothe old him eh? The emotionless boy.

I turn away from the kid walking down the hallway and startsearching my room, he wouldn’t be in here, we would have noticed, especiallyCharlie, “he’s not in here,” Mika sighs as he watches me look under the bed.

I poke my head up from behind the bed, “and how would youknow?” I ask crossing my arms sitting on the floor.

His gaze leaves me and out the window nudging his head inthe direction, “someone’s taking a tour.” I stand up and walk over to thewindow doors pushing them open, I look up in the sky to see Levi flying aroundwith large black scaly wings almost like a dragons.

“Sightseeing at its finest,” I let an amazed chuckle leavemy lips, “that looks like fun,” come to think of it, I’ve never seen Mika’swings, would they be the same as Levi’s or bigger, maybe smaller?

I feel Mika wrap his arms around my waist from behind, “youwant to go sightseeing?” He asks making me turn around and look at him, eyeswide with excitement.

“Yes! But, won’t I fall?” I ask before looking over myshoulder to see the height between the flying demon and the ground.

“You think I’ll let you fall?” He laughs before placing akiss on my forehead and spinning me around to face the window. Before I can sayanything, my feet leave the floor and a strong force pushes us off the balconyfloor into the air. I squeeze my eyes shut as I cling onto his arms wrappedaround my waist, “open your eyes you idiot,” he laughs as he squeezes metighter making me feel safer.

“Whoa…” Is all that leaves my lips. The house looks tiny uphere, and the garden? It looks gorgeous from a Birdseye view. He cruises overthe block, both of us taking in the surroundings. The wind blows on my face asa few birds fly past. Slowly I look back to see his wings, not as big asLevi’s, but, definitely stronger looking. The scales shimmer in the sunlight,“can we race him?” I ask out of the blue.

He raises an eye brow, “who?” He looks up from me andsuddenly stops making me grip tighter on him due to the feeling of falling,“Levi,” is all he says.

“She’s the daughter of Hades, you’d think she has her onwings, no?” He laughs as he looks at me, flapping his giant wings, something isdifferent about his wings to Mika’s. It looks like there is almost, what, bloodin them?

“She hasn’t exactly learnt her abilities,” Mika shrugs aserious and bored look on his face, an expression he tends to have aroundpeople that are pissing him off.

Levi goes to talk, but, I cut in, “can we race?” I blurt outsmiling like a child. They both look at me then at each other.

“No,” Mika starts.

“Please!” I beg.

“Shut it, we’re not racing,” Levi chimes in.

“I’ll drop you,” Mika snaps.

“Why you scared?” I smirk looking at the both of them. Theyboth look at each other, a look of determination in their eyes, I knew thatwould work.

“Let’s do this,” they both say in unison. Boys.