(Grey Side)
When Grey, Cedric, Pete reappeared at the Freelance base, Cedric immediately threw Pete's hand away.
"Tch, touchy," Pete said as he made his way to his room.
Cedric turned to Grey.
"Let's forget about him for now, shall we?" he asked.
Grey nodded happily.








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(Az. + As Side)
When Azrael and Asmodeus reappeared, Azrael moved back immediately. Asmodeus' laughter became louder, and his body trembled quite a bit.
"Asmodeus..." Azrael couldn't finish.
Asmodeus then shakily put his arm around Azrael.
"HAHAHA, don't worry, partner! Everything's copacetic!" Asmodeus said breezily.
He then noticed Azrael's expression.
"Really! Don't worry! HAHA!"
"O-ok, I... I believe you," Azrael lied.
Asmodeus chortled then cloaked Azrael. The cloak trembled very much now. Azrael, while shedding a couple of silent tears, rushed forward to get lunch.








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(Grey Side)
The rest of the day was pretty uneventful. Aside from a cooking session where Grey learned to make stone soup (it sounded strange but was delicious), nothing much happened. There was a part where Oliver got covered in colors and got into a verbal fight w/ Cherry, but Grey and Cedric didn't get involved. When it was time for bed, and Grey and Cedric went to sleep, Grey had the worst dream of life.




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He stood in an empty, colorless field. There was no one else except for Grey and a figure in the distance. Grey squinted and saw that the thing was Cedric. Cedric had a warm, calm smile on his face. Excitedly, Grey ran over to him. Grey then noticed a dark figure appear behind Cedric. Grey, alarmed, attempted to alert Cedric, but, to his horror, his voice had left him. He then searched his pockets for his notebook, but couldn't find it either! Grey then noticed that the dark figure had a blade raised! He then sprinted over to Cedric, but it felt like he had slowed down exponentially. Grey was only halfway before the beast brought its weapon down. Cedric's head dropped to the floor, and his headless body followed suit soon after. Grey, absolutely devastated, dropped to his knees and began sobbing loudly into his hands.
"Your turn, you filthy sinner."
Before Grey could turn to see who said that, his head fell-
"AAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!" Grey screamed as he bolted up in his bed.
Cedric, startled by this, woke up instantly. He then jumped off the bed, and before he could ask what was wrong, he saw Grey holding his face in his hands and crying.
"Nonononono," Grey said in a scared tone.
"Grey. Grey!" Cedric shouted.
When Grey didn't respond, Cedric grabbed his arms.
"Grey! Grey, speak to me, what's wrong?!"
Grey then snapped out of his state. He blinked and looked up to see Cedric's concerned face. Cedric loosened his grip on Grey's arms.
"Oh, good," Cedric said w/ relief, "What happened?"
Grey, instead of answering, felt Cedric's face to make sure he was real.
"Uhh?" Cedric asked as Grey felt his face.
Tears rolled down Grey's face as he pulled Cedric in for a hug.
"Grey...," Cedric faltered.
Grey just kept on hugging and crying. When Grey finally stopped, Cedric got an idea.
"Get up," Cedric told him.
"Huh?" Grey asked, tears still languidly dripping.
"Just get up," Cedric said.
Grey slowly got out of bed. Once he finished, Cedric crawled into it.
"Wait, but-" Grey started.
"C'mon in," Cedric said once he settled into the right-hand part of the bed.
Grey hesitated.
Is this allowed? Grey thought.
"C'mon. Don't be shy," Cedric said w/ an inviting smile.
Grey hesitantly crawled back into bed. When he did and faced towards the door like he usually did, Cedric pulled Grey into a hug. Grey blushed.
"Wha-?"
"Shh," Cedric said, "Relax. Cuddling-up while sleeping is something that a lot of people in relationships do."
He then nuzzled his face into Grey's neck and gently squeezed his body around Grey's. Grey, feeling a lot better having Cedric holding him in bed, eventually drifted off into more pleasant dreams.