#my A03 is Android_User btw

[mazoie]

Mental Illness

guess who's about to write 2 agares picero/gaap goemon fics, 2 asmodeus alice/suzuki iruma fics, and 3 naberius kalego/balse robin fics on A03 because there's clearly not enough????

me

[mazoie]

Happy New Year's!!

I wrote an iruazz fic just for new year's, since i'm so generous it's on my A03 (Android_User) as 'Flowers in the Night Sky' :D i'll put it here too cuz why not (there will be a sequel btw)

"Oh, come on Azzy dear, let your mother come with you!" Amaryllis complained. There was a school event going on, as well as parents being encouraged to join. Alice dreaded whenever the invitations reached her.

"Mother, I've expressed very clearly that I'd like to keep this affair classified. I don't need you messing up my plans." He groaned. Although his words only seemed to make Amaryllis more ecstatic. She poked at him in a playful manner, now wearing a familiar condescending, grinning look.

"Huhu, what kind of plans do you have in mind, Alice?" He could feel the haunting energy radiating from his mother as shivers ran down his spine.

 Alice flustered, turning away, "They're not important. I'm just going there with Iruma-sama."

His mother laughed at her son's reaction, "Oh, but alright," Amaryllis sighed in fake despair. She wished she could cause mischief with the 'Iruma' that he spoke of so often, but that time would sadly have to wait. "Go have fun, dear." Alice who was already out the door, waved goodbye and began flying to Babyls.

'I was almost forced to bring her along...I've got to be more careful. For Master Iruma's sake.' Alice resolved, arriving at the school. He couldn't see Iruma in the sea of demons, until he saw the shine of bright blue hair shouting his name. Excitement filling him to the brim, Asmodeus went over to him. He was sitting at a picnic table, and likely inviting him to sit as well.

"Heya, Azz!" Iruma greeted with a smile, patting the spot across from him. "Hello," Alice bowed, returning his grin and sitting, "I hope you weren't waiting long, Iruma-sama."

The boy sitting opposite to him shook his head, "I only got here a few minutes ago, it's really fine," He cringed, remembering something. Alice noticed, taking on a sympathetic look. "Are you feeling alright?"

Iruma shook his head, smiling wearily. "I'm fine, don't worry. Grandpa made me use the carriage, heh. So I'm pretty early."

Alice nodded, internally smiling to the mental image of Iruma arriving in a carriage flustered, using his school bag to cover his face. "What do you wanna do first?" Iruma asked, looking around the bright festivities around him. It caught Alice off guard, so he had to think for a few beats of silence.

"I—"

A loud bang erupted, interrupting the two. "Looks like they started the fireworks show," Iruma laughed dryly. The pink-haired demon nodded, tempted to share his inappropriate smile. The festival was supposed to last until midnight, since school would resume the next day at 6am. It made Alice nervous, since Clara said she wouldn't be able to come earlier that school day. On the inside, he was ecstatic.

"I suppose so," Alice smiled brightly. Iruma's stomach growling made them look in the sky for a second firework, before looking at each other for less than a second and bursting into laughter.

"Sounds like you're hungry, Iruma-sama. How about we go to some of the food stands?" Alice suggested, getting up. 

Iruma nodded, smiling. "Food sounds good!"

They walked to and bought out almost all of the food-related stands there were at the festival before Iruma was full, enjoying themselves each step of the way. The shorter male tried to help get Alice over his fear (in his words, 'disdain') of fish, to no avail. He tried feeding him some of his grilled salmon he'd gotten earlier, to which Asmodeus declined almost straightaway.

"Apologies Iruma-sama, but I don't think I should..." Alice laughed, Iruma joining soon after.

As they saw the different attractions, they slowly grew apart, deciding to split apart to see separate things and go report back to the other as soon as demonly possible. 'How noble of Iruma-sama, not being afraid to take charge in seizing what he wants! Oh, how I'll miss him.' 

Alice wandered the stands by himself, uninterested.

He skimmed past stands with games and events he'd much rather do with Iruma than by himself. Shooting games, fishing games, devidol-inspired games and such. Eventually, he strolled down an alley—much to the dismay of his instincts. Alice's boredom was truly getting to the best of him.

He'd probably subconsciously wandered down this specific alley since as Alice crept closer, he began to hear voices from further down. 'Weird,' he thought to himself, growing cautious.

Alice Asmodeus decided to go check out two hushed voices in the back of a dark alley late at night.

"Gaap--like--" So Gaap is here? Who's talking to him?  He scooted closer.

"Sorry, I just--love--" And closer.

"I--too, Agares--" Agares and Gaap? So it's the two of them. He finally neared the corner, being able to hear their full sentences.

"I'm glad. I, uh, it's embarrassing but I thought you didn't like me back." Wait...what?

"Don't worry about it! Though, I wonder what made you think to tell me here." Alice decided to leave, since it wasn't his business. But seeing the two confess to each other...

Now he had a plan.

"Hello, Iruma-sama!" Alice greeted, waving him over. "I hope you've been enjoying yourself! Is there anything else you'd like to do here?"

Iruma nodded, beaming. "Do you think the fireworks show is still going on? It sounds like a lot of fun, and we heard it earlier! I hope we didn't miss it." He rambled, unknowingly going just as Alice had hoped.

He put his hand on his chin briefly, to give the impression he was thinking. Although it made Alice feel bad that he had to lie to Iruma, he knew it was for the greater good. As he was startled by distant booms in the sky, Alice took Iruma's hand and started searching for a good viewing spot.

"Azz, what, uh, what exactly are you doing?" Iruma asked, being dragged across the school grounds.

"Apologies, Iruma-sama, but I have something important to tell you," He paused, feeling himself flush as he realized the severity of what he was actually about to do. "And I need to say it...privately. If you don't mind."

Iruma stayed silent the rest of the walk, sending Asmodeus mixed signals. He didn't know about the butterflies stirring in the shorter male's stomach that dried his mouth up and clogged his throat. 'What is he trying to say?' Iruma thought to himself, biting the inside of his cheek. 

"...We're here." Alice mumbled with his eyes unintentionally closed, fidgeting with his red fingernails. After opening his eyes again, he saw Iruma staring at him with big, expectant eyes. 

Alice melted.

"Now, the thing I wanted to tell you-" He stuttered, almost jumping at the sudden noise of a firework blasting off and interrupting him. Asmodeus tensed as he opened his mouth to continue speaking, but when he saw the glittering excitement in his eyes while watching them bloom, he relaxed.

'This is a pretty extensive firework.' Alice thought offhandedly. An idea popped into his mind, making him all the more embarrassed. 'With the next big one, I'll just get it over with. Saying it to him without him hearing would put me at ease, at least for a little while.'

Before he knew it, a gigantic firework lit up where they sat, as well as the sky. Alice took a deep breath, and prepared himself.

"Iruma-sama, I," He pushed the words out, no matter how flustered he'd become. "I like you. I admire you so much, and for a long time, I've always thought that it's gone past the lines of friendship. I know that you probably just think of me as your, uh, friend, but I just wanted you to know that I'm in love with you, Iruma-sama."

Unexpectedly, a red-in-the-face Iruma turned to him, seeming speechless. His mouth opened and closed repeatedly, fishing for the right words to say.

"Azz, I—"

He was interrupted by another bright flower, blossoming in the night sky.