Hidden Horns

She's a devil, I mean The Devil!

There was a delicious moment where Chloe's face washed blank with shock, like her brain cogs couldn't turn fast enough to take in the information from her wide eyes. Every muscle of her body just froze while staring at Yohan with wide eyes open. A grin crept onto Yohan's face, it soon stretched from one side to the other showing every single tooth.

"D-did you just kiss me?" Chloe stuttered.

"I'm just taking back what you took from me." Yohan said and she turned her heels.

Chloe snapped out from her shock and grabbed Yohan's arm to stop her from leaving just like that. "Where do you think you're going?!"

"Where do you think I should go?" Yohan returned the question, still wearing her wide smile, as if she wasn't even mad earlier after she saw Harvey and Chloe almost kiss.

"So that's it?" Chloe scoffed and crossed her arms against her chest. "You're going to leave again?"

"Is there any reason for me to stay? Aren't you getting married to your ex boyfriend?" Yohan said bitterly.

"And so? Do you even know whose fault is that?"

"Don't tell me it's my fault?" Yohan asked in disbelief while pointing to herself.

"If you didn't abandon me, I would've given Harvey a second chance!"

"You're crazy!" Yohan snapped, throwing her arms in the air. "Don't put the blame on me, if you don't want Harvey, even if I left, you wouldn't go to him!"

"You left me!" Chloe yelled, she doesn't care anymore if Molly could hear her. Her anger came like an impossible build up steam, burning her on the way out, burning the one on the receiving end. She kept that anger inside of her and now it boils up and all she needs to do is to take the pot off the heat and open the lid. She had to let that steam dissipate safely into the ether, but she didn't, instead, she ventured out all of it to Yohan.

She then started hitting Yohan continuously in her chest while tears streamed on her face. Yohan let her, she didn't try to stop the brunette, thinking that she deserves all of it and thinking that it might help Chloe to calm down once she gets tired.

Yohan received multiple punches and slaps before Chloe finally gave up. Yohan held her both arms and pulled her in before wrapping her arms around Chloe's body.

"I'm sorry." Yohan mumbled.

"You left m-me." Chloe repeated between her hysterical sobs.

"I had to."

"No." Chloe pushed Yohan away from her while shaking her head and taking steps backward. "You shouldn't have gone back here if you're going to leave again."

"I already got what I wanted a year ago, and you're getting married, there's no reason for me to stay." Yohan said, there's a certain sadness in her voice that she didn't try to hide, then she smiled sadly.

"Then why did you come back?!"

Yohan was at loss for words, she was taken aback with that question. Then she silently asked herself.

Why did I even come back?

"Because I visited my friends." Yohan lied, but technically not a lie because that's her real agenda why she came out from hell, but what is she doing in Chloe's house? Why did she got mad when she saw Harvey? What is she doing now?

Chloe scoffed bitterly, she was hurt by Yohan's answer. Well, she couldn't blame the devil, she was the one who assumed that Yohan came back because of her.

"I'm getting married two weeks from now." Chloe said. she doesn't have any idea why she was telling this to Yohan. "And once I get married, I will forget you and these feelings that I kept just in case you come back."

Yohan just stared at her speechless. She couldn't believe that after a year, Chloe still has that feeling for her. But love is like that, even if many years have passed, if a person truly loves you, they will cherish that feeling until they will wait for a sign if they should give up or still hold on. And in Chloe's case, she's giving up now.

It might not be that long but a year was enough for Chloe, to move on, to walk forward and to let go of everything about her past, which is loving the Devil.

"Chloe—."

"You know what? You're right, you have no reason to stay. So you can go and please, never come back again." Chloe said and she turned her heels, she was about to leave but Yohan stopped her.

"I like you." She said out of nowhere and she felt how Chloe's body froze against her hold. "But you know that we can't, right?"

"I know." Chloe replied without looking back but she's nodding her head understandingly. Then she removed Yohan's arms from her body as she continued her way upstairs, not even noticing the kid watching them from the corner while holding her necklace.

Molly looked down with sad eyes, then Yohan saw her. Their eyes met and Yohan knew that the kid could see her. "Hey." She greeted with a smile that barely reached her eyes.

"I'm not allowed to talk to you anymore, but I know that mommy Chloe still loves you so never give up, just let her be for now." Molly said and she started running to her room but she stopped and looked over her shoulder. "I missed you aunt Yohan." She added before she continued her way.

Yohan smiled sadly, then she turned her heels and saw her two best friends standing at the main door with sympathetic looks in their eyes.

"You heard the kid." Agma said.

"Yeah but there's no other way that we can be together and you guys know that."

"There's a way." Jess commented while scratching her chin. "But I don't think you'll like it."

"Whatever it is, I'm not gonna take the risk to put her life in danger." Yohan shook her head and the three of them left Chloe's house.

They headed to a bar and spent the night there, drinking and talking about random things and about their lives inside that one year. They were having fun, so much fun that they didn't notice the bar was about to close because it's already 4 AM in the morning. And the bartender was confused and amazed on how they're still not drunk even if they consumed too much alcohol.

Then they walked around the city, doing things they used to do like hunting criminals, then Yohan would eat their soul, Agma would scare some people on the road, while Jess showed her witch powers to control innocent humans just to make them laugh. Until they got bored.

The three decided to go back to their old house only to find out that it was already for sale. The doors are locked and their stuff is on the side of the road, it was under construction after what happened between Jess, Agma and Ivy.

They have no place to stay for the night, unless Jess will go back to the magical forest, Agma will go home to Asmodeus and Yohan will go back to hell.

"Let me find a place to stay in." Jess said and she fished out her phone to call someone. "Hey, can I ask you a favour?" She said to the person who answered the call. "Yeah we need a place to crash in."

"You don't have to bother anyone, we can look for—."

"Great, we'll be there at 1." Jess said to cut off Yohan and she shoved back her phone inside her pocket after she ended the call. "She's still in the hospital so let's just find a place to hangout first."

"Who?" Agma asked.

"My girlfriend." Jess replied with a wide smile on her lips.

"You have a girlfriend?!" The two asked simultaneously.

"Yeah, we've been dating for 8 months now."

"Don't tell me it's—."

"Yes." Jess replied even if Yohan hadn't finished her words.

"No way!" Yohan exclaimed then laughed.

"Who?" Agma asked again.

"Let's just go." Jess said to dismiss the topic and started walking. Yohan followed her still in disbelief while Agma pouted.

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Afternoon arrived and the three drove to the place where they will stay for a moment. They ride a city bus to their destination, Agma still doesn't know who Jess's girlfriend is so she kept asking her friend who it was but Jess kept answering her that she'll find out once they arrived at the said place.

After 20 minutes of ride, they finally arrived in front of a house that was born of an architect's plan and breathed upon the rock, foundations perfectly sound, all set to stand for generations to come. Entering the house by starlight the black walls stood in perfect strength, the light from within shining upon the wide and golden pathway.

Then there's a woman standing in the middle with a welcoming smile on her lips and another woman sitting on a wheelchair on her side.

"Holy shit." Agma exclaimed when she saw Charlene and Ivy.

"Demon!" Ivy growled when she saw Agma and she tried to stand up but Charlene stopped her.

"Please, don't force yourself and make a drastic move." She scolded her friend.

"That demon! What is she doing here?!" Ivy asked while glaring at Agma.

"They are my visitors, so please be kind to them." Charlene said as she looked back to the three and smiled. "Welcome and please feel at home."

"Are you f*****g serious? She's the one who put me in this situation!" Ivy yelled while pointing at Agma. Charlene raised her left eyebrow and shifted her gaze to Agma.

"Really?"

"She's just throwing a tantrum yesterday and we ended up having a fight and I accidentally threw her." Agma chuckled. Ivy dropped her jaw and looked at Agma in mocked surprise. "What? It's true!"

"It is not!"

"You girls just talk it out like an adult." Charlene chuckled and she turned to Jess and Yohan. "Let's just leave them for a while, I'll show you guys to your room." She added as she led the way upstairs.

"Don't leave me with this demon!" Ivy yelled but Charlene didn't even look back as they went upstairs.

"You're a demon too, in case you forgot." Agma chuckled as she approached Ivy and walked behind the wheelchair and started pushing it.

"Yah! Where are you going to bring me?!"

"Relax, I just want to talk to you and say how sorry I am."

"Sorry?! After abandoning me for one year?!"

"I'm sorry for hurting you, I'm not gonna say sorry about abandoning you because I never did even a day. I'm always around. You're just too stupid to notice me." Agma chuckled and she leaned over and kissed Ivy's head. "Maybe it's time to tell them about us."

"It's been a year, do you think we're still in a relationship?!"

"Will you calm down?" Agma hissed. "I'm thinking of a way to convince Yohan to stay here and never go back to hell."

"Are you crazy? She's a Devil, I mean The Devil! You know that she belongs to hell!"

"Yes she is, but she's not really The Devil." Agma said, emphasizing the last two words. "If only Yohan would know that she's not Satan's real daughter—."

"What did you say?!"

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