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Confession: Angel of Despair
Prologue
There were lot of angels exist in this world. They carry different task from the God, but mainly to maintain the world’s balance. There were angels whose task to give blessings; there were also those who assigned to protect humans from demons whispers.
However, there are one certain angel, one that would be classified as a Fallen Angel, residing on the Earth among humans. Her name is Selena, whose task to tease humans with her venomous, yet sweet poison she concocted herself.
Dark grayish eyes opened slightly upon hearing the morning call. He groaned and flipped his body to roll over, hiding his face under the pillow. The caller didn’t give up though. She shook his body while keep shouting at him.
“C’mon, lazy bum! Wake up now or you’ll be late for classes!”
“Argh…alright, alright! I’m awake!” the man replied, bolted into a sit up position. “Geez, can you do that with gentler way?”
The caller, which turned out to be a brunette dressed in school uniform, shook her head. “You won’t wake up if I didn’t do that,” she reasoned. “Now get up, take a bath, and eat your breakfast. I gotta go to school now. Bye!”
She quickly ran through the exit door and shut it close with a loud bam. The big brother groaned as he had no choice but to follow her commands.
They were not of blood. They were complete strangers to each other. But she cared deeply for him, because he shared same fate as she is—dumped and rejected by society. They were like stray cats, free to go but stay bound to law. She thought that they were perfect siblings, have a strong bond despite they just knew each other for a half year now.
However, she soon would regret her choice of ‘pet’…
“Aniki? What’s wrong?” she questioned.
“Nothing. Just leave me alone,” he demanded, rolling his body around so his face met the wall.
But the girl persisted. She sat at the edge of his bed and said, “Really, what’s wrong? You can tell me.”
The big brother sighed heavily. He finally rolled his body around again, this time facing his sister. His expression was unreadable, so subtle yet seems to be full of anger. This is the first time she saw him like this, but she knew he was in a bad mood.
“Is it about Alexa again?” she guessed.
“Yeah,” he replied simply. “He had a new ‘big brother’. Good for her.”
She rolled her eyes. Her again, huh? “Yeah, good for her. You should be happy.”
“What?” he sat up, glared at the girl. “’be happy’, you said? How come I should be happy? She didn’t even tell me about it. Suddenly she texted me, ‘big bro, I have a new older brother!’ How coldhearted.”
“Well, if you love her, you should be happy if she’s happy too.”
“The problem is, she did NOT tell me about this matter first hand first,” his voice raising. “She didn’t even care to discuss about it with me, her ‘big brother’. Do you think I’ll be happy with it? No way. I don’t want her to have someone else into the same degree as I am.”
She pouted. “How childish. Just let her be.”
“LET HER BE!” he repeated in sardonic tone. “It’s easy for you to say, because you could never feel it!”
“Hey! Don’t say that!” I shouted back at him. How he could be so coldhearted? He never knew how painful I am!
“Oh of course I can say that! You’re just a girl, came out of nowhere! I took you because I pitied you, and you kept calling me ‘Aniki’ because you feel close to me right? But sadly, I never treat you as my little sister. My little sister is only Alexa, ONLY HER!”
The girl widened her eyes in shock. That wasn’t quite a surprise anymore, knowing how often that guy talking about this Alexa girl. So she kept a smile, a twitch smile that was so unreadable that the big brother didn’t know whether she was trying to not cry or she truly feeling fine with it.
“So, you never treat me as your little sister?”
“No, never.”
“That’s all you have to say?”
“Huh?”
“Is there another lie? Perhaps you actually hate me for being here instead of Alexa?”
“… A little.”
The sister smirked. “Well, okay, let’s broke up,” she grinned. “You’re no longer my big brother, and I’m no longer your little sister. You can focus on that little sister of yours. ”
“Wait, where will you go?”
“Why do you care? I’m a stranger to you. Beside…you should be careful, Sora.”
The guy stared, confused as to what the girl said. However, he was soon surprised to see a pair of wings grew on her back, eventually spreading and flapped slowly around her. He fell on his knees, dumbstruck to see her appearance.
“W-what are you!?”
“Glad you’re asking,” she smiled. “My name is Selena, one of the Fallen Angels. My task is to lead humanity into my sea of poisons toxic called seven greatest sins—Lust, Envy, Gluttony, Wrath, Pride, Sloth, and Greed. Be happy, you’ve been poisoned and now sunk into the sea of Pride, Lust, and Wrath.”
He was too shocked to say anything. Slowly, she started to float. “I’ll give you present for you bravery, trying to dump me after everything that I’ve done for your happiness.”
She raised her hands to the empty air. A line of verse suddenly appeared under her feet, and her hands glowed.
“Ma num ra parge yor ar ciel, ma ki ga ks maya yor syec.”
A spark of fire flashed, and the room suddenly set ablaze. The big brother gasped, surprised even more. Selena chuckled. “This will be the last time we see each other on the Earth. Hope to see you rotting in Hell later!” she said, before another pair of wings grew on her back and she flew out of the burning house.
She came out easily, and now she watched how fire grew bigger. A sadistic smile plastered on her once angelic face, and now she looks more like a devil pleased to see her toy fell into her trick.
“Finish playing with your toy?”
Sounds of wings flaps could be heard. Selena glanced over her shoulder and smirked at the newcomer. “It’s you, Ciel. Long time no see.”
The named Fallen Angel Ciel smiled. He floated close to Selena, watching the nightmarish scene before them casually. “You have a good toy,” he said, observing the flames. “Why did you abandon it this time?”
“Same as usual. They never appreciate my help.”
“Hmm…well, humans are merciless and heartless, as always. I’ve realized that they were nothing better than demons.”
“True.”
“So, who will be your toy next time?”
Selena sighed softly. “I don’t know. I’m tired having ‘big brothers’. Perhaps I’ll search for a ‘little brother’ this time.”
“Good luck. Don’t forget to not put your hearts into it. You’ll find yourself putting your pity on them.”
The female laughed heartily. “Even though I put my pity on them, they will dump me, and so my feelings for them burned into hatred, so it is okay,” she reasoned. “Well, I suppose I’ll start searching for him. See you, Ciel.”
Selena’s wings spread wider, and soon she flew toward endless darkness of night, leaving Ciel with a mysterious smirk as he stayed and watched how crimson flames danced in the cold night.
Translations: Ma num ra parge yor ar ciel, ma ki ga ks maya yor syec basically means “Feeling nothing, I shall detach you from this only world, and I shall cast my magic over your abyss.” Selena use this to put her curse on humans.
