* DAY 4- Your room | 3: 51 PM *

The black, luminous sky captured your gaze, so you trying your best to find constellations that you know of (you and Chara found 3 so far) when your D.D.D. rang. Levi's name flashed on your screen. You picked it up. "Hello?"

"Human. Come to my room. Now. You're done with R.A.D., right? Yeah, you are. I checked the schedule. So hurry up." It turned back off.

"Pushy dumb-looking otaku..." You cringed at her words but agreed. It is a rather pushy demand.

* Levi's room *

You knocked on Levi's room. He quickly ushered you in, glancing left and right before he entered his room. You assumed he didn't want his brothers seeing him with a human (a lame thing to do in a demon's eyes) and left it at that. You gasped in astonishment.

A cast of blue light shined from the ceiling that looked like sunlight shining through the water. There's a bathtub, transparent jellyfish strung on an invisible string hung from the ceiling. A dusty speaker sits on a lonely corner; probably having no use at all. On the other corner, is a desk, surrounded by laptops, snacks, and a bookshelf filled with manga.

Figurines pile on top of the shelves and posters on every inch of space imaginable. And of course, the biggest thing; a beautiful aquarium filled with pearly, white sand, reefs, corals, plants; the finest luxury a fish can have. A tiny blob of orange circles the huge aquarium; is the aquarium just for that tiny fish?

For the first time in your life, you wanted to be a fish, spending your days traversing through Levi's clear aquarium waters.

"Human, stop staring at my room, geez..." Levi sighed. You apologized, deciding to walk around instead.

"This is such a cool looking room!" Chara squeaked. An urge to look around brought you to the bookshelf filled with manga, and a specially designated shelf for series, with each book being as big as a dictionary. Chara lets out a delighted squeal. "Isn't that the Tale of the Seven Lords?!"

You quickly administered her excitement. At Alphys' and Risha's recommendation, you were forced to watch it, Chara quickly clinging onto the series. For her sake, you watched it with her, watching her squeal over every moment. You too enjoyed the series, but aren't as enthusiastic as a fan.

"You know about it?" He questioned.

"Yeah, I watch it." You said, still exploring the room.

"Hmm? Then, who's the first lord in TSL?" He challenged, eyebrow furrowed.

Chara snorted. "Does he think I'm that incompetent of a human? Please." You await her answer. "It's the Lord of Corruption."

You tell him so, and his frown is quickly replaced with a wide grin.

You sat on the floor, then raved about your (Chara's) favorite Lords, hers being the Lord of Masks, and Levi's being the Lord of Shadow. You have now been designated as a translator between the two worlds.

"Now that I think about it, isn't it kind of like the 7 of you brothers?" You looked at Chara (the ceiling) and gestured for an explanation. "If you think about it, Lord of Fools is like Mammon, who's always busy with money. Lord of Lechery is, um, sorry Asmodeus, but they're interests are the same thing; lust, or the other word that I don't wanna say."

You retold this to Levi, and he looked like he's got his head smashed by a truck but came out alive, his ocherous eyes in panic.

"Wait...wait..." You wait for a few minutes as Levi gets his head straight. As you waited, you walked over to the bathtub. Seeing as it doesn't have any taps, how does the water get in and out? Assuming it's a safe question, you asked.

"I use buttons to make the water go up." You hummed in surprise as he pointed towards a wall filled with buttons. The technology must be advanced here, you mulled.

"Okay..okay... I think I'm fine now..." He muttered quietly. "Me.. as the Lord of Shadows..." He let out an indistinguishable noise, looking like he'd explode with joy. "Oh my god, I'm the Lord of Shadows, always brooding in my room, watching anime..."

"But I don't have a Henry in my life," Chara uttered a despaired wail. "Oh well."

Levi pointed at the small blob of orange. "See that goldfish? He's named Henry. I love TSL so much that I couldn't help naming him after the main character, but it's not that I can high-five him, right?"

You put your hand up in the air. He stared at it, then looked at you, then back at it, finally saying. "You want to give me a high-five?" You nodded eagerly and waited for his palm to reach yours. Instead, he backed away, glaring at you with pointed eyes.

"No! I refuse to get a high-five from pity!" You told him that it's not from pity, that you think he's pretty cool, having collected and read so many stories (manga and comics) in his lifespan. When you finished, you noticed he's staring at you, with parted lips.

"Y-you think so?" You keenly nodded, and so did Chara. "T-then..." He took your hand and tapped it against his.

"J-just so we're clear, this doesn't mean we're friends or anything, got that?!" He stated, a pink hue dusting his cheeks.

*

"Thanks for that, but I didn't bring you here to fanboy about TSL. I don't think there's any harm in saying the truth: Mammon is a complete and utter scumbag." You winced at the words. "I lent him money, but that scumbag won't return it. I wish I could force, him but I can't because he's the second oldest. I don't stand a chance beacuse I'm the third oldest."

"How did you become enemies?" You asked, hoping he'd stop talking bad about Mammon.

Levi sighed. "The long and short of is that he got Seraphina from a promotional campaign. Of course, I wanted it, and he has no interest in it, so he might as well give it to me. But see, the thing is that he didn't." You asked why.

"Why? Because I wanted it. So, I thought, I'd just take it from his room! What if he unwraps her from the box and gets her all dusty? Maybe even break it?" He looked so horrified from the possibilities that you couldn't help but think; Mammon, just how dirty is your room to give Levi horrors?

"Then, when I sneak into his room at night, guess what I see?" The two of you, well three of you, huddled closer together. "Guess where he placed her?"

"The floor?" You guessed passively. Levi nodded vigorously.

"She lies among the disgusting pile of trash... old ramen cups, tissues with snot, boogers..." You felt like puking when he described it. Sounds as terrible as Sans' sock collection.

"It was so bad that I just lost it, went to Mammon, who was naked-"

"WHY SLEEP NAKED?!" Chara yelled in disgust. "Isn't it cold?!"

"-I went to Mammon, raised my leg to bring my heel to his stomach, but he wasn't on the bed anymore." You raised your eyebrows. "He grabbed me, picked me up, and slammed me head-first onto the floor in a pile driver."

On a personal level, you felt bad for what Levi went through- the feeling of Undyne's spears nearly hitting you sent a chill through your body. You never, EVER, want to go through that again.

He continued, saying, "I remember thinking as I started to lose, why does he have to sleep nude? At least wear some underwear." Levi sighed sadly. "You've seen with your own eyes how fast he is, haven't you? No one aside Lucifer or Beel has that kind of speed."

"But," Levi's eyes took a demonish glint. "if a human, made a pact with Mammon, and bound him to their service, then he'd have to do whatever that human told him to. This means, if you make a pact with Mammon and then ordered him to give back my money, he wouldn't have any choice but to do it."

"...What's a pact?" Chara asked cluelessly. " Is it some oath that humans and demons make to each other?" You too were curious, so you repeated her question. Levi looked at you like you're stupid.

His brow scrutinized. "Haven't you heard of it in movies? The demon lends their strength to a human to make their wish come true in exchange for their soul, but it isn't always necessary though. It depends on what's in the pact. But, you need to give SOMETHING to the demon in exchange, so it's inevitable." You sighed. That didn't assure you one bit.

"We can still negotiate with Mammon. I'll show you how. Besides," He shrugged. "Not like you have a choice to refuse anyways."

You tried to talk, to refuse in this quest of his, but he beat you to it.

"If you just walk up to Mammon and ask him to make a pact, there's no way he'd agree, so we need some leverage... something so irresistible that he has to make a pact with you." Levi shook his head. "It's his credit card, which he lovingly named Goldie. Lucifer took it from him since he's spending way too much on that thing."

Levi grinned, eyes closed. "I want you to talk to Lucifer and find out where he's hidden it, but make sure he doesn't know it's me who wants to do it, got that? Good." He huffed, then returned to his desk (you were on the floor), you assumed to play games. You lamented, defeated.

Chara's staring at his TSL collection. "I want to borrow the 7th novel so bad... but he won't say yes.." You see her sad face clearly and decided to do something about it.

"Excuse me, Levi?" He seemed surprised that you're still here but kept his composure, and nodded.

"May I borrow this?" You pointed towards a copy of the original TSL series. Chara's small gasp filled you with DETERMINATION.

He took his headphones off, and shuffled through his manga, giving you the copy. "T-this is only because you're helping me get the Bluray set of Journey to the Devildom: The Tale of a Little She-Devil and Her Reluctant Companion! And besides, I have two other copies, so it doesn't matter." He grumbled, harshly grabbing it for me. "Now get out! Shoo!" You thanked him on the way out, saying you'll take good care of it. Before you finished talking, the door slammed shut. You walked out, giggling. He reminded you slightly of the Tsundere plane.

You made your way to the kitchen, stomach grumbling. Asmodeus was there, searching for something in the fridge. You greeted him, and he does so back to you. You waited until he finished, then you searched. Luckily, you found some donuts and took a bite.

They're surprisingly crunchy! You take two more and licked the flaky bits off your finger.

Asmodeus gazed at you intensely, more so to your fingers. "I love what you're doing." You paused to stare at him.

"Love...?" You muttered.

"No, no! Please keep going! You doing that makes me excited!" You can feel your stomach churn at the flirtatious comment- or was there another implication?

"Thank you~," You said, winking at him, then quickly left. His gaze bore holes into your back, but you ignored it and continued walking back.

"You flirted with the Avatar of Lust," Chara stated, palms pressed against each other. "I hope you know this could get us killed."

Arriving at your room, you locked it, then launched a question. "How?"

"He could... y-you know..." Chara broke eye contact, eyes shifting. "Do that to you... and..." You gasped at the meaning behind her words, giving her a frightened look.

"B-but there are other people that can satisfy him, right? That's disgusting if he decides to... to..." You couldn't finish your sentence and instead trudged to the bathroom to calm your mind.

*

You opened the pages of TSL for Chara, listening to her exclaim passionately about certain scenes. You smiled happily as you watched her face turned into various expressions. Without her noticing, you watched her face intensely, like she was a TV screen and you were a viewer. Soon, she noticed.

"Please stop looking at me like that." Her complaint made you look away, apologizing. "Why were you watching like that, anyway?"

"I haven't seen you in two years. I think that makes sense." You said, staring into her orbs again.

"Um, I've been by your side ever since we fell though?" She stated in a questioning tone.

You scratched your head. "Well, I could hear your voice, but once we were out of Mount Ebott, your shape disappeared. It was only yesterday when I could see you, so..." You shrugged, a big smile on your face. "You can't exactly blame me, you know?"

She omitted an 'Oh' and stared back into your eyes. "You didn't say."

"Yeah. There wasn't any point- I was happy listening to you, so there wasn't a reason to say so. And no, I couldn't see during our weekly visits to Flowey."

"Asriel." Chara corrected.

"Right, Asriel." You counted. "3 more days 'till we visit him again."

"More like another year."

"Yeah." You sighed, circling back to your previous topic. "Do you think Asmodeus would do... that?"

"I mean, it's in the title- Avatar of Lust, but I think he's got a set of morals he won't break, which hopefully, includes NOT having that with people underage." Chara sighed, staring at you. "Seriously Rubina, why did you have to wink at him?"

"I- I mean, he could think of it as me being friendly...?" Chara's glare cuts through your petty excuse. "Let's just hope for the best. I'm sure he won't do that."

"I guess." Chara sighed, urging you to pick the TSL copy up again. "Open the next page."

* 11: 12 PM *

You tossed in your bed. You couldn't sleep. The bed's too hot, but take off your blanket and it's too cold. Good Lord, why must the powers of the universe work against you? You just wanted to sleep. Chara, in your bleary vision, is sleeping next to you, curled up.

A wave of relief hit you. You're glad that you're not in this alone. The thought of the two of you passively fighting your way through the year together gave you a sense of peace and leaving you to drift to dreamland.