~~~~~~~~~Third Person POV~~~~~~~~~

Another week went by.

There hadn't been any more incidents like the gnome one, thankfully; and things between Iris and Bill weren't bad, but not good either.

Right now, Iris lied down on her bed reading a book, while Bill sat on the ceiling upside down playing around with a small orb.

Minutes went by.

More minutes.

And hour.

"Ughhhh......!!!"

She held in a grown, looking up at the demon. "What?"

"I'm boooooored......!!!" He floated down, still upside down. "Can we do something?!"

"Like what?"

"I dunno!" He pouted as he puffed his cheeks.

A few things went though Iris's mind, staring at her book. Soon enough, she closed the book, placing it beside her and looking up at him. "Well, can I ask a few things?"

"Like?"

"You've said you're powerful, how powerful are you?"

"I can split your planet in half if I want to."

Her skin went pale at that. "Please don't."

"Eh, I'm not in the mood to right now."

"Right now?!"

He let out a laugh, waving his hand in dismiss. "I'm kidding, I won't. Yet."

"You're not helping!"

"I won't, honest."

Letting out a huff, Iris gave him a small glare. He always acted like a child, but it was amusing most of the time.

Though it was strange, it didn't seem like it was genuine. As if all the jokes he made, and all the smiles he gave, were nothing more than a mask he constantly wore. It didn't feel real, maybe she knew from experience?

Was it just a feeling? Maybe he was indeed hiding something.

"You're thinking an awful lot, Princess."

"Don't call me that." She sat up, stretching her arms above her head. "I'm just.. curious, I guess."

"Of?"

"Well, mostly you. What else do you know?"

"Too much." He muttered, making her raise an eyebrow. He then turned into a small bird, standing in the bed's railing. "I've been to every inch of the nine universes at least once."

Her eyes widened. "Wait, nine universes?!"

"Well, yeah. The universe is so big that it's divided in nine, and even each one takes trillions of years to travel through. Well, Earth years."

"That's amazing..!!"

"I guess." He fluttered his wings a little, landing on the bed. "I doubt you'd be able to go though, most of the habited planets use different life sources."

"Aw man.." She puffed her cheeks in reply, to which he chuckled.

She then shook her head a bit, looking down at him. "What about you?"

"Huh?"

"I want to know more about you as a person."

His eyes widened a little at that. "... no one's ever asked about me."

"Sorry, you don't have to answer if you don't want to.."

"I don't mind. What do you want to know about me?"

"Mm.. where are you from?"

"A place of no name. I wasn't considered a demon back then, it was normal to have abilities there. However, it was also normal to be two-dimensional, in body and mind."

Iris tilted her head, confused at what he meant. Instead of explaining, he shook his head. "But I won't bore you with that story."

"No, I want to hear it.. if you're okay saying it.."

He looked up at her, seeing a kind smile on her face, and after a bit, he let out a sigh, turning to his juman form. "I hated it there, more than anything. We were all ignorant, and no one cared about it. But I wanted knowledge, I wanted to know everything about everything, so I left."

"And.. what happened..?"

"I did things that aren't considered 'friendly' according to the big bosses, so they punished me with immortality. At first, it was a dream come true; I could do anything, meet everyone, go anywhere. ... as time went on though, I figured out the punishment part."

There was a hazy look in his eyes, something she couldn't recognize right away.

For a moment, he looked.. human..

"Bill, I.. I'm so sorry.."

"For what? You had nothing to do with it."

"Sometimes the only thing a person can do is apologize in a sense of comfort.."

He let out a scoff, sitting up. "I don't need comfort, I'm not a weakling."

"That has nothing to do with it, TopHat."

"Excuse me?"

She gave a shrug. "You keep giving me nicknames."

"Yeah, cuz they're my thing!"

When he puffed his cheeks, she let out a giggle. It was an adorable expression, like a toddler after they were told no.

It was adorable..

She then gave him a smile. "Still, I'm glad you told me a little more about you, Bill."

"Why?"

"Because we're probably gonna be stuck together for a while, might as well becomes friends, right?"

He tensed up a little at that. "Friends?"

"Yeah, friends."

A strange feeling started growing in the demon's chest, something unrecognizable to him.

No.. it wasn't unrecognizable, he had felt it before, a long, long time ago..

He had forgotten about it..

Soon enough, a tiny smile grew on his face. "Okay.. Friends."

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