Intro:

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(Azazel's POV)

I woke up, my vision was blurry and my head hurt like hell. I looked around to see that the house looked like a Viking raiding party just pillaged everything.

Azazel: Uuuuuuuuuuuuugh! Why does my head hurt so much?

I looked over to see that there was a bucket, and I can already imagine what's in it.

So I tried to sit up, but doing that and the sunlight made the pain worse.

Azazel: Oh God... Bordeauuuuuux... Bordeauuuuuux... Bordeauuuux!

She walked downstairs to the mess.

Bordeaux: Yes?

Azazel: Put me out of my misery.

Bordeaux: What?

Azazel: I have no idea what just happened last night, but all I know right now is this headache is a real pain in my ass... Kill me.

Bordeaux sighed and kneeled towards me.

Bordeaux: I'm not going to kill you.

I looked up at her.

Azazel: Why?

Bordeaux: All of you had too much to drink, and I knew it would go out like this.

Azazel: Wait, weren't you getting high last night?

Bordeaux: I did, but it's not like I was getting so drunk that I'd have a hangover that slammed into my face.

Azazel: Point taken. Well, can you get me something to make this pain go away?

Bordeaux: Let me get something from the medical cabinet.

She walks back upstairs.

I somehow managed to get up and walk over to the TV room, even though the pain was getting to me badly.

I sat down on the couch, and I saw Bordeaux walked over to the kitchen to grab something.

She figured I'd move to the TV room, so she walked towards me and handed me a pill and a water bottle.

Bordeaux: Take this.

I took the bottle and the pill without question.

Azazel: Thanks, Bordeaux.

She giggled, with an adorable smile on her face.

Bordeaux sat down next to me.

Azazel: So... What happened last night?

Bordeaux: Long story short, everyone got really drunk and turned this house into a cesspool of rubbish.

Azazel: Place looks like an Octarian warlord raided the house.

Bordeaux: I'll go and distribute the medicine and the water bottles to the rest. If you need me, call me.

Azazel: You're a real lifesaver, Bordeaux.

She giggled.

Bordeaux hugged me, and I returned the favor.

Soon, she broke the hug and went off back upstairs to get the rest of the medicine.

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(Bordeaux's POV)

She was right besides Callie, as she was giving her a water bottle and a pill.

Callie: Ugh... I'm huuuuuuuuungry.

Bordeaux: You should hold that off for some time.

Callie: Then perhaps a snack?

Bordeaux: You'd probably just throw up after eating the snack.

Callie lets out a groan of disappointment.

Bordeaux: But don't worry, once the pill works it's magic, I'll cook up something to cure that hangover for all of you.

Callie's ears perk up.

Callie: Ooh! I hope it's really good.

Bordeaux: It will. I'd suggest you head over to the TV room and relax on the couch with Azazel.

Callie had a sly smile on her face.

Callie: Don't mind if I do.

Callie struggled to get up, and walked over to where I was at.

Bordeaux: Why does she smile like that when he's brought up?

She thought about it for some time, and decided to shrug it off.

Bordeaux: Where was I? Right, helping the others.

She went around and handed everyone a pill and a water bottle.

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(Callie's POV)

She walked into the TV room and saw me lying down on the couch.

Callie: Room for one more, hot stuff?

Azazel: What are yo-

Callie had laid down on the couch, right in front of me.

Azazel: I thinking this is a bad idea.

Callie: Come on, live a little.

Azazel: Is there a reason why you act like this?

Callie: At the end of the day, does it matter?

Azazel: Yes.

Soon, her pervy smile turn to a frown, as she hugged me.

Azazel: What's gotten into you?

I heard a sniffle from Callie, and when she looked up at me, I could see that she was tearing up.

Azazel: Callie?

Callie placed her head on my shoulder, as she was crying.

Azazel: What's wrong?

Callie: This is *sniff*... this is who I really am.

As she continued to cry, I dove into the thought of why she said that. Now, I understand. This is her true nature, an innocent girl who is suffering from loneliness and insecurity. She hides this by putting on a mask, a mask that shows her as being cheerful, carefree, and a perv.

So I wrapped my arms around her.

Callie: Huh?

Azazel: I understand what you are going through.

Callie: *Sniff* What do you mean?

Azazel: I lost my father as a young boy, and my mother brought me to where I would spend the rest of my life. Having no one to help you out, it ate away my soul, and I fell into a dark place. Being bullied for being so insecure and lonely, it only made my anxiety worse, followed by the trauma of seeing my father murdered by Octavio, and my life was a living hell. I was rescued from the abyss by Zoey and Anduin. It was them that showed me that I am not alone, and that I will always have people by my side. Callie, you think you are alone, and that leaves you scared, but you are surrounded by the people who care about you. All of you are like family to me... I love you.

Callie: Azazel...

She locked her eyes onto mine, looking deep into them. She smiles right at me, and moves a bit closer. Callie slowly closed her eyes and moves closer, and so do I. As she reached me, she opens her mouth, and I could feel her lips touching mine. She pulls me a bit closer as she presses her lips onto mine. We kissed for a while, but it was broken when we heard a noise.

Callie: W-What was that? *She had a large blush on her face*

We both looked up to see that Marie had been standing there, with a smug look on her face.

Callie: Whaaaaaaa?! What the hell, Marie! *She covered her face in total embarrassment*

Marie: I thought you were going to do something a little too much, but I was wrong.

Callie: S-Shut up!

Marie: Alright, you lovesquids. You better head to the kitchen, Bordeaux had finished making the food to cure the hangover.

Callie: L-Lovesquids?!

Marie walked out of the TV room, while giggling to herself.

Callie: She knows how to push every one of my damn buttons.

She removed her hands from her face.

Callie: Oh, sorry. I've never acted like this, and yet here I am... nervous as I possibly can.

Azazel: In my opinion, it's okay to be nervous, and you don't have to hide it.

Callie had a blush on her face.

Callie: Y-.. you really think so?

Azazel: Of course. It's good to see a new side of you.

Her blush subsided to a slighter one, as she smiled at me.

Callie: Thanks.

She gave me a peck on the cheek.

Azazel: Now, let's go have some food.

Callie: I hope it's as good as it smells.

We walked out of the TV room and headed to the kitchen.

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(Marie's POV)

Marie was sitting at the kitchen table, alongside everyone else.

She saw myself and Callie walking to the chairs to sit down, and before we can sit down, Orika spoke up.

Orika: Marie had told us what went down in there.

Callie hid herself behind me in total embarrassment.

Callie: Did you had to bring that up, Marie?

Marie was laughing to herself.

Callie: Hey!

Juvia: This is the first time I've seen Callie act like this.

Azazel: Well, this isn't the first time we've seen her act like this.

Marina: Huh?

Azazel: You remember when she broke when she heard that we had no food here?

Marina: Yeah?

Azazel: Well, that is her true personality.

Chloe: It all makes sense.

We all turned to Chloe.

Damien: What do you mean by that?

Chloe: There are some people who hide how they truly feel, and now you are seeing how she truly feels.

Victor: She must've been so alone before my homeboy came along.

Ivan: Man, I remember Azazel telling all of us how he felt when Zoey and Anduin found him.

Diana: Kinda reminds me of how Ahato mentioned how alone she was in the Deepsea Metro.

Ahato: It's a burden I'll always carry.

Pearl: But we're here to help you out, yo.

Callie slowly walked away from me and sat down. Naturally, I sat down next to her.

Callie: What are we gonna have to eat?

Bordeaux: It's just about done, I'm making plates.

She passes on plates to each of us, they had creamy alfredo pasta on it, then she passed us each a bowl of what appears to be ramen.

Bordeaux: We took inspiration from the ramen at Calamari County, but we added our own local ingredients and used udon noddles.

Azazel: Are you sure you know that?

Bordeaux: Yeah, I get the feeling that my memories are slowly returning to me, in small pieces.

I took a bite out of the pasta, and man did it blow my mind. I followed up by slurping some of the ramen.

Azazel: Wow, this tastes good.

Bordeaux was practically blushing by now.

Bordeaux: Um, I'm glad you like it.

Soon, Callie took a few bites out of her food, and she had the same reaction as me.

Callie: This is so good, Bordeaux

Now, everyone was wolfing down on the food.

After that, we were waving goodbye to our guests.

Juvia: You'll come over here for Squidmas, right?

Kelly: Of course, Jenny.

Kiko: We'll come back for the holidays.

Victor: Same for us, too.

Chloe: Please, no...

Ivan: It'll be fun, Chol.

Damien: What could possibly go wrong?

Zoey: It was fun, with all of us hanging out again.

Anduin: We should do it again sometime.

Soon, they left the house. Now we had the task of cleaning up this mess. And so, we got to it. [Again, throw in Gaslamp Funworks at 2x the speed and picture them moving at supersonic speed as they clean up the mess]

Azazel: Alright, so we finally finished that up. That took no time, right? Didn't feel like just a couple of seconds?

Diana: It did. Who knew that we could get this done faster.

Marina looks at her phone.

Marina: Oh crap, we gotta get going.

Pearl: We'd love to hang out with you guys more, but we gotta get to the news station.

Juvia: But you'll come visit us often, right?

Marina: Of course. *She said with a smile*

Pearl and Marina proceeded to walk out the door, and drive back to their mansion.

Callie tapped my shoulder.

Azazel: What is it, Callie?

Callie had a blush on her face.

Callie: Um... Can I speak with you in private?

Azazel: What for?

Callie: It's something important to me.

We walked upstairs.

Marie: I hope she's not planning on doing anyone lewd.

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(Azazel's POV)

We entered my room, and Callie sits down on my bed.

I sit down next to her.

Azazel: What do you have to talk to me about?

Callie: I wanted to ask if you wanted to go out on a date with me.

I placed my hand on her shoulder.

Azazel: I'd be glad to.

Callie looked at me, she had a slight blush and a smile on her face.

Callie: So how's this Wednesday?

Azazel: Sounds like a plan.

Callie giggles to herself, as we got up and walked out of the room, and headed back downstairs.

We got to the main living room, where everyone was, and Marie walked up to us.

Marie: I'm guessing you two were making out in there or... something else. *She said that part with a blush on her face*

Callie gave her a "Really" look.

Soon, Marie went back to her cool attitude.

Marie: But in all seriousness, would you two mind helping out with setting the Squidmas decorations?

Callie: Ooh! I can't wait for Squidmas.

Azazel: (Now that I think about it, what am I going to get for them?) Well, I got nothing better to do.

We got to setting up the decorations around the house, and we got our friends on a list of people coming over here for Squidmas, as well as the Cap'n and... Callie and Marie's parents?!

Marie: Ugh, I really hope that my parents don't call me by my real name.

Azazel: What did they named you?

Marie was a blushing mess by now.

Marie: I go by the name of Motohama Hotaru. [And yes, Motohama is her last name in my story, it's placed in the Japanese format.]

Callie stepped onto the scene, also with a blush on her face.

Callie: And I go by Hyōdō Aori. [Same deal with Marie's real name.]

Azazel: So I'm guessing you changed your names when you left home?

Marie: Yeah, we decided to go by our current names when we left Calamari County. I just hope they don't call us by our birth names.

Azazel: Hate it all you want, I think they're great.

Callie and Marie gave a slight blush.

Callie: Y-You think so?

Marie: E-Even though w-we hate them?

Azazel: I think they fit you two well.

They both hugged me at the same time, and they both gave me a peck on my cheeks.

The other agents looked at the scene with total surprise, as the large blush on their faces is proof enough.

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We were doing all sorts of activities to have fun, and we did this for many hours. Now it was dark outside, so it was time for us to head to bed.

As the rest of the agents were going upstairs, Callie and Marie were in a tough spot.

Callie: Well, we could go home and call it a day...

Marie: But there's no way we're driving out there with the Mafia being more active.

Azazel: Oh yeah, we did see that their becoming more active on the news.

Marie: So that leaves only one option...

Callie: We'll have to sleep here. But where?

While they were thinking, I lend a helping hand.

Azazel: You can both sleep in my room if you want.

Both Callie and Marie had a blush on their faces.

Marie: S-Sleep... with you?

Callie: Uh... Are you s-sure you're okay with this?

Azazel: I'm 100% positive.

Seeing as how they got nowhere else to sleep, they decided to bite the bullet. We both went upstairs, and when I opened my door, I let them in first, like the gentleman I am.

I closed the door behind me, went into the bathroom, and soon came out wearing sweatpants.

Once I climbed into my bed, the two of them went into the bathroom, and came out in their PJs.

They climbed into my bed, with Callie on my left, and Marie on my right.

Azazel: Goodnight, girls.

Callie & Marie: Goodnight, Azazel.

They both hugged me, as I turned off the lamp on the bedside cabinet, and we both drifted to sleep.

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(Callie's POV)

As myself and Marie were fast asleep, Callie had woken up to do something to make herself more comfortable. So she decided to take off all of her clothes, and tucked herself back to bed. Though the ruffling of the sheets did seems to wake Marie up, and she started to question what her cousin was doing.

Marie: What are you doing, Callie?

Callie: Oh. I didn't see that you're awake.

Marie: Thanks to you.

Callie: Sorry... Well, I've gotten uncomfortable, and as you can expect from the last time I did this, I'm naked.

Marie facepalmed herself.

Marie: Are you kidding me, Callie?

Callie: What? Don't you ever feel like getting naked to relief yourself?

As much as Marie hates to admit it, Callie did have a point.

Marie: Ugh... Fine.

Marie got up from the bed, and took her clothes off, leaving her body exposed.

She climbed back into bed, with a large blush on her face.

Marie: I am so gonna regret this... (But it feels so good~)

Soon, they resumed hugging me, this time their breasts are touching my chest, and drifted back to a deep sleep.

SEE YOU SPACE COWBOY...

Hey guys, I know that this isn't my typical uploading schedule, but I got so much things going on in my life, it makes writing these chapters difficult, like college and other shit. If you guys enjoy this chapter and enjoy this series, be sure to show me some love, hit that vote button, follow me to receive news on Into the Light. I appreciate all of the support you guys are giving me, and I want you all to know that. So, continue with the support, it really means a lot. If you guys want to hang out with me on Discord, I have a link to both servers by Setset19GM and Tadayoshiscott. Chapter 36 is in development. As always, I'm RaveDogg, and I'll see you in the next chapter.

December 8th, 2020.