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Lucifer

• Boi flips out
• So it didn’t actually happen while he was around, which is why he has so much trouble understanding what happened
• You tripped on the steps outside Majolish? And you fell the wrong way??? And somehow, that was enough for you to break your ankle?!?!?!
• Poor baby, he has no idea how he’s going to relay the information to Diavolo
• When Mammon and Asmo sheepishly enter his study to tell him what happened, they’re highkey terrified for their lives - but learning that you actually broke a bone has him so shook that he doesn’t even remember to punish them, and he’s instead rushing to your room to see the damage for himself
• He sees Belphie napping on your stomach and sort of assumes that everything is okay, and that his brothers were making a big deal out of nothing
• Then he gets closer and sees the horribly twisted angle your left foot is in
• Suffice it to say, neither Mammon nor Asmo returned to their rooms fully unscathed that night
• Overcomes his natural hatred of Solomon to call him and ask for—brace yourself—help, and when the mage offers to cast a spell that will revert your body to its prior state, Lucifer insists on doing it himself, no longer trusting anyone else with your all-too-fragile body
• Relocates your room to the first floor of the house after all is said and done
• Asks Diavolo to move all your classes such that you don’t need to climb any stairs
• Refuses to believe you when you tried to insist that bones breaking is fairly common for humans
• Becomes super overprotective
• Insists on helping you with everything
• “Lucifer, I can walk down the stairs myself, you know.”
• “Yes, I’m sure you can” - he says with a straight face, refusing to let go of your hand as he takes you down the two-step elevation outside the House of Lamentation
• (Bonus:) One day he catches you and Levi looking at parkour videos and from that moment and onward he refuses to let you out of sight for any longer than is absolutely necessary
• (Bonus bonus:) Catches you doing "parkour" in your bedroom, jumping from Beel’s shoulders to the bed, and then it becomes a new house rule that you’re not allowed to climb onto Beel’s shoulders

Mammon

• He was with you when it happened, and the second he heard the crack, he screamed
• Honestly, the most high-pitched, shrill sound you’d ever heard
• You were more scared of the noise coming out of Mammon’s mouth than the awkward way your pinky was dangling
• Only when he was done screaming did the pain actually set in, and then you were hissing viciously in an attempt to distract yourself, trying your hardest to blink the tears from your eyes because Mammon already looked like he was about to cry, and the Devildom really didn’t need two blubbering messes in one day
• The one saving grace for you both was the fact that Simeon was nearby, and he used his Celestial magic to heal you (you both begged him not to tell Lucifer, of course)
• Baby becomes even more possessive over you afterwards
• Still can’t get over how easily it happened
• “Are ya sure?” Mammon asks whenever you casually tell him you’re about to do something. Doesn’t matter if you say you’re folding paper cranes or planning on jumping off the roof of the House of Lamentation, he’s lost pretty much all faith in your ability to do anything without your human body breaking in the process
• Oddly enough, he becomes much more touchy with you
• Needs you to “prove to him” that you’re not injured by squeezing his hand
• And then he just doesn’t let go
• Oh, you’re holding hands? What? Who said that? Wait, can you prove that you’re not injured and squeeze his hand again? It’s for safety purposes. For safety.
• Occasionally, though, he really does have you move your pinky just to prove to him that there weren’t any lasting effects
• Overprotectiveness increases by 500 points
• Starts to hover around your room a lot more, awkwardly trying to help (really, he’s doing his best) but often doing things much worse than if you simply did them yourself
• Gets into a fight with his brothers whenever one of them handles you too roughly
• “Hey!” He shouts at pretty much anyone who touches you “Ya gonna hurt my human!”
• Will drop anything and everything if he ever sees you trip to catch your fall
• Legit, he was once holding Lucifer’s cup of coffee and out of the corner of his eye, he saw you jump to flop on the couch. Cue instant panic mode: he turned into his demon form and all - literally throwing the coffee on Lucifer as he ran forward to catch your body before the couch could break any of your bones
• Yeah, he got into a lot of trouble that day

Leviathan

• Has officially decided that he’s never going outside again
• Ever.
• It happened while you were both at one of Lord Diavolo’s parties - you were trying to maneuver the crowds in search of him, actually, and another demon tugged you close and tried to force you to dance. You fought back, of course, frowning as you escaped the demon’s hold, but apparently, they pulled you back and your wrist just snapped
• God, he doesn’t think he’ll ever forget the sound of your scream
• The demon was punished severely, Diavolo made sure of that. But Levi didn’t care anymore - he just wanted to get you back home, safe and sound
• In the following days, he never leaves your side
• You have to switch to online classes, at least for as long as your wrist is healing, and Levi takes it upon himself to make sure that the assimilation process is as smooth as possible
• You start taking all your classes together, remaining in the same room even if you don’t have the same subject
• Homework is a little harder, since Levi usually finishes before you, but he waits for you to finish while he reads manga
• Evenings are spent watching anime in his room and debating random topics (oh, and you both marathon the entirety of TSL a couple more times ;))
• He even tries to let you get the video game experience, and he picks an RPG game for you both to play and lets you tell him what to do an how to move around, since your wrist is broken
• It’s actually super fun because he knows where all the traps are and which ones you’ll like, so he subtly guides your character through the gameplay process to get the best possible experience, and you actually end up enjoying this more than playing solo
• (As a joke, he once offers to let you play with him. As in, you use your nonbroken hand to control the left side of the controller and he controls the right side, but that turns out to be a hot mess and you both quickly abandon the idea)
• Even after your wrist heals, the two of you continue to spend boatloads of time together
• This boy even stops calling you “normie” at one point
• Real subtle about it but he tries to convince you not to go back into society again. Like ever. 
• “What if you get hurt again?” He asks when you tell him you’ve made plans with Asmo to go shopping
• “Then we get to spend even more time together, all over again!”
• Cue leviathan/blushingmess.exe

Satan

• Probably the ONLY brother to have actually known that it’s possible for humans to break bones
• Why?
• He read about it in a book once
• Still, that doesn’t stop him from visually flinching when he sees you writhing on the ground after being shoved into a bike rack by a lower-level demon, clutching your arm which is disfigured so awkwardly that the bone is popping out
• His demon form manifests immediately, and he’s about to rip this demon to shreds when you desperately call out his name, and then he’s more preoccupied with helping you than he is with beating this demon to death
• (Inwardly, though, he’s quite relieved that you stopped him from killing the demon immediately. Now, he’ll get to spend the next four millennia torturing the creature slowly, keeping it just an inch from death until he’s satisfied that the demon has paid for injuring you so severely. :))
• Runs over to you immediately and pulls you onto his lap, quickly muttering an enchantment that will temporarily numb the pain
• Proceeds to ask you whether you want him to use magic to forcefully heal you or if you want to heal the human way
• Will respect your wishes 100% no matter which you choose
• Throws himself into reading and studying human medicine as soon as the two of you get back to the House of Lamentation
• By the end of the month, he’s an expert on human anatomy (and where human strength lies on a comparative figure to demon strength)
• Takes it upon himself to watch out for you, threatening any demons who express behavior that isn’t excessively cautious
• Starts walking with you and Mammon to and from school
• Keep it lowkey, but the truth is that he doesn’t trust his brother to fully make sure that you’re safe so he takes it upon himself
• Doesn’t really panic too much, he knows that you getting injured was more the demon’s fault than it was yours
• Is actually very considerate of your feelings in all this
• Consciously makes sure that he doesn’t treat you too differently, not wanting to make you feel like he thinks you’re weak. But he no longer trusts other demons around you, and after getting your permission, he casts an enchantment on you which prevents lower-level demons from touching you without your explicit consent
• Smiles devilishly every single time one of them tries to shove you in the hallways of RAD and gets sent flying 30 meters backwards in response
• Devilish smile intensifies when he finally gets around to kidnapping and torturing the demon who dared to push and injure you in the first place

Asmodeus

• He’s worried about you for a good hour
• Not to say he’s inconsiderate
• No, he’s understandably concerned immediately after he sees you on crutches, and when you come home with a broken foot, he’s immediately hanging out with you and completely (read: barely) restraining himself from making flirtatious comments in case you’re still in pain
• The second he realizes that you’re fine as long as you don’t apply pressure on it, a switch flips
• Now that he knows that the fracture isn’t going to spread to the rest of your body and destroy you from the inside, he’s overwhelmed with how cute it is that you need his help to do basic stuff
• And honestly, you kinda vibe with it
• He’s the shortest brother, so you having to ask him for help to get things off the shelf because you can’t stand is a rarity, and he is living for it
• He lives with six overlords of hell, so the feeling of someone asking (no matter how reluctant) him for help in simple stuff like climbing up or down the stairs is something he absolutely cherishes
• The second he realizes how good it feels to do stuff for you, he’ll never stop
• Will 100% put Mammon to shame in how frequently he starts hanging by your side
• He thinks of everything even before you do, always making sure that when you guys sit down, you have everything you need to be occupied for hours: from water to nail polish to the latest gossip at RAD, this man will make it his life’s mission to be the perfect prince while you’re injured
• Seriously spoils you
• Even when you finally heal and get better, he doesn’t stop helping you
• Actually has the nerve to start complaining when you try to do stuff on your own
• “You’re going to hurt yourself! Let me do it for you!”
• “Asmo, I’m microwaving popcorn”
• It doesn’t matter if you shower him with 'thank yous’ or if you grunt in annoyance every time he sits down next to you with an item you were about to get up and look for, he knows you appreciate the things he’s doing and that’s all he needs
• Effectively gives you the royal treatment, occasionally putting Barbatos to shame with how diligent he is in helping you out
• It never stops, even months after you’ve made a full recovery
• Then again, who are you to complain? ;)

Beelzebub

• Suddenly becomes terrified of his own strength
• He’s there as it happens, and the way your face immediately contorts in pain right before you bite your lip to stop yourself from screaming will really never stop haunting him
• It doesn’t help that you get injured from something that would usually be considered child-safe in the Devildom - a small windup toy which your fingers had gotten stuck in before two of them snap completely
• Man is by your side immediately
• The pit in his stomach isn’t caused by hunger but by genuine fear as he watches Lucifer and Satan soothe you with magic
• He wants to run over to you and wipe your tears away, but should he? How can that be a good idea? He’s easily 1000000000x stronger than that toy you were messing around with, and what if he accidentally hurts you?
• He knew it was possible for him to kill you before, but now he realizes how easy it would be - so simple that he might not even realize it
• Instantly steps back and begins avoiding physical contact with you, trying his hardest to be there for you emotionally but struggling because every time you ask him for cuddles, he awkwardly changes the subject and looks away
• He only comes clean to you about his concerns after you get mad at him and plant yourself in his lap, wrapping your arms around his head angrily as you demand that he give you affection
• “Beel,” You mutter, a light pout forming on your face. “The reason you’re strong isn’t just because you have the muscles, it’s because you have control. You’ve never hurt me before, and nothing you do will hurt me now, so stop being such a stubborn goof and hug me”
• Cue very hesitant hug
• But it’s a start, and he slowly becomes physically close to you once more
• (Subtly tries to let you stay in charge, though. He’ll initiate hugs, but you’re the one to squeeze tightly, and he’ll simply follow your lead)
• Decides that rather than being afraid of what his strength can do, he’s going to use it to his advantage - and he resolves to become even stronger so that if there’s ever anything that can cause you pain, he’ll be there by your side protecting you, whether it’s against a demon strong as Diavolo or another windup toy from Majolish
• Gets into the habit of running his fingers over your hand after it’s done healing, checking for scars and making sure that you’re still completely healed
• Slowly develops into handholding - and who is Beel to complain? If he’s holding your hand, he’s by your side, and if he’s by your side, he can better protect you, so there’s no problem there

Belphegor

• Quietly blames himself
• It apparently happened while you were alone, and you fell down the stairs in the House of Lamentation. But Belphie is 99.99% sure that you were only going up to see him, and if he had just been awake, this never would have happened
• Not to mention, this was the second time he had caused you pain, and it wasn’t even intentional!
• Boy can’t look you in the eyes properly after the incident
• Starts forcing himself to stay awake and isolates himself in the attic
• Only when Beel finally gets serious and asks him what’s wrong does he quietly confess his thoughts, and his twin is quick to relay the information back to you
• Honestly, you’re lowkey relieved when you hear the reason 
• You were beginning to think that Belphie was avoiding you because he had grown tired of your company, and the thought was sort beginning to break your heart
• That doesn’t stop you from yelling at him for being inconsiderate 
• “This is why you need to talk about your feelings, Belphie!”
• “But— “
• “No buts!”
• Honestly, he’s kind of relieved to see you yell at him so animatedly despite the cast around your arm, it makes him realize that although you’re physically injured, you’re mentally fine
• Is very hesitant about napping on you, especially since he knows that if he falls asleep and accidentally shifts into a position that hurts you, you won’t be strong enough to stop him
• You flick his forehead and tell him to not to be stupid, insisting that he sleeps next to you like usual, and he very hesitantly leans on the shoulder of the opposite arm you injured
• Becomes way more considerate, even when tired
• Shift in your sleep? He’s awake, checking to make sure that you aren’t uncomfortable or in pain
• Wake up and try to get a glass of water? No problem, Belphie will get it for you, just stay here and sleep tight
• Hogging the blanket? For the first time, Belphie doesn’t even mind, he’ll just carefully snuggle closer to you, double-checking that you’re comfortable before drifting back off to sleep
• Even after the cast comes off, he’s still conscious about how tightly he grips you and how much physical exertion you put your body through, always reminding himself that, above all, you’re human and your body can’t handle the things his can

Solomon

• Groans
• That’s right, thanks to an awkward fall, your toe is broken, and this wizard boy has to audacity to groan at the sight of you on the floor, tears in your eyes as you clutch your foot through your shoe
• “As if those brothers don’t hate me enough as is,” He grumbles, lifting you to your feet and whisking you back to Purgatory Hall, where he goes full medic mode and inspects the damage
• Tries his hardest to convince you to let him fix it with magic, but just last week, he accidentally turned you into a cat while attempting to place a strength enchantment over you, so you’re understandably hesitant as you refuse him
• As expected, when the brothers find out, they put him through hell (pun intended)
• For not being able to protect you while it happens (they ignore his complaints that it was technically you who fell and injured yourself) he is now tasked with your recovery
• Aka he is your slave
• You make him carry your books when you go from class to class, you make him buy you lunch from the cafeteria, you make him give you his lecture notes whenever you don’t feel like paying attention in class
• Hell, if he weren’t such a god awful cook, you would probably make him take over your cooking duty, as well
• “This is abuse” He huffs one day, sighing in irritation after you ask him to go fetch you a glass of water
• “I’m sorry?” You ask, feigning innocence. “What’s that? Did you ask me to go tell Lucifer that you aren’t treating me properly?”
• Grumbles under his breath in six different languages, cursing you out in each one of them as you wink at him
• You’re almost sad when your toe finally heals, and he’s finally free
• Thankfully, the two of you somehow grew used to each other after spending so much time together for so long, and (much to the brothers’ displeasure) you continue hanging out with Solomon long after you’re off crutches
• Will tease you about it when it’s all over
• He doesn’t forget about how you lorded over him for as long as you were injured, and thus takes it upon himself to make sure that you don’t get hurt again under his watch
• (At least, that’s what he tells himself as he holds your hand to march you down the steps outside Majolish, not letting go even after the ‘threat’ is passed)

Simeon

• confusedangel.exe
• First and foremost, how did this happen??
• He’s so concerned and shocked when you show up to RAD one day in crutches because you broke a bone on your leg
• Didn’t know that was possible
• Actually goes home and spends half an hour on the Devildom equivalent of Google trying to maneuver his phone and search up how common this is and whether it’s normal for humans
• Accidentally opens the images tab and sees a bunch of super disturbing and painful-looking injuries, and he nearly drops his phone altogether
• Instantly assumes that your injury is as bad as those, despite your constant reassurances that you’re fine as long as you don’t apply too much pressure
• Lots of pampering
• He’s suddenly available 100% of the time for you, no matter what he’s already doing or the time of day
• Insists on helping you wherever he can, like holding your stuff for you at RAD, ferrying you from class to class without forcing you to don that heavy rucksack 
• Even takes over the responsibility of walking you to and from school
• He doesn’t quite understand that your injury is physical??
• Like he can’t seem to wrap his head around the fact that you’re mentally unaffected by the injury, because angelic injuries are typically so difficult to induce and severe that they always cause some kind of trauma 
• He’s always testing you - double-checking that you remember facts from old lectures, holding up fingers to test your sight, even asking you details about himself every now and then
• That’s actually the story of how you accidentally told him that you thought his eyes were prettier than the sky and he still hasn’t forgotten it
• Never really forgets about your injury, even after your crutches are long gone
• Protectiveness goes up by 5000%
• He suddenly becomes acutely aware of the fact that you’re surrounded by demons and, although the brothers usually mean well, he becomes impossible concerned for how you’re faring
• He expresses his concerns to you one day really sweetly and you’re so touched because ??? How can someone be this pure???
• To ease his concerns, you both start hanging out a lot more - when before you mostly hung out at the RAD library before parting ways, Simeon now invites you over to Purgatory Hall more often and you bring him back to the House of Lamentation so that he can see how safe you are with the brothers

Luke

• Just like Simeon, there’s so much confusion going on inside this smol bean’s head
• Are you really telling him that you??? the person who has taken it upon themself to be protective over HIM??? are so weak and fragile??? that tripping over a pebble was enough to fracture your jaw???
• The roles in your relationship are suddenly reversed
• (Or well, Luke tries to reverse them)
• He does his best to be there for you instead of vice versa, insisting that you no longer need to save him from the brothers when they make fun of him for being like a chihuahua 
• Lowkey, he actually earns their respect for how protective he’s suddenly being over you, but the baby can only go so far because - face it - he’s basically ten years old
• Doesn’t let that stop him from shooting dirty looks toward any demon who looks at the bandages on your face twice
• Immediately goes home and researches what kind of foods you can comfortably eat, and enlists both Barbatos and Beel’s help in cooking soft dishes for you that you’ll be able to eat, despite your injury
• Does his best to help you where he can
• Takes over your cooking duty at the House of Lamentation
• Takes extra-detailed notes so he can lend them to you after class
• Even goes as far as to get high-quality Celestial bandages with natural healing properties and gives them to you, hoping that everything he’s doing will make your recovery a little bit faster
• He’s really come to look up to you as an older sibling, so seeing you injured (even if you don’t necessarily show the pain) has him seriously torn up inside, and it takes all his effort to keep a straight face every time he looks at you and sees the bandages on your face
• If you’re even a little self-conscious about any scars afterwards, he will spend hours convincing you that you look fine (and in truth, he can’t actually see the scar anymore, so he’s being honest)
• Long after you’re recovered, he will remember at the most random times that you’re so fragile despite always looking so strong, and it tears him up inside
• Because of this, random, tearful hugs become the norm
• Occasionally, one look is all it takes before his eyes are welling with tears and he’s burying his face inside your stomach, holding you tight and promising to “protect you to make sure that you never get hurt again”
• Very innocent, very sweet
• Never fully forgets ever again just how fragile humans are

Barbatos

• Knew it could happen
• Was sort of prepared for it to happen
• Didn’t actually expect it to fucking happen
• This is probably one of the only times where he regrets not using his powers to check and see what the future held - literally, it would have been so easy to have saved you had he known it was coming 
• Went to Diavolo asking to switch timelines but the demon lord said no
• Highkey becomes incredibly protective of you, just in super subtle ways
• You suddenly find yourself invited to Diavolo’s palace much more often, and it’s Barbatos who now entertains you, bringing you there under the guise of asking you to “taste the new recipes” he’s attempting to perfect
• Pfft, his recipes are already the definition of perfect - the only reason he’s putting that food in your mouth is because he cast a spell on it, and it’ll make your bones stronger
• Dodges all questions when you ask about it, real slick
• “Barbatos, isn’t this the same dish you gave Beel when we came here last month?”
• “I’m afraid I have no recollection of what you’re talking about.”
• “You know, the dessert you gave him after he asked you for the biggest banana spli—”
• “Oh my, would you look at the time. Let’s get you home, now, before it gets too late”   
• Used to walk in front of you when walking you around the palace, but he now walks behind you so that he can watch you in case you trip
• I mean, why wouldn’t he? You managed to break your collarbone while jumping down the stairs in Diavolo’s palace - you clearly can’t be trusted to look after your own health
• (lowkey also never leaves you unsupervised around Mammon again, who in hell thinks it’s a good idea to try parkour of all things in the castle of the demon lord??? and encourages it?????)
• Finds it incredibly endearing when your injury renders you unable to do basic tasks
• Like if you were a helpless human in his mind before, now you’re less independent than an unpottytrained demonchild, and Barbatos is living for it, especially since you’re too stubborn to ask the brothers for help, so you turn to him instead
• Absolutely loves when you text him for help
• [17:39] MC: barbatos?
• [17:40] Barbatos: Yes? Are you in need of something?
• [17:40] MC: ...i was walking around the House of Lamentation and i accidentally banged into the wall outside Satan’s room and there was a really big sound and it turns out that i knocked a bunch of his books off the shelf and he comes home in half an hour and please help he’s going to kill me if he sees what happened
• [17:40] Barbatos:
• [17:41] Barbatos: I’ll be right there.

Diavolo

• Oh boy
• This man has lived a long, LONG time and never in all those millennia has he been as pissed as he is now, seeing you sheepishly lean on Mammon for support with the nearly all of your leg hanging limp
• What he can’t grasp is the fact that this actually happened in school
• Like, it would be one thing if a demon had injured you out of spite - he could simply punish them for all eternity and eradicate the root of the problem
• But for you to be injured this severely? In spellcasting class, no less?
• Instantly fires the teacher who was careless enough to let you walk into a casting circle which almost obliterated you whole - and spends ages commending Satan for having the wit to save you before things got even worse
• But that doesn’t stop him from using the full extent of his princely power to ensure your continued safety
• Instantly moves you out of the House of Lamentation and into his own palace, ignoring Lucifer’s repeated requests for you to not be moved
• “I need to make sure they’re comfortable,” He hisses to his right-hand man, almost to Barbatos’s amusement. “The healing process for humans is long, and I need to make sure that they get better without the distractions your brothers provide”
• Makes it painfully clear that if you ever get injured again under an RAD teacher’s watch, nothing will be able to save them from the unforgiving flames of his wrath
• Starts spending as much time with you as humanly possible 
• He always stops by your room in the afternoon, generally to check on your well being and to inquire on how you’re faring, but those conversations always seem to wrap up late at night, long after you’ve both abandoned the original topic at hand and are lost in discussion over something else
• One time, when he was feeling particularly guilty after looking at the painful swelling on your leg, he invited you back to his own room to sleep on his bed because - as the acting king of the Devildom - his bed is literally the most comfortable place in the world and he hardly uses it
• You sleep in it once and can never sleep anywhere else again
• For more reasons than one
• ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) 
• (Reluctantly) offers to let you move back into the House of Lamentation once you’re completely healed, but celebrates like crazy when you tell him that you’d much rather stay with him, and it becomes SUCH an ego stroke every time you remind him how much you adore it in his palace
• Lowkey grateful that you got injured because it was the catalyst that allowed you both to grow close
• But will absolutely make sure that nothing of the like ever happens again