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LUCIFER

• When you first arrived at Devildom, your cold gaze was the first thing he really noticed about you, and had the impression that you were going to be a hardworking student who’s somewhat like him
• Pardoned your silence as you still being in shock from being transported from the human world into the demon realm
• But it did throw him off after introductions that you still didn’t talk, only just looking around the room, looking from one demon to another and just nodding along or just standing still
• It kinda threw him off but also not??
• He excused it as shock
• And he wasn’t really wrong in the shock portion
• Where he was wrong was the judgement that you were just like him, calm, strict, and hardworking
• He does admit that you are very good looking and attractive though, but he’d rather be caught snorting Solomon’s cooking than admit it out loud
• You were too quiet and it just genuinely threw him off, and it was past the time that the shock should have worn off
• Were you a mute?? But that wasn’t on your file when he actually read through it
• Then came the moment where he asked you a question that you actually had to respond to, it being a simple, “How was your day?” While you two were preparing dinner
• Your head slowly turned to him, your piercing gaze burning right through his demonic soul and the air around you suddenly darkened and became heavy
• Then thoughts uncharacteristically ran through his mind, did you have a bad day? Were you being bullied at school? How detrimental would this be to the program??
• “I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I”
• Were you ok
• Lucifer stared at you with furrowed brows and wide eyes, “Are you alright, MC?”
• “Mph!”
• What
• You froze in place and frantically looked around and spotted the whiteboard on the fridge that used to be a list of what was out of stock in the kitchen but was now used for insults passed on from one brother to another
• You reluctantly erased the writings on the board and picked up the marker and wrote.
• “It was fine."
• Ah, so you were mute?
• "I’m not mute.”
• Excuse me?
• “I get nervous when I’m in front of people and I tense up and look scary, but I actually want to talk. I’m sorry.”
• You looked back at him to gauge his response, and he only hummed and nodded, thinking about it, you did always seem to tense up and glower whenever someone talked to you.
• “My voice wouldn’t come up no matter what I did, it just wouldn’t. It was like I lost the ability to speak."
• “I’m sorry if this becomes a problem to the exchange program, you can trade me for another human to make it go smoothly.”
• You put the marker down and looked back at Lucifer, waiting for his response, and when he said nothing for a few seconds, you bowed in an apology and started walking out of the kitchen, presumably to go pack your things.

• Then he stopped you.
• “While it could potentially become a hassle to deal with, it won’t be detrimental to the exchange program as a whole. I’ll speak to Diavolo to give you some accommodations during classes, it is my job as his right hand man to make sure you are comfortable within Devildom and RAD.”
• And thus begin your.. Slightly odd friendship with Lucifer.
• When things went particularly bad during your day you would often find yourself in his office, not talking or communicating in any way, just the both of you working your problems away in understood silence.
• Sometimes he’d ask you your opinion on something and you’d just tilt your head in confusion and stammer out an incoherent response and he hums, nodding along and goes back to his work.
• An odd way of encouraging you to speak, but it was encouraging you to speak nonetheless.
• He sometimes tries to introduce you to other demons during events and parties hosted by Diavolo but you’d just freeze and continue to glower at the demons you were introduced to.
• You quickly gained the reputation of being cold and aloof throughout the school, and it didn’t drive off the student population really, they only stood a few feet away and stared in equal parts admiration and intimidation.
• Who was this human to suddenly gain closeness to Lucifer Morningstar himself? Be personally introduced to high ranking demons and not even speak a single word to them?
• A few demons got the wrong idea and tried threatening you one time, but as soon as they got within a few feet of you, they immediately felt the pressure of your stare as you looked down on them, judging their character. They understood that they held no position of power to criticize you.
• Some theorized that you were actually an angel who got mixed within the human realm, some even thought of you as a Diety and went to ask Luke and Simeon about it.
• You talked through your notebook most of the time, and while Lucifer would sometimes think that it was kind of a hassle to wait for your response if it wasn’t a common phrase you had already written down, it was a nice way to be distracted from his work.
• A few weeks after you got his pact mark, you were in his study again, doing your schoolwork while he did his paperwork, when he turned to you and asked a question.
• “MC, what is your opinion on Diavolo adding human and celestial food to the school cafeteria, also on human and celestial written books in the library?”
• And while he expected a grunt of an infinite stammer, his heart stopped in its place as you spoke.
• “I-I t-think i..it’s a g-good idea… I a-a-am ki.kind of miss- missing the t-taste ‘f home..”
• He turned to you with a small look of shock in his face, which soon formed into a smile and gave a nod.
• “All right, I’ll make sure to share your input onto this decision, thank you, MC.”
• You nodded and Lucifer could swear your eyes enlarged and turned almost chibi-like, you continued to do your homework.
• Your voice was smooth despite the stammering, he knew to treasure this moment, as well as the comfort you have stored enough to speak to him.

MAMMON

• Ok ok ok
• He’d be the Avatar of Deception if he said that he didn’t feel his heart skip a beat when he first saw you
• It was like you had descended down from the Celestial Realm itself when you turned around to look at him as he entered the student council room
• He swears he can see a halo on your head and angels trumpets sounding out
• Was in a state of shock to learn that he was the demon assigned to look after you
• And while he was indeed harboring a minor crush on you, he still managed to tsundere his way through life as your babysitter
• While he talked on and on and asked you various questions, you kept silent and stared ahead, not bothering to meet him in the eyes
• Honestly it dampened his mood quite a bit, but he did notice you would answer the yes or no questions more with a shake or nod of your head
• So that was how you two communicated, really
• He read your emotions pretty easily despite you not even uttering a single word
• You were kinda thankful for that, to be assigned to a demon who could read you
• It was after getting your pact with Mammon that you two tried to get closer to each other
• Mammon felt kinda tired to have to think of yes or no questions to keep the conversation with you going, but having raised his brothers gave him some patience at least, but nearing the second hour mark it grew quite thin
• “Oi, human, why aren’t ya talking? At all? It’s kinda tiring to carry the entire conversation y’know.”
• Then you froze in place, and silence overtook the both of you.
• Mammon in that instant, regretted even saying something, because you then started to glare at him like he was some kind of lowlife scum and the air pressure around you became suffocating
• “D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-!!”
• “Hey hey hey calm down! Sorry for askin’, sheesh, you good??”
• You buried your face in your hands and refused to look him in the eyes
• Slightly panicking, he looked around your room for some sort of distraction or tool when his eyes landed on your notebook.
• Snatching it from your desk as well as a well sharpened pencil, he shoved those objects towards you and in a slight confusion you took them.
• He had to tell you to write down what you wanted to say.
• And you wrote.
• You wrote about your communication disorder, telling your story to him about your life as you grew up with it, and how you had little to no friends growing up because of it.
• Then your voice started to hitch while writing and you wouldn’t look up at him.
• Worried, he grabbed his handkerchief and tilted your head so your eyes would meet.
• Instead of tear filled eyes, he was met with large eyes with a blank stare, blinking at him with confusion.
• You looked back down and wrote, “I just had hiccups.”
• If Mammon didn’t feel like an idiot before, he certainly felt like one now.
• After that moment of silence and awkwardness passed, you started to write again. “I understand if you don’t want to guide me anymore, I can try to live here without your assistance. You can forget this conversation ever happened.”
• Then you shut your notebook soon after and slowly looked down in an apology, expecting him to leave your room and proceed to ignore you.
• “Hell no! LIke I’m leaving ya to the hands of the other demons, so what if you’re nervous to speak around others? I’m yer first man and I’ll have your back no matter what, human!”
• And he did.
• He was always by your side in the House of Lamentation, to RAD, and even on the streets of Devildom. He was always there unless he needed to be somewhere else, like a different class or he was being punished by Lucifer.
• Sometimes when he’s out, he’d return with some more notebooks for you, one time returning with a whiteboard and marker, as well as even returning with chalkboard paint and a box of chalk.
• You two had a field day painting the wall of your bedroom and writing and drawing on the wall.
• Lucifer, on the other hand, was not so thrilled by it and chased down Mammon while you got off scott free.
• It rubbed you the wrong way to see Mammon strung up by the ceiling so you cut him down and you two went back to your room to continue writing and drawing.
• It was nearing the middle of your stay in Devildom when he heard it.
• Your voice.
• You two were hanging out in your bedroom again, both facing the chalkboard wall when you opened your mouth.
• “T-t-thank.. You.”
• “Eh?”
• “T-thank y-you, for b-being p-p-patient wi- with me, M-mammon!”
• He felt like he was having a heart attack right then and there
• It took him a moment to respond, since he was clutching his heart like it was going to run away while you fretted and panicked over what was happening.
• “N-no problem, you’re my human after all! What kind of first man would I be if I didn’t stay by your side, huh?”
• Your smile sent him straight up back to the Celestial Realm.

LEVIATHAN

• Was immediately. IMMEDIATELY infatuated with you
• You looked so cool, so good looking, and so mysterious. Like you were pulled right out of a shojo anime series
• Wanted to worship the ground you stepped on, really
• You radiated normie vibes to him, but oddly he wasn’t disturbed by that?? He thought you were such a cool normie that wouldn’t remotely care about his interests
• Did not think he was worthy to be in your presence despite being the third born AND the Grand Admiral of Hell’s Navy
• Mainly just avoided you and stared in admiration
• That until he had confronted Mammon and didn’t notice your presence sooner
• In his episode of rage at his brother, he dragged you to his room to use you against Mammon and capture the second born in a pact
• And while he was devising his plans in front of you, you were both listening and looking around at the room in amazement.
• Were those floating jellyfish near the ceiling of his room?? His video game collection is massive, do you think he’ll teach you how to play some of them? I think that manga series was popular in the human world, how did he get his hands on them?

• Then he got to ranting and recommending The Tale of The Seven Lords to you and honestly you were also intrigued in the plot and 100% convinced to read it as soon as possible
• After the whole ordeal was finished and you left his room, he collapsed in his tub bed as realization hit him
• DID HE SERIOUSLY JUST GEEK OUT RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE COOLEST NORMIE ON EARTH???!?!? Oh Lord Diavolo murder him
• Took more time than accounted for to get you and Mammon in a pact because he couldn’t look at you in the eye and talk straight
• And your added silence took a toll on him
• After he got his money from Mammon he avoided you like the plague while simultaneously watching over you -like a stalker- like a guardian demon
• Unbeknownst to him, you got ahold of the entire TSL series after asking Lucifer about it and he showed you to the library.
• You got hooked on the series and really loved the characters and their dynamics flowing and bouncing off of each other so well and the plot was really good and it was like the author knew these characters in real life and only turned them into characters.
• Coughcough anyway
• You wanted to talk to Levi about the series, no doubt, but whenever you would come even near him both of you just freeze in place and have a staredown while silence passes through the both of you, and after someone blinks the both of you go your separate ways
• Levi’s convinced you hate him, you’re convinced Levi hates you
• It would be funny if it wasn’t painful to witness
• Then the whole TSL Cursed Vinyl thing happened and Solomon arrived and got pass Levi’s door.
• When you and Mammon tried to enter the door and you were given a question, you KNEW the answer, you KNEW it but you couldn’t repeatedly knock on his door just to show a piece of paper.
• So you opened your mouth, Mammon gaping in shock, was this seriously the first time he can hear you speak??
• “Th- T-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-!”
• Nevermind.
• “P- Ehh?? P-password incorrect??”
• You and Mammon bolted from Levi’s room, leaving him and Solomon confused as to what happened. And Mammon thinking you don’t know TSL yet, binged the whole series with Beel.
• When the day of the match arrives, Mammon brought you a whiteboard and marker to write down your answers big enough for everyone to see
• You were slightly thrown off to find out that you were given the easy questions but after some thinking, it would have been for the best
• In the end when Levi flew into a rage, you were frozen still in fear and with wide eyes just stared at him while Lucifer dealt with it.
• When he apologized and declared you as the winner of the TSL Quiz and the pact was formed, you were kinda thrilled because you have a better chance of communicating with him through both your favorite series
• You brought over your book of TSL and opened it to a certain page and started pointing out the words, “I...think...you..are...nice..” “I..hope...we…can...get...a..long...well.”
• Levi burst into red after realizing what you were saying
• But a thought crossed his mind, why couldn’t you speak?
• You looked at the book and skimmed through its pages, not finding the words you could point out you looked around for a piece of paper and pen.
• Immediately understood your circumstance, surprisingly. He had a lot of trouble looking and taking in social cues even back then when he was still an angel, but he couldn’t really compare his experiences to yours because even if it was a kinda similar experience, it was still different in circumstances.
• Is extremely patient in waiting for you and became your second closest friend next to Mammon, which Mammon liked to rub it in on Levi’s face.
• Levi introduced you to his interests, gaming, anime, manga, and even cosplaying. And while the last one did have some issues, you liked to spend time learning the different games and the likes.
• Literally bought you a switch after you got hooked to Animal Crossing.
• It was a normal day of hanging out with you, you two playing some games in his room, nothing out of the ordinary.
• “T-thank y-you, f-f- for being m-my fr- friend.”
• Hah?
• Levi turned to you slowly with wide eyes, the game he was playing flashing red on the screen while the words “YOU DIED!” blinked.
• Red immediately creeped up his neck and took over his face, you could see steam being blown from his ears as he short circuits.
• “Y-y-you’re welcome! MC!”
• He can die happy.

SATAN

• Was the first one to find out about your troubles in speaking without having to actually speak to you.
• Why wouldn’t he? He’s the smartest out of all his brothers, and he had definitely read some books regarding these types of things.
• Felt kinda bad whenever you tried to speak up but ended up scowling at the people talking to you. But seeing Lucifer and Diavolo’s surprised reactions kinda made up for it in some way?
• Whenever Mammon wasn’t around he’d step up as your translator, and he became some sort of person to rely on for you because he didn’t revere you, he didn’t dote on you, he just.. Helped you out.
• You did not believe he was the Avatar of Wrath.
• He was just too nice and calm?? And he helped you out and understood what you meant even if you weren’t talking??
• Then you saw him deck a demon in the middle of the hallway and yeah you believe his sin now
• That DID kind of deter you from him for quite a while, and Satan would be lying if he said it didn’t hurt him
• Your silent nature kind of grew on him, that and because of your low social skills, it gave you more time to study back then so now you were academically smart but in Devildom you had some troubles in certain subjects to which he tutored you on
• While he was aimlessly wandering around school grounds, he saw a cat with silky black fur and a tuft of hair on its forehead
• The cat looked strikingly similar to you, but in cat form
• And also the cat never purred or made noises so he easily compared you and the cat
• He might have named it a nickname of yours and he’ll first praise Lucifer than to ever say the name around others
• He visited the cat everyday, seeing as they stayed in the same spot, he’d give it some food to eat and just spend time time with the cat
• He would have adopted and brought the cat home if Lucifer hadn’t banned him from bringing cats home, because if he brought home one, a day later it would double and soon the cats would multiply
• After a month of visiting the cat, he returned to the usual spot to find it not there. He was confused as to why his friend wouldn’t be in their usual place or even around the area. He started calling out their name, them having responded to it, he had a better chance finding the cat.
• Then, as he turned the corner, he froze in place as you and the cat looked at him with an eerily similar look of confusion, uncharacteristic large eyes and a mouth nearly gone, it looked like those ‘chibi’ scenes in the anime Levi watches
• Shit shit shit shit shit
• You and the cat looked at each other and back to Satan who really really wanted to die at the moment
• “M-MC! I see you’ve met- uh, the..cat.”
• You nodded.
• It was an awkward moment, but after it passed you and Satan started to play with the cat, with you snapping pictures of its cuteness every few seconds while Satan doted on them.
• “C..c-cute.”
• Satan smiled, “Yeah, they are pretty cute.”

ASMODEUS

• Thinks you’re too pretty and ethereal to be a human
• You HAD to have some angel blood in you, it’s impossible to be that attractive. He’s still prettier but still.
• His shock to your beauty did not manifest in putting you down though, he was not wicked. He loved complimenting your beauty, the silkiness of your hair, to the shape and color of your eyes, to the softness of your lips, even to the beauty of your fingers.
• Your fingers.
• Asmo seriously paid attention to you.
• Sometimes he likes to whisk you away for shopping trips, spas, and more of the sorts.
• Loved painting your nails, dark blue brought out the color of your eyes.
• He posts a lot about you on his Devilgram, just you two hanging out, you doing something mundane, but all the pictures don't have you looking in the camera, always looking at something else or above the camera itself.
• He noticed this of course and has commented on it, but no harm done.
• Had asked about your silence from time to time, sometimes trying to coax you into speaking to him but all he got was a blank stare and sometimes even a glower.
• He ranted about this to Satan because he felt like you DESPISED his entire being and it felt so demeaning.
• Satan looked up at him from his book, brows furrowed and said, “Have you not realized that MC has trouble communicating?”
• “They whAT??”
• In disbelief because how could someone so attractive and popular be BAD at communication? It doesn’t add up in his mind
• So he takes it upon himself to help you find your voice and talk.
• Would sometimes send you to the coffee place and have you order something with extremely long names added extras
• Mammon said he was torturing you, Asmo says he was giving you tough love
• And it wasn’t like the drinks he got you to order was something he threw out immediately right after, he drank them too, but if he found it not to his taste he gives it to Beel, no food waste here.
• At RAD he would drag you around to let you meet his friends and give you some time to try and speak but most of the time you would just stare and hum.
• Up until Mammon gave you your notebook so you can ‘speak’ to other people without having him to translate.
• Asmo would rather die than admit he needed Mammon to be around to translate your thoughts.
• But he also likes the silence you bring around you, it was calming to a certain extent. And with the noise that Asmo brung around everywhere, it was a nice change.
• And you also liked Asmo, because he was open and really extroverted, he brought you some new experiences and met new people who you got along with pretty well
• It was a night after a small get together with Asmo’s friends that you and him were in his bedroom just talking- well, Asmo was doing the talking really, he was talking about recent drama in Deviltube, talking about his brothers, Solomon and Barbatos, things like that, while painting your nails.
• “Blue really suits you, MC! It brings out the color of your eyes,” he smiled as he twists the nail polish cap closed.
• “Y-you re- really think so..?”
• Asmo nodded happily, barely even registering what just happened, not until you smiled at him, flashing your pearly whites while looking at your nails at awe,
• “MC! You talked! You talked! Your voice is so pretty and smooth, I love it!”
• You took a sharp intake of air and attempted to hide your face as Asmo showered you in compliments.
• Asmo was thrilled that you had found your voice.

BEELZEBUB

• Beel knew he scared you, I mean, he’s tall, strong, and has a mean-looking face, who wouldn’t get scared of him in the first meeting?
• Add the comment he made about you looking pretty tasty, safe to say that you tried avoiding him if you didn’t have on of the brothers, particularly Mammon or Levi, around.
• And THEN the fact that he flew into a rage and destroyed a wall of your room because you were force fed his food?? You were trembling in your shoes when you found out you were rooming with this giant
• He felt so bad about it, and every time he’d try to apologize to you you’d just nod and shuffle away or go back to what you were doing, not uttering a single word to him.
• You were still angry at him, and he doesn’t know how to get you to forgive him
• So he’d try to fill in the silence between the both of you with stories of his twin, the demon who got sent to the human world
• You listened pretty intently to his stories, and he could feel your remorse when he told you they actually used to be a trio, and not just a duo.
• When Luke came to stay at the House of Lamentation, you easily feigned a loss of appetite to eat with the brothers and brought your still full plate up to Beel’s room in order to to share with Luke
• And soon, Luke was found in the underground tomb with Lucifer furious at the sight of the angel holding a grimoire, and also angry and disappointed at Beel and you for harboring the angel inside the House of Lamentation.
• When you refused to choose between Beel and Luke, you stood your ground between them and Lucifer despite scared of the turnout
• These were your friends, and you wanted to protect them, they were your friends.
• It was very very late into the friendship that Beel found out you had trouble speaking, he just thought you were a mute.
• He could read your emotions pretty well though, not as good as Mammon or Satan but pretty well, he’s the most emotionally intelligent among all the brothers, after all.
• He didn’t really mind though, only nodding along as you and Mammon explain your troubles
• When eating out, he’d encourage you to say your order yourself and congratulates you even if you couldn’t speak, at least you tried and that’s better than nothing!
• Beel was so proud when you said you wanted fries at Akudonald’s
• The Akudonald’s workers were very confused but they got used to the Avatar of Gluttony’s shenanigans.
• “You did it, MC! Great job! I knew you could do it!”
• The cashier gave you two another large fry as a congratulations because they were also there to witness your growth.

BELPHEGOR

• When Belphie first met you, he thought your silence was annoying
• Your overall attitude also threw him out of the loop
• Weren’t all humans sociable extroverted beings? Why weren’t you talking? Why were you glaring at him like he kidnapped your first friend and is now threatening you with a pair of chopsticks? Where did he get this analogy from?
• Yeah he was really confused about you
• But you seemed to buy his story fairly well and became a fool to his obvious lies-
• Then you wrote on your notebook, “I saw your portrait just earlier, why are you lying to me?”
• You did not like him, he lied to you, why would you like him?
• He found it tiring to have to try and read your thoughts and emotions, and then having to wait for your response as you scribbled on your notebook, a majority of your conversations got cut off by him falling asleep midway through, even if the topic was kind of interesting, the waiting made him feel bored and sleepy
• Likes using your legs as a pillow, no doubt.
• The only time he likes your quietness is when he’s sleeping or if you two were hanging out in silence
• Your trust in him broke in lesson 16, though
• And if you didn’t speak before, like hell you were going to now
• The other brothers were really worried for you when you wouldn’t even utter a single grunt or something
• But that was mainly from the throat pains and the betrayal you felt at Belphie
• It took more months to regain your trust in him again to not kill you before you could even stay in the same room as him without another person accompanying you.
• And Belphie feels bad about what he had done, because seriously
• You didn’t do anything wrong to offend him, you were nice and patient with him, but his hatred of the human who died thousands of years ago just boiled over, and unfortunately, you were at the receiving end of the stick
• Never expected you to utter a word at him, and for good reason too.
• He was content with the two of you just spending time with each other, no words traded, maybe a silence or with tv or music playing in the background
• As long as you felt safe with him again, it would be fine for him. You didn’t have to forgive him for what he had done
• “W-..wh- what w-was Li-lith like?”
• He opened his eyes and looked up at you, his head resting on your lap as you two stayed in the planetarium.
• You were looking back at him, the question still lingering in the air, waiting for his response.
• “She was the best sister anyone could ever ask for,” Belphie smiled, and he began to reminisce. He talked. You smiled, and ran your fingers in his hair.
• This was alright, and everything was fine.