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It had been a little over a year and nine months since that fateful day when Michael brought home a very sick Armaros to nurse him back to life, leading him into becoming his guardian angel.
Since then, a lot had happened to them, between a lot of injuries and trips to the hospital, becoming children for a couple of days, almost getting killed a few times, actually getting killed once, a panic over an arachnid, a few scares because of thunder and lightning, and spending good time with Michael’s family.
Yeah…
A lot had happened for sure.
And all this time spent together, helping each other through the hard times and the most deadly situations, of course, it was normal for Armaros and Michael to have grown closer.
What they didn’t expect was to find themselves feeling something more than friendship between each other.
Although it was never admitted, and although it wasn’t anything like a normal romantic feeling, it was for sure stronger than a normal relationship between two men, or, well, a human and an angel to be more precise.
The angel wasn’t fully aware of his own feelings, he felt like there was something more between them, something special, and felt a little embarrassed about it, but he wasn’t sure what it was and why he was feeling that way, not being accustomed to this kind of things and not really having been taught about feelings in general, as he was just an angel, one that was supposed to just fulfill his mission given by heaven and nothing else.
For Michael, it was different. Of course he would know of his own feelings for the angel.
He had had many relationships before, although they always ended poorly for him, even if the girls were never tired of him and never changed his reputation, meaning he always had more and more girls clinging to him and trying to win his heart. He had been through so many, he thought he knew about love then, but then with how it all happened, and how he was used by those girls as they were only after his looks and fame, he was sure that love wasn’t for him, and never felt anything close to it.
At least, until a year ago, when he realized his own feelings for Armaros after almost having lost him when the angel hunters had captured him and tried to cut his wing off.
Since then, he had been much closer to the angel, and he’d been showing much more physical affection to this one, although under the cover of helping him sleep better after a nightmare, or when this one was upset about anything or was hurt.
Despite the angel obviously being fine with all of it, and returning it easily since that horrible incident, he still couldn’t tell if the other was feeling something like him, preferring to call him a friend on the one time where he could have easily confessed to him in a moment of heart to heart. At least, it was a step toward something more than what they used to be, but it still wasn’t exactly what he wanted them to be either.
One thing was sure, Michael really wasn’t sure about how to approach this subject, and was trying his best to hide his feelings away, thinking no one would notice it.
That day, when Michael woke up, he could feel how he was entangled with the angel again, as this one clinged to him in his sleep a lot since they’d started to sleep in the same bed because of the nightmares they had sometimes.
As always it was impossible to tell who had started clinging to the other, but it wasn’t like it mattered to either of them.
He smiled fondly as he opened his eyes slowly, looking down at the angel sleeping in his arms peacefully, not resisting the urge to pet his hair a little, making this one purr slightly and make content sounds, which, of course, made the poor boy blush furiously.
He’d found out about the angel’s ability to purr a little while ago, but he wasn’t used to it yet, and to how adorable it was, even more when this one looked this peaceful and happy in his sleep, which was very rare with how many things had happened to them.
He stayed like that, still, petting the angel and enjoying the sweet moment as this one kept clinging gently in his sleep and purring softly against him, until he felt and heard his stomach complaining about the lack of food in it.
He finally looked at the time to see that they’d slept in once again, although it wasn’t that surprising, as, the previous night was his little brother’s birthday, which had to be celebrated properly, with a lot of food but also a lot of music and songs which lasted until late in the night, or more like, early in the morning.
It also was a way for him to remember as he tried to slip away from Armaros’ grip to get up and get something to eat, that he was still at his siblings’ house.
He yawned as he finally made his way to the kitchen, being greeted by his two brothers.
“Hey there sleepy head.” Raphael greeted with a teasing smile as he saw him walking in still all sleepy and with his disheveled hair, which he had started to let grow.
“Sup’ Bro.” Keith greeted happily.
“Mornin’” The young man replied with another yawn. “I thought you had to go home early to get back to your wife and daughter.” He pointed out to his older brother.
“Scarlett decided to come stay here with us for a few days. So I don’t have to go home for a few more days and you’ll also get to see your niece.” This one explained and smiled proudly.
“I’ll finally get to meet her~ Can you believe it Big Bro!” The youngest said excitedly, his eyes already filled with stars at the idea.
“Oh? So we finally get to see her~? How sweet~ Isn’t that a great gift for our baby brother’s birthday too~” Michael teased as he chuckled at his little brother’s response, ruffling his hair with affection, making this one pout a little.
“Sure is, isn’t it?” The older brother laughed at his brothers’ antics, before he turned back to Michael with a teasing grin. “It’s also the occasion for you to introduce your boyfriend to Scarlett.” He said, making the other blush furiously, taken aback. “I don’t suppose he’s awake yet, though. You both really are sleepy heads.” He sighed and shook his head, still in a teasing way.
“He- He’s not-” Michael stuttered, his face red like a tomato. “He’s not my boyfriend.” He finally managed to argue.
“Really?” Keith looked surprised, although Raphael looked like he knew already and knew about his brother’s feelings and was very well intent on teasing him to death with it.
“You sure act like a cute couple though.” The older brother kept teasing his younger brother.
“No, we don’t!” Michael shook his head, getting redder. “And why are you surprised about that?!”
“I mean… You both are always clinging to each other.” Keith pointed out with a shrug. “And you’re always so close and ready to throw hands for each other.”
“And we know how you sleep while clinging to each other~” Raphael added with a grin, this one getting bigger as he saw his brother’s face and ears becoming so red and hot he was sure he would end up letting out smoke out of it.
“That doesn’t mean anything!” Michael argued, very embarrassed about the callout.
“Don’t tell me you didn’t confess to him yet.” Keith said, still surprised about how his brother was reacting.
Michael calmed down at that, staying awkwardly silent as he looked back at his little brother, before glancing at his older brother, who was still grinning teasingly but knowingly at him.
“I didn’t…” He sighed and mumbled before pouting and looking away. “How did you even know about that anyway?”
“Come on. You two are so obvious about it.” OB laughed.
“You’re always clinging to each other.” Keith pointed out with a smile. “And you’re always so close and physical with him.” He teased happily. “You’re even more physical with him than you are with me~ You should be careful or I’ll be jealous~” He added to tease his big brother too.
“Sh- Shut up.” The poor young man replied under their teasing, crossing his arms and pouting as he kept looking away from them.
“So?” Raphael asked him, making him look at him, confused as to what he was asking. “When do you plan on confessing?” He smiled teasingly.
“....” Michael stayed silent at that looking down a little sadly. “I don’t know if I should do it…”
“Why?” Keith asked, a little concerned.
“I just…” The young man sighed as he rubbed his elbow. “I don’t know if he’s really feeling the same…” He admitted quietly.
“Of course, he is!” The younger of the brothers claimed with a bright smile to reassure his big brother.
“How do you know, though?” Michael wasn’t convinced at all.
“Come on, Michael. You’re the only one not seeing it.” Raphael huffed, still smiling. “I never thought you’d be that oblivious.” He teased again.
“He’s right!” The little brother agreed as well. “There’s no way he’s not feeling the same. Not with how he is with you.” He reassured as his brother still didn’t seem that convinced.
“Well… Either way… I don’t know how to do it anyway.” Michael sighed again.
“Just try to open your heart to him. Isn’t that what you always do when you’re reassuring each other when you’re upset anyway?” Raphael offered, his smile softening.
“Yeah! You just have to let it out during one of your talks!” Keith agreed confidently.
“I’m not sure…” Michael still hesitated.
“Just try it.” Raphael smiled at him reassuringly. “You”ll see it will work out in the end.”
“I know it will work fine!” Their little brother encouraged him. “You can do it BB!”
“...” Michael looked between the two of them for a moment before sighing and giving them a smile. “I’ll give it my best when it comes to it then.”
“Good boy.” Raphael teased as he went to ruffle this one’s hair teasingly, the same way Michael usually did with their little brother, making him pout.
“It’ll be fine.” Keith smiled brightly as he went to hug his brother, making this one relax more and smile fondly at them.
It was rare that he got affection not only from his little brother but also from his older brother. It was a nice change between them. OB had been much more cheerful and happy since he’d married and had a child recently with his girlfriend, which reassured his siblings a lot, as this one was always so closed off and a little cold despite himself while he was trying to hide his feelings away.
Michael enjoyed the moment for a while before his stomach made itself known to all of them again, surprising them out of their peaceful moment but making them burst out laughing.
“Someone’s hungry it seems.” OB laughed, still with his hand on his brother’s head. “Let’s get you something to eat.”
“We were just talking about what we wanted to cook.” Keith said as he let go of his brother.
“What did you settle on?” The big brother asked, curious and hungry.
“Well, we were debating between two options. Actually it’s good you’re up, you’ll be able to make the decision.” Raphael said with a smile, finally letting go of his brother as well.
“What was it between?” Michael asked.
“Homemade burgers, or fried chicken with some french fries.” Keith beamed at him.
“Two delicious options.” Michael nodded in approvement.
“Indeed. Which is why we’re struggling to choose.” OB chuckled. “So? What do you want more? What will it be?”
“Hm…” Michael thought for a moment, before finally deciding. “Burgers sounds good right now. Besides, Armaros never got to taste YOUR homemade burgers.” He smiled brightly. “They’re the best burgers. He HAS to taste them.”
“Oh! I agree!” Keith agreed excitedly.
“Burgers it is then.” Raphael laughed, proud that his brothers loved his burgers so much and happy to see them so happy too.
“Yummy~ OB’s burgers~” Keith started to salivate at the thought of them.
“I haven’t had them in forever.” Michael thought back as he was also salivating about it.
“Haha~ I see you two are really excited about it.” Raphael laughed at their reaction. “How about you help me cook then?” He offered with a warm smile.
“Of course!” Keith jumped excitedly at the offer. He rarely cooked with his older brother, so it was a great opportunity to take.
“Sure, bro.” Michael smiled back. He had cooked a little with him in the past but it was when they were younger, as he taught him to cook as their parents were rarely home, and as he was often busy, needing his siblings to be able to take care of themselves and their little brother.
“Alright then.” OB smiled again before pointing to his baby brother. “Keith! I will let you cut the onions, tomatoes, and the pickles.” He declared. “I’m counting on you to make them thin and, most importantly, to not cut your fingers.” He instructed.
“On it!” The youngest boy nodded and quickly took out the onions, tomatoes, and pickles he would need from the fridge to set them with the cutting board and taking a knife to start the work.
“Michael!” OB turned his finger to his little brother. “You can toast the buns for me, you have to melt some butter and spread some on the buns top and inside, but not too much either, be careful, then you can toast them. Then you can put the BBQ sauce on the inside of the buns. When you’re done, prepare the lettuce as well, we don’t want a lot, just a slice will be perfect for each burger.” He instructed him.
“Sure thing, bro!” Michael nodded as well as he went to take the buns out, the ones that his older brother had made himself, and the butter out of the fridge.
With that the three brothers set to work on the burgers, Michael and Keith following their brother’s instructions while this one kept an eye on their work as he was making the patties and cooking them.
“Don’t you usually put some cheese in the burgers?” Keith asked as he noticed it wasn’t anywhere.
“I do. But you have to add it as the patties are cooking, once you flip them you put it on them to let it melt while they keep cooking on the other side.” He explained as he was smashing the patties.
“Ooooooh!” The youngest was in awe at the professionalism of his brother.
“Hehe~ It’s not that impressive baby bro~” Raphael chuckled at his brother’s overreaction, although he was very pleased by it.
Michael on his side smiled fondly as he watched his baby brother being amazed at their older brother’s knowledge in cooking, and then being helped by this one as he showed him how to better cut the onions without getting cut and still making them thin.
It didn’t take long until they were all done with their own steps, all that was left being the making of the burgers.
OB showed them in what order he put everything and let them make their own burgers, watching over them, quickly helping his little brother as this one quickly confused the order of everything.
Michael, on his side, was almost done with his, but wasn’t sure if he wasn’t forgetting something, trying to remember himself as he didn’t want to interrupt his brothers on their side.
“What’s wrong Michael? You seem unsure of what you’re doing.” Raphael asked as he noticed his hesitation, coming over to check over what he was doing. “Oh! You forgot the bacon before the pickles.” He pointed at.
“Oh! That’s what I was missing! I knew I was missing something!” The younger man gasped at the realization. “Thanks bro.” He smiled happily at him.
“Good job bro.” This one smiled back and ruffled his hair again. “You two are good cooks too. You did your part very well.” He praised them proudly, now also ruffling their little brother’s hair as this one smiled back happily.
“We had the best teacher.” Michael pointed out to his brother.
OB just laughed at that as he kept his hands on his brothers’ hair.
Michael and Keith glanced at each other, smiling more at how happy their older brother seemed to be and how he was in a very good mood those days.
They stayed like that for a moment, enjoying the happy moment in each other’s company, until they heard footsteps coming closer, turning around to see who was coming in the kitchen to join them.
“Oh? You finally decided to get out of bed, sleepy head?” OB teased as they watched Armaros walking in while letting out a big yawn, looking still half asleep.
“Good ‘morning’ Armaros.” Keith greeted with a teasing smile.
“Hey Armaros.” Michael smiled at him. “How did you sleep?”
“I slept fine.” The angel replied sleepily, rubbing his eyes. “What were you all doing?” He asked curiously.
“You took so long to wake up that we decided to start cooking lunch before you joined us.” Keith teased with a smile.
“That’s right. We had time to cook everything before you even got up.” Raphael added teasingly.
“You arrived just in time to come eat actually.” Michael smiled warmly at him.
“What did you cook?” The angel was curious now that he was a little more awake. “It smells nice.” He pointed out.
“You’ll see once you’re at the table. Now go sit.” Raphael instructed him with a smile, giving a glance to Michael.
This one didn’t need to ask as he went to the angel and took his hands, pulling him towards the dining room.
“Come on~ You’ll see soon~” He said as he led the other to the table and made him sit on his usual chair before going to sit next to him while his brothers were bringing the place with all the burgers and some nice and cool sodas.
Armaros was surprised to see the homemade burgers as they were set on the table and served, they looked nothing like the burgers he usually ate with Michael, as this one sometimes ordered them or brought them to a fast food place to get some quick meal without having to bother cooking.
Under the pressing eyes and the encouragement of Michael, the angel took a bite out of it to try it out, surprised by how different it tasted as well from the usual ones, his eyes filling with stars as the taste spread into his mouth.
“So~ How is it~?” Michael asked knowingly.
“It’s delicious.” Armaros replied as he kept eating slowly to be polite.
“It’s a special OB burger!” Keith explained to him as he also ate his own.
“Did you really make that?” The angel asked the eldest.
“It sure is my version of a nice burger, but I had some help in the kitchen to prepare it.” He pointed out proudly.
“So you all made them?” Armaros deduced.
“We sure did.” Michael nodded. “But we only helped. The real one that did the work is still OB, he made the most important part.” He pointed out.
“Your tasks were just as important.” The older brother argued.
And so, Armaros watched and listened as the three brothers argued about whether or not the tasks of Michael and Keith were as important as OB’s, while they continued to eat.
He smiled fondly as he watched them, happy to see them so close to each other and so happy.
After the meal, Armaros and Michael were sent to get dressed and cleaned, as they were still in pajamas, and still with their bedhair, by the older brother. Of course, Michael complained about it but he reluctantly went with it at the reminder that Scarlett was coming over with their daughter.
They made quick work of getting clean, going back to their room to get their clothes and get changed.
As they were getting changed, Michael couldn’t help but glance at the other and blush as he remembered his brothers’ teasing from earlier and how they talked about how he should confess to him.
He tried to shake the thought away quickly before the other could notice it, but thankfully he got distracted as he noticed that the angel’s shirt had gotten a little stuck in his pants.
“Armaros, wait.” He said as he went to take his shirt out and put it more properly on him, making sure he wouldn’t be looking like he forgot how to get dressed properly.
“Thanks.” Armaros smiled at him as he was done, blushing a little, which made Michael blush as well when he noticed it and saw his smile.
“We have to look perfect to meet the baby.” He said as he finished getting dressed himself. “And you even more since you’ll get to meet Scarlett too.” He pointed out.
“Do you think it’ll be fine?” Armaros looked hesitant at the idea of meeting Raphael’s wife. “I mean. I’m an angel and she’s a demon.”
“Of course, it’ll be fine. She’s the sweetest demon ever. You’ll see.” Michael reassured. “And, besides, you don’t hate demons anymore, do you?” He pointed out knowingly.
“I don’t.” Armaros nodded, smiling a little at the optimism of the other. “I know they aren’t all bad. But… I don’t know. She might not like angels.” He sighed.
“I can assure you that she doesn’t care about it at all.” Michael reassured. “I told you, she’s sweetness in person. She doesn’t care about anything other than for people to be happy.”
Armaros still seemed a bit worried, so Michael, without thinking, took his hands and squeezed them as he made the other look at him, smiling brightly at him.
“Don’t worry about it. I know that she’ll love you like I do.” He said.
Armaros just looked at him for a moment, searching for any sign that he was just trying to reassure him but wasn’t thinking it, not finding any as, as always, Michael was speaking with his heart.
It took both of them a moment to realise what Michael had said, which wasn’t a lot but was much more than he’d wanted to say, making both of them blush furiously.
“Anyway. We should go. I think I just heard the bell.” Michael said to change the subject as he looked away, keeping hold on one of the angel’s hands as he led him out of the room when this one nodded to him.
As they left their room, they could hear voices coming from the living room. Michael didn’t waste any time to lead the angel there, still holding his hand.
Once they entered the room, they were greeted by the sight of Keith playing with a little baby while Raphael and Scarlett stood next to them, looking at them to make sure everything would be fine while the older man had an arm around his wife’s shoulders, both of them delighted in the scene.
“Hey Scarlett~!” Michael greeted warmly as he walked closer to them
“Hello Michael. It’s good to see you again.” This one greeted with a warm smile. “You look like you’ve been doing well.” She pointed out.
“There have been ups and downs, as always, but all things considered things were relatively fine, yeah.” The young man replied with a chuckle.
“And, are you the famous Armaros?” She asked as she looked over at the angel, giving him a warm smile as well.
Armaros didn’t really know how to respond so he just nodded to it.
“Raphy told me a lot about you.” She said, not letting any clue to the angel as to what the other had told her about him, worrying him a little as he knew that for the longest time this one wasn’t fond of him at all. “I’m happy for both of you.” She beamed at both Michael and him, making them both confused, Michael blushing furiously when he caught sight of the teasing and malicious grin of his older brother, knowing immediately that he’d made it so that she thought that they were dating already.
Michael gave his brother an angry and embarrassed glare, making this one laughed under his breath while the poor Armaros was left very confused at the situation, Scarlett seemingly happy with what was happening despite not knowing the truth.
“BB!” Keith called out to him, making him turn his attention to him and relaxing quickly. “Look! We’re uncles now!” He exclaimed excitedly as he showed him their niece, who was wiggling in his hands happily, smiling as she saw Michael.
“...” This one stayed quiet for a moment as he observed her, before his eyes filled with tears as well. “OMG! I’m an uncle!” He let out as he took the baby from his brother’s hands and held her high, making her giggle.
“You already knew that for months.” OB reminded him with a laugh.
“It’s not the same!” Keith argued for his big brother, crying as well. “Knowing it isn’t the same as seeing it in person.” He pouted.
“She’s adorable!” Michael cuddled the baby gently.
“She really is, isn’t she~” Scarlett agreed happily. “She looks just like her dad~” She said.
“No way~ She looks exactly like you darling~” Raphael argued, a little embarrassed.
“She looks more like Scarlett.” Michael agreed. “But, she’s already strong just like OB~” He teased his brother as he was playing with the baby, this one having grabbed his finger and holding it tight despite how little her hands were.
While they were talking and teasing each other, Armaros just looked at the scene in front of him, feeling a little out of place, until the baby seemed to notice him, letting go of Michael’s finger to move her little hands towards him.
“Oh?” OB raised an eyebrow before smiling teasingly at the angel. “Seems like she also wants to know her other uncle~” He said, receiving another embarrassed glare from his brother, making him laugh.
“Huh?” Armaros was confused as to what was happening between them and what he meant by ‘her other uncle’ but he didn’t have time to really think much about it as Michael turned to him with a huff, quickly relaxing and handing him the little Kelly.
“Here you go~ She wants to meet you too~” He said with a warm smile at the angel.
Armaros was a little taken aback and awkward at first as he was handed the baby, not sure if he should be holding her since he wasn’t part of the family, but quickly relaxed as he saw her smiling at him and wiggling in his arms, making his heart melt as he tickled her, making her giggle adorably in his arms.
“She already likes you~” Scarlett beamed at him.
“Hey! It’s my turn to have her!” Keith intervened with a pout.
“Give him a moment little bro.” Michael chuckled while OB and Scarlett laughed at the way he was acting. “He barely just had her a minute.” He said as he ruffled his baby brother’s hair.
“Don’t worry, you’ll have plenty of time to have her.” Scarlett reassured. “We’ll be staying here for a couple of days.” She explained with a smile.
“Then, I guess we’re not going home for another couple of days~” Michael noted to Armaros who just nodded to him.
“You’ll be staying too?” Keith looked at his big brother at that news with big excited eyes.
“Of course~ I couldn’t miss an occasion to spend time with our niece. And I’ll get to spend more time with you too, of course~” The young man winked at his little brother.
“YAY!” Keith exclaimed happily, jumping onto his big brother to hug him excitedly, making this one, and everyone laugh in the room, while Michael ruffled his hair and hugged him back.
The siblings spent a long time together with Scarlett, talking about this and that, taking news from her and how the pregnancy was, while they all took turn playing and taking care of the baby.
At some point, when they were dining, eating the delicious dinner that Scarlett had insisted on cooking for them all, Michael realized that he hadn’t seen his twin the whole day, deciding to ask his brothers about where she was.
He was surprised to hear that was she out with her girlfriend for the day, as it was unusual for her to go meet up with her when they were all home, but happy nonetheless that she had found someone to share her life with, and hoping that their relationship would continue for a long time as he found that Helena and her were a beautiful couple.
After all that, they all separated to go to sleep in their own room, Michael getting a little push from his brother’s elbows as they gave him a teasing but encouraging look, letting him know they were counting on him confessing the sooner possible, which made him blush and pout at them.
By the time Michael finally entered his bedroom, Armaros already had the time to get into his pajamas.
“So? How did you find today?” Michael asked as he went to get changed as well. “It went fine, don’t you think?”
“Yeah.” The angel nodded with a soft smile.
“How did you find Scarlett?” The young man questioned.
“You were right, she’s very nice.” The other admitted as he went to sit on the bed.
“See? I told you so~” Michael smiled at him. “And you even got to meet the new member of our family.” He mentioned happily. “She seemed fond of you too~” He teased. “I didn’t know you were so good with children.”
“I guess so. I didn’t really know either. I didn’t really do anything much either. I just held her and played with her a little.” He dismissed the other comment, a little embarrassed at the compliment and blushing a little. “You were very good with her too, she loved you immediately.” He pointed out.
“Well, I’m used to taking care of children since I was the one taking care of my little brother most of the time when we were young.” Michael chuckled. “I guess I didn’t lose my touch.”
“Seems like it.” Armaros smiled.
They both stayed silent after that, Michael finishing to get changed before joining the other onto the bed, both of them going to lay down next to each other to sleep, but not closing their eyes yet, blushing as they faced each other and as their eyes met.
“Say…” Armaros started as he looked away, a little embarrassed. “What do you think your brother told her?” He mumbled, turning redder. “I mean… Why did she say that she was happy for both of us? And why did your brother call me Kelly’s other uncle? I don’t really get it… I’m not part of the family after all.” He mentioned, avoiding eye contact with the other.
“Well…” Michael blushed hard. He didn’t really want to explain it and tell him exactly what was going on, but at the same time, maybe it was one way to start making his way toward a confession? He wasn’t sure, but he sighed and decided to explain it nonetheless. “My brothers seemed to think we were both together.” He started before precising as he could tell that the angel wasn’t really understanding what he meant as he looked back at him with a confused look. “Like, a couple.” He blushed a lot at that, turning his eyes away from the angel to avoid meeting his eyes as he said it. “I think OB told her that we were like that too.” He mumbled.
Armaros blushed at the explanation, feeling his face become hotter and his heart accelerating at the idea.
“I’m sorry about that.” Michael felt obligated to apologize, feeling very embarrassed and awkward. “I didn't know about it until earlier either. Really, they are impossible.” He shook his head and pouted, although his face stayed red.
“It’s fine.” Armaros quickly reassured. “I don’t really mind.” He said with a smile, still blushing.
“It doesn’t bother you?” Michael glanced back at him, a little reassured by his response. “You know… Hm… What do you think of the idea?” He mumbled quietly while looking away again, his face heating up more and more as his heart beat faster with every passing minute, but not in the way of when he had a heart attack or a panic attack.
“Of what?” Armaros asked, confused.
“You know…” Michael hesitated, feeling like he wanted to hide his face in the pillow at that moment. “Being a couple.”
“Oh…” Armaros blushed harder at that. He wasn’t sure what the other was trying to get at, but he didn’t really think as he answered him. “It sounds kinda nice…” He mumbled back looking away as well as the heat on his cheeks intensified. “But, I don’t really see why that would happen… I mean… I’m not anything special…” He mumbled quietly, unsure.
“Of course you’re someone special to me!” Michael quickly argued, blushing more as the other looked at him in surprise. “I mean…”
It was time to finally confess and he knew it, but, god damn, it was so hard to try and find the right words, still he tried to let his heart talk for him.
“You make me happy when you’re by my side.” He started, avoiding looking at the other in the eyes again. “And… Hm… I like being close to you… And holding you close…” He admitted quietly. “I care a lot about you… More than…” He hesitated a moment, almost faltering, but forced himself to say it. “More than just friends.”
He stayed silent for a moment, refusing to look at the other as he waited for him to say something, anything, getting more scared and apprehensive as time passed and the response wasn’t given.
After a long time, he finally decided to glance at the angel, upon hearing him make a small gasp.
He was surprised and panicked as he saw this one crying, his face red like a tomato, and his eyes wide as he looked at Michael.
“I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to say anything to upset you! You-” Michael quickly apologized, ready to tell the other that he could forget everything he had just said, when this one finally replied.
“I didn’t know you felt that way towards me.” The angel mumbled wetly. “I thought I would just be bothering you.” He admitted.
“You’re never bothering me!” Michael shook his head, taking hold of the angel’s hands without thinking.
“I-” Armaros started, but stopped for a moment, before finally giving his real answer. “I feel the same.” He gave him a bright smile. “I love being with you so much. I love when you hold me close in your arms. I care about you so much. I don’t want anything to separate you from me. I just want to stay by your side forever.” He admitted as he kept crying happy tears.
“Armaros…” Michael whispered, feeling like his heart was going to explode out of his chest as he realized that the other liked him back and felt the same way, soft tears escaping his eyes without his notice.
Soon, he pulled the angel close against his chest, hugging him gently.
“I’ll never let anything separate us. I promise.” He swore to the angel as this one hugged back. “I also want to be with you forever.” He smiled through his own tears while he kept the angel close.
“I want to spend my life with you.” Armaros replied in his arms, clinging to him.
“Me too.” The young man replied.
After a moment, he pulled the angel away from his chest, to caress his cheeks lovingly, the angel looking back at him with love as well and full of emotions.
Before he knew it, Michael had closed the gap between them, kissing the angel softly, surprising this one, making his blush heavily, but he clumsily kissed back before they separated again, the young man smiling at him with love and pulling him closer so their forehead were touching in a moment of tenderness.
“I love you.” Michael finally let the words he held hidden so deep inside for so long, whispering them to the other, watching as the other looked at him a little surprised before he beamed at him through his tears.
“I love you too, Michael.” Armaros replied happily.
They stayed like that for a long moment, holding onto each other peacefully, touching foreheads, enjoying being with each other and the tenderness of the moment.
“I guess, now you’re really her other uncle.” Michael teased as they finally detached themselves just a little so they could settle down to actually sleep.
“I guess I am.” Armaros blushed but smiled happily.
They stayed silent after that for a moment, facing each other silently, until, eventually, Armaros spoke up again, blushing a little.
“Say… What do couples usually do? Does it change anything?” He asked, a little embarrassed.
It was true that the angel didn’t really know anything about relationships, even less human ones, and didn’t know what being a couple changed in a relationship, making him wonder if something would be different between him and Michael now.
“Hm… Well, not much, really. It depends on the people, I suppose.” Michael thought.
It had been a long time since his last relationship, and he mostly remembered the bad part, as he mostly remembered being used as an object of satisfaction, a sort of trophy for the girls that were all over him back then.
“Most people are just more touchy with each other, I suppose. And they have more ‘intimate’ moments.” He mentioned, blushing a little. “They also give each other pet names, like ‘honey’, ‘love’, and anything that can sound sweet or that has its own meaning between them.” He explained while the angel looked at him and listened attentively. “They sometimes hold hands a lot, kiss a lot, hug a lot, and more…” He continued. “But, it doesn’t change that much usually on a day to day basis.” He smiled at the angel before finishing. “But, it doesn’t have to change anything. If you don’t want that kind of more intimate relationship we don’t have to have it. Honestly, I would like to just be with you, hold you close, and spend time together, like we already do.”
“I don’t really understand what ‘ more intimate moments’ mean.” Armaros admitted, a little confused, but quickly shaking it off. “But, I don’t really want anything to change. I love how we already are.” He smiled warmly at the human. “I just like being with you. And being in your arms.” He blushed a little.
“The only thing that can change…” Michael started, taking hold of the angel’s hand that was on the pillow. “Is that we can now hold hands.” He teased as the other blushed? “And, that we can hug much more often. And not just when we are upset” He gave the other a wink, before pulling him close to his chest again.
Armaros blushed at those actions, but quickly snuggled up into the other’s chest, feeling happy although his face was warm.
Michael chuckled happily as he felt the other snuggling against him, even more when this one started to purr happily against him as he pet his hair again, making himself blush, but much less embarrassed about it now that they could freely love each other.
“Alright. Now it’s time to sleep~” He declared, although he didn’t let go of the other this time.
Armaros nodded against him, still purring, even as Michael slowly stopped petting his hair, his happiness and comfort letting themselves be known through it, even more when they settled better against each other in bed to be able to be more comfortable to sleep the night away.
“Goodnight Armaros~” Michael whispered into the other’s hair as he kissed it lovingly.
“Goodnight Michael~” The other replied, muffled by his chest.
And so, with that, they finally went to sleep together, feeling lighter than ever now that they had let their feelings out to each other.
They kept hugging and snuggling as they slept, ending up more entangled in the morning again.
As they got up, they got teased again by Michael’s brothers, as Raphael had gone to check on them earlier in the morning, to see if they were alright and if they were awake, finding them snuggling together happily in their sleep, looking more at peace than he’d ever seen them, and knowing immediately that they had finally confessed, not missing the occasion to tease both of them about it, quickly joined by their little brother when this one heard about it.
Both boys wouldn’t hear the end of it for a long time, but they were still very happy to be together, and even more, that Armaros was accepted in the family like that, which made Armaros very happy, as he finally felt like he really had a family on earth, although he, of course, missed his family in heaven, he was so happy to have been accepted into such a beautiful one here.
From that day and onward, the two men continued to live just like before, but much closer to each other, not hesitating anymore before hugging each other when they needed it or when they felt like it. They kissed very rarely, and they never went further than a quick loving kiss, as they weren’t interested in anything more than this show of love for each other, perfectly satisfied this way.