(Prionsa POV)

It's been a few months since the Nightmare Before Christmas event and we spent lots of time together. But we never talked about why he keep disappearing from time to time. Everytime I try to bring the subject to the table, he talk about something else and I kind of gave up now... But I got to know a little more about him, he is really shy so it's hard to get him to open up. He told me that he is in a kind of retail job, where he has to help people find their ways around this big place. That is why he is so good with kids, he has to help them find their parents from time to time. It's a vague description, but atleast there is that!

We went to do some shopping since we are both on our day off. We are now walking back to my apartment, but I grab him by the arm ''Let's take a selfie now! Please~'' Gloom let out a annoyed sigh, but I can still hear the happy tone in his voice ''Fine!''

You see, I finally bought an instant printing camera and I'm so excitedto use it! I want to take a photo with it right now! "Say cheese!" I tell him, even if I know I won't see his smile because of his mask. I push the camera button, hear the click, and...that's when all hell broke loose... Litterally. Zombies are slowly walking in our direction, ghosts are flying around aimlessly and furies are flyingin circle in the sky like vultures waiting for a new feast. I subconsciously wrap my arms around my friend's arm ''Gloom?'' But I don't think he heard me, so I say a bit louder ''Gl...Glenn, do you see what I see?'' I can't see his face because of the mask, but I can feel how tense he is.

Everyone around us is running away and are trying to hide. I look at the burning hole where all those creatures came from and I can see even more monsters escaping... Demons, succubi and other thing I don'teven know what it is are crawling their way into this world. My eyes goes wide when I see two gigantic horns slowly rising from the pit. Glenn quickly push me behind his back in a protective way. I still glance at what is levitating above all the monsters. It's a really tall man with enormous horns, his eyes are as black as the abyss and he wears an all black tuxedo suit. He points at us and says in a guttural voice ''ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, SON! LIKE IT OR NOT, YOU ARE GOING TO DO YOUR JOB RIGHT NOW!''

Son? Who is he talking to? I hear Glenn letting out this animalistic growl and I can sense all this energy irradiating from him. He slowly turns his head in my direction and tells me ''Prionsa, please close you reyes and take three deep breath, I promise it will all be over soon.''

''O...okay?'' I never saw him that confident before... I close my eyes and try to focus on my breathing, but all the screeching of the evil beasts and the screaming of the people around are making me freak out. I put my forehead on my friend's back, cover my ears with my hands and starts to count...

inhale...exhale...one... Glenn is talking, but I can't hear what he says...

inhale....exhale...two... Again this guttural voice, but I can't hear either....

inhale... I can see a big burst of light even if my eyes are closed and I also hear a... snap?...exhale...three? I hesitantly open my eyes and... Everything is gone? The monsters, the zombies, the demons... Where are they? I look around confused and on the verge of a panic attack when I feel something grabbing my shoulder. I spin around while letting out a scream of terror, while this woman with white hair put her hands up in surrender ''Hey there, are you alright?''

I try to catch my breath ''Where... where are they?''

''Who are you talking about?''

''The...the...'' Then I realise, Glenn is not here anymore ''Where's my friend!?''

I look around frantically to find him while describing him to the lady ''Black hoodie, red hair, skeleton mask... He... He was there a second ago...''

''Did you try to call him?''

I do and it goes straight to the voice mail. I look back at her with this desperate look. She gives me a sympathetic smile ''I'm sure you will find him...'' and she slowly walk away from me. She definitly thinks I'm crazy or something... But I know what I saw... Even if nobody seems to remember... Did I imagine all of this? I look down and I see my camera, the photo I took a minute ago still hanging from it.I catch it and I see the selfie Glenn and I took... So he was there. I am not crazy... I walk toward where the flame of hell where escaping and there is... nothing but a flower? A yellow and white rose, with a little black on the tip of the petals. I pick it up and I can't help to think that it is from Glenn... He likes flowers, and it makes me think about the rose he gave me when we were at the event...

I walk back home as I remember all the things we did together... I can feel my heart shrink in my chest. Will I ever see him again?... Once I'm back in my apartment, I grab my book on flower signification to see the message he left me.

I wake up in the morning, a few days after Glenn as gone missing, and I can see on my kitchen table the selfie we both took with a single purple hyacinth beside it. How did he manage to do that? I'm pretty sure I locked the door last night... I pick up the flower and smell it. I always loved the smell of hyacinth. Some people hate it, but i love it. And this time I don't have to look up in my book to know the signification. Purple hyacinth. Regret or 'I'm sorry'.

And the signification of the rose he gave me... Or let on the ground... Yellow and white ,meaning for lying and not telling. The black stands for regret. So I think what he wanted to tell me is that he lied to me and he regret not telling me the truth sooner... And then the hyancinth to say that he is sorry...

I let out a big sigh and stare at nothing. And then my sight drift to the dried rose that I carefully put on my bookshelf. The first rose he gave me. The yellow, blue and lavander one... I can't help to smile stupidly. I don't want to get the wrong message with this flower. Blue rose... Something untainnable. Lavander rose... Love at first sight...

I hope I will see him again. I need to know if he confessed to me that night... Because, yellow rose also stand for friendship. I really hope the rose means what I think it means. That would make me the happiest man in the world...

(Gloom POV)

Last night, I managed to escaped my father's watch so I was able to leave a single hyacinth to Pri. to tell him I'm sorry. Even if I know he won't remember anything that happen, I still feel bad. My father 'flashed' everyone, like in Man In Black, to erase the memories of demons and death crawling out of hell. A part of me is really disapointed that Pri forgot. I wish I could tell him the truth about me... But I the same time, maybe it's better this way?

(Prionsa POV)

It's been a week since the 'selfie incident' as I call it now. A whole week now and nobody talked about all the zombies and ghosts and monsters that appeared out of nowhere and took my friend. Nothing on the news or on social medias... I'm really starting to question myself. But at the same time, when I look closely and the selfie, I can see little fangs coming out of Glenn's mouth. I saw him wearing those on Halloween, I thought it was part of his costume but now...What if he really does have fangs. Did he really wear a costume on Halloween? And that strange man that called him 'son'. The lies he told me. All the time he disappeared out of thin air. Does it mean that Glenn is... My thoughts get interrupted as someone knocks at my door and open it ''Hey Pri!''

''GLENNN!!???''I rush out to him and wrap him in my arms. How can he walk in like he normally does like nothing happen ''ARE YOU OKAY!? What happened? Where were you? The monsters, did they hurt you!?''

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He pulls away and put his hands up in surrender ''Mons... monsters?''

''Y..yeah... please tell me you remember! Tell me I'm not crazy! Because if you don't remember I...''

He gently lead me to the living room and makes me sit on the couch. He sits beside me and ask ''What do you remember?''

''Last week, right after we took the selfie... There were dead people everywhere! Ghosts and furies flying around and... and... This...man with... horns and black eyes that called you son... I saw a flash of light even if I had my eyes closed and heard what sounded like fingers snapping and... Everything was gone... even you and....Everyone around doing their things like nothing happen!''

''... Oh...''

''OH!? That's all you have to say? Glenn... What is happening? Does it all have something to do with the fact that you don't want to take off your mask... Or that it's actually flashing from time to time?''

He looks down and starts to wrap his arms around his chest. I asked too much questions, now his anxiety must be out of control! I let out a big sigh and say in a much calmer voice ''Please, take off your mask.''

I can see how he tensed up only at the thought of it ''I won't judge, please, trust me with this.'' He takes a deep breath and reach for his mask. He slowly starts to take it off... His mouth is now showing. Oh, how I wish to kiss those lips... I shake my headslightly, this is not the time to think about that... I can now see the small freckles under his eyes... And then my heart skips a beat when I see his eyes. They are still this beautiful yellow with an hing orange color. I stand there lost in his eyes when he break the eye contact and look at his shoes again. I let out a small whine ''Heeyyy, I want to get lost in those beautiful yellow eyes again! Don't look away from me!''

''Yellow?They are red!''

I look again and I see what he meant. The part of his eyes that is suppose to be white is completly red. And.. ''Wow! You have real horns!?'' He laugh loudly and I can't help to smile stupidly at him ''What?''

''How can you not notice my horns!?''

''Hey! I got lost in your eyes, okay! It's not my fault, I'm so gay, I can't think straight!''

He let out the most adorable laugh of the whole world and he looks back at me ''I guess I can explain everything...''

He tells me that his real name is in fact Gloom. Not Glenn. The first time we met, he freaked out and said the first name that came to his mind. Gloom is a really original name, but he says that for an Angel of death, it is not that unique. As an Angel of Death, he is the one that have to guide the souls of the recently dead living to go to the afterlife. That is why his mask flashes from time to time. It is to tell him where his next soul he will be. He also tells me that he hate his jobs because he has to go to people and talk to them and make them follow him to the after world. With social anxiety, it is easier said than done.

What happened last week is that his father, Lucifer or Satan or whatever you want to call the leader of the underworld, got really mad at him because there was so many lost souls because he wasn't doing his job. So he came to earth to force him to bring them all back where they belonged like he was supposed to do.

He then tells me that even if his job is hard, he likes to spend time on earth. He really enjoy the company of humans. We are... interesting. He pick a quick glance at me but look back at his shoes after only afew seconds. He looks nervous, he then says in a really low voice, almost a whisper ''I particularly enjoy your company.''

I smile and I rethink of the flower he gave me ''That is why the first rose you gave me was yellow... It was because you didn't tell me everything about you...'' He nods slightly, a red blush clearly visible on his cheeks ''And the blue and... lavander...'' He looks up at me and seems to freeze completly. All his face is flustered red, it's adorable. I put a finger under his chin and slowly lean in closer and closer to him until we are only inches apart. But I notice that he is still completly frozen and his eyes are wide open... Did I miss understood? I slowly back off to see if I did something wrong...

(Gloom POV)

He remember everything? How is this even possible? Is it because my body shielded him from the flash? Is that even possible? And when he asks me to take off my mask, I starts to freak out, but at the same time... This is what I wanted, isn't it? So here goes nothing! I tell him everything about me... I'm sure he will tell me to leave now... How can he love someone like me... I'm not even human, how could he possibly...

I completly freeze up when he talks about the flower I gave him and then he puts a finger under my chin to make me look at him. Is he about to... to kiss... me? Oh my... What do I do!? Should I lean in closer too? Should I wait for him to close the gap? He suddenly stops and stand back away from me. Noooooo where is he going!? I can't help but let out a small whimper. He tries to not laugh at the sound and simply say ''Can I?''

I vigorously nod my head ''Pl.. please!'' He leans back closer to me again, but this time, I close the small gap between us. He wrap his arms around my waist as I put mine around his neck. He gently pull me closer to him and I sit on his lap and I begin to kiss down his jaw line and his neck. He then tell me ''Hum... Angel? Your mask is flashing...''

I groan agaisn't his neck ''Just ignore it!''

''But you have ah~... a job to do!''

''I don't caaaarrree! I want you~''

He then push me away ''Gloom, Stop!''

I let out a loud whine ''Wwhhyyyy!!!??''

''The faster you go, the faster you can come back!''

I let out one last groan and pick my mask back on as I stand up ''Oh great... Paris...'' I say sarcastically.

''PARIS!?''I flinch slightly at the sudden loud noise ''Yeah... I have to take care of souls all around the world. And now I have to go to Paris.''

''I always wanted to go to Paris...'' He tells me with this spark in his eyes. Those eyes makes me unable to think straight either so... I pull my hand out to him ''Do you trust me?''

''What?''

I roll my eyes ''I asked if you trust me.''

''Yes?'' he answer has he grab my hand.

''Great, now close your eyes and hold on!'' I hug him and make sure he hugs me back and then I snap my finger...

I can feel him going a little shaky in my arms, So I make him sit on the bench that is right behind us as I take off my mask ''Take a deep breath, okay? The dizziness will fade away soon.'' He wait for his world to stops spinning and he open his eyes and look around. He look shocked about the fact that he is not in his apartment anymore and that it is now the end of the day and not noon ''Are... are we in...''

''Bienvenue à Paris, mon amour~'' (Welcome to Paris, my love)

''You speak french!?''

''Wel lyeah! I mean, I have to guide everyone so I have to speak their language in order for them to understand and follow me.''

''This...is... amazing!'' He stands back up and hug me tight ''You will have to teach me some french, please!!''

I smirk devishly ''The language is not the only french thing I want to teach you~''

I lean in closer, but he stops me again. This is annoying!! I sigh loudly and reach to get some money in my pocket ''There, why don't you get us something to eat while I go do my... job?''

He looks at the money I hand him and I reassure him that it is real money, he doesn't have to worry about it. I show him a little bakery, my favorite one in this city and I tell him to wait for me here. I give him a quick kiss, put my mask back on and make myself almost invisible... Time to go check on this soul. I walk for a few minutes and then I hear a car horn and a crashing sound. Someone just got hit by a car... I can see the woman that I might have to bring to the afterlife. She is not dead yet, but if she moves her head... I will have to. Somebody is about to move her out of the street, but someone jumps in and tell everyone to not touch her. She then stabilise the injured lady's neck and head with her arms and ask people around to call an ambulance... A few minutes later, the paramedics are taking her to the hospital and I see the name in my mask fading away. Thanks to this lady that went to those first aid worker classes, I won't have to do my job!

I head back to meet Pri and he is just standing there on the sidewalk, looking around with this small paper bag in his hands. When he sees me, his face brighten and he run in my arms ''How did it go?''

''Someone saved her life so... That's why I'm already back!''

''That's great!''

''Yeah... Do you want to see the Eiffel tower?''

His eyes widden and he jumps and laugh like a small kid! I guess that means yes. I bring him to this place on the roof top of some random store. Not lots of people know that this is the perfect place to look at the tower. And it's much more intimate than right in front of it too! We sit on the roof and starts eating the pastries he bought while we enjoy the view.