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Music- Pretty When You Cry ( Lana Del Rey)

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"Amidst those shadows of dark; doomed-

I tried to find you-whilst our end loomed.

My breath hitched when finally, I saw you-

My own tears started to spill when I caught you holding our love's ruins."

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"It was just a game" he nonchalant words echoed

And Jisoo felt something breaking inside of her.

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V took a breath as a familiar vile aroma filled him. It was a homely smell; a stench of evil. The creature could listen the howls and screams that seemed to surround his whole existence. His eyes were covered so he could see; but he was well versed with the scene that ought to be in front of him. The rotting souls of the sinners being tortured since eternity; that looked like a staged play that only involved gore and crazy tragedy. As always, it was'nt appalling for him at all.

But this time, it also didn't fill him with a sense of sadistic satisfaction- like it used to.

Soon, he felt the creature behind him shift. He felt his mouth close to his ears "Tell me-What do you see, V?" the faint yet commanding voice demanded an answer- though V's eyes were covered.

For he knew that the heir knew the answer well.

The stench of pure evil was nothing but blood of the mortal bodies that once belonged to the "sinner souls" which were dragged directly from the "scene of action"- where they left their bodies to the hell.

The sinner souls in front of him were being tortured; he knew well. Some were to be tortured till a decided span- but some were to rot here till eternity. This was the only partiality the Devils and Demons knew. But torture was torture. And turmoil was turmoil.

And it was this turmoil that made these sinner slaves sweat.

And at last, there were tears- the tears of those immortal slaves. They might have never cried on the face of earth, but here, the agony and craziness of the evil realm forced them to shed tears in forms of screams and screeches- for those impure souls could not shed water from their eyes.

And that was it.

"Blood, Sweat and Tears" V answered.

The Satan smirked as he removed his hand from his eyes.

V was greeted with the usual sight in front of him. As it was expected. That is why the Mortals said "Boring as hell". V agreed with them.

"This is what Hell is made of; your Kingdom" the Satan stepped beside his offspring "And it is all that matters"

He brought his face closer to his, that forced V to oblige and face him-staring directly into his eyes.

"And beyond it, son- it's all just a game"

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It was all just a game.

V looked up and waited for nothing. The sky was covered with dark clouds that were bellowing something of impending doom. He knew. His eyes closed and soon he felt the dainty droplets of water falling on his skin. It soon turned into a full fledged rain. But he didn't flinch at all. He stood there all alone on the deserted street- with no mortal in sight. He waited for nothing; he wanted nothing. He just existed there.

That's when the pace of the rain increased; and the noise of the thundering clouds and bellowing of the violent rain amplified. After all this, still, he heard a clear voice inside his head saying-

"It is all just a game"

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The sound of rain always used to calm her down.

But that day it just made it worse.

And she didn't know why.

Jisoo sat on the ledge as she stared outside the window arch, and towards the black veiled sky pouring heavily; which looked like a black clad bride. A bride mourning on her happiest day; a bride shouting a silent warning. The day was gloomy and dark, and made her sick in her stomach. It ought not to happen to her as an Angel-

but it did.

Still, the ever- hopeful Angel just tried to shake that feeling away. Nothing was to go wrong. Not today atleast. She looked at the skies again.

And that black clad bride mocked her.

Suddenly, Jisoo felt a familiar aura approaching her direction. The sound of footsteps echoed in the corridor. Her spirits were lifted up once again- as she stood up and dashed towards the entrance of the hall.

But then she halted midway.

In front of her, she found V walking slowly into the hall. He was different; and in a complete mess. He was drenched- his hair was tousled and wet, spreading over his solemn face. His eyes were darker than ever- a complete void. No evil, no craze, no smile loomed there insides, he was different- for he was the Devil-not a stone. His eyes used to reflect something at every times- whether it was his hate for everything else - or his love that was reserved only for her.

And now they were dead; a doomed void.

Despite all, she gave him her warmest of smile as she closed the distance between them.She paced towards him- closing the distance between them. As usual, she lifted her hand to cup his cheek.

But before her thumb could ever carress his sharp features,

He backed out.

This unexpected reaction didn't sit well with Jisoo. She looked at his petrified features , puzzled.

Everything went quiet and calm;

As calm as it was before a raging storm.

"It's over " V finally announced- nonchalantly. "The Game is over"

The words that were hurled at her were nothing but mere syllabus - for she failed to put their meaning together.

Outside, The sky roared like a wailing bride. The raging storm had arrived the shores.

"What game?" She asked innocently.

In seconds, V's demeanour changed- a smirk crept on his face " Oh Archangel! You really are such a great peformer, I must say. See- you are still pretending that you are all naïve who has no idea what has been going on."

Jisoo stayed in silence. V took a step forward, but the distance between them remained uncharted.

"That's why it was such a fun to pretend play with you. Roaming on these streets, crashing festivals, fooling around, pretending to be in love....."

"We are in love" Jisoo interjected, her voice calm yet stauch. A trait only she possessed.

The statement invoked something bizzare- for the next thing she saw was not what she had expected.

He laughed; laughed so loudly that it echoed all around the hall and the corridors beyond. A heavy laugh- weighed with hopelessness. And with each echo that hit her eardrums, she started feeling uneasy. The laugh was cold and evil- and most of all, it was so unfamiliar. It wasn't anything like him.

Soon, the laughter died down. Silence. Jisoo just stood there motionless- and perplexed in that eerie solitude.

He looked at her eye to eye- glaring at her with his void orbs. A crazy maniac was what he looked like- with that dirty smile and dead eyes. Soon, he whispered amidst the deadening silence "Oh no you didn't"

A small laugh of mockery.

"Oh! stupid Archangel! You did." His gasped. "You really thought I was in love with you! Didn't you?"

At that very moment- when he mouthed those harsh words did she felt her ears go numb with pain. dried and her tongue was tied by itself- and so she couldn't utter a single word.

"Why?" he asked mockingly." What made you think we were in love?"

Solitude.

"Because we are in love" she somehow mustered up the strength to get out of the vortex inside her mind to repeat the same old words.

V's smirk vanished "No we aren't"

Jisoo clenched her palms into fist. She felt her tears were about to spill out- but she stood tall and brave, as she gave her lover a gentle, encouraging smile. "I know it's hard for us to love amidst all these dangers but....."

"Love!?" V snapped as he let out a laugh "I am a ing Devil for hell's sake! I am the heir of the Great Satan; the one betrothed to the Hell itself! I am Master of Seven Sins- the conqueror of the Souls of the Sinners......."

His laugh died down soon, but his vile smirk stayed plastered on his face, like a real madman. "I am incapable to love"

"So, what we had...."

"It was not love. It was a Game"

"Yes, a game for which you were ready to risk your whole existence"

" I didn't risk anything" his voice remained sturdy.

The black clad bride moaned louder than ever. Maybe because now it now wailed for two broken hearts altogether- one of her and one of a Fallen Angel who gambled away everything for the sake of an enemy.

Who was too numb to cry.

Who wished to mourn but her tears couldn't leave her eyes. The only thing they could do was to watch that merciless creature turning his back to her and walk away.

"It was just a game" he nonchalant words echoed again in her mind.

And Jisoo felt something breaking inside of her; as her chest throbbed with a piercing pain again. It was as if something splintered inside - like that glass vase beside her.

"But I did"

These were the last words he heard before the sound of shattering glass echoed inside the hall. Something pinched inside his chest as his reflexes commanded him to turn around.

His eyes widened.

In middle of the hall were the shreads of a glass vase

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tainted in red.

Red Blood-

Blood that was flooding the whole floor in front of him as Jisoo sat there in the midst of that bloody mess- motionless, staring at the deep red fluid draining out of her wounded hand slowly. It was like that she had just realised a harsh fact.

He was right:

It was all just a game- a losing game.

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