The Devil Wears Pink (Ben Hargreeves) [discontinued]

CHAPTER TWENTY - HOLD ME

if being dead felt the same as being alive, lilith never would have tried it

though being dead wasn't her choice to be exact, it was the leather clad asshole who pushed klaus off and-

holy shit, klaus!

lilith opens her eyes and quickly rises up to her feet, she takes a moment to look around and scout her surroundings. didn't seem like much, just a forest, a very quiet one at that

"is this...heaven?" lilith whispers to herself. if it was, heaven was seriously an overrated thing at that

"you wish... this place is more on the lines of purgatory and limbo or whatever you whipper snappers call it these days...i'm too old for this..."

lilith turns to see the person talking with her and her breath hitches momentarily

"y-you..."

the devil smiles gently at lilith, looking as glamarous as a genderless devil could be. "she says that you can't be in heaven because you're basically the devil, however you aren't in hell either cause you're still human who barely had any control over that. it took some real convincing her to not send you to hell, and i thought she was supposed to be the good one"

lilith blinks, unable to process the situation at hand and instead, she remains quiet and listens to the devil, finding comfort in their odd tone, almost missing it

"let me tell you a little something about that little two-faced prick, she can't admit that she lost. the adam and eve thing? it was a frickin' bet and i won and she refuses to admit it-" the devil continues to rant about something when lilith finally approaches them

"y-you're here..." the devil and smiles at lilith gently "yeah, i am, but you aren't supposed to be here yet, i'm sending you back" the devil points up at the white sky, but lilith shakes her head

"no, i have to find klaus"

the devil blinks and awkwardly looks away "he's not here kid"

"what? what do you mean?"

"you're in purgatory and or limbo whatever the fuck you call it, god didn't want you in heaven and i don't want you going to hell. this place is your own heaven and hell, an in between"

lilith shakes her head and lets out a chuckle of disbelief "wait no i'm sorry, klaus is in heaven?!"

the devil stifles a laugh but loses to it, letting out a guffaw "lilith, she'd rather admit she's wrong than put your druggie brother in heaven, no he's like you, stuck in his own heaven and hell"

lilith sighs in relief, klaus and her were dead, it was fine, but she knew they had to get back "so when can we get back?" she asks. the devil grins and taps their chin "just a sec, if not for baby five disrupting the timeline you would have gotten the closure you needed. i'm giving you a chance now"

the devil points behind lilith. she follows their hand and sees a familiar sight, a little blanket fort that was lit up brightly by the overwhelming amount of fairylights inside

lilith lets out a breath, almost too afraid to think. the devil notices this and chuckles at her face "you need this in order to move on. i'm doing this for the both of us, and for the sake of the world for that matter. no more death wishes, please"