The Three Dark Angels

Azreal then suddenly lunged and wrapped his arms around Aegis as Aegis stood.

"I love you man. You always look out for me."

"Just take it easy. Drink the waters and get to bed. Goodnight Azreal." Aegis repeated as he pried Azreal off of him, and headed off to bed.

Azreal did end up drinking all three glasses that Aegis had left behind, which helped very slightly alleviate the killer hangover that plagued Azreal the next day.

Novemilius 10, Year 2023 of the Second Age
Pirus. 15N , 60W
12:34 PM, Local Time
Eight Years ago



"Mmm, Azreal, you're soo good at that." Danica sighed her satisfaction, causing Angelus' eye to twitch in annoyance. They had just finished another retarded ass 'family' dinner, a manner that Aegis decided would be a good way to slowly integrate Danica into their small family more completely. At Azreal's behest.

This wasn't really working that well for Angelus, and felt himself more and more annoyed by Danica, and Azreal's loser ass who allowed her to walk all over him.

Even worse, it was the whore's birthday today

Currently, the loser called Azreal was massaging Danica's bare feet at her request, kneeling before her like she was a Creator. What was even worse was Azreal's response to the request when she had made it.

'As you wish, my princess.' Who in the fucking Abyss says that!?

As much as Angelus wanted to walk right out the fucking door, Angelus was being forced to sit through this 'family night'. These had become more frequent in the past couple of weeks, and now, Danica stayed here almost every night. (Especially now that Danica was fighting with her own parents more and more due to her current choice of company, which they called 'rats pretending to be normal Magi'. Thankfully, they had never stopped by. Angelus would kick the shit out of them if they did.)

When Azreal and Danica had started getting serious, Aegis told Angelus that he was going to adjust to Danica, even if Aegis forced it upon him. She was important to Azreal, and it was for Azreal that Angelus would do this. (Though Angelus was coming to like Azreal less and less, who was so fucking lost with the girl that he was poking.)

For example, right now. The only obligation Angelus had left was a card game or two with the family. But instead, no, the bitch had to get her damned feet massage first, and Angelus was being forced to sit and wait.

"Mmm, I want a drink, but I don't want you to stop either Azreal. How can we fix such a problem?"

Angelus was almost ready to move right the fuck out. Especially now that the bitch was very subtly trying to find out if she could order both himself and Aegis around as well. Wait for it...

"Hey Aegis, mind getting a heidberger for Danica please?"

And there it was. She was too much of a princess bitch to dare make herself look bad by ordering Angelus and Aegis around (though since Azreal was snared into her trap, she could now openly order him around at will). So instead, she made the suggestion to Azreal, and Azreal would ask the question for her. (Thankfully, Angelus never had to deal with such questions. Danica and Angelus ignored each other's existence as much as possible, and Azreal knew better than to try and ask him.)

"In a moment." Aegis responded, who was currently reading. After a few moments, he put his book down and fetched a glass of heidberger for Danica.

"Mmm, thanks Aegis." She purred as Azreal continued his faithful massage.

"So, enjoying your birthday so far?" Azreal asked.

"Mmmhmm." She responded with closed eyes as she drank from the glass. "This just might be the best birthday ever."

"Glad to hear it." He responded as he drank from his own glass, which had been sitting on the floor next to him which he had been drinking from since he began his massage.

For Angelus, them drinking made everything even worse. He wondered how long it would be before, for instance, Azreal slid his hands under Danica's shirt and began massaging her boobs (which has happened before), or the sloppy tongue duels began. Azreal already had quite a lead on Danica, who was simply a much faster and heavier drinker than she was, while Danica appeared to have a buzz going, but not much more than that.

Neither he nor Aegis were drinking tonight. As much as Angelus liked to drink himself, he did not want to drink with Danica at all, and had used work as an excuse to get out of it. Aegis simply didn't drink, hardly at all. As of right now, he only drank once a year, and that was on his, Angelus, and Azreal's birthday at the end of the year. (Since they didn't know the exact date of their own births, Aegis decided when they were younger that the end of the year would be their own 'birthday'. It wasn't much, but it did help a little.)

Silence settled in for a little longer until, at last, Danica spoke up.

"Okay, I'm ready. What are we playing anyway?"

"How about we make it a spades night tonight?"

"Spades? Oh, but..."

"Don't worry about last time, there was nothing we could do with such terrible deals. You're better than you think, trust me on this." As they spoke, Angelus went to the kitchen table as Aegis went to fetch the deck of cards, which were neatly stored on top of Aegis' bookshelf, along with a piece of paper and pencil, also stored on top of the bookshelf.

Danica nodded. "Okay." She said as she and Azreal grabbed their drinks, stood, and joined Angelus at the kitchen table with Aegis right behind them. Since partners sat across from each other, Azreal and Danica were sitting across from each other as was Aegis and Angelus.

Aegis began shuffling the cards as soon as he sat down, demonstrating his unusual talents with a deck of cards as he began shuffling them various manners, and dealt them out, with no one touching them until Aegis finished.

Azreal picked up the cards, and his eyes widened immediately. This was quickly followed by one of the widest smiles he had ever worn. Angelus noticed this immediately.

"Fuck." He uttered under his breath, looking at his own cards. Unless Aegis got something, they were fucked.

"Danica, darling, please tell me you're kicking over there. Pretty please with double cherries on top?"

Danica nodded. "Yeah, but-"

"Yes!" Azreal shouted in triumph, then studied his cards carefully. "We'll go mo." Azreal declared, as Angelus put his cards down in frustration.

"Fuck. Azreal's loaded."

"Mo? Are you serious Azreal?" Danica asked.

Azreal nodded. "You lead off with the big, and I'll get everything else." He said, still wearing his grin.

"Aegis, tell me you got something." Angelus looked to Aegis with hope, forgetting that Aegis had a great poker face, and it was not their time to bid yet. Angelus rolled his eyes as Aegis refused to show a single sign of what he had, good or bad.

"Azreal, if we go mo, the big is all I have." Danica warned.

"Danica, trust me, I got this. I love you so much, birthday girl."

Danica smiled and shrugged her shoulders. "I guess we're going mo." Danica said as Aegis, the score keeper, wrote it down.

"Okay Aegis, tell me you can stop him." Angelus said.

"No, and I'm guessing you can't either." Aegis answered.

"I can go nil with this shit." Angelus replied. Azreal's face lit up again.

"Please go nil, please? C'mon, what you got to lose? I mean, you guys are already done, because this is about to be a fucking slaughter. Go nil, I dare you, go nil." Azreal chided.

"We're going four." Aegis answered as he wrote it down.

"We're not going to fucking get it either." Angelus sighed. "Why the fuck is four the minimum anyways?"

"Just deal with it." Aegis answered.

As Angelus predicted, they didn't get the four as Azreal and Danica walked all over both of them on the first deal, setting the tone of the game right from the start as Danica and Azreal took a very powerful lead as Aegis and Angelus fell into the negatives, a hole that the second deal didn't help with either. It was on the fifth that they finally came out of the hole with their own mo hand, though they were way behind Danica and Azreal in terms of points.

As the ass stomping continued, so too did the drinks between Azreal and Danica. Especially Azreal, who continued to become a heavier and heavier drinker, something Aegis needed to discuss with Azreal pretty soon. Aegis knew that was going to be a very difficult discussion since Danica encouraged quite a bit of Azreal's drinking.

It was Danica's turn to deal what was obviously going to be the final hand. At this point, unless something ridiculous happened, Danica and Azreal were going to win.

Since this game was a relatively short one, Azreal and Danica weren't that drunk just yet, but Aegis knew that at their current pace, it wasn't going to take much longer for both of them to start truly become drunk. Although Danica was slowing down, unable to keep pace with Azreal (this was due to Azreal hanging out with Henry quite a few times over the past month, who had put Azreal through quite a few escapades), Danica was more of a lightweight than Azreal, and Aegis had learned Danica's tolerance to a certain extent.

Azreal let out a large burp as everyone picked up the cards, the timing done on purpose.

"By the...that's disgusting Azreal!" Danica bursted out in between laughs.

"Thank you, thank you." Azreal bowed, causing Danica to laugh even more.

"You're such a pig." Danica said as she shook her head, a slight slur in her speech, and still laughing a little. "Silly and funny, but a pig."

Azreal shrugged his shoulders. "Pigs are silly and funny." Azreal wasn't slurring just yet.

Angelus raised an eyebrow at Azreal. 'Seriously, Azreal?' Angelus thought to himself. 'Such a fucking dumbass.'

"But, they're not cute and adorable like you."

Angelus wanted to puke. He hated it when anyone, especially these two, start getting all mushy like this. To him it was just annoying to watch.

Azreal's eyes fell to his hand, and once again, a wide grin spread across his face.

"Fuck, Azreal's loaded, again." Angelus groaned as he looked at his hand. This was some bullshit. There's no way one person could be dealt so many shitty hands in a single game. It just shouldn't be possible.

"I assume you have nothing, Angelus?" Aegis asked.

"Nope, just another nil hand."

Aegis sighed. "Seems like this game is going to end with a bang, at least. Four for us once again."

"Danica, what you got on ten for two?"

Angelus' hands and cards fell to the table as he rolled his eyes and head. "Fuck my life."

Danica raised an eyebrow and studied her hand. "Hmm, five. Maybe six."

"I got a solid six."

Now Angelus' head fell to the table.

"Ten for two?" Azreal asked Danica.

Danica nodded. "Sure."

"Here we go." Angelus groaned, lifting his head and cards as he and Aegis prepared to face the music.

It was worse than a ten for two. Danica and Azreal ran a boston on them.

"That's it, I'm done." Angelus declared as Danica and Azreal began laughing and shouting.

"A boston man!? A fucking boston!? Danica, babe, you and me are the best!"

Danica nodded. "I know, we are. C'mon, let's do two shots. One for the victory, and one for the boston!"

"I'm up for that, the boston definitely deserves it's own shot."

Angelus stood with Danica and Azreal. "I'm done."

"C'mon Angelus, don't be like that. How about one more game? That game was over by the first hand, c'mon, let's get a real game in."

"Of course you want to play another game, dick."

"Angelus." Aegis cut in. "One last game."

Angelus grumbled, but sat down as Azreal prepped the shots and chasers for himself and Danica, who noticed that he was getting two extras.

"Six? I thought we were only doing two each? Why three?"

"Well, can't have a celebratory shot session without one for you, birthday girl."

"Aww, thanks Azreal." She said, wrapping her arms around him from behind and giving him a hug.

"You're so sweet. Okay, three shots right? I think I got this."

"Danica, it's your birthday, you can do anything you want. I'll take care of you. Ready?" Azreal asked, handing a full shot to Danica as he talk one himself. Azreal saw a little uncertainty in Danica's face.

"Don't worry about it. I may be doing mine back to back, but you don't have to. It's your birthday, drink at your pace."

"But-"

"Just watch me be silly. Okay, a toast." Azreal said, lifting his glass. Danica giggled, and lightly touched her glass to Azreal's.

"Okay, for the boston, the win, and your birthday. Here we go!" Azreal said, and before Danica could blinked, he downed his shot which was immediately followed by the other two. He shook as he took it in all at once, and quickly grabbed his chaser and downed it.

His head shook next as he put down his chaser, and let out a large and drawn out breath. "Whew! That was tough!" He declared.

"You okay Azreal?" Danica asked, still holding her full shot glass.

Azreal nodded. "Yeah yeah, I'm good. Go ahead, don't worry about me."

Danica nodded, and down her own shot, shaking as violently as Azreal did.

"Whoa, how do you do it Azreal? I can barely handle one of those."

Azreal smiled. "Practice."

Danica laughed. "You're silly."

"Alright, now that we're good, we can start the next game, and you can take your other two shots whenever you want. Just don't forget about them."

The second game turned out to be much more competitive, well, sort of. That is until the alcohol started really getting to Azreal and Danica, and had lost all focus.

Azreal was long gone when the game ended, with Danica not too far behind, though she was a little more aware of her surroundings.

Angelus sighed, relieved that at long last, his obligations were done. "I'm done, goodnight." Angelus said, standing and leaving before anyone could stop him.

"I shwear man, Angelus needs to cheer the fuck up and try to be more sociable. I taught you better than that Angelu-ah!" Azreal shouted at what was now Angelus' closed door. It would have been far more impressive if he didn't fall to the floor as he was yelling.

Danica, equally clumsy with sluggish movements, somehow managed to get to Azreal without falling herself.

"Azreal, you okay?" She asked Azreal, who was laughing.

"Bah, didn't hurt at all." Azreal responded as Aegis sighed.

"C'mon Azreal. Bedtime for you." Danica said.

"Aww, but I want to stay up, the night is shtill young!" He said, giving her a thumbs up from the floor.

"She's right Azreal, you're just about at your limit."

Azreal, still sprawled face first on the floor, pouted. "No! I'm not moving!"

Danica giggled. "Don't be such a baby Azreal."

"But I don't wanna!"

"Now now Azreal, if you don't get to bed, you won't get a goodnight kiss from me."

Azreal's eyes widened at that. "But...but...that's no fair..." Azreal resigned as he slowly rose, swerving as he did so.

"There we go! Good boy! Now for that goodnight kiss!" Danica said as she wrapped her arms around Azreal, and gave him a sloppy kiss on the cheek.

"Wait a moment..."

"I was just teasing you, here's the real goodnight kiss." Danica responded as she turned Azreal's head and met his lips with her own.

"Wait a moment...aren't you coming to bed too?" Azreal asked when the kiss broke.

Danica shook her head. "No, not yet. I'm gonna stay up for a little while longer, let's just get you to bed." She said as she helped Azreal into the bedroom, and he drunkenly plopped into the bed as soon as he was in range.

"Mmm...I love you sooo much, birthday girl." Azreal said, cradling the pillow next to him as though it were Danica. "Someday, we'll be a real family." He mumbled as sleep overcame him.

Danica smiled at the thought, bent over and gave Azreal a kiss on the forehead. He was just too cute!

She closed the bedroom door as she left the bedroom, and saw that Aegis was cleaning up.

"You'll have to forgive me, but you're on your own. I'm going to bed."

"Aww, Aegis, can't you stay up a little longer and keep me company, please?" Danica begged, batting her hazy eyes.

"Fine." Aegis conceded as he finished cleaning as Danica grabbed her next drink and plopped down on the couch. She was followed by Aegis, who sat in the chair near the couch.

"C'mon Aegis, sit with me." Danica offered as she patted the spot next to her on the couch. "I don't like that you stay so far away from me like I'm diseased or something."

"I don't invade personal spaces." Aegis replied.

"Aegis, you can never invade my personal space." Danica said with a wink.

Although Aegis kept a straight face, he did raise a proverbial eyebrow at this, and rose to sit down at the other end of the couch. The couch they sat on wasn't very large, and there was barely space large enough for a single person between them.

Silence settled in as Aegis awaited what Danica would say next, who was taking quiet sips from her drink.

"So...Aegis...I feel like, I don't know you at all. I've been hanging out with you guys for how long, a couple of months now? And yet, I feel like I hardly know anything about you. What's your story?" Danica asked.

Aegis shrugged. "I don't have a story. I live a very quiet life."

"Aww, there must be something. All you ever seem to do is work and stay at home."

"That is all I do."

"No drunk stories? No parties? No girls?"

Aegis shook his head. "Don't have the time or money for any of those things. It's up to me to ensure that Angelus Azreal, and I stay afloat, because they are unable to do so by themselves."

"Then, wouldn't that be all the more reason to do something? Isn't it stressful to do all of that without some kind of vent?"

Aegis shrugged. "I relax by reading, and having a home to come to. I don't need much more than that."

"Hmm..." Danica turned to Aegis and studied him closely. Aegis felt the gaze and met it, not quite sure where she was going with all of this.

"Aegis, you have no idea how hot you are do you?"

Aegis raised an eyebrow.

"By...the...Dragons...you are gorgeous! I refuse to believe that someone as hot as you has no sex life at all, do you?"

Aegis shook his head.

"Oh...my....nothing!? Nothing at all!?"

"No."

Danica gasped at this. "Wait...there's something wrong, right? You're gay, aren't you?"

"No."

"Then what?"

Aegis shrugged. "I already explained it, I don't have the time or money. Pursuing women costs vast amounts of both. Far more than I can afford to give."

"Well...aren't you curious at all? I mean, what have you figured out so far?"

"Enough."

"How often do you jerk off?"

Once again, Aegis raised an eyebrow.

"Don't tell me you haven't jerked off at all?"

"Such matters are not your concern."

"Aww, Aegis, I want to hear about it though. Maybe I can help you with some things."

"Like what?"

Now it was Danica's turn to shrug as she drank from her glass.

"I don't know. But then, you won't tell me anything."

"I don't pleasure myself often, nor do I keep count."

"Ah-ha! So you do! Okay, so that's not it..."

"Where are you going with this?" Aegis finally decided to ask.

Danica shrugged again. "I'm learning about you. I did say that I feel like I don't know you at all, so I figure that I'd take the time to do so."

"There isn't much to learn."

"Aww, Aegis, we were finally getting somewhere! Okay, let's get back to that. So...you're not gay, and you jerk off, hmm...how big are you?"

"If you're trying to learn something about me, wouldn't you ask more about other things than this particular topic?"