“The other option would be to… well, kill his earthly body and make his soul an actual member of the afterlife,” Scowlyadded. “It would be simple enough to do, and then he could be processed like any soul in the afterlife.”
“Ok. You two hang here, because I assume you’ll handle whichever option we take,” Adam told them. He then turned to Minos. “You and I, big guy, need to go and talk to the asshole. You gonna be able to not rip his head from his body?”
Minos scowled. “I would not do anything you would not want me to do.” Minos then lowered his voice, pressing his face against Adam’s. “But, my soul, I do not want you to be subjected to him. I would spare you the pain of dealing with him. He caused you enough harm in life.”
Adam reached up and kissed his sweet demon. “I’m ok, Minos. Yeah, he hurt me once, but those wounds have healed over, and a lot of that is thanks to you.” Adam stopped and gave his demon a soft kiss. Then he added, “Besides, I’m honestly kind of curious about what happened after my death. Sure, it’s a bit morbid, but I wanna know if people were pissed at him, or if he played the grieving boyfriend, or if there was drama at my funeral. You know, all the juicy details.”
Minos chuckled, slid out of the booth (still holding Adam), and began walking toward the judgment room. “You two, stay!” he yelled over his shoulder at Cutie and Scowly.
“I totally think they’re gonna end up together,” Adam whispered. “And also, I can totally walk on my own.”
Minos hmm’d an agreement, then he muttered, “Yes, my soul, but it makes me feel better to hold you. I would protect you always, even from hurts that cannot be seen or physically created.”
Aww, his big guy really was worried about him. Adam patted him reassuringly and said, “I love you, big guy.”
“I love you too, my soul,” Minos grumbled, and then Minos kissed him even while walking, because his demon was just super talented at multitasking like that.
Adam only realized where they were by the gasp, which he totally recognized as Tim’sI can’t believe you did thatgasp.
He broke away from Minos just in time for his demon to sit down on his throne, Adam still on his lap.
Tim stared at them.
Minos growled.
Tim whimpered.
“We just cleaned up the bodily fluids he left last time,” the lesser demon standing beside Tim muttered.
Adam placed his hand on Minos’s chest, and his demon settled down a bit. “So, asshole, what brings you to the afterlife?” Adam asked.
“Oh my god, Adam! I can’t believe it’s you! Is this… hell? Because I definitely don’t belong here!” Tim cried out, his chest heaving.
Great. Adam got to deal with hysterical Tim. He rolled his eyes.
“I cannot believe you would roll your eyes at me. Do you haveany ideawhat I’ve been through?” Tim gasped.
“Um, yeah, Tim, because Iactuallydied. Remember? Car crash? After I found out you were cheating on me?” Adam reminded him. “How’d that work out for you, by the way? Did your boss leave his wife and kids for you?”
“You haveno ideawhat I’ve been through! And it’s your fault!” Tim shrieked.
“How the hell is itmy fault?” Adam demanded.
“You DIED! You asshole!” Tim yelled.
“That’s YOUR fault! And you’re the asshole!” Adam yelled back.
Minos squeezed him, and Adam instantly felt a little calmer. He sensed the unspoken question—was this too upsetting for him?
Adam took a deep breath. He would not be pulled into a screaming match with his ex over… well, he didn’t quite even know what.
“Explain what happened after Adam died,” Minos grumbled. “And call him another name again, and you shall be wearing your insides on your outsides.”
Tim paled at that, obviously remembering the big scary demon in the room. Nevertheless, he started talking, because that’s what Minos did, after all. He got people to share all their secrets.
“The police came and told me what happened, and I of course called our friends to let them know. They came over to comfort me, but then Steven started telling everyone that I had cheated on you and that’s probably why you got into a car accident, becauseof courseyou had forwarded the texts to him, and theneveryonewas pissed off at me. And they even told your sister, who came out to organize the viewing and everything, and she told me to not bother to show my face at your funeral, and it was the most ridiculous thing ever.”
“Aww, my sister had my back. We weren’t close, but I’m glad she banned your ass,” Adam said. “That’s probably the sweetest thing she could’ve done.”
