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Solomon, a powerful wizard, is your lover. How you manage to acquire his love and attention is beyond everyone else and even you sometimes, but you're glad that you're his and he's yours. Unfortunately, your medical background doesn't paint a pretty picture for you.
It's been at least three months since you and Solomon has been together, madly in love. How you wish that you didn't have to break news to him but you must since he will find out sooner or later. You have informed the seven avatars and angels that your condition is deteriorating with Lord Diavolo and Barbatos already knowing beforehand. As much as you wanted to live, knowing what happened to their sister, Lilith, you didn't want to cause more harm than you've already done.
"Hey, MC." Mammon starts up a conversation while you're watching both him and Leviathan play a game.
You hum in response. With much hesitation, the greedy demon asks, "When are ya' going to tell him?"
Silence. Leviathan elbows Mammon in the guts as you thought of a response, finally answering his question with, "Tomorrow. It'll be cruel if I continue this charade with him."
A dry laugh emits from your starting to pale lips. "I'm so cruel to him, aren't I? He deserves someone better, not someone who's dying so easily from a disease."
The moment the words rolled off your tongue, Mammon and Leviathan abandon their game, not caring that their characters are getting killed on screen. The secondborn grabs your shoulders and gently shakes you, saying, "Are ya' crazy? It's us and him that don't deserve ya'!"
"For once, Mammon's right. Don't ever say that again, MC!" The envious demon said in turn.
But they only receive yet another short and dry laugh. "I only have one month left to live. No one can help me now nor will I ever live as long as Solomon hoped. I... I'm such a terrible partner and friend."
This time, it's the thirdborn who shakes you by the shoulders. "No, you're not! You're the one who managed to keep up together! Without you, who knows what would've happened to us! To Belphegor even!"
A sad, small smile manage to make its way to your lips. "I don't know what have I done to deserve you guys but I'm glad to have met you."
*****
The next day arrived quicker than you've had anticipated. Handkerchief in hand, you cover your mouth with the small cloth as you cough into it while mentally hoping that blood doesn’t stain your handkerchief. Lucifer and Satan, who are by your side, only looks at you with concerned looks, feeling useless and helpless since they can't do anything to help except be there for you.
"MC!" A familiar cheery voice is heard from behind. Oh, how have the Fates become to cruel.
You quickly hide the cloth in your pocket and turn to Solomon with the same lovely smile you always give him. "Yo', Solomon!"
Taking their cue to leave, Lucifer and Satan leaves you with your lover. Once you two stand face-to-face with each other, your lovely smile is slowly replaced with a sorrowful look on your face. The wizard quickly took note of this and questions about your sudden change in expression.
You tightly grab his hand as if your life depended on it, staring into his eyes. A barely audibly whisper 'follow me' left your lips as you drag him to somewhere private. After checking that nobody will eavesdrop on your conversation, you let our a sigh and your heartbeat begins to pick up its pace.
Your silence only makes Solomon worry more and a million negative thoughts occupy his mind. Do you want to break up with him? Did you not love him anymore? Did something bad happened? Unfortunately, what you said only made him stare at you with both shock and horror.
"Solomon, I have to tell you about my... My health. It's getting worse the last few months and both Lucifer and Lord Diavolo tried their best to find the best doctors from each realm to try and help me but... There's no cure. There's... Not much time left for me."
Solomon refuses to believe those words. He takes a step back and shakes his head. "Th-This is n-not funny, M-MC. P-Please t-tell me it's a joke."
But you shake your head. "I wish it was but it's not a joke. I'm dying, Solomon. I only have one month left to live."
"N-No. No, no, no. M-Maybe I can learn a-a healing spell o-or whip up a-"
You shut him up by grabbing his hands and placing your head against his chest, hearing his rapid heartbeat. "Please, Solomon. If Lord Diavolo or Simeon can't do it, what can you do? We're only humans, Solomon. We're the weakest of the three realms. What makes you think you can find a spell, much less a cure for me? My time is almost up, Solomon. At least let me spend my last moments with the people I love."
Still, he refuses to believe you but... "Fine. Fine. I-I'll respect that."
You feel wet droplets soaking your scalp but you couldn't care less. The both of you stayed like that until the bell rung. Unfortunately, your classes with Solomon are very little and limited so when you exit the room, he hugs you tightly before sadly parting from you.
Ever since that day, Solomon tries to spend as much time with you and even sleeps with you with Lucifer's permission. When your condition worsened however, Lord Diavolo has declared that you no longer have to attend school and is issued to be moved to his castle so that Barbatos can take care of you.
The week of the retreat that is held at Lord Diavolo's castle has came around. How unfortunate can you be? It's also your last week here. Upon finally meeting you, Solomon is quick to engulf you in a tight, warm hug.
Your last week is spent with everyone you loved, like what you've requested to the wizard but time doesn't wait for no one. Your body is extremely weak to the point where you sometimes would fall and pass out. Your coughing fits have become a frequent and daily thing, much to everyone's dismay. Your energy is slow to replenish, your health deteriorating quickly, your face looks like you haven't slept in days and your life force quickly fading away.
Today is the last day of retreat and also your last day on Earth. You wish you hadn't been chosen for this exchange program as you knew that you've hurt everyone but at the same time, you're glad as well or else you would never meet such amazing people, especially Solomon.
In your temporary room, Asmodeus does your makeup to make you seem more lively than ever before for everyone. Your tired eyes only stare out of the window, the dark sky decorated by sprinkles of lights and a crescent moon. Breathing has also becoming an exercise for you, only receiving oxygen through your mouth. As Asmodeus works on your blush, you suddenly have a coughing fit.
The fourthborn quickly grabs your handkerchief and hands it to you to which you quickly snatch it from his hand and cover your mouth with. After a few moments, you wipe your mouth and look at the pool of scarlet that the cloth had manage to absorb. Asmodeus only sighs at the sight, quickly applying the blush for you before you could have another fit.
"There we go." He stands up and smiles at you as if you were a piece of priceless artwork. "You look stunning."
"Thanks, Asmo." You stand up and approach the mirror provided in the room. In the mirror, you do appear to have more life.
"Let's go." The demon opens the door for you and helps you walk towards the ballroom.
When you arrive to your desired area, the wizard is quick to greet you which prompts Asmodeus to leave the both of you. "You look amazing as always, MC. I wish the makeup is real..."
You only offer him a small smile, your croaky voice uttering out, "I'll be fine. Let's enjoy this final night."
Solomon's eyes are filled with sadness and despair but for you, he's willing to be happy for you. Music fills the room and your lover extends a hand for you to grab and you did. His other hand gently wraps around your torso as you hold onto his shoulder, the both of you start to dance despite your weak body but he did slow down his movements so that you could keep up with him. Unlike last time around, only the demons, angels and humans alike are present in the room, the other two species watching as the both of you sway with the melody. In that very moment, so many thoughts had pop up in his head.
How he wished that he was more powerful. How he wished that there was a cure for your illness. How he wished that Simeon had the power to help you. How he wished that you can remain in his arms forever. How he wished that this moment will last forever.
How he also wished that he had never met you.
Yet here he is, dancing with his partner, desperately trying not to tear up for their sake. When the music stopped and the way you fall into his arms, he knew that you only had moments left to live so he hugs you once again, placing his lips on your forehead. His soft lips linger on your skin for a few moments before looking at you. "What else do you want to do?"
"Play... Play something on- on the harp for me, S-Solomon." You requested, your exhausted eyes starting to droop.
He nods his head. "Whatever you want, my love."
The wizard slowly guides you towards the instruments provided in the room, taking a seat on the small bench with you sitting beside him. Everyone else only watches both of your movements, not making a ruckus like how they'd usually do.
"Solomon..." You breathe out, placing your head on his shoulder as you make yourself comfortable next to him. "Play... Play that song."
Your voice becomes quieter the more you speak. Solomon closes his eyes and takes a breather. He wanted to cry, he wanted to hug you, he wanted to see your face one last time before you permanently close your eyes but he holds himself back. His shaky hands make their way towards the strings and his fingers start plucking the strings, a beautiful melody you had always loved plays.
Though, not even a minute through, you started coughing which made your lover stop and check up on you. Luckily, it wasn’t as severe so you said, "Continue no matter what. I want to hear you play one last time."
His lips quiver but he fulfills your request nonetheless. His fingers never stop plucking the strings even if you had to cough. Midway through, you close your eyes, your breathing starting to become slower. Everyone else in the room senses that your life force is fading rather quickly but doesn't utter a word about it.
Solomon notices the sudden weight on his shoulder but doesn't stop. Though, this time, he doesn't deny his tears and lets them flow down his face. When he finally finishes playing your favourite melody, he immediately wraps his arms around your limp body. He places his head on your shoulder and his tears soak your clothes.
Mammon, Leviathan, Asmodeus, Beelzebub and Luke are also crying, knowing that you're now gone. Lord Diavolo, Barbatos, Lucifer, Satan, Belphegor and Simeon only watches from afar, everyone's hearts crushed when you're finally out from your misery but hurts further when they hear the loud, sad and ugly cries from Solomon as he grips onto your body tighter, desperately trying to get you to wake up when you won't.
I hope you enjoyed this small story. My favourite headcannon of Solomon is that he plays the harp and I had to include that here. Anyway, here’s the song he played.
The brothers + undateables if they were to pick up an instrument
-The brothers-
Lucifer:
- surprise, surprise
- he's a piano guy
- but there's a reason to this
- back in the Celestial Realm, many angels, including his own siblings, admired and loved his piano playing
- even on the day where Diavolo came, he played the piano that enchanted him
- Lilith especially loved the piano
- after falling in Devildom, he avoided the piano at all costs
- he doesn't want to cry
- for once, he thanks his never-ending paperwork as he can use that as an excuse to avoid playing his favourite instrument
- but the few times he did play the piano, Mammon always seem to catch Lucifer crying while playing
- he has a love and hate relationship with the piano
Mammon:
- he isn't talented when it comes to playing instruments
- but when he stumbled upon the kalimba, he couldn't help but be addicted to playing it
- it's such a small and simple instrument, he just absolutely loves it
- loves the beautiful melody his kalimba makes
- hides this talent from his brothers for fear that they might ridicule him for playing such an instrument
- but one day while playing the kalimba to pass time, Asmodeus was in love with the melody and was confused as to what instrument would make such a sound and follows it
- finds Mammon playing the kalimba alone in the planetarium
- and calls the others to listen to Mammon playing the instrument
- the rest were enchanted by Mammon's playing
- doesn't talk about it
- until it was Beelzebub's and Belphegor's birthday
- the twins requested that Mammon plays the kalimba
- is taken aback but doesn't protest
- Mammon plays his favourite melody on the kalimba
- everyone likes that
Leviathan:
- plays the flute
- but only does it because he saw Ruri-chan playing it
- is surprisingly naturally talented on the flute
- when his package arrived, his brothers thought it was just more merch and figurines
- nope, it was his flute
- while he was practicing playing an anime opening, Lucifer overheard his playing
- thought it was beautiful
- eventually, Lucifer had to barge in and interrupt his playing because Levi had done a little prank on him
- Levi was nervous about his punishment but instead of that, Lucifer requests that he plays something on the flute
- anxiety through the roof and probably up in the Celestial Realm
- his hands were shaky at first but after a few seconds, he got into playing that as if Lucifer suddenly disappeared from his room
- playing beautifully and happily as if there was no tomorrow
- after playing, Lucifer praises Levi's talent and his face is just red
Satan:
- surprise, surprise 2.0
- violin guy
- he wasn't interested in such an instrument at first but finds out that according to the humans, it was one of the most difficult instruments to play
- decides to take the challenge
- he regrets ever underestimating just how difficult playing the violin is
- at first, he ironically plays it just to show who's boss
- now he can't stop playing
- the first time he tried to play it, his arm is sore, neck is stuck in a certain position and cramps are terrible
- but after Beelzebub offers to give him a massage after each violin session, he was more fired up to prove the humans wrong
- low-key was praising each human and person who were able to stand through the torture of violin playing
- when he finally got the hang of it, the first piece he played is his favourite cursed song
- it was more beautiful and melodic on the violin than the original instrument
- is in love with the new melody and loves the song even more
- occasionally stays back at school to play the violin provided at RAD's music room
- girls (and maybe some guys) heard his playing and immediately fell in love with it
- for the rest of school days, Satan finds mysterious love letters left on his desk, in his locker, sometimes given by teachers themselves and has no idea why
- the rest of his brothers knew but doesn't say anything
Asmodeus:
- he wouldn't want to ruin anything on his body or leave any kind of bruise anywhere
- but he makes he makes an exception only for one instrument
- the guitar
- when he first started picking up the instrument, he immediately wanted to quit playing because his fingers hurt
- but after watching a couple of videos of people playing the guitar AND still having beautiful hands, he decides to play it once again
- it was torture for him and almost quit again but he finds out that some people wears bandages around their fingers to protect them
- and so he did
- eventually, he takes it off after mastering simple switching
- his fingers hurt once again but doesn't mind because he loves playing the guitar
- and because of his constant playing, his skin has grown thicker to withstand the strings of the guitar
- now it doesn't hurt whenever he plays
- the few rare times where he actually plays the guitar for someone, with his charm and melody, the person immediately falls in love with him
- his brothers were pleasantly surprised when they found out that he plays the guitar instead of any other instrument
- he takes pride in that
Beelzebub:
- surprise, surprise 3.0
- dude plays the drums
- he's into metal
- one day while watching some mukbang videos, he accidentally clicked on a Jacksepticeye drum cover video and was wondering how can he multitask like that
- so he told Lucifer that he wanted to practice playing drums
- Lucifer was surprised but doesn't protest his brother's request
- he found out just how difficult it is playing drums
- but once he got the hang of it, his level of playing can be compared to a veteran's
- a group of band saw him playing and offered if Beel wanted to join
- he immediately agreed to it and now thanks to him, the band is well-known in the Devildom
- sometimes would perform during assembly under Diavolo's request
- everyone listening was headbanging and yelling at the top of their lungs
- every time the band perform, it's always lively due to how catchy and metal the music was
- sometimes, Beel would give up his meals just to practice with his band mates
- loves it whenever he rocks the stage
Belphegor:
- sleepy boi
- doesn't want to move much
- so he plays the theremin
- according to a lot of people, it's one of the more difficult instruments to play as you need to have a good ear and there's a lot of tricks you have to learn with your hands
- but this boi is gifted with perfect pitch
- takes up the theremin
- for a beginner, he's not that bad
- after hours and hours of practice, he plays the theremin expertly
- it's a peculiar but interesting instrument so his brothers nag him to play it
- is annoyed by the constant nagging so he just plays a short song
- the melody is somewhat alien-like but it was also somewhat beautiful
- his brothers loves how he plays the theremin
- sometimes would play it for Beel if he has difficulties in sleeping
- only plays a certain song originating from when they were back in the Celestial Realm
- is the only lullaby Beel sleeps to
- Belphie is happy to play it for his twin
-Undateables-
Diavolo:
- for some reason, this man loves anything that's got to do with anything Irish or Scottish
- when he finds out that they were the two main countries that played bagpipes, he couldn't help but order Barbatos to get him one as well
- and also a kilt
- playing the bagpipe was difficult but he found an instructor to teach him how to play it
- hours and hours of practice, he finally manages to play it
- now whenever he has free time, he would play his favourite songs on the bagpipe with Barbatos surprisingly loving to listen to him play
- though, sometimes when Lucifer, or even more rarer times when his brothers join him, Diavolo would jump out while playing the bagpipe, playing an iconic Irish/Scottish song
- with a kilt
- as much as Lucifer wanted to scold him, he couldn't help but also enjoy the song
- and his random shenanigans
- though, if he were to play for his partner, he would play a romantic song on his bagpipe
- unless his partner asks otherwise then expect him to jump around playing a silly song...
- ...while wearing a kilt
Barbatos:
- this boi has little to no time at all
- is constantly stressed inside
- but when he realizes that the melodies of a cello calms him down greatly and can put his insomniac mind to sleep, he immediately gets himself one
- since he's a Jack of all trades, he's a natural at playing the cello
- because of this talent, Diavolo has instructed him one too many times to play the cello either for him or for guests
- but this is a task he doesn't mind doing
- though, sometimes when he's extremely tired, he dozes off while playing
- Diavolo doesn't mind if Barb plays only for him
- but if he dozed off around guests, Diavolo will nudge him and tell him that it's not appropriate for him to sleep in front of guests
- he immediately apologizes and continues playing the cello
- after a party, he will play a lullaby on his cello as to calm down the ruckus the guests might make
- Belphie will 11/10 summon Barb to play for him if it weren't for the fact that he had to ask permission from Diavolo first
Simeon:
- dude's an angel
- obviously will play the lyre
- his music is literally just angelic
- but he mainly plays the lyre to put Luke to sleep whenever he has a nightmare or just can't sleep in general
- but back when Lucifer and his brothers, exclude Satan, were in the Celestial Realm, he and Lucifer always play together
- they were the perfect duo
- with the angelic sounds of a lyre and harmonious tunes of a piano, it's impossible to not get drawn in and enchanted
- everyone in the Celestial Realm will literally kill if it meant that they get to see them play
- but after the brothers had fallen, Simeon no longer plays the lyre as he feels sad and distant whenever he plays it
- he misses their music
- that is, until Luke came unto his life
- Luke never got a chance to listen to both Simeon and Lucifer play so when he saw a dusty lyre in the depths of Simeon's stuff, he begs the other to play for him
- Simeon, not being able to say no, plays the lyre for Luke
- Luke falls asleep
- Simeon takes note of this and promises himself to play only for Luke
- now whenever he plays the lyre, he can push back the memories and focus on the younger angel
Solomon:
- most people were surprised when they found out that he plays the harp
- he states that he never intended to play the harp as he had never shown interest in it before
- but someone in his life changed that fact
- he doesn't let other people know but he plays the harp in hopes that he gets to have a duo with the person
- unfortunately, that person had sadly passed away due to complicated health issues
- he knew that person absolutely loves the harp so on their funeral, he brought the harp and played for them one last time
- now, he plays it for fun and to remember that person
- sometimes he plays the harp in the middle of the night, in a park where there's no one
- if you manage to catch him play it, you will see tears flowing down his face as he plays a beautiful melody
- he looks okay afterwards as to not worry or bother anyone else
- but on Asmo's birthday, he requests that Solomon plays the melody he always plays for that one person
- he hesitates but plays it nonetheless
- for once, in front of everyone, he cries
- everyone was surprised but doesn't make fun of him
- when Asmo questions about it, he dodges it like how he usually does and wipes his tears
- he apologizes and snaps his fingers, making the harp disappear before walking off to mourn more on his own
Luke:
- when he heard Simeon's playing for the first time, he wanted to play an instrument alongside him
- so he picked up the lute
- it was the perfect size for him so he easily practices with the instrument
- his fingers hurt but he still practices in hopes that he can be as skillful as Simeon and that he can make beautiful music like him
- boi is determined
- when he finally can play several intermediate level tunes, he figured that he wanted to tell Simeon about it
- Simeon was more than happy to play with him
- so when the both of them played their instruments together, if you're sleepy enough, it just makes you feel like you're in heaven
- Solomon almost had a heart attack once because of this
- but during the retreat at Diavolo's castle, they played their tunes together and the former angels just smile contentedly at their music
- it's been a while since they've listen to angels playing their songs
- Asmo almost cried
- who can blame him tho? Luke and Simeon together almost makes a perfect duo as Simeon and Lucifer