Until the next day, nothing happened which had something to do with Urushihara and Suzuno, but now, again in the afternoon, Urushihara tried to escape. Failed again, of course. And it was by sheer coincidence that Suzuno was there and 'caught' him again, but this time she was the only one who fell down the stairs. So, Suzuno was going up to the apartments when Urushihara rushed out of there and she wanted to greet him but the ex-demon general was so fast she didn't even have time to say a word, and then she fell, at the same moment Urushihara was already down there.

'Hurry up, Ashiya's coming!' he said and pushed away Suzuno the same way he had done two days ago, his palms on the girl's back. And Suzuno suddenly felt the same buzzing, but was distracted from it because Ashiya came out shouting.

'URUSHIHARA!'

'May I help you?' Suzuno asked getting up when Ashiya ran past her, after Urushihara, who was already on the street.

'No, thank you, Kamazuki!' he shouted back, so Suzuno just collected her dropped bags and went up the stairs. Ashiya came back seconds later, pulling Urushihara after him by his collar.

In her apartment, Suzuno put down the bags and called Emi to ask her to meet again. Emi wasn't busy so they met that day, and Chiho came too because Suzuno asked her as well.

'Well, Suzuno, I don't think it's a good plan,' Emi said unconfidently.

'It was my best idea.'

'Then how bad were the others...?' Emi murmured with wide eyes.

'I think it won't... make him love you,' Chiho said.

'I don't want him to love me.' Suzuno looked at her.

'Then why?' Chiho shook her head.

'I just want to know if I feel love or not.'

'Where did you grow up?' Chiho asked. 'You just don't understand love!'

'Leave her, Chiho,' Emi waved. 'But please, don't do this. It's not a...'

'I insist on my plan.' Suzuno stood up. 'I just wanted to let you know. I'm going to do this anyway. This is the only way to know what I feel. Thank you for your advice. Goodbye.'

And Suzuno left Emi's apartment. Emi and Chiho were looking at the door for seconds after she had closed it behind herself.

'We didn't give her advice... she just said what she was going to do,' Emi said.

'I don't understand her.'

'And we don't understand humans on Earth.'

Arriving at the house, Suzuno didn't have to look for Urushihara, he was sitting alone on the lowest stair-step (not that she would have had to look for him anyway, the only other possibility was in front of his laptop). He was elbowing on his knees and supported his jaw with his hands with a both bored and annoyed look on his face. He glanced up when Suzuno stepped beside him.

'What's up?' he murmured.

'Good afternoon. How come you are here?'

'Ashiya threw me out because I didn't help him do the stupid chores.'

'You really should take part in doing the chores, good Hanzo. And leave your computer sometimes.'

'Oh, come on.' He turned away. 'Just go in and leave me alone, Bell.'

'I actually need you.'

Suzuno sat down next to Urushihara.

'You don't have to do anything. I just want to figure out something and I need your hand again.'

'B-but what is this all about?' He looked at her with a face halfway through shock and mild embarrassment, even recoiled slightly.

'Sorry, but I can tell you only when I am sure about it.'

'Eh, whatever then.' Urushihara sighed and held out his hand.

Now Suzuno tried other forms of holding hands, concentrating deeply, much to Urushihara's boredom, but slight embarrassment too. He just looked ahead and thought about what he could do with his laptop if it was with him, but if he tried to steal it, Ashiya would discover it. Urushihara was really afraid of this 'househusband' Ashiya's anger. He was even more dangerous now than as a demon back then. However, Urushihara's thoughts were sometimes distracted, because it wasn't half bad that Suzuno was holding his hand. Her hands were smooth. He got a bit startled and blushed when Suzuno spoke right after he thought this.

'Okay, thank you,' she said, but still didn't let go of his hand. Not that he minded now, but he wouldn't have admitted that. Urushihara looked at her. 'I just need one more thing. I want to kiss you.'

At that moment Urushihara's eyes and mouth widened in surprise and as he saw the serious look on Suzuno's face, he jumped and ran inside the apartments as fast as he could – it was a close shave he didn't fall down this time. Suzuno was just looking after him uncomprehendingly while she heard Ashiya:

'I TOLD YOU NOT TO COME BACK, LUCIFER!!'

And other loud dumps.

'LUCIFER, COME OUT!!'

'Leave me alone, Alsiel!' Suzuno did not hear this one, because this time Urushihara wasn't that loud and his voice filtered through the boxes he used to sleep in only for Ashiya to hear. 'I won't be in the way! I'm not even here...'

'Argh,' Ashiya growled. 'Whatever, you won't get your laptop back until dinner!'

'Whatever!'

That really surprised Ashiya. Urushihara passed his computer up? Willingly?

'What... what happened to you, actually?'

Urushihara didn't answer, so Ashiya just shrugged his shoulder and continued cleaning the sink. About half an hour passed in silence, while Urushihara couldn't stop thinking and was looking at his hands. W-why did she want to do that?! What the hell?! Does she like me? No, I think I would have noticed that earlier. But she's quite a strange type of person. So what is it all about?! Why did she want to kiss me all of a sudden? And what should I do now? Man, what happened to me? He buried his face in his hands.

'Ashiya...'

The white-haired man turned around and saw his roommate only to his eyes, peeking out of the boxes. He looked red though.

'What?'

'What does it mean... no.'

He made up his mind and got out of his boxes, straight to the small bathroom. Ashiya decided not to care about what he had in his mind as long as he wasn't in the way. Meanwhile, Urushihara washed his face and looked in the tiny cracked mirror on the wall. Okay, if she wants it, she will get it. It wasn't bad to hold her hand, and she's not bad company either, but I don't think I'm attracted to her. I want to know why she wanted it. Ashiya didn't even notice that he went out of their apartment as quickly as he could. He stepped in front of Suzuno's door. After a big gulp, he knocked.

'Coming.' He heard Suzuno's voice through the door and had to gulp again. She opened the door. 'Oh. Good Hanzo.'

He just stood there with an unusually tense face.

'What is it?' she asked as if nothing had happened between them half an hour ago. Urushihara had thought it over in his boxes and while he couldn't imagine why Suzuno wanted to kiss him so out of nowhere (especially considering the fact he was a fallen angel and the girl was an ex-assassin for the Church), he decided to say he was okay with the kiss, but here, right in front of her, he had literally no idea what to say and how.

'Uhm...'

He looked at Suzuno waiting and immediately leaned forward to kiss her, instead of saying anything. And that was when Suzuno jumped back frightened and pulled her hammer out of the flower-shaped ornament in her hair, much to Urushihara's horror.

'WHAT ARE YOU DOING???'

'DON'T HURT ME!!'

Urushihara ran again, and literally ran over the startled Ashiya who had just come out of their apartment to see what was going on.

'What happe... what did Urushihara do?!' he shouted as he saw the hammer in the both frightened and uncomprehending Suzuno's hand.

'Who shouted?!' Emi and Chiho had just run up the stairs and rushed into the apartments after hearing the loud voices. They all looked at Suzuno who changed her hammer back into the hair ornament and ran back to her apartment.

'Maybe... maybe Suzuno did what she told us!' Chiho exclaimed.

'I am sure she did what she told us,' Emi said.

'What are you talking about?' Ashiya asked.

'Not your business! Let's go, Chiho.'

'This is my business as well!' Ashiya went after the two who were heading to Suzuno's place. 'Urushihara was strange and he's in my custody right now!'

They stepped into Suzuno's apartment. She, now with pinned-up hair again, sat in front of her table, but not with her usual emotionless face. Actually, it was emotionless, just a bit different.

'Did you do it?' Emi asked.

'No, he ran away. But then he came and wanted to... I don't know what he wanted to do, he just leaned too close.'

'He wanted to kiss you on your lips!' Chiho exclaimed, covering her mouth in surprise.

'What is going on actually...?' Ashiya started, but the younger girl shut the door in his face.

'Stay back! It's a girls-among-girls thing!'

'Ah... I don't care! I want to know where my lord is!'

'He said he was coming half an hour later, needed to finish something in the restaurant.' Emi opened the door until she finished this sentence, then slammed it again.

Ashiya went back fretfully to prepare dinner. A few minutes passed and the three girls came in.

'Where's good Hanzo?' Suzuno asked.

'I guess in his boxes.'

Suzuno kneeled before the boxes, while Emi and Chiho sat down next to the table, and Ashiya was watching them curiously, because he really didn't understand anything.

'Good Hanzo,' Suzuno started. 'Sorry, I did not want to scare you. I wanted to hold your hand because when you touched my back a few days ago, I felt some strange vibration, and I didn't know what to think about that. Chiho said I might be in love. I was not sure of that, knowing very little of these type of feelings, and decided to find out. I'm sorry if I scared you.'

He didn't respond. Chiho and Emi sat tensely.

'Good Hanzo?'

And then they all heard a sound coming from the bathroom – the sound of the toilet. And then Urushihara came out.

'Oh...' They all stared at him. 'What is... going on?'

'That is more than enough!' Chiho got up and so did Emi.

'I have to admit, yes.'

They pushed Suzuno and Urushihara out to the corridor, and shut the door after them. She looked at him, and he looked down nervously.

'Look, I did not...'

'I'll tell you again,' Suzuno spoke. 'I wanted to hold your hand because when you touched my back a few days ago, I felt some strange vibration, and I didn't know what to think about that. Chiho said I might be in love. I was not sure of that, knowing very little of these type of feelings, and decided to find out. That is why I also wanted to kiss you. I didn't mean to scare you.'

'Oh.' That was all he could say, again. He was not that tense now. 'And I did not mean to scare you either,' he said. 'And I... I am okay with the kiss, if you still want to.'

He didn't know why he said that while the thing he wanted to know had already been told. Maybe because he felt the whole atmosphere between them so awkward without any mention of it.

'Right,' she nodded.

There was no turning back now. He became tense again and wanted to do it quickly, so he leaned forward and touched Suzuno's lips with his. When he leaned back and opened his eyes, he realized Suzuno had leaned back a bit too, and covered her mouth with her hand, eyes widened.

'Wha... what's that?' he asked, blushing and slightly startled by her expression. Suzuno took her hands away from in front of her mouth.

'I meant a kiss on the cheek.'

They just stood opposite each other for minutes silently. Even when Maou finally came home and asked what had happened. Other seconds of silence passed, but now three of them were staring at each other.

'Meet at dinner,' Suzuno said. 'Goodbye until then.'

'Goodbye,' Urushihara said, and they both headed to their apartments, leaving an uncomprehending Maou in the corridor.