[ remastered. ]

"when mammon takes a liking to someone, they become rich with grimm."

that sentence was left forgotten in the back of your head as you laid down in your bed, staring up at the ceiling.

you were planning to go out with mammon this week, first hanging out with him in majolish before driving around town, with no other plans but to stay up until twelve am.

you leisurely scrolled through your ddd, throwing away unimportant emails, before a small notification caught your eye.

mammon. you smiled fondly. he was an enigma to you, and you were an enigma to him. you guys were barely without one another. he was the first demon who ever made a pact with you, and ever since then, he's been glued to your side.

[ mammoney: headin' back soon! get ready, 'cause the great mammon is goin' ta take ya on a joy ride! ]

you turned your ddd off, setting it down on your night stand before sitting up, stretching yourself out and feeling the popping sensation of your back.

you slipped on your slippers before walking over to your closet, it seemed.. odd.

the closet doors were bulging out a bit, you huffed in annoyance, did asmodeus stuff more clothes for you to try on?

no, he didn't.. asmo just recently posted a selfie on devilgram, he was nowhere near the house of lamentation.

so.. then what is all of-

the closet doors burst open, golden coins spraying out as it piled near your feet, slowly rising up and covering the floor.

"oh my goodness!" you attempted to jolt backwards, only succeeding in falling over and landing on more golden coins.

..grimm?  you thought, lifting your legs out of the pile of gold as you sat in your bed, looking at the questionable piles of gold on your floor.

"what in the world..?" you leaned down to grab one coin, the skull engraved on the shiny coin staring right back at you.

it wasn't your birthday.. so this wasn't supposed to be some sort of surprise.. and this wasn't here before, just a couple of hours ago..

so what the hell had happened?

a knock on your door snapped you from your thoughts.

"hey, [ name ]! the great mammon is here! open up!" mammon's muffled voice could be heard from outside your door. you quickly drop the coin, not sure what to do with the amount of gold on your floor.

you sighed, before defeatedly speaking out to mammon.

"..come in."

mammon didn't answer, but he slowly opened the door, peeking his head in the room before yelping in surprise.

"woah! where did ya get all of this money, [ name ]!?" mammon opened the door all the way, watching as the grimm pool at his boots.

"i.. i have no clue?? it just randomly appeared in my closet for no reason!" you explained, mammon's face changed from confusion, to realization, to utter embarrassment.

"o..oh." mammon dumbly replied.

"..oh!? that's all you have to say?" you were dumbfounded, surely mammon would've started diving head first into the golden coins, but here he was, red faced and not daring to look at you.

"i.. i gotta go! majolish needs me!" mammon exclaimed, turning around and leaving the piles of grimm and you behind.

you stared at the open door, confused as to why mammon would suddenly turn away from your door all of a sudden.

trying to render all of this in your head, you slowly tried making your way to the opened door, not noticing the small clicks of boots coming in your direction.

"my, my! what is all of this?" a shocked voice said, you whipped your head to see asmodeus wide eyed, looking at your grimm filled room with surprise.

"darling, what happened here?" asmo looked around inside the room, seeing the closet, which was still throwing out some coins every once in a while.

"i really don't know, asmo! i went over to open my closet and all this grimm came falling down!" you explained this phenomenon again.

asmo's face contorted, similarly to mammon's, but instead of embarrassment..

"ohh, that's so sweet!" asmo cooed, placing both hands onto your cheeks, adding more to your confusion

"huh..? what's sweet?!" you raise your eyebrows, not getting asmo's words.

"i guess that rumor is true.. who knew?" asmo looked to the side, unsure about how to take this discovery. asmo looked back at you, before giggling slightly. "oh, i'm guessing you've never heard of this rumor at the academy?"

you shook your head side to side, before asmo retracted his hands away from your face.

"well, it's a really simple rumor," asmodeus started.

"'whoever mammon takes a liking to, you become rich with grimm. however, if it's the opposite, your grimm disappeared, leaving you without a coin to your name.'" asmo recited those lines, like he's said them multiple times, before sighing. "isn't it super sweet? who knew mammon possessed those powers in the end?"

other words asmodeus spouted dissolved in your mind, the only thing in your mind is the rumor.

slowly but surely, everything clicked.

"ahh, you're just realizing it now, too?" asmo slowly waved a hand in your face, letting yourself tap back into reality.

"you should hurry up, dear! mammon is probably just melting in his bedsheets!" asmo teased, not expecting you to jump up from your sitting position, running out of your room.

"good luck, [ name ]! not that you need it, though!" asmo's giggle rang through the hall as you hurried your pace to mammon's room.

you slowed down, catching your breath as you arrived to the second-born's room. slowly, you rose your fist and knocked on his door.

....no answer.

you knocked again.

..again, no answer.

you rose your hand to knock again, but mammon's voice stopped you.

"heyyyy! i'm not home!" mammon said, unintentionally exposing himself to you.

you sighed, pinching your nose bridge, as you called out to the door.

"mammon, open up!" you breathed in, not getting a response. you sighed with relief once you heard hurried footsteps marching directly to the door.

the door creaked open slightly, and one of mammon's blue eyes made contact with yours.

mammon couldn't close the door even if he tried, there was no way he could defy your commands. perhaps he shouldn't have made that pact..

"..mammon, open it all the way." you elaborated, staring right back at the greed demon. his eyes told you that he was internally fighting with himself. he furrowed his eyebrows, before opening the door all the way.

"h..heyyy.." you looked off to the side, mammon's face was still apparent with blush, and he made no move to speak up first.

"i-"

"so-"

you both freeze, before mammon began to speak.

"..ya wouldn't be here if ya didn't find out, huh?" mammon turned his head to the side, not wanting to make eye contact with you. "i heard ya and asmo talkin', he talks pretty loud.." mammon grumbled.

"are ya here to... reject me or..?"

"ah! ah! not at all!" you exclaimed, waving your hands around in shock. there was no way you could ever dislike him. mammon was so sweet, loving, and he really cared for you.

"eh? r..really?" mammon's eyes widen, his head whipping back to face you. "ah.. i mean.. of course! who wouldn't love the great mammon?" mammon grinned, his blush reaching to the tips of his ears.

you watched as mammon starting to fiddle with his sleeves, watching as you stared back at him with no response.

"i.. did i say somethin' wr-"

"you big dork, c'mere." you grabbed his shirt and pulled him in, leaning into him and delivering a quick kiss, pulling away shortly.

mammon breathed out, his blush was slowly starting to die down, but it was still apparent.

"so.. is it official?" he asked quietly, not meeting your eyes.

you grin and nod, even if he didn't see you nod. "yes, you idiot. it's official."

mammon softly laughs, smiling as you could see his tension leave his shoulders.

. . . a loud echo could be heard through the halls.

"..what in the diavolo's name is this mess? ...MAMMON!" lucifer's voice yelled out, just noticing the pile gold spilling out of your room and into the hallway.

mammon's smile grows, as both of you could hear footsteps stomping towards you both.

"well, that's our cue!" mammon takes one of your hands into his, as you both ran away from lucifer's incoming wrath.