Chapter 025 : Brother's

Morning in the mortal realm. 

Black opened his getting off the bed, he walked towards the bathroom. When walking out he had bath his body. He was drying his hair with a towel his frowned his eyes looking at Ladros bed empty. He was going to ask the others but they were still asleep as it was still early in the morning. 

Backyard of the Demon-slayer guild. 

A shadowy figure was under the tree. It was Ladros shadow under the tree as he was sleeping under the tree. A hand approached his side waking him up. Ladros widened his eyes looking at the in front of him. 

"Huh, it's you. What do you want?" asked Ladros. The figure loomed close to him revealing to be Black. 

Black faintly smiled approaching his side, saying, "How did you sleep? I am sure it was good right!" 

Ladros with a frowned face looking towards the side, asking, "What do you want? I do not have time to play around with you." 

Black slightly giggled and saying, "I guess it was great as always right, right!!" He then rigid his expression looking at Ladros saying, "I know what has been botherig you. You were not really mad at Derek, I am wrong about that."

Ladros frowned his brows looking up at Black. "What are you trying to imply?" He asked with a confused expression on his face. Black faintly smiled looking at him. 

"When did you tell her?" Black asked murmuring. Ladros seeming to be confused on what Black was talking about. 

Ladros asked with a puzzled expression. "Who's her?"

Black placed his hand on Ladros shoulder casually laughing inside. Ladros was looking at him as if he was insane or what? He stood up casually removing Black hand off his shoulder, he began walking off towards the his side.

But Black grabbed his shoulder again as Ladros was walking away, Ladros paused his movement turning his face at Black giving him a hard glance.

Black laughed it off, saying, "What's wrong, do not tell me you are mad? Are you really mad, for real!?" He mocked Ladros lack off control of his emotions; He was arrogant and imperious those pattern behaviours made him not a good leader. Ladros was one of the candidate of being the next demon king, but his arrogant nature placed him from actually being the demon king. Power and strength were some of the qualities that makes a demon king's. 

"What do you really want from me?" said Ladros, he was not really in the mood to deal with Black. "Who were you talking about?"

Black with a smug look said, "Who else than, Sonia!" Ladros frowned his face confused, he then started to laughed hard holding his stomach. 

"What, Sonia and me!? When did you come out with that dude? That's so funny, haha!!" Ladros said continuing laughing. Black with a blank expression frowned his eyes looking at Ladros to quiet laughing. 

Black firmly said looking at Ladros face, "You thought that I had no clue that you like her, I have noticed how you look at her. I am sure she feels the same way too." Ladros widened his eyes almost surprised. He nodded his head refusing to believe in lies. 

"Why do you expect me to do celebrate that Sonia has a heart," said Ladros. Black casually laughed grabbing Ladros both shoulders with his hands turning face forward at himself.

Ladros snorted removing his hands off his shoulders. Black ignored his rude shake, he calmly approached his face towards Ladros saying, "You know, if you do not tell her so she might get taken by someone else, or maybe, you have already told her everything." He widened his eyes slightly opening his mouth, a realization began to hit him in the head; Ladros and Sonia were hating each other more than usual, and Ladros was more enrage and furious than he usually was. 

After piecing everything together, Black smiled with a mischievous expression towards Ladros. Ladros frowned his eyes wondering why was Black smile so ominous. He denied having feelings for Sonia and turned his back about to walk away. 

"Wait, I am still talking here," said Black stopping Ladros again with one hand. Ladros slightly turned his face seeming to be irritated then. Both two began discharging powerful auras that blew everything in their surroundings.

Black and Ladros traded hard looks; Black aura was like a raging fire that burnt everything it touched, and Ladros aura was similar to his burning everything it touched too. The air around them heating up at the point the trees and grass began burning off. 

Looking towards the side seeing the damage being done, Black cancelled his aura after noticing the damage it was coursing to the surroundings. "Ladros stop releasing your aura." Ladros ignored him continuing to release more of his aura. 

"Ladros stop releasing your aura! You are killing everything around us!!" Black said yelling straight at Ladros ear. Ladros then cancelled his aura. Black pointed around his finger for him to see the damage they were coursing, but Ladros sneered shaking Black hand off his shoulder and walking away. 

"You can try to run away from everything else, but you will never out run what you feel inside. She is waiting for you to come get her." said Black. Ladros clinched his teeth grinning menacingly at Black. 

"You should not speak on things that do not involve you, friend," Ladros smirked. He turned his back facing forward at Black saying, "I will never run away from anything, I am great that life. I am Ladros Abraxas son of Aries Abraxas, grandson to the most power primordial Abraxas of the Seven Fallen. You think I will be afraid of confessing my feelings towards a woman, haha!" 

Ladros held his stomach as he laughed. Black casually shook his head looking down. He stared up firm at Ladros face saying, "You know that laugh is not fooling me. I can see that you like Sonia. I've always known about you liking her."

Ladros face turned rigid as he stopped laughing. "What makes you think I care about her, I don't have even a single love for that woman, I will never would!" He said with a hard voice. Black blankly winked his eyes towards Ladros; Ladros was denying what was already showing from him, even when he did not notice it everybody else did see it. His occult behaviour and foolish arguments towards Sonia made it blankly clear that he had feelings for Sonia. Even a fool can see that he had feelings for her. 

"I hope you can tell that straight to her face. So when did you confess your feelings to her?" Black asked with a smiled clinching both hands together. Ladros casually ignored his question. 

"You know if you don't tell me I will never stop asking you, just tell me now and save yourself the irritation that would come if you don't tell me." Black stated. 

"If I tell you would you promise to leave me alone from now on?" Ladros said. Black abruptly nodded his head agreeing with his request. Ladros took a deep breathe and said, "Okay, I did confess my feelings towards her, you were right I do have feelings for Sonia."

Black widened his eyes with surprised. "You really have feelings for Sonia!" 

"I thought you knew already! Why were you saying it!?" Ladros asked. Black faintly laughed as he was joking around with him. Ladros gritted his teeth and frowning his face. 

"I'm glade you finally admit it to yourself that you do like Sonia. I never get why you two never get along, you're perfect for each other," Black murmured with a smile. Ladros frowned his eyes looking separately. 

Black slightly smiled asking, "You said that you confessed your feelings towards, what did she say?" 

Ladros swept his eyes across the backyard then returning them looking at Black eyes. He said, "She reject me."

Black firmly looked at him, he blustered out laughing. He held his stomach as he was laughing hard and falling on his knees. "What! Hah! Did she really reject you?!" 

Ladros gritted his teeth and clinched his fists. He began walking away but Black stopped him. "I am sorry, but it just that sounds funny to me. I have always thought she had feelings for you for sure." Black murmured with a firm tone. 

"What did you say to her when confessing your feelings?" asked Black. Ladros curved back his eyes thinking back when he confessed his feelings towards Sonia. 

He flashed back at the afternoon of the Amber festival. He had introduce himself to the seven fallen Belial, Paimon and his grandfather Abraxas. He saw Sonia exploding fireworks up at the sky and street. When he approached her side at first, she greeted him with amusement handing him some fireworks. The two exploded their fireworks through the evening to midnight hours. 

Ladros walked Sonia back to her home. They laughed and shared bit and bit of of romantic moments. When they got the the gate of Sonia house. Both stood with smiles on the faces as the air surround the was blowing at them slow. He grabbed her hand kissing it saying, "Goodnight." His heart was pounding fast and his face was flushed red as he stared at Sonia flustered smile. He then knee down with one leg asking for her hand in marriage. 

Surprised by the sudden asking of her hand Sonia looked as if puzzled by it. Both of them went silent with their gazes looking aside from each faces. Ladros stood up from his knee stating his words again at Sonia, but Sonia still remained silently nervous. He grabbed both of her hands with a hard tone demanded her to answer. 

Sonia frowned her brows ripping her hands both from Ladros hands. She turned her back walking away from his confused expression. He yelled at her to stop but she continued walking off, before opening the gate he grabbed her arm forcefully towards himself. Looking at her face a gloomy expression was on her eyes. Ladros let go of her arm recognizing those eyes to be familiar to those his mother had when looking at his father. After letting go of her arm he rushed off to the darkness of night. 

Firmly, listening to Ladros flash back. Black nodded his head after listening to his story. He then abruptly laughed at Ladros. "What, you forcefully grabbed her arm, haha!! What were you thinking right there?"

Ladros grabbed Black collar with both hands, saying, "Is that the only thing you heard!"

Black slightly laughed, he slowly removed Ladros hands off his collar. He then patted his back faintly laughing towards Ladros. Ladros face soften seeing Black smile.