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The man shivered again and opened his eyes quickly, but instead of his usual lime green irises, they were a deep purple. He looked around for a moment then up at Michael. "...Hello, dearie." he murmured in a distant town and released the boy to stretch.


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"I suppose you could say that, yes." he murmured while folding his arms behind his head. "You woke me up with whatever it was you did, so now I'm here." he murmured almost grumpily. After a moment he looked back at Michael, examining his body up and down. "Hmph. You're much different than Leon. Cuter, I'll admit, and far from he-who-shall-not-be-named." he sighed and scratched his head while yawning.


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"My ex." he replied without hesitation or care, still more involved with his stretching. "Or more Nikolai's, though I did sleep with him once. Nikki dear trained him well." he chuckled before noticing the look on Michael's face. "Oh, don't worry about competition, dearie, he's dead." he smiled as though he said a nice joke. The slim man yawned once more before getting out of bed himself and lazily walking towards the boy. "I suppose I owe you an introduction, hmm?" Reaching out, he took hold of Michael's hand and as he did a graceful bow he planted an equally graceful kiss against the skin. "I am one of the Seven Deadly Sins. My name is Sloth."


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Sloth yawned and lazily waved off the boy as he darted out of the room. "Not the reaction I was expecting, but it certainly was entertaining." he grinned.
Several minutes passed, and in that time both Sloth had redressed himself in the beloved suit he loved, and once he was done fixing his tie - albeit it loosely - he gazed at himself admiringly in the mirror. "Mmm, what a specimen of man I am." he purred to himself while setting a hand on his cocked hip. He gazed at himself for another minute then looked at the clock reflected out the mirror. "That time already? I suppose I'd better give him his body back, wouldn't want my dear to sleep through today's promising schedule." he grinned and snapped his fingers as a purple mist coiled around him. His body froze for a moment, but relaxed again as the mist left, and instead of those cunning, purple eyes, confused lime green eyes showed.
"Mmph... Dear me, I'm already dressed?" Nikolai yawned, and looked up and down at his reflection. If he was like this then there was no doubt Sloth had something to do with it. He gazed at the body stance he was in then let his bright gaze look at the empty bed. Michael was gone, did he have to go somewhere? He didn't seem bent on going to class anymore, and he was sure he'd hear something if he had an emergency to go to. Or maybe... Nikolai's eyes widen as his hands began to tremble. Sloth, that damn Sin always tried to ruin his life! He must have possessed his body and messed with Michael's head!
"Dammit, Sloth!" he seethed under his breath and began hurrying out the door, gritting his teeth as he got the Sin's laughter in response.


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I don't understand why you're so upset, dearie, Sloth said inside Nikolai's mind. You were going to end it anyway, right? You always do that, so I thought I'd finish it early.
It's not like that, Nikolai hissed in his mind. Michael's different; he's sweet and innocent. I told you that I didn't want to end anything with him, and you know it!
And you know that if you let your feelings deepen you'll end up dying, Sloth seethed back. I like this body, dearie, and I refuse to let your feelings ruin my living space!
Nikolai narrowed his eyes as he opened the front door. "It's my choice, not yours." he growled and was just about to fly down the steps when he saw someone seated on them. "Michael?" he breathed and stopped suddenly, surprise on his face.


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Nikolai frowned at Michael, hurting from how much the boy himself must have hurt. "It's not like that, dearie." he insisted and reached out to grab Michael's arm. "Please, let me explain."


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Nikolai recoiled his hand, looking as though he had been struck when he heard Michael's yelling. He couldn't stand this, his heart was hurting too much. Trying to bite back his deep frown, Nikolai lashed out and pulled Michael into a tight hug.
"I would never harm you like that, Michael." he whispered in a shaky tone. "You're so much different than everyone else, I want to be by your side all the time, and I want you by my side. I... I lo..." Nikolai grit his teeth in frustration. He wanted to say it, how much he did! But that very word threatened his life, and he couldn't die when his reason for living was right in front of him.


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