<div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>In the Heat of the Night</strong></span></div><br/><div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/syqnJjw.jpg)</div><strong>NAME:</strong>Azmodiel<br/><strong>DAY:</strong>21th October, 2018<br/><strong>LOCATION:</strong>The hotel<br/><strong>TAGGING:</strong>Azmodiel<br/><strong>EXTRA:</strong>Fox problems<br/><strong>WEARING:</strong>Nightwear (https://i.pinimg.com/564x/5f/46/d6/5f46d6f3ccb0540118690b8cbb16622e.jpg)<br/><hr/><br/>“I’m sorry…” Nerissa said when Az got away from her. For someone who said it was funny the demon sure didn’t look amused. It was dark sarcasm. In all honesty, she had thought that she would go through with this too. The whole situation was confusing and she knew very well that she had done something that might piss off Az. It was nerve wrecking enough to tell him she didn’t want to do this, knowing perfectly well that she might make him mad and that wasn’t even the worst part of it. The worst part was that she might destroy their friendship.<br/><br/>The fox demoness sat on the bed and looked as Az paced back and forth. No doubt. The old demon was angry at her. It sounded like Azmodiel was lecturing to her, so the least she could do was be quiet and pay attention. She made ass out of both of them… But no one had to know. There was no one else but them here. Az could tell people whatever he wanted. More likely it would be enough if he said nothing. There were people at SOPHE who knew that she was in heat now and by the morning more people would know that Az had been at her home, late at night… and they left her home together. So people would falsely think that something happened.<br/><br/>Nerissa had figured that Riko wasn’t his first wife. It would be more than strange if Azmodiel hadn’t married someone during his long long life. The girl tilted her head like she was struggling to understand everything the War demon told her. Az… It’s not that I don’t want you. Do you really think that’s the problem? If I’m sure of one thing, it’s that there is undeniable physical attraction between us. I like teasing, but even I wouldn’t go this far just to tease someone.<br/><br/>Why did he bring up the fact that he killed those people at her place? Was she supposed to give him something in return for his help? If she had to choose between sleeping with Az and going with the people who broke into her home and find out why they were after her by being dragged away, there was no doubt which one she would choose.<br/><br/>For a moment Nera thought about just going with it. Maybe if she had sex with Az he would feel like they were even. Maybe it would save their friendship. So why didn’t she say ‘hop on, big guy’ and spread her legs for him? Because you are one stupid fox, that’s why Nera. That and that she wanted to keep her respect for Az. If he would agree to sleep with her, considering it as a payback for his help, all respect she ever had for him would be gone. Right now Nera was afraid that he might say yes, so she didn’t ask. And this really wasn’t the right time to do trust tests on Az.<br/><br/>“I’m sorry” She said again. In her own way she understood what the old demon meant by saying that she couldn’t think clearly because she couldn’t separate her heart from her mind. Her actions were guided by her emotions way too often. Nerissa trusted that Azmodiel was right about that love could grow out of just sex. Well, that had never happened to her personally, but that didn’t mean it couldn’t happen. The things the man told her were surprising. Azmodiel had thought about taking her into his life? As something more than a woman he used to vent his overflowing sexual energy?<br/><br/>Perhaps Az could have learnt to love her. Though Nerissa doubted she was his type, at least outside a bedroom. Az had talked about how she would someday be a strong fox demon, but right now she was one stupid, weak fox demon. She would drive him crazy with her idiocy and not in the good way. Their situation was hopeless. Azmodiel didn’t understand that she wanted everything. And he couldn’t give her everything. She wanted him, all of him and she didn’t want to share. So would Az leave the woman she loved, the woman who was mother of his child? Of course not and Nera wouldn’t even ask him to do something like that. She didn’t want to destroy the happiness of others.<br/><br/>Please, don’t be angry at me, Nerissa thought. The girl wanted to ask him to hold her and tell her that everything was alright. Yet all she managed to say was, “I’m really sorry…” She sounded like a parrot! Repeating the same thing over and over again. By now it must sound like she didn’t mean what she was saying because she kept repeating it so much. Nerissa sat there and looked extremely guilty. Her ears were down and she had pulled her tail on her lap, stroking the soft fur in an attempt to calm herself.<br/><br/>She could understand completely why Az felt disappointed and like she wasted his time, but… did she break his heart…? Nerissa felt tears burning in her eyes. Don’t you dare cry now! You have no right to do it now! Don’t even think about adding your own miserable feelings into the burden he is already carrying! Az had showed her nothing but kindness as he did his best to help her with her problems, and she repaid his kindness by hurting him this badly. I’m the worst! I deserve all this hate, loathing and disappointment. The least I can do is let him tell it all, let it all out… and keep my thoughts and feelings to myself. After all this he deserves so much more.<br/><br/>Nerissa nodded in silence to Az when he told her he would need some time. Once the man retreated to the balcony Nera got out of the bed and got dressed. She even considered leaving in all silence because the situation was so awkward. And there was a good chance Azmodiel actually wished she would do that. Yet the fox demon stayed.<br/><br/>“Thank you. I appreciate all the effort you do for my sake.” Nerissa bowed her head to show her gratitude. Seeing his sad smile hurt deep in her heart. Her friendly smile was forced, but the girl did her best to act like nothing was wrong. “Good night Azmodiel.” Maybe her voice trembled a bit, or then it was just his imagination. The demon could feel how the girl got up on the bed and stayed on her own side. Nerissa looked at his hand and hesitated. First she was going to reach to take his hand into her, then she thought asking if she could do that… but in the end she did nothing. Instead she poofed into her fox form and curled up, hiding her face under her tail.<br/><br/>Great job Nera. Just perfect. You destroyed this friendship just like that. You are such an idiot! You selfish fool! You always ruin everything. You just don’t learn and you are going to be all alone in the end. And you deserve all that. You deserve all that because you hurt others.<br/><br/>But… I didn’t mean to… Does that matter? Does that ‘I didn’t mean it’ fix it? Will it undo all the damages you have done? No! All those thoughts hurt and she couldn’t stop them. She wanted to crawl somewhere where she could cry alone, without anyone seeing. Instead she stayed where she was, trying to get some sleep.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>The morning came. Nerissa kept up a friendly act, putting on her smiling mask and she felt like Az was playing along, keeping up that polite and friendly facade. Nera tried to act like nothing had happened, but she knew things had changed.<br/><br/>In the end they didn’t find out why someone had sent people to her home, but it was likely that they worked for something or someone. Nerissa didn’t have enough energy to feel concerned because of that. However she decided to leave her home and move to SOPHE headquarters because it would be safer there.<br/><br/>The fox demon clearly avoided Azmodiel for some days and when she finally gathered enough courage to join in his company it became quickly clear that things would never be the same between them. Az was considerate enough not to tell her stop when the girl touched her in the same way she was used to touching him, but Nerissa noticed that he wasn’t playing along. So she stopped and quickly made up an excuse to escape from the situation. After that Nera didn’t even try to touch the War demon in the flirtatious way she had before, knowing that such behaviour wasn’t welcomed. Nerissa settled on just enjoying watching the man from a distance and giving him a friendly hug or a small lick on the side of his neck when greeting him.<br/><br/><div align="center"><strong>[[ SCENE END ]]</strong></div>