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The doorbell rang.
Towa wondered who it could be as she went to open the door. It was pretty late already, and she hadn't been expecting any visitors. Not with the storm that'd suddenly sprung up this afternoon still raging outside.
She opened the door.
She immediately tried to slam it closed again, but the dark figure on her doorstep stopped it with one hand.
'Towa, please…'
She blinked, taking in her unexpected guest. Black hair. Black wings. A familiar outfit, drenched by the rain and stained with dark red.
'Kanata? What the hell happened to you?
'It's a long story, and I think I'm about to pass out. Can I please stay here tonight?'
'Of course,' Towa said, stepping aside and opening the door. 'But seriously, what happened?'
Wait. Black wings…
'Did you… Fall?' Towa nervously whispered as the angel gratefully shuffled into the warm and dry apartment.
If her friend had been thrown out of heaven…
Kanata just nodded tiredly. 'Yep. Can't ever return, and most of my powers are gone.'
'Why? You're the kindest person I know!'
'Maybe look in the mirror sometime,' Kanata weakly joked. 'But can we please have this talk tomorrow? I had to fight my way through a pack of demons to even get here.'
'Oh. Yes, of course,' Towa said. She gestured for Kanata to follow her, through the living room and into a small and cozy single bedroom decorated in green and purple.
'I can't just take your bed! The sofa is fine!' Kanata exclaimed.
Towa shrugged. 'I won't need it tonight, so you're not pushing me out or anything.'
'Oh, okay.'
The angel looked like she still wanted to protest, but after another moment of hesitation she stumbled forward and dropped face-first onto the mattress.
Towa smiled as her friend started snoring softly. She gently pulled the blankets over her small figure, and ruffled her ink-black hair before slipping out of the room and locking the door behind her.
A few traced glyphs, some whispered words, and the door became as impregnable as every other part of the room. Nothing short of an archangel or archdevil would be able to lay a hand on Kanata.
Now she just had to survive the night without any of that protection for herself.