Pride and Asma : Illusion

A/N: All usual disclaimer! Asma belongs to me, Pride belongs to my friend Nate.

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She was under the illusion that everything was doing fine. Of course, it was, no harm was done to her, no enemy knocked at her door. She spent full days and night locked in her house. How could anything bad happen to her? But Asma was human and being human she needed company. She couldn't own a computer or a phone because Pride knew she would go online and anyone could find out their location so he didn't take the risk. She technically couldn't leave the house because all of the protection spells were written all over and yet.. yet she did. How could she not? Pride knew about her temper and tried to ignore every time she was being difficult or needy when he wasn't ready to indulge in her urges. He had a kingdom to rule, enemies to defeat and her life to protect and yet Asma, being oblivious to danger as she didn't see the inhuman efforts the sin was putting in ensuring her safety. She was blissfully ignorant of everything and after some time spent at the house, she ended up forgetting about dangers lurking in the dark.

Ayasha was constantly watching her but she couldn't always intervene so she struck a deal with the sin Envy who spent his days and nights on Earth fomenting plans to destroy Pride. His eyes were set on the mortal who struck an almost -cruel- resemblance to the deity Elpis. He wanted to take her away from Pride but he needed to make sure that Pride actually would care if anything happened to her, so he observed. She didn't leave the house often, but it was enough for him to spot her favorite places and even engage in casual conversations with her. He had changed his face, actually assuming the physical form granted to him by Hades so she wouldn't think twice about who he was. She spoke to him as if he was a friend since she always met him during her walks at night. She spoke of her solitude, of her companion being so busy she was left alone at home without any possibility to breathe some fresh air. She left some details out so he wouldn't have been too curious -if he were human- but Envy understood what she meant: she was under protection but lately, he had been slacking due to turmoil in the Underworld. Good to know. But if she went missing while his mind was busy elsewhere, he might not notice after a long while and Envy didn't want to take her at this moment. He had to be more often around so he would quickly notice if she was gone and would lose his mind. That was the plan.

Asma felt more alive since she allowed herself a little time out of the house every two days, She thought that since no attacks had ever happened, that maybe the gods had forgotten about her case and moved on. After all, she did nothing wrong, bothered no one and Pride wasn't even on Earth so why would they keep on hunting her down if the Sin didn't care and she wasn't to release Elpis to the world? It sounded safe, it sounded good. She felt that nothing would happen to her anymore so she had the right to go outside and get burnt if she wanted to. Seeking company was somehow the default of most humans and Asma was definitely human with all of their flaws and quality. She needed company and having been deprived for so long made her take humongous risks just to be able to talk to someone and be listened to. Just to have some sort of contact, a touch, a hug, a handshake.. anything to make her feel alive and feed her creative mind.

But it would backfire.

And it would backfire HARD.

(TBC)