I am back after braving yet another Engineering Entrance Examination... 2 down... 7 More to go... *sigh* I am so tired and beat... Yet for you guys... Just for you guys... Here's another chapter... I am getting nervous again whether Blackheart is out of charecter... to tell me about it... waiting intently for your reviews and PMs... :) Well read on...

The clock was ticking lazily. The curtains were floating in the lovely summer breeze that flew in through the window. The night grew deeper with each tick of the clock. The city was asleep.

But Angel was awake. Wide awake. She lay in her bed entangled in the sheets, curled up into a ball. Drops of tear trickled down her cheek silently. Her breath hitched sometimes trying to contain herself from screaming out in agony.

Years back when she came to this city she didn't know a single face. Only one person had come forward with an extended hand. She had lost that person today.

She felt immensely guilty for what had happened. Kofi loved her. But she loved Blackheart. She knew there was no other way in which his could have ended but she wished there was.

She curled tighter, biting into the sheets holding herself back from sobbing. Suddenly two strong arms embraced her from behind. She didn't have to be told who it was. She pushed back into blackheart's chest pulling his arms around herself and started sobbing earnestly.

She felt his face in her hair, his chilly breathe tickling her ear.

"I ..." he started to say. But he sighed and was quiet for a while. "Actually i am not one bit sorry for what i did." he said truthfully. "I stood quietly for many indecent approaches he made to you, hoping you would be able to settle things on your own. I stepped in when the situation turned nasty."

Angel stifled a sob and turned to face him. Sh hugged him tightly pushing her her face into his chest. A hint of smile was visible on Blackheart's face as he wound his arms more tightly around his Angel. There intertwined bodies made small adjustments with each other. An arm here, a leg there so that they could hold each other as close a possible. They lay quietly for a while like two pieces of a puzzle fitting snugly together.

"I love you Angel." Blackheart said patting her head." And I will protect you till there is breath in my body. And anybody who tries to hurt you will have theirs snuffed out of there sorry lungs."

"No..." was all Angel could respond.

Blackheart sighed "Let me tell you something my love. I don't regret what i did today. I only regret that i couldn't finish what i stared."

Angel looked up at him, pain pain and grief etched across her face.

"Don't say that." She said.

"I am demon. The most vicious of our kind. What more can you expert from me?"Blackheart said tenderly stroking her cheek.

Angel couldn't rely. She his he face in his chest and started sobbing earnestly. Blackheart placed his chin on her head and smiled sadly. He let her cry for a while. He had seen sometimes how shedding these drops of water soothed a human's pain. If that was true he rather have Angel cry till she was satisfied than sooth or console her.

"Wishing you never met me in San Venganza?" Blackheart asked after a while. In reply he felt Angel punch his chest. "Shut up" She croaked.

Blackheart chuckled. "You ought to."

Soon his chest was peppered by Angels punches. He couldn't even feel it but by the looks of the effort she was putting into it, it would have actually hurt a human.

He chuckled and grabbed her hands fixing her to her spot. Her eyes were still full to the brim but now dejection was replaced by anger.

He knew he had hurt her. He was truly joking, attempting to lighten the mood, but his jest served just the opposite. Her thoughts were loud and clear despite the storm in her chest. Through all the turmoil he never once picked up any second thoughts she had about them. In fact unconsciously she wished he was there to comfort her. That is when he had manifested himself.

"I hate you." She said after a while.

Blackheart smiled. "Do you?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.

Angel just glared at him for a while. Then freeing herself from his grip she snuggled into his chest once more a bit calmer that before. Blackheart happily complied and went back to quietly stroking her hair. Silence ensued for a while with nothing but the wind whispering and the curtains dancing. The deep prussian blue of night sky had turned a slight violet from the glare of the city.

"I love you." Angel said after a while, her voice soft and croaky.

"I know." Blackheart.

Soon another sound joined in with all the soothing sounds of a peaceful summer night. The whisper of wind, the dancing curtains, the soft booming buzzing of a metropolitan night and the sound of a clam breathing. The sound of a sleeping Angel. The sound that calmed Blackheart immensely. A sound that eased his so much that for the first time in his life he found himself closing his eyes and drifting into warm, peaceful void that the humans called sleep.

No one heard the distant rumble of a growing storm...

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P.S All my friends from India- Have you seen the movie "Commando" released this april? Do let me know wat you think of Vidyut Jamwal... :D For those who wanna read something about him, lemme know... I have a fanfic written about him but I just can't find a place to share... Bugger!