Chapter Seventy-Six: A Messy Triangle:

I never married Yayoi or Ami. That’s probably the only saving grace in that chapter of my life. Well, there are my daughters too. I will get more into them later. I have to talk about their mothers first.

I didn’t set out to be in two relationships at once. It just happened that way. Now, I do believe in polyamory and free love, but that’s not what I was doing here. I was cheating and lying on both of them. That is the difference between polyamory and cheating. I know that I started it, but why didn’t I stop it? Well… It’s rather complicated.

I’m going to need to back up here.

They were both really attractive. If you saw them, you would see what I mean. They couldn’t be more different, of course. One was an angel and the other was a demon. I vowed that I wasn’t going to marry another angel. And I didn’t. But I ended up in a relationship with Ami. She never stayed in Hell with me. That was too risky. Everyone would be talking about it. Besides, Judith would’ve kicked my ass. (Okay, she wasn’t a fan of Yayoi either. I will get into that later too.) I’m amazed that I hid my relationship with her for so long. Part of it was because Ami was staying in the living realm at the time.

Now how did I juggle two relationships while keeping it all a secret? Simple. I took turns with the seasons. Ami got spring and autumn with me. Yayoi got summer and winter. Let’s see… I met Ami back in 1950’s London during the spring. I remember our first date.

But I am getting ahead of myself. I need to get back to after I met Yayoi. Talking to her took up more time than I noticed. I had been so lost in her dark eyes and lovely round face that I hadn’t noticed that someone was spying on us. I looked up in time to see someone ducking down behind a thorny flaming bush. Oh yeah, I forgot that Judith had her little “friends” spying on me. She still didn’t trust me after that Madonna fiasco. I shook my head to myself.

“Is something wrong?” Yayoi asked. I turned my attention back to her. This hot demon had a curious look on her face. She cocked her head to the side.

“Listen,” I said. “I have to get back to my kingdom now. You know, work stuff.” Yayoi shrugged.

“Sure,” she said. She turned and walked down the path.

“Hey!” I shouted, reaching out to her. Yayoi looked over her shoulder with her eyebrow raised.

“Hm?” she asked.

“Can I see you again?” I asked. I tried not to sound so desperate. It probably came out that way. Yayoi turned around as I stood, waiting.

“You can find me easily,” she said. “I’ll be around.” Yayoi turned and walked away. I just stood there, blushing.

“Wow,” was all I could say.

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I made it back to my office. Sure enough, Judith was standing at the doorway with a stern look on her face.

“You’re late,” she said.

“I know,” I said. Judith folded her arms across her chest.

“Explain yourself,” she said. I didn’t even try.

“I met a woman,” I said. I put up my hand before she could speak.

“She’s a demon,” I said. “I might see her again. Thank you for your concern.” I lowered my hand.

“Is there anything that you need?” I asked. Judith handed me a thick folder.

“What is this?” I asked.

“Today’s report in the living realm” she said. “You have a meeting this afternoon.” I threw back my head and groaned.

“Fine,” I said. “Anything else?”

“No, I will see myself out,” Judith said. She bowed and walked past me. I watched as she closed the door behind her. I shook my head and walked over to my desk. Oh well. Back to work again. I sat down at my desk and opened the folder. I couldn’t help but smile as I read the first page. I couldn’t stop thinking about Ami and Yayoi that day. I had a goofy grin on my face that day too. My subjects had questions, but I didn’t care. I probably should’ve. Because… yeah. But we won’t get into that just yet. For now, I was in pre-messy complicated bliss.