I was bored. So R&R.
"How could this have happened?" Ashiya mumbled as he paced back and forth. "We're sure to lose the apartment if we don't pay the rent soon..."
"What is Good Shiro mumbling about?" Suzuno whispered to Urushihara as she finished hanging the laundry.
"Our land lord raised our rent. And we're short by almost $400." he answered. "And for once, I'm not the one causing the problem."
"But why so much?" she asked.
"I don't know," he said, shrugging his shoulders. "But, since I'm on the computer. I'll just check." He opened a blank tab on the computer and hacked into Maou's bank account; tracing a deposit to a child's play area. "Oh right, the reservations." he said.
"What reservations?" Ashiya asked, hearing him.
"The reservations to "Cheezy Chipmunk's Playhouse"." he said.
"What? Why would we ever make reservations there?"
"Probably because-"
"I better call and cancel." Ashiya said.
"Um, Ashiya. I don't think that's a good-"
"Not now, Lucifer." he said
"Good Shiro, I think you should-"
"Not now, Ms. Kamazuki. It's ringing.
"Ashiya, hang up the-"
"Hi, my name is Sadao Maou. I would like to cancel the reservations I made for next Saturday." Ashiya said. "Mmhmm...uh-huh...Okay, thank you." He hung up the phone, only to get another call. "Hello?"
"Yeah, this is your conscience calling." Urushihara said. "I'm calling to tell you that Maou will murder you when he finds out that you canceled the reservations for Alas=Ramus' birthday party."
"What?!" Ashiya yelled, turning to the purple haired fallen angel and hanging up the phone. "Why didn't you stop me?!"
"We tried, you wouldn't listen." Suzuno said.
"Yeah, and you can't un-cancel the reservations. So now, you're fucked."
"Lucifer." Suzuno snapped.
"Hey, be happy I didn't tell him that the place doesn't give refunds." he whispered. "Besides, that is the only word I could think of for this situation."
"We're home." Maou said as he carried Alas=Ramus in on one arm. "And Ashiya, do you mind watching Alas=Ramus for a few hours, I need to go to work."
"Yes your majesty." Ashiya said as he took the child into his arms.
"I wanna watch cartoons." Alas=Ramus said, struggling to get out of Ashiya's arms.
"What? But we don't have any channels suitable for-"
"Here you go kid." Urushihara said, pulling up a video.
Getting out of Ashiya's grip, Alas=Ramus ran to the computer and put in the earphones that Urushihara would use, clicking the play button as cartoon characters danced across the screen.
"What?" he asked, catching the look in Maou's eyes. "Look, I know I can be irresponsible at times, but I'm not that irresponsible. You need to put a little more faith in me."
"Whatever," Maou said as he walked out the door. "I'll see you guys when I get home."
As soon as they knew he was gone, Suzuno glared at him.
"Good Hanzo, why didn't you tell him about the reservations?" she said.
"Because, A:) they don't give refunds; B:) Ashiya would blame it on me, seeing as how that was something I would have done. And C:) Even if Ashiya took responsibility for canceling the party, I would still be thrown out because Maou would not believe him."
"What?" Alas=Ramus said, turning away from the cartoon.
"It's nothing sweety." Ashiya said.
"But I heard no party." she said, looking to Urushihara. "Why isn't there a party Uncle Luci?" she asked, her eye filling with tears. "Why?"
Why does this make me so weak? he thought as the tears started rolling down her face. "Well, because...umm..." He heard a sniffle and saw that she was about to start crying. "Y-Your daddy couldn't come up with the money to pay for "Cheezy Chipmunk's Playhouse." he said. "But that's okay...we could have the party here."
"Really?" she asked, her eyes lighting up.
"Yes," he said. "But we'll talk about that later, for now, just watch some cartoons; Ashiya will make you some lunch."
"Okay," she said, turning back to the episode of "Hamtaro" she was watching.
Sighing in relief that Alas didn't break down crying because the party was cancelled, he looked to Ashiya and Suzuno, who were glaring at him. "Yes guys, I am aware that I just dug myself into a deep hole." he said.
"More like your grave." Suzuno said, "And you do realize that I'm not going to help you. Neither is Ashiya."
"Why not?"
"Because, this is your doing." she said. "You have to bail yourself out."
"Please," Ashiya scoffed. "I don't think he'd be able to do it. A room full of screaming children, making a mess with who knows what."
"Alright," Urushihara said. "That sounds reasonable."
"What?" they both asked.
"I'll make you guys a bet." he said. "If I can entertain the entire party of two and three year olds, you have to treat me with respect; and Ashiya has to admit to Maou that he was the one that cancelled the party."
"And if you can't?" Suzuno asked.
"I'll do the chores in both our apartments for a week." he said.
"You're on," Ashiya said, shaking Lucifer's hand.
"This is going to be interesting." Suzuno said.
Going to have to end it there. R&R.