"What are you talking about?" Tad asked.
His question, though innocent, only caused Bills fire to burn hotter.
"You said there was nothing wrong with me. You said I wasn't going to have any problems coming back as long as I could get a Pines to shake my hand. But look at me?" Bills flames burst higher and higher, each of his words enunciated and stretched, "Do I look 'fine' to you Tad Strange?!"
Tad tilted his head as he took a long look at Bill.
"Let's be honest Bill, you were never really fine to begin with. I believe."
"Hah! Yea! Hah hah! Real funny Tad. So funny I could just rip you to pieces."
Tad blinked slowly. He was scared but, he wasn't really capable of showing that emotion.
"I would prefer you didn't do that. I like being in one piece."
Bills eye crinkled darkly, "You should have thought of that before you screwed me over Tad." He then floated to Tad and placed one hand on his arm. He dug into the flesh, it bled black blood staining the other's white shirt. "All I can think about is getting him to 'love' me back. Do you have any idea how embarrassing that is? How far that's going to set me back?! I couldn't find the problem no matter how deep I dug into my makeup, I'm stuck like this Tad." his body floated in closer, his eye looking down menacingly into Tad's, "And it's all your fault."
Tad continued to smile despite the pain. He seemed unaffected.
"I didn't lie to you Bill."
Bill growled. It turned into an estranged laugh as he dragged his fingers down Tad's arm. They tore through his shirt, a line of black blood fallowing behind them every step of the way.
"Oh yea, sure. It's not like I'm not planning to drop everything I want for some bratty little mortal man right now."
"I did not lie" Tad repeated. "I told you that a spell was put on you, and you would be fine. And you were. You came back into the world just fine. What happens 'after' you come back, that's not my problem. Now please. Get out of my house."
"What? You..." Bill floated away, his flames dying out as he chuckled "You're just as bad as me ain't ya'."
Tad continued to stare at Bill as the creature made his way to the kitchen countertop. The demon then lounged on it lazily while summoning a martini into existence. He took a few sips of it, before sloshing it around and watching the olive inside spin. It always unsettled Tad how Bill could be murderous one second and calm the next.
"I do not like you Bill." Tad said after a moment.
Bill took one more sip before tossing his drink to the side, it shattered on the tile floor below. "You will help me fix this."
"I would rather not." Tad replied.
"I can't work like this Tad. It's driving me crazy." Bill said.
"So it is. I already paid my debt though. I would rather never see you again."
Bill then pointed a finger, it began to glow. A beam soon blew a huge hole into the side of Tad's house.
"Did I sound like I was asking?"
Tad turned his head mechanically to look at the new hole in his wall. It was nice, in a way, the view of the forest that this hole exposed. But not that nice, he would have preferred to keep his wall.
"What could I possibly do about it Bill? I am not a love god. You would need the Love Gods potion for that."
Something seemed to click in Bills head in that moment, his eye shined as he remembered that fat little angel known as the Love God. Visions of the portly immortal flashed across his body. He then snapped his finger and laughed. "That's right, that useless stupid cherub. That's the real problem." He then began to mumble a series of ancient profanities.
Tad looked back at Bill as he talked to himself. What he was saying, Tad preferred not to think about.
"Anyway, see ya later Tad. It's been a pleasure." Bill waved.
"Where are you going?" Tad asked mindlessly.
"Me? I'm going to make a deal with a Pines." He tapped his top corner with the end of his finger, "Get this broken romance infested mind of mine fixed." His eye flashed a heart, an overly realistic bleeding beating heart. "I might even seduce him while I do it. May as well have fun with this little 'obsession' that's infecting me."
Then, he was gone the same way he came. From nothing, and back into nothing.
"This." Tad began as he looked down at his breakfast. His mind, unable to control itself, imagined Bill Cipher actually seducing someone. "Will forever haunt the dreams of Tad Strange."