LOVING IS SIN

CHAPTER 5

CAT GOT YOUR TONGUE?

The past few days for the hotel had been quite for the hotel. Since word had gotten out that it had a bar. Some locals started to come in. Never checking out a room. Just to sit and drink a few sins away. Leaving Husk with a few tips. He was currently taking inventory with the little cyclops Niffty. She had a clipboard that was as big as she was. Writing down the drinks that they were short on. She had to tell Alastor when he came back from being out on the town. Husk would pick up a bottle and give it a swirl to check the amount. If it was too low, he would tell the name of it and then set it back on the shelf.

"Husk how much have you drank from the bar? I don't think that the bar is going this well to be almost out of these drinks." Niffty would say as he turned and looked down at her. Growling some as he went back to the bottles.

"Shut up Niffty. What do you expect?" He mumbled some creative slurs under his breath as he finished all the bottles. "Did you get the whole list?" He would turn fully now. Leaning himself onto the bar top. Looking down to the smaller demon.

"Yep! Also, I heard all that under your breath! Don't think I won't hurt you!" She said in the most innocent but yet threating way. She would skip off and down the hall to go and check if there is anything else that the hotel would need.

"Little fucking rodent." Husk hissed out as she went away. He had not had a good night's sleep in days. Since he had that damn nightmare. It wasn't really a nightmare. It was a memory. One that he wished would just leave him alone. Like many memories he would have them on repeat when he went to sleep. And that damn voice in his head. Reminding him of what he would consider the worst time of his life when he was alive.

"What's got you all worked up? Day dreaming of me?" Husk would snap out of his dazed state and look to whoever just talked. Seeing Angel sitting at the bar now. One set of arms crossed on the bar. The others at his lap.

"Yeah you wish. What do you want?" Husk would grumble out. Angel pointed behind him. Husk following to see he was wanting some gin and coke. Nodding he got a glass and quickly made the drink. Pushing it in front of Angel after he was done. Taking it and downing it in one quick motion he pushed it aside. Angel letting out a sigh.

"Damn I needed that." Husk would take the glass and go to clean it up.

"Fuck seems so. You downed that like a true drunk. And I should know." Angel let out a giggle behind Husk. Husk would finish cleaning the glass as he began to dry it. "You laugh like you know a drunk." Angel would giggle a few more times.

"Oh, I defiantly know a drunk. He runs this bar at some shitty hotel. And between you and me he has a thing for this sexy spider boy." Striking a pose as he said the last part. He would lean over the bar. Grinning wide as Angel watched Husk turn and look down at him.

"Sounds like a loser to me. Guy should go and get checked out." The two shared a small laugh as Angel moved back onto his seat. Watching Husk move about behind the bar. Coming back to lean once again at his normal post.

"Hey Husk, I wanted to say something. And I don't say this much so don't freak out on me if it comes off weird." Husk would raise his brows some. Angel would look around as if he didn't want anyone else to hear it besides Husk. "I'm sorry for what I said a few days ago. It was...too far." Husk would of dropped a glass if he had something in his hand. Angel apologizing? Legitimately apologizing to him? Husk would be stunned for words for a brief moment before responding.

"Hey listen. Its whatever, ok? Don't get worked up over it. And I guess I'm sorry too. I did call you a whore afterwards." Husk looked towards Angel who was snickering some to himself.

"You aren't wrong. I am a whore. But I'm not a cheap whore." He would shoot finger guns using all his hands at Husk. Getting Husk to smile for once. Just slightly however. A soft chuckle leaving his grumbled throat.

"How much do you charge anyways?" Angel would blink a few times before he went back to his over sexual flirting. Leaning forward once again.

"Why is kitten wanting a night?" Husk would push a hand into his face. As Angel was getting a little to close.

"No just curious. Got to make sure you aren't lying to me when you say you aren't a cheap whore." Angel would sit back down so Husk could remove his hand. Putting his hand down so Angel could speak.

"Ah well depends on what the client wants. If they want like a handjob or a blowjob. That's like 20 or 30 dollars. Private dances are 400 for an hour. And full on sex is 1200. Plus, if you want any strange kinks that can add up per kink." Husk couldn't help but just think about all that money that Angel had to be rolling in.

"Jesus. That much? I need to start charging you for drinks. You must be rolling in money huh?" Angel would slightly shrug. Husk moving to pour himself a drink. Grabbing a glass and getting some ice in it.

"Eh not exactly. Valentino my boss takes 90 percent. I only keep 10 percent." Husk would nearly spill rum all over the bar. Angel only got 10 percent?!

"Listen Angel I know you aren't the best at math. But did you just say you only get 10 percent?" Angel nodded and Husk would look to his drink and just give it to Angel. Which Angel downed it just as quick as his first one. Husk refilling it instantly.

"Yeah. He has me under contract forever. At the end of the day, I am lucky if I can come home with 400 dollars." Angel would pull the drink closer to him. Not wanting to get plastered this early into the night.

"That's just insane you know. Why did you ever agree to that deal?" Shrugging again he would sip his glass. Looking away from Husk as he spoke.

"At the time it sounded great. But now yeah it fuckin' sucks." Husk would get himself another glass and make his drink. Husk would come around the bar and sit down next to Angel. Offering a smoke to the poor guy. Angel taking it as Husk lit his and Angel's

"Hey I get it. Rough times right. But that's still unacceptable." Husk would use his wing to reach across and pull the ashtray closer to them. Sliding it between the two.

"It used to be worse till my brother made him pay me more. And he doesn't hit me anymore. So it's not so bad." Angel would puff some on his cigarette. Blowing the smoke into rings as the two watched as the smoke rings floated into the air before dispersing and fading away.

"Hey Husk." Husk would look over slightly. Taking a long drag from his own smoke. "Why do you drink yourself to sleep every night? I mean we are dead. So you can't die again that way. Just curious." Angel tapped his fingers on his drink glass. Making eye contact with Husk.

Husk let out a sigh. The smoke flying in front of his face. Thinking on how to put it. "I drink myself to sleep to shut up the voice in my head. Then I have nightmares. I wake up drink some more. Fade them out and finally get some rest." Husk downed his drink. Refilling it up once he set the glass down.

"Mind telling me about those dreams? Or maybe one of them?" Husk let out a deep chuckle.

"What are you my fucking therapist now?" Angel would smirk as he down his drink. Refilling it as well. Setting the bottle between them.

"No because you aren't paying me to listen to you whine. I am offering my ears free of charge." Husk tapped some ashes into the glass tray. Taking another puff and blowing it out before starting.

"Right now it's a repeated one. All of them repeat for a few days then go away. But then come back and it's another bad memory." He would pause for a moment. Thinking on the subject. "I was a Marine during the Vietnam war. I had the name Husk then. That's why Alastor calls me that down here. And even why I go by it. It was my name till my death." Angel would turn some as he hadn't known Husk was a vet. He knew his older brother Arackniss was. But that was World War 2.

"We were headed for another base. Honestly almost everyone in the company knew it was bullshit. We never had an objective but to kill the enemy. We were heading into a village. Fuckers had an ambush for us. After all the gunfire and death. My Corporal would have five prisoners lined up. Side by side. He then ordered me to gun them down." Husk would tighten his grip on his glass. "And I did it. I gunned them down. Unarmed kids' man. No older than you. Most likely younger. I didn't just shoot them. I let that beast feed. Entire belt was gone into them. All that was left was just a mush of solid red chunks and blood." Angel would watch as Husk would slowly start to loosen his grip.

"I was a soldier. And good soldiers. Smart soldiers followed orders. I wanted to get home after all. And that was at any cost." Once Husk would stop. He finished his smoke and ashed it out. Angel would ash his out early. Angel would look forward. Taking another sip from his rum.

"I remember when I was alive. Me and my brother Arackniss were just becoming young men. Talking like 17 and 19. Dad told us that there were some problems at one of our bars. This was of course during the whole ban on alcohol. We didn't know what to expect. But we came loaded. Very loaded. Dad had said to use lethal force to deal with them. Being young and stupid. We arrived at a bar. But it was the wrong bar. Me and my brother got out of the car. And just unloaded. The number of rounds we ran through that building had to be a small militia force. After that we would come in to make sure we got everyone in the bar." Angel would down his drink as Husk refilled it. "It being the wrong bar. We didn't kill mobsters that day. We killed hard working men and women. I remember seeing a lady on the floor. Asking me why we did this. It was hard to finish her off. We got out of there as quick as we could. When we got back dad beat us till we were barely conscious. After that we always make double sure we got the right place. I get it. You think you are going to kill someone armed or an enemy. And you end up killing innocents or in your case. Kids just trying to do their jobs."

The two would sit there. Letting their stories sink in on one another. Husk would begin to laugh some. Angel looking over as he didn't think it was funny.

"Seems we are both fucked huh? Hard to get into heaven when you done something like that." Husk would start to laugh a little harder. Angel slowly getting into his own giggle fit.

"We are so fucked huh haha!" Him and Angel would let out a few hard laughs as they leaned on one another.

"Yet here we are. In a fuckin hotel. That its whole purpose is to help us get there." The two would send a few more laughs before calming down. Angel would lean on Husk's shoulder some. Husk looked down as he felt the flamboyant spider lean on him. Not minding at all. It actually felt rather nice.

"Thanks Husk. You may come off as a fuckin asshole. But you do listen well." Angel would kiss him on the cheek. Getting up from the bar as he headed for the Elevator. Husk looking towards him as he hadn't expected the kiss. "Toodles Husky." Angel said and waved good bye as he headed down the hallway. Leaving Husk to sit there at the bar. Turning back, he would chuckle some before pouring himself more rum. Seems things aren't so bad.

Pentious and Arackniss had made it back to the airship. The Egg Bois had parked it near Imp City. Arackniss was sitting on the couch. Having one of his legs kicked up as egg 228 would be attending to an open wound that he had gotten during the fighting. 228 would pull a little too hard on the bandages as Arackniss would tense up.

"Sorry scary man. You should be good now." He said and Arackniss would motion him away. Which he ran away with the first aid kit. Pentious was busy in his workshop in the bay area of the ship. Trying to figure out the phone and to trace all messages back to where they came from.

Arackniss would slowly lower his leg down to the ground. Who would just openly attack them like that? His family had enemies. But who doesn't down here in hell. He would try and think on a few names and groups. The Sopranos? Maybe the Krays? No none of them had an English accent. Fuck who would it be? He would rack a hand through his hair. So much for the fucking date with Pentious too. He hoped that Pentious wasn't upset. Thinking back on it. Pentious was really good with that shotgun. And damn did he look good with it. Really damn good.

"I've done it! I have cracked the telephone!" Pentious would yell as he rushed to sit beside Arackniss. Holding the phone out in front of them. There was a red dot repeating a soft ping on the screen. Grabbing the phone Arackniss would zoom out to see that the ping was coming from somewhere underground. He would read the street names and see that the ping under a casino on the west end of town. That casino was owned by a small crime group. They called themselves "Red Devils." Since they were all Imps.

"Red Devils? How did they get that much power?" Arackniss asked aloud. Last time he dealt with them it was for some living world drugs. That was what they did mostly. Now they are sending hits out on his family? Who would go up against them? They were The Cluster. The spider family had taken on the name as they built themselves in hell. Being only spider demons in the whole family. It was a fitting name.

"Red Devils? Who are they?" Pentious would ask. Never hearing such a name in all his time down here.

"Just a small crime group of Imps on the west end of town. They deal in living world drugs. And some other things. But nothing this massive. They sent a hit out on us Pen. That's big." Arackniss handed the phone back to Pentious as he would look to the screen.

"What are we going to do Nissy?" Arackniss would get up from the couch slowly. Pentious helping him to his feet.

"First I need to warn my brother. He might be in danger." Pentious would help him move to the bedroom so he could rest. The ship soon heading for the hotel.

Angel had some work to do at the studio once again. Making Husk accompany him once again. Just like last time Husk would go drink and gamble until Angel was coming out of the studio. Meeting him at the front. This time having some fast food with him. Handing it to the porn star. Which he would quickly start to eat it down.

"Thanks for this Husk. And here I thought you were complaining earlier about taking me." Rolling his eyes he flipped Angel off.

"Yeah whatever. Just be glad I got you some food to shut you up." Angel tossed the empty bag into the near alleyway.

"You know I could be shut up by-"

"My dick."

"Your dick! Haha now you are catching on." Chuckling along with Angel they would keep going down the street. This one had taken longer so they had missed the last bus for the night. Which neither minded. A good walk would be good for both of them.

As they made their way down the sidewalk Husk couldn't help but get a weird feeling. He knew what it was. It was the feeling he got when he felt someone watching him. Looking behind him he didn't see anyone else on the street besides them.

"Hey Husky. You feel that?" Angel would whisper softly. Seeming to have the same feeling."

"Yeah. I do." Husk mumbled back and as they would pick up the pace some. The two would feel the heat of car lights behind them. Looking back quickly they would see a car speeding towards them. Rolling past them and hitting the breaks as the doors began to open.

"Shit run!" Husk grabbed the arm of Angel and yanked him down an alley. Gun firing chasing after them. The two would run down the alleyway as another car would stop at the other end of the alley. Their windows down as they opened fire. Thinking on his feet. Husker grabbed Angel by the waist and launched himself into the air. Barrel rolling himself onto the roof of one of the buildings. Landing hard on his back. Coughing hard as he slowly got up. Angel helping him up.

"Holy shit! Who are these guys?" Angel asked as he looked down to Husk. Who would catch his lost breath.

"Who knows. Do you got a gun on you?" Angel would laugh and pull out the 1911. The two could hear the guys below starting to make a move on them.

"You call that a gun?" Husk would take his hat off. Reaching inside he would pull out his trusty M60. Loaded as he got a few belts over his neck. "Hello old friend." He whispered and would look to Angel. Who was staring in awe at the gun.

"Husk...you are so turning me on right now." Growling some he would motion to his back.

"Just shut up and get on my back."

"Well hold on I'm all about danger and risk. But you want me to mount you now?"

"Just climb on you fucking dipshit!" Angel would climb up and wrap his arms and legs around Husk. Who would flap his wings and take off up into the air. Just in time as the door to the roof would be kicked open. Turning around as he flew up he started to fire the machine gun. Killing two of them as he made the others at the stairs go back down. Angel the entire time would be hanging on for dear life.

"Husk look out behind you!" He yelled as there were some still by the cars. Turning he would fire at them. The car getting riddled with bullets as the driver and one by the passenger door would be shot down. Angel would see one down on the street aiming up towards them. Firing his own gun, he would kill the guy after two hit him. Husk would move as he would fire down onto the rest of the hitmen. Killing the group that where in the alleyway they had been chased down. Angel firing on what he could. Running out as he would reload and pull out another mag from his chest fur.

The M60 would soon fall silent as Husk hovered in the air. His wings keeping the two up in the air above the war scene. Dead masked up hitmen laid the street and alleyway. Angel and him both panting and breathing quickly. Seeing the coast was clear. Angel looked to Husk. Who was still looking out for any movement down below.

"We need to get back to the hotel." Husk would fly off with Angel clinging to him.

Arriving back at the hotel Husk landed smoothly as he set Angel down. The two standing outside the hotel doors. Husk would take his hat off and set the belts and gun back into his hat.

"I didn't know your hat did that. What else you got in there?" Angel asked as he peaked over his shoulder.

"Nothing that should concern you. You ok? You didn't get hit did you?" Husk would ask putting his hat back on. Checking Angel as he would touch and pull on his limps and clothes to make sure.

"N-no I didn't get hit. Hey stop you are going to have to start paying." Angel said and would giggle as it tickled him some. Husk would stop as he nodded some. His eyes looking down and away from Angel. "Hey. Thanks for being there. You really saved my skin there. I was going to be erased for sure." Angle would smile down at Husk. Husk would fold his wings more. Now back to their smaller size.

"Don't mention it. I'm just glad you are ok. It wouldn't be the first time." Angel leaned down so he was face to face to Husk. Hearing that last part would have Angel perk up.

"You care about me huh kitten?" Husk would blush and look away. Having a low growl in a response.

"Listen. I ain't too good at this whole feelings' thing. So just shut your trap and let me talk." He looked down to the floor. Letting out a soft sigh. "You go out and work for that fucking prick. Come back sometimes beaten up. Some days you look like you are going to off yourself. Erase yourself. And damnit I can't let that fucking happen." He would grip Angle's arms tightly. Not looking up. "I fuckin' hate that you get used. That you get hurt. And to top it off you tease and flaunt yourself in front of me on a daily fuckin' basis." He would look up to the spider. Angel looking down to the demon cat with some tears in his eyes. "I fuckin' love it. Every tease, every ass shake. God damnit it drives me fucking crazy. You drive me crazy Angel." He would go quiet. Looking into Angel's eyes as he saw tears in his eyes. Did he go too far? Say something wrong? Damnit Husk you stupid fucking idi-

Husk's inner thoughts would be interrupted by Angel grabbing him and lifting him up. Kissing him deeply and full of pent up passion. Breaking the kiss, he would look into the eyes of Husk. Husk would be off the ground as he had a deep blush on his white furred cheeks. Setting him down Angel would turn and head into the hotel.

"You coming in?" Angel asked as he would trace his backside with one hand. Husk would shake his head side to side. Clearing his thoughts and moved inside with Angel. Following Angle upstairs to his bedroom. The door closing behind them. When the door closed Angel would attack Husk with more kissing. The two moving onto the bed as they would fight their clothes off. Husk tossing his hat aside and moving to help Angel out of his clothes. Angel pinning him onto his back. Looking down at Husk as he grinned. Husk staring up at Angel. His eyes wide as he took in everything he was seeing. Angel would let out a soft giggle.

"What's the matter Husk? Cat got your tongue?"

Author Notes:

Hey everyone! Chapter 5 so soon? I know I am cranking this out it seems. I got some free time on my hands right now. So it might as well get some chapters going. Hope you all are enjoying the story! Would love to hear from you all on your thoughts! Anyways see you in the next chapter!