Cody was proud of himself for helping Octavia with her recital tonight. Of course, he knew deep down that Octavia was the one to receive more praise than he and Moxxie would get. Still, he was happy either way and glad it went full-swing.

the curtains closed as the crowd continued cheering and clapping at the wonderful performance. Octavia herself was very proud of herself at how beautiful she sang in front of her peers and random audience members.

For Moxxie, he was a little sore after accidentally falling off in front of the stage, and he was tended to by Millie herself. What would he be without his lovely, adorable wife? She was cleaning up the small scrapes and bruises he received. Even though Moxxie can be quite accident-prone, she still loved him to pieces. "You did good, Cody." said Moxxie.

"I agree," said Octavia. "You were great on those bongos." she then pulled him up and hugged him again like her own baby or stuffed animal. "Thank you so much again for helping me, Cody." she hugged him between her breast, and her body felt warm to him.

Nevertheless, Cody was happy that she was happy, and enjoyed this hug. Granted, it was not Loona that he was being hugged with, but he was contempt with it. "You're welcome, Octavia. You were a great singer."

"And what about me, princess?" asked Moxxie. "Was i good?"

"Of course, of course." Octavia smirked. "You were amazing too, Moxxie. I thank you for being the guitarist for my performance."

"You were such a talented freak up there, Mox!" said Millie. "Amazing as always!"

Moxxie smiled and said: "Thanks, Millie." he felt himself being hugged, but it was rather painful because of the bruises and scrapes he received from the accidental fall he had, but Millie didn't care and it didn't notice.

"Love hurts" as the old saying goes. Octavia gently put the boy down and it was just then Loona came backstage, along with Blitzo, Vortex, and Stolas. "Octavia! you were such a little star in the night sky out there." he picked her up and cradled her in his arms.

His daughter was not very amused and blushed red on her cheeks. "Dad," Octavia moaned. "Not right now." but her father just ignored her and hugged her tightly, much to Octavia's embarrassment.

"Like father, like daughter." Blitzo said.

Loona herself picked Cody up and hugged him tightly like he was her own son. "You did a good job, Cody." she said. "I'm proud of you." Her body was especially warm to Cody and he loved this moment since it showed Loona does care about him so much.

"Oh sure, don't give me credit. That's typical." Moxxie said

"Oh bite me, Moxxie." Loona remarked. Suddenly, she noticed that Cody yawned and knew what that probably meant "Getting tired, kiddo?"

"No." Cody protested as he felt Loona gently put him down.

"There's no shame in it, Cody. You're still a kid." Vortex gently patted him on the back. "No shame at all."

"Ok, ok, I'm tired. I admit."

"It's Ok," said Loona. "probably time for bed for ya anyway."

"Kid's got skills." said Vortex.

"Even though playing bongos is very simple," said Blitzo, "I agree."

"It's not about how you play them," Octavia said. "It's how long you play them that makes the skills."

"Good point." Stolas agreed as he gently placed his girl back on the floor. "What do you think, Cody?" he didn't hear a response and looked a little confused. "Cody?"

"He fell asleep." said Loona, holding him in her arms again. Everyone went "D'aww!" at the sight of that and Loona kept him close in her own arms.

"I think it's a typical thing for a little boy." Moxxie admitted.

"I agree with you fully Moxxie." said Blitzo. "kids like him can't handle being out so fucking late at night. I mean, he can't keep himself awake after such wild shit. Oh! speaking of which..." he looked at the owl demon. "I believe our fucking pay is in order?"

Stolas made a small laugh and said: "Of course, of course." he handed him. check of twenty grand. "As promised, here is your pay. But don't go spending it all in one place, Blitzy. Spend it on something really nice like for your business."

"I'll make sure of that, your highness." said Moxxie.

"For your information," Blitzo said, "I will spend it on something really good."

"Good." said Vortex. "I think you should spend it one something that can real in more clients for Immediate Murder Professionals."

"Like what, Tex?"

"Like... a billboard, or New weapons for us to obtain, or make more commercials."

"He speaks wisely, sir." said Moxxie.

"Of course you would say that, bitch boy." Bltizo said.

"Why not create something like an ice cream sundae bar for us to have?"

"Ooh, I hate to break it to you, Mills," said Blitzo, "But I think that would cost way fucking more than twenty fucking grand. Good idea though."

"Why would we need an ice cream sundae bar in a place where we need a business where we are hired to kill people?" Moxxie asked with his right eyebrow raised.

"Sure, leave it to you to be a fucking killjoy, Mox. Anyway, Cody really needs his sleep. Come on, Loona, let's go home."

Loona was about to walk away with Cody in her arms, but she was stopped by her owl demon friend. "Pardon me, Loona. Sorry. but i simply have to do this before you go." she went up to Cody while he was still sleeping and she bent her head down and gave Cody a tender kiss on his forehead. "Thank you so much again, Cody. Sweet dreams."

Loona smiled and walked back to her flat with Blitzo. The imp was happy to indulge himself with plenty of booze and go drunk real quick that he fell asleep while using the bathroom.

It wasn't really surprising since Blitzo is quite an eccentric demon. Loona herself got some whiskey, but she didn't drink as much this time (mostly because she didn't want the kid to see her so inebriated and didn't want to get a major hangover for tomorrow morning.)

Before she tucked him in however, she took his clothes off and left him in his underwear to make him more comfortable while he was going to snooze through another beautiful yet deranged night in Hell. Like Octavia before leaving the club, Loona smiled at how soundly he was while in his slumber and kissed Cody on the forehead tenderly before leaving him alone in his new room.