Questioned of Self
Chapter 6: Servitude is Slavery
The way the sun looked from outside it seemed the day only aged to noon. That was how Lucifer saw it as he laid his head on the pillow in bed, and not alone. Rosiel and Katan all slept with him on the other side. He heard a groan from Rosiel and on instinct turned on his other side to attend to him.
Rosiel only stirred with Katan sleeping peacefully on his other arm. Lucifer laid his head down upon Rosiel's bare torso and lightly kissed it before resting on him again. Rosiel was awaken by Lucifer's light kisses and stroked his head lazily as he stared out the window. The three of them breathed together as one in conjoined mess of sweat and skin.
As Rosiel continued stroking Lucifer's hair, the dark angel replayed the scenario from the moment he left Setsuna in Hell. He didn't want to leave the boy, not when he still had the rest of the long night to spend with him in a forever embrace. But he couldn't ignore Rosiel's impudent calls.
Without stirring the young boy, he laid him down on the grass and flew at once to the highest levels of Heaven where Rosiel waited. With his senses, Lucifer followed them through the maze-like mansion to find the room where Rosiel and Katan were. In Rosiel's bedroom, Lucifer found the two already driven crazy with desire. Lucifer then understood why he was called and both loathed and feared of what Rosiel wanted next.
Cloud the door. Lucifer heard in his mind. He knew it was Rosiel's voice speaking to him in his head and he did so. Once he closed the door he took his time to walk over to the vast bed and part the sheer chiffon curtains that draped around them. Once Lucifer was fully enclosed in cage of chiffon he knew he was trapped and a slave for Rosiel's whims.
He could hear both Katan's and Rosiel's hearts dance with each other at a fast pace. Lucifer lay down next to Rosiel waiting for him to be done with kissing Katan. As promised, Rosiel stopped and immediately claimed Lucifer's mouth without a moment to breathe. Lucifer accepted Rosiel's advances no matter how much he detested the touch of the angel. And the night continued on from there until the three collapsed in a bunch of entwined limbs, gasping for air.
Lucifer, covered in sweat and smelled of sex, felt indifferent to the world around him. Whenever either Rosiel or Katan licked his mouth, Lucifer wished he was somewhere else.
Katan was the first to get out of bed. He got dressed silently with Rosiel's hungry eyes on him and walked out like nothing happened. With the two alone, Rosiel turned toward Lucifer who kept his eyes on the window.
"So," He began while gliding slender finger along Lucifer's bare back. "Where were you last night? I know you weren't where you were supposed to be."
"I was…exploring." Lucifer lied to the windows.
"Shut-up! Since when the hell did you explore! Where were you? Either tell me now or I'll find out the hard way." Lucifer didn't know what to do. He was a t a loss.
"I was…"
CLANG! The commotion startled Rosiel. Quickly the silver haired angel jumped off the bed along with the satin sheets which he so loosely wrapped around him. With all his fury he threw open the doors.
"What is going on here!" He yelled at the stooping girl.
"I'm…I'm sorry Lord Rosiel. Forgive me!" She buried her face in her hands.
"Oh stop crying and clean up!" He snapped and left both the girl and Lucifer. "And don't think you're off the hook that easily Lucifer!" He called with his voice ringing through the hallways.
Lucifer grabbed handfuls of the comforter when he knew the girl was coming in.
"My, I never knew you were so modest my lord."
"Disobeying my orders again, Belial?" He hissed.
"Only to save your precious cover with your secret affair." Mad Hatter giggled, with her former disguise falling to the floor.
"What affair? You can't think that I enjoy these discussions with that mortal!" Lucifer laughed.
"Well why not? He sure does have the looks to entertain the eye, and after being so isolated I thought his naïve and genuine morality would amuse you." Mad Hatter's voice soon sounded too irritating for Lucifer to handle. He dropped his form on the bed with his head slipping off the edge.
Mad Hatter lay right next to him without taking her eyes off the divine evil. Slowly she reached out to touch his check before he grabbed it.
"Keep to your space Belial!" He snapped. Mad Hatter could feel the venom in his voice that stung her heart more than a thousand times. "Now leave me. I need to catch up on my sleep." She took one last pitiful glance at her love before dissolving into nothingness, leaving Lucifer the pleasure of being alone.
The dark angel got himself more comfortable in the bed before falling asleep with dreams filled with time of the past when he was no more a slave than Rosiel. An age when man was another animal and angels were loved by God, with him as God's most prized possession. He smiled at those days before frowning when he remembered that they were over.
Setsuna spent most of his day anticipating the night to come. Many like Kato and Kuria noticed his recent happiness and even questioned what happened that made him so animated. Setsuna just shrugged the question off with a smile and a laughing saying, "Not really sure but I hope it doesn't go away."
Setsuna never could figure out if what happened in the courtyard was real or a dream but in someway he'll soon find out tonight when he would meet Lucifer again. There was no evidence to show that Lucifer was promised to see him again, but a tingling sensation in the back of his head said so. Because of such strong instincts, Setsuna stayed outside in the courtyard to wait for the dark angel to arrive.
The setting sun died down in hell, leaving the cursed world blanketed in darkness with the occasional torches lighting up the many hallways. Setsuna was admiring the beauty of the flickering lights when he felt Lucifer's chilling breeze that announced his arrival. He turned back toward his left side where he saw the fallen angel walking over to him. Setsuna watched as he too got up from his seat on the grass.
"You left without saying goodbye." Setsuna first said.
"Well then, 'goodbye'." Lucifer mocked meaning no cruelty in the sentence at all. "I couldn't have stayed long after you fell asleep. Not with Rosiel calling me so loudly." Setsuna looked around.
"I didn't hear anything."
"That's because he was calling me in my own head. Only I can hear his voice."
"Can Angels do that, talk with each other telepathically?" Setsuna was eager to learn more of the spiritual world which he felt so little in.
"That and along with other things." Lucifer began admiring his reflection in the water.
"Buy why does Rosiel have such control over you? I thought Satan, after denying God himself, would never bow down to anyone." Lucifer chuckled inside at how the mortal boy addressed him.
"Because Rosiel posses The Pendent that Kira gave you long ago. With control over the Pendent they carry control over me." He continued looking deep into the water while sitting on the fountain's edge.
"Can't you take the Pendent and steal back your freedom from Ros—''
"Did I change his face much?" Lucifer interrupted. The conversation about his struggles bored him easily and slightly embarrassed him.
"What do you mean by that?" Setsuna asked, sitting next to him.
"I meant, by taking over Kira's body did I change his face much. Or is this how he always looked?" Setsuna thought for a moment. He knew all angels were vain and they usually had the right to be. But when dealing with one of Heaven's most feared angels he had to choose his words carefully.
"In a way you do and you don't. You do have Kira's body and nothing physically changed about it. However; you don't express your face the same as he did." Lucifer left the conversation at that. Without him answering back, an uncomfortable silenced filled the space between them.
"Is that why you came back, so that you can admire yourself in the water?" Setsuna was a little disappointed at how this was turning out.
"Not quiet. I don't even know why I came back. I guess I was looking for an excuse to get out of heaven." Setsuna chuckled.
"Listen to his," He said to himself. "With all of Hell trying to get in Heaven you're the first one I've met trying to get out." Lucifer ignored the statement as he continued staring at himself in the watery surface until he got up from his seat.
"Well, since there's nothing more to say. I guess I'll be on my way."
"What!" Setsuna stopped him from lifting off into the sky. "I've waited for this night to come all day and you just come down to ask your questions and then leave! What about my questions? I have some too you know!"
"Then what's stopping you from asking!" Lucifer barked back. Setsuna cowered for a moment from the advancing angel. "Ask! I'm not that patient as you are." Setsuna thought furiously for some question to pop in his head to keep the angel near him.
"Umm...What—what made you turn your back on God?" Setsuna expected anything for an answer expect the one he received. Lucifer whip lashed his hand across Setsuna's cheek, making him stumble from his spot.
"That," He sneered. "Will never be asked again. If you are so desired to know why I left Heaven read the Bible sometime. Otherwise I'm threw with explaining myself! I did what I did, I don't regret it!"
Setsuna stayed where he was never taking his eyes off the raging angel. Once Lucifer understood what he just did he merely turned his attention back to looking at himself in the water while running his fingers through his hair.
Setsuna slowly got up from the ground and soon found he couldn't move from his spot in the feeling of fear. If he turned away, Lucifer would probably snap at him and if he came closer then there was a change of getting hit by the angel as well. As a deer caught in the headlights, Setsuna couldn't move.
"You can sit down if you wish." Lucifer finally said quietly. The boy hesitated at first until he eventually moved his legs to sit beside Lucifer on the fountain. Once Setsuna settled himself down on the cold stone, Lucifer leaned back to lay his head on the mortal's lap. Lucifer was apologizing of what he had just done. In response Setsuna forgave him by slowly running his fingers through the angel's hair.
Awwww. Clearly Lucifer likes Setsuna but their secret will soon get out with an unexpected wake-up call! If Lucifer is banished from the upper levels of Hell, how will he ever see Setsuna? REVIEW!