A/N: And we're back for another chapter folks!

Sorry for the long ass delay, I hope you're all safe and staying inside. My heart goes out to everyone whose been affected by the virus, and I really hope you and your loved ones are doing okay.

That being said, enjoy!

Barely any time has passed since Bubbles Utonium has returned to the underworld and escaped death.

It's been essentially a day since she had 'died' and the fact that the grim reaper hasn't really shown up to smite her and drag her to the afterlife has her partially on the edge.

Partially, of course.

Butch, being the pampered princess that he is, rolls onto his back as Bubbles absentmindedly gives the dark furball a belly rub. There's a faint green glow that surrounds him and it only really appears when she zones out.

Actually, ever since she came back to life she's suddenly been able to see souls—though, she's really only seen Butch since she's gotten back so there wasn't really any certainty that she could see everyone's soul.

But still, that was fucking weird.

There were probably going to be consequences for her actions in the human world, but she'd cross that bridge when she came to it.

Currently, there was a much larger issue at hand here-

"You think Butters will spoil me like this if I show up at her place as a cat?" he asks, feeling as though he was living his best life "As in, if she doesn't realise its actually me" he clarifies.

She snorts, "As long as you keep your mouth shut, then yeah."

He grins "Fantastic. I'll definitely be paying her a visit."

Bubbles moves over to pet his head, scratching behind his ears and he immediately begins to—

"Oh my god" Bubbles gawks "Butch, are you purring?"

He stiffens immediately and hops off of her lap "No" he sniffs, stubborn.

"You totally just were"

"…..Yeah, you right." he made his way back, deciding to forfeit up his pride for the sake of his sudden feline instincts "Do it again."

Bubbles just rolls her eyes.

The next day, It was a strange morning for the witch of joy and laughter when Brick Jojo came and knocked on her door.

…Okay, no that way a lie.

She lived upstairs in her café so it's not like she had a doorbell he could ring— and he just materialised into her living room out of nowhere and scared the living shit out of her.

"Let me get this straight" Bubbles blinks "you want me to find your soulmate?" She asks Brick, the prince of the Underworld himself, with a surge of excitement filling her veins "all you had to do was ask silly! Come sit"

It was bizarre. Brick really wasn't one for romance, but it wasn't like she could deny royalty (or the chance to play matchmaker). Ignoring the dark red aura he seemed to be emitting, Bubbles finds herself already grabbing onto his arm and skipping towards a room that looked like it came from a stereotypical circus.

The room was dark and had low lighting. The curtains shut and in the far back of the room was a table covered in a deep navy cloth. A crystal ball illuminating in a cool white in centre.

"I'm so excited!" Bubbles beamed, seating Brick down (who looked very much so like he regretted stepping out of his castle), before moving to sit opposite him and pulled the crystal ball towards her.

Butch meowed, stepping into the room and sitting down on a chair in the corner. He curled up into a comfortable position but his green eyes were alert.

"I didn't know that you got a familiar," Brick notes, raising an eyebrow towards the cat and Bubbles laughs. There's something off about her and Brick can't shake the feeling that she's suddenly wrong.

But its Bubbles, someone he's known for centuries, so he shoves the feeling in the back of his mind and refocuses all of his attention onto her.

"Yeah—I just got him like, two days ago. Neat right?" Bubbles then tilts her head, a smile adorning her features "What made you want to find your soulmate all of a sudden?"

Rolling his eyes, Brick leans back into his chair, unbothered "I don't really care. Him's the one who's not been leaving this alone." He scoffs "I think he just wants me to take over the throne already." Despite trying to force it under the rug—there's something about Bubbles that's changed and he just can't place it.

It's sort of unnerving—she's suddenly wrong somehow.

Humming in understanding, Bubbles finds her eyes twinkling "Yeah, but you're curious right? It's the only reason why you're here."

He scoffs, averting his eyes—still unable to shake off his feeling of unease but Bubbles's smile widens "Great! Let's get started!"

"Lace and sugar, demon galore which one of these bitches is Brick's whore—" she pauses, not noticing Brick's expression of pure bewilderment "wait, no my bad— that's the spell I use to find out about cheating."

Even Butch stares at her with an amused expression and if Brick wasn't right there, he would have probably started cackling.

Bubbles pouts "I had a really dodgy ex" Brick honestly has no words.

She then squints into her crystal ball "Whoa there. Someone's been busy." Bubbles snorts scrolling through the crystal as if it was a touch screen device "let's see here, Noel Adams, Amelia Romero, Monica Stewart— oh wow you might want to go to the doctors to check for STD's from the last one" she winces, unfazed by the sudden rise of flames surrounding Brick.

Butch snorts loudly and has to leave the room for a moment to 'cough'.

"Wait no, I think you're good" she shrugs before cracking her knuckles "She's clean—"

"Are you going to find my soulmate or not?" Brick snaps and Bubbles rolls her eyes at his temper.

They both turn around to the sound of sizzling and see a black cat throwing a bucket of water into the flames starting do devour her bookcase, successfully getting rid of them

"Thanks!" She calls out happily while Brick rolls his eyes.

If he wasn't used to Bubbles's shenanigans by now, then his temper could've done far worse.

Bubbles cracks her neck "Alright, round two" she closes her eyes and her hands hover over the ball "Connected, protected a soulmate is true. Although distances apart, we need to see you—" Brick blinks, surprised by the sudden glow that seemed to adorn the blonde "The destined flame, never wrong nor winding, the red string of fate, long and binding."

There's a surge of warm energy coursing through her, and its almost surprising how strong it feels. She feels a response immediately and opens her eyes to direct her gaze onto the crystal ball, her face softening as she reads "Huh."

Brick narrows his eyes and leans forward, towards her "What? What does it say?"

"You're actually scheduled to meet your soulmate pretty soon actually" Bubbles notes, smiling lightly as she continued to read.

The demon's eyes seemed to widen slightly "I am?"

"Mhmm!" Bubbles touched the crystal and it shone brighter, causing Brick and Butch to both shield their eyes from the light.

"Whoa- you're going to really like her"

Brick frowned "Can't I get like—an image of her or something? Is she a demon?"

"I'm not a proper seer." Bubbles shrugged "my specialty lies with onieromancy, and word based spells. I can't see your future in detail but I can see your emotions—and honey, your emotions are pretty strong for this one."

"How do you know I'm not just mad if they're 'pretty strong'." Brick scoffed

"Because there's way too much happiness I'm seeing" she says softly and Brick falters, stiffening. "I'll admit, you won't start off on the best terms" she winces, "But that's how all good love stories start right? There's agitation—lots of it from both ends but it gradually becomes something worth protecting."

Brick just stares at the crystal ball. For the first time, there's uncertainty in his gaze before he catches the time and sighs,

"I've got to go, I'm late for a meeting with the sins."

Bubbles pouts "Already? You didn't even get a chance to try out my new recipe!"

"Later," he waves her off "I'm not trying to have Him screech at me and send me through a black hole again." He gets up and Bubbles obligingly waves her hand and opens a portal for him.

"Do come again soon Brick!" she beams "I do love our chats."

He supposes he can ask her about it next time—because despite the unease in his chest over how something is off with the blonde, he realises he also doesn't have all the time in the world and can probably figure out the issue at a much later date where his soul wasn't on the line.

Brick rolls his eyes but she sees his lips make the faintest twitch upwards before its gone again "Yeah, okay." He steps through the red swirls before it closes behind him and Bubbles is left sipping the remainder of her tea.

A black cat jumps onto the table and sits directly in front of her.

"Why'd you lie to him?" Butch asks, raising an eyebrow.

Bubbles smiles slyly behind her mug "I have no idea on what you're talking about"

Butch snorts "You can see them can't you? All the red strings of fate. You know exactly who everyone's attached to, so why lie?"

At this, Bubbles let's her innocent facade drop and laughs brightly "Because it's fun, silly!"

There's a loud banging at her door and Bubbles sits up in her bed looking exhausted.

An equally displeased Butch hisses, glaring at the door as if it was its fault for their sleep being disturbed.

She glances at the clock placed on her nightstand and her frown deepens at the letters blaring '3:46 am'.

"Are you fucking kidding me right now?" she groans and throws the covers off of her, causing Butch to jump into her previous position on the bed and pawing at the blankets. "It's today!?" she groans and half-heartedly stands up before heading for the door.

"Make sure to whoop their asses Bubbles!" Butch voices unhelpfully, sticking his head out of the covers "My beauty sleep needs to be avenged!"

She doesn't even have the motivation to retaliate and just settles for sending a minor hex his way before heading down the stairs and grumbling. In the distance, she hears Butch yelp from feeling the effects of her spell and she snickers.

If the sun wasn't up, then she wasn't either, morning person or not.

Though, in all fairness—she really should've seen this coming.

She knew it would happen, sure—but this soon? Bubbles pouted. She really thought she would've had at least a week or something before it would happen.

Speed walking through her café, she pauses to push a chair back into the table on reflex before conjuring up her wand and pointing it at the door for it to unlock before she swung it open.

Standing outside, dishevelled and fatigued stood Blossom. She had a thick hardcover book which was gripped tightly to her chest, despite how it looked as if it weighed more than Butch.

And Bubbles knew from experience that Butch was a heavy fucking cat.

"We need to talk."

"You have no idea how much my time tonight will cost you." Bubbles groans, massaging her temples. She really needed to work on her seer abilities.

Ugh. Another rationale to go visit Robin.

"What are you, a prostitute?" Blossom snaps impatiently

Bubbles gives her an unimpressed look and steps towards the side, allowing the ill-tempered vampire into her home.

Bubbles stares at her with sunken eyes before waving her hands for the kettle to turn on "I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume something is wrong?"

"I ACCIDENTALLY SUMMONED THE PRINCE OF THE UNDERWORLD INTO MY KITCHEN. YES SOMETHING IS WRONG" Blossom snaps with panic lacing her tone.

The cat leaps up onto the coffee table and watches as Bubbles stirs her tea unaffected "Ah." She blinks "well that doesn't sound good" she sips her tea before pulling a face and grabbing the sugar "Go send him home then."

Butch finds himself nodding, clearly still vexed about having his beauty sleep interrupted and tries to make himself comfortable on one of the couches in the café. However, he doesn't succumb to sleep and instead watches the interaction with interest.

He's already connected the dots and Bubbles has to stop herself from grinning as she shares a look with him.

It's her

Blossom groans and paces around Bubbles's café, hand running through her hair in distress. "I can't! We made a freaking contract the moment I brought him here!"

Bubbles snorts rather loudly behind her mug "That sounds like a personal problem."

Blossom gives her a scathing glare "this isn't funny, Bubbles"

In return, Bubbles gives her an exhausted stare "it isn't but since you've forgotten, you've barged into my house when it's almost four in the morning and demanded for my help"

At that, the redhead deflates slightly and falters "…Yeah, you're right. I'm sorry."

Bubbles smiles and opens her arms and Blossom immediately accepts the invitation and wraps her arms around her "I know."

From the couch, Butch snorts and Blossom looks over towards him in confusion as he quickly tries to cover it up with a cough and she raises an eyebrow.

"Since when did you get a cat?"

A/N: Sorry for the short chapter! I'll probably work on making them longer eventually.

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