When Alastor once again went to work the following morning, Angel Dust decided that he desperately needed to spend some time with his best-friend, Cherri Bomb. As the two went out for coffee together, Angel relayed everything that had been bothering him about Alastor to Cherri Bomb. He then began to vent about the events of yesterday that had taken place with Prince Stolas.
"I think I'm losin' my touch, Cherri...No one finds me attractive anymore..." Angel sighed as he once again found himself on the verge of tears.
"Ange', don't say that...You're smokin'-hot and if The Radio Demon and The Prince can't see that, then there's somethin' seriously wrong with 'em!" Cherri reassured as Angel took a sip of his coffee to keep himself from bursting into tears again.
"Speak of The Devil..." Cherri then smirked once she had taken notice of a familiar Limousine pulling up to their small, outdoor table.
"Yoo-hoo! Angel Dust?!" Stolas then called out to his new friend as he rolled down the passenger's window with a friendly wave.
"Your Highness?" Whata ya doin' here?" Angel questioned with slight hope in his voice as he got up to approach the vehicle. Once Angel had approached he could see that Octavia and Luna were in the very back of the Limo. Luna was somberly staring out the window whilst Octavia looked as if she did not want to be anywhere near her father.
"I was just on my way to Loo-Loo Land! You see? My daughters could use a bit of cheering up." Stolas explained as Octavia buried her face into her winged-hands from embarrassment.
"Would you care to join us?" Stolas then offered, much to Octavia's irritation. Angel looked to Cherri of whom eagerly nodded in response with a double thumbs-up before returning his attention to The Owl Prince.
"Uh, yeah, sure, okay!" Angel then agreed with an anxious smile before getting into the Limo.
"This oughta be fun..." Cherri chuckled before using her parkour skills to quickly follow Stolas' Limo from a distance. The Car-ride was awkwardly silent since neither Angel or Stolas really knew what to say to each other. Octavia was pouting, upset that her father had decided to bring his new whore along for what was supposed to be a family outing and all Luna could bring herself to think about was her deceased father-figure. The first thing the group decided to do upon reaching Loo-Loo Land was get lunch. Stolas, Octavia and Luna all decided to drown their sorrows in funnel-cakes whilst Angel merely ordered a small cup of fruit of which he would not even touch.
"Is everyone enjoying themselves?" Stolas then decided to check everyone's mood as he, himself forced a false sense of excitement in spite of his grief.
"Not particularly..." Octavia practically spat whilst Luna looked as if she were on the verge of tears.
"Right...Well, I'm going to go powder my beak; I'll be back, shortly..." Stolas released a nervous chuckle before excusing himself to the restroom whilst Angel got up to throw his untouched food away.
"Are you okay?" Octavia then asked Luna once Stolas and Angel had left. Unknown to the. step-sisters, Angel could still hear everything they were saying whilst he was over by the trashcans, a short distance away. The spider of course could not resist the urge to eavesdrop on the girls' conversation.
"I just miss him so much...I never even got the chance to say goodbye or tell him how much he really meant to me..." Luna admitted as she found herself wishing she had not been so cruel to her adoptive father in the past.
"I get it; it's hard losing a parent, especially to murder..." Octavia sighed as Luna buried her face into her paws and began to softly cry. In turn, Octavia gently began to stroke Luna's hair in an attempt to comfort her. During their grief, Octavia and Luna had been each other's only source of comfort since both girls refused to talk to Stolas about their feelings over the loss of their respective parents, ultimately blaming him for both deaths.
Angel frowned with sympathy for the two girls, now feeling like more of a burden than he already had been feeling before. However, as Angel took notice of the way that Octavia was stroking Luna's hair, he began to wonder if the two shared something more than just a sisterly bond. Angel's suspicions were confirmed by the way the two instantly pretended as if they had not even so much as looked at each other when both he and Stolas had returned to the table.
"Alright! What shall we do next? A roller-coaster, perhaps?" Stolas then suggested as he once again pretended to be perky.
"How about The Tunnel of Love?" Angel then suggested with a flirtatious bat of his eyelashes as he leaned in a bit closer to Stolas. Luna and Octavia instantly began to make false gagging noises at the thought, much to Angel's disappointment. The way the girls pretended to throw up was already giving Angel some unsavory ideas of vomiting, himself.
"Well, that does sound rather nice..." Stolas then agreed to Angel's idea as his face began to heat up from a blush. The Owl Prince's suggestion filled Angel with something he had not felt since he was alive: Hope.
"Maybe it won't be so bad..." Luna then suggested as she flashed Octavia a small, shy smile with a blush of her own.
"Fine..." Octavia relented with a sigh, unable to resist Luna's puppy-dog eyes. Little did the group know that Cherri Bomb had secretly been watching that whole scene unfold from a distance.
"Perfect..." A mischievous grin stretched its way over Cherri's countenance as she followed the group to The Tunnel of Love. The dark-ride had not quite been what the group had been imagining as it was dark, filthy and filled with Fizzarolli animatronics doing terrible trumpet impressions.
"Time for The Love Doctor to work her magic..." Cherri snickered to herself after having knocked out the demon that had been controlling the ride.
"Now, to set the mood..." Cherri then proceeded to use her skills to hack into the ride's controls.
"There, ya see him, sittin' there across the way...He don't got a lot to say but there's somethin' about him and ya don't know why but you're dyin' to try, ya wanna kiss the guy..." Cherri began to gently sing into a microphone that was attached to the ride's controls in order to turn what was once an awkward ride of silence into more of a romantic experience.
"Yes, ya want him...Look at him; ya know ya do! It's possible he wants ya too; there's one way to ask him! It don't take a word, not a single word! Go on and kiss the guy!" The Fizzarolli Animatronics began to sing as they were now under Cherri's control.
Under the influence of the robots' lyrics, Stolas began to stare at Angel of whom was just awkwardly twirling a strand of his hair around his index-claw. Stolas began to lean in a bit closer to Angel's face, his red eyes glowing in the dark all the while but he hesitated when Angel's mismatched eyes met with his own red ones as he quickly looked away with a blush.
"Sha-la-la-la-la-la! My Oh, my! Looks like the Prince is too shy, not gonna kiss the guy! Sha-la-la-la-la-la! Ain't that sad?!
It's such a shame, too bad! You're gonna miss the guy...Go on and kiss the guy..." The animatronics' tones all softened a bit more under Cherri's influence as she figured that the ride could use a calmer atmosphere.
"Aw, look..." Angel cooed as he pointed to Octavia and Luna of whom had been sitting in the boat that was in front of their own boat. Stolas looked to see that Luna had her head resting upon his daughter's shoulder whilst Octavia had her wing wrapped around Luna's shoulders.
"I'm so happy for them!" Stolas practically gushed as he clasped his hands together with a delighted smile.
"Yeah...Me too..." Angel sighed sadly, averting his gaze from Stolas as he struggled not to tear up again, knowing that he would never find the type of love that Luna shared with Octavia.
"Is everything alright, Angel?" Stolas questioned in concern just as Angel was considering forcing himself to vomit over the boat's edge.
"Not really..." Angel admitted with a sigh, contemplating if he should open up to Stolas like Stolas had opened up to him the day before.
"Well, why don't you tell me what's wrong? It might make you feel better...It made me feel better to talk to you yesterday..." Stolas then suggested as he placed a hand upon Angel's thigh in an attempt to comfort him. In turn, Angel blushed at the touch.
"I'm kinda already in a relationship with somebody..." Angel finally admitted, unable to even look Stolas in the eye.
"Oh..." Stolas seemed somewhat deflated by Angel's admission but he proceeded to listen to the spider, regardless.
"But I think he fell outta love with me..." Angel then added as he fought back tears.
"Oh?" Stolas then perked up upon hearing that Angel might possibly be available to him soon. He now felt as if it were fate that had brought them together.
"He acts like I disgust him...He won't even kiss me...He makes me feel so ugly..." Angel's voice began to waver as he continued to vent to Stolas about his failing relationship.
"Now's your moment, floatin' in a blue lagoon! Boy, ya better do it soon! No time will be better! It don't take a word, not a single word! Go on and kiss the guy!" The Fizzarolli animatronics began to sing once again, a few of them doing trumpet impressions as Stolas gently caressed Angel's cheek in order to force the spider to look at him.
"Sha-la-la-la-la-la! My oh, my! Looks like the Prince is too shy, not gonna kiss the guy! Sha-la-la-la-la-la! Ain't that sad? It's such a shame, too bad!
You're gonna miss the guy!" The animatronics continued to sing as Angel began to blush at Stolas' touch upon his cheek.
"Well, I don't think you're ugly..." Stolas reassured, beginning to blush as well as he took notice of how beautiful Angel appeared within The Tunnel of Love's dim lighting.
"Sha-la-la-la-la-la! Don't be scared; ya gotta be prepared! Go on and kiss the guy! Sha-la-la-la-la-la! Don't stop now!
Don't try to hide it how ya wanna kiss the guy..." As the animatronics sang, Stolas thought of all of the times he had been rejected by Blitzo, how much it hurt him at the time and how much he found himself able to relate to Angel's pain. Their respective blushes deepened as Stolas gradually began to lean in a bit closer to Angel's face until his beak met up with Angel's soft, parted lips.
"Hey! Hey! You! You! I don't like your boyfriend! No way!
No way! I think ya need a new one! Hey! Hey! You! You!
I can be your boyfriend!" The Fizzarolli animatronics then began to sing in victory as a make-out session began to ensue between the owl and the spider. By the time the ride had ended, Angel's fur was disheveled and his makeup was smeared, terribly. Stolas' feathers were also disheveled and he was covered in hot-pink, lipstick, kiss prints. Their boat was completely covered in spider-web since Angel had finally been pleasured by The Owl Prince after far too long of not being touched by Alastor. Luna and Octavia appeared traumatized by what they had just witnessed their father do in public with some hooker he just met yesterday.
Later into the night, Stolas dropped Angel off a few blocks away from the hotel so as not to alert anyone to their secret affair. Stolas was more than understanding since he knew all too well how hard it was to break off a dying relationship, having gone through a similar situation with Stella and Blitzo. Besides, Stolas always found the idea of being in a secret affair to be fun since it brought back fond memories of his time with Blitzo.
"Where the Hell have you been?" Husk demanded when Angel finally entered the hotel. As Husk wiped down his countertop, he narrowed his eyes in suspicion at the lovestruck way Angel seemed to be humming to himself.
"Out..." Was Angel's only response as he practically skipped upstairs to join Alastor in bed. The Radio Demon had already gone to sleep hours ago and had been worried sick about Angel's disappearance as was Charlie.
"Hmmm..." Husk grumbled, still suspicious of Angel's newfound happiness as he mentally decided that he would need to keep an eye on the spider for the sake of his best-friend, Alastor.