"Maou!" Maou looked up from staring blankly at the table only to look up, his eyes glazed with that blank stare as he looked at Chiho as she blinked at him in response then reached out touching her finger tips to the back of Maou's hand lightly. He looked down at her pale hand only for her to blush fiercely andp ull away like he was on fire then put her hands in her lap letting out a little breath.
"What is it, Chiho?" Maou asked finally after a moment of silence, staring at the girl as she shuffled looking at Maou then smiled shyly leaning forward a bit but not close enough to even touch the table.
"I wanted to ask you, Maou, if you'd, you know, go out on a date with me?" She asked her cheeks a bright red as she looked at Maou, her hands placed in her lap in such a way her forearms pressed against her breasts which pushed them together but she stopped realizing how it must have looked and looked down though Maou was looking at her cleavage curiously when she looked down, he honestly liked that her breasts didn't press together with zero space, he liked that but at the same time he had zero desire to see her naked in the slightest bit though he could see it in his mind, he just didn't care for it.
"Ahhh, umm...er..." Maou couldn't say a single thing that wouldn't sound stupid as he looked at Chiho who was blushing and looking at him from under her lashes as she shifted in her seat making him feel more awkward than he could ever remember being in his long life. How the hell does one handle this? Sure, they went out to the mall but that was when Lucifer brought the entire fucking thing down, but they did go out once. He knew the sixteen year old girl was in love with him, as she declared once before she knew everything, but it still made Maou a bit awkward plus there was the whole situation with Emi and him being Alas Ramus' parents as well adding a little strain but he viewed her as a friend.
"You can say no, Maou. It's okay." Chiho finally said softly bringing Maou from his mind bunnies as his red eyes met Chiho's amber ones and he sighed through his nose softly shutting his eyes briefly as he lifted his hand rubbing his temple softly, a low headache forming before he opened his eyes again.
"I'd be honored to go on a date with, Chiho, but I can't tonight. I promised Ashiya I'd be home tonight for Urushihara and Alas tonight." Maou explained as he spread his hands and fingers giving the best reasonable look to Chiho who pouted softly a bit as she looked at Maou who just widened his eyes gently when she sighed tapping her finger against the table softly.
"Will Emi be there?" Chiho finally asked, this softer than before, her lashes lowering shielding her eyes as she looked down tapping her finger gently.
"No, just guys. But appreciate you asking me, though, Chiho." Maou replied standing up from his chair as he lifted red working visor on his head walking to the entry way of the break room flashing a smile a Chiho that made her cheeks flushing hotly.
"A-Ah..." Chiho's stuttered sound was lost to Maou's ears as he left the break room to the front counter letting out a breath as he pressed his palms flat on the counter bowing his head softly.
"For fuck's sake.." Maou murmured to himself as he lsitened to the soft chatter of the families, friends or groups at the various tables as Maou looked at the counter curling his fingers, rubbing the pads of his fingers against the counter. He let out another soft breath, his lashes lowering when he leaned back while hunching his shoulders forward to look at the floor as he took in slow, deep breathes shutting his eyes. He felt worked up after that, nothing truly worked him up so bad, but his relationship with Chiho seemed so off kilter or something of the sort whenever she asked him to go out on a day, for several days it felt they're friendship would be weird.
"Daddy~" Maou looked up at the chirping voice to meet Emi's green eyes then down meeting Alas' wide purple ones and she smiled bright.
"How're you, you little crazy head? Keep Mommy up last night?" Maou asked leaning over the counter to rub his finger against Alas' cheek rather lovingly as he smiled at the toddler who giggled nuzzling her chubby cheek to her father's finger.
"Mhmmm." Alas replied nodding then giggled happily when Maou plucked the tiny body from Emi's arms and rubbed his cheek to the top of her head, which just so happened to be Alas' favorite action from her father, while Emi rolled her eyes as Chiho walked out smiling soft at Emi.
"Hey, Emi. What's up?" Chiho asked as Maou half turned, Alas' eyes looking at Chiho intently before up at her father's face as Emi smiled gesturing to Chiho.
"Good. Why don't you come talk with me outside for a minute." Emi said as Alas rested on Maou's hip securely, her eyes looking to her father, mother and Chiho until Emi and Chiho also disappeared out the doors of the place.
"Crazy, huh?" Maou sighed out looking at his daughter when his manager, Kisaki Mayumi, walked from the back only to smile adoringly at Alas immediately.
"Your daughter is here again, huh? Where's Emi?" Kisaki asked as she walked up to Maou, reached out grabbing Alas' little foot shaking it softly making the toddler giggle then wiggle her foot when Kisaki let go of it.
"Outside talking to Chiho." He replied easily enough as he looked to the doors then to his manager who looked up at him as well, placing a hand on her hip as she sighed out loudly and used her free hand to rub her forehead roughly, her fingers and thumb digging into her temples softly when they moved close to said temples and rubbed her hand down over her face.
"Oh my fucking God, Chiho is such an IDIOT sometimes..." Kisaki groaned out as her hand cupped her throat now as she closed her eyes sighing out loudly, her shoulders and chest moving with the intensity and largeness of her sigh. "If you don't feel up for stayin' I can let you go."
"Eh..." Maou looked out the doors seeing Chiho scowling softly at Emi, her palm pressed to the glass door and Maou pursed his lips then nodded pulling his visor off and Alas looked up at her father.
"Are we going home?" The toddler asked tilting her head and he sighed through his nose softly nodding. She nodded back at him then nuzzled into his chest as he walked across the length of the restaurant, his foot falls loud and heavy even as he took long strides to the doors, Alas closing her eyes sleepily.
"So you kept Mommy up but you're just as tired." Maou sighed out as he pushed the door open quietly looking out and, with no sign of Emi or Chiho, he ran out quick as he could. Alas yawned loudly as Maou ran down the busy street, the honking horns and purrs of engines seemed to act as a lullaby of noise to Alas for her warm breath against Maou's chest was slowing and becoming deeper, in soft puffs as her lashes lowered and she was out like a light. He smiled as he ran down the street trying not to jostle the toddler too much as she slept peacefully in the cradle Maou had made with his arms, he turned the corner fast only to slam into a person, his forehead bashing off someone's shoulder as he fell back but Alas remained asleep.
"Maou-sama!" Maou looked up only for Ashiya to help him up, a few bags in his left hand while his right hand held Maou's hand tight while pulling him up and Maou brushed off his ass and the back of his thighs as Alas began to snore ever so lightly and cutely making him smile gently at her sleeping face. "M-Maou-sama, you must punish m-me! I cannot be forgiven for knocking over my Lord like that!"
"Ashiya, it's okay. Truly. It was an accident and I was running, so forget it." Maou sighed out but felt a surprising heat sweeping up only to burn in the tip of his ears and neck as he refused to let the color to pool into his cheeks as Ashiya had dropped to the ground, palms pressed to the sidewalk flat while bowing his head making Maou shift.
"Please! Maou-sama! I cannot be forgiven for this!" Ashiya looked up at Maou who was shuffling before using his foot to lightly kick Ashiya's shoulder while looking away clenching his jaw so tight you could see how hard his jaw looked with the clenching and his teeth lightly ached.
"Get up!" He hissed to Ashiya while being aware of eyes on them and he kicked Ashiya's shoulder harder. "I said get up! Or you'll really get something to be punished for at home!"
"B-But Maou-sama-"
"Alciel, get the hell up right now and stop this shit! You'll receive you're punishment at home, now cut the shit! If you want a punishment you'll get one! But seriously, get the fuck up!" Maou hissed out again glaring harshly down at his General, who stared up at Maou with wide eyes only to scramble onto his feet seeing just how intensely angry Maou was at such an action Ashiya gave just then. It was truly a sight to see, Maou being somewhat short in stature, while Ashiya was so tall and to see such a tall man down on the ground like that to such a small looking man on the filthy ground while cars sped by and people gave wide ranges of space. It truly was such a sight to see and one could only think the worse if they'd heard Maou's hissing words.
"A-Alright, Maou-sama." Ashiya replied nodding but looked to the ground in a submissive gesture that made Maou growl softly as he walked past feeling pissed now, more worked up than when he'd left work and Ashiya lagged behind a few strides as he held the shopping bags in his fingers tight while walking behind and it was silent.
Well life still went on around the duo, Alas was still snoring lightly against her father's chest and cars were still zooming with the chatter of the humans around them, but there was a silence so thick between Ashiya and Maou it felt like that silence was so solid you could reach out and grab it, whack someone over the head and knock them out while simultaneously being a world of it's very own that breathed and pulsed. Maou's steps were quick, anxious to just GET HOME while Ashiya was lagging behind while looking down at Maou with his eyes darkened so much they could be mistaken as brown at that moment as they walked along. The apartment building was looming before them before long and Maou walked up the metal stairs that led to one door entering their apartment and he pulled his key out unlocking the door with a soft subtle click only to creak open and Maou disappeared inside while Ashiya stood at the bottom of the metal stairs.
"Ashiya! Upstairs! Now!" Maou shouted in a hard, cold tone from the apartment making something Ashiya flinch but he walked up the stairs with soft tapping on the stairs as the bags rustled gently in his hand and he turned at the top of the metal stairs and entered shutting the door behind him. He let out a soft breath when he heard Maou walking about in the bathroom after he had doubt laid Alas down in the tub with his blankets and pillow only to begin to promptly search for something.
Ashiya stood there for a moment, against the door, before walking in swallowing thickly though it felt like swallow a cactus for his mouth was drying up as he placed the plastic bags on the table as his heart began to slam against his chest uneasily. He was getting a punishment yet his heart continued to slam against his chest hard as he put the items he'd bought away, his stomach clenching airily over and over at the slamming of his heart, like he was being lifted and dropped repeatedly, continuously, from a large height. He finished putting the items away but he steeled himself instantly, however, knowing he'd faced punishments before but this was honestly the first time Maou was going along with it so easily, when before Maou would punish him, Lucifer, Adramalech and Malacoda, he was always prepared for a punishment but now was honestly the first time in so long his Lord was going to actually punish him...
"Alciel. Shirt off, now." Maou ordered as the blonde haired male twitched but pulled his black long sleeve shirt up, his bare back on display as he breathed in and out calmly, the muscles of his back moving and shifting softly with each breath as he shut his eyes briefly. "Brace yourself against the counter, both hands."
Alciel did so clenching the surface tight with his fingers bowing his head gently clenching his jaw tight. He wouldn't ask what the punishment would be, he would take it and accept it as it was and they'd move on with their lives. However he cried out loud with his back bowing when a harsh, burning sensation rippled across his back that at first was an impact but burned with flaming pain as his eyes widened, his parted as he sucked in a breath. He trembled the pain danced along his nerves soaring up to his brain only to scream it hurt. Before he could speak he cried out again when the same sensation rippled and burned across his back as his muscles twitched and his nerve senses went ballistic as such a pain as he gasped in with his brows pulled together so tight the muscles began twitching roughly as he clung to the counter.
He could make it through it! He could! But his skin wasn't so thick in his human form so the blows were so much more pain inducing. The blows came faster and faster, one after another leaving their burning marks on his spasming back as his legs trembled threatening to buckle underneath him as his body trembled with waves of weakness as sweat beaded along his forehead, rolling down the side of his face to his jaw as he breathed in fast through clenched teeth and his hands bent lightly from the intensity of how he held onto the counter. There was one last final blow before he buckled down to the floor gasping through his teeth hard as his back burned and throbbed with a vicious pain that made his head dizzy and gasped bowing his head while h hands stayed clinging to the counter.
He turned looking over his shoulder only to feel a shiver running through deep inside of him, plucking some cord that'd never been plucked before-but holy mother of God above - the look Maou had on was one that could make Ashiya do anything at that moment. Anything! It was so arousing-ly dominant, so harsh and cut off, that Ashiya felt his lungs contracting and found it even hard to take a proper breath! Maou was breathing unevenly himself, his hand clutching a back scratching in his hand, presumably Lucifer's, tightly so his knuckles were white as he looked down at Ashiya then lifted his arm rubbing at the sweat on his forehead.
"Happy now?" Maou asked coldly, robotically as he threw the back scratcher which clattered on the floor loudly, the sound making Ashiya look down as his back throbbed painfully and he swallowed hard. Maou then leaned down grabbing Ashiya's face tilting the blonde's head up, making their eyes meet and lock intensely. "I said, happy now? Pleased you got your punishment?"
"Ye-Yes, Maou-sama." Ashiya breathed out as he looked straight into those bright, yet dark red depths of his Lord's eyes feeling his head spin at such closeness and the pain buzzing through him like a nest of wasps.
Maou nodded standing up walking to the bathroom, where his daughter made soft noises in his sleep and Alciel just sat there, slouched on the floor as he shut his eyes while the sweat continued to bead and slip down but he opened his eyes again in surprised only to realize it wasn't just sweat but tears were dripping down his cheeks. There was soft steps coming towards hi making him flinch unwillingly when a wet, cool towel was put on his back and a bottle of heavy duty ibuprofen was pushed into his hand making him look up only for a hand to press to the crown of his head and ruffle his pale hair softly.
"Good job, Ashiya. Only the best from you, but it won't be easy next time you ask me for a punishment. I've been letting you off easily since being here but this, this is abuse Ashiya." Maou murmured touching his General's burning, throbbing back with just his finger tips but even that made a little noise leave Alciel's throat, one of pain and a grimace painted over Maou's face. "This is abuse and it will not be turned a blind eye too, Ashiya. So don't ask for punishment anymore. Next time, I won't hold back; I will give you the same exact punishment you would receive back at Ente Isla. Understand?"
"I un-understand." Ashiya whispered as he looked down sucking in soft breathes and sensed Maou nod then stand up only to walk around and flip the towel around, making the blonde hiss at the new cold side to his burning flesh but shivered as he watched Maou's feet shuffle then reach up as he grabbed a cup, filled it with water and bent down on one knee handing it to Ashiya.
"I'll be back. Take the pills and you can rest. I'm letting you off easy again, Ashiya, so don't tell Lucifer; all he needs to know is you were punished." Maou replied as Ashiya sat up slightly a bit cringing lightly and Maou grimaced softly again as Ashiya opened the pill bottle tilting out four, FOUR, pills and tossed his head back while throwing the pills into his mouth before gulping water down quickly when he felt one start to go down dry making him gag lightly but sighed when he put the half empty cup down.
He didn't know if the pills would even work but it was...considerate of his Lord to do that, very considerate. He felt drained, his body was throbbing and humming with pain as he sat there but he felt a flush rise to his cheeks and he bowed his head while pursing his lips as he put his hands into his lap slowly. Because even though his body was humming with pain, his mind was a mess of thoughts, somewhere between the hits he'd grown hard as a rock and he didn't understand that as he sat there, breathing shakily. If that was truly so painful, so long, why the hell was he hard? Why?
It was only then that, with a tiny jerk, he realized it had been Maou's face; that dominant, cold look was what aroused Ashiya so much through that punishment. In fact, with a little surge of memory, this wasn't the first time he had gotten an erection during a punishment, but back in Ente Isla when he'd done something wrong and disappointed Maou he'd been whipped instead of hit but the results were the same and ended with an erection. He felt a wave of numbing relief sweep over him slowly as his lashes lowered half way as he stood up, the wet towel hitting the floor with a wet slapping sound as he shuffled to his bed over in the corner by the wall of the room laying down and he shut his eyes shoving his face into his pillow. Sometimes being a human sucked, sometimes it had it's perks. Even after the time they'd spend here as humans, there was just no in between was there?