Sky shook his head in disbelief. Was this guy serious?
"Of course humans have to eat everyday!" He yelled, worrying about his future health if he was to stay with this demon. "Don't demons?" Sky questioned, crossing his arms defensively over his chest as Deadlox just chuckled.
"Demons rarely ever ineed/i to eat," Deadlox explained slowly, as if speaking to a young child- which in all technicality Sky was considering how much younger he was to his demon caretaker.
Sky didn't respond, instead choosing to ignore the king as he let himself be led to wherever Deadlox had been leading them for the last few minutes. He tried to ignore the fact that the demon's arm still securely wrapped around his shoulders was oddly comforting.
"Where are you taking me anyways?" Sky finally questioned, his curiosity finally getting the better of him.
"To the dining room of course. I'll have the chef cook something up," Deadlox murmured as he maneuvered Sky into said room.
Sky did his best to not look awed by the grandeur of the place as Deadlox pulled out a chair for the human to sit in.
Huffing, Sky begrudgingly sat down in the chair offered as the demon took the seat across from his own.
Almost immediately, a demon dressed in a maid's outfit scurried over, eyes hesitant as she bowed to them.
"Would his highness like to eat?" She questioned out almost inaudibly.
"Of course I want to eat," Deadlox scoffed out with a sneer, eyes flashing as the maid barely held back a flinch. Sky bit his thumb, nervously glancing from the maid to the obviously irked king.
"What would his highness prefer to eat today?" She questioned gently, Deadlox directing his attention to Sky in response.
"What would you like to eat?" Deadlox questioned Sky, his tone softened significantly from when he had spoken just moments ago.
Sky bit his lip, looking away. This man- demon- scared him, though he refused to admit it aloud. Deadlox was obviously unstable and dangerous; he spoke in a rude manner to his maids and had bloodlust hidden in his deep red eyes.
"I'm fine with anything," Sky murmured quietly, refusing to look in the king's eyes as he played with the edge of the tablecloth to keep his hands busy.
Deadlox didn't say anything in response, waving away the maid with a dark look as he stared at the ceiling, biting his lip as silence reigned.
Sky almost didn't notice when blood began dripping down the king's lip, Deadlox's teeth breaking the skin of his lower lip.
"Hey, don't do that," Sky warned, voice firm as he frowned at the king's behavior, Deadlox merely raising an eyebrow in challenge as he clenched his teeth firmly around his bottom lip, the blood dripping down his lip steady and unwavering.
"Gah, you're hopeless," Sky said exasperatedly, shoulders slumped as Deadlox only chuckled, licking his lip as he stopped his self harming action.
"Whatever the princess wants," Deadlox mumbled, voice light and teasing as he wiped away the blood from his face nonchalantly.
The maid was silent as she placed their plates in front of them, their banter ceasing as they dug; the remainder of their time eating breakfast quiet and uneventful.
"Would you like to go outside?"
The question startled Sky from his stare contest with the ceiling as he immediately leapt to his feet in glee at the prospect of finally having something to do.
After breakfast, Deadlox had left him to his own devices to go do whatever kingly business that called for his immediate presence.
Least to say, Sky had been practically bored to death with the solemn aura of the castle as he lazily explored, eventually just giving up on finding a form of entertainment as he sat near a window. He'd spent the last half an hour going from staring at the floor to the ceiling in utter boredom.
He'd been caught off guard by Deadlox's sudden appearance and question.
"Yes, yes, yes, anything that will get me out of the stuffy castle!" Sky cheered, a grin on his face, though he quickly calmed down, blushing at his eagerness and the look of amusement that had settled on the king's face.
"I mean, sure, yeah, I don't care, whatever," humphing at his failure of playing off his enthusiasm, Sky nervously stared down at Deadlox's clothes he was borrowing, self conscious of walking outside in only the king's boxers and wife beater.
"Is it okay for me to go outside like, this?" Sky questioned, gesturing at the large clothes barely hanging onto his smaller frame. Deadlox just nodded, seemingly pleased as he eyed the human.
Shuffling under the king's scrub tuning, Sky gave a cough, "so…. We going or?"
Deadlox just shook his head at his eagerness before walking beside the human, wrapping an arm around Sky's shoulders as he maneuvered the flustered male down the hallways.
"It's different than the Overworld- or even the Underwater Kingdom," commented Sky, as he leaned over to get a better look at a breed of flower he had never seen. The twisted white petals had a smell of citrus, though it resembled a rose without thorns.
Deadlox just hummed, eyes straying to the red tinted sky above, soaking in the warm rays of the non-existent sun of the Nether.
"Have you never been to the Nether before this?" He questioned as he eyed the exited look in Sky's golden hazel eyes as he took in his surroundings with barely contained awe.
The boy blushed in embarrassment, rubbing the back of his neck as he shook his head no.
"It's not anything spectacular or anything," Deadlox murmured, eyeing the iron gates that surrounded his castles, a few demons passing by and peering at the duo inside; he shot them a glare and they were quickly on their way.
"It's more than spectacular!" Defended Sky as he tenderly stroked the flower's petals, the same one he had been scrutinizing for the past few minutes. Deadlox didn't find the flower anything special, but humans were weird and had just as weird concepts about just about everything so he let the human be.
"You like flowers?" Deadlox asked, peering at the flower, it was common in the Nether, he didn't see what was so special about it. He was kind of jealous that Sky was paying more attention to the flower than he was to Deadlox.
Sky didn't say anything, staying silent as he stared at the flower quietly. "No," he finally said, turning away from the flower he had been tenderly stroking mere seconds ago, "but, my mother does," he said, as if it explained his fascination with the flower.
Deadlox stayed quiet at the confession, merely following after Sky as the human began making his way back into the castle, not even casting a backwards glance at the little flower that had his rapt attention moments previous.
"I want to go inside," Sky murmured in a subdued manner as Deadlox nodded, moving to once again wrap a strong arm around Sky's shoulders, leathery tail twitching slightly in surprise when Sky leaned into his embrace.
Deadlox let a small smile flicker on his face as he led them inside.