Two chapters in one day?! OMG! XD. Enjoy!
The next day was Roxy's day to go buy the food and drinks for the team and they gave her a list to give to the attendant to make sure she got everything. She sighed as she walked, a bit upset they limited her to one bottle of alcohol. As she walked she passed by the area Pollux had attacked and she stopped walking for a moment. The memory of what happened still haunted her a bit. Her younger brother lost his best friend to the angels, even though he was one himself. She looked at the area again and gasped when she saw a body leaning against the wall, the head kinda just hanging. She ran to the person and lifted the head up before gasping.
"J-John?!" Roxy gasped, looking at him. She noticed the changes immediately. Dirk was right. John turned into one of them. He had the characteristic pointed ears of the demon. She couldn't tell if his teeth were sharp or not but at the moment she could care less. She picked John up slowly and headed back to the hideout. John weighed a bit less than Roxy expected and it took her a bit of time.
When Roxy returned to the hideout, no one else was there except Dave, who was asleep, and Dirk who was polishing his sword. Dirk looked at her and his eyes widened.
"Is that…?" Dirk started.
"Yeah. Help me get him to a bed." Roxy said. Dirk ran to her side and took John off her back. He then took John and put him on a bed, brushing the hair away from his face. "I'll go wake Davey." Roxy said with a grin and ran to Dave's bed. She gently shook him a bit, earning a groan from him.
"Roxy this better be good…" Dave complained, looking up at her.
"We found him, Dave. He's here." Roxy said with a gentle smile. He looked up at her with wide eyes and sat up quickly, looking around until he saw Dirk standing on the other side of John. Dave stood up and stand on the closest side of John, staring down at him. He sat down on the edge of the bed, slowly cupping John's cheek with his hand. Dirk smiled at Dave slowly.
"You really like him huh?" Dirk asked, causing the younger Strider to turn a deep shade of red. Dirk chuckled. "Can't keep anything from me and Roxy, Dave. We knew the day you two danced in the sewer you were head over heels." Dave blushed even more and glared at Dirk. "Don't worry. It normally happens with the person you bond with." Dirk patted Dave's head. "Bro felt that way once. But he said he couldn't act on it." Dave nodded slowly. "Don't worry. I won't tell him and neither will Roxy. Your secret's safe with us." Dirk messed with Dave's hair before leaving with Roxy to get the groceries, leaving Dave and John alone.
Dave looked back at John, brushing his thumb over John's cheek. He noticed John's ears, now pointy unlike before. "It's true… You're one of us now…" Dave said. Part of him felt overjoyed, the other half felt extreme guilt. John gave up his angel abilities to save Dave, also losing the only family he had. But now that he wasn't an angel, John could stay with them forever. No more Pollux trying to take him from them. Dave gulped a bit as he looked down at John's clothes. There were some bloodstains from his fight and from the wing extraction.
Dave gasped a bit as John began to stir, pulling his hand away. John's gentle blue eyes opened slowly and looked up at Dave. "D-Dave…" John whispered.
"H-Hey, Egderp." Dave said, trying to keep calm. John rolled his eyes a bit and playfully punched Dave's arm. "Roxy found you after… after everything happened." Dave explained. John sat up slowly, wincing a bit when he felt a slight pain in his back. John slowly took his glasses off and rubbed his eyes a bit.
"I figured she or Dirk would…" John mumbled. "Summoner begged for me to be allowed to come back to Earth… To come back here…" John said, looking at Dave. Dave's eyes widened.
"Summoner did?"
"Yeah… Normally, at least this is what I've heard, is angels who become demons go straight to the tamer…" Dave looked at John with wide eyes.
"No… I can't believe that…" Dave said, putting his hand on John's cheek. John looked at Dave. "I wouldn't have let it happen… The moment I found out I'd have come for you…" John smiled a bit at him.
"I know… That's what friends do." John said. Dave's eyes widened. "John, you became a demon because of me… I'm amazed you actually came back…" Dave said.
"Dave… You didn't deserve any of what Pollux did. Neither did Nepeta. I couldn't let him do anything to you guys."
"John, I've done so many things that would make you cringe." Dave said to him, looking down.
"Would you rather have died?" John asked, looking right at Dave. Dave sat there silently for a few moments.
"No… No I wouldn't have."
"Then I don't regret it. I don't regret it at all." Dave slowly looked back up and met John's gaze. "In fact… I…. I think we should all dance tonight…" Dave chuckled a bit.
"Alright. We'll celebrate you joining our team tonight. You're not allowed to join any other team. You're still mine, whether you're an angel or demon." Dave smirked and John rolled his eyes.
Later that night, all the demons got ready for some dancing. Nepeta, Rose, and Roxy prepared a special mean while Sollux prepped some music. Dave leaned against the wall of the large room and sighed a bit.
"You okay, Dave?" Dave jumped a bit and looked at John. Dirk found some of Equius's old clothes that fit him and let him change into them so they could clean up John's clothes and patch them up.
"Yeah. I'm fine." John leaned against the wall next to him.
"Feels weird, not having to worry about hiding those wings I had…" John confessed. Dave looked him over before putting his hand on John's head.
"Don't worry. You'll get used to it." Dave said. John nodded slowly.
"I always sucked at flying." Dave chuckled at his little reply and looked at him with a smile. John smiled back and heard some music start playing. John noticed people already starting to dance, Nepeta with Equius, Feferi with Eridan, and Aradia with Sollux. John slowly looked at Dave who stood their watching the dancers. "Dave? Wanna dance?" John asked. Dave looked at him a bit wide eyed. "W-Well, Roxy is dancing with Dirk and Rose is reading her book and well… All the other friends are dancing with each other so…"
"Sure." Dave said with a smile. He took John's hand and they went onto the make shift dance floor and John slowly put his hand on Dave's shoulder, holding his other hand as Dave put his hand on John's waist. John looked up at Dave, meeting his gaze. Dave smiled down as they began to dance. Rose looked up at them and smiled, having the next song to play be a slow dance song. When said slow dance song came on, John slowly leaned his head on Dave's chest, closing his eyes as they danced. Dave's breathe hitched a bit, hoping John couldn't hear his quickening heart beat. Dave looked down at John before closing his eyes as well, getting lost in the music. In those few moments, Dave felt at peace. He was alive, John was safe, and he had his friend back. No angel would take him away again. Dave held John close as they danced, hoping the peace would stay as long as he could have it.