It was a quite joyous and calm evening in the Demon Realm when Estarossa found himself being badgered and ranted at by his oldest brother, Meliodas, while having different outfits being flung his way, to at least attempt to make his presence known.
"You do this almost every ye-"
"Uh, correction sir," Estarossa interrupted sarcastically
"I went with you three times previous to this!"
"All of which times were spread out by 3 decades!" replied Meliodas with a light and playful tone that signified he wasn't pissed or in a ruthless state which was obviously more welcoming than what many other of the Demon Race who did not know him personally saw him as.
"And?" said Estarossa in his same tone
"Boy- if you don't get your lazy fake-introverted ass-," said Meliodas while throwing clothes at Estarossa that were more suitable for this occasion and being interrupted in annoyance by his younger brother "All right! I'll go, damn," said Estarossa under his breath.
"Heard that!" said Meliodas as he left and closed the door behind him. Estarossa rolled his eyes and began to move his limbs to 'Tssk, now I got to get up, change outfits, and prepare for social interaction… yuck'
After he removed his gauntlets, just as he was about to remove his long coat, Meliodas budded in, jump scaring Estarossa half to death with his now upbeat voice, "You better be ready in 10." "For crying out loud, can you knock first!?" yelled Estarossa in response to his older brother.
As he was changing he thought 'Why am I always the odd one out? Like hell anyone is going to want to talk to me, I'm going to sound like a complete fool trying to approach anyone! What the hell, I've got nothing to lose anyway'
Estarossa then turned around observing his appearance in a long floor mirror and was somewhat surprised to see he looked decent. Well, kind of decent in his eyes as he thought "Meh, good enough."
His thoughts were interrupted by a rhythmic loud knocking at his chamber's doors "Y'know Zeldris and I would like to go today!"
'Great, the other little one is coming as well' thought Estarossa "I'm ready!" yelled Estarossa.
He sighed as he approached his door and opened it to his brothers impatiently waiting on him. Meliodas was lacing up his shoes and Zeldris was sitting back watching Estarossa fix his shirt in the mirror "You look like a bitch" he stated out of pocket causing Meliodas to chuckle a little bit and Estarossa side-eyed him in the mirror. "And you look quite visually nauseating yourself, your highness" replied Estarossa in his now typical sarcastic tone.
They began bickering until Meliodas interrupted rising from the ground and saying "Can you two please shut the entire fuck up?" Estarossa and Zeldris went silent. "Thank you. Now, can we please have a peaceful evening for once?"
"We'll see" replied Zeldris.
"Are the Commandments meeting in a particular place?" asked Estarossa.
"Supposedly but we'll have to see what happens, last one there has to mentor the training demons for a month!" exclaimed Meliodas as he and Zeldris took off. Estarossa still in shock darted after them. "Hey! You both play dirty!"
They found the spot apparently Meliodas thought his typical hangout would be and found there were 3 commandments who made it so far. As soon as Zeldris saw that Meliodas was signaling where the spot was, he sped up in front of him making him 1st place. Whiles Meliodas and Estarossa tied. "You both lost, what a pity. Anyway, I'm going to find some friends of mine whose whereabouts are near this area. I'll see you both at home" said Zeldris as he began to take his leave.
Melascula not too far from him asked inquisitively, "Hey- where are you going this evening?" "Oh to a place nearby to meet with someone. Why, is there something you want?" "Oh- no s-sorry. Have a good time!" "See you around" replied Zeldris as he left while Melascula gazed at him from a distance, her mood decreasing. He hadn't known that she had been looking forward to seeing him this evening but why would he care thought Melascula?
"He may be going to meet up with his girlfriend," said Meliodas teasing Melascula but was somewhat serious. "Oh, shut up" she replied while he laughed at her response.
Surprisingly there was a lot of discussion happening in the surrounding area as the streets of the Demon Realm were crowded with people. In the midst of all that was happening, Estarossa began to look around, observing and thinking about what his first move should be.
All until when he saw Derieri, Monspeet, and another woman who he wasn't too familiar with but assumed was probably a friend of the two or even a relative.
They were chatting but he didn't care to hear what they were saying. His gaze was focused on this woman he had never met before. Though he never really thought hard upon things such as this, he for once felt strongly, very, strongly concerning someone. Not only was this emotion welling up within him, but Estarossa also found himself gazing upon this woman's curvaceous yet somewhat muscular figure. Almost similar to Derieri's (which he would later recall is her younger sister), yet, softer.
Once he saw her face and she quickly looked his way while conversing with her younger sister, he then remembered who she was. Not that she was necessarily spoken of for her fighting ability, but rather, for her looks. Yea, she was quite popular with the guys although she didn't really realize it. 'Right!, her name is something with an R isn't it?' thought Estarossa groping for her name. 'Oh, Rajine. Hmm,' his thoughts continued 'That's quite a unique name.'
'Her smile is radiant, her eyes are gorgeous…' subconsciously thought Estarossa as he was still looking at his possible new love interest 'Wait… what am I saying?' he conversed in himself.
Meliodas began to head his way to notify him of something taking his mind half away from his contemplation.
"I'm going to make a stop for the night but I'll be back by at least 1 am. Are you fine by yourself?"
"Really?" replied Estarossa as they glared at each other. "You good?" asked Meliodas concerned about his younger brother.
He hesitated then answered "Okay, do you see that woman over there?" he asked while moving his gaze toward where she, Derieri, and Monspeet were.
"Yeah, that's Derieri."
"No, not her! The other one. I have to talk to her tonight, just don't know when or how."
"Well, it's called communication. You initiate communication by saying a greeting, then you-"
"I know how to talk!"
"Then do it!"
They side-eyed each other hard and eventually, Meliodas said "Ok, peace" and took off. Estarossa knew he was most likely going to find a certain goddess he had met some time ago. When accompanying Meliodas years past, he did develop a crush on her for most of his teenage his but got over it. After all, he really rather not know about his brothers' love lives.
Returning his gaze to Rajine, he noticed Derieri look his way, then ask Monspeet to go get something for her. She then turned to talk to her sister somewhat signaling to her that she was receiving a man's attention. Not that Derieri really wanted the two to end up together, but for the sake of the time being, why not have them at least greet each other?
"Girl, he's into you. Go talk to him."
"Derieri, he's a ten commandment and I'm a commoner-"
"And? You're hot? Have you never heard of pretty privilege?" replied Derieri, raising an eyebrow as she sipped her drink.
Rajine with a surprised expression stared at her sister, Estarossa, then back at her sister.
Derieri leaned in "Plus, He's a loser. He'd probably see himself lucky to get someone like you."
Rajine now blushing at the idea as her sister laughed at her replied "I hate you" (in a way that meant the exact opposite).
"I know, thank you," said Derieri in a sarcastic yet snarky tone.
