Hello everyone, just a quick note before you start reading this chapter is going to be one of two parts I was originally going to make this one long chapter going over the events of Ozzie's and Queen Bee from Dante and Loona's perspectives but while writing it I realized that it was way too long for one chapter so I split it into two parts, I will try to drop the second chapter as soon as I can. Thank you and enjoy!
It was another typical day in Imp City, the streets were filled with traffic, the air was filled with smog, and the sounds of gunfire and screams of pain and despair. In Imp City there was a large building with two horns built into the sides. Many of the lights in that building were out except for one office and that office belonged to Immediate Murder Professionals, or IMP for short. In the IMP office sat a bored-looking Hellhound with grey and white fur, she was currently reading from a trashy gossip magazine and drinking from a bottle of booze. Finishing the bottle, she placed it down on a blue book sitting on her desk causing it to glow, it was at that moment a portal opened followed by several screams and a tree followed by a human head. Suddenly a small Imp with a chainsaw and a psychotic smile popped out of the fallen tree, followed by a taller Imp with an ax in his hands and a smaller female Imp doing a crab walk.
"Whoo that was a fuck ton of lumberjacks," Blitz said raising his ax above his head, the female Imp behind him let out a scream.
"I'm still so jazzed up!" Millie shouted snapping her ax in half.
"Jesus woman calm down," a voice replied turning around and seeing a taller male Imp walk through the portal before it closed this Imp was different in that he had black hair instead of white like most male Imps, plus the sclera of his eyes was black instead of yellow.
"Ahh come on Dante don't be such a killjoy," Millie said putting her hands on her hips, Dante rolled his eyes and walked over to Loona, and placed a gentle kiss on the top of her head who smiled at the gesture.
"Yeah besides I want her to stay jazzed up, 'cause guess where I'm taking her tonight," Moxxie said, smiling satisfied.
"Don't you dare finish a filthy pun in my presence Moxxie, besides drinks are on me tonight let's hit up the new dive down the street," Blitz said with his usual stupid grin pointing towards the door.
"I'm in if your buying," Dante said, ready to drink Blitz into bankruptcy, until he felt a hand on his arm. Dante looked down and saw Loona giving him a look, then he remembered the promise he made to her to cut down on drinking, he lied of course but he couldn't let her know that, so he drank less when she was around.
"Sorry guys but it's our one-year marriage anniversary," Moxxie explained stepping out of the tree, Millie smiled warmly at the mention of the celebration.
"So, I'm taking Millie to Ozzie's in the Lust Ring!" Moxxie finished his statement, at the mention of Hell's most exclusive club Millie's eyes went wide and filled with stars.
"OZZIES! No way! That place is always booked," Millie said clapping her hands excitedly, Blitz looked on confused while Loona continued to read her gossip rag, Dante on the other hand was surprised like most denizens of Hell he had heard about Ozzie's the private club of Asmodeus himself and was shocked that Moxxie was able to get a reservation.
"Ah well, I've been planning it for quite a while," Moxxie said proudly it was at that moment that Millie jumped into his arms and began pelting him with kisses, which soon evolved into a full-blown makeout session much to everyone else's disgust.
"Ugh, can you two not," Blitz groaned disgusted at the site, Millie and Moxxie broke apart.
"I'm sorry sir, maybe another time," Moxxie said in a dreamy voice still coming off the high of the kiss.
"Ohh it's fine, I can come with the two of you, help you celebrate your boring as fuck monogamy," Blitz said, it was at that statement that Moxxie's smile turned into an annoyed scowl.
"Uh no the reservation is for us," Moxxie said annoyed.
"Uhuh," Blitz said not getting the hint.
"Just us," Moxxie said again.
"Mhm," Blitz replied still not getting the hint, Dante pinched the bridge of his nose.
"Without you there, explicitly without you there!" Moxxie said one final time, then Blitz waltzed up and hugged both.
"I'll wear something nice it's a big deal after all, see you love bugs later," Blitz left the office whistling a happy tune, Moxxie began to grow frustrated until Millie reached out and grabbed his arm.
"Relax sweety don't let him get to you today, let's go home and… wash this blood off," she said in a sultry tone grabbing his crotch, she then led him out of the office leaving just Dante and Loona behind.
"Christ on his cross we work with some real weirdos, don't we?" he said squeezing Loona's shoulder.
"You got that right," Loona said lifting her head and allowing Dante to lean in and kiss her.
As Dante and Loona kissed, he looked down and saw what Loona was reading, it was an article about Verosika Mayday, specifically her upcoming gig at Ozzie's.
"Ohh since we're talking about Ozzie's I got an invite to the place the other day," Dante said, Loona looked at him surprised.
"You serious?" she asked, finding it hard to believe that Dante got invited to the most exclusive club in Hell.
"Does this answer your question," Dante replied sarcastically reaching into his jacket he pulled out a purple and red card with the word Ozzie's written on it in fancy cursive, Loona immediately bolted out of her seat and snatched the card out of Dante's hand.
"Holy shit how the fuck did you get this!?" Loona yelled, never taking her eyes off the invitation.
"Verosika gave it to me, apparently she's doing a gig there tonight and wanted me to come watch," Dante explained rolling his eyes, he was hoping that sack of holes was done with him but unfortunately, he was wrong.
"Wait what? How did she know where to find you!?" Loona asked the look on her face turning from surprise to anger.
"She's been to my apartment remember, that's where we had sex remember, I didn't move afterward," Dante explained, the look on Loona's face suddenly shifted from anger to embarrassment.
"Oh right," she said rubbing the back of her head, a blush forming on her face, her eyes then went back to the invitation in her other hand.
"So, are you gonna go?" Loona asked sounding both curious and worried, curious because not everyone can get an invite to the best club in Hell and worried because Loona doubted that Verosika invited him just to watch her perform, she was probably hoping to get into his pants again.
Well, no way in hell am I gonna let that clingy slut get her hands on my man again she has another thing-,
"No Christ on his cross no, I don't want to go anywhere near that slut," Dante said snatching the invitation out of Loona's hand, walking over to the shredder he stuck it in and watched as the card was shredded into dozens of little pieces, Loona let out a sigh of relief.
"I hope Verosika won't be too disappointed," Loona said sarcastically of course not actually caring how she felt.
"I'm sure she'll be fine I mean she's Verosika fucking Mayday I doubt she even remembers she sent me the invite," Dante said, and then proceeded to empty the shredder into a trash can and then tossed in a burning match.
Right now, in the Lust Ring
Verosika sat in the back of a limo with her crew sans Vortex as she had given him the day off, it was no big deal as no one would be stupid enough to try anything at Asmodeus' nightclub, and if they did the place had plenty of security so she was good without him. Verosika reached into her bag and pulled out a compact and began adjusting her makeup not that she needed it she was already stunning, but she wanted to look extra special for Dante, he should have gotten the invitation by now and was probably on his way if not already there.
I mean of course, he's going to be there, I'm Verosika Mayday no way he'd not turn up, no one can resist me, she thought to herself smugly, she couldn't wait to see him again ever since that one night together she just couldn't stop thinking about him, and it wasn't just his skills in bed, Dante was kind, sweet, attentive, and an all-around amazing guy, everything Blitzo wasn't.
Coco and Apple watched as Verosika got lost in her fantasies about Dante, both knew what she was thinking, Coco shook her head.
"Ten Souls says he not coming," Coco whispered to Apple who sent Verosika a look of pity.
"Not taking that bet the odds are too out of my favor," Apple replied in a low whisper, she felt so bad for her boss right now.
Back in pride
Loona and Dante spent a good 20 seconds watching as the trash can burned, feeling that the point had been made Dante walked over to the coffee machine grabbed the pot of old stale coffee, and poured it over the fire, the fire hissed as it went out a big cloud of smoke floating towards the ceiling.
"Well now that that's over you want to do something tonight?" Dante asked once he was done putting out the fire, Loon thought about it momentarily, then shook her head.
"I would but nothing is going on tonight," Loona said leaning back in her seat and going back to her magazine.
"What about that Hound party Vortex told you about, isn't that tonight let's go?" Dante said, Loona sat up upon hearing the mention of the Hound party.
"No, no, we are not going to that," Loona said sternly crossing her arms.
"Why not it sounds fun, and besides you said you were hoping to meet and hang out with some other Hellhounds so what's the issue?" Dante asked confused not understanding why his girlfriend was suddenly so reluctant to party.
"It's because there's gonna be a lot of booze there and I don't want you around that shit," Loona stated sending him a glare.
"Oh Dio not this again," Dante muttered under his breath, rolling his eyes.
A little while ago Loona made Dante promise to cut down on drinking and he agreed, he was lying of course originally his plan was just to not drink around her and then make it up when she wasn't around, but he forgot one very crucial detail, Loona's nose. Loona had a great sense of smell, better than most Hellhounds the girl could pick up a sent no matter how old or faded, and because of that excellent sense of smell she was able to smell booze on him and figure out he wasn't trying, boy did he pay for that. Because of that Loona has been on his ass more and more about not drinking too much (he refused to go sober no matter what, so they compromised to just drinking less) and always keeping a close eye on him, and it's been working he's been drinking much less than usual only having one or two bottles of wine a night. To Dante it was absolute hell, Dante had been a drunk since he was ten years old cutting down was a nightmare he's been feeling like absolute shit from withdrawal and was dying for more booze.
"Oh, come on Loona, I'm making an effort I'm drinking way less than I used to and you know it," Dante said, glaring and putting his hands on his hips, Loona remained unconvinced.
"I know and I'm proud of you for sticking with this but that's why I don't want you going to that party there's gonna be alot of booze and people drinking and I don't want you getting tempted and relapsing," she said sounding concerned, Dante's expression softened, he approached Loona and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Hey, don't worry, I can handle myself," Dante said Loona gave him a look that made it clear she didn't believe that for a second. Sighing Dante leaned in closed and cupped Loona's face in his free hand.
"Ok how about this we go there for an hour two tops, we mingle talk with some people maybe have a drink or two then we'll leave alright?" Dante gave Loona's shoulder a gentle squeeze.
Thinking his proposal over Loona thought that it sounded alright, and she was interested in making some new friends especially ones who were fellow Hellhounds, but then again she didn't believe Dante when he said he could handle himself he was making some progress and she didn't want him to relapse back into heavy drinking.
I don't want to see him in the hospital again, she thought to herself remembering how he was back when he OD'd on Heroin the sight of him lying in that hospital bed near dead made her shutter. Loona took a deep breath and then sighed looking up at Dante, she sent him a warm smile.
"Ok let's go but we won't stay for long alright," she said Dante sent her a cheerful smile.
"Deal," he said happily.
"And go light on the sauce alright, three drinks and that's it," she said sternly the smile faded quickly from Dante's face.
"Deal," he said disappointed, standing up, Loona gave Dante a peck on the cheek and then headed out of the office to head home and change. Dante followed behind her then stopped when he remembered something very important.
"Oh yeah the tree's still here," he said looking at the big half an Oak tree just sitting in the middle of the office waiting room. Deciding to be nice Dante walked up to the tree and placed his left hand atop the trunk.
Suddenly the tree burst into dark purple flames which burned for a few seconds before vanishing leaving nothing behind except a scorch mark on the carpet. With the deed done Dante dusted off his hands and headed out of the office.
Two hours later
Dante made a left turn onto the road that Blitz's apartment sat on continuing forward he stopped once he got within sight of the building, Loona was already standing in front of the building wearing the strapless red dress he bought her, the one with the pentagram on the front. Upon seeing Dante's car Loona quickly climbed in and gave Dante a quick peck on the lips, once Loona had closed the door Dante drove down the street.
"So, where's this party anyway?" Dante asked, realizing that Loona never really gave him an address or location for this party.
"Ohh it's in the Gluttony Ring so we'll have to catch an elevator down," upon hearing Loona mention the Gluttony Ring, Dante went pale and immediately slammed his foot down on the break, Loona nearly bashed her head against the dashboard.
"What!?" she yelled a mixture of anger and startled at Dante's sudden reaction.
"Oh, um h-hey how about we forget this party and do something else tonight," Dante said nervously, Loona did a double take, not believing what she was hearing. Two hours ago, Dante was begging her to come to the party, and now suddenly he wanted to ditch the party and do something else.
"The fuck you're the one who wanted to go to this party in the first place," she replied utterly confused by his sudden change of heart.
"Yeah, I know but you're right this is a bad idea I mean I've cut down on drinking and I don't want to mess that up," he said nervously, Loona noticed he was repeatedly opening and closing his left hand which she had learned he did when he was nervous.
"Ok what's wrong, you're acting like a kid who has never been to another ring before?" Loona asked Dante looked away.
"Holy shit you've never been to another Ring, have you?" Loona asked, it all made sense now there was no other reason why Dante would suddenly be so hesitant to go to the party.
"No, I've never been outside the Pride Ring," Dante said embarrassed looking down at the car floor.
"Really I've never met a demon who never traveled out of their own Ring before," Loona replied confused, as with the invention of the Lift system travel through the rings is much easier and affordable demons travel all the time as there's tons of fun stuff to do in all seven. The only demons that weren't allowed to travel to other rings were sinners as Lucifer liked to keep them all corralled into one space.
"Why not what's so great about the Pride Ring that you'd want to stay here all the time," she asked honestly confused as the Pride Ring was one of the most boring Rings in Hell, it was filthy, overcrowded, and everything was rundown or too expensive.
"I just don't alright, I've spent my whole life in the Pride Ring, I was born here, I grew up in Pentagram City, this is the only place I've ever known, and I've just never been interested in going anywhere else," Dante said frustration seeping into his tone, Loona was taken aback by his defensiveness.
"Ok, ok calm down there's no need to get mad," Loona said raising her hands defensively.
"I'm sorry your right that was uncalled for," Dante said rubbing his temples with his right hand.
God, I need a drink, he thought to himself frustrated, he had a flask of red wine in his coat but he didn't want Loona to see him take a nip.
"Look let's go to the party this will be a great opportunity to see the other rings and besides it's not dangerous, no more than the other parts of Hell anyway," Loona said placing her hand on Dante's. Dante thought it over then nodded, putting the car in drive, he continued down the road and headed for the elevator station.
"Besides the only people who have to worry about leaving Pride are sinners, so you'll be fine," Loona said patting Dante on the leg, Dante laughed nervously at that statement.
Hellivator Station
The moment Dante stepped into the Hellivator station he was immediately surprised at how fancy it was, he expected the station to be all dull and bland and filthy, you know like your typical train station, but no this place looked like a palace. The whole building was decorated with gold and marble with ornate carvings of apples with wings, it just screamed extravagance.
"Gesù Cristo, this architecture is so fucking gody," Dante said a look of disgust on his face as he took in all the needless finery.
"Yeah, it is a bit much," Loona said looking around at the tacky designs.
The two demons headed for the elevator that would take them down to Gluttony, as they walked through the crowd Dante took notice of all the different types of demons at the station. He saw plenty of Imps and Hellhounds milling about that was normal this was Imp City after all, but he also saw plenty of succubi, as well as other species he had never seen before like, he saw ones that looked like sharks on legs, he saw some with scales and aquamarine eyes, he saw some that looked like goats with candles on their heads. While scanning the crowd Dante noticed Millie and Moxxie both dressed up in their nicer clothes he was tempted to say hi but stopped not wanting to bother the two on their anniversary. As he watched them head for the elevator to Lust, he saw Blitz discreetly following behind them, Dante let out a loud groan.
"What?" Loona asked looking in the direction Dante was she saw Blitz as well.
"Oh Satan, just ignore him," Loona said not wanting to get caught up in her dad's bullshit today.
"But we can't just let him mess up M&Ms anniversary!" Dante replied gesturing to Blitz.
"Who cares let them do their weird shit it's not our problem now come on!" Loona replied grabbing Dante and dragging him away.
As they got into the Elevator Dante and Loona sat down on an open bench, Dante looked around he noticed that most of the other passengers were Hellhounds and the occasional Imp, as he continued to look around, he felt Loona squeeze his hand.
"How come you never told me you were born in Pride?" she asked with a hint of anger in her voice.
Oh god not this crap again, Dante thought to himself, rolling his eyes.
Lately, Loona has been trying to get him to open up more and tell her about his life and his past, all of it the problem was that Dante really didn't want to he didn't like talking about his past his childhood any of it. Dante told her several times that he didn't want to talk about it or that he wasn't ready but whenever he did, she would get frustrated and angry demanding that he open up and tell her what she wanted to know. I'm your girlfriend I'm entitled to know, was her usual reason, it pissed him off so much.
"It just never came up," Dante said his voice dripping with annoyance, Loona scowled.
"Why not, I've asked you before where you're from, so why are you just telling me now?" Loona asked leaning in closer to Dante.
It was true she had asked him what part of Hell he had come from but every time he always dodged the question or directed the conversation to something else. Dante had always assumed she hadn't noticed or remembered but it turns out he was wrong.
"I just don't like talking about my past ok, so can we please just drop it and focus on the party tonight?" Dante replied, Loona scowled but nodded in agreement.
"Fine but we're talking about this later understand," She said her voice filled with anger, pointing a finger at her boyfriend, Dante nodded. Just then the elevator door closed and began descending.
Twenty minutes later
After what felt like forever the Elevator door finally stopped and the door opened, everyone in the elevator quickly rushed out Dante and Loona were among them.
"Welcome to the Gluttony Ring!" the voice over the intercom said in a cheerful tone.
One of the first things Dante noticed about the Gluttony Ring was that it smelled amazing, the air had a very sweet, appealing aroma to it like walking into a bakery where they had just finished baking some delicious cookies. The next thing he noticed was that the floor of the station was sticky, each step he took made a sickening squelch sound, it was like someone cleaned the floor with soda. The final thing he noticed was the large amount of Hellhounds ambling about, honestly, it seemed like there were more Hounds than Imps, not like that in Pride. What made Dante uncomfortable though was that alot of them had leashes and collars on, hell some even had muzzles these Hounds were in groups led by either an Imp or another older Hellhound he saw many of them being directed into elevators most likely on the way to their future masters. The sight of it made him sick, he despised how the Hellhound population was treated as nothing more than slaves, he hated how they were viewed as nothing more than pets despite the fact they were people no different from the other species of Hell, most of all he hated the hierarchy of Hell he hated how these different types of demons where placed above or below each other despite none of them being that different, most of all he despised the royals who set up this horrid system.
Dante was pulled out of his thoughts when he felt something grab onto his arm, looking to his left he saw it was Loona. He noticed that she looked nervous, making a series of whimpering noises, which he learned meant she made when scared. Dante was about to ask what was wrong when he noticed her looking at one of those groups of Hellhounds.
"It's ok Loona I'm here no one is going to hurt you I promise," Dante said patting her arm, Loona smiled and kissed the top of his head.
Upon leaving the station that wonderful aroma that he had smelt before just became ten times stronger, it was almost intoxicating but in a good way, that sweet, delicious smell made him hungry he felt his stomach growl and his mouth began to fill with spit. Looking around he noticed that the Gluttony Rings sky was a hazy yellow color, the same color as honey.
"Wow," he said taking it all in, Loona smirked and then hailed a cab.
Dante had his face pressed against the window of the cab looking out at the unique architecture of Beelzehaven, the capital city of Gluttony. He saw most of the buildings had a kind of beehive architecture, with many in a rounded dome esc style, and the windows were covered with a honeycomb pattern. Another thing he saw was that most of the businesses were food-based, that honestly didn't surprise him though, he saw plenty of restaurants most of which were fast food businesses and places where one could grab a quick bite. Dante also noticed various shops that sold food as well like bakeries, ice cream shops, stores selling gourmet chocolate, and just a whale lot more. Looking at the population he saw that many of the Imps and other Hellborns living in this ring were extremely obese, he noticed many of them walking around had food in their hands.
"Hey, could you not smudge up my windows," the lady driving the cab said in an annoyed tone, Dante jerked away from the window his face dusted red from embarrassment, and Loona chuckled.
Sorry, it's his first time outside his home Ring he's just taking it all in," Loona explained, the driver didn't seem to care.
Eventually, they arrived at a very large building that like many of the others in Gluttony had a beehive theme to its design, with its large conical structure to the combed windows. Stepping out of the car Loona shot Tex a quick text saying that they had arrived Dante noticed that she misspelled here and let out a small laugh. Looking around Dante saw a large collection of Hellhounds and even some Imps all mingling about, or dancing on the various balconies that the building possessed Dante was pulled away from his observations when he heard a familiar voice shout his name.
"LOONA, DANTE!" Vortex yelled excitedly as he headed towards the two.
"Glad you two could make it!" he said cheerfully, Loona smiled.
"Yeah, thanks for inviting us!" She said with confidence a far cry from the stuttering awkward mess Dante recalled from the last time those two spoke with each other.
"Course, course," he replied leading them into the large building.
"Hey everyone meet the new faces!" Tex shouted to everyone within earshot and since most of the people here were Hounds that meant most of them. Tex quickly followed up this introduction by letting out a loud howl which most of the other hounds joined in, Dante cringed he hated being the center of attention preferring to blend in but that wasn't an option now.
"Either of you want a drink or anything?" he asked politely.
"Uh yeah sure," Loona replied.
"Get me six," Dante said only half-jokingly, Loona glared recognizing that he was serious, Tex just laughed and went to get them drinks. While waiting Dante and Loona's attention was drawn to a group of free female Hellhounds with red bows in their hair, they were talking about something stupid in this really grating valley girl tone of voice Dante just rolled his eyes but then noticed Loona making her way over to them.
"This is not gonna end well," he thought to himself and made his way over to help mitigate the fallout.
It went exactly as well as Dante expected Loona tried to join in on their conversation only for one of them to call her "Lunatic Loona" and pulled up a picture of Loona puking her guts out, apparently, they bumped into each other at a previous party.
"Christ woman why do you even have that?" Dante asked, not sure why anyone would keep a photo of someone puking.
"It brings me joy, you know you're supposed to keep things that bring you joy," she said in her valley girl tone which just made Dante angrier, Loona growled at the Poodle.
"Wow you're being really negative, your aura is really aggressive right now," she said noticing Dante and Loona's rage.
"Maybe that's because we're sharing a room with a massive bitch!" Dante shouted, the music stopped and everyone in the room gasped in shock, all staring at him.
"What?" he asked, confused by this sudden reaction, unsure what he did to engender such a response.
"Oh, my dog, wow," the bitch said in an offended tone.
"Is that not a word you can say to Hellhounds?" Dante asked Loona who unfortunately just shrugged.
"You can't say that!" someone a distance away shouted; Dante looked down at the ground embarrassed. It was at that moment Vortex showed up with their drinks.
"Did I miss anything?" he asked, confused at what was going on.
"No no no everything's fine, it's all good," Loona said taking two drinks out of Vortex's hands and handing one to Dante who quickly lifted the cup to his lips and downed the entire content of it in one go. He then proceeded to take Vortex and Loona's drinks and finish them with surprising speed.
Loona and Tex were about to say something when suddenly a voice came on over a microphone.
"How are my dirty bitches doing tonight!?" suddenly a number of Hounds and Imps rushed past them, many howling in excitement. Loona and Dante were confused, but Tex just had a smile on his face and gestured for them to follow him.
The couple followed the larger Hellhound to the center of the room where looking up they saw a large disco ball suspended from the ceiling, atop it stoop an individual with long hair and four arms.
"Hell, yeah because the honey is flowing tonight, and this bitch is about to get fucking wild!" the woman said spinning around the top of the ball.
"Let's get it started!" she shouted as the crowd cheered and howled, the woman, now revealed to be a four-armed Hellhound with bright orange fur with red markings, her hair and tail were liquid flowing and moving around like lava in a lava lamp and glowed fluorescent shades of blue, orange and pink.
The strange Hellhound then proceeded to fly around on a pair of insect-like wings and proceeded to sing a song that Dante found to be atrocious. As this strange demon began to sing, he realized that she was strangely familiar, Dante wasn't sure where, but he had definitely seen her before. During her routine, she proceeded to create various junk food items from out of nowhere and handed them out to all the spectators, at that moment she proceeded to fly up to Dante, put her hand on his cheek, summoned a cupcake, and proceeded to stuff it into his mouth. Dante quickly spat it out and glared at the demon as she flew away it was at that moment Dante noticed the crucifix, he wore around his neck was starting to faintly glow and felt warm against his chest.
That's weird the last time it did that was when- Dante's thought stopped dead in its tracks as he realized just who this demon was. Thankfully she had completed her song, Dante looked over at Loona and saw that she was covered in cotton candy he tried not to laugh. Suddenly the woman landed right in front of them with a big smile on her face.
"Ow ow! Vortex!" she yelled flying up to give him a hug.
"The party is buzzing now, but I feel like I went a little too hard with the confetti though, I have like a rainbow in my vagina right now," she stated creating a little rainbow with her hands then gestured at her crotch.
Both Dante and Loona looked on confused at why this woman was talking so casually with Vortex, it was at that moment she noticed Loona and Dante standing in front of her.
"Oh, hey are they the sweet pup and cute Imp you told me about?" she asked before flying closer to the two to get a better look.
"Excuse me?" Loona asked annoyed at being called a cute pup.
"She's a fucking cutie, where have you been hiding girl," she said to Loona before turning to Dante.
"And you ohh my Lucifer you are like so hot, especially those eyes, your right Tex they are hypnotic," she stated leaning in to get a closer look much to Dante's discomfort, she let out a giggle mistaking his discomfort for shyness.
"Is there something funny?" Loona growled not happy with how handsy this woman was being with her boyfriend again.
"Loona," Dante said between his teeth worried that his girlfriend might offend her, luckily, she did not take Loona's comment seriously.
"Nah I'm just high on all this tasty energy right now, Tex said you don't get invited out that much, I hope that this itty-bitty get-together can serve as a fun first time," she stated, at that moment a hound slid down the railing of a nearby staircase and proceeded to get hit in the crotch at the base, Loona let out a noise implying she was unimpressed with the party, panicking Dante quickly stepped between them.
"This is an excellent party Lady Beelzebub we are honored to have been invited," he said giving a curt bow, a bow that Beelzebub noted was not the clumsy effort of someone who has just met royalty for the first time his bow was too smooth it looked like he had done it a thousand times.
You know now that I think about it, he looks kinda familiar, Beelzebub thought to herself. It was at that moment that Loona realized who she was actually talking to and tensed up terrified at the idea she may have disrespected one of the seven sins and might get killed as a result. But Beelzebub just laughed and put a hand on Dante's shoulder.
"Yo stop you don't have to do all that formal crap with me alright I get enough of that shit with my day job just treat me like you would any normal person please," she said in a friendly disarming way, Dante, and Loona visibly relaxed.
"I'm sorry but much of the nobility of Hell typically demands that demons of lower station act a certain way towards them," Dante said trying very hard to keep the hatred and malice out of his voice.
This however he failed as Beelzebub could feel the anger and hate radiating off of him, it was so strong and so bitter like black coffee times ten, she took a step back feeling as if his look was cutting through her like a knife.
"Yeah, I know those guys can be real aholes sometimes," she said hoping that she could calm him down as his anger was oppressive, luckily for her, he began to relax.
"So, Tex how do you know Beelzebub?" Loona asked hoping to cut through some of the the tension in the air.
"Ohh it's because she's my girlfriend," Vortex said, Loona and Dante both did a double take.
"Wait seriously what happened to Gem?" Loona asked glad that Gem was out of the picture but also amazed that he got a lord of Hell.
I mean he's hot but not that hot, she thought to herself.
"Well not long after the double date Gem started saying alot of mean awful stuff about you guys and I decided that if she was gonna be a toxic bitch then I want nothing to do with her," Vortex said with a shrug.
"And well me and Bee here have been friends for a while and when she found out about our breakup, she took me out for some drinks and one thing led to another," Vortex finished pulling Beelzebub close and giving her a kiss on the cheek.
"Congrats man, she's way hotter," Loona muttered before realizing what she had just said.
"Ohh sorry I-" her apology was cut off when Beelzebub pulled her into a hug.
"Wow you say it as it is, you are my new favorite person… I'm serious!" Beelzebub continued to talk about the time she saw Satan shirtless for another minute before she eventually took Vortex by the arm and walked off yelling to Dante and Loona to enjoy the party.
Dante and Loona continued to walk around seeing what else the party had to offer, they saw people dancing, they passed by a table with a large assortment of food, and they even passed by keg dispensing various drinks. Seeing this Dante immediately went over, grabbed a cup, and filled it to the brim. Dante quickly finished off that drink and went for a refill, but Loona stopped him.
"You already had four drinks remember you said three would be your limit," Loona said sternly, Dante rolled his eyes.
"Ohh come on four drinks is barely enough to get me buzzed, I can handle more," Dante explained but Loona remained steadfast, sighing Dante tossed away the cup and they continued to explore the party.
"Jesus the music here sucks," Dante stated more to himself than to anyone else, Loona turned to look at him and then shrugged.
"Yeah, EDM isn't the best but hey it's not that bad," Loona stated beginning to bob her head to the music, Dante just looked at her like she was crazy.
"Are you kidding me it's literally just noise no beat no rhythm just random, repetitive, noise," he explained, Loona just rolled her eyes.
"Alright if your tastes are so much better what's your idea of good music?" Loona asked sarcastically, crossing her arms, Dante pondered that for a moment before replying.
"I greatly enjoy classical music, Mozart, Bach, and Beethoven are all very good," he said Loona's jaw dropped at that statement.
"Seriously you like that crap who are you Moxxie?" she asked dumbfounded.
"Hey Moxxie has great taste in music his opinions on operas and musicals are exceptional," Dante explained Loona just shook her head.
"I can't believe you think that shit is good music, it's so boring," she said trying to fight back a laugh.
"Oh, please classical is way better than this crap, if I had my violin with me I could out due these hacks in no time flat," he stated smugly, Loona perked up at his statement.
"You never said you could play an instrument?" she stated sounding surprised.
"Huh ohh yeah I learned a few years back, I keep it in a case in my closet I'll have to show it to you sometime," he replied, Loona was going to ask something else when Dante suddenly grabbed her hand and they continued on their way.
As the two moved through the crowd, Loona was lost in thought, she had just learned another thing about Dante another thing he felt wasn't necessary to tell her, there were alot of things he's decided weren't important for her to know and it pissed her off. Loona was so distracted she didn't notice the female Hellhound who had stepped in front of her, bumping into her shoulder Loona stepped back dazed before collecting herself and glaring at the Hellhound in front of her. She was around Loona's age with long black hair, her fur was light gray with white around her chest and muzzle with some patches of black here and there.
"Hey, why don't you watch where you're going!" she yelled at the Hellhound who had just regained her bearings.
"Oh, my Satan I am so sorry about that, I wasn't looking where I was going," the Hellhound responded a guilty look on her face. Loona was taken aback she fully expected the Hellhound to respond aggressively to her yell, call her a bitch, maybe even attack her, that was how most other Hounds she met at this party had been acting, but no this one was actually nice, she didn't know what to do.
"Oh, uh it's cool," she said uncomfortably, the other Hellhound smiled which then turned to a look of aww.
"Oh, my Satan that dress is so cute!" she said looking down to admire Loona's red dress.
"Ohh um thanks my boyfriend got it for me," she said nervously not used to getting compliments from anyone not Blitz or Dante.
"Well, he has good taste my name's Jessi by the way," the gray and white hound said cheerfully.
"Loona," Loona replied.
"Ohh, you got to meet my friends, they'd love you!" Jessi said excitedly grabbing Loona's hand and dragging her away, Dante smiled glad that she had an opportunity to make some friends.
"Yep, this was definitely a better idea than Ozzie's," Dante said to himself proudly, for a moment he wondered if Verosika's even noticed he wasn't there.
Ah that whore probably hasn't even noticed and if she did, she probably doesn't care, he thought to himself before heading off to see what else there was to do at this party.
At that moment in the Lust Ring
Verosika stood by the bar scanning the crowd of Ozzie's for what was probably the 12th time hoping to catch sight of either Dante or Loona but once again there was no sight of them.
"Where the fuck is he?" Verosika mumbled to herself, pulling out her phone she checked to see if he had sent her any texts but sadly there were no new messages, in fact, there were no messages from him at all and she knew he had her number she left it with him after they banged.
The bartender some Imp whom Verosika thought looked kinda familiar told her, her drink was ready and held it out for her to take, she was about to accept it when suddenly she heard Fizzoralli introduce her to the crowd. Seeing everyone turn to look at her Verosika immediately pushed the bartender away and began doing a series of sexy poses, as she posed for the cameras, she took another moment to scan the crowd for any sign of Dante, but again she did not see him.
Back at Gluttony
Dante continued to move through the crowd when he saw a couple of Hounds setting up a large keg. Taking an interest Dante headed towards them and tapped on the shoulder of one.
"Yo what type of beer you got in there?" he asked the guy pointing to the keg, the Hound just laughed.
"It ain't beer bro it's Beelzejuice," he said with a smile.
"Oh yeah I heard of it I hear it's really strong," Dante replied studying the keg.
"Here see for yourself," he said hooking up a hose with a nozzle at one end to the keg and handing the nozzle to Dante.
Dante stuck the nozzle into his mouth the hound pressed down on a small lever, suddenly Dante's eyes went wide as the golden liquid hit his tongue. It was absolutely divine, it was sweet and warm like freshly harvested honey, Dante shivered with delight as a warm happy feeling coursed through his body, it was almost like being high on Heroin.
"By the Saints this stuff is good!" Dante shouted, spitting out the nozzle and handing it back to the Hellhound.
"Got a cup I need more of that stuff?" Dante asked, the Hound just laughed.
"This stuff ain't for serving we're setting this up for keg stands you want to try?" the hound asked, handing the nozzle back to Dante who was about to take it when one of the hounds spoke up.
"Hah, this scrawny little guy wouldn't last five minutes," turning to his left Dante saw the owner of the offensive comment.
He was a tall Hellhound taller than Loona and by extension himself he had white and gray fur in similar patterns to Loona's he was wearing a skull t-shirt and a purple jacket in other words a total douche.
"Come on Miles don't be a dick," one of the other hounds said but the douchy hound just gave a cocky smirk.
"What everyone knows Imps can't handle their liquor," Miles said in a mocking tone of voice. At that moment Dante grabbed the nozzle from the other Hound, positioned himself upside down atop the keg, and gestured for him to hit the switch.
The golden amber flowed into Dante's mouth as some partygoers gathered around and started counting.
"1… 2… 3…,"
Twenty minutes later
"210, 211, 212…" the crowd which had grown considerably larger continued to count until suddenly a small alarm at the top of the keg began to ding signifying that it was empty. The crowd cheered loudly, spitting out the nozzle Dante somersaulted off the keg, as he did so the small cross necklace, he wore flew off his neck and fell near the keg.
Landing squarely on his feet, many of the crowd approached him and began going off about how awesome that was and how they'd never seen anyone drink that much and still be standing, Dante stood there smiling smugly. Miles on the other hand was not a part of the crowd, he stood next to the keg, arms crossed, glaring at the crowd surrounding Dante.
"Hmph stupid firetoad thinks he's so cool," Miles muttered under his breath he turned away to leave when he felt something under his foot. Looking down Miles found a small black chain, picking it up he saw that at the end of the chain, there was a small black cross, not the typical upside-down kind most wear but a normal right-side-up kind.
"The fuck is this stupid thing?" Miles asked, taking a closer look at the necklace, Dante looked toward Miles and saw the necklace in his hands. Reaching a hand toward his neck and realizing his necklace was gone, panicking Dante pushed his way through the crowd and headed towards Miles.
"Hey give that back!" Dante shouted; Miles turned his head to see Dante marching over to him.
"What the fuck do you want?" Miles asked annoyed not happy to see the Imp.
"My necklace give it back!" Dante replied holding out his hand with a look of pure fury on his face, Miles wasn't intimidated though.
"This thing is yours wow what a douche, I mean who the fuck wears something like this?" he asked, pointing at the cross at the end of the chain. Dante's look of fury grew more intense, it got worse when Miles began swinging the necklace around recklessly.
"Give it back or else," Dante growled his hands clenching into fists his talons digging into his palms.
"Or else what?" Miles asked nonchalantly, suddenly he felt a hand on his shoulder, and looking behind him he saw none other than Vortex standing behind him a very scary expression on his face.
"Or else me and him are gonna skin you alive and make you into a fur coat," he said in a deep menacing tone, shrinking back Miles handed the necklace back to Dante and quickly ran off.
"Thank you," Dante said putting the necklace back around on.
"No problem," Vortex said with a friendly smile, Dante turned and was about to walk away when Vortex called out.
"Hey where did you get that necklace anyway?" he asked never seeing a proper cross necklace before outside of earth.
"It, it was a gift from an… old friend," he said holding the cross between his fingers a look of sadness overtaking his features.
"Ahh, I see why it's so important to you," Vortex said patting Dante on the shoulder, Dante shrugged off his hand and tucked the necklace back under his shirt. Dante was about to walk away when Tex grabbed him by the arm.
"Hey, man is there a problem between you and Bee?" he asked, his voice carrying a hint of concern but also Dante noted some anger.
"No why do you think that?" Dante asked trying to sound surprised and jerking his arm out of Tex's grip.
"Well Bee has the ability to sorta feel the emotional energy of all those around her and when she met you, she felt alot of anger and tension coming off of you is something up, did she do something to piss you off?" he asked, crossing his arms.
Yeah, she exists! Dante thought to himself but was smart enough not to say it out loud, so he thought of something else.
"Ohh that no don't worry I'm not mad at her or anything I just don't like it when people invade my personal space is all," Dante explained making sure that his voice took on a calm disarming tone.
"Wait seriously?" Tex asked, not really believing him, as you don't feel as Bee put it an oppressive wave of hatred and anger, just because someone got a little too handsy.
"Ohh yeah I hate it when people touch me it drives me nuts, hell when I was a kid, I used to beat people up just for brushing against me," Dante explained Vortex looked at him in surprise and was somewhat scared taking a step back.
"Look don't worry about it that was me as a kid, I'm way better now, we just got off on the wrong foot is all don't worry we're cool," he explained, Vortex sighed.
"Ok good sorry I just want to make sure everything is going well," He explained, Dante nodded and quickly turned and walked away the smile on his face quickly devolving into a scowl.
Dante walked for another few feet before finding a cooler with drinks reaching inside Dante pulled out a beer and opened it, but before he could take a drink, he felt a pair of furry arms wrap around him. At first, Dante thought they were Loona's until he turned around and saw the Hound, they belonged to was not Loona, this Hellhound's fur was brown and black with a head of dark brown hair tied into a high ponytail.
"Uh, can I help you?" Dante asked uncomfortable with how close she was to him.
"Hey, you're really hot," she stated her voice slurred, she leaned closer and nearly fell over, Dante gently pushed her away.
"Look I'm flattered and all but I-" Before he could finish two more hellhounds appeared one resembling a poodle with a chocolate coat and puffy pink hair, the other with a white coat and white hair with purple highlights.
"Ohh what's a sexy Imp like you doing at a Hound party?" she asked sounding just as inebriated as her friend.
"Ohh, I bet he's here looking for a new pet," the first Hound said giving him a sultry look.
"No, you see I-" Dante once again tried to explain but stopped when the white hound began grinding up against his crotch.
"Ohh I'll be your pet master," she said her tone filled with lust. Dante tried to move away from the hound but found he was being held in place by the other two.
Back to Loona
Loona sat in a small circle with Jessi and two of her friends Nina and Sophie, Nina had cream-colored fur, and her hair was blond and tied back into a loose ponytail. Sophie on the other hand had charcoal gray fur he hair was a lighter shade of gray with some red highlights mixed in. Loona was busy telling them a story about how a bee got into her and Blitz's apartment and he got scared.
"So, the idiot thought it was a good idea to pull out a shotgun and began blasting away at the bee," Loona said miming a gun and pulling the trigger.
"Wait seriously?" Jessi asked.
"Yep, put like twenty holes in our walls and didn't kill the bee," Loona said shaking her head, the other ladies laughed at Loona's statement.
"Then the bee suddenly flew up his pants and stung him in the dick," Loona stated the others laughed even harder at that.
"Wow no offense but this Blitzo guy seems kinda dumb," Nina said, Loona felt some irritation at that statement but quickly those feelings subsided.
"None taken, he is really stupid," Loona said with a shrug. The four Hounds quickly broke out into a chorus of laughter, they were so busy laughing they didn't notice a male Hound walking up to them. The Hound walked up to Jessi and wrapped his arms around her waist, letting out a surprised squeak. Looking over her shoulder Jessi saw the Hound's face and then smiled.
"Hades! Don't sneak up on me like that!" she said in mock anger, the Hound, Hades just smiled.
"Sorry you just make the cutest noises when startled," he said in reply, Jessi smirked and rolled her eyes, letting go of her waist Hades walked up beside her and put his arm around her shoulder.
"Hey Hades, I wondered where you were," Nina said sending Hades a wave.
"Hey Nina, Sophie, what's up," Hades stopped when he saw Loona.
"Oh, hi who are you?" he asked Loona, Jessi realized that Loona and him were not yet acquainted.
"Oh, Hades this is Loona, Loona this is my boyfriend Hades," Jessi said gesturing to the Hellhound next to her.
Loona took a moment to size up the male Hellhound by Jessi, he had black fur with dark gray hair, Hades wore a black shirt underneath a red flannel shirt he wore gray pants with tears in the knees. Around his neck were a series of silver chains with a small cross dangling from the lowest one. Looking at his face Loona saw a series of piercings in his ears as well as one in his chin. Loona noticed something in his mouth at first, she thought it was a cigarette but upon looking closer she saw it was actually a small bone.
"Hey, what's up?" Hades said holding out a hand for Loona to shake which she took.
"Nothing just met Jessi and the others here and got to talking," Loona replied gesturing to the others, Hades smiled.
"Cool so what do you do Loona?" he asked in a friendly tone, Loona was somewhat taken aback not used to such friendly people but found something about Hade's voice to be calming and relaxing.
"Ohh I'm the receptionist at IMP, it sucks but hey my da- I mean owner owns it so I do it for him," she said embarrassed at almost calling Blitz her dad.
"Ohh IMP, I know them there the ones with that really great jingle!" Jessi said excitedly, the others looked at her in disbelief.
"Wait you like that crap?" Sophie asked her friend.
"What it's catchy?" Jessi replied, by the looks the others gave her they didn't agree, she noticed her boyfriend shaking his head and got annoyed.
"Oh, you're one to talk I distinctly remember you humming the jingle to yourself last night," Jessi stated, the others giggled while Hades had a look of mock offense.
"Hey, hey, hey I was only humming it because you were playing it non-stop, and the stupid thing got stuck in my head," Hades explained, Jessi rolled her eyes, and the others broke out laughing.
"So, Hades what do you do?" Loona asked curious about what this newcomer did, his ears perked up at the question.
"Oh, I'm a therapy dog," he stated Loona raised an eyebrow, not sure what he meant by that. Noticing his confusion Jessi chimed in.
"He helps counsel those who are suffering from trauma or depression, he usually just listens to them talk and helps them work through their issues, he's so sweet," she said, Hades smiled and pulled Jessi into a kiss.
"Jessi works for a salon, she's a great stylist, I came in for a haircut one day we got to talking and one thing led to another," he said sending her a loving smile.
Loona asked them a few more questions usually answered by the other, Loona was surprised about how much they knew about each other, they knew way more about each other than she knew about Dante. This made Loona think, and she realized she literally knew nothing about him, she didn't know where he was from, his favorite color, or his favorite food, hell she didn't even know his last name. Loona was taken out of her thoughts when she felt an arm around her shoulder.
Looking behind her Loona saw a large male Hellhound with a skull shirt and a purple jacket, looking down at her with a smug look on his face.
"Hey, there what's a hotty like you doing here all alone?" he asked his voice having a very douchy tone to it.
"Uhh I'm not alone I'm here with my boyfriend," Loona stated in an aggressive tone pushing the guy away, the guy was undeterred and grabbed Loona by the waist pulling her closer.
"Well, he's not here right now is he?" he said his hand moving down to her ass giving it a squeeze. Hades stepped forward to intervene but stopped when Loona swiftly kneed him in the groin. The asshole clutched his junk and fell to the ground letting out a squeak of pain.
"Actually, he is here right now he's just off doing his own thing at the moment," Loona said proudly glaring down at the hound as he rolled around in pain, Loona smirked at the sight.
"Wait your boyfriend is here?" Jessi asked curiously, wanting to meet her new friend's significant other.
"Yeah, you saw him with me remember, the tall Imp with black hair and black and red eyes," Loona described her boyfriend to Jessi whose eyes went wide in realization.
"Ohh he was your boyfriend, I thought he was your owner or something," Jessi replied, Loona gritted her teeth in annoyance.
"Yeah, I get that alot," she said through clenched teeth, she was honestly sick of people making that assumption.
"Wait is he wearing a black trench coat?" Sophie asked Loona.
"Uh yeah, why?" Loona asked confused.
"Because I'm pretty sure that him over there," she said pointing across the way, Loona followed her finger and saw a sight that made her blood boil, Dante getting pawed and grinded on by a group of bimbos.
Scowling Loona let out a deep growl and quickly marched over to her boyfriend.
Back to Dante
"Look ladies I'm flattered but like I keep saying I have a girlfriend!" Dante practically shouted trying to push the three ladies away, but their grips were like iron. Dante stopped struggling when he felt the brown and black Hound put her hand on his crotch.
"Oh, come on she's not here is she?" she stated, suddenly she felt someone tap her on the shoulder, turning her head, and the Hound was suddenly punched in the face. Collapsing to the ground her friends were suddenly face to face with a very angry Loona.
"Yes, she is," Dante said with a smirk, Loona sent the other two ladies a look that caused them to run away in fear. Once they had fled Dante let out a sigh of relief and turned to his girlfriend.
"Hey, thanks Loona, those bit- I mean ladies were persistent," Dante said relieved, his joy was cut short when he saw the angry look on Loona's face.
"What?" he asked confused, Loona just huffed and walked away.
"What!?" he shouted, running after her. Dante followed her through the crowd till they eventually reached a quieter part of the mansion.
"Loona, would you stop I wasn't going to do anything with those whores, you know I would never cheat on you!" Dante shouted after Loona, who had suddenly stopped and spun on her heels till she was face to face with her boyfriend.
"No, I don't know that I don't know a fucking thing about you!" she yelled in anger, Dante didn't expect this outburst.
"I don't know anything about you, you never tell me anything!" she screamed, tail bristling arms at her side, Dante rolled his eyes upon realizing what she was actually angry about.
"Cristo sulla sua Croce, no, no we are not fucking doing this again," Dante said sternly turning to walk away but Loona reached out and grabbed his arm and pulled him back.
"No, we are talking about this now," she said her voice filled with anger.
"For fucks sake woman why are you so anal about this why are you demanding to know about my past!?" Dante asked frustrated by Loona's pushiness.
"Because I'm your girlfriend, you're supposed to open up to me, you're supposed to tell me these things you're supposed to tell me about yourself, your past, your interests," she explained some of the anger fading from her voice.
"Look I get that your my girlfriend and all but no that doesn't make you entitled to anything about me! If I don't want to talk about my past or interests, then I don't have to tell you!" he shouted, angered at the idea that Loona thinks she has any right to his past or that he is required to tell her about his life.
"Ohh so does include the fact you've never been outside of Pride or the fact you like classical, or the fact you play an instrument?" she asked indignantly, the anger and fury returning to her voice.
"It just never came up I don't like talking about myself ok," Dante replied annoyed.
"Ohh but this stuff came up with Octavia," Loona stated crossing her arms.
"What are you talking about?" Dante asked confused.
"You told Octavia about your parents, but you never told me about them so why does she have the right to know but not me?" frustration and resentment dripped from her words and Dante noticed a tear welling up in her eye.
"I was trying to be empathetic, I wanted to let her know that she wasn't the only one going through tough times and that she could rely on me to understand what she was going through," Dante explained but it was clear Loona did not see that as a good excuse.
"And besides I've opened up to you, haven't I I've told you about Rose, didn't I?" he asked annoyed by her nagging.
"Yeah, after avoiding me for a week and forcing me to pry it out of you!" Loona yelled her voice filled with not just anger but hurt as well, Dante stepped back.
"If you can't be open with me then… then," Loona didn't finish her sentence, she choked back tears streaming down her face, turned away, and started to walk off.
"Ohh god look Loona I'm-" Dante began to say as he chased after her but suddenly a large portal opened up behind him and a pair of black arms grabbed him and dragged him through. The portal closed immediately after.
Dante fell to the ground and upon making contact he realized that he was lying on cold Marble, opening his eyes he realized that he was in a large fancy living room, one he had seen several times before.
Why the hell am I at Stolas' place? He thought to himself before turning around and seeing none other than Stolas himself standing in front of him.
"Stolas what the fuck!" Dante shouted in anger at the Goetia demon, standing up he continued to scowl at the bird but then noticed that he was dressed very extravagantly.
Instead of his usual dark red and black outfit, Stolas was wearing a dark blue double-breasted jacket with a frilled cravat. Most notable was his dark red cloak which upon closer look had the appearance of a starry sky. Dante continued to take in his appearance but did a double take when he saw his face, Stolas had mascara streaming down his face, clearly having been crying.
"Uh, are you ok?" Dante asked, taking in Stolas' distressed state, Stolas just shook his head and pinched the bridge of his nose.
"No, no I'm not, and I… I need your help," Stolas stated his voice very strained and slightly slurred.
"Why what happened, is Via ok?!" Dante asked, worried that something might have happened to Octavia.
"What no she's fine she's spending the weekend with her mother, this is about me I need your help," Stolas explained, and immediately Dante's interest vanished, turning around Dante headed for the door.
"Hey, where do you think you're going?" Stolas asked indignantly grabbing Dante by the arm, Dante broke free of Stolas' grip much to the Prince's surprise, and spun around to face him the look on his face one of frustration and annoyance.
"You dragged me away from a very important event, one I would very much like to get back to, so I'm leaving, now if you could open up a portal back to Gluttony so that I don't have to go through the elevator again that would be-," Dante stopped when Stolas held up a large fancy bottle of red wine, yes Stolas did his homework and knew Dante's weaknesses.
"What do you think you can buy me with a bottle of fancy booze?" Dante asked before glancing at the bottle and then immediately snatching it out of Stolas' hand.
"Well, you can," Dante stated opening the bottle and taking a long drink, he then proceeded to sit himself down on the couch.
"Ok what do you need help with?" he asked, taking another drink, Stolas sat down across from him and took a deep breath.
"Me and Blitzy had a big fight, and I would like some advice on how I can help fix things," he stated looking to Dante hopefully.
"Sorry feathers I don't think I can help you with that," Dante replied taking another swig from the bottle.
"Nonsense you're an expert on romance surely you can help me with this!" Stolas said Dante just looked at him confused.
"What makes you think I'm an expert on romance?" Dante asked, perplexed at how and why he was seen as such.
"Because you were somehow able to get both my daughter and Blitz's hellhound to fall in love with you so you must know something about romance!" Stolas shouted swiftly swiping the bottle from Dante and taking a long drink himself, Dante just shrugged.
"Ok fair enough so what happened?" Dante asked, deciding to give it a shot, Stolas wiped his mouth and began the story.
END
Alright that's the end of part one thanks for reading everyone and stay tune for part two! Pay special attention to Hades as he will play a big part in the next chapter. Hades is not mine he belongs to Dramokin they are a great artist check them out on Instagram if you get the chance.