Day 25 - From The Thorn in my Side, to the Apple of my Eye

Welp, never thought I would write this pairing. My friend wanted something With Lucifer and Alastor as a pair. She just wanted Enemies to Lovers. So yeah. This one takes place after the battle scene in the last episode. If you haven't seen the ending, you have been warned.

My daughter and her friends made history in Hell and I couldn't be more proud of her. I do have some doubt that it would work, but if it's what she wants, so be it. I will support her and go the extra mile. During that fight, I felt a little bad that I was late, but I always tend to lose track of time… that was until I sensed Dazzle was killed.

When I sensed that, I went to find my daughter, as fast as I could. I only just barely made it, and man was I glad that I did. My daughter could have died. I am so glad that little maid of hers killed Adam. I wish I had, but I was begged by my daughter to give him mercy.

The only thing I noticed was that the stupid Bellhop was missing. Poor little Bambi must have been killed. I was a bit ecstatic that he was gone and out of my daughter's life. That was until he just showed up out of nowhere. Charlie looked so happy to see him. It was frustrating, but at least she was happy.

With the Hotel built, I had my tower on one side, and Alastor had his on the other. However, I did notice he would be missing for long periods of time. When he was around, something felt off about him. He would walk funny, not like how I first met him.

When I first met him, he walked with confidence and stood tall, now he walked as if he was in pain. I wonder why that is.

Shifting to a small, white mouse and followed him from a distance. He headed to his radio tower, but not the new one that was built. Rather, he was going to the one that was still in ruins behind the hotel.

Charlie did try to get it cleaned up, but Alastor refused to have it moved. It was odd, but she never pushed the matter.

Once Alastor was in the radio station, he dropped his composure completely. He grabbed his chest, and he pushed himself against the wall. Taking his coat off, I noticed that his red shirt was turning a darker shade of red. My eyes widened.

"It still won't heal." Alastor hissed. "Angelic powers…"

So he had been hurt in that battle. Charlie said that he had been the one to face off against Adam, and he had told her that he was fine. He lied to her. How dare he lie to her!

Shifting back to normal, I walked up to him. "You look horrible."

Alastor looked up at me, eyes narrowed, and he hissed at me. "What are you doing here?"

"I wanted to see what you were up to. You were acting funny. And not funny like circus funny. Let's see your wound there, shall we?" I reached toward him and he flinched back.

"Don't even think about touching me."

I blinked with a frown. "I was going to help you."

"I don't need your help." Alastor snapped at me. It was a bit rude, but he never liked me from the start.

"Just let me help you. I don't want Charlie to yell at me for you dying from this wound. If it was made from an Angelic weapon, you could die from it." I explained.

The demon sighed for a moment. "Fine." He moved his hand and I saw a deep gash from his chest.

"Hmmm, looks easy enough to fix." I snapped my fingers and a golden light shown on the wound and when the light died down, the wound was healed. Alastor touched his chest and looked at me.

"Hmm, I suppose I should thank you." Alastor rolled his eyes.

"A thank you would be nice." I hummed.

"I am not going to actually thank you," Alastor said.

"But you still implied it." I teased.

"Just stop. This is a waste of time. You healed me, we do not need to keep up this pointless chit chat."

"Why do you hate me?"

"Hate you?" Alastor asked. "What in your name makes you think I hate you?"

"You and I literally had a song together and it was like a song duel." I reminded the demon.

Alastor shrugged. "I mean, I never liked any father really. Simple as that."

"And that is because….?"

"Because they are all the same. They use their children, leave them, or abuse them." Alastor said. "And would you look at that. You did leave your daughter behind, so you fall right in the reasons why I hate you."

I was taken aback by his answer. "I mean, I did leave her, but I did come back. I was just… letting her live her life without me. She doesn't need a hopeless fallen angel like me in her life. Or at least I thought she didn't need that. Looks like I just made a mistake, and I'm working on trying to correct it." I pause for a moment. "By the way, I never did say thank you."

He gave me a strange look, tilted his head and arched a brow. "Thank you?"

"For taking care of my daughter when I couldn't. You looked out for her and I am happy at least one person was there for her. I think we just got off on the wrong foot. Would you care to start over?"

Alastor hummed. "Fine, I guess I could give you a chance. You might be better as an ally than an opponent."

"You are just all about that gain, aren't you?" I sigh. "I guess that's fair. You are down here for a reason. Whatever that reason is, it might not be when I would have gone with, but it's fine."

After I had that little conversation with the radio demon, some things did get better. He wasn't so quick to make a remark toward me, and we didn't have as many disagreements. We may not get along 100%, but it was definitely better than before. Charlie even commented on it.

The thing about our relationship at the moment is that we would actually start to hang out. I was mainly doing it for Charlie, it would make her happy if the people in her hotel got along. Such as her father getting along with her friends.

I felt that it was good for me too. I was suspicious of Alastor for the longest time, but that was before I got to know him. I always wondered what was best for my daughter, but I didn't have to worry about her having any kind of relationship with the radio demon seen as my daughter was madly in love with her girlfriend. I cannot wait to go to that wedding.

Angel, one of the residents, was someone I did not care to interact with. He always seemed too quick to flirt. Husk, just seem too stoic and angry all the time. Niffty, I have no idea what her deal is, and I do not think I want to know. All I do know is, she seems crazy.

All of the residents here seem crazy besides my daughter and her girlfriend, but I could be just a little biased. However, in the past few days, it has been nice to just talk to Alastor. As it turns out, I did not know my own people as well as I imagined. My daughter has a better vision for them than I ever could. All I saw on them was horrible souls who were given free will and ended up in hell.

Anyway, my time was Alastor has been rather pleasant. Once we got past our disagreements, he was a delight. I would join him for tea and we would talk. He actually made a pretty good cook. I have yet to try something of his that wasn't good. Of course I did ask him to make sure it was something I would eat and not anything cannibalistic. Yep hell to his promise as far as I know and used the ingredients I provided for him. Most of them were requested of course.

At this point, we were meeting on a regular basis. I would bring over in a new tea, everyone's in a while and he would make us lunch. The first time he served me lunch I thought he was trying to poison me. He was uphold by the fact that I even suggested the thought, but then realized it was a reasonable assumption.

However, a strange feeling overcame me the other day. We were having a casual conversation when he brought up someone he said he was close to. A woman from cannibal Town named Rosie.

It was odd. I had no reason to come up but just the thought of him being close to someone else left an odd sensation in my mind. I hated it. And I hated myself for hating it. The man has other friends, not just me. I do not need to be his only friend. I guess, originally I didn't think he even had friends. And we have been spending a lot of time together since then.

I wonder if I should tell Charlie about my recent feelings of jealousy that he has other friends. That seems like a wise decision. We can have some father-daughter bonding time.

"And when he was done talking about Rosie and his daily activities with her, I felt a sense of jealousy that I cannot seem to explain. It doesn't make sense, right?"

My daughter gave me a strange look. "Well, from the way you talk, and the way you were looking, it almost sounds like you give a crush on him."

I stared at her for a moment before I left. "Good one Char-char. But there's no way I would ever fall for him."

"I wasn't joking. You really do sound like someone who's a crush on the man."

"But… I've always been attracted to girls."

"You can be attracted to guys as well. I'm attracted to girls and I'm a girl. You accepted me, so of course I would accept you. And it's not like you and Mom are together. It would be fine if you moved on. I've been to your house and seen the ducks. If you had someone in your life, maybe you wouldn't be so sad." Charlie shrugged.

"I do not like him, Charlie." I said.

"If that's true, why don't we test that? Ask him on a date. I know he's not one for going out on dates, but who knows?"

"A… date…" I don't know why, but my face felt really warm at the thought. It was almost as if the idea of going on a date with him was both embarrassing and a pleasant thought. Oh gosh, was Charlie right?

I paced outside Alastor's door. Today was one of our regular meetups, but after that talk with Charlie, I felt weirdly anxious to go in. I didn't feel like myself, and for some reason I couldn't think about what I was going to talk to him about. I thought back too when I was practicing talking on the phone to my daughter and completely screwed that up when I reflect back on it. I hope this isn't the same thing.

The radio demon open the door and arched a brow. "Do you plan on coming inside or not? I could hear you pacing from inside."

"Huh? Oh, yeah I was just thinking about ducks?"

"Mmhmm… okay?" Alastor shrugged. "well, you can make yourself comfortable, and I will finish up with the jambalaya. I decided to make my mother's recipe today."

"Oh, well, that sounds delightful." I told him before I took a seat. It was strange, few months ago he was my enemy, now he's someone I have a daily conversation with.

"Alastor… I have a question for you."

"Go on."

"Where do you see our relationship going?"

The radio demon stopped and hummed. "I do not understand the question."

"What I mean is, do you see this stopping at friends or do you see us as something more?"

Alastor looked at me. "Do you want us to be more?"

"I… in all honesty, I'm not sure. Part of me was a bit jealous when you were talking about how close you were with Rosie. Charlie thinks I have a crush on you. That I have fallen for you. I told her it wasn't really possible, but she thinks otherwise." I admitted. I wasn't sure why I admitted it, but once I started talking, I didn't stop.

Alastor hummed. "Well, the way I see it, we are too powerful beings, and we both have connected through Charlie. We have similarities and we have grown close I will admit. I think that wild Charlie has these passionate ideas and dreams, I believe that the two of us should take things slow. I may like entertainment, and anything that sparks my interest, but I have no desire to jump into things that quickly. There may be some hidden emotion for you within me, but for now, I like things as they are. But if you do want to go out on a date, I won't be opposed to it."

That was not what I was expecting. I gave a small smile. "All right. I can take things slow."

A/N: welp, I hope my friend likes this chapter. Because I never have shipped these two before, I don't exactly know how to write their relationship besides the sarcastic version. I hope this is a good interpretation of what the relationship could be, and a summed up version because this is supposed to be on one shot. It ended up being pretty long too. I hope you guys liked it. And I will see you tomorrow.

~Akira

Posted: 3/16/2024