Author's note(added 27th of april, 2024)

introducing another OC, Ashley's best friend and bartender of the bar "the aftertaste" Pink neon, a pink sinner who looks like a succubus, who died in the 80's. I really wanted to convey that special attitude between 2 besties, the kinda friendship where you're so close, you greet eachother with an insult and like to call eachother out on their BS.

also setting up Ashley's hate for bullies and mistreatment of people, she's got a strong sense of justice in her.

Chapter 4:

My bestie, Pink

5 and a half months had passed since Ashley's arrival in hell as she had since garnered a bit of a reputation for starting fights.

She was sitting in her new go-to bar "the aftertaste" with an icepack on one eye and a bloody lip as she groaned to herself.

A pink, platinum blonde sinner demon with red eyes leaned in from behind the bar as she topped off the glass of the bruised and beaten girl "Ya gotta learn to pick your fights better, Ashley, that dude was like, what, 3X bigger then you?" she said, her long, thin devil tail swishing behind her in frustration as her hooves clacked on the creaky wooden floorboards.

With her purple, baggy top, with golden accents and wild, volumous, platinum blonde hair, this girl looked as if she had stepped right out of the 80's.

"Then what the fuck was I supposed to do, just walk away as he was man-handling that poor lady? I don't fucking think so, not on my watch" Ashley responded to the pink demon as she spat out a wad of blood.

"C'mon Pink, somebody has to stand up for the little guy, right?" she spoke to her friend behind the bar.

The pink demoness just sighed "I know, Ash, I know, I just don't want you to end up….well….." As the sinner, known as "pink neon" gestured to Ashley's black and bruised face and swollen lip "….well, like that"

It was about a month in after Ashley's arrival in hell that she ran into Pink and the 2 almost immediately hit it off, bonding over their shared sense of humor and desire to make big changes in hell as they became vast friends and eventually, roommates.

Ashley just shrugged " well get used to it cuz I sure as hell ain't gonna stop trying to beat up bullies" as she casually downed her drink, which the 2 sinners had affectionately began to dub the "shitstorm-special", a drink they'd always share after a evening that went tits up.

And as Pink poured herself a similar glass and topped her friend off one last time, she raised it "to the underdogs?" as Ashley raised her glass and dinked it against her friend's drink "to the underdogs…..cheers, I'll drink to that, sister"

And as they both chugged their beverage, the strong, alcoholic liquid burning inside their throats, Ashley slapped the bar with both hands as she got up "ight, ima hit the hay I think, see ya upstairs in a bit?"

Pink just smiled as she began to wipe the counter clean

"eh, not for a bit I'm afraid, gotta close up shop here first, don't want another earful from my boss, I mean, don't forget he's our landlord too, he can give us some serious shit, ya know, it's already crazy he's letting you stay"

Ashley shrugged "eh…..fair play" as she waved her friend a good night before stepping outside, walking around the building towards a rickety set of iron stairs, up to the floor above the bar.

A key turned in the lock as Ashley opened the door and stepped inside….it wasn't a particularly big apartment….but it was home…..

The female sinner shuffled to her room, casually kicked the door open, and without changing, flopped onto her bed with a groan as she grumbled to herself " uhg….i'll shower tomorrow…fuck…..still gotta find a job….." as a combination of the alcohol and the exhaustion from having the shit kicked out of her set in and she drifted off to sleep.

However, Ashley was roughly awoken from her slumber in the dead of night by the sound of thumping against the wall, giggling and loud moaning.

She grumbled and turned to her side as she tried to wrap one of her pillows around her head to cover her ears and dampen the noise, which sadly did very little.

"uhg of course Pink's girlfriend Melody had to hop by for a quick fuck" Ashley thought to herself as her half-assed attempt to drown out the sex noises had failed miserably.

She angrily began to pound the wall with her fist as she raised her voice "hey! If you girls are gonna scissor all night, at least keep it quiet, some of us are trying to SLEEP!"

All she heard was some nervous giggling and hushed whispers, followed by a "Sorry Ash!" In unison from the other side of the wall. It wasn't long tho before the noises slowly increased back up again as Ashley just retorted to plugging her ears with her fingers as she grumbled to herself "uhg…..this is gonna be a looooong night…."