Author's note: whoooo, 20th chapter milestone!

When i first started writing this, it was originally intended to just be a short little bit

about my OC, Ashley's backstory but it kinda just escalated, and now, here we are.

Also, i've been debating on and off to head into this direction for a long time out of fear of it being cringey, but honestly,

as long as people enjoy reading it and i have fun writing it, what's the harm?

So, any way, enjoy y'all

Chapter 20:

A doll's dilemma

Vee tower, pride ring, hell:

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"Ok Vel, what the hell is up with you?" Vox spat out in an annoyed tone once the 3 overlords entered the sanctity of their shared lounge area inside the Vee tower.

It had been a few weeks since their secret meeting with the exorcist, Lute, and the TV demon found it to be about time to address his colleague's strange, recent, absent minded behavior.

"And what the fuck is that supposed to mean?" the doll demoness spat back.

Vox rubbed his forehead in annoyance "You know very fucking well what I mean. I see it. Val sees it. We ALL can see it"

"See "what", Voxy?" The tall moth demon would say, raising an eyebrow in confusion.

The TV demon would sigh in annoyance before grabbing him by the collar and pull him close as he angrily mumbled to him through gritted teeth "If you weren't so pretty, I'd have kicked your ass by now, I swear to fuck, Val"

He'd quickly let go, fix his bowtie and turn his attention back to his fellow Vee "What I mean, Velvette, is that since the last overlord meeting, you've been really out of it"

Velvette immediately went on the defense "And what the fuck are you insinuating with THAT, you flat faced prick?!"

He threw his hands up in a defensive gesture "Fucking Christ, Vel! Calm your tits! No need to get your fucking clit in a twist like that. We just wanna figure out what the fuck is up with you lately"

"WHAT?!" She yelled "She's a fucking bitch! Wouldn't you be pissed?!"

The TV headed sinner narrowed his gaze "Uhm…."who" exactly are we talking about, Velvette?" as he slightly tilted his head in confusion.

The smaller overlord would break out in a deep red blush "Wha-? Miss Fortune, of course, who else? I mean, you really gonna be a dick about that?! You don't fuckin hear me bitching about your constant hate boner for the radio demon!" she tried to diverge.

"uhm…." Vox stood there, even more confused now then ever before "…..i….never said…..that?…..and neither did I mention the anarchy demon?…..you sure you're ok Velvette?"

The fashionista would try to hide in her vest as her face was as red as a tomato now before angrily spitting out "You know what?! Fuck both of you, I can't take your judgmental asses right now, this conversation is fucking OVER!" as she quickly speedwalked away and retreated into her studio, angrily slamming the door shut behind her.

Vox would make eye contact with Vallentino, severely confused "The fuck was that all about?!" To which, the tall moth demon shrugged, in a similar state "Don't look at me! I'm just as fucking confused as you are!"

The tall moth demon would sigh as he slowly made his way to Velvette's studio, gently knocking first. After not getting an answer, he slightly cracked open the door and poked his head inside "Vel?"

He was met with a glare from the shorter overlord from the other end of the room "What ya want, knobhead?!"

He took this as his cue to step inside as he leaned against a nearby dresser "Oh Velvette, what's gotten you so riled up about that anarchy perra?"

Velvette was practically tearing her own hear out in frustration by now "WHAT?! She just pissed me off, OK?! I mean it's not like I lay awake at night thinking about her!" she blurted out.

The moment she realized what she had just said, her eyes shot wide open as she clamped a hand over her mouth, refusing to make eye contact with the tall moth demon.

This would cause Vallentino to cock up one curious eyebrow and give a slight smirk "oh? Is that so? I never insinuated that"

Velvette was now practically staring daggers at her fellow Vee, her face having taken on a shade of red that was originally not thought physically possible as Vallentino just doubled down "I mean, not my thing but sure, if you're into that. Everyone's got their kink after all" rolling his hips for emphasis as he said this.

This was quickly met with a mannequin being hurled towards his head as he was just barely able to duck away with a look of sheer shock on his face and for a second, the fear of god in his heart as Velvette shouted at him, at the top of her lungs

"VAL, GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY STUDIO, NOW!"

Vallentino would bolt out as quickly as his legs allowed him to, pulling the door shut behind him as if his life depended on it JUST as he heard the crashing of the mannequin making impact with the wall, having just BARELY avoided it as he panted to catch his breath.

Vox had now resorted to lounging on one of the sofas as he just took a sip from a freshly made cup of coffee "So…..what's gotten our little diva all riled up?"

Vallentino would smirk, his back still against the door of his colleague's studio as he chuckled to Vox "hehe, I think somebody has a teeny-tiny crush"

He would regret his statement almost right away as he felt a powerful force ram against the same door he was leaning against, followed by Velvette's voice "I'LL KILL YOU, AND IT'LL LOOK LIKE A FUCKING ACCIDENT"

Vallentino would give a small peep before running for his life and Locking himself in his film studio for the remainder of the day, or at the very least until he was 100% sure that the shorter Vee had sufficiently cooled down.

Vox took one glance at the scene playing out before him as with a deadpan expression, he mumbled to himself "yea….no….i haven't had enough coffee to deal with this shit…." As he flicked on one of the many TV screens and began to flip through the channels.

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It was now deep into the middle of the night as Velvette was tossing and turning in her bed. No matter how she laid down, she just couldn't get comfortable, sleep seemingly being a rare commodity lately as her mind just kept wandering these last few weeks.

With a defeated sigh, she sat up and rubbed her forehead in frustration "Come on Velvette, you're the fucking backbone of the Vees, get your shit together" she mumbled to herself as she got up and made her way outside her room, towards a kitchen like area.

It didn't happen often, but on rare nights like this, she had no other choice then to retort to her one go-to sleep remedy as she put on a kettle of hot water and began to look through her collection of different flavors of tea, settling on chamomile in the end.

She couldn't explain why exactly, but for as long as she can remember, even before she died and arrived in hell, tea with a little honey always was the ONE thing to put her right to sleep. It had kinda become her go to sleeping aid, and even tho she didn't need it allot, boy was she glad when the option was there.

After preparing her mug, she put everything back and silently tip-toed back to her bedroom, steaming mug in hand. It had always worked without fail, it had never once let her down before…or well….that was until tonight….

Almost 70 minutes after consuming her 100% success rate sleeping aid, she was still as wide awake as ever, laying on her back and staring at that damn ceiling.

She grabbed her pillow and releases a muffled scream into it as she angrily kicked her legs in frustration, tho when she let her mind wanted, even for a split second, the face of Ashley, the anarchy demon would flash through her head, noticing how even tho her hair was a mess, it almost had an rugged beauty to it…..oh how she'd love to work with hair as thick and full of volume as hers…so many styles to try out…..wait what?

This would cause her to blush like mad and to sit up straight "Why the fuck did I just think that?" she thought to herself.

It wasn't long before her mind wandered again and another image flashed through her head, this time, of the girl's biceps, and another of her abs…..as much as she hated to admit it, she had a killer bod….she'd look lovely modeling a swimsuit line…..wait what the fuck?!

She would groan as she angrily grumbled to herself "Vel, what the fuck is wrong with you…" as she slapped her own cheeks a few times "you've been like this for weeks now, SNAP OUT OF IT" when she was suddenly reminded of her colleague's comment about having a crush.

Finally putting one and one together, it was then that the realization hit her like a ton of bricks as her own words from earlier that day echoed through her head….

"It's not like I lay awake at night thinking about her!"

With wide eyes, Velvette stared at the ceiling as realization set in.

"….fuck…"

Note: Yes, i'm going there.

Tried to do the Vee's justice. i can kinda see them as that one female friend living with her 2 gay/bi/pan besties

and constantly having to put up with their shenanigans.

Had allot of fun writing this one, and took HEAVY inspiration from a disney's hercules song: "i won't say i'm in love"

which is gonna be a bit of a theme going forward in the next Velvette centric chapters.

As i said before, this was originally gonna be a small little thingy but honestly,

i've been having so much fun with this, i guess ima keep writing and see where this goes or until it's no longer fun.