Shattered Innocence Ch. 16

Everyone exits the dining room and Charlie comments, "You weren't kidding, Emmy. You really could pack it in."

"I know," Emily slouches. "It's embarrassing."

Angel Dust then teases comments. "Where'd you put all the food anyway?"

The seraphim's chest eye opens and stares at the Spider Demon. "I, I don't really know."

The film star raised a brow at the sight of the large eye. "What's with that thing anyway?"

The Princess snaps at him. "Angel?"

"I-it's alright, Charlie," Emily looks down at her chest. "I don't mean to; it just opens on instinct. Carmilla, my mom, thinks it happens to help me feel better. To keep me alert."

"Alert from what?"

The disguised Angel refused to meet him in the eye.

"Seriously!? What did a guy do to you for you to give us all cold shoulders?"

The Hotel Owner snaps again. "Angel!?"

"What didn't he do to me?" Emily mumbles and suddenly everyone's eyes are on her and she shrinks a little under their gaze. "I, I think I would like to go to my room now."

"Sure thing," Charlie takes her by the shoulders and leads her away.

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"Here we are!" Charlie gestures to the simple single bed suite. "It may not be much. Especially compared to what an Overlord offers."

Emily steps in to get a better look at the room and spots her suitcase placed on the bed. "It's great, Charlie. Thank you," she hugs the Princess.

Charlie accepts the hug but pulls away shortly after. "If there's anything that you need, please let me know. Anything at all."

"I'm good. I prefer things simple."

The Hotel Owner nods before walking out. As soon as the door closes, Charlie takes out her phone. "Hey, Vaggie! How does a good old-fashioned sleepover sound? Just us girls."

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Emily walks out onto the balcony and looks towards the city, wondering if she could see her family's building from here.

"Hey!"

A voice startled her and sitting right there on the railing is the Spider Demon and the seraphim's large eye opens back up.

"I've seen that look many times," Angel Dust acknowledges the eye. "Especially with some of the people I work with. If what I think happened to you happened, I just want to know that you don't have to worry about me."

"H-how can I be sure?"

"Cause, honey, I play for the other team." That only got him a confused look. "I'll take corndogs over tacos any day." The look didn't improve, and he eventually deadpans, "I exclusively have sex with guys."

Emily looks up with her eyes squinting and the light bulb lights up. "Oh? Like Clara? How she prefers girls?"

Angel chuckles. "That's right, sister!"

The disguised angel's eye starts drooping and she inches closer to the Sinner. "It's still not easy."

"Can't imagine that it would be," he swings himself around to face his fellow guest. "Anybody else know?"

Emily just looks down. "Carmilla, my Mom does. She figured it out when my sisters first brought me home. Who knows where I'd be now if it weren't for them."

The two just sat there in silence for a few moments before the seraphim glances at the demon from the corner of her eye. "So… I don't really feel comfortable asking my own sisters this. Liking someone of the same gender is an actual choice?"

The Spider shrugs, "Yeah, sure! If you're into that. Are you?" he sees a flash of a small smile on her face. "Ooh! I know that look. You have someone in mind. You gotta kiss and…" he reaches for her hands only for his own to be smacked away. In that moment, all Angel could see is fear in her eyes. Especially the glazed over chest eye.

"S-sorry," Emily takes a step back. "I didn't mean…" she stops as Angel raised a hand to stop her.

"No, no," the Demon swings back around on the railing. "Too fast for ya. I get it. You just need time. Lucky for you, this is Hell. All anyone's got is time," he then jumps down to the balcony below and walks back into the Hotel.

Emily looks over the railing and then lets out a sigh. Upset with herself that she just chased someone away who was only trying to make her feel better. Then there comes a knocking at the door.

Walking back into the suite, the disguised angel answers the door and finds an excited Charlie in red pajamas and a disgruntled Vaggie in a nightgown right behind her.

"Get ready for bed and grab a sleeping bag," the blonde then lets out a shriek. "We're going to have a slumber party!"

"Slumber party," Vaggie adds just a second behind her girlfriend.

"Again, Vaggie? We practiced."

Emily blinks at the two of them before asking. "What's a slumber party?"