Voe sat, finally getting a seat on the couch, realizing that she hadn't seen much of Charlie or Vaggie since she'd gotten there. She wondered if that was suspicious, she attended the activities, but never really participated. How did that look? Not many people interact with Charlie's little lessons but, something about her case felt off. She looked around to see the other's reactions to her, most of them not watching her. Angel gave her a wave from the other side of the room and she waved back. Voe sat back and crossed her legs, this was going to be a breeze. She had been there for two weeks and no one suspected a thing, except maybe Angel who caught her with the love potion, but assumed it was due to an infatuation she had with Alastor. She scoffed infatuated with him? Please, in his dreams, the only reason she even thought about him was because it was her job to. Nothing more, nothing less. Not like their conversations took up space in her head, wracking her brain wondering if he was calling her attractive when he said she 'Couldn't be hateable with that face,' and if he thought she was attractive why was he insulting the way she smelled?! Voe scoffs again, no need to worry about all that, get the info and get out.
In an instant, she felt cool air touch her face, she turned and saw Alastor, sitting there in his chair, staring daggers into her. She rolled her eyes, he made this so much more difficult. She stared back, eyebrow raised and he only blinked slowly in return.
"What?"
"Oh, nothing,"
Voe rolls her eyes back into her head "Obviously you wanna say something,"
Alastor's grin shines "What makes you say that my dear?"
"You always want to say something, plus you're staring at me,"
"Staring at you? Why would I be staring at you?" he folds his hands
She leans on her hand "I don't know, maybe because you love my face?"
He recoils in shock "And where ever did you get that idea?"
She leans back "Uh from you?"
Alastor tilts his head "And when did I say that?"
"Literally yesterday, you-you said it yesterday,"
"I must say I have no idea what you are talking about," his smirk remains
"Okay so first you're going to insult me, now gaslight me? Oh, you are shaping up to be quite the gentleman,"
"Oh I know I am," he spoke cocky like
"I am so going to enjoy taking you down," she mumbles under her breath
"What was that?"
She gives a big grin "Oh nothing,"
His smile turns strained and he narrows his eyes at her as Charlie calls attention for everyone to begin her activity. Life's regrets were what they were doing today. They would write down their biggest regret from life and then hand them in and they will be read anonymously. Voe sat and pondered what her biggest regret would be. Not destroying more corrupt men? No, that would not suffice here. Not sleeping with more women? She smirked thinking of that but didn't write it down, for obvious reasons. She didn't want to joke around because it would be clear that someone wasn't putting in any effort, and that could immediately be traced back to her She thought long and hard of something convincing enough to put down on the card. When she thought of the perfect thing, her eyes and smile fell, and she knew that was what she was going to write. It would be anonymous, right? So it didn't really matter, right?
Once Charlie collected the cards she read through them, turns out lots of residents didn't take it seriously, listing things like "Buy condoms from a deli" or "Fucking that bitch from Cali", Voe could tell that Charlie was frustrated by the lack of seriousness, but what did she expect? Everyone to bare their souls to a bunch of strangers? once Charlie got to one specific card, her eyes widened with surprise.
"Oh look! Here's a good one! 'Disappointing my sister'" she read
Alastor watched as Voe's head slightly declined at the index card reading and her hand fly up to play with her ear. How interesting, he thought. Could this temptress have a heart?
"Oh oh! Another good one! 'Lying to my mother' Guys! Who wrote these? Right, anonymous," Charlie reminded herself
"Babe," Vaggie called from behind "That's time,"
Charlie acknowledges her girlfriend and puts her hands behind her back "Okay everyone, that's time! Thank you so much for participating today! We started off rough but ended quite strong, so thank you for that!" She tries to be heard over the sound of the residents leaving and talking all at once. Voe remains seated as the others fan out. Charlie turns to talk to Vaggie when Voe approaches her from behind.
"Hey!" She tapped Charlie on the shoulder
"Hey!" Charlie greeted her "How'd you like today's activity? You don't have to tell me 'cuz it's anonymous, but were you the one buying expired condoms from the deli?"
Voe purses her lips "No,"
"Ugh! Who wrote that?!"
Voe clears her throat "Ahem,"
"Do you need something? Or did you want something?"
"I just had a question,"
"Well shoot girlypop?" she turns back to Vaggie "That's it right? Girlypop?"
Vaggie shrugs "Sure babe,"
"Anyway, what's your question?"
She leans in closer "What do you know about Alastor? He's kind of been a creepy figure since I got here and I think knowing more about him would make me more comfortable,"
"Well, why don't you ask him?" she suggests in a cheery tone, almost waving him over
Voe puts down Charlie's arm "Because," she starts "I know that he wouldn't tell me anything,"
Charlie puts her hands behind her back "Well, to be honest, I don't really know anything," she thinks for a moment "Nope, nothing really, except what you can see!"
Voe is shocked "Really? You're okay with him just lurking around corners and being creepy without really knowing anything about him?"
"You can't force people to open up Voe! Would you want me to force you?"
Voe grimaces, knowing that she was caught there "I guess you're right,"
"The best way is to ask him, that's how you get to know someone!" she gives a big smile
Voe smiles back "Thanks," she nods and drops her smile when Charlie turns back around. How is everyone is this damn hotel useless?
"So where are we headed, Your Highness?" she stepped outside the Hotel with him "I'm wearing a swimsuit like you asked me to,"
Lucifer turns to her and smiles "You look beautiful,"
"Thank you!"
He stands before her "So! Normally I wouldn't do this but you seem oh so special!"
"Oooh!" she shimmies her shoulders. Lucifer waves an arm and a portal appears to a beautiful and spacious beach. "Oooh a beach!" she claps her hands and steps through "I love it!"
"First step, sunscreen," he says to her and she looks back at him incredulously
"Do I really need sunscreen?" She jokes
He nods, looking serious "Uh yeah," and points to two imps, one on fire.
"I thought I told you to put on sunscreen!" screamed the one not on fire
The imp on fire ran around the parking lot ablaze until they could no longer see them. Voe turns back to Lucifer.
"Spf me up!"
"So tell me about yourself," Lucifer says
She thinks, putting her finger on her chin "I'm 27, I'm bisexual, autistic, I'm an influencer, I have a little sister, and I am like obsessed with hair, makeup, and nails. I have to look perfect!"
"And you do," Lucifer mumbles, thinking Voe can't hear him, but she does. She smirks
"I figured you'd know all about me," she looks back at him as he rubs the sunscreen into her skin
Lucifer chuckles as he feels her skin "Why?"
"Well, you're the king! I thought you'd have some paperwork or some record of everybody who falls into Hell,"
He waves her off "I don't read the files I have on everyone. They just generate and I put them in the cabinet,"
She turns around "So there are records?"
He put his fingers to his lips "Shhh, don't tell anyone I told you that,"
She raises her brow "Your secret's safe with me Your Highness," she smirks "Can I see mine?"
"Are you sure you wanna see yours? You wanna see what the Seraphims said about you?"
"The Seraphims?"
"Yeah, it did say you weren't much of a church-goer,"
She sits up "So you've read mine,"
"Maybe I took a peak,"
Voe wraps her arms around his neck "So you know my real name?"
He's totally into it, leaning over her "I do, Vera,"
"Ooh, say it again," she bites her lip
"Vera,"
She pulls him onto her "That sounds so hot when you say it,"
"Aren't you the cutest?" he boops her nose and sits up "Anyway," he clears his throat "How are you…liking Hell…so far,"
Voe sits up on her shoulders and lowers her shades "Am I supposed to like it?"
He laughs awkwardly "No, I suppose not,"
She sits up to face him and gestures toward his hat "Why do you wear that at the beach?
"Protects me from the sun,"
"You just want people to know you're the King don't you?"
He smirks "Maybe..."She puts her arms around his neck again, causing him to blush. Voe places his hat on her head and then plays with his hair. "Real nice day today…" he trails off
"Can I kiss you?" she tilts her head and lids her eyes, leaning into his face
"Uh…huh?" he blushes deeper
She gets closer, her lips next to his ear "Can I…kiss you?"
"Uh I uh…my skin is…uh, I" he fumbles his words as he grows warm "Do you want to see your file?"
Voe pulls back "So you don't want a kiss? From me?" The King's skin turned a deep red and sweat dripped down his face "No?" she shook her head
"Maybe this was a bad idea," he mumbles
"Wow, am I the first one to tempt temptation himself?" she speaks, her lips ghosting his "It's okay if you don't want to, I just really wanted to kiss you," she makes her lips form a perfect 'O' when she says 'you'
Lucifer pulls in his collar, just making noise instead of words
"It's okay, I won't bite," she says only an inch away from his lips "Unless you want me to," she puts her hands on his face, lifting his chin and pulling him into a kiss that he happily reciprocates, laying her down on the sand, which dips ever so slightly from their weight.
Voe runs her hands through Lucifer's hair and pulls him closer to her, her eyes closed as he grinds into her through their swimsuits, his hard bulge slamming against her clit through the thin fabric over and over again. He does this as he kisses her neck, a real steamy affair. Both of them moan to each other as they inch closer and closer to orgasm. When they collapse there's a wet spot in the sand and Lucifer sits up panicked.
"Oh my- I am so sorry!"
Voe sits up gracefully "You don't have to be," she smirks
"This was supposed to be me getting to know you and I-"
She grabs his shoulders "Hey, it's okay," she smiles "We can do that on our second date. Okay? Next time something simple, like your office. You can show me my file," she laughs and he laughs with her.
Back through the portal, they came, laughing together. They said goodbye to each other as Lucifer disappeared inside his office. Voe turned to walk back to her room, still in her swimsuit.
"Had a good day in the parasite-infested waters?" Alastor appeared down the hall
Voe rolls her eyes "Here we go. What?"
"I just wanted to let you know, that some beaches in Hell have parasites in the water,"
"For your information, there were no parasites in the water of the beach we went to,"
"Pity," he smirks "You know, I don't know much about you but going on a date with Lucifer?" he raises his brow
She raises her brow back "What's wrong with Lucifer? He's cute and nice,"
He waves her off "I know I just thought you'd go with someone more your speed. Cold-heartless, but so sad they 'disappointed their sister',"
She snaps her head up "What did you say?"
"Oh, I think you heard me, my dear,"
"I have no idea what you're talking about,"
"I'm sure your sister is disappointed, I imagine I would be if I had a sibling like you,"
She furrows her brows "Don't talk about things you don't know about," her voice deep and threatening
"Oh, I think I know plenty. You were probably running around the streets at night when you weren't supposed to, bringing things home for your sister. And then one day you didn't come home,"
"I'm an adult, I can do what I please,"
He smirks "Of course, I bet that's what you told your mother when you went out for those late-night 'romps'" he circles her "I wonder if your sister knows you're down here hmm?"
She puts her hands on her hips "What do you gain from this?"
"From what? What am I doing? I just wanted to see how your little date went, and it went horribly. You didn't get what you wanted,"
"Oh I got exactly what I wanted," she purrs
"Well good for you," He turns to walk away
"Yeah, I bet your mom didn't get what she wanted. When you lied to her,"
He stops in his tracks, turning only his neck toward her "She did," his grin turning sick and evil before he returns to the direction he was facing and walks away. His body steaming from rage at the fact that she dared to bring up his mother. How did she know that was his card? What else did she know? He needed to put a handle on her this instant. He needed to get violent, tear her apart, devour her if need be.
And yet he found himself drawn to the lines of her body, especially when that was being flaunted in that skin-bearing swimsuit. He couldn't be completely furious at her words when he spent his time ogling and imagining the lips that spoke them.
What spell had she placed on him? It had to be a love potion, yet he still felt in control of his actions when around her. Alastor looks down at his hands, surprised to find them trembling. He balled them up into fists and returned them behind his back. Nothing compared to this feeling and nothing ever would.
She and Angel had started hanging out since he had decided they were friends. Tonight they came back from clubbing with Cherri Bomb and while Angel was doing just fine Voe had reached her limit and was a bit drunk. She wasn't sloppy or falling over but behaved slightly abnormally—giggly and tripping over her feet.
"We are all souls you know?" She told Angel as he held her up straight "We've been souls this whole time, trapped inside meat bodies," she tells Angel while playing with her ears.
"Um…yeah,"
"And some of us can do like magic," she looks up at Angel "So does that mean we could magic this whole time?" She widens her eyes "CAN I DO MAGIC?!"
Angel puts one of his hands over her face "Shhh. Ya too loud toots. I'm right here, ya don't gotta yell,"
Voe sniffs Angel's hand and holds it in hers "Can I do magic?" She whispers
"I don't know doll," he smiles "I know I can work a wand," he smirks
Voe starts to cackle loudly as Angel sits her on the couch, he can't help but stare at her. She was so adorable, especially like this. Over the sound of her laughter, Angel heard humming and turned in the direction from which it was coming. When he turned he saw Alastor, sitting at the bar alone, swaying back and forth. He most likely didn't know that his humming was loud, just as Voe didn't know she was screaming.
"Hey Angel, did you know that deer poop in pellets? No toilet paper needed," she giggles
"Why do you poop in pellets?"
She nods vigorously while laughing. She cuts her laughter short when she hears Alastor giggling by the bar, also quite loudly, shaking with delight as he throws back another shot.
"Hey! What are you laughing at?" She calls over to him
Alastor shakes his head "You're such a silly little child," he says in a happy giggly tone.
Voe flips off the couch and stomps over to Alastor, standing over him as he sits.
"Oh shit, Voe get back here," Angel called
"Who the fuck you calling a child? I told you bout that shit, don't fucking call me that, the fuck?"
"Aww are you going to do something, sweetie?" His smile is loose and lazy as his fingers drum on the bar counter
"Yeah, fuck you up," she gets closer to him
He pretends to be taken aback "The last person who tried to 'fuck me up' is now under my control,"
"Well they're not me," Voe cracks her knuckles
"Oh this is bad," Angel slowly slides out of the room "It was good while it lasted,"
Alastor runs his fingers around the rim of the shotglass "You think you're so much better than other sinners, but in reality, you know what you are?"
"What?" she gets close to his face
He turns to meet her gaze "A tiny little girl,"
Before anyone knew what happened, Voe reached back and bitch slapped the Radio Demon across the face, leaving a red mark on his gray skin.
"I said don't fucking call me that," she yells in his face
Alastor calmly takes one last shot before pouncing onto Voe. "Only a child would react like that," he says as he grabs her wrists tightly "Have you lost your mind?" he whispers in her ear
She sneers "Nope," before kicking him in the shin
Alastor groans in pain and tosses her into the coffee table, which breaks under her weight. She takes a breath and slowly stands, pulling wood chips out of her hair. She reaches down, takes a long piece of wood, and swings it at him, which he catches in his hand. "Oh, nice swing. Did you play baseball in your day?" he pulls her toward him via the wood and grabs her wrist once more "Is that all you've got?"
She gives him a good left hook to the face "I've got so much more,"
"Oooh. Then why don't you show me?" his teeth glinting in the light as his grin grows to an unnatural width
Voe's eyes turn fiery and her teeth turn sharp. She bites his hand and pulls off some of his skin, causing him to let go of her wrist, allowing her to slice his face with her nails. Alastor touches the bleeding cut and tastes the drops of blood on his fingers. He is surprised by her speed and precision, and actually somewhat impressed but her ability to cut him. When she launches herself once more, he catches her by her waist and pins her wrists to her sides.
"Well, this was fun darling but I have more important things to get to. So, if you don't mind," he dissipates from the room, leaving Voe crashing to the floor.
She felt a bit dizzy, not sure why she had been fighting him in the first place, but knew that the rush she got from it was too good to not repeat, or maybe it was how it felt to have his hands on her body, to have his breath on her and face so close to hers. Maybe it was how it felt to touch him and feel his skin against hers.
Or maybe she just liked to fight. Who knows?
