The minute the demon barmaid left his general line of sight, (and just enough out of range for him to easily tune out her soul) the tense pose Cobra held fell away as he put a hand over his one eye in exasperation. Somehow his entire week had gone from mildly ok to hellish thanks to a single terrible suggestion. It just didn't seem fair for the she-devil to single the two of them out when there were so many other horrible candidates to choose from.
And to make matters worse…Lucy was totally giving him the puppy dog eyes. Both mentally, and physically.
Pleeeeasssse, Cobra. Pleeeeeasssse?
"Absolutely not. Mention and or think of it again and I will leave and never return."
"Come on! I'll be so bored if I'm just there all by myself the whole time!" Brown, soft eyes gazed into his very soul as she spoke. Those things were a powerful weapon that she was absolutely misusing currently. "Consider it?…At least for me? Please?"
Cobra's eye held its gaze on Lucy. He opened his mouth to say something but just as quickly closed it. He seemed to be mulling it over in his mind as Lucy anxiously awaited a reply. Finally, he sighed.
"No."
End of discussion.