"Are you leaving now?"
"Yeah." Lucifer put on his clothes after we made love earlier, "I have to meet up with other demons and angels to discuss tonight's plan. Beelzebub might make his move anytime now so we have to set everything up to keep everyone safe... Especially you, Kazuki."
"Okay I understand." I walked towards him and kissed him on the cheek, "But you should watch me perform later or else I won't marry you!"
He laughed. "Of course I will. This is a very special day for you so why could I ever miss it? You've worked so hard for your dreams and now you're finally here." He kissed me on the forehead.
I blushed. "I wish everything goes well tonight... I don't want that demon to mess things up for me and my band!"
"I'll make sure nothing happens to you and your band when you perform tonight. I promise you that."
"Thank you, Hubby." I smiled.
He covered his face. "You know, we're not yet married so you don't have to call me Hubby." Oh my gosh is he blushing?! So cute!
"Hehe... Why are you so shy? You have to get used to it because I'll call you Hubby for the rest of our lives!" I hugged him.
"So should I call you...Wifey?" W-wifey?! "No! That sounds wrong, pretend you never heard that!"
"Hihihi... You look cute when you're embarrassed." I laughed, "I'm fine if you want to call me Kazuki or wifey or something else."
I cleared my throat. "We can talk about this later. I need to hurry and get things prepared."
"Fine." I kissed him on the cheek, "Take care of yourself, okay? I don't want my future husband to get hurt because of me."
He smiled and kissed me on the lips. "I will."
"Good. Don't make me worry too much."
"Of course." He summoned a portal in front of him, "I'll be back soon, okay?"
"Sure. Bye bye!" I hugged him tight.
"I don't want to leave you here, Kazuki..."
"I understand though." He feels so warm, "You're doing this for me so I'm eternally grateful."
"I love you, Kazuki."
"I love you too, Lucifer." I let him go and he immediately left. When he was finally gone, I took my phone and texted Takeru.
Takeru. Meet me in the
Changing room in 15 minutes.
Got it but what's up?
I'll have to discuss something
To you it's quite important
So please be there!
Say no more! I'll be right there
So wait for me, okay?
Okay! See you in a few
Minutes then?
[Like sign*]
I need to tell Takeru about tonight. I don't know how to explain the situation to him but it's important for him, at least, to know the possible negative outcome of our concert. I don't want anybody to get hurt because of Beelzebub and I somehow need to tell him and my family about Lucifer.
"ARGHH! Why are things so complicated?!"
I swear to the heavens if I meet you Beelzebub I'll chop your head off!
15 minutes later...
"Hey, Kazuki!" Takeru shouted from the other end of the hallway.
"You don't have to shout!"
"But you just did..." Stupid me (-_-)
"Anyway, I have something important to tell you." I pulled him inside the changing room and locked the door, "Don't say anything while I explain things to you, okay?"
"O-okay."
I sighed. "I might sound crazy and delusional but there's a possibility that the concert will have...Issues."
"Issu-"
"Don't talk." He covered his mouth with his hand. "You see... I have a husband."
He just stared at me and then... "HMMM?!"
"Well we're not married...Yet but this man- sort of- is my fated partner. He's the friend I told you about, the one you're eager to meet."
He sighed with his hand still covering his mouth. He gave me the "can I speak now?" look.
"Yeah you can uncover your mouth now." I better be ready...
"Okay so..." He massaged his temple, "The important thing you had to tell me was that you already have a partner... Which is a man?"
"That's not the most important part but I just want to tell you this first so that you'd understand the following parts better."
"This boyfriend of yours gave you that expensive necklace, am I right?"
"Yeah." I held the necklace, "But it's not like he's my sugar daddy or anything! I didn't know he was rich actually."
"You don't know his background? Yet you are in a relationship with him? Kazuki, aren't you rushing things?" So many questions...
How am I supposed to tell him that I'm destined to get married to the King of Hell?!
"Oh gosh I hope he's here right now! This is so hard to explain."
"Who is he first? What's his name?"
"His name is... Lucifer."
"He has the same name as the devil! This is bad karma, Kazuki. You have to break up with him I don't think it's a good idea to be with him."
"But he is the devil!" I think I made it sound worse, "I mean- he is a devil but with a good heart. I can see his sincerity and feel his love for me. He's not a bad guy, Takeru."
"Wait...You're telling me that your boyfriend is a devil?! Metaphorically speaking?"
"Not a metaphor! He's really a devil! I know it sounds wrong at first but if you get to meet him in person you'll see that his a good...Devil." Please believe me, Takeru!
"Where is this...Devil of a boyfriend of yours? I want to meet him...Right now!"
"Eh?" How am I supposed to call him? He doesn't even have a phone! "He's doing something-"
"He's a devil, right? Then I guess you can summon him here..." He cupped his hands and positioned them beside his mouth and shouted, "Lucifer! Whoever you are! Get your ass in here or I'll never let you be with my brother!"
"T-Takeru... I don't think that will sum-"
*Portal opens*
"Kazuki, the preparations are don-" Lucifer and Takeru stared at each other, "H-hello..."
Takeru stepped back and fell on the sofa. "Y-you...Just...Appeared...From nowhere!"
Lucifer looked at me. "Uhm, Takeru. This is my boyfriend Lucifer... Lucifer, this is my older brother, Takeru."
"It's nice to meet you, Takeru." He offered a handshake but Takeru was still in shock so he couldn't respond, "I know this is hard for you to digest and I don't blame you! It's not every day you'll see somebody come out of a portal."
"Wh-why? Are you my brother's partner?! You're a demon! You'll only bring bad luck to him!"
"Takeru please stop." Please don't hate Lucifer, "He is not a bad guy, he's here to help me because another demon named Beelzebub is going to appear in our world and bring chaos!"
"Demon?! Chaos?! You see, Kazuki?! His kind is so evil that another one of them is going to destroy the world! He will only make your life miserable and I won't let that happen."
I started to cry. "P-please stop..."
"Kazuki?" Lucifer hugged me, "It's okay. I already expected that something like this will happen. It's natural for a human to fear demons and your brother cares about you a lot so he doesn't want you to get hurt."
"Let go of him!" Takeru pulled me away from Lucifer, "I'd rather die than to let you be with him..."
"Takeru!" I freed myself from him and ran to Lucifer, "Please give him a chance... You don't even know him."
"Well do you?" He crossed his arms, "Do you know him enough to pour your whole heart to him? To trust him? Kazuki, he's bad for you!"
"You told me before that whoever I want to be with, you'll accept them because you know that I won't choose someone who's bad..."
"But that-"
"Just because he's not human? So whoever is just limited to humans?"
"Kazuki... Calm down." Lucifer held my hand.
"Is he...That important to you? You're willing to go against me... Because of him?" He clenched his fists, "I just-"
"Takeru... I understand you're worried about me but I'm not a kid anymore. I'm old enough to make my own choices in life. In my head, I still have doubts about all of this but in my heart... I already have an answer. Lucifer loves me for who I am and he supports me like you do. He's here to protect me and everyone else from the evil demons that are about to be set free. I know it sounds complicated but I'm sure I made the right choice of being with him."
"Kazuki..." Lucifer grabbed my hand tighter.
"Huh... So you really have fallen in love with him?" Takeru sighed heavily, "Okay I'll reconsider this-"
"Really?!"
"-BUT! Once I find out that you got hurt because of him or anything that has to do with him, you're going to break up with that demon whether you like it or not."
I know my answer. "Fine. I don't have any problems with that..." I looked up at Lucifer, "Because I know that he won't do anything to hurt me and I feel safe around him. I don't think I can live in the future without him by my side."
"Well?" Takeru crossed his arms again, "Aren't you going to rehearse for tonight's show?"
What will he do to Lucifer when I'm gone?
"Don't worry about your boyfriend." He leaned against a wall, "I won't do anything to him I promise. Besides... It's not like I'll win against him in a fight."
"I guess so..." Lucifer hugged me gently, "I'll be going now. Please don't fight with my brother when I'm gone, okay?"
Lucifer smiled. "I won't. I don't plan on hurting my brother-in-law so we'll be fine. Don't worry about it and focus on your performance."
"You'll watch, won't you?"
"Shouldn't I?" He grinned.
I pouted. "Meanie."
"Ugh..." I forgot Takeru was right in front of us, "It's like I'm watching a BL manga turn to life. Just go and prepare you only have less than an hour to rehearse so time is ticking."
"Alright." I waved goodbye to both of them, "I'll be seeing you guys in the crowd later!"
"Do your best out there, Kazuki." Lucifer gave me a farewell kiss on the forehead.
"Yeah!"
I went out and rushed to the rehearsal room.
I hope everything goes well with them!