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Chapter 61 - Chapter 58: Dates of Destiny

Summary: Some fluffy date stuff

Luz looked over her clothes. "Casual, fancy, casual, fancy, casual, fancy." The decision was tearing her skill apart. "Lucci, what did you and Boscha do for your first date!?"

"She rented the fanciest carriage for the night and we spent about two hours throwing tentacle bombs at rickety shacks before heading to dinner, where she melted the waiter for putting too much ice in her water." Lucci explained with his doey eyed love dovey expression. "It was the single most loveliest sight I've ever seen in my life."

"Great, I need fancy and casual … what would I wear to olive garden?" Luz muttered.

"Aren't you over-thinking this?" Lucci asked. "It's just the first date. A few mistakes are allowed."

"Did you overthink your first date?"

"Hm … I showered ten times in the morning and constantly wrote down what to say when I'm nervous … okay, you might have a small point here." Hah. Score one for Luz. "But as someone who has been watching both sides obsess over the other…"

"I did not obsess over Amity.."

"Sure, tell yourself that." Lucci kept going. "Let me tell you right here, and right now that Amity is freaking out just as hard as you, probably sweating just as much at this very moment, because she's worried she might not be good enough for you."

There was a knock on the door. "She's here!" Luz shouted. "Stall her, please?"

"Fine, but only because you're both my friends and I know how this is going to end." Lucci walked up to the door and opened it. "Hey Amity, nice dress." So she should wear a dress.

"I had it themed after Azura. I know people usually stress about a first date, so I pre prepped everything ahead of time." There was a shuffling of paper.

"... You do realize that most of these are likely to fail due to clawthorne chaos alone, right?" He asked.

"That's why I made a list on how to profit off of chaos based on our time as LAW." Another shuffling of paper. "When life gives you lemons, you stab life with a fork and use its blood to make zesty fruit."

"I'm not sure if that's how the expression goes, but I get the general idea." Lucci noted. "Weird to think we're all this far in our lives now. We're both dating the girl of our dreams … well, I'm assuming you dreamt about Luz, never actually thought you were into anybody before if I'm being honest."

"Neither did I Lucci. It was mainly just obsessing over fictional characters." Amity admitted. "Luz is like … if the hero came to life, you know?"

" Eeeeeep!" Amity thought of her like that!? The stunning goddess of magic mud thought she of all people was a hero?!

"Was that her voice?" Shit, she blew her cover! And without figuring out what to wear.

"Heey there." She came out, wearing normal, everyday lame clothes. "How's …"

Amity wore a stunning dress, covering most of her skin with purple sparkles and flowing down to give a design of her rising from the ground. "You like it?"

"Bu-bu-buh-" Brain, stop shutting down on me! You can't make us look lame now of all times!

What the hell am I supposed to say here? She's freaking gorgeous!

Something, anything!

"I feel greatly underdressed right now."

NOT THAT!

"Oh, no problem." The girl instantly grabbed her shoulders, unsnapping something as the dress fell off, revealing short shorts and a kitty t-shirt. "Probably shouldn't go too fancy for a first date."

"... Okay, I will admit. This level of dedicated planning is frankly impressive." Lucci gave a nod. "Luz, you good?"

"Buh-Buh.."

Her legs look so amazing….

Hormones, get in check! You don't want her to think you're some sort of pervert!

But wouldn't it be amazing if you could just wrap yourself around them?

"And to start off the date and get those distant thoughts in check, we're going to see a magic show, since it always impresses Luz." Her amazing and perfect girlfriend went on.

Oh, cancel all noises. Amity's voice is the only sound I want to hear.

Not you too, Ears! Some part of Luz had to have self control tonight!

"Well while you two go on this 'perfect date'." Lucci air quoted. "I shall be focused on a very special moment with Boscha." He announced. "Meeting her family."

Amity instantly dropped everything with a horrified look. "Oh … you poor, poor soul."

"Oh come on, ripping on her is one thing, but her family too?" Lucci raised an eyebrow.

"Lucci, I HAD to be friends with her because my family and hers know each other, and for good reasons." Amity went on. "Let me put it in a way you can understand. Mrs. Heironymous didn't become my mom's most hated rival by being a good person."

Lucci looked like he gave that genuine thought. "Okay, admittedly that is hard to argue against. Then again, I only hate your parents because I've actually met them. I should at least meet Boscha's before completely despising their existence."

That actually managed to snap Luz in place. "And now you're actually going to meet hers … are you sure you're up for that?"

"Yeah, I don't see why not." Lucci shrugged. "Boscha already told them she's dating me, reputation and all, and they still allowed her to go out with me, that has to be a good sign."

"..." Amity began twitching. "Did they now …"

"Yeah, in fact they're the ones that invited…" Amity looked like she was shaking. "…..Me…Amity are you…?"

"I spend my entire life trying to do the right thing … and the bully gets all she wants on a silver platter …" Amity began chuckling, then laughing, then she started to cackle. "Oh how FUCKING FUNNY the universe is!"

"Well, look at the time, I got a family to meet, Luz you got this coveted right? Great, see yah!" Lucci dashed right out the door. Honestly she didn't blame him here.

Luz slowly approached Amity and wrapped her arms around the slowly going mad girl. "There, there, mi amosa, it'll be alright now, it'll be okay."

"Why does the second worst girl on the Boiling Isles barely have anything bad happen to her!?"

"It'll be alright …"

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Boscha overlooked her boyfriend, and the tattered suit he was wearing. "... And you couldn't have used magic to fix it up a bit?"

"Illusions are not my strong suit." Lucci looked down. "I had to leave the house fast to avoid Lumity drama, so…yeah, this was the best I could do."

She inhaled deeply. This was the most critical moment in her life, trying to get her parents to accept a criminal as a boyfriend. Sure, they never outright said anything against dating the manticore menace, but Boscha knew her parents long enough to know that they talked about it behind her back. "Ugh, just stay still and let me touch it up, this is literally the most important moment in our relationship right now."

"Of course, I understand looking good in front of parents." The boy nodded quickly and submitedly.

"It's not just about appearing good. My Mom is a master of seeing through masks and facades, so you can't BS your way around her." Boscha warned. "The safest bet is to devote your energy to appeasing Mama. She's softer, and Mom is sweet on her. That'll at least soften the blow if you mess up in front of them."

"You know, I don't think you've talked about your parents that much since we started dating." Lucci brought up. "The only thing I know is that they run a huge potion business."

"There's not much to talk about. They just teach me what I need to know, or annoy me." She stated. "Like how the only good person you can rely on is someone you have complete dominance over, so they never stab you in the back or leave you."

Lucci paused weirdly for a second. "…You know that I won't ever leave you, right?

"Of course not, my crystal." She smiled, rubbing his neck. "Because you already belong to me, and anyone that attempts to split you away from me will suffer a fate worth then getting thrown through the white hot fire of a thousand suns."

He tilted his head weirdly. "How … how would you say they compare to the Blights?"

She thought about that old birthday party. "I wanna say … they're more people friendly, but also more likely to stab you when you're looking."

"And suddenly I'm starting to feel the pressure." Her boyfriend winced. "So, not saying this isn't going to happen, but on the off chance they don't like me.."

"We run away to another island and set up our own potion business under new identities, and corner the market on liquid explosives. Then in five years, we'll bump the business to a high enough status to stage a corporate takeover of my mom's business, where they'll have no choice but to accept our relationship." She explained. "Although I'm not quite sure how to ditch your mom if she never accepts me …"

"Full disclosure, she comes before you, no matter how much I love you despite her disapproval."

"I get it, family has this weird attachment over people when you actually care about them." Although if this relationship was going to be as strong as she wanted it to be, she needed to make sure the number one spot went to Boscha and Boscha alone.

She knocked on the door, waiting a moment before Mama opened the door, dramatically gasping. "Sweetie, the Clawthorne boy is here!" She shouted inside, moving closer. "Hello there, I'm Eden, you can call me Mama if you want, I'm so joyous to meet the man making my little Boscha so happy."

"Mama, don't start trying to embarrass me already!" Boscha pouted as Mama pulled Lucci inside and shook his arm energetically.

"The-the-the pleasures all mi-mi-mi-mine!" Lucci responded the best he could from all the shaking. "I se-see where Boscha gets her endless pool of stamina from."

"Eden, you're embarrassing yourself." Mom spoke with a minor glare as she walked into the room.

"I'm sorry dear." Mama responded instantly, straightening up.

Mom gazed at Lucci with almost predatory eyes. "You're the so-called 'Manticore Menace' … correct?" Shit, it was already starting.

"Uh…yes, not exactly a name I would choose, but it is accurate to an extent." Lucci weakly chuckled. "I'm Lucifer Clawthorne, but feel free to use whatever title you're comfortable with."

She continued to stare at him. "Would you call yourself dangerous?" She questioned after a tense few seconds of silence.

"Only to my enemies, yes." Lucci immediately answered. "Something I will never call Boscha or her family no matter what." The butt kissing was weak, but the boy had to do something while being under the three eyes microscope that was her mom.

"Yes…and what exactly are your intentions with my daughter?"

"I wish to hold her hand as we one day, as adults, destroy the Emperor's Coven and remove Belos from power." He responded. Aww, he wanted to make her a queen….though maybe talking about plans of anarchy wasn't the smartest move to make

"Oh, and what about children?" Mama asked, only to get slapped in the back of the head for that question, because Boscha sure as hell wasn't thinking about that!

"Whenever Boscha is ready, we can find a homeless child and take them in."

"Huh?" She was confused about that.

"Wait, I didn't mention that before?" Lucci turned to Boscha. "Oh, it's just, well, I know you're focused on being a professional Grudgby player so biologically I…ah.." He sweated a little. "And, and just, well, mom adopted me when I was abandoned as a baby, so it just…feels right to do the same."

"So you don't plan on Biologically?" Mom asked with a tone she couldn't quite decipher.

Lucci gave a nervous laugh. "Well if she wants, we could also grow one on a tree, but Mom hasn't taught me the spell yet."

Mama looked rightfully confused on that part. "Wait, the spell doesn't require…"

"Heh, let's not get into subjects I really DON'T want to get into right now on the off chance someone says something they can't take back." Boscha clamped her mama's mouth shut. She didn't need to go through a dragons and fairies lecture just because Lucci's mom didn't tell him how that worked.

"Alright." Lucci muttered with a confused tone. "So … Boscha tells me you run a Business?"

"Yes, Hieronymus Emporium. We work on any potion under the sun and mass produce it." Mom answered proudly with a slight smile. "I believe you and my daughter share the same track."

"Yeah, yes we do! Well, at least, Potion is one of the tracks I've been allowed to take along with Beast, Bard, and healing.."

"Multiple Tracks? That's allowed?" Mama asked, confused. Aggh, this wasn't going to end well, multitracking wasn't going to win him any favors.

"Yeah, after me and Luz, my human roommate … ah, took down a Basilisk …" Lucci trailed off, staring into the air as if looking at something that wasn't there. "Bump thought it was a um … good idea." 

"Oh really?" What was with mom's neutral voice? Usually she'd exclaim some form of anger and disappointment by now. "And you … mix magic?"

"Yes.." This was going to be brutal. "I've been able to combine bard with beast by controlling the animals I sing too, and with potion by setting off different reactions with different frequencies. I'm hoping to mix potion and healing for an all curse cure elixir someday."

Mom gave a hum on that. "A noble effort. You could charge a lot for that." She began walking away. "I'm going to go back to check on tonight's production. Eden, continue with dinner."

"Yes dear!" Mama nodded instantly, before going back to her boyfriend. "Thank you for coming, feel free to make yourself feel at home!" She then rushed to the kitchen.

"Well if I'm immortal, that knocked it down by half." Lucci muttered as sweat began to fall from his brow.

"Wow … I can't believe it." Boscha wasn't sure if what just happened just happened. "You impressed mom."

"That's what you called impressed?" Lucci tilted his head.

"If she wasn't you would have been sent to the Conformitorium, or placed into the next batch of potions." There was a whole closet full of enemies she liquified the organs of for magic steroids. "Weird, I thought the mix-magic thing for sure would've set her off. She's worked closely with Vitimir for years, usually she wouldn't risk losing that connection."

"Ah … he's not coming anytime soon, right?" The boy asked with a tad bit of fear.

"Not likely … he hasn't exactly … been around ever since … I burned his face off." She winced. "Hey, on the plus side, I don't have to plan to trick your mom long enough for us to run away."

Lucci gave her a glare when she finished that sentence. "... Time to put on a serious face. I'm bringing out the contemplation bubble." This was gonna be rough.

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King played with the cards. "Man, they may have named this card game after a slur word, but Uno is fun!" He put down a red four. "Kind of weird for you guys to be here without Luz or Lucci around though."

"My dad has this interview with the Illusionist Coven head tomorrow, and he wanted the house alone to prepare." Gus answered as he put a plus two red card down. "Apparently the next four hours are to mentally prepare for dealing with the dramatic tone alone."

"I can see that. Papa always has to have a couple moments alone before dealing with a crazy customer." Willow nodded as she drew cards from the pile. "So King, I hear you have sonic screams now?"

"Heck yeah! I'm like a one shout demon! One scream and I completely knock out the enemy!" He proudly stood up.

"Good for you man." Gus nodded as King placed down red seven. "Meanwhile I'm trying to work on what Rubix said, but I can't quite get it down." He placed a blue seven. "I mean, how do you manipulate a person's sense of time, or their feeling sensors?"

"Wouldn't it be better to figure that out when you form Rubix again?" Willow asked as she put down a green seven. 

"I mean we can become Rubix whenever. But if we use what we learned from our powered up magics without being powered up, we can reach heights never seen before." Gus explained. "Just imagine if you start pulling off Orchid feats as Willow."

"Actually, I sort of already did." Willow chuckled as smirked. "A while back, me and Lucci were growing this Palestrom tree…"

"YOU LET LUCCI TOUCH PLANT MAGIC!?" King exclaimed.

"Hey, I became his personal instructor." Willow stated as she put down a green six. "I made sure to take on anything that became too dangerous … side note, my Watermelon dog now has a Strawberry kitty." They turned, watching the two animals jump on each other.

"Awwwooo." The melon dog cuddled the berry cat.

"That is either the most adorable or most disturbing sight I've ever seen." Gus spoke.

"Isn't everything we see adorable and disturbing?" King asked as he placed a skip down. "Like Lumity or … what's Lucci's ship name?"

"Luscha?" Hooty suggested.

"Guess that works, but Lucci and Boscha together is WAY more disturbing than it is cute, and that's being nice about it." Willow shuddered. "At least with Luz and Amity we just have to worry about bad flirting, with the other two, it's an alpha bitch leading a naive morally gray nice guy." She gripped the cards she had in her hands. "I've learned to forgive Amity, but under NO circumstances will I ever, EVER give that tri-eye bitch a single inch."

"Understandable." Gus nodded. "I just wish they wouldn't shove that romance in our faces."

"Tell me about it." King grumbled. "I have to live with the guy, so I even hear that stuff when he mumbles in his sleep." He complained. "So many mumbles about picnics over a flaming forest…too much…too…too much."

"Romance in itself is just a dead concept to me." Willow complained as she placed a draw four against King. "That's why I'm never asking anyone out ever again."

"Really, no one?" Gus asked.

"Nope, no one." Willow reaffirmed. "I got my hopes up the first time and it broke apart my friends and me for ten years. If I ever open up like that again, it'll be far, FAR into the future and THEY'LL have to make the first move."

"You wanna know what sucks even more?" King questioned as he drew his cards. "I just got the puberty speech a few days ago. I got told what it would be like to date someone." He shivered.

"That's rough, I've been there." Gus patted his back. "Thing is I've never even met someone I'd be interested in and I still got the speech. Growing up really stinks."

"Preaching to the quire." Willow nodded. "So, do you think if Luz keeps working on Glyphs she'll hack fusion and let people other than Lucci do it? Because illusions and plants combined could be pretty interesting."

"Could be nice, but I'm not sure how much I want my internal organs rearranged from the inside in a test-fest fusion glyph." Gus shuddered. "Hm..maybe we could try it if Lucci fuses with more than one person at once."

"Wouldn't that just be harder on the brain?" Hooty questioned.

"I think the solution is just to be better friends." King suggested. "You know, since Pudding said the more they agree the more the thoughts meld together."

"Guess it would work better when it's with a group of people that work off each other and get along easily without trouble." Willow mentioned. "By the way, I win." She placed down her last card.

"Seriously?" King groaned. "That's the fifth time in a row."

"Like I said, fusing with Lucci lets me pick up a few skills."

"Maybe we should play something else." Gus complained. "Who's up for dice?"

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"Okay, going over the list." Eden looked over the piece of paper. "Dinner is cooking, potion is brewing, both in different rooms so as to not mix fumes or get them confused. Shalisha is trying to check and make sure Lucci doesn't hurt our daughter. Oh, plates, I need plates!" She's had to plan this dinner for the past three weeks ahead of time, and Eden wasn't about to let it go to waste!

Eden finally got to see the boy that had lightened up her daughter's life in person, and he looked so sweet on Boscha too! Always thinking about her and her happiness, it reminded Eden so much about herself. Sure, Shalisha was more focused on how to make this relationship benefit they're business in the long run, but Eden saw it more as a chance to add a new member to the Heironymous family.

Of course, not to say she wouldn't help Shalisha with how she saw things. Which is why Eden was working three times as hard tonight to make sure everything was perfect. "Plates are set, now to check on the food-it's done." She ran forward, turning off everything as she pulled out the meal. "Now to cut it up evenly." She began to work hard, feeling the stamina of her body falter just a bit. That was fine, as long as everything was perfect.

Everything needed to be perfect, perfect, perfect…was that char? "It's overcooked.." Eden checked it over, seeing dried black spots. "No, no, no, no…" Did she heat it up to fast? Did she spend too much time looking over the potions? Now he wasn't going to bond well, and that would lead to the contract failing, and Shalisha would look for alternatives and Boscha wouldn't be happy anymore and it was all her fault her fault her fault.

"Ah…are you alright?" She turned her head, seeing Boscha's boyfriend at the doorway.

"Yes, yes I'm fine. Everything is fine and dandy." She chuckled nervously. "I'm sorry the meal is taking long if you're checking in." They had potions, she could fix this if she rushed.

"It's fine. I was just coming back from the restroom…you sure you're alright?" He asked again as she rushed to the brewing room

"Perfectly alright, just gotta make some last minute additions to the food!" Eden rushed over, opening up the cabinet. Okay, what would fix this? Eye of newt? Cream of Cocktrice? Hydra scale, something, anything to fix this mess she made.

"Wow, this is quite the collection of ingredients." The boy entered. "I don't think mom's ever been this packed on potions before, you're really dedicated." 

"Thank you, we try to be prepared for anything." She answered nervously as she tried to memorize. Why couldn't her memory be as good as Shalisha's? Why was it up to her to fix this?

"Anything huh? Even an overcooked meal?" He…oh no.

"Sorry, sorry, sorry! I'm so sorry, I've been doing my best to keep everything in order, and I just, I don't know I didn't want to mess up this special day and-"

"Hey, hey, hey, it's not ruined. Do you know how many times my mom's burnt dinner? Hundreds of times. She even burnt my cereal once, milk and everything." The boy placed a hand on her shoulder.

She looked at his face..so understanding and kind. "Oh..Thank you, but I know Shalisha's not going to see it that way." Eden groaned. "She's going to get upset and angry and it's all my fault-"

"Whoa, don't be so hard on yourself. She's your wife, of course she'd understand."

"That's not quite how it works sonny …" She sighed. "Back in Hexide everyone hated and ridiculed me … she was the only one to pick me up, so I have to return the favor and show off the potential she saw in me."

"This is like the fifth time I've run into the same situation."

"What?"

"Nothing." Lucifer shook his head. "Look, one meal isn't the end of the world, but if you really feel this way, why don't we fix it up together so everyone will like it?"

"Really?" She asked, never been offered help like this before. "You know how to cook?"

"Sort of, we can improvise along the way." He grabbed a bunch of the vials.

"Wait, we can't just throw random ingredients together and make something out of it." Eden warned.

"That's how new potions are made every day." He grinned as he went into the kitchen. "You gotta take a chance every once in a while, and if you do, you can make something great."

"I…I don't know." This wasn't how she did things. "I've always listened and consulted Shalisha on these things-"

He placed the ingredients down. "Sssh, she's not here right now, it's just you and me." He pulled out a pot, and two spoons, banging them against the counter to form a beat and rhythm. " When you're cookin' somethin' up."  He began to sing. "And only tryin' the tried and true." He opened the lid of a vial. " You stick to the predictable you've known."

"I don't think you should put in that much dragon tear-" She tried to stop him as he poured it in.

"Measure out the same amounts. Every teaspoon, every ounce." He went, going to the canbents and pulling out a bunch of bags. "No surprises when the rules are set in stone."

"Because the rules guide us.." Eden was stopped again as the bags were thrown in the air

" But when the sugar hits the fan-!" He spun around, using the bowl to catch as much of the flour as he could. " You make a mess of your perfect plan! " Lucifer then grabbed the Griffon eggs and tossed them inside. "And you're facin' the face of somethin' strange and new!" There was random lights flashing within the pot now, most likely unstable.

"It'll hurt us if it goes wrong." She tried to point out.

"If it's not what you had prepared, In the scramble, you can't get scared." He spoke, pulling out a whisk. "Let somethin' wild and wonderful break through!" And stirring up the concoction.

"This really doesn't fit any recipe in the book.." She tried to show him, only for the boy to grab it from her hands.

"Start rippin' up the recipe!." He took the family's legacy and tore it to pieces. "Let go of how it has to be."

"No, no, no! You can't just tear apart…!" She couldn't finish as he tossed in a boom shroom and jingle berry into the mixture. 

" You forget about right and wrong! " The pot gave off a little mushroom cloud in the color of the painbow. " When you lose yourself in the song! It's perfect unexpectedly!"

"Those words really don't got together!" Eden managed to shout, before the boy got the spoon of the stuff from the pot, and shoved it into her mouth.

"When you rip up the recipe!"  He shouted, spinning across the room as she rustled the mixture across her tongue.

"Doot-doo-doo. Doot-doot-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo. Doot-doo-doo-doo." He grabbed her hand, spinning her around. "Doot-doot-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo. Doot-doo-doo-doo. Doot-doot-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo."

It was super sweet…and savory…like some sort of sauce…. " Doot-doo-doo-doo.." A homogenous mixture of textures and flavors working altogether at once. Flavors that shouldn't taste good together..but somehow did. " Doot-doot-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo!"

"This….this is good….really….really good." Eden's eye's widened.

"That's what being random does for you." The child grinned. "Come on, sing along."

"Oh what, me? No, no, I don't have the best singing voice…no one wants to hear me at all." Except Shalisha and Boscha, and even then, she had a limit.

"Well I do." He handed her the spoon. "Come one, you might as well."

She looked at her hands, and then the pot….well, she was already this far in, might as well go all the way. " Livin' life inside the lines safe and simple, by the book." The book her wife had written out for her life. " You keep sweepin' the uncertainty aside."

"There's always uncertainty." He handed her a bottle of gargoyle sweat.

"But an unfamiliar spice …" She stared at the bottle in her hand. "Might bring somethin' extra nice." And tossed it inside. "Somethin' twice as good as what you woulda tried."

"See, doesn't this feel so much fun?" Lucifer giggled as a blue cloud formed from the pot

"Yeah….It did." She felt warm and fuzzy on the inside….this was fun…the most fun experience she's had in a long…long time. " 'Cause when the sugar hits the fan! You make a mess of your perfect plan!"

"And you're facin' the face of somethin' strange and new, Somethin's ready to wreck your day!" Lucifer once more began mixing together ingredients into the pot. " You can pray that it goes away!"

"Or let somethin' wild and wonderful break through…!" She wasn't even paying attention to what she was throwing in anymore…and Eden didn't care. This was exhilarating!

"Start rippin' up the recipe!" They sang at the same time, twirling around as more colorful lights came out of the pot. " Let go of how it has to be!" The lights in the kitchen were even starting to flicker, making it feel more like a dance floor.

"No, you can't plan it in advance! Gotta lose yourself in the dance!" So happy and joyous, no wonder Boscha loved him. "It's perfect unexpectedly, When you rip up the recipe!"

"Doot-doo-doo. Doot-doot-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo. Doot-doo-doo-doo. Doot-doot-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo!" This was so exhilarating and free! "Doot-doo-doo-doo. Doot-doot-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo. Doot-doo-doo-doo! When you rip up the recipe!"

The two of them panted, Eden never felt so happy in her life. "Hey Lucci." Boscha's voice called out. "Did you get lost or …" The girl trailed off, staring at the room. "... Mom is going to kill us." She spoke in a low tone with wide eyes.

"Not if I have anything to say about it!" Eden laughed, still feeling energized and moved. "Boscha, your boyfriend is amazing! I feel great. Here, this is what we made together, try it!" She shoved a spoonful of it into her daughter's mouth.

"Hey-Mama, don't just shove…whoa…what is this…" Boscha tasted the mixture. "It actually tastes good..like really, really good.

"Dunno, just shoved everything into a pot." The boy said with a smile.

"... If I grow extra appendages, you're taking responsibility."

"Wouldn't extra appendages help you with Grudgby?" Lucifer asked.

"Not if I have six right arms without decent weight distribution-" Boscha paused, looking to her right as Shalisha walked in, taking in the mess with one gaze.

"... You're as chaotic as they said." She spoke, gazing at Lucifer with narrowed eyes.

"Shalisha, you have to try this thing we made, it's amazing!" Eden shoved another spoonful.

Shalisha simply kept her face straight as she looked around the area as she swallowed it in one gulp. "...You said you both made this?"

"Yes, yes we did." She stated firmly.

"Make nine more pots and bottle them. We have a new product to sell."

"I-"

"After an hour." Shalisha grabbed her hand, dipping her as the free one moved around, causing a familiar mix of pain and pleasure as she squeezed a special spot. "I think you need a reminder of why I am on top."

"... Is this what people see from the outside of our relationship?" Lucifer questioned.

"Don't complain about it now, Mom's in a good mood." Boscha grabbed her boyfriend's hand. "Let's give them some privacy and get some of our own."

The food would get cold … but that was fine. Not everything had to go to plan after all.

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Amity grinned at the complete success of their date. Nothing wrong happened at the magic show, which delighted Luz with wonder. Then at the fair they went on a ride … until it broke off. At which point Amity went with LAW solution twelve. When on an our of control locomation, create your own ride. They went straight through the entire place and laughed their hearts out in excitement. Sure they ran over five tents and three food stands, but the people got out of the way in time….right?

Then there was the all too important dinner aspect of the night, which could've gone wrong in numerous ways. The food could've been lit on fire and hurled at them. A group of Glandus kid's could've shown up to be major assholes for no reason, BOSCHA could've dragged Lucci over here when the dinner with her parents went belly up, almost too many variables to account for.

So she made sure that it was a forest meal, with enough abomination goo and glyphs on standby to obliterate any and all beasts of the night that dared to interrupt their time. Luz even wiped off some jam from her cheek and licked it! Amity had to take a few moments to make sure her heart didn't beat out of her chest. Everything was going just about right, and they were getting close to dessert, the cherry on top of this perfect day.

"You know, when I look up at the sky at night, I almost forget I'm in another dimension." Luz spoke as they looked up. "The constellations are different, but starry nights are beautiful no matter where you are in the universe."

"Is that so?" Amity looked up at the swirling night sky, filled with sparkly wonders. "What are constellations like there?"

"The stars are slower, so you can make more concrete shapes out of them." She said. "Like bulls, and rabbits, and surprisingly a ladle." They let out a wondrous giggle. "Can you imagine that one of the brightest stars on earth is tied to a ladle?"

"Really?" Amity asked, intrigued. "Are spoons just super special in your world?"

"Nope, not at all." Luz snorted. "Just a funny bit of randomness in the cosmos …" She trailed off. "You know, a funny thing about earth … it's got all these messed up people and psychotic events … but we did always have an imagination." She raised her hand high, snuggling up to amity as she pointed at the moon. "To the point where we used nothing but metal, fuel, and a bit of science, to walk on the moon itself."

"On the moon? With no magic whatsoever?" Amity never thought it was possible.

"I'd say imagination is its own form of magic, but yeah. Took years eleven missions to space, but we eventually made it. I remember my dad being crazy about this kind of thing." Luz's smile faltered just a little. "I really got in touch with my creative side thanks to him."

"Wish I could say the same about my dad. The most I got from him is a love for abomination purple."

"It's a good look on you." Luz nodded. "So was it just the purple, or the abominations too? Why not go into illusions like your siblings or oracle like your mom?" She asked, looking at Amity with the curious eyes she's had since day one.

"Mom is all about trying to 'maximize potential' and dad wants us to be successful. Ed and Em chose illusions to get them off their back, so that meant the folks focused all their vicarious plans for themselves onto me." Amity groaned. "Abominations were the easiest and most fun option for me, and I thought getting into dad's track would bring us closer, but he still hardly pays attention to me."

"I'm sorry about that." Luz was quiet for a moment. "I could help get his attention if you want."

"Come on Luz, you've already done enough for me." Amity leaned in closer. "Just be happy, alright?"

"Yeah …" The flustered sparkling, this was it! It was time to move in close, and get her first kiss! "You know, I could think of something even more beautiful than the starry night."

"I can think of the same thing." Amity muttered, moving in closer as she slowly placed her hand on Luz's shoulder. The intimacy was here, the world was narrowing down around them. All that existed was the two of them. Perfect bliss was almost here, and nothing was going to take that away from her:

Rustle 

"Ahhhh!" And like that, the moment was ruined with the shout of two of the most unwanted voices that could be here right now.

"Ed! Em! What the hell are you doing here!?" Amity yelled as the twins were dragged to her by her abomination Guard.

"Taking photos!" Em shouted. "Or we were until we were caught."

"Seriously, this guy has definitely improved." Ed noted. "Heat sensors?"

"Yeah, I'm making sure no unwanted pests invade our date." The girl tightened her hold on the idiots.

"Come on sis, it's your first date with your first girlfriend, how could we not take pictures of that?" Emera asked. "Luz and your faces are like, meant for a collage of awkward and cute expressions."

"Amity wasn't awkward once today! She was a perfect angel of cuteness and vitality."

"Luz.." Amity blushed, trying to cover her face.

Snap

"Ha, finally got one of Mittens!" Ed held out the camera. "Thanks Luz!"

Luz pulled out a glyph. "Do you wanna know what this one does? Because I made it last night and passed out before I got to test it."

"..Any chance that it's an instant cake glyph you made to celebrate your first date?" Emira asked weakly, trying and failing to scoot back.

"I dunno, like I said, before I got to test it." Luz grinned, handing it over to Amity. "So, feel like having a small test fest to cap off the night?"

Amity smirked as she took the paper. "Sounds like an excellent way to end our first date, Mi Amor."

"Awww." Ed cooed.

"Oh look, a volunteer."

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Raine gazed at the house from the treeline. "Three kids … a human, a demon, and what could very well be my own." They muttered to themselves. Raine had very little free time to go off on their own now due to them getting caught, so they chose to spend the little moments they had to remind themselves why they were still fighting.

A fight against the Emperor, against a corrupt system, against all Coven Heads … it almost seemed hopeless. An insurmountable mountain that could never be climbed. And admittedly, they thought too arrogantly before, thinking that they could get rid of all their problems by simply killing one or two of the coven heads. Of course Belos would've accounted for that.

But now they weren't the only coven head fighting against the Emperor anymore. They still had a chance to finally stop whatever Belos had planned for the isles. Right now Darius was trying to gather as much inside information as possible, and thanks to Terra's toxin everyone trusted Raine the most as long as they weren't away for too long, and Ebberwolf was busy gathering support and hiding it away.

The bats unfortunately had to go on the run for the moment, at least until they could rendezvous at a later date without raising suspicion for everyone else. They were far too in deep with the mission by now, so it was too late to turn back.

Raine looked down at the house again, watching as the human and who could possibly be their son walked up to the door. "What a night..I see that you survived Boscha's parents." The human stated.

"Yeah, it actually went off pretty smoothly." The boy that was probably their son smiled warmly. "Her mom was a little strict, but Boscha's mama was super sweet, almost like a giant stuffed animal."

"And absolutely none of that transferred to Boscha?" The girl questioned.

"Oh it did, you just have to get in close enough, and you're already dating Amity, so you won't get to see that side of my lovely angel."

"Suuure, keep telling yourself that buddy." The human replied. "Our date went fine, Ed and Em crashed at the end, but we bonded over a test fest with them."

"Aw man, that would've been the perfect cap off to my date!" The boy exclaimed. "Did you at least set them on fire?" He certainly had Eda's love for arson.

"Sort of. I tested this new combo on them, which let out this wave of liquid plasma that both burned and froze them at the same time."

"... Was it like, half hot half cold, or did it burn them, then freeze the burns …"

"More like it was so cold that they started burning. The ice started forming around them like little flames and everything." She explained. "It was kinda weird … definitely something to show off to Mom when I bring her here tomorrow."

"You sure you should start with that?" Their probable son asked. "She hasn't seen you in four months and heard from you in three."

"I've got no choice. She's probably freaking out from not knowing where I am, I need to show her where I am and why I've been gone."

"I wasn't saying don't see her, I just said start slow." He shrugged. "Maybe the light glyph?"

"Huh…that does seem like it would be a better introduction to magic." The human nodded. "I just hope she won't be too upset with me."

"If it was me disappearing on mom or her disappearing, we would lose our absolute minds and go crazy." The boy answered.

"Come on, lie to me and say everything's gonna be okay!"

"I can't, I promised I would always be honest with you Roomie, remember?" The boy smirked.

"Darn you exact wording!" The girl shouted.

Raine watched them walk inside. This was what they were going to protect, the happiness of the next generation, the happiness of children … the happiness of their child.