Husk finished making the last drink of the evening for a customer, then walking up to his room to prepare for his date with Angel...

This surprisingly took him a while. He tried to comb his fur just right, made sure no lint or cat fur was on his clothes, not a wrinkle was seen on his attire, his shoes weren't too dull nor too bright, trying to look PERFECT. He finished getting ready at around 6:15. 15 more minutes until he would meet Angel in the lobby to head off. He was shamefully nervous, his claws even trembling a little. "Ok, Husk, Pull yaself together, it's just a dinner with your friend from work to explain what happened last night... nothin more... ngh.. oh god dammit, I can't tell myself I don't love him! UGH-" suddenly his pep talk was interrupted by a swift knock at the door, which was opened by the maid before Husk could respond. 

"Husk, your date is in 8- well, now 7 minutes. Lemme fix your tie-" Niffty hopped up and started to touch up every little thing that wasn't perfect. "I didn't even let you in- and my door was locked...? Ugh, whatever. Wait. How do you know that i'm going out?" "Well, when there are only six people working in a hotel and two of them are obviously in love, word gets around pretty easy." She said and hopped off of him. 

The bar cat didn't know how to respond, he just rolled his eyes. "Well, thanks for caring, I guess..." he smiled sweetly down at the mini cyclops. "Mhm. Now get downstairs early, be a gentleman. You got five minutes." "Shit, that's a good idea. Thanks again, kiddo." he said and opened the door for her and walked out. 

Meanwhile, Angel had been ready and looking flawless for 5 hours now, he was petting his pig and looking up at the ceiling, daydreaming. Suddenly his phone alarm went off five minutes before 6:30. He put food in Fat Nugget's dish and kissed him goodbye, then sashaying out the door.

Husk was in the lobby by the exit door, tapping his foot anxiously and avoiding eye contact with everyone until he noticed the spider turn the corner of the hall. Husk couldn't help but admire his grace and beauty before pulling himself together. "Hey, Huskie! Got dressed up for me, I see." Angel teased with a thoughtful yet smug grin. "Yeah, yeah, whatever. You look... pretty nice yourself." The biggest under-exaggeration Husk had ever said, folks. He thought Angel looked breathtaking, stunning, flawless, the list goes on. "Heh, thanks, cutie." "Well... shall we?" He opened the door for the other as he walked out. Once Angel was no longer blocking the path of the door, Husk could see Niffty smirking at them both. Quite the wing-woman she was. 

Angel was sashaying normally down the street and talking about something that happened in the studio with one of his friends that also worked there, but Husk didn't quite get it. He listened anyway and watched his facial emotions change to see how Angel felt about what he was talking about. "But then she got so pissed to the point where she legit stomped up ta' Va- my boss, er- pimp, I guess - and started to go off on him. It was fucking hilarious, but then he... he... nevermind." Husk noticed his expression change from a happy and vengeful one, to then a rather scared and negative one. "What? What did your boss do?" He asked, worried. Husk sort of recalled Angel talking about his boss but he couldn't quite remember when. "...Oh look, we're here! I'm hungry, are you hungry? I'm hungry, let's go in." Angel said passively, changing the subject as he stood by the entrance of the diner. 

Husks mind was feeling so many emotions. He was a gambler, so he knew when people were lying or trying to cover up an emotion. He could see in Angels eyes that he was hurting. Badly. He thought to himself that he had to get Angel to speak up about whatever was going on with him and his boss. He had to protect him one way or another. While thinking about all of this, he stood dead silent in the path of the door, not realizing that time was still a thing. "Husk, c'mon! What are ye doin?" The spider suddenly asked with a smile. "Oh, right. Sorry, I got kinda distracted."

They got a table and ordered their drinks, chatting a bit about nothing in particular. Angel ordered a spiked strawberry lemonade and Husk ordered a short glass of dry whiskey. Then ordering their food, Angel ordered spaghetti and garlic bread, Husk got a grilled salmon and broccoli, which he didn't want but it came with the dish so he had to get it. Half an hour later of chatting, laughing, and mild flirting, their food came.

"Pfffft- of course you ordered fish, kitty." Angel teased, but still found it adorable. "Uh huh. I didn't know spiders liked pasta. It's all you eat, anyway." Husk said as his nose twitched while sniffing his fish and pushing away the vegetables like a child. "Hey, I eat other things! I just prefer Italian food. I was raised Italian, I can't help it." "You were?" He tilted his head a little and picked up his drink. 

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"Sì. E visto che ho questo vantaggio, devo dire che mi fai sentire le cose, piccola. Cose molto suggestive." Angel said seductively in his mother tongue. Little did he know, Husk was multilingual, and Italian was one of the five languages he could speak fluently. "Mentirei se dicessi che non mi sento allo stesso modo per te, tesoro." Husk replied, that last word coming out rather suggestive as well.

Angel literally dropped his fork, eyes wide and mouth hanging open slightly. "You... speak Italian..?" He picked his fork back up. "I would assume so, you clearly understood what I said, and I know exactly what you said... tesoro." He smirked and took a bite of his fish. Despite how dirty what they had said to each other was, it wasn't out of lust. Only out of love. "You dirty kitten. Could've given me a warning." "Your little advantage didn't treat ya well, eh?" They both chuckled and changed the subject until they both finished, and Husk knew it was time to tell him what had happened the night before. 

"What do you remember from last night?" He asked, crossing his hands and leaning forward a little. "Uhh... coming back from work, playing with Nuggs and getting a drink from you. I guess I went back up and went to bed after that cuz' I don't remember anything after the drink. Did ya poison me or somethin'?" He said jokingly. "Oh fuck... no, I didn't poison ya. But... we did get a little, no scratch that, very drunk. And things kinda got carried away and it ended up with you and I going back to your room and... um... I think you know the rest." He said with a guilty look. "I don't know the rest, tell me." Angel smirked. He wasn't mad at all, proud if anything. "...Angel..." "Come on, say it." "...we had sex..." Husk murmured. "Heheh, good boy. By the way, I ain't mad. Lo rifarei volentieri." Angel winked.