~Friday~

Lucifer yawned, Alastor was asleep next to him. Again.

They were both naked.

A third fucking hookup . . . God, what have I gotten myself into? He wondered quietly.

The radio demon sturred, and he exhaled deeply.

He felt kinda disloyal . . . sure, him and Lilith were divorced, so it wasn't TECHNECALLY cheating, but it kinda felt like it . . .

Where even was Lilith?

Lucifer stood up, pulling on a pair of pants and heading downstairs. It was five in the morning, he doubted anyone would be up.

He was wrong.

"Well, well, well~ where'd you get that?" Angel Dust smirked, noticing the bite mark Alastor had left on the king's neck. Fuck . . . I forgot to heal it . . .

"I-it's nothing-" he began, but Angel just grinned, slinging a bag over his shoulder and heading towards the hotel doors.

"If yah say so short stack. I'm off! Tell Whiskas I finished the Champaign!" And with that, the doors shut behind him, and he was gone.

Lucifer sighed, heading into the kitchen and getting a cup of coffee and heading back upstairs.

God, things really had taken a turn . . .

~~~

It was now eight in the morning . . . Alastor was still asleep next to Lucifer, who was awake and thinking it all over.

Is still cheating if you aren't married? Lilith seems to still kind of have my heart . . . but not really anymore. Why DO I still wear this ring? She's been gone for over seven years . . . does she even care anymore? Did she ever care? Do I still love her . . ?

He glanced at the sleeping deer next to him.

Nope.

But I don't think I really love him either . . . but maybe I could-

God, why is this all so complicated?

Then, Alastor suddenly sturred, and squinted up at the king.

"Oh . . . it happened again."

"Yeah."

"Um, should I go-?"

"No, stay. Please?"

"Okay then . . ."

. . . A W K - W A R D  S I - L E N CE . . .

"So, uh, how long have you been up?"

"Since five."

"Oh. You must be pretty tired."

"Nah, I've just been thinking a lot."

"About what?"

"Lilith."

"Oh . . ."

"Yeah I dunno, we aren't married, yet I keep wearing this ring. It's weird, really, I don't know why I haven't taken it off yet."

"So why don't you just do it now?"

"I-" Lucifer paused, he'd been twisting the ring on his finger for the past ten minutes.

Why didn't he just do it now?

"I'm not sure . . ." He stopped twisting the band, and took a deep breath.

He couldn't do it.

"Are you okay?" Alastor asked.

"Yeah." Lucifer huffed. "I'm heading downstairs."

He stood up and grabbed a shirt from his dresser, snapping it on.

It read, "hard to kill, easy to fuck".

"Interesting choice of fashion." Alastor observed, and Lucifer just shrugged.

"It's just the first shirt I grabbed." He said, tying the hem to where it was tight around his thin waist, almost looking like a crop top.

Lucifer headed downstairs, seeing some of the others gathered in the lobby, Adam, Eve, and Husk.

"I just find it weird, like, why would she leave her fucking HUSBAND and DAUGHTER here on perpose?" Adam was saying, which drew Lucifer's attention. He always liked hearing about any drama going on in his kingdom.

"Who left their husband and daughter?" He asked curiously, entering the room.

. . . A W K - W A R D  S I - L E N C E . . .

"What?" Lucifer asked. "Did I say something weird?"

"Um . . . we were talking about Lilith." Eve muttered quietly.

"WHAT?!" Lucifer exclaimed. "What are you talking about? You know where Lilith is?!"

"She's been in Heaven for almost eight years. Made a deal with me." Adam said. "As long as I'm around she gets to be there. I dunno why she left you and Charlie."

Lucifer was speechless. Lilith had been in HEAVEN this ENTIRE TIME? Why hadn't he known, did Charlie know? Why'd she leave? What was she doing up there? WHY DID SHE LEAVE?

Everything around him got blurry, and his senses began to fade.

"Um, Lucifer? Are you oka-OH FUCK LUCIFER!" His vision went black as he felt himself hit the floor.

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