"Hey~ (Y/n)!"

The (h/c) hair girl turned her (e/c) eyes to see her two friends and neighbors, Marco Diaz and Star Butterfly, joining her on her way to school. She smiled and waived.
"Hi guys!"
"You could have wait for us a little longer." said Marco after returning the wave. (Y/n) always waited for them in front of their house for them to go to school together.
"Well, it's kinda your fault, you made me wait like 10 minutes. And we said that after 8,5, I could go by myself!"
"That's a little specific." said Star to herself, before telling her friend her excuse. "We had a round of Marco's super awesome nachos last night! We couldn't get out of bed!"
"Um, correction! YOU couldn't get out of bed, I had to drag you out for you to get up!" Marco said with harmless annoyance in his voice.
(Y/n) chuckled.
"Well Can't blame her Marco! They do the same effect on me!" she loudly whispered that last sentence to Star for Marco to hear it.
"I know right?! They're so good!"
"But so heavy in the stomach!"
"But you just keep eating it!"
"Because they're so good!"

Marco sighed with a smile watching his two friends having stars in their eyes as the three of them arrived in front of their school. (Y/n) being two years older than Star and Marco, they were in a different class. They said bye to each other when their paths were separating.
"Study well guys, and remember Star: F is for Fantastic!" she said with sarcasm, causing Marco to chuckle.
"Alright I got it!" Star said, pretty annoyed that she still reminded her of that mistake she made mouths ago.

(Y/n) smiled and went to her class. She was a little bit disappointed that she didn't have them for classmates, she would've love to experience the awesome magic moments they had in class instead of just hearing them from her two friends at lunch break. But she's not complaining, she had her adventures with them too, like that time when Marco had his arm "fixed" by Star but she instead turned it into a tentacle, or that time when Star's wand's batteries went low and the three of them had to go this shop called "Quest buy" and they were attacked by monsters, or even that last time when they went to Pixtopia, got send to the Shard mines and they had to break their way out. Those were awesome memories that made her smile, but still, her class would be way less boring if Star and Marco were with her.
As much as (Y/n) wanted to recall her time with her two friends more, she needed to focus on her class because high school's giving her a shit ton of homework! When lunch break came, the three friends sat at their usual tables, Star looked pretty annoyed by something.

"Star, what happened? Are you still upset about this morning?" (Y/n) said with a smile, knowing that it was obviously not that.
Star let out a groan and Marco responded for her.
"Her ex-boyfriend came today to ask her out."
(Y/n)'s eyes opened wide and looked at Star.
"Star! You have an ex?! How come you never told me?!"
"Because I just want him out~!" she said, her forehead on the table.
"That's the second time she rejects him." Marco said quietly to (Y/n) as Star kept complaining about how it's over between her and her ex.
"Seriously! Can't he just get a life?!"
"Listen Star, don't let this guy get to your head." (Y/n) said to her friend. "Just ignore him, he'll learn what independence is someday and when that happened, he'll just move on!"
"Thanks (Y/n)! You and your advises!" said Star as she lifted her head off the table. "But now that I talked about this guy, I just wanna forget about him. Let's go get some fooooood~!" she sang that last part.

"Don't worry Star, tonight, I'm going to make you another round of Marco's super awesome nachos! Now how does THAT sounds?!" Marco said, nudging Star as the three of them went to grab their lunch.
"Wait, don't you think it wouldn't be reasonable to do that when you couldn't get up after the one you had last night?" (Y/n) said with fake concern.
They went silent before laughing loudly.
"Well you two enjoy your night!" said (Y/n).
"What?! You won't join us? It's Marco's super awesome nachos~!" Star tried to convince her.
"Sorry Star, gotta study!"
"Oww~! Again?!"
"Yes. I know, the life of a high school student is full of hard times and impossible choices!" (Y/n) said with an over-dramatic pose, causing her friends to giggle.

Once they went back to their table, they spend their break chatting about everything and anything, like usual. It was times like these that made (Y/n) enjoying her day, she really likes calm and chatting moments with the people she loves.
After lunch break, they went to their separated classes. (Y/n) didn't pay much attention in class, like almost everyone in her class, the lesson was so boring and not important anyway, 90% of it was mostly her teacher talking about her life. So (Y/n) just chatted with her classmates, they're sitting at the back of the classroom so it's totally safe:
"Yo, you would never believe what I saw outside at lunch break!" said Megan, sitting right beside the window, getting the attention of the chatting group. "So, I was just in front of the school, you know, minding my own business. And then I saw like a demon guy with horns and three eyes, you know, all the demon stuff! He looked super pissed and he destroyed the garbage cans with his fire powers and then he just sat there on the side of the road!"
"Woa seriously?!" (Y/n) asked, her eyes wide open.
"You sure you didn't consume some illegal substances at the back and it made you see weird shit?!" asked Arin causing his bro Dan and the others to giggle.
"No! Not this time at least-"
"I knew it!" Dan said with a silly voice, pointing an accusing finger at Megan.
"Guys, I swear I saw him!"
"Is he still there?" (Y/n) asked her, with Star Butterfly as her friend, she easily believed her classmate.
Megan stood up a little bit, just enough to take a look at the street from the second floor. When she did, her eyes went bigger.
"Holy shit he is!"

With a "What?!" collective, the group stood up to look if what their classmate said was true, some of them got a reaction of shock and surprise but they were a little too nosy and so drawn the attention of the teacher who called them out before (Y/n), who was the farther away from the window in the group, could catch a glimpse of that demon-guy.
Back on her seat, she thought it was pretty obvious: a demon-guy, clearly not from earth and pissed off? He was obviously Star's ex!
'Maybe I shouldn't jump to conclusions though.' she thought.

After ranting about how her tinder date didn't go well, the teacher finally started to do a real lesson, and the afternoon went by slowly. Because (Y/n) was forced to take an extra lesson, when she exited the school, it was dark and the street lamps were on. One of them was flickering though, because it has been smacked and is now crooked. (Y/n) looked at the bottom of the poor street lamp and stoped, surprised to see the demon-guy who was the subject of her chat group. Even with his back turned to her, she could see his light purple skin, spiky pink hair and horns, he wore a torn red shirt but it looked like it was made like this. (Y/n) heard him sigh sadly, he sounded depressed.
'Megan saw him during lunch, was he sitting there this all time?!' she thought, feeling bad for him.
She walked over to him and putted her back-bag down causing the demon boy to flinch, he looked up at her with his tired red eyes.

"Mind if I sit down?" she asked.
He stared at her, not expecting her question, considering it's the first time, beside Marco, someone from this dimension spoke to him. Plus her voice was soft, gentle and pleasant to his ears.
"Sure." he simply said.
(Y/n) smiled and sat down beside him, looking at him while he looked down again.
"Did something happened?" she asked after some moment of silence.
"I...got dumped by my ex-girlfriend..."
'So he is Star's ex!'
"It's not the first time but, for some reason, today hit me harder than I expected, I even had to stay here for a while instead of going home. It got me all frustrated so I sat there to calm down... Now I just feel...bad."

"It's probably because you understood that she moved on." (Y/n) said as the demon boy looked at her. "Losing someone you once, and maybe still love is a really hard time and you feel bad, alone and hurt. And because you didn't felt like this with that girl, you think she's the cure to fill this emptiness you have inside, that's why you try to get her back. The problem is, she is not a cure to anything and trying to get her back would only end up with you still being hurt. That's why you need to understand that feeling bad forever won't change anything and that you need to move on as well. Keeping those good memories with her close in your heart but still leaving place for the possible future one. And you know what? It will be hard and it will take time, but keep this in mind: love exists and love works, it might haven't worked this time but it will eventually, and that's all you need, you just need that one time. Plus you're still a young demon guy, you'll have plenty of opportunities!"
(Y/n) stood up and offered her hand, their eyes locked.
"So just hang in there okay?"

He fixed her lighted (e/c) eyes with his own lighted red ones before taking her hand and got up.
"I'll try. Thank you...uh?"
"(Y/n). And you are?"
"My name's Tom."
"Well, it was cool meeting you Tom! I should go now, it's already pretty late." she said as she started to walk away.
"O-okay, yeah, bye." he smiled and waved.
(Y/n) waved back and went home while Tom stayed there. As he looked at her leaving, he wondered...

What was he mad about again?

On her way, she took out her phone and noticed missed texts from Star and Marco. Too tired to type, she just called Star:
"Yo Star, what with all these texts? Are you and Marco bored as hell without me?"
"Hey (Y/n)! No we don't, I just asked you if your studies were going well, you didn't answer so me and Marco got worried."
'Oh right, I have to study stuff!' (Y/n) thought with pain.
"Yeah, I has an extra lesson today so I finished school only now. I'm on my way right now. Oh, and you know what? I just did my good action of the day!"
"Since when do you do that?"
"The question you need to ask is what is it (Y/n)?"
"What is it (Y/n)~?"

"Well, I just helped a guy with his break-up!" she didn't specified that the guy in question was a demon from the underworld, she wanted to have a confirmation before she states anything, plus it would've made Star depressed and she didn't want that.
"Oh that's cool, that's cool! ...Marco's saying hi!"
"Marco! Go back to the kitchen and make more nachos!" (Y/n) said with a loud voice before laughing, happy that there was no one nearby with her.

"Speaking of nachos? You sure you don't wanna stop by?" she heard Marco's voice say.
"Mmmmmmmmmm nope! I must resist!" she said with another over-the-top voice.
"You sure~?" Star asked. "A whole bunch just came out of the oven~!"
"Stop taunting me!"
"Ooo~" (Y/n) heard her eating those famous nachos. "Mmm! There are delicious!" Star said, forcing on the 'li'.
"You monsters!" and with that, (Y/n) hung up and laughed.

She then sighed and walk back home, longing for her bed.

*two weeks later*

[Star]: So you guys won't go to school today just because ONE teacher's not there?

[You]: That and I accidentally flowed the classroom with happy smiling clouds from the happy smiling clouds dimension ^^;;
Am I suppose to eat all by myself now?

[Star]: Oh~(Y/n) you're overreacting! >w< You can spend the day with your classmates! You said there were cool

[You]: But they're not you and Marco!

[Star]: (Y/n)
That is suuuuper cute
Have a good day~

[You]: I hate you guys.
But you two are still coming to my place tonight right?

[Star]: Of course ^^

[You]: Cool!
I still hate you guys.

With a sigh, (Y/n) putted her phone in her pocket as she walked to her school alone. Coming closer to the building, she heard whispering and giggles, especially girls'. As (Y/n)'s curiosity began to rise, she followed the gaze of the girls and her eyes opened wide in surprise when she saw Tom, his back pressed on the still crooked street lamp, looking around like he's looking for something. (Y/n) smiled and walked to the demon boy.

"Hey Tom!" she waved. "What'cha doing here?"
He turned his head towards the girl, smiled and walked towards her too.
"(Y/n)! I was looking for you."
"Did you really?" she said, ignoring the stares of the other students.
"Those two weeks has been really good for me, all thanks to you! And I would like to make it up to you."
"Oh Tom, you don't have to-"
"Yes I do! And that's why I'm inviting you to dinner in the underworld tonight." he said with a formal voice as he bowed and gently took (Y/n)'s hand to bring it to his mouth.
"Tonight?" said (Y/n), her other hand on her chin.

It wouldn't be really cool to let her two friends hanging but...a night in the world of flame and demons, she just couldn't refuse that!

"Sure, I'd love to!" she smiled with excitement.
"Really?!" he said looking up, actually scared that she would refuse. "G-Great! Awesome! I'll send a carriage to your house at 8!"
"Sweet, I'll see you tonight then!" she waved as she walked inside the school.

After stepping inside, (Y/n)'s been welcomed with shouts of her classmates.
"Woo~! (Y/n)'s got a date to-night!" Dan yelled.
"You didn't tell us that you were into demons girl!" Megan nudged her.
(Y/n) rolled her eyes with a smile.
"Guys, it's not a date. I helped him dealing with his break-up, he just wants to thank me." she said as the bell rang.
"Yeah~ sure~ whatever~" Arin said with a silly voice as they went to class.

*after school*

"Again, I'm sorry to leave you hanging guys." Star and Marco heard (Y/N) said behind the blinds as she was getting dressed for her night with this mysterious boy while her two friends were sitting on her bed.
"No problem!" said Star, waving her hand. "We can hang out another day, but you, you can have your date only tonight~!"
"Star, I told you, it's not a date." (Y/n) said as she stepped out. "How do I look?"

Marco whistled, Star walked up to her friend and walked around her.

"You look amazing!" Star said.
"Yeah! But I don't think this is what people usually wear on dates." said Marco, gesturing to her outfit.

(Y/n) looked down to her black ripped jeans, red top and leather jacket.

"It is pretty metal." she said, looking back at Marco. "But I think it'll be suitable where I'm going!"
"And where are you going exactly?" he asked. "You didn't tell us yet."
As (Y/n) opened her mouth to respond, the door-bell echoed through the house. Star squealed.
"I'll take it!" she said before running out of (Y/n)'s room.

Star opened the door to see a red demon with horns, wings and a pig nose, you know, all the demon stuff. Behind him, by the street-walk was a carriage, the same one that led her to the blood moon ball.
"Good evening Princess Butterfly-" the demon greeted the girl before she slammed the door on him.

"Who was it Star?" Marco asked as him and (Y/N) joined her in the foyer.
Star groan in annoyance as a response, her back pressed on the door.
"Tom is asking me out! AGAIN! He's not even coming himself this time!" she yelled.
(Y/n) began to laugh nervously.
"Wow hehe, you know, it is quite a coincidence that your ex's name is Tom..."

"(Y/n) what is it?" Star asked with a suspicious voice.
"Whaaaat? What seems to be the problem my friend?" her friend said as sweat appeared on her forehead.
"(Y/n), you only speak like this when you got something to hide." Marco pointed out.
"Seriously? Man I would've never find out without your help! You guys really ARE awesome!" (Y/n) exclaimed as she hugged her two friends.

Still in front of the door, the red demon was ringing the bell over and over again, if he doesn't bring the girl back with him, Master Tom would not be happy about it and he didn't want to be the victim of one of his outburst. Suddenly, the door opened again, the (h/c) girl's head peeking out with a smile.
"Just give me five okay?" and with that, she closed the door.

"(Y/n) you can't go on a date with him!" yelled Marco.
"Last time he tried to kill Marco!" Star yelled herself.
"Who are you? My parents? I'm older than you two." (Y/n) said calmly as she readjusted her hair in front of the mirror hanging on the wall. "And for the last time, it's not a date."
"(Y/n) please! It's for your own good!" Star putted her hands on her friend's shoulders. "You make one wrong move and he's going bananas!"
"He's got anger issues." Marco explained.

(Y/n) looked at them before gently brushing Star's hands off her shoulders.
"Listen, I'm glad that you are concerned about me. But I can handle it, my big brother used to have anger issues too before he moved out of town so I'll know what to do!" she said as she walked to the door. "And if something happens, I can still call you guys!" she smiled, her hand on the handle.
"Just be careful okay?" Marco said as the duet looked at her worried.
(Y/n) nodded enthusiastically.

"You two better go home now, I don't want you guys going through my stuff while my back is turned."
"You're the one who does that." Star mumbled as they all walk outside, Star and Marco to their house and (Y/n) to the underworld.

Meanwhile in the underworld:

"Guys guys! Turn it down!" Tom exclaimed as he walked to his two servant lighting the candles with hellish blood red flames. "I don't want to make any wrong moves this time! All human style tonight, okay?"
"This is just gonna end up just like with Star." a voice said behind him.
"Who said that?!" Tom said as he turned around to see only one of his servants.

"...Don't look at me! I didn't say anything." he said anxious.
"Donovan, I can only see you here." the demon boy said, rubbing his eyes in frustration.

If his bunny was nearby, he would've pet the fur out of it. But lately, he didn't really needed it that much, just the thought of (Y/n)'s gentle words would calm him down, she was worth any white bunnies, but he still kept his because he was adorable. To tell the truth, for those two weeks, he couldn't get her out of his head, imagining scenarios and "what if"s of this moment they had together. He wanted this dinner, this "one time", to be perfect. If he makes a good impression, maybe she'll wanted to hang out again and maybe more...

"Master Tom, Ms. (L/n) has arrived."

Tom turned to the carriage as readjusted his tie out of nervousness. The carriage's door opened to reveal (Y/n) dressed in a more rock style than last time he saw her, not that he complained, she looked really pretty.

"Thank you!" the girl thanked the red demon before turning to Tom in a black suit with a red rose attached to his chest, behind him was a table fancily dressed with candles, pink ribbons were hanging from the rocky ceiling. At the back, a violin and a piano were magically played without musicians.
(Y/n) let out a hum, a little disappointed as Tom approached her with a smile.

"(Y/n) you look...gorgeous tonight!" he said as he took the red flower to give it to her.
"Yeah...you too, Tom." she responded with a smile, the rose in her hand.

Tom took off her jacket, revealing her spike bracelet. He then led her to the table, pushing her chair for her and being a total gently gentleman.
"Is the under-world always this fancy?" (Y/n) asked, letting her eyes wander around to the falls of lava.
"Yes, of course it is!" he responded nonchalant, hoping that, if she knew that, she'd like to come again.
(Y/n) simply nodded and, with a straight back and her hands on her knees, she patiently waited for her food.
"Do you want something to drink before we eat?" Tom asked after he sat down.
"Oh yes please!" the human girl exclaimed, hoping she could taste something new tonight.

With a smile, Tom snapped his fingers, making Donovan approached the table with a carafe of grenadine in his shaky hands. He was nervous he'd do one simple mistake, causing his master to enter one of his infamous anger. As sweat appeared on his forehead, he accidentally tripped over his own foot and stumbled towards the human girl, making some of the drink fall on her red shirt. The girl led out a little surprised yelp while Tom slowly looked at the poor demon as his eyes turned white.

"Donovan~" Master Tom groaned.

He slammed his hand on the table, making his servant flinched in fear, he was about to get up from his sit when another hand embraced his, he then heard a gentle voice.

"Nonono, it's okay, I'm fine!"
Tom turned to see (Y/n), looking into his three eyes with her best smile.
"See? Nothing to worry about, I get dirty constantly! Once, it was after the rain stopped, there was a big puddle of mud and I willingly jumped into it!" she finished with a giggle.
As (Y/n) was telling her tell, Tom progressively calmed down and finally laughed with her.
"Why did you do that?!" he asked as he sat down again.
"Well, I had a new raincoat and I thought: what's the point of wearing it if it doesn't get dirty?! Plus, it was fun!"
"Oh my gosh, you know it reminds me one that one time..."

The two of them drank, ate and laughed as they talked about silly stories that happened to them when they were younger, good thing they were a lot of them!

At 10, Tom helped (Y/n) putting her jacket on and began to escort her to the carriage to get her back to her house.

"So, did you had a good time?" he asked, pleading in his head that she'll give him a positive answer.

(Y/n) didn't turn around, he heard her moaning as if she didn't want to say her response. A pain began to grow in his chest as his expression reflected his feelings, he was sure he did everything pectecly and the least demonic possible.

"(Y/n)?" he asked worried.
Feeling awful to question the quality of her dinner Tom worked so hard on, (Y/n) turned around to face him.
"Tom, please don't be upset, I really had a good time, honestly! It just...wasn't what I expected." she said, scratching her head.
"Wh-what do you mean?" he asked confused as numerous possible scenarios played in his mind.
"Well, I thought there would be giant flames, blood and awesome metal playing as a background with an incredible guitar solo!" she listed, her voice getting more and more exited. "But, it's okay, I still enjoyed this dinner we had together!" she finished with a sweet smile.
She turned around and was about to get into the carriage when a hand grabbed hers.

"Wait."

She turned to see a smiling Tom.
"I can arrange that."

Surrounded by hundreds of demons and standing by the front of the stage. (Y/n) was headbanging like crazy, feeling the adrenaline runs through her veins, Tom by her side, making the same gesture. The giant bases were making her internal organs vibrate, giving her the most weird yet awesome of feeling. Because of the lateral fires and the red lights, she would be sweating like a river if Tom didn't gave her a magical spray, stopping the process of sweating. With the sick guitar player, (Y/n) began to do air guitar and, in her moment of enjoyment, she lost her balance and stumble towards Tom and would've fell if he didn't caught her in time. Their eyes locked, their face inches away from each-other, there wasn't a lot of room with this crowd anyway. Thanks to the red lights, they couldn't notice the other blushing, (Y/n) giggle out of embarrassment and motioned a 'sorry' with her lips as she stood up again. Continuing to enjoy the music, waving her hands in rhythm while making the metal sign. She hadn't noticed that Tom looked at her with a smile from time to time.

After a while, (Y/N) felt a tap on her shoulder, she turned to Tom who gestured her to follow him. Since they couldn't find their way through the ballroom where the concert took place without getting lost or separated, they had to hold hands, (Y/n) didn't mind but Tom didn't hesitated to make a little detour around the room to hold her hand for a little longer before leading her to where he wanted them to go: backstage.

Of course, a word of Tom and the security guards let them enter, he's the master of the god damn under-world!
(Y/n) sighed, happy to let her ears take a short break, thanks to the sound-proof room.
"What are we doing here?" she asked confused.
"Have you ever tried swimming in an audience?" Tom asked back as they stepped into the stage.

Cheers, screams, whistles and applause echos through the ballroom as the demons saw their master and his date.

"Tom I'm...I'm not sure about that!" (Y/n) yelled at Tom for him to understand her with the loud music.
"(Y/n), enjoy the moment! It's now or never!" he yelled back, then gently squeezed her hand and leaned towards her ear so she can hear him clearly. "Don't worry, I'll be right behind you."

With a gulp, (Y/n) nodded. Tom took a step back as the musicians imitated him, a perfect clear space for her to run and jump. She took a deep breath, and as the guitar played a sick solo, the adrenaline in her system kicked in. She ran, she jumped and turned her back to the crowd, closing her eyes shut. She felt hands, claws and even tentacles all over her back. She opened her eyes to see the stage slowly becoming more and more distant as she went with the flow. Tom looked at her laughing and 'ooo'ing (I don't know), he smiled himself and soon jumped after her, using his demon abilities to end up right beside her. They looked at each-other and laughed, enjoying the rest of the concert.

1am

"That was the best night. Ever!" (Y/n) yelled as she got off the carriage which just arrived to her house.
"Hahaha! I didn't expect you to like this kind of stuff." Tom said, scratching the back of his neck as he walked by her side to her door.

In front of the said door, (Y/n) turned to face him.
"There's a lot you don't know about me Tom!" she said with a little smirk.
He looked at her for a moment before telling her with a lifted eyebrow and a bigger smirk.
"Will I learn more someday?"

(Y/n) was taking aback by his question, being a total gentleman at the beginning of the evening, she didn't expect him to be the flirting type. Not that she was complaining, it's adding some charm to his person. She smiled and reached for something in her jeans' pocket, then handed a little piece of paper to Tom.
"Why yes! Yes you will."

Tom took the paper, without breaking eye contact with her, (Y/n) leaned closer to him and kissed the demon boy on the cheek, causing him to gasp quietly. She opened the door and stepped inside, before closing it, she turned around, and smile at him, blushing lightly.
"I had a really good time Tom, thank you very much." she said and slowly closed the door.

Tom stood there, not realizing he was blushing as well, he lifted a hand to the cheek (Y/n) just kissed, it was still warm from the kiss. A big smile formed unwillingly on his face. He then slowly walked towards the carriage, he looked down at the paper she gave him, a warm feeling rose inside his chest as he saw it was her phone number. Finally sitting inside, he reviewed everything that happened on this night, causing his heart to skip a beat. Though a question appeared in his mind, making him look at (Y/n)'s number again:

She reached for it because her number was inside her pocket.

Did she planned on giving it to him?