"I'm afraid it's happening again.." Faustus mumbled to himself, "..I need to take care of this.." as he travels to the human realm.
Faustus knew the demons very well, they long for despair, suffer, and misery. For that's all they can do, that's are they are assigned to do, to do sufferings and catastrophe. They never knew to love, or so Faustus thought. They were humans before after all, so they knew what exactly it is to love, to be loved, and to be broken. They were broken, the reason why the seek for attentions. But as the rules said, Love thy human and thou shall perish. There are others who obliged by the rule but often, they love, secretly. So that the upper demons and the devil himself won't know. But once they know, the human you love will turn into a cold, lifeless stone and you, will bear the guilt and anguish of the human you involved yourself with. Like death itself.
"..Abigail.." he started. The devil was nowhere to be found, probably calming off his head after the talk between him and Abigail.
"What is it, Faustus?" she asked him.
"I will tell you everything now. And after I do, you shall promise me one thing"
Now for the moment of truth. Faustus started from the beginning, how they first met. They met like how Abigail met Lucifer, through the book. Lucifer was immediately wowed by how a mortal can be beautiful like the goddesses. However, the mortal had a partner. Her partner don't even look at her like Lucifer does. In short, he wasn't in love. He married her for money and powers. And so he would always go home with different ladies every night and Dorothy remained to be blind of how things were going. So Lucifer comforted her, he showed her like how a person loves another, he would take care of her medicines, watch the sunsets together at the balcony, embrace each other, everything.
For a moment, the devil who had always been cold hearted found love. But, the mortal loved her husband more than anything. She would choose someone who doesn't care about her, who would always say that she isn't good enough over someone who can abandon his whole clan just to be with her. Who would love her today and for the rest of his life. He chose the roots over the flower. He didn't care, all in his mind was he loves her. He never thought it would hurt that much when she told him to never show himself to her ever again. And, she died.
"It hurt so much. Why does it hurt this much, Faustus?" he cried out.
"Because, My Lord, you loved too much. And she simply...didn't"
After years has passed, he slowly became himself again. The old Lucifer who didn't care for humans, the cold hearted devil with blood stains all over his body, his eyes filled with no hope. It was all because he loved. Everything was going so well, when another mortal opened the book again. And there, all the years that he mourned, was like nothing.
"I was shocked when I realized you were her daughter..." he sighed deeply, " But like as they always say, the past repeats itself" Faustus gritted his teeth.
Abigail froze and rooted to her place, stomach twisting, oxygen unable to get out of his body.
"...wh..what..?" her voice shook.
"Now that I told you everything. You shall promise me that you will never meet again with the Lord" he stared deeply at her, not minding how she's unstable right now. He told her everything without stop, he didn't care about her. He only cared about the devil, for it is his job as the right hand and as a friend.
"Do you understand me, Abigail?" he asked her. Abigail looked at him with tears flowing down her eyes, her face looked like she had seen something so terrifying. Indeed, truth is terrifying. But Faustus remained fazed, all in his head was to separate the two before they develop lingering feelings.
"I am asking you, Abigail. You understand, right? He loved your mother and he's fool enough to fall for you. You both look so alike that's why he stays with you. To be beside her, just once more. It would be enough for him. You are just a replacement for the love he couldn't receive" his words pierced deeply as Abigail slowly swallowed his words.
"So I beg you, stay away from him"
The door slammed open as Lucifer comes inside, with menacing aura filling around the room. He is displeased.
"What... were you saying just now.. Faustus..?" he dropped his groceries, looked at Faustus with eyes that can kill in any second.
"..My Lord.." he gulped.
"I'll ask again.. What.. were you saying just now, Faustus?" his eyes dropped and it was very different from before. He remained in his human form yet you can feel like throwing up and the room had no light to be found. All demons knew, that it is bad, if they make the devil mad.
"..My Lord.." he stepped back as Lucifer walked forward.
"Did I stutter.. Faustus..? and in a blink of an eye, he was facing Faustus, ready to kill him.
