Loved by Demons

The Plot to Kill an Overlord

~The Next Morning~

Cherri's P.O.V

Only partially asleep, I swallow and turn over in my bed, having resorted to just plopping down on top of my covers in my home clothes to sleep. I can tell it's the next day, something I have a natural talent for knowing after spending a number of years here, but it feels too early to get up. Besides, I'm a girl that gets up whenever I want to. Shifting my legs around a little and snuggling into my pillow a bit more, I attempt to lull myself back to sleep. But then a thump against the floor jolts a sense of surprise and shock into me.

Opening my eye, I sit up and grab my shotgun from underneath my pillow, clenching it in both hands as I ease myself off the bed. Finger on the trigger, I open my bedroom door in a sudden motion and point my shotgun out into the living room, scanning the area for intruders/that asshole Valentino's men. What I find instead is Angel lying back on my couch and Y/N standing next to him. Both of them then look in my direction, having heard the door open. Though I audibly sigh in relief that it's just them and lower the gun, I'm a bit caught up on what I should say next. Angie doesn't look all that good, Y/N is here, and it's a rather unusual time for them to just stop by. But, I just swallow again and go with the first thing that comes to mind.

"Back so soon?" I remark, smiling and looking at Y/N, "You must've been dying to see me if you're coming here this early. Hoping to catch me in bed, hot stuff~?".

"Oh dear, I've been found out. I guess I should come back later when it's time for bed again~" Y/N teases back, smiling slyly.

Well, shit. Looks like I've teased him so much that I've rubbed off on him. And what's worse is that now that I'm enjoying his company, and perhaps just liking him overall, his teasing is now making me blush in embarrassment, despite me knowing that he's just teasing me. Biting my lip, I lower the gun more and try not to stare at the ground.

"You two become fuckbuddies while I was gone?" Angel speaks up, drawing my attention away from my apparent embarrassment.

"No, but we did have a different kind of fun together" Y/N answers, turning to Angel as well, "That being destroying another of Valentino's clubs".

"Well that's good to hear, both you two gettin along and pissin off that asshole even more" Angel grins, relaxing into the couch.

"What happened to you, though, Angie?" I ask, just now noticing the bandages on his shoulder and knee.

"I finally did it, Sugar Tits" He replies, glancing over at me, "I finally left Val's studio with no intent of going back".

I grin wide and jump up and down in excitement.

"Yes! You're free of that prick at last! I knew you could do it, Angie!" I exclaim happily.

"Yeah, well, it wasn't as smooth an exit as you think" Angel sighs, making my smile drop and my excited demeanor fade, "I got surrounded by Slack Jack and his boys and had to fight them off. Rather that than do...what they wanted me to do to them to keep them quiet. I don't know if they were lying or not when they said that Val had found out about me working with you and that he had sent them to kill me, but I wasn't about to take any chances. But now that they're all dead and I'm nowhere to be found in Val's eyes, I'm guilty either way".

"Stay here then" I say, resting my shotgun against my shoulder, "I'll protect you and keep you under Val's radar".

"Thanks, Cherri" Angel sighs, "You really are the best gal a slut like me could ask for".

I then look back to Y/N, wondering how he got mixed up in all of this.

"And how'd you get involved in all this, Y/N?" I ask.