Obey Me One-Shots

Beel hurt/comfort? Angst?

The clouds cast a grand shadow across the Devildom today. They block the view of the stars, the stars that are always visible: Orion, Ursa Major, Perseus, Leo Minor, and others of Beel's favorites. You couldn't see but one star in the sky, not even the twin stars that represent Beel and Belphie's. It's rare when the clouds blocked the sky so much. Not even a single hole in them to see through.
Days like these, everyone continued on like normal. Except for Beel, that is. Beel was never... well... never himself on these days. Nobody knew why. He tended to not even want to eat on days where you couldn't see the stars. It sorta threw everyone off— even Belphie didn't know. Beel would never work out on these days, he would never really eat unless forced to, he would never really leave the house. He'd tend to try and fake an illness so he wouldn't have to go to RAD, or he would even skip his classes. His entire daily schedule was thrown off on these days.
The overcast started mid-day, so Beel was great all morning until about lunch hour at RAD. He started to seem really out of it once the clouds cast its reign overhead, and the remainder of his classes he was not paying any attention to the lecture. He wasn't sleeping, he wasn't doodling or staring out the window; he was just staring aimlessly ahead. He wasn't really there, at least that's how it looked. He was completed dazed, completely out of if and staring off into space.
Once classes for the day were done, there was finally a student council meeting before they could go home. Beel was late, which was extremely unlike him—he was pretty punctual, as the faster the meeting ended the faster he could go to Madam Scream's. He sat at the meeting and didn't even seem like he was listening the entire time... even Belphie being half asleep was listening, Levi who was playing his game was listening, Asmo who was doing his makeup was listening... everyone but Beel was "present" in a way. Once the meeting ended, Beel was the first to leave. He booked it home, and he ended up locking himself in the planetarium.
As you and the rest of the boys got home, they all seemed to go off and do their own thing. They weren't really phased with Beel's actions, as he's been like this on every overcast day ever since they originally fell to hell. But, being as you are, you go to see if Beel is okay. None of the others would give you a solid answer when you asked about him. "Huh? He's always like this on cloudy days. Dunno why though."
"Oh, he just gets in a mood sometimes."
"Let him be. He will be fine tomorrow."
Just a bunch of careless responses.
You knock on the planetarium door, and you get no response.
You knock again, and still no response.
Calling out his name accomplished nothing, too.
   You messed with the door handle— of course it's locked, too.
   Sliding down the door to sit against it, you sighed. Beel acting like this is worrisome. Especially with him not wanting to even eat.
    After a few minutes, you heard the door unlock, and a soft voice came from behind it.
    "MC."
    That's all he said, but it was enough.
    You got up and came in to see him lying on the ground, staring up at the projected stars. You lock the door behind you as you come closer to him, and you sit next to him. He ends up moving his head onto your lap and using it as a pillow. You stroke his hair, and he seems to relax back and he almost looks himself again.
    "You're acting weird, Beel. Are you okay?"
    It was a few moments before he responded.
    "It's a little more than just being okay. I need to see the stars."
    "Need to?"
    He smiled up at you.
    "Need to."
    He continued to look up towards the projected scenery, and he started pointing out constellations.
    "Pisces is here. Oh, and over here is Orion. Right there is Cassiopeia, it's Belphie's favorite. That one is Perseus, it's Lil...."
He suddenly stopped. He retreated his arm back to laying on his chest, no longer pointing out Perseus. He kinda sighed, and he looked sad all of a sudden.
"Do you wanna talk about it, Beel?"
He paused for a while. He sighed again, and then looked up at you.
"Seeing the stars makes me feel like we're still together. Me, Belphie, and... Lillith. We would always sneak to the human world to look at the stars at night, as they don't appear in the Celestial Realm too much.... at least not any of our favorite constellations. Our favorites could only be seen in the human world, so we'd sneak down there every night if we could without Lucifer catching us."
He smiled a little. He shifted his weight, too, and moved your arms from stroking his head to be wrapped around his head almost? You're more leaning over, almost resting your arms around him.
"It always made Belphie and Lillith so happy. Their smiles made me love the stars. And... not seeing the stars reminds me of the Celestial Realm, and.... of Lillith dying. I still blame myself, and I hate remembering it. I feel so guilty, MC, and...."
He paused and sighed again.
"Belphie has told me thousands of times it's not my fault. Though I can't help but feel as though it is. I couldn't protect her and Belphie. I hate having to choose things. I just wish I could've saved them both."
He suddenly decided to sit up now, and he turned around to be facing you. He grabs your hands in his, and he has a sort of pained smile on his face. It was hard to tell, but if you looked at his eyes, you could see the expression was pitiful.
"It's a little stupid, I know. But... not seeing the stars throws me off. I don't really like remembering the Celestial Realm. Seeing the stars all the time gives me that happy memory of Me, her, and Belphie all seeing them every night in the human world. But... with you around, this feeling is a little more bare-able. I'm not entirely sure why, but you're relaxing."
He moved closer and pushed his forehead against yours. He also held your hands a little tighter.
"Thanks for coming to check on me, MC. It felt nice to talk about."
"Thanks for telling me, Beel."
"Would you stay for awhile?"

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