DoomPet

Chapter 24

Samuel let them out into the workshop where a keyboard, that had been found god knows where in the fortress, was placed on the middle of the floor. "Daisy, play."

The demon scurried over and slammed on the keyboard with her blades, she didn't pay much attention to music theory, or even anything really, she just made noise from the keys and thought it was the greatest thing ever.

The marauder scowled, "This is what you got us up for?"

The Slayer absolutely loved it, 'Aww good Daisy, very good! You do better than I ever did.'

A little clue into the Slayer's past, that interested Samuel, "Oh, the keyboard was yours?"

'My mom got me one as a gift. I was never good at playing it at all. So it just kinda sat there. I found one on earth and decided to bring it up here.' His face furrowed, 'I don't know why, I still never did anything with it.'

"My mother forced me to learn an instrument. It was awful. Ironically I chose a fiddle. The 'devil's instrument.' It wasn't fun at all." The marauder rolled his eyes back in his head, "And then the hell priests made me learn the harp. Ughhh!"

Samuel nodded, "I learnt the piano, violin, and flute. Of course I can't play the flute anymore... Here Daisy scoot." He started playing some classical music piece. It was slow and calming, and complicated. His four fingers danced across the keys, working overtime to compensate for the lost fifth.

The marauder pulled the Slayer up, guided his hands to his hips, and put his hands on the man's shoulders. Slowly, he swayed back and forth, the Slayer was confused but mirrored his movements.

Until it suddenly dawned on him they were dancing, no, not only dancing, slow dancing.

The demon probably stepped on the man's feet twenty times, squeezing his shoulder in apology each time. Both of them felt a bit flustered and nervous, especially with Samuel glancing up every now and then, the light from his blue led reflecting in his visor.

The robot didn't know how to feel about the... two of them. He could see how much the marauder cared, but he still wanted that conversation with the demon. His fingers felt tired and he finished off the song after a few tense minutes.

They slowly separated, the marauder grinned, "You're a pretty good dancer. Hopefully your feet will recover from me stepping on them.

The Slayer nodded surprisingly, 'Since I couldn't play any instruments my mom made me take dance lessons. Suppose we're just bringing up all sorts of things today.' He wasn't sure how he felt about that. This was a bit too much talking for him.

Vega privately pinged him in his helmet, explaining the situation, "Samuel wants to talk privately with the marauder, why don't you and Daisy go after this small group of demons I found?"

That certainly sounded wonderful, crushing some demon's skulls with his bare hands, getting his mind off all the chaos. He typed out the note using an eye tracking keyboard Vega had installed in his helmet for use during emergencies, 'Is he in trouble?'

Vega felt his processors whirring in the closest thing he had to a smile, the Slayer was making sure his significant other would be ok, "No Samuel's just being, well you know, Samuel."

He sighed, annoyed at Samuel, 'Ok.'

The marauder heard his loud sigh and turned to the Slayer, "Are you ok?"

He grabbed the demon's arm and took him back into the bedroom. 'Samuel wants to talk to you, so me and Daisy are gonna go after a swarm of imps.' He patted the demon's shoulder and heard Daisy run over to the work bench, adorning herself in armor. 'If you don't he's gonna pester you forever. You don't have to answer him if he makes you too uncomfortable.'