The Demon King.

Chapter 20

"Roy, wake up. I'm gonna work." Gerald sat on the bed and shook Xavi awake. But before he could stand up, Xavier dragged him to lay down with him. It took him by surprise cuz he honestly didn't expect him to be able to wake up given the amount of bottles he took.

"Xavier, what is it? A bad dream?" He ruffled his brother's hair and he flinched.

"My head hurts, Jewels. Can I get strawberry smoothie with chocolate? Right now?" Xavier slightly opened his eyes with a whine. Gerald deadpanned, regretting ever calling Xavi to his house the previous evening.

Since he just needed to go round the corner, he left his house in a drab, old outfit.
In more than ten minuites, which was too much, he came back with the items and a long face.

"What happened to you, man. You look like an overgrown piglet." Xavi groaned when he set the items on the nightstand.

"You've ruined my life, Xavier Royale. I will never forgive you." Gerald said quietly like he was going to cry. Xavi chuckled.

"What're you talking about?" He tries to sit up with the migraine and stretches to get the smoothie from the bag.

"I bumped into her looking like an overgrown piglet." Gerald sniffed and Xavi is silent for a while. Then he slowly sipped on the smoothie while maintaining eye contact with him. Then he kept the cup and sat there, still holding the eye contact. He put his hands on Gerald's shoulders.

"I am so sorry, man." He said with sympathy and tapped his shoulders to comfort him.

"It's fine. It wasn't really all that." Gerald sniffs again and nodded. Xavier also nods. Then he burst into fits of laughter while holding his head cuz of the hangover. Gerald deadpanned.

"Oh my God, Gerald. First of all, you admitted to being an overgrown piglet and then you thought I would actually sympathize with you cuz what? You met your crush wearing drab old clothing. C'mon man. Be real." Xavier laughed so hard as he picked the smoothie again to drink. That scene was the best he had played in his life.

He then remembered Nel. It was her doing that he was able to laugh with a hangover. Normal him would have ignored him and picked the smoothie without saying a thing.

"Get outta my house, Xavi Roy. Now." Gerald got up from the bed and left the room slamming the door shut. He couldn't beleive Xavier was faking it all. But at least he laughed. After a long time, Xavier hadn't laughed like that with him. And with a migraine? It was truly a miracle.

Xavier felt his headache reducing cuz of his new self. He was still contemplating on telling Gerald about it. But still it was just three bottles. He thought he would be too resistant by now. Before, it was half a bottle. He was a light weight. At least there is progress.

It was already nine. He needed to go back for morning patrol and he wished to stay a bit more. But his will to see Nel was stronger. He wanted to thank her. Their relationship had progressed a bit. Maybe cuz of circumstances or maybe cuz... He's found out she's a demon too. Either way, he was happy about it.

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Yolanda sat quietly on her bed. She heard Kane and Nel leave the house the previous day and since she had not received any sign that a person had been killed, she assumed they left safely. She would have to give it to Kane for not being the whimp she thought he was.

She heard the door open by 9:58. She wondered why he came so late. She stepped out of her room to see him walking across to Nellyda's room.

"You came a bit late today. What happened?" She said before he could open the door. He turned around to her with a smile.