Stolitz - You & I

Part 3

Octavia made her way back to the kitchen.

"Well?? Where is HE!?" Stella spat.

"H-He's still asleep. . ." Octavia quietly answered with a lie.

"THAT LAZY, NO GOOD, POOR FUCKING EXCUSE OF A GOETIA!!" Stella shouted as she threw a glass plate towards the wall and it shattered everywhere.

Octavia couldn't take her mother's insults and yelling anymore. She finally had enough, "NO!- YOU are a poor excuse of a Goetia!"

"Excuse me!?" Stella scoffed.

"I have had enough of your constant shouting! And constant belitting my father! He is the best Goetia there is! There is nothing wrong with him! But I could write a thousand books of what all is wrong with YOU!" Octavia snapped.

The room became silent. All you could hear was Octavia's heavy breathing from all the shouting she had just done.

"Octav-" Stella started to say

"SHUT UP!- GET OUT! NOW!" Octavia commanded.

Stella, for once, didn't say another word and left the palace.

Once she did, Octavia's furious expression faded into a saddened one, and fell to her knees and broke down completely into her hands.

Stolas faintly heard the commotion of what just went down, hurried to find his robe and run down to the kitchen, "Via?? What's goin-" before he could finish his sentence, he saw the rare sight of his owlet on her knees, crying her heart out.

He said nothing more, as he wrapped his arms around her and embraced her.

"Shh, shh... It'll be alright, darling. It'll be alright." he reassured the sobbing girl in his arms.

Blitz followed behind to see what was going on. Once he saw, he only stood in the doorway of the kitchen, "Is...there anything I can do?" he nervously asked the prince.

"If you could, head back to my room and run a bath for Via dear." Stolas requested as he continued to hold his daughter.

Blitz did just that without question, and began to run a bath with all the soaps and serums Stolas would usually use. Once he was done, he sat on the bed and scrolled through his phone to let Stolas and Octavia have their time.

-In the bathroom-

"Via, are you ready to talk?" Stolas calmly asked his little owlet who was soaking in the bath of bubbles.

"What's there to talk about? You know the things mom says all the time." Octavia spoke.

"Yes, but it's not like you to shout back at her." the bird pointed out.

Octavia sighed, "I'm just. . . tired of all the things she says. . . about you. I wish I knew why she was the way she was, but that's still no excuse for her to treat you the way she does. It just pisses me off!" as her eyes began to well up again.

"It's alright, darling. We don't have to talk about it anymore for now. You just enjoy the rest of your bath." Stolas said as he placed a kiss on his owlets head and left the bathroom.

-In the bedroom-

"Is she alright?" Blitz asked with a worried expression.

"Yes, she's fine. Just a bit shaken up is all, but she'll be okay." Stolas reassured.

Stolas sat at the end of the bed with a sigh as he buried his face into his hands.

Blitz scooted down closer to the bird and began stroking his back up and down in a comforting manner.

"Once the divorce is dealt with, I'll be taking full custody of Octavia. She should not have to endure anymore than she already has from her mother. It pains me to see her this way. . ." The bird said as his eyes began to well up.

"Honestly, I think that's the best thing you could do for her. And I know she'll see it the same way." the imp reassured.

Stolas couldn't hold back anymore and just completely broke down all together.

He tries his best not to appear stressed out or upset, but after so long, it becomes too much to hold in.

". . .dad?" a soft accent spoke.

The bird and the imp both looked up and saw that Octavia had finished her bath. Neither had realized how much time had passed.

"Y-Yes, Via dear? What is it?" Stolas asked in a shaky tone as he attempted to hide his saddened expression while quickly wiping away his tears.

Octavia then sat next to her father, "Dad, you don't have to hide your crying from me." she said as she took his hands, "I'll always be here for you, just as you are for me." Via stated.

"I know that, darling." Stolas replied as he wrapped his arms around his owlet in a loving manner.

Blitz quietly observed the tender moment between the two birds, honestly wishing that he and his Loonie could be that close with each other.

"Blitzy dear, are you going to start crying now?" Stolas teased his lover.

"N-No! Just got s-something in my eye! Stupid bird. . ." Blitz protested as he fiercely rubbed his eyes.

Stolas and Via couldn't help but laugh a bit at the little imp.

"Dad, could I sleep in here tonight?" Via asked

Stolas warmly smiled, "Of course, dear."

"But I am not sleeping in that bed until you change those sheets." Octavia stated with a straight face.

"Oh don't worry, I wouldn't dare let a single drop hit those sheets." the red imp remarked with a wink.

"EWW! - DAD!! Tell your kinky imp I do not want to hear about your nightly routines!" the young owlet spat as she covered her ears and tightly shut her eyes.

Stolas couldn't help but hoot and laugh, "Haha, alright now. Just to ease your mind Via, I'll change the sheets." as he got up to do so.

Time passed and everyone was settled into bed.

Blitz on the left, Stolas in the middle, and Octavia to the right. They all slept peacefully that night.

-End of part 3