My lord [Diavolo x Barbatos]

Chapter 7

Diavolo's eyes were still moving under his eyelids, still indicating that he was dreaming and soon his eyes fluttered open. Upon waking up, he groans to himself.

"Damn, that was a weird dream. Or was it a memory?" Diavolo looked at the ceiling and noticed that his sickness from yesterday had disappeared, despite the fact that he had just contracted it. "Tch, Royal genes" Diavolo sat upright and cracked his back before noticing the time on his clock.

"It's already 2PM? But I don't wake up till 6AM. What's going on? Where is Barb?" Diavolo gets out of bed and quickly changes out of yesterday's clothes and into some more casual ones. With a gray t-shirt and sweatpants being his go to, skipping the formalities since he knew there were no meetings planned for the day. He freshened himself up and headed out of his room and down the palace stairs.

It wasn't long for the Little D's to take notice of the young lord, "Sire, where are you going?" The yellow one asked, trying to jump high enough to grab Diavolo's attention, "Do you know where Barb is? He normally urges me to wake up bright and early" Diavolo looked down the corridor and then back to the little demon in front of him. "The last we checked, was that he was in your bed after your tired self refused to let go of him" the little D stated with the most proudest of faces, to which Diavolo just immediately flushed red. If what this little gremlin was saying is true then that means Diavolo inadvertently held his friend in a very affectionate manner.

"Well, um, thanks for telling me I guess but I really need to know where he is" Diavolo was starting to begin to think of the idea of pleading with the little demon just for information. "Sorry sir but I don't know anything on his whereabouts but we will look for him" it said this with a smile beaming from it's face as it rolled away with the other little D's. Diavolo sighed before continuing the search for Barbatos, he combed through the palace's rooms, he searched through the entire place but still couldn't find Barbatos. There was only one place Diavolo had not checked, the Garden.

He quickly headed out the back doors of the palace and into the calming air of the garden. Diavolo soon calmed down and walked on the path towards the Gazebo. His mind flooded with memories of him and Barbatos playing here, pulling pranks on the other and having little picnics together. Diavolo smiled as he made his way over the little white bridge, admiring the scenery. The place had grown a lot over the years, almost looking like a mini forest. Once he made it through the bridge he had found himself standing in front of the Gazebo, the thing looking well worn, with vines and other vegetation just draping over the roof of the thing. It had certainly seen better years.

Diavolo stood there for a good while before heading to the koi pond, the place where he had first met Barbatos all those years ago. And low and behold, Barbatos was there, feeding the koi. Diavolo sighed in relief and walked up to him, "I was looking for you" Barbatos suddenly noticed him, "Diavolo! What did we say about sneaking up on me like that!?" Diavolo chuckled at Barbatos, "Ok I'm sorry" he smiled and scratched the back of his head. Barbatos then coughed and sneezed, scaring off the fishes.

He then notices Barbatos take out a handkerchief and blow his nose with it, only now realizing the red nose he is currently sporting. "Hey are you ok?" Diavolo placed a hand on Barbatos's shoulder but he only nodded, "I'm alright sire, I'm just a bit light headed at the moment" he tried to stand up but he almost fell down, luckily he was caught by Diavolo. Barbatos's face turned red because of this. Diavolo helped Barbatos get back on his feet.

"Ok, you are clearly not well" Diavolo placed the back of his hand onto Barbatos's forehead, "Your warming up too" Diavolo begins to feel concerned that his friend isn't feeling well. "Let's get you back inside, I'll get the little D's to fix up a soup for you" Barbatos's eyes widened, "Sire, please don't. I-I don't think it would be um, right for you to take care of me and- woah!" Barbatos didn't even get to finish his sentence when he was scooped up by Diavolo. "First off, I'm taking care of you until you are better. And secondly, that's an order I'm bestowing onto you, so now I have to" Diavolo showed off a smug face to Barbatos, as Barbatos is mentally screaming inside of his own mind, increasingly turning red by the second. This man just picked him up, off his feet and into his arms, doesn't he know what this is doing to his heart!