Deja Vu

Chapter 5: Meddling

Staying in the same room, you get to know Beelzebub, and almost as soon as you get into his room, he starts talking about 'Belphegor' - His twin. You also catch glimpse of a conversation between Beelzebub and Lucifer, which was quite enlightening. Lucifer practically confirming the story of the voice in the attic, without ever saying it. Belphegor upset Lucifer by rejecting the exchange program. Lucifer punished him on behalf of Diavolo. Lucifer, to keep the peace, has convinced his entire family that Belphegor is in the human realm.

A lot of pieces are falling into place for you to believe the story of the voice in the attic.

Still, you're not convinced. You know there's a problem between Lucifer and Belphegor, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the thing in the attic is Belphegor. Land Sirens know how to use the memories of one person to fool another.

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It doesn't take long for you to get pulled into yet another round of shenanigans. Though, it never does, does it?

"___! I'm at the front gate of the House of Lamentation! I need you to come see me please!" You recognized the little angel, Luke, through his picture for his DDD profile.

Meeting him at the front gate, he seems entirely out of sorts. He's upset, and from what you can parse from the details, he's having a fight with Simeon.

He asks you to house him for the night.

Turning him away isn't really an option. As strong as Luke might be, an angel alone in Devildom isn't really going to go over well.

You decide to let him stay with you. Though, that's also a problem Beelzebub is going to have to deal with, seeing as you two are sharing a room together.

Beelzebub doesn't seem to mind, as apparently Luke has been kind to him before.

You three get along well. Luke may not like the company of a demon, but Beelzebub always tells a cook/chef what he likes about their foods, so they have a lot more to talk about than he expected. You're all careful to stay quiet - Though, Luke isn't all that great at staying quiet whenever he gets animated about his passion for baking, and you two often have to tell him to relax.

His first night in the House of Lamentation goes off without a hitch. You're able to sneak him food from your midnight snacking trips, and Beelzebub even gathers you two snacks on his runs. His stomach is bigger than his eyes, though, so portion-wise, his 'snack trips' are more akin to a large meal, so Luke definitely doesn't have much of a problem getting fed.

You and Beelzebub both take care not to leave Luke alone - The last thing you want is for someone to come in looking for one of you two, only to get an eye-full of your secret.

Still, Luke came pretty early in the evening, and you three get to play games and hang out. Beelzebub introduced you two to some board games that him and Belphegor would play from time to time. You and Luke went over your classwork together - Being exchange students, you share a lot of the same classes. All three of you share in the bounties of the midnight kitchen raids, and Beelzebub teaches you two how to hide the evidence of midnight snacking.

Overall, what started as a pain in the ass ended up being a great bonding experience for all three of you.

By breakfast, you all got some good rest, but the brothers start to find it suspicious that you're both not eating as much as usual.

The others catch on quick that you two are hiding something, but they figure it's a pet. Apparently the group of brothers have often been known to sneak in animals to try to house them, so everyone's pretty cheeky about it.

Lucifer, however, decides it's time for a round of surprise inspections come the second night.

Which is when things begin to go south.

You both hide Luke in a closet as a last-minute attempt to hide him, but he goes missing. Lucifer is satisfied to find nothing in your room, but he knows you've only just barely scraped by with whatever secret it is that you're hiding.