Always And Forever(Dalador/Aladarius)[The Owl House]

Chapter 5

{A Week And A Half Later}

~Alador POV~

I love my kids but they really need to stop trying to set me up on dates. It's not funny anymore. I was willing to go along with it once but now it's annoying. All the women make me uncomfortable and half make me feel unsafe. My kids don't know it though.

Edric and Emira are hanging out in the living room working on something. To be honest, I don't know if it's homework or world domination. With them it could be either.

"Dad! I've found a woman who is perfect for you! She's a writer and-" Amity said, rushing over to me.

"Mittens, I appreciate what you're trying to do but please stop." I interrupted.

"What?" She asked.

"It's sweet you kids want to set me up on dates but I'd like you to stop. It's not working and it's getting kind of...annoying? That's not the phrase." I explained. "Out of hand. Yeah. That's the phrase."

"I'm sorry your happiness is important to me!" Amity snapped then stormed off.

Her bedroom door slammed.

"That went well!" Edric piped up.

"Shut up, Ed." Emira told him.

{A Few Hours Later}

I can't sleep. Everything from the past week and a half has been rushing through my head all night. I know my kids are right and I need to get out there, but I'm not sure how. Them setting me up is a disaster. I wasn't really hung up over it before but I am now. It feels like I'm letting my kids down.

Though I know it won't help me get to sleep, I opened my penstagram. There was a notification. I checked it. Darius liked a post I made? I thought he muted me. I went back to my feed and scrolled for a bit. A few posts from Amity, a couple from Luz, several from Edalyn and the twins, and way too many from Darius. This is going to be something I regret. I clicked Darius's profile. Huh. He doesn't have restrictions on who can message him. I clicked 'message' and typed out something short.

"Why am I doing this?" I asked aloud. "This is stupid and pathetic."

I sighed and accidentally hit send.

Alabomdor_1

Hey. Wanna grab a coffee together sometime?

Oh shit, did I really just send that?! He's not awake. He won't see it for hours. I can just come up with an excuse as to why I texted him that.

HandsomestAbomination
Sure

Oh shit, he's awake. Wait, he accepted?! I feel like I'm 17 again and not in a good nostalgic way. In more of a 'stupid kid that doesn't know how to deal with his thoughts and feelings getting himself way in over his head' kind of way. Ugh. This isn't going to end well. Maybe it will. I don't know.

HandsomestAbomination
When were you thinking?

I was thinking I wouldn't make it this far but I can't tell him that. What am I doing?

~Darius POV~

Alador didn't mean to send that text. I know it. I'll just enjoy this while it lasts.

Alabomdor_1
Maybe Friday??

HandsomestAbomination
That works for me