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

Chapter 4

(⚠️TW⚠️: Ignorance and mention of abuse.)

{A Few Days Later}

~Darius POV~

I'm working on some paperwork in my office and Eber's being annoying. He's been making fun of me for days. I never fully got over Alador and Eber knows this.

"I will smother you." I threatened.

Eber said I wouldn't dare.

"I wouldn't." I sighed. "If you didn't have separation anxiety and abandonment issues, I'd lock you out. I don't want to trigger a panic attack so I won't."

Eber whimpered not to lock him out.

"I said I won't." I rolled my eyes.

He thanked me then he jumped on my lap and curled up. I patted his head.

"Hello?" Someone asked.

I looked up. Alador poked his head into my office.

"Hey. What's going on?" I asked.

"Here's the update on the coven reversal project." Alador asked, put a small stack of papers on my desk. "Still no success but it's getting there."

I nodded.

I wouldn't say I'm his boss, I merely do the paperwork around here. My former status as head of the abomination coven landed me this job. People said 'oh, he was a coven head, he's used to paperwork' and things like that. It's tedious, annoying, and boring but it has to get done. Pretty sure if anyone else here tried to actually do the paperwork, the place would end up on fire somehow.

"Thank you." I said.

Alador nodded and left. Eber snickered that I'm blushing.

"Shut up, mutt." I told him. "I'm too dark for you to tell if I were blushing."

He didn't shut up.

"You're lucky I love you, otherwise you'd be on the streets." I sighed.

He snickered.

{Several Hours Later}

I got home and went into the bedroom to change. Before I could step foot inside, I saw Hunter with my magenta cloak. I took out my scroll and took a couple pictures. I posted them on penstagram. Ace, my palisman that's a non-binary purple fox, was sitting on the dresser and watching Hunter. They seemed entertained to say the least.

"Darius! You're home!" Hunter exclaimed, fumbling with the clasp on the cloak.

"Yeah. I'm home." I laughed.

I went over and helped him unclasp the cloak and take it off.

"This is embarrassing..." He admitted.

Eber barked that I posted it.

"I know I'm still not fluent in beast but did he just say you posted a picture of that?" Hunter asked.

"He did and he's not lying." I told him.

He took out his scroll and checked.

"No, no, no, no, no! Please take that down! Please! Darius! It's embarrassing!" He begged.

"No, it'll stay there." I laughed and ruffled his hair. "Anyway, I don't feel like cooking tonight so there's some takeout in the kitchen for you, Little Prince."

"Thanks..." He said then left the room.

I hung up my magenta cloak and the cloak I was wearing. I noticed my sewing stuff in the corner. Eber asked what I was thinking.