Loved You In Another Life // A Skephalo Story

Chapter 23

Skeppy POV 

"Bad, can I take you somewhere?" We're curled up together, half asleep even though it's late afternoon. 

We've been living on Earth for almost a week now, and Bad is still pretty scared of getting caught, but I've been trying my best to comfort him. 

We've spent a lot of time exploring the town, going to shops and restaurants, running around the parks and finding places to go on makeshift 'dates'. 

"Mhm, where do you wanna go?" His tail curls around my ankle, trailing up my leg. 

All I really need is something to distract him from his fear, a reason to see his pretty smile again. "I saw that there's going to be a movie showing at the park tonight, would you like to be my plus one?" 

Just as I hoped, Bad's face blooms into a grin. "I'd love to. When is it?" 

"Few hours from now, once it gets dark. We could get some dinner before?" 

He nods slightly. "Let's look for somewhere new." 

"Don't worry, I'll find the perfect place for us." What with my angelic powers, money is never an issue for us. I can pay for anything we want at any point in time, no matter what it might be. 

"I can't wait." He presses a kiss to the skin of my neck, settling into the crook of my shoulder. 

We're both happy like this, living alone in a world where no one can find us, no one can bother us, happy and free like I always used to wish. 

Bad lives in constant fear of being caught, not for him, but for me. He fears I'll get in trouble, get sent to Hell, never be forgiven. But I always assure him it's ok with gentle words and sugar sweet kisses. It's just the way we are. 

In the time we have to kill before dinner, Bad sleeps some more, smooshed into my chest with his legs hanging out of the blanket covering us. 

I love spending lazy afternoons like this, doing nothing but enjoying each other. There's always too much to do here, but in the end, it all comes back to doing nothing. 

We spent some time at the lake earlier today, swimming around and dunking one another under the icy water, drying off by flying through the clouds, just high enough to not have to worry about being spotted by someone. 

When I can see it's getting late but Bad is showing no signs of waking up soon, I decide to just go get food without him, make a nice surprise for him to wake up to. 

After wandering around for a short while, I end up finding a small pizza place at the edge of the city. It's hidden in the shadows and seems somewhat rundown, but smells amazing. 

I get us one large pepperoni pizza to share, and rush back to the treehouse before it gets cold. To my surprise, Bad is still asleep. 

After setting up the food on the small table I bought a few days ago, I sit down beside Bad, brushing hair from his face. "Bad? C'mon, I got us some food." 

He stirs slightly, groaning and opening his eyes. "What?" 

I giggle, pulling him to the table. "I said, I got food for us, let's eat." 

"When did you go? Huh?" 

"How tired are you? I left a while ago when you were still sleeping and just got back." I press a kiss to the crease of his eye and smile at the way his face flushes. 

"Let's eat and then we can go out, okay? I got pizza, I know you like it." 

He smiles up at me, eyes squinting as he blinks the sleep away. "Aw, thank you Skeppy!"