|Reaper| (Ariana x reader)

PT- 1: Hotter than Hell

April 12, 2024

I listened to the music softly playing in the background of the cafe I was currently sitting in. It was on the hotter side today, prominently 78 degrees Fahrenheit. I turned my attention to my watch hearing the dull tick. Tick tock tick tock... She was late per usual. I expected nothing more than for my best friend to run behind. She wasn't a woman of the time. Even if you trapped her in a room with 100,001 clocks; she'd still manage to find a way to be late.

Just then I heard the chime of the bell perched just above the front door of the cafe. Hurried footsteps came closer to the booth I was in. I knew it was Selena. "Gosh, I'm so sorry I'm late! I could not for the life of me find something to wear and Andrew, gosh Andrew. He couldn't find his darn keys." I chuckled at her disheveled state. "It's fine don't worry I enjoyed my time to myself" She sat down across from me. I took her appearance in and for someone who was rushing she sure looked beautiful. She wore a black mid-thigh dress with complimenting red high-heeled pumps. On her neck adorned a glistening diamond necklace I bought her for her 23rd birthday. I looked up into her eyes and smiled which she returned with a shy one and a slight blush.

"I bought you your usual. I'd figured you would probably be late, so I took the liberty of pre-ordering it for you" I slid the iced mocha to her. "I love how you know me so well" she gushed taking a swig of the drink. A moan left her mouth at the taste of the basic drink. That was one of the qualities I adored about the girl. She liked the basic things in life. Selena was the only woman I'd let see me smile and trust me that is a privilege. Being the child of Satan drains the joy out of you. How am I supposed to smile every day whilst killing people to fulfill my contracts? It's not like I don't enjoy killing people because I do. It's just when you do it for nearly a millennium, it starts to get boring. I just want a little spice in my life. Something to excite me, something passionate, something-

"So is it a yes or no Y/n/n?" I snapped out of my thoughts and focused on the girl.

"Yes or no to what? I wasn't listening.." There was no point in lying to her. She gave me a look of slight annoyance that my full attention wasn't on her. "Will you go with me to the concert this Saturday? She's coming here for her Sweetener tour and I really wanna go. I bought two tickets and Andrew said he's going out with friends that night so I figured that maybe you could go with me in his place." I smiled as I listened to my friend ramble. "You know I'll be happy to go with you, who's performing?"

"The pop princess of course!" I gave her a 'who' type look earning a sigh in return. She knows I only listen to classical music with a select few current-day artists. I just can't stand the music today. If you lived in the same period as Beethoven you would understand why I have such a deep fondness for music of that time. "Ariana Grande! You know the singer I was talking to you about that one day? We saw her in Scream Queens the one time we watched it. My idol Y/n?" I shrugged my shoulders. "Whatever Y/n/n. Just be ready on Saturday. I'll text you the day before because I know how you'll forget"

This would be the perfect time to do some recon on the popular singer. It's been 3 years since I was assigned to kill the Ariana Grande by my father. Usually, I'm quick to finish my contract and they only take about a year or two to finish, but I've delayed the inevitable. Her contract wasn't my main priority. My father didn't even give me a solid reason to kill the woman. Odd because he does typically tell me their sins and faults, but not this time. He also seemed desperate for me to kill her. Either way...her clock is ticking now and it'll be nearing its last hour.

"I'm so excited to see Ariana. I've loved her since her Nickelodeon days. She is such a star that I'm almost jealous! I mean thee Ariana Grande. The pop princess, the princess of pop. I'm sorry I'm ranting again. I'm just so excited, so are you excited about the performance? I can never tell because of that stoic face thing you do." Selena said with a nervous smile.

"Oh believe me I am"

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     Hi! I hope you are enjoying the story so far. It's my first time writing in such a long time, and I figured I'd start working on my stories again since it's summer break😅 Anywho... Please feel free to give some feedback. Anything is helpful insight and could give me possible ideas on where to take this story. I have an end but I need to figure out the middle. Ok, that's all! Have a nice day❤️

-La