DoomPet

Chapter 83

He woke up to the marauder scratching his shoulder and whispering something in his ear. To say he jolted awake was an understatement. He was immediately up and a half second away from grabbing a shotgun and attacking whatever was hurting Crüe.

"Do you think if... I mean well..." He was sitting upright with his eyes closed. Both of his hands were pressing into the mattress right by the man's shoulder.

"What?" He sat up and tapped the side of Crüe's face, earning no reaction whatsoever. "Mother fucker are you really sleep talking?" He whispered and leaned in closer to examine his love.

He pawed at the sheets and dragged his claws across them like he was attempting to dig a hole into the mattress. He replied to the Slayer with some babbling words his half asleep mind threw together.

Cursing himself for being so awake now, the Slayer laid back and stared up at Crüe. This didn't seem like one of his weird toxic sludge dreams, but he figured it might be a good idea to watch him.

He dug at the bed some more, lightly scratching the man's shoulder from time to time. He eventually then attempted to nuzzle his head under the Slayer's neck.

The man rolled his eyes and shoved the beast away, "Crüe go to bed."

The man pulled back for a moment, offended, his tongue sticking out of his mouth a bit, "Well, you still have to do your homework so shut up." He began pawing at the Slayer now, attempting to crawl underneath him.

"I haven't been in school for a millennium!" He grumbled and pinched the bridge of his nose. While he did find this all endearing it was annoying in the early hours of the morning. He pushed Crüe down onto the bed and laid on top of him. "This what you wanted, goofball?"

The demon let out a low sigh and leaned his head back, whispering something. His hands found the Slayer's biceps and held onto them lovingly.

The man stared out the window and listened as Crüe drifted off, thinking about the day. It was wild to him that Samuel and Elena had been outed as a couple. It also made him terrified.

The thought of the public knowing what he did in his free time was downright horrifying. Not to mention there were always those few weirdos who would be upset and he just hated the idea of being judged by the people he fought to protect. Not to mention if he didn't at the bare minimum have the ability to control when he came out to the public with Crüe, he was certain he'd be so embarrassed he'd crawl under a rock.

Morning came and Crüe told the Slayer all about his wonderful dream where he was a lizard and he dug a big hole to nap in. The man just nodded and smiled while sorting finances and sending stupid emails. He wanted to shove all this work aside and tackle his demon in a hug. Crüe could be so distractingly cute sometimes...

The demon was carrying Haru like a gun, one hand under his chest and the other wrapped around the cat's legs. He was chasing Daisy's squabs around, and pretending to shoot them. "Bang! Bang!"

Orca and Missy were dashing around the apartment chattering and yelling. Daisy's collar occasionally picked up on their chirps and a cacophony of "Gun! Run! HIDE! Left, Right!" filled the apartment.

Haru was not pleased and kept meowing his complaints. Eventually he attempted to bite the demon and the game ended. Crüe sat down at the table huffing and out of breath. His hands reached out and he held onto the Slayer, "What's on the schedule today?"

"Fighting with the bank about that account mostly. That can all be done over email so-" he shut the laptop he was typing on with a satisfying click, "Not much."

"Could we talk about something then?" His claws were removed off the Slayer and he rested them on the table, drumming them against the wood.

The Slayer nodded and gave a little look to Daisy and Haru. Wondering if they were allowed to be in on this conversation.