Story of Another Us | Huskerdust AU

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"Tony, are you sure this is a good idea?" Husk wondered.

"We do this all the time!" The spider answered.

They were sat in Angel's old car waiting for Cherribomb and Andre. They were parked across the street while the other two demons were inside a gas station stealing whatever the could get their hand on.

The imp behind the counter tried to stop them but the minotaur grabbed a rack of hats and beat the cashier with it while Cherri continued looting the place.

"You're messy." Husk mentioned to the spider.

Angel chuckled and popped the gum he was chewing.

"You ain't neat and tidy either, whiskers. Oh and round these bitches it's Angie." He said with a flirty wink.

It was quiet.

"But seriously, this is hell. We have eternity to do whatever the fuck we want."

Husk just shrugged, he had a smirk on his face though.

It's been a few days. Three or four roughly.

Husk was at his casino going about his normal business. Though he had a couple sinners come in for a favor, this  current one, just needed some guy dead. He waved them over to his office.

"You're really gonna sell your soul to kill someone? That's ridiculous. There's hitmen for that."

The demon looked like a stereotypical homeless person.

"You think I can afford that tho?! I got nothing else to give." She stated.

Husk's elbows were pressed against his desk as his 8 claw like fingertips pressed against each other.

"I don't want ya soul for something so simple. I'll tell ya what though. Jimmy could use a break, if ya tend my bar for four hours I'll do it, and I'll pay ya 200 for the extra 2 hours."

It wasn't much but, he delt with people like this all the time in his life and he had the power to help. He was the type of person to put everyone else first but, everyone turned a blind eyes when he needed help. He knows what that's like, and he was careful.  Never overly generous, never offered help to the wrong people.  The demon accepted gratefully. Husk told his bar tender to take the rest of the night off. Left the night manager in charge and left, to hold his end of the bargain.

Angel was at home enjoying his usual day off. Val was texting him non stop. He was in 'love bomb' mode and Angel was still mad but, Val's never really lovey-dovey so he was gonna take what he could get regardless of how mad he still was. He knew the apology was empty but, the sweet words were much nicer to read even if Anthony wondered if he meant them.

He was sitting on Cherri's bed the duo were listening to music and chatting. Angel looked like he had something on his mind.

"You good Angie?" She wondered.

He nodded, then sighed as he ran fingers through his hair.  His tone of voice was low and filled with disappointment. He looked down at her with a tilted smirk. Like he was trying not to frow

He took a deep breath and sighed.

"I kissed Husk at the bar, when we all went. I was drunk as fuck, and he hasn't talked to me since." He looked sad.  "I feel like shit too cause I didn't mean for it to happen, and Va-"

She was surprised but rolled her eyes at the last part. How fuckin drunk was he?! She wrapped an arm around her friend giving him a supportive hug. She saved her excitement, because her friend was upset.