Partners in Crime

20: Packing

Alastor's POV

What to do now? Hmm. We explained to Rosie the angel and devil situation. She's out of words for the first time I've seen. Normally she always has something to say. Lucifer keeps trying to feed me cake. I don't like cake and he knows that, but he says this one is so good it'll change my mind. I doubt it. Sweets disgust me. Lucifer and I also swapped shoes because they were hurting his feet.

"When can we get out of here?" Azrael asks.

"I think we should be fine to leave." I get up, leaving Lucifer to lay alone and peek out the trapdoor. I look around. The coast is clear. I get out and help everyone else out. I cover the trapdoor with leaves before sneaking everyone out of the forest. We make it back to Lucifer's house. Luci is so busy looking at my shoes he's wearing. He looks so fascinated. It's cute. It was also time for my mother to leave. I give a long hug and she kisses my forehead. Rosie sheds a few tears giving her a hug. Lucifer got a death threat if he ever hurts me, making me chuckle. My mother walks through the portal back to Heaven with Azrael.

"Your mother keeps threatening me. Whyyyyyy?" Lucifer asks.

"She just wants to keep me safe. Just don't hurt me and you'll be fine."

"Oh I'm so proud of you!" Rosie exclaims giving me a big hug. "I told you that you loved the man." Lucifer frog blinks at me as I roll my eyes. I return the hug and smile. "Now I must get going. I can't leave the emporium for too long. You know how it gets." She hugs Lucifer and Charlie before departing. Charlie looks up at me and reaches out her arms. I pick her up and she hugs my neck.
"Daddy says we're leaving. Are you coming with us?" She asks.

"I'm not."

"Aww. Will I see you again?"

"Yes, you will. It might be a while, but I will see you again. I promise." She doesn't say anything. Lucifer softly smiles at us. For the rest of the day, I help him pack. He has too many rubber ducks for one person. It's crazy how much he has. Charlie packs her room. When I walked by, I heard her talk to her stuffed animals. Saying things like: "Sorry Mr. Fluffles. I gotta put you in a box.", "Don't be sad. It's a quick trip! You'll be out in no time." , and "I promise you won't get hurt in here."

Azrael has also come to help. He is packing the kitchen right now. I dump an armful of ducks into a box. Almost done. Just a few more armfuls and that should be it. Lucifer comes into the room with another box. I tilt my head in confusion.

"Why do we need another box?"

"Uhhh." He opens a door to a closet and ducks pile out of it. My shoulders drop. "I might have a problem." He chuckles and kicks his leg back and forth. I slap my forehead. This is going to be a while. I love him, but his obsession with ducks is killing me. The King of Hell, the devil, obsessed with these little creatures. Weird thought. Maybe before he goes, I'll take him to see some ducks at a nearby pond. I'm sure he'll love that. 

After the duck thing, we move on to his room. There's also ducks in here, but not as many as his "duck room". He really needs to change that name. Charlie comes running in, telling us she's done with her room. She helps us with Luci's room. 

"Daddy, what are these used for?" Charlie asks. I look over at her and she holds up a pair of fluffy handcuffs. Lucifer's face goes red. I almost choke on my own spit. 

"Uhhh. N-Nothing. Nothing. How about you go help Azrael with the kitchen, he might need it." Lucifer takes the handcuffs from her. 

"Okay Daddy." She runs out of the room. Luci buries his face in his hands. I chuckle. He shakes his head. We continue packing. After Lucifer's room, we move all the boxes to the living room. This seems a bit like when we first met. But instead of moving in, it's moving out. Azrael brings the boxes from the kitchen out. 

"Sooo." Azrael smirks. 

"Shut up. This is your fault." Azrael chuckles and walks away, holding his hands in the air. Lucifer turns into a demon and uses his magic to create a portal. The portal leads to inside his castle. I'm not allowed to go in, but I can look from the outside. It looks like a clown lives here. There are millions of more ducks. This man and his ducks. He's such a little weirdo. I push boxes into the portal and Lucifer and Azrael take them to their assigned room. Charlie sits and eats a popsicle as she watches us. 

Once all the boxes are in, I pick up Lucifer. His legs wrap around my waist and his arms around my neck. He looks so lovesick right now. I kiss his nose and he giggles. He plays with my shirt. 

"I'm going to miss you," Luci whispers. 

"I'll miss you too, dear. I'll always miss you no matter how far away you are," I whisper back. 

"I love you." 

"I love you even more." 

"Just kiss already. Jeez," Azrael says.