Fawning for You [A Hazbin Hotel Fanfiction]

Stressed Out

"How do you get to the castle from here?"
"Well, you have to go through this war zone, take a bus, not sure if it's 2 or 3 stops, maybe it's 4-"
Voe looks frustrated "What?"
"What? I usually take a limo there,"
"So can you just call me a limo??"
"Oh, why didn't you ask?"
So the princess had a limo come and pick the doe up and take her to the castle in the center of the city. It was a long and quiet ride. She sat and thought about all the things that took place since the last time she saw him. She didn't mean to break his heart, she didn't even know she had his heart to break. What did he even see in her to fall for? She thought that everything about him was amazing, he was such a brilliant man, but the way she felt about him couldn't hold a candle to her feelings for Alastor.
She sighs, Alastor. She didn't know what to think about him right now. Ugh, should I even be thinking about him right now? This is why I need redemption. Maybe it was best that she broke things off before he asked her to be his new Queen. It would've been cool to be Queen. The difference is that Lucifer felt like an option, while her entire body and soul craved Alastor.
She shakes her head, this was not what she needed to be thinking about right before she went to speak with the man that she chose Alastor over. When she came back to reality she realized that the limo had stopped moving. They'd been in front of the castle already.
"How long have we been here?"
"About 15 minutes miss," the driver answered
"Thank you," She tells them, exiting the car
She stands in front of the door apprehensively. She raises her fist to knock and the large golden door creaks open on its own.
"Hello?" she calls into the door
"Enter," she heard the King's voice call, and she obeyed. She closes the large golden door behind her and the room is completely dark until a snap turns on the lights "Hello," Lucifer says with surprise when he sees her
He looks good, as always. His eyes are bright and his cheeks are full. He's wearing his hat and suit, she thought that he must be doing much better if he can groom himself to this degree.
"Hi," she waves and stands awkwardly allowing him to examine her fully
"What can I do for you?"
She seems taken aback. Guess we're getting right to it "Um, Charlie said I would have to come to you about getting a building..?"
"Ah! Yes, that! For what? I need to know the deets,"
She cautiously steps closer "Well, I want to open a theater,"
"Hmm, that's nice,"
"Yeah, and I think it would be helpful for the sinners of Hell to have other hobby options, I guess?"
"Hmm, okay," he snaps his fingers and an application appears "Sure, just sign this and I will approve it right away. It's a theater right?"
She nods "Yeah,"
"Okay great, I approve applications and they'll say that it's a clothing store, but it's secretly a drug ring, and what can I do? It's Hell!"
"Well, you are the King,"
He shrugs "So you can just sign this and you'll get your building right away,"
She takes the quill and holds it over the line "Nice, can I just read it over? The last time I signed something I lost my soul," she chuckles
"Yeah, sure. I don't want your soul or anything. Everyone thinks I want their souls, but it's the other sinners that have 'em. Seriously it's really annoying," his expression flattens
Voe chuckles "Yeah," then clears her throat looking down at the paper
"Yeah, so read away,"
She gestures to the couch he's sitting on "May I sit?"
"Oh yeah, yeah!"
She sits down and reads the application over, the terms seem fair so she signs them. "Here," she hands Lucifer the papers
"Thank you, and....approved!" he sounds silly and it makes Voe smile "So where do you want your theater to be? Lots of abandoned buildings in the Pride Ring,"
Voe shrugs "Well I'd like it to be in Pentagram City,"
"Plenty of vacant buildings here! You can pick one!"
"Really?"
"Yeah. All right, if that's all then..you can let yourself out"
"Oh uh- okay,"
Lucifer widens his eyes "Did you need something else?"
"Well I don't need anything per se, but, I just thought that we would talk. I-If you want to,"
"Uhhh, what would you like to talk about? I'm not busy,"
She turns her body toward him "How are you?"
"I'm fine. How have you been?"
Voe pulls in her ear "No, really. How are you?"
"I-I'm fine,"
"How are you...when you see me?"
"I'm fine Voe. Did you need something?"
She purses her lips "We miss you at the Hotel,"
"Yeah, have a lot to do,"
"You said you're not busy,"
"Not busy busy, but you know,"
"Lucifer..." she scooches closer to him
"Yes,"
She looks away "How do you feel about me?"
"I feel fine,"
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah,"
"Okay, I guess I'll go then,"
"Mhmm,"
She stands to her full height and approaches the doorway again, looking back at Lucifer, waving. He waves back with a fake smile on his face. And she exits.
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