After the finale (Angelhusk)

The show must go on

*third person narrator*

It was now evening and the new place just inaugurated managed by the Vees was full of sinners and imps coming from all the circles of hell, and beyond! The greatest overlords hell had ever known, the deadly sins and some members of the royal Goethia family paraded through the corridors.

*Angel POV*

'Come on Angel, calm down' I kept repeating to myself, going in circles throughout my dressing room.

The others would arrive shortly; Cherry had offered to come with me a few hours earlier, but I told her it wasn't necessary... well maybe now I could use some emotional support.

*Knock Knock*

I heard a knock.

"Come in!"


"Angel, have you by any chance seen Val?"- it was Vox, he seemed rather irritated

"No not yet. Something wrong?"

"The room is full of horny and impatient demons: the fashion show organized by Velvette is almost over, right after it should be the turn of you strippers and...'prostitutes'...BUT I CAN'T FIND THAT ASSHOLE and we can't start without of him"

I don't know if I was relieved by the fact that Valentino might have missed my performance or if it just fueled my anxiety.

"Vox, the show will go great even without Valentino!" - I tried to reassure him - "We're all ready; we are an excellent orchestra even without a musical director"

"Angel Dust, it seems a little too poetic to me that you compare your persona and your colleagues to musicians... anyway I hope you're right, because if something goes wrong you know that Valentino won't be very lenient, especially with you"

I looked at him and nodded, there was more that Vox was holding back from telling me

"...Especially after the drama your boyfriend caused"

Shit. Valentino and I had never really talked about what happened. We both knew, but neither of us had ever brought up the topic, a sort of "don't ask don't tell".

"Vox..?"

"Tell me"


"If Valentino understood how I feel about that person, would he let me go..?"

I realize this is a stupid question, but I had to throw it out.

"Angel, Angel, Angel. We both know that Valentino isn't particularly intelligent, but do you really think he hasn't already realized this?"

I remain silent, the knowledge that I'm putting Husk in danger devastates me.

"If you really think Val would let his biggest star slip away so she could follow his dreams and his love you definitely fucked your brain  with all that drugs."

I nod with my gaze lowered, while I see Vox leave the room out of the corner of my eye.

'The show must go on'.