Cupid (DNF + Karlnap)

Chapter 84: What's In A Head Cupid?

Philza POV.

“Are you ready to go?” Techno asked, his head tilting to this side and eyes notably glowing into a much brighter red.
“I am.” He responded with a nod, a smile on his face. “I’m looking forward to it.”
“Wait…” I was surprised, looking from one to another. “What exactly is going on?”

“I am taking him to the office.” Techno informed me. Once again he gave me no more information than that, he also gave me no more emotion. Any care that he was showing was directed towards his younger brother, but I rationalised that as him having gone longer without seeing his younger brother.

“Are you showing him where you are working now?” I asked. “Since based on the way things are going this job is going to become a family tradition.”
The pink haired angel looked at me for a mere second before shrugging as he answered. “Something like that.” He turned his attention back to his brother.

“This is so fucking exciting.” The blond boy celebrated, shocking me with the language that he was using, far too vulgar for an angel.
“Uh-huh. Pretty sure they want a meetin’ or something in an hour so we will have to hurry, specially if you want to be completely set up.”

I took a step back, listening as a quick conversation began springing itself up between the pair of young angels. Yet I was unable to figure out what the conversation was about. “Boys.” I eventually spoke, loudly and firmly to get their attention. “What are you talking about?”

“Oh. About the position of Head Cupid, of course.” A smirk grew on his face, one that filled me with a distant dread. I was unsure what his words meant but I felt that it wasn’t anything good, knowing what amused him. From one son I turned to the other, wondering if perhaps he would give me more information as to what was going on.

Yet Tommy was silent. Well he wasn’t silent, he was buzzing and fizzing as though he was about to explode, whatever it was that my boys were doing it was clearly something he wanted. I sighed, waiting and hoping that one of them would be kind enough to fill me in.

I hadn’t even asked more than the question earlier. Perhaps that was what I needed, and so I smiled at the pair. “What is going on with the Head Cupid position?”
“It’s pretty cool Phil!” Tommy said excitedly, not answering my question as he continued to buzz happily. “Like really cool!”

“Still not sure what you are talking about.” I sighed. Perhaps it would be best if I just went with the two of them to see. Yet this was the first time they had been together in ages, perhaps they are wanting some brotherly bonding time. “What is going on with Head Cupid? ᛏᛖᚳᚻᚾᚩ? ᛏᚩᛘᛘᛁ? Boys?” I looked from one to another.

Techno was still grinning thoughtfully at his brother, making me feel as though I wasn’t in the room. “Y’know Tommy.” He hummed thoughtfully. “I was wanting you to come live with me down on the human world, I think you’ll like it down there.”
“Yeah, you’ve told me that when we’ve been on calls together.” He answered.

“Boys, can you please answer me.” My wings puffed themselves out, a sign of dominance, of anger, usually it was one of pride but there was none of that here. I felt annoyed, if I were to describe my emotions they would probably be infuriated, but that in itself was a bit extreme for an angel, I didn’t think I was that far yet.

“Yes father.” Techno smirked. He was dressed in human clothes, I believed they were called hood-dies or something similar, alongside a pair of genes. Despite being dressed like a sleazy person of modern times, he still composed himself like royalty, like he truly was the Head Cupid which he was destined to be, and now was taking the role of.

The pink haired angel’s hands were folded behind his back, and Tommy stood to his side, continuing to hold the briefcase excitedly. He took a long moment to grin proudly, making me feel more impatient and irritated. “Well?” I asked.

“I thank you so much for your offer father, but I decided that I didn’t want to work as Head Cupid.” He smiled at me, allowing his shoulders to slump back and relax.
“What?” I was visibly confused, I mean who wouldn’t be?
“Decided it wasn’t going to be something I was interested in.” He shrugged.

“But you’ve already signed the contract.” I reminded him, a hint of firmness in my tone as my face darkened with a mixture of confusion, and anger, and frustration at my son’s actions. “It is a bit late to decide that it isn’t something that you are interested in.”
“Yeah, a bit late to stop from signing the paperwork.” Techno agreed.

“I’m confused.” I admitted aloud. “You say that you aren’t interested in the job, yet you signed the contract, and you are fine with the fact that you signed the paperwork.”
“Well I decided that I wanted to continue living on Earth.” He explained. “It gives me lots of opportunities to watch soulmates, especially since I live with two pairs of ‘em.”

Before I could jump in with any comments he continued. “But I understand how important the role is.” He smiled. “You always talk about how important it is. So I decided that you’d want me to have someone stationed up here, ‘manning the ship’.” His malicious grin widened. “And I also know how important family is for you.”

“So Techno offered me the role of Head Cupid!” Tommy basically squealed. “He told me that he noticed how amazing I am with the ladies! Called me basically a ‘god of love’, and told me that I completely deserved to have the job!”
“D-did he?” I stuttered before catching myself. Stuttering wasn’t a cupid-like action.

“I did.” Techno confirmed. He looked towards me with a look that made it 100% clear that he knew exactly what he was doing. He remembered every conversation that we had, when I told him that I wasn’t sure if ᛏᚩᛘᛘᛁ was ready for the job. My expression was recomposed with my lips pressed into a line.

ᛁ ᛊᚺᛟᚢᛚᛞ ᛈᚢᛏ ᚺᛁᛗ ᛁᚾ ᚦᛖ ᚷᚱᛟᚢᚾᛞ ᚠᛟᚱ ᚦᛖ ᚹᚨᛃ ᚺᛖ ᚹᚨᛊ ᚨᛏᛏᛖᛗᛈᛏᛁᛜ ᛏᛟ ᛞᛖᛊᛏᚱᛟᛃ ᚦᛖ ᛃᛟᛒ ᛁ ᚹᛟᚱᚲᛖᛞ ᛊᛟ ᚺᚨᚱᛞ ᛏᛟ ᛗᚨᛁᚾᛏᚨᛁᚾ. ᛒᚢᛏ ᚨ ᚺᛖᚨᛞ ᚲᚢᛈᛁᛞ ᛊᚺᛟᚢᛚᛞᚾ'ᛏ ᛞᛟ ᚦᚨᛏ.
ᛒᚢᛏ ᚨ ᚺᛖᚨᛞ ᚲᚢᛈᛁᛞ ᛊᚺᛟᚢᛚᛞᚾ'ᛏ ᛞᛟ ᚦᚨᛏ.
But a Head Cupid shouldn't do that.

I however, wasn’t the Head Cupid anymore. “This is just a trial run.” Techno continued to grin. “But if you do well then you can officially take over the role in a millennia or so.”
“That would be so cool!” Tommy was excited. “Think of how all the lady angels will treat me when they find out I control love!”

“That is not how it works!” I raised my voice, cutting in before he could say anything else.
“Actually we are the Head Cupid's now, and we’ve decided that is how it works.” Techno was smug as he reminded me of that. “Now if you don’t mind, we have to get to Cupid HQ to help Tommy get settled into his new office. Then they’ll probably be photos taken.”

“Did’ya hear that Phil?” Tommy asked. “Photos of me! I’m gonna be famous!”
“Then I’ll have to hurry home, my roommates are probably expecting me for dinner.” Techno finished off, his expression a challenge to see what I would do.
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New story was meant to be out today, but it'll be out tomorrow. The file is corrupted so I can't open it and I'll have to figure that one out 🤪

Also you don't get to know Philza’s rant, it's just some yelling.