Pink & Black

Chapter Four: The Deal

Tsuka didn't know if Angel knew he worked at the hotel.

The next day, Tsuka woke up early, as he had to get to work at the hotel early. Angel had stayed the night, but Tsuka didn't have the chance to wake him up and let him know. So instead, he decided to leave a note on Angel's nose.

Angel Dust eventually woke up, seeing the small sticky note attached to his small spider nose. He furrowed his brows in confusion, reaching up and removed the note, starting to read it.

"hi angel, it's tsuka, had to get up early to go work at the hotel... i don't know if you knew that i worked there, but i've seen you around the hotel sometimes, but never got the chance to say hi. if you want to come see me, come to the hotel and i'll gladly pay for your visit ;)"

Angel smiled as he read the note, a small blush creeping onto his cheeks. When he saw the part that Tsuka actually worked at the hotel, he furrowed his brows again for a moment, realising that now that he thinks about it, Tsuka seemed familiar.

Then it hit him. "Ohhh! That emo hellhound that works the weekdays!" He said aloud, before he burst out laughing.

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About an hour later, before Angel got to the hotel, Tsuka was sweeping in one of the hotel corridors, his tail happily swaying as his mind wandered to last night. He stopped for a moment to lean on the broom, the chin of his snout resting on the tip of the handle as he thought about...

Then, he was pulled out of his thoughts as he felt a tap on his shoulder.

Tsuka turned to see who it was, shaking himself, his ears perked up. When he saw their face, his heart sank, his body stilling.

"Valentino...?" Tsuka said in disbelief, taking a step back. Tsuka was small compared to him, and Tsuka is pretty tall at seven-foot-two, but Valentino was around nine feet tall.

Valentino smirked as he looked down at Tsuka, walking closer, towering over him with that smirk still plastered across his face. It was one of those smiles that any horrible person would wear, making others think he's a good person, but behind closed doors, is actually a fucked-up-in-their-mind bastard.

"Hello there, pup," Valentino purred, reaching out and lightly ruffling Tsuka's hair, causing him to flinch. "What are you doing in a place like this?"

Tsuka flinched as Valentino ruffled his hair, taking another small step back. "Uh..." He stammered, looking down at the broom still in his hands. "J-Just doing some janitor work around the hotel, y-you know?"

Valentino hummed quietly, tilting his head down slightly and looking at Tsuka closely, that disgusting smirk still on his face.

"Janitor work, huh?" He asked, tilting Tsuka's chin up with his index finger. "Sorry, I don't think I 'know'. Is that the only thing you've been doing around here? Most likely not doing... someone?"

Tsuka's heart sank, mentally making a note to not tell Valentino about going to Angel's performance last night, no less that Tsuka may have banged the same performer in the same night.

"Yeah, haha," Tsuka said, forcing an awkward laugh, looking off to the side. "P-Pretty messy in the hotel, a lot of visitors came last night since they needed a place to stay after Angel Dust's performance. So, I was promised I'd get paid double if I could clean two entire floors."

Valentino's sirk only widened as Tsuka spoke, as if he didn't quite believe him. He chuckled quietly as he responded to him in an almost taunting tone.

"Yeah? so you haven't done anything else around here besides cleaning, darling?" Valentino questioned, his voice calm. "No one has come to talk to you or anything like that?"