Incubus of Discovery - One-Shot

"I did offer to come over but..." There he was, Linus the Icarus, at my, Fray the Incubus's, doorstep, regular doorstep. He was red in the face and I could tell he was embarrassed. "S-Shut it. You offered, and I came. What else do you expect?" I smirked. "Oh, nothing much. I didn't actually expect an Icarus like you to show up though. That's interesting. Oh, what will the angels think? A holy being like yourself associating with a vile creature like me? Oh, the horror!" I exclaimed sarcastically, putting my hand up to my forehead for a "dramatic" effect, like humans would.

"J-Just let me in! I'm not going to stand here all day, you know!" I loved seeing him red with shame. "Fine, please, come in, dear Icarus." I bowed and lead him in sarcastically yet again. "You don't need to call me that. My name isn't Icarus itself." Linus stated bluntly. "I know. I just like to call you that because I know it bothers you, Icarus." He turned red once again. "This isn't funny, Fray." Yikes. He's cold when he's angry. I put my hands up in defeat. "You got me... Linus. Is that better?" He looked away like a kid. "Y-Yes. It is. Thank you, Fray." Dammit, he has such a kid's face. I hid my distress with another sarcastic smile.

"Why did you decide to come over anyways?" I asked with a carefree tone, preparing some drinks as he sat by the beat up table in the living room. I should've cleaned up beforehand if I knew you were coming over... "I'm not sure..." He drew small circles with his finger on the table. "I guess I was in a bad mood." I raised a brow. "A bad mood, huh? Mind telling me? I don't mind. Think of it like torture for me." I asked as I set down the drinks onto the table. He grew red in the face once more. "W-What?! No! I wouldn't ever think about torturing you!" Even he gets flustered like that, huh? "Well, I guess I could tell you. But you better swear not to tell anyone or else I will murder you. I don't care if I get deported, I will kill you." I chuckled. "Aw, you would go so far as to kill me if I exposed your secrets no matter what? How sweet." He turned as red as the devil himself. "S-Shut up! And yes!"

"C-Can you please just keep it a secret?" I sighed. "Like I said, I wouldn't do anything to ruin your reputation, Linus." He seemed shocked. Oh, was that too forward? Oh god. "Thanks." He looked down at his drink. "Why do you think us Icarus can't fly?" I paused. How the hell would I know?! Oh god. Does he want me to answer seriously this time? I sweat nervously. "Uh, because of that old tale, right?" He looked at me as if I was insane. "Wow I can't believe you actually got it." He's impressed! Good job, me! "All because of a stupid human boy were we created." He pinched the bridge of his nose. "I'm just sick of seeing other angels fly. I want to fly someday."

His eyes were filled with wonder as he focused on the cup, running his fingers over the rim. "To touch the clouds and... one day escape this afterlife." Oh right... He's dead, isn't he? "Wouldn't that be great, Fray? Did you ever wonder what it would be like in the sky?" Have I? I've always been satisfied with the life here, albeit a little empty around... Well it's empty until I see you, heh. "Fray, why are you smiling so creepily?" Oh, crap. Answer the question, answer the question! "Uh, I guess. This place has everything already. I wonder what it's like on Earth. Everything's changing there, isn't it?" I glanced back at Linus to see stars in his eyes. "Earth...? I didn't know it still existed..." I chuckled softly. "Just because you die doesn't mean the world dies, Linus." I flicked his forehead. "Stupid." So naive... It's disgustingly cute. "Hey! I didn't know that!" I snorted. "You're telling me you worked with the greatest scholars and in their library... and yet you didn't know that? Haha!"

I fell back on the floor, laughing hard. "W-Well tell me how you know!" I stopped. Oh... how did I know that anyways...? "I thought it was common sense." The look on his face was a mix of astonishment and anger. "Um, no! No one talks about Earth. At all." I smirked. "Do you wanna find out?" He was still red from the embarrassment before. "W-What?! B-But we both know that we can't fly..." I sighed of disappointment. "C'mon, you wanna know, right? We can figure out how to fly." I sat up and patted him on the back. "We'll do this together." A few seconds of silence passed. Oh... did I overdo it? Maybe I should say never mind...

"Together." He raised his cup to me and smiled sheepishly. My jaw dropped in surprise. "I-I didn't think you would-" He looked away once more, face deeply red. "Are you just going to leave me hanging, Fray?" I smiled and chuckled a raspy laugh. "Not at all, Icarus." I picked up my glass and clinked it against Linus's. "I told you to call me by my name, Fray." I smirked mischievously. "You know there's no chance of that happening, right?" He flushed bright red once more. I'm going to keep calling you this until you can stop blushing so much, Linus. And stop making me feel these things as well.