Masks (A Mephisto Pheles/ Rin Okumura x female reader)

Chapter 7 (A Confusing Truth)

Mephisto Pheles sat quietly looking over the piles of papers sitting in his office. It was early morning. The sun barely peaked over the horizon. His lover, who he had ravished the following night before, was still fast asleep and would remain that way for a few more hours.

He smiled childishly at the thought of his bath with her. It turned out it was all he could think about. He had tired her out quite a lot that night but she loved every minute of it. He could practically still hear the sound of her moans and whimpers. The mere thought put him in a trance.

The words on the papers began to jumble up into black blobs. He couldn't find the focus when her smell still lingered on his body. Yet, the documents had to be done. He had to focus. He had to forget about her for now. However that task held the same standing as asking him to paint the Mona Lisa. His painting and drawing skills were non existent and forgetting her, even for a moment, was also something that wouldn't happen It didn't matter how hard he tried.

"Hello brother..." Said a familiar monotone voice, snapping him out of his trance. Yet another distraction for him but this one only annoyed him beyond belief. It was his brother, Amaimon. He was the king of Earth. He was, also, significantly weaker than his older brother in strength. This often resulted in Mephisto looking down on him. Yet, Amaimon liked to believe he was strong in his own way. That's why him and his brother were members of the Baal aka the royals of the demon world. They both shared an immense amount of power. However, his older brothers powers always seemed to contradict his own. Amaimon could create earthquakes while his brother could stop and reverse time before it happened to stop him from making them.

It was annoying but he learned to tolerate it with thousands of years of practice. Yet even after thousands of years, Amaimon's obsessive need to win often resulted in him losing his tolerance. It was a constant battle for the demon king.

"What do you want, Amaimon?" Mephisto asked, his irritation just barely showing. He tried desperately to hold in his annoyance for his younger sibling. If he were to anger the smaller demon, he would have to lock him away until his temper cooled. That was always something that took months.

Amaimon sucked harder on his lollipop to the question. He could tell his brother was irritated. That would often lead to punishment if the wrong thing was said. He had to be careful but he decided to mention what he wished to mention anyways. He needed something to kill his boredom.

"I saw you in the bath with that girl last night. I thought you didn't like her anymore?" He said, staring at his brother with a blank emotionless gaze.

His brother frowned back at him now, furrowing his brow with what was obviously anger. Little did he know his younger sibling was genuinely curious about the interaction. However, it always seemed to Mephisto, that his brother tried to irritate him on purpose. Whether it was jealousy or likewise for a reasoning, he never did know. Amaimon always seemed to find some sort of joy in making his brother infuriated.

"That's none of your business." He hissed. "What do you actually want, Amaimon? You better hurry. Your starting to make me angry."

Amaimon blinked. He seemed visibly unfazed by the warning. Even while his brothers menacing gaze was no joke, Amaimon was never truly afraid of his brothers wrath. His ego often flew over any type of reasoning he had. Perhaps this was what irritated Mephisto the most.

"I'm bored..." He told him. Mephisto sighed. Did the younger demon just come to bother him with nonsensical questions? He pinched his brow. One more second of breathing the same air as him would fuel his insanity.

"Find some other way to amuse yourself than bothering me. I'm busy." He spat, waving his brother away. Amaimon shrugged as he left. He still wanted to know about his brothers mate. He decided to try and find her himself. If his brother wouldn't talk about it, maybe she would be able to tell him what changed in his brothers perception?