Lunar Twins (Zeldris x OC) (Escanor x OC)

Part 9

"Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuuuuuuuuck!" said Chi in her head.

"You were fine."

"I most certainly was not fine. What the hell just happened?"

Mera laughed. Chimera turned back to see how the man had reacted. He smiled.

"I like my moustache, too" said the man.

"What the fuck is wrong with me?" Chi asked her twin.

"Nothing, this is good. He probably thinks you're cute."

"Maybe he thinks I'm an idiot."

"No. You think you're an idiot. I don't think he does."

"Do you drink?" Chi asked, holding up a flask of Iron Ale. She needed a drink after that colossal fail in front of the gorgeous colossal man. It was strong stuff and she hadn't seen any human she thought could handle it until she met the man.

"My bar's not far from here," he said as he lifted more barrels, "follow me and I'll show you real booze."

Chimera laughed a little and walked up to him, holding up her flask.

"You might be the only human in the world who can handle this stuff."

"I wouldn't be surprised if I was. You're not human?"

"Call me a tourist, if you want. I'm from another planet."

A tourist? Come on, Chi thought, you're better than that! Gods, you are heir to the throne, for fucks sake. It wouldn't do to act all meek around this human even if he was impressive. And big. And somehow made arrogance seem charming.

She followed him to a door that read "My Sweet Gluttony" and entered with him into a well-decorated bar that had a giant golden axe hanging on the wall. The handle seemed to short for a normal person to wield two-handed, but the man wasn't a normal person. He was big enough to wield the axe with one hand.

He looked somewhat out of place behind the bar and accidentally broke more than one beer stein. Chimera walked behind the bar.

"How about I pour the first drink?" she said.

The man nodded and sat down, nearly breaking the bar stool beneath him. Chimera grabbed the flask. She poured her drink, what an average portion of the Iron Ale to a Martian, into a glass similar to a champagne flute then turned to the man.

"How's your tolerance?"

"As astonishing as the rest of me."

She shrugged and poured the rest of the flask into the sturdiest glass she could find and handed it to the man. She raised her glass and he followed suit.

"I'm Chimera," she said.

"Escanor."

"To new friends in strange places."

"Cheers."

The glasses clinked and Chimera downed the burning substance in one go. Escanor, to her surprise, was able to do the same. The last human Chi had befriended hadn't been able to handle it, especially not in such large quantities.