The serpents den (Reader x Sir Pentious)

Chapter 16: Try to relax

Authors notes: I'm so sorry about the delay, I'll try to keep up my normal routine of uploading every 4-5 days but I haven't been well as of late and typing while ill is nothing less than a challenge.

Despite telling yourself that everything was ok and that the threat was over you couldn't help but still worry. Those words of the crimson demon still bounced around in your head, words that burned their way into memory and left a horrid pain in their wake to keep you awake at night. The first two days were manageable with a mess of coffee to make up for the lack of sleep, the third and forth day were far more difficult to deal with, by the time the fifth day had come about it felt as though you had one foot in the grave. If felt as though you were sick yet sickness didn't plague you. On top of already shaky sleep you had been getting up earlier and slipping out of bed to manage the ten accounts in the mornings. Though you hated to get up early and carefully wiggle your way out of his tail he was too busy working on the machines to help you. The hour or so online helping to keep up the facade that all was well even though it wasn't, misdirection being the key to pawn off the absences and scarce online time. It was just enough time to manage the accounts before having to log off and go back to cleaning up the now rotting eggs. The work itself wasn't hard with the efficient device that Pentious had made for the task but it was still draining especially with the lack of sleep. Each little body being sucked up and shredded just another small jab and just making yet another empty space in the rooms, though you were told that the eggs were nothing you still felt bad for them. After 5 days of cleaning the end was near but there was no joy in pouring the last bit of yolk and shell from the storage capsule into the incinerator. There was no relief that it was over, no pride in a job well done, no joy in a long task being compete, there was only tiredness and a familiar emptiness nagging at your core. Snapping the part back into place there wasn't much to do besides grab another cup of now cold coffee and head down into the production room to see if you could help Pentious. Even if you weren't the best at helping it would at least distract your eyes from the sleep that they could not properly grasp. Walking down now clean stairs a slow yet familiar sound met your ears as you descended to the lower floor, a softer yet still rhythmic clank of machinery was playing it's slow nameless melody. Jumping down the last few steps and running the extra few feet eyes feel upon the main machine, pistons slowly pumped in and out as the device pushed out a dark mold. You had only seen it once before when you first arrived but you knew what it was, at any moment an egg would break out of it just like they had done before. Though it was only one you ran up and watched as little limbs tried breaking through the darker shell surrounding it. "Awesome he got it working, now it won't be so-" "Shit" a faint hiss filled curse behind you broke hopeful thoughts, looking back Pentious had his arms folded with a look of disappointment and discuss on his face but he wasn't looking at you. All of his eyes were on the dark mold in front of you and the small little egg trying to break out of it. Glancing back to the emerging egg, you watched with him as the creature came out. Rather than just burst out and hop happily over to the destroyed sprayer the egg seemed to struggle to break out of the dark shell around it, when it finally did all that could be noticed was its shell. What was supposed to be a solid white shell was flaky and grey, almost like the sheer weight of gravity was going to break it apart. The pitiful thing gave a weak smile and salute to its owner before attempting to hop off the small stand, the one-foot drop enough to break it. A wet thud was all that was heard as it hit the ground and broke apart into a half-rotted pile, dead within seconds after its creation. The poor deformed egg only lived long enough to see its creator before it fell apart. There was no need for Pentious to ask or give an order, there wasn't anything else that could be done aside from cleaning up the mess of rot on the floor. "Hmm, it seems I'll have to further tinker with the wiring. Hopefully after a few more attempts I can get this puppy working, not at full capacity but any minion production will be vital for speeding up the restoration process" he just turned and poked his head back into the machines opening grabbing hold of something and messing with it. Setting the vacuum against the wall you couldn't help but walk over to him "The other eggs have been cleaned up" you said. "Ah yes, thank you. Have you had any time to manage my account? It's fine if you haven't, I know things have been busy" he replied. Taking a seat on an over turned crate you told him the status "Ya, a few dozen more followers by the day and I've pawned off your absence by saying you were working on a new toy. They mostly seem to care about that video however, a bunch of them came in saying they saw It on the news" you explained. "Wait, really?" he asked, he poked his head out for a moment to look at you. He seemed both delighted and confused at the same time "666 news or something like that" you replied "Apparently they aired a few clips of it, less you got some other video you're not telling me about." Pentious just rolled his eyes "Was that the best you had? Or are you too tired to come up with something better?" he teased. "Both" you muttered, a small scoff escaped him as he slithered away from the machine and over towards you "I don't know why you continuously do this to yourself, I know you're still fairly new but you need to trust me when I say that everything is ok. Don't keep yourself up at night worrying about every little brawl or worrying that someone is going to come and attack, it's fine" he insisted. "No, it's not" you muttered, though you didn't want to argue with him it was still worrying "That one guy, the red one. If the princess didn't barge in when she did... I think he would have killed us. You didn't hear what he said" you said quietly. "Alastor is known for causing quite a mess of fright among the denizens of hell, the only ones who aren't scared of that demon is the royal couple themselves. What exactly did he say that is causing you so much distress?" he asked. "He told me that cannibalism also kills demons and that he recalled that snake tasted good. He was just about to bite you when... when the girl stepped in" you replied. Pentious stared at you for a moment, a look on his face that you could either be read as confusion, concern,or distress. "Well... he wasn't wrong but a cannibalistic death is... hard to pull off to say the least. Not only would the eater and eaten have to be the same demon type but the entire body would have to be eaten within a small window of time and not many demons can pull that off, well, without hurting themselves in the process that is" He explained. "No doubt he was only trying to further frighten you, like I said he is known for scaring the unlife out of the residents of hell."  It was both alarming and reliving, alarming due to the fact that it was true and entirely possible and reliving in the fact that it seemed extremely difficult for most demons to do. "You won't have to worry, it would be a near impossible challenge if anyone wanted to vore me to death" a small chuckle managed to escape you as he said that. "Wrong term?" he asked "No, I just didn't expect you to put it like that" you replied. He smiled and slithered closer "Well at least it's gotten you to smile" he replied as he wrapped an arm around your waist. A small purr managed to escape you as you rested your head against his chest "Now if only I could sleep" a small hissy laugh escaped him, that same cocky look on his face as he lifted your chin up to make you look up at him. "Give me a minute and you can sleep with me~" he softly hissed, you couldn't help but smirk. An obvious attempt to try and have you blush but the offer was actually one that you were more than willing to take this time, after all the work you both could use a night off. Wrapping your arms around his shoulder his cocky look faded to curiosity. "Alright then~ I'm game" you replied. He raised an eyebrow as though he was surprised that you agreed "Are you sure that you're up for these types of shenanigans?" he asked. Planting lips against cooler scales a simple kiss was all that was really need for conformation that you were more than willing to have a little fun after so many days of draining work. Cool lips trailed from yours and down your neck gently lapping at warmer flesh and sucking on oh so tender spots, a faint purring escaping from your chest as he ever so gently toyed with your neck. Slowly his tongue trailed down further carefully running along your lower neck, not wanting to run out of room he gently tugged on the collar of your shirt bringing it down a bit so he could kiss your collar bone. "H-hey, not here" a soft mewl of protest wasn't much but he heard it and pulled his head away from your body "My chamber perhaps~" he cooed. There was no need for a response, he already knew that you were more than happy with that. With one swift movement he had his arm under your legs and began to carry you bridal style, it was as if you weighed nothing to him as he quickly slithered up the two flights of stairs towards his bedroom.