Is This Really Hell? (Radiodust)

Chapter 11

Angel

"Check it out sweetheart, it's all done," a set of Angel's arms flew up as he raised them to the pine tree, decorated in silver and gold laced rope and ornaments that have a warm and calming glow.

Charlie was more than gleeful as she gazed upon the tree, "Isn't it beautiful Vaggie," she asks with enthusiasm.

"Yes, it really is," Vaggie said with somewhat of a smile, surprising Charlie.

Vaggie's appreciation made the Princess of Hell have a red glow to her cheeks, to which Angel laughed, then Charlie, then Vaggie, making both of the other's stop. She looked at them a little worried, "What, we all have to be in the holiday spirit, right?"

"You've never laughed before," Angel says without a second thought. The rest of what happened with Vaggie didn't matter to him as he heard the scurrying of Fat Nuggets. After the small creature entered the main hall, it ran straight into Angel's arms, "Aww, who's my cute little oinker," the pig squealed and the spider demon laughed, "That's right, you are."

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Hours passed and somehow, without drugs or alcohol, Angel felt happy, but he couldn't brush off the feeling of slight emptiness in his heart. Charlie interrupted his thoughts, "Hey Angie?"

"Sup Charlie?"

"What is this holiday again," she asked, actually curious.

"It's uh Christmas," he snapped his fingers when he said the name and smiled.

"So every year on this day, you decorate a tree and spend time with friends," she laid on Vaggie's lap.

"Yeah, but my friends used to do more. We would play games and give each other stuff," he smiled as he remembered the days when he was alive.

"What would you get eachother?"

"Well it depended on what the other person liked. Here's an example, there was this girl who played guitar and for Christmas one year, I bought her an amp," he suddenly laughed, "I also bought her some LSD too."

Charlie nods, "So I just buy my friends gift?"

"Yep, it's fun watching their faces light up."

"Oh."

Vaggie started petting Charlie's hair, and Angel Dust smiled at the two them, enjoying the time of year and his, well, family. It was a beautiful day, and he wasn't going to let this one feeling ruin it for him.