Burning Desire (Alastor X Reader)

Chapter 15 Dinner

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All of this made you really uncomfortable.

The two of you were sitting in a small corner of the restaurant, away from the eyes and ears of the customers.

It was a very quiet and well-decorated little room. If you had been lucky enough to be alone in that room, you might have thought you were still alive... unfortunately the demon deer in front of you remembered that you were very far from being alive.

Neither of you had said a word since you had settled in.

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Yeah, well, the fun was a little slow in coming...

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This silence was really stressful for you, fortunately there was a small candle on the table as a decoration. Very quickly your eyes fixed on the flame that came out of it. You were completely absorbed by the light.

It was so beautiful... so pleasing to your eyes. It was almost comforting. Seeing that flame dancing allowed you to think about something else, to forget about who was in front of you, to forget about where you were, and just to enjoy the beauty of the flame of a candle.

Alastor easily noticed your attention on the object and his smile twisted slightly, he understood that it was a way for you to escape, to be there and not be there somehow.

It was his fault, he hadn't specified the attitude you should have at that dinner. At the same time, he couldn't have predicted that you would be so rude and so selfless by the chance you had.

Did you even have the slightest idea of how lucky and honored you were? He knew demons who would kill in order to get even an ounce of his attention, and what did you do? You were distracted by a simple candle like a child discovering fire for the first time.

A frustrated growl came out of his throat in the form of a white noise, and with a simple glance the candle went out, bringing you back to reality.

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"Have you chosen my dear? "he asked in his usual joyful tone. Even though he was still a little annoyed by your lack of enthusiasm.

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You blinked several times to return completely to reality and answered.

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"Well, um... I don't really know what to take all sounds appetizing." You said with a forced smile as you turn your attention to the restaurant menu. Of course the truth was that even though his smell woke up the hungry wolf you had become, paradoxically you didn't want to swallow anything. "Have you already chosen?" You've asked

The deer's smile widened when he noticed you were finally a little more willing to talk.

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"Well I will certainly take venison... I must admit that the way they cook deer meat is quite delectable, yet, I'm a big foodie ,and very critical of food..."

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You nodded your head silently. Maybe you were gonna get the same th--wait ... deer?! You looked at him completely stunned by what you'd just heard, your eyes were round like saucers and your mouth opened slightly in surprise.

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"You... eat deer?"

"Why yes darling ! Why shouldn't I eat something I love? Is it because I'm a deer myself?" He asked with a chuckle.

You frown slightly.

"Well, other people might consider that cannibalism, don't you think? »

"We are what we eat, my dear," Alastor replied with a dark smile that gave you a shiver on your back. "And it's not like there are humans to eat here."