Demon Chemistry | Baxter x Niffty

Chapter 2: New Fish Blue Fish

From the smoke of Baxter's chemical weapons, Angel is sleeping on the floor passed out. "Ugh, the Hell? I didn't even get high off of this smoke. What the fuck just happened?" He got up to get his balance and was heading back to his room. "Angel? Are you okay?" Niffty walked up behind rolling the cart towards the side of him. "I dunno, I was walking around the hallways and then I blacked out. Then when I woke up, all this weird ass smoke was around me. I hope I wasn't robbed or some shit, whadda bout you? How you doin today? Didya find yourself a man?"
"Nope, this place is still pretty empty." Niffty lied. She first thought about talking about a new crush she found but changed her mind and kept a secret in Hope's that nobody would try to steal him from her, especially if it would be Angel. "Kay, here's my stop. See ya, tiny!"
"Ok, you rest now." Niffty waved back.
As soon as the door closed, Niffty went back to pushing the cart away from his room and mumbled, "Perfumes are not showers."

Back in Baxter's bathroom, he laid in the tub after the shower and relaxed in the bath. Being submerged in water was great for his skin, it usually took out his stressful worries. He kept staring into the ceiling until he drifted asleep, head underneath. It was fine for him, he did this almost all the time.

He was brought back to his old ship, March of 1917. The alarms were going off and the whole crew was running around.

Baxter woke up and took a sharp inhale. "Not again...*sigh* I better get the rest of my items organized." He got out and dried himself off, got himself into a bathrobe and began unpacking his belongings more. A rapid knocking startled him, "Baxter? Are you there?" He pressed himself up against the wall that was putting him in a blind spot of the doorway even though there was no peephole or anyway to look through the door. He stood there for half a minute, "Baxter, it's me, Niffty. If you can hear me, I wanna let you know where the dirty laundry is always put. Okay?...see ya!" He took a relieved sigh, "What is her deal? Is she going to be like this towards me all the time?" Afterwards, Baxter put on a new set of clothes. His pants were similar to his other clothes but his buttoned up collar shirt was light blue. He topped it off with a bowtie and suspenders. Now he was ready...to stay around in his room.

"I wonder what he does all day?" Niffty asked herself as she pushed the cart down the hallway. "Oh hey Niffty!" The small demon peeked her head to the side to see who was talking. "Oh, Charlie! Hi!"

"Keep up the good work!" Charlie raised her thumbs up.

"You too, Boss! Oh! Uuuhh do you know about this new guy living here named Baxter? A new resident?"

"Nope, never seen Baxter. But a new resident?! Awesome! So what about him?"

"Oh, I uuhhh...just wanted to know what he does. That's all! I thought that you'd know what he does."

"Nope, this is all new info to me! So, does he interest you?" Charlie gave off a cute smile that showed that she was feeling fuzzy about Niffty's feelings for someone.

"I-N-no! Of course not! He's too cooped up in his room and I don't think he likes to talk to anyone. He's kinda shy I guess." Niffty rubbed her shoe on the carpet at the last sentence.

"Hmm, ok. I'll try to see him for you. I'll tell you about him when I get back. Sounds good?" Charlie put her hands on her hips as she walked backwards with a smile. Turning around to turn a corner, she bumped into Alastor.

"Oh, please excuse me Al, I'm so sorry!"

"My dear it's alright."

Niffty overhears their conversation from around the corner and takes a peek. "*gasp* Are they gonna hook up? Oh my gosh this is gonna be so amazing! I'm definitely going to update my friendfiction on these two!". Niffty rubbed her hands and snickered before  pushing her cart down the hallway again.

Back in Baxter's room, the chemist stood looking out the circular window. He decided to push it open with obvious no success.
"Damn this bloody place! How will the air be filtered out now when I conduct my experiments? I have no other place to produce anything, I can't do it here. I must find someplace suitable somehow."
Just then, a knock again was heard.
"Hello, excuse me? Are you Baxter by any chance? This is the hotel manager speaking, Charlie Magne, the princess of Hell."

"Oh God, she's going to kick me out isn't she? No, it can't be. From what I've heard, she's actually kind and harmless."
He panicked in his head.
"Y-yes! What do you want?" He slowly walked to the door.
"I just want to say, welcome! I know you'll enjoy your stay!"
"How can this woman be so assuring? But she does give off a positive and promising attitude."
He finally opened up the door and looked up. "Good to see you finally, I'm Charlie, the hotel manager! Would you like a tour around the hotel?"

"No, I think I figured out everything."

"Okay, if there's any questions, let me know."

"I have one." Charlie bent down to try to be at his level, Baxter just felt insulted and backed away. "These windows don't open, do you want us to suffocate?"

"Oh, n-no. I'm sorry, This part of the hotel is marine themed so it's supposed to feel magical and authentic."

Baxter took a sharp inhale and pinched his eyes with disappointment. "Thank you for letting me know." He spoke halfheartedly and shut the door on her.

"Well, at least he responded." Charlie said with some hope.

"Is the new resident giving you trouble, sweetheart?" Alastor spoke quietly. Charlie knew he was old fashioned and was used to saying this towards anyone but this made her blush a little.

"No, not really. He was cooperating though. Thanks for asking, Al." Charlie brushed her hair looking down and trying to avoid blushing.

Baxter not knowing or even caring about the two demons having a conversation that would blossom into something greater than business partners, fell onto his couch and fell asleep.
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AUTHOR'S note May 11, 2020
Man this semester is almost over which would mean more writing for you guys. And thank you for all sticking by, It means alot. I think I'm gonna really like the direction I'm going to take this story. I mean it's set before my main story I'm writing right now so it's like a prequel.
More of this story is coming so stay tuned!