Demon Chemistry | Baxter x Niffty

Chapter 5: Basement Cleaning with Baxter pt. 1

^Artwork above isn't mine. Don't know who'msmm it is. But if fits.

If the environment of Hell doesn't torment the denizens, sometimes, the dreams do. People usually try avoid sleeping, sometimes there's no dreams at all for dreaming demons. Dreams can be weird, they might be good or bad, flashbacks or meaningless. For Baxter in his room, tossing and turning, he was slowly drifting to sleep. He didn't think it was possible since his nap several hours ago. It was 1PM and he finally fell asleep.

Niffty, feeling giddy and satisfied about the entry she wrote down, was now yawning with a smile. She closed the book and put it safely in her nightstand. "You're my precious little world. Goodnight." She then went to sleep. Not without saying Baxter's name softly before dreaming of soft thoughts.

The morning arrived and Baxter began hearing rapid knocking at his door.
"Oh Baxter, want to find that room we were talking about?" Niffty asked loudly from the hallway. "Ugh...it's 6 AM in the morning, too early. Why now?" Baxter sat up scratching his head.
"Because I have free time right now and I'm in a mood for the start of a new day! And maybe this day will be great!"
Baxter obviously can't see it but Niffty Is jumping excitedly while holding the frames of the doorway. He only heard small thumping and thought she was knocking quietly this time.
He finally got dressed in his usual suit, adjusted his bowtie, and opened the door. Only to find something different about Niffty.

"Are you-...are you wearing a maid dress?" Baxter stuttered while pointing at Niffty's new uniform.
"Yep! Sewed it up myself! Do you like it?" Niffty spun around once and fixed her hair a little. 'Well, now she looks like a maid instead of a messy artist. She has good taste, I'll give her that.' Baxter criticized in his mind and just shrugged at the question before walking towards the direction of the lobby. 'I saw that little blush, ~I know you like it!~' Niffty thought teasingly from her mind with a touch of a sing-song voice on the last sentence.

Down the hallways and into the main hotel building, they met with another demon.
"That there is Dalius, he gave me information on this place. We don't have much in common except that we were homeless at one point." Baxter pointed out.
"Oh yeah, I remember him. He was one of the first patrons." Niffty added on with description.
"Oh, hello Baxter! You gave this place a chance! It's super nice here...what do you think of it so far?" Dalius rubbed his neck. They stood there in silence for a few seconds until Baxter finally answered. "I think it's useful." He said with an attitude that said he wanted this conversation done quickly. "Come along, Niffty. I need to see this room for my experiments." Baxter dragged her down the stairs and towards the lobby.
"He-he's holding my hand tight and taking the lead...Woah!...I thought he liked personal space" Niffty thought. But if it was for science, Baxter had to get out of his comfort zone and do all he can for it.

Down at the lobby, Niffty checked to see if there was anyone around. "This feels like how I always fantasized about me and my boyfriend sneaking around afterschool and...misbehaving. Hehehe." She mischievously thought.

"Good morning, guys! Why are you two up so early?" Charlie asked while walking down the stairs.
"Aww, fantasies interrupted." Niffty thought with disappointment. But now wasn't the time for negativity. She needed to find the perfect place for Baxter.
"Hey Charlie. I was just looking for the basement. I heard there's a lot of rooms that needed to be cleaned."

"Awesome! But be careful, I haven't seen all the rooms down there, and I heard it's like a bunker from what Vaggie said about it."

"A bunker. Now that's fitting." Baxter thought with an attitude that didn't know what else to think.
"Do you know where the keys are? I've never stepped foot down into that place." Niffty asked.
"Gott Im Himmel, I thought you said that you knew the rooms would be suitable for my lab!" Baxter snapped a little. Feeling like he was having his time wasted or Niffty didn't know what she was really doing or talking about.
"I did! I just...heard about it from Charlie and Vaggie. I'm sorry." Niffty gave him a sad eye like she needs to be forgiven. Charlie found the keys on time to make these tiny demons feel better. "Here's the keys you guys! But wait, why is Baxter going with you, Niffty?" Charlie interrupted and asked.
"Because he volunteered to help. And in reward, I uh..." Niffty didn't know if it was okay to have Baxter have his own room to convert into a lab.
"Niffty, go on?"