Demon Chemistry | Baxter x Niffty

Chapter 7: Introvert or Antisocial

"I don't know what happened. All I did was hug him and he ran upstairs. He kinda had moist skin, like really slimy. But Does he not like hugs? Does he not like me?"
Niffty asked with anxiety and a bit of sadness in her voice.

"No no no. Of course Baxter likes you, it was probably-"

"That he's gay? He's gay isn't he? OOOOH MAN! I probably made him super uncomfortable! No it can't be possible, he avoided Angel at any chance he saw him!" Niffty said quickly in her own panic state. She didn't want to believe the worst. Baxter was the only available man for her in the entire building, maybe even in all of Hell.

"Niffty! *sighs* Look, as I was saying: Baxter probably didn't take too kindly to the hug because I think...he's antisocial." Charlie squat down to speak to her at her height level.

"Antisocial? How could he be? He talks to me. He also talked to some of us as well, so it doesn't count."
Niffty moved her hands around and placed them on her chest.

"Okay, maybe I'm getting confused with him being an introvert instead. Now I'm more sure that he's an introvert. Did You know I'm dating an introvert?"

"Who?" Niffty wondered. She was hoping it would be Alastor soon, seeing how they were slowly getting closer together.

"It's Vaggie. She pointed a spear at you when you first came here. She's kinda overprotective but she knows you're harmless." Charlie smiled nervously knowing that she now made Vaggie sound dangerous.

"Oh...OK! I'll just uh...go put away the cleaning cart! See yah!" Niffty was trying to hold it all in. Until she was all alone and walking in the basement, she let all of her voice out. "Baxter is socially awkward? Princess Charlie is dating a spear wielding psycho? And Charlie isn't with Alastor?!" She let out a hopeless cry that wasn't at all sad but just a sad complaint. "Why can't things be simple and sweet in my life? I mean, 'afterlife?" Her arms drooped down with disappointment and despair that she wasn't her fast self anymore. She looked like a lost kid complaining. She did as she told Charlie and went back to cleaning areas in the hotel that needed assistance. But she held her feelings in throughout the rest of her day.

Afterwards when the day was done, Niffty took a shower and threw herself on her bed and reached for the pillow to scream into it. She felt her own tears start soaking her own pillow and cried silently. She forgot she was wearing makeup and ruined it so she got off her pillow and looked at her nightstand that contained her friendfiction book with her diary inside the drawer. "All is not lost, tiny weeb. The books await you." Niffty grabbed both her diary and her friendfiction book out, held them in both hands. "Which one do I do first? Hmm, I should probably just apologize to Baxter first." She put her friendfiction to the side and began the apology letter.

Baxter's POV:
How could she do that to me? We were just cleaning only. We weren't even done and she hugs me all of a sudden knowing that we were both filthy. Maybe she is filthy. She seems innocent on the outside but on the inside, she wants me all to herself. Then she will do all sorts of vulgar things to me as she takes away my virginity. Oh Gott. What have I gotten myself Into?

Baxter held his head over his desk when he heard two quiet and quick knocks at his door.
This can't be good. At this hour too?
The scientist slowly crept toward the door and noticed a paper that was slid under his door. He picked it up and just by the handwriting, he knew it was Niffty's even though he'd never seen it before. It had that frilly handwriting style that he knew was in a female way. He opened up his door and saw the empty hallway that was just pure darkness when he looked further ahead.
She must have ran back to her room as soon as she knocked.
He closed the door and locked it before he could open up this paper she gave him.

Hey Baxter,
Look, I'm so so sorry that I hugged you so suddenly earlier today. I should've asked for permission to do something like that. Next time, can I ask for permission to give you a hug or something? Please don't think of me as weird and creepy. Well, Goodnight, have a pleasant tomorrow, and hopefully we can still be ok with each other and not some awkward thing where we agree to (flip over to read the rest)>

*[Turns page for more]*

forget about it because there's no way both of us will forget about it that easily.
Sorry if I rambled all of that. I just needed to get things off of my chest. So have some fun stickers! Charlie gave them to me BTW.
😳😊🤗🌈🥰💕💞

Baxter just shivered after going through the whole note. He kept his confused frown on and he was having mixed feelings even more.

"I...I don't know what to think. I'm glad that she apologized but her apology says a bit more about her feelings towards me. I think she likes me...oh Gott. I'm not ready for a relationship! I don't know what to do in one. I don't know if I'm going to be able to keep it steady. What would she do if I said yes? Or no? What if she's really touchy? Ugh, what on Earth is she planning to do to me?! Stop! Stop it! She probably just wants to be a friend. That's all........I need to go to sleep. I need to stop talking to myself to get myself calm."

Baxter folded the note and put it down on his desk. He stared at it for a while then shook his head and went to his bed to try and sleep.

Meanwhile, Niffty was also kept up at the anxiety of Baxter reading her note.
"Ugh, I need to stop worrying! This isn't good for me. I should probably start working on my next friendfic. Mister perfect nerd and the Cheerleader, a high school theme! Oh this will take me back. Hmm, Baxter is a highly educated and proficient student whose only sport is swimming. Because he's a light fish thingy. Oh yeah, an Anglerfish. But an anglerfish that walks on land, would that just make him amphibious? Hmm, maybe he's an angler-amphibian. Welp, better get started! The setting should be in the school pool and boys locker room. Oh yeah Niffty. Feeling sweet eighteen all over again."
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AUTHOR'S note - August 8th, 2020
School starts next Monday, that's why this one feels kinda short. Sorry if this one took so long. Lol, is anyone even reading this story at all?

Anyways, stay safe everyone. Heaven Bless!
Word count: 1184