The devil [UNEDITED]

▪️Birthday▪️

IVY

We both returned back home yesterday. It was a good trip and surprisingly my parents were not hard on him. I expected my dad to shoot him. It was interesting to watch my parents and him have awkward conversations. My dad took him to his office to have a private conversation. God knows what they talked. But I guess I had a good time. It was nice to see my parents after a long time.

I even talked to Freddie. God I missed that kid so fucking much. He was and always will be my first best friend. I owe everything that I am today to him. He fixed me. He made me, me. I have no clue how I am going to repay that. He finally got the girl of his dream Darcy. He used to talk about her non-stop. He was obsessed with her. The first thing he told me when he met me was

"Your mom told me you can't talk because you are sad? Well, I am sad to because I miss my Darcy, But I can talk, why can't you?"

I smiled about thinking about his goofy grin. We were 10 years old. He pulled me out of the darkness when no therapist could.

We both were supper tired but he had lots to do. He was after all a Mafioso. I slept as soon as I came home. I woke up today morning early as I had to fall back into routine. It's my birthday. I didn't tell Leo cause I hated birthdays because of all the attention.

My usual routine for my birthday was waking up and having a nice breakfast and going to the rehab facility to volunteer. This has been a ritual for 3 years. I used to go to the orphanage, but after I lost my cousin Aiden to methamphetamine addiction, I started volunteering at the rehab facility near home.

His best friend Ben is in the NY rehabilitation center. He moved from the one in DC to here almost a month ago. I visited him a few times. No one knows about it except Freddie, Cynthia and Morgan, but my dad's trying to save him.

I took a long hot shower and made some pancakes and my favorite cranberry juice which is not healthy. I wore some nice clothes and packed a small bad with some juices as the work can be hectic.

As I was about to leave, I got a call from leo.

"Hello love"

"Hey Lucifer"

"Oh, I love it when you call me that." I had to smile at that

"Did you get any sleep?"

"No baby, I had a lot of stuffs to take care of."

"Please go get some sleep"

"No. I want to be with you. Maybe we can cuddle"

"Aw. I can't today. I am going out"

"Alone?"

"Yes"

"I'll take you. Be ready"

"No-"

He cut me off. Now I had to wait now. I sat on the sofa flipping through some channels when Cynthia and Morgan came in shouting happy birthday. They squeezed me into a big hug. We all cuddled up on the sofa and watched friends for some time when finally I heard a knock. I went to open the door. I immediately felt his lips crash on mine.

"Ew guys, please stop" hissed Morgan.

We both parted laughing.

"Where are we going?" He asked

"I'll tell you" I said stepping out the door.

We both got down and I got on his bike.

"NY rehabilitation center" I said

He looked at me with a puzzled expression.

"I'll tell you later"

It was a short drive. We both got down.

I stood in the entrance before going in.

"What happened babe"

"My cousin Derek was 6 years older than me. We were really close and his parents were quiet rich. He used to take me out somewhere every day after school. When I was 14, he started missing days and would turn up with dark circles and would look really tired. He started skipping classes. My dad later found out he was doing drugs. "

"We first thought it was pot or cocaine. We sent him to rehab. His parents didn't care because he was gay. They thought he deserved to die. He relapsed 10 times in a year until we found him dead on the streets due to overdose. His boyfriend contacted us. Aiden. Aiden then confessed that they were addicted to desoxyephedrine."

"Crystal meth?"

"Yeah. My dad was devastated because  Derek was like my dad's son. He wanted to give Aiden the right help. He put him on rehab. Aiden was an orphan. It was more hard for him, but he was always close to me. I used to visit him almost every day until I came to NY. But he required my support, so my parents sent him here last month. I have been visiting him ever since."

"You never told me."

"You never asked"

"Seriously, you are the epitome of secret"

"Seriously, I know"

We both went inside and went to Aiden's room.

"Hey kiddo. Happy birthday" he gave me a huge hug handing me a small box.

That's when I realized that I didn't think this through.

"Love, you never told me?" asked Leo.

"She's just wired that way. Don't take it to your heart. Aiden" Aiden said and stretched his arm out.

"I'm Leo"

"Oh, I have heard all about you"

Leo smile at Aiden

"He is hot" Aiden said whisper shouting and winking at me.

Leo laughed.

"Now, why didn't I know about your birthday?"

"I am not a fan of birthdays lu-leo" I shrugged

"Oh god, what am I even going to do with you"

"open the box" said Aiden.

"I opened it to find a small earing. It was beautiful. The stone in the middle was half green and half blue. Just like my eyes.

"Derek loved your eyes and he always told me how fascinated he was and how irritating your black lenses were."

I gave him a huge hug while Leo watched us with a smile. Thank god Aiden was gay or he'll be dead.

We all talked for some time. I and Leo volunteered to help out them with the addicts. Aiden was getting better and I was planning on letting him live with me for some time after he comes from the rehab. Just to keep an eye on him. I can't lose him too. I just can't.

"You wont lose him, I promise" Lucifer said as if reading my mind.

"I love you Lucifer"

"I love you Morningstar"

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