"A Violet Cough" Lucifer x Diavolo Obey Me

Part 2

After another restless night, Lucifer went to Lord Diavolo's castle. As he walked through the halls, petals filled the demon's mouth and filled the pockets of his jacket. The entire castle was a reminder of Diavolo. He stopped by a spare bathroom to empty his pockets before going into Diavolo's office.

As he exited the bathroom, he saw Diavolo's wife, Emma. He immediately started coughing yellow roses, and she rushed over to help him. He turned away from her, to keep her from seeing the flowers, but to no avail.

Determined to help Lucifer, she asked, "Are you alright? What-" She stopped when she saw yellow petals fall. She sat him down and sat next to in silence until Lucifer stopped his coughing fit.

"Is that what you're seeing him for?" she asked.

Lucifer, not knowing how much she had inferred, just nodded as he quickly stood up and walked away.

"His office is the other way, Lucifer," Emma called out.

"I know," said Lucifer as he walked back to the entrance.

Before he left, he stopped by Barbatos' office to pick up a small stack of papers waiting for him. If he wasn't going to last until the surgery, he thought, he might as well get as much work done as possible.

As soon as he walked through the door to the House of Lamentation, his thoughts went wild. The Avatar of Pride didn't deserve the future king of the Devildom. The most powerful demon, second only to his father, deserved a woman. A woman who could give him children. A woman to be his queen. A woman-

His thoughts were cut off by a massive coughing fit. Whole flowers were fell from his lips. Papers fell to the ground as he was brought to his hands and knees from his body rejecting the veins growing in his lungs. Flowers after flower piled under him, along with a growing pool of blood. Yellow, white, violet and dark red. Beelzebub noticed his older brother and ran towards him, then called for the rest of the brothers. Lucifer's coughing only stopping for the briefest of moments before starting up again. He heard Asmo call someone on his phone frantically while Mammon and Levi patted his back. Out of the corner of his eye, he could see even Satan and Belphegor looking concerned.

He thought of how he must look to all his brothers, on his knees, covered in petals and blood, dying to a silly crush. He thought at how long it was taking for him to die. Why couldn't this be a quick death? As his eyes started to fail him, he heard the doors behind him open.

"Lucifer!" Diavolo cried out as he ran to kneel beside him. Lucifer tried to hold his coughing in only for the next few to be even more forceful. Lucifer felt himself be pulled towards his Lord. He tried to protest, but all the coughing made him weak. He hated himself for that. He was weak. Falling for Diavolo had made him weak.

"What's happened to you? What's wrong?" Diavolo looked around to the brothers.

"He's got Hanahaki disease. He said it was for you," Asmo said.

"Oh no. Oh no no no." Diavolo held onto Lucifer tighter as he mumbled under his breath.

Diavolo's words barely made it through the sound of Lucifer's coughs, "I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner. The marriage is a formality. Emma means nothing to me. I love you not her. It's just for my father. I was going to tell you eventually, but I didn't know how. I-" Diavolo rambled on for a few more seconds before the realization hit Lucifer.

Lord Diavolo liked him back. He said he loved him. His chest stopped convulsing; his throat stopped swelling. He felt like he could breath. After a few empty coughs he took a deep breath, his first in a long while. He placed his entire weight on Diavolo as he just breathed. After a moment of silence, Lucifer heard soft weeping and laughing. Opening his eyes, he saw Beel giving Belphie and Satan a hug, while Asmo sat, airily laughing. He looked up to see Diavolo with tears wetting his cheeks.

He smiled up at the demon he loved and gasped when his smile was met with a powerful kiss. Lucifer brought his hand up to the older demon's hair as he deepened the kiss. He heard Mammon whooping in the background and smiled.

Lucifer then looked down at the huge pool of blood and flowers and said, "I could never see those flowers again, and it would still be too soon." Everyone laughed as Lucifer pulled Diavolo into another kiss. "I love you too."