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At first vox freezes up feeling confused, he was about to pull away out of confusion and anger but then realized this might be his only chance to repair things, if they aren't beyond repair already, he wraps his arms around him back and sobs on his shoulder, not just tears, but that audible hyperventilating sobbing, he held onto the man probably tighter than he should*.“ I don't know if you mean this, and if you do then i dont know why, but if your doing this to f*ck with my head, i dont see the point"
“Vox, shut up”
“Fine, d*ck”, he said thinking “might as well just enjoy this while it lasts”, he did shut up with the words but the crying didn't stop, he couldn't help it at this point, although it slowed down a little as he held onto him tighter.
"One thing tells me you've been needing this for…” Alastor pats vox on the back, “A while”.
“No, Im fine, Im fine”, he said through sobs.
“Sure, dear”
“Still dont call me that b*tch”, he mumbles just enough to be 20 percent coherent.
“I can stop.”
“Why are you being nice?”
“I treated your…hatred…as a game. I didn't realize how serious you were. Until you tried to kill me and yourself, of course. Tell me, did your shark return home with a single scratch?”
"A small one but that seems from the buildings, he's a big boy, hell be alright....i didnt always hate you, I appreciate that but, you told me there were no friends in hell, what even is a f*cking friend to you because it f*cking seemed like we were?!?!, i just dont understand."
“I felt betrayed. I thought you stuck around for my power. I was wrong.”
Vox started laugh-sobbing, but with a small smile, “really? 70 freaking years of rivalry, hatred, and misery, because of a f**king misunderstanding?”, he looked into Alastors eyes and smiled, “”...I missed you ... .did you miss me?”, he said looking down , expecting a no or something equivalent.
“Miss you?, you never left”
“Guess I didn't", he laughed gently, “it always felt like you left me though, I really f**king missed you, al”.
One of Alastor's hands drifts from Vox’s back to the side of his neck, but Alastor doesn't seem to notice “ I did enjoy the game, though, I think it's time we call it quits”.
Vox smiled lightly, “I didn't but I agree”, his hand also traveled up towards his neck, he didn't want to initiate anything and ruin it so he made sure to keep his hand a steady pace farther from where Alastor's hand has slid, letting him lead, “Have I told you that your pretty?”, he whispers.
“Once, you were hammered”
“F**K! I THOUGHT YOU FORGOT THAT!, Im not like.saying. You. are. I was just..umm. Asking if I happened to say that…for some…odd reason”, he said blushing, " you said i called you pretty and you still had no idea how i felt about you 70 years ago?, you're so smart, yet so stupid, al", he says smiling.
“I thought maybe you had mistaken me for someone else”
" your dumb as f*ck, i was looking straight at your eyes al", he laughs gently
“Sometimes your eyes go in different directions, I thought maybe they were doing that”
"Well, ill tell you again, alastor, you are f**king beatiful”, vox pauses for a moment, looking down, "Sorry, was that to much, am i allowed to say that?...i should shut up now, sorry"
Alastor grabs both sides of vox’s head, looking into his eyes. Vox freezes and starts uttering “uhh…?” with his stupid confused voice, his screen is completely flushed pink but all he says is “you…okay? Is that a no?”
“What happened to your confidence, darling?”
"Oh, yeah, uh, hold on", vox steps away from the demon's grasp on his head, he then shakes it and regains composure making a weird pfftbt sound with his mouth. "There we go, better now, I'm amazing, your...really... pretty, but im beatiful", he said feeling less nervous and melty now that he wasn't being touched by him and also wasn't sure how far he could go he figured he already called him pretty so that had to be okay so best to stick with that even if there were 1000 other words he wanted to say.
“Not exactly what I meant”
" Then what did you mean?!? What? Do you like? Want me to pin you against the wall and kiss you or something....im joking, dont take me seriously", his screen is now pretty much completely covered in a pink tint.
Alastor's eyebrows reach his hair, and he shrugs “Perhaps”.
”WHA-WHA-ARE YOU SERIOUS? YOUR NOT GONNA LIKE…KILL ME?”
“I could but I've tasted your flesh before”, alastor shivers recalling it, “it's like trying to eat an outlet”
“Why were you tasting me, weirdo?!!”, he said but in a concerned and friendly manner’
“Well your body was just lying there…I couldn't help myself!”
“Okay, al, can't believe I used to like-like your stupid pretty face”
“Call me ‘pretty’ one more time n’ see what happens”
“Well now I'm curious, you pretty-a*s-b*tch”
Alastor grabs vox by the bottom of his screen, yanking him forward with almost enough force to decapitate him again. Vox interlocked his fingers with his as he shoved him against the wall and gently kissed his neck "It's okay if not, but can I bite you?” he asked.
“Tear me apart”
“F**K YES!”, Vox then proceeded to bite down on his neck and then would repeatedly kiss the spot he bit down and then repeat, before finally grabbing his face and then kissing him in the mouth one more time and then letting go, “I didn't say I still liked you”
“Your face hole is making noise again”
“Shut up and pay attention to me”, Vox shakes his head realizing he got lost in the moment, “wait…do you like, like me, or something?”
Alastor growls in frustration, “why are you stalling?”
“Stalling what?”
Alastors Jaw drops in bafflement as he looks at vox confused. “Tell me!, JUST answer the god*mn question, you can say no!”
“Im saying yes, that is the point.”
“HELL YES!”, he gives a little fist pump to the side, “Also, I lied. I didn't used to like you, I still do, in some twisted way, I have for the last 70 years”
“Why are you stopping this, I've just realized I'm into this, I've wanted this for five whole minutes, and I'd kill to get it”
“Calm down, I'll do whatever the f**k you want, but I want something in exchange”, he smiles at him.
“Name your price.”
“Cuddle me after”
“Done.”
“Done.”
Alastor and vox head over to the hotel, careful to make sure they weren't see, as they get into the room, there's a fade to black that then opens, vox looks at Alastor with a smile, he puts his arms around his neck and cuddles up to him with his head on his chest. “Hey Al, I have question”
“Im not sure I can think well enough to answer it”
“Do you mind…calling me Vincent?, I always loved hearing my human name in your voice, your still the only one that knows it, not even Val or Vel know”
“If you say please..” Alastor says as he flicks Vox’s antenna.
“Hey! That's sensitive!”, he blushes, “please”
“Very well, Vincent.”
Vox does a small girly squeal hearing his name, he snuggles closer to the demon, resting his hand on his chest, and slowly closing his eyes. “Youre comfy, ya know that?”Alastor gives a small smile in return.
There’s a knock at the door, and Alastor springs up in alarm “do NOT come in”. Vaggi's voice comes from the other side, exhausted. “Alastor, Charlie's worried about you for some reason, I guess, I’ll never understand because, again, for some reason…every radio in the building started being…weird, I don't know what its about but dont do that sh*t again, understand?
Vox hears vaggi and laughs at the situation gently, he continues wrapping his arms around him, “lay back down belle, Im still tired from last night”
“Is there someone in there with you? Vaggie questions through the door, Alastor looks down at vox, annoyed. “No, dear, just practicing my ‘not knowing when to be quiet’ impression. Carry on”.
Vox waits till Vaggie leaves this time so Alastor wont get pissy, he looks up at him with a mischievous grin on his face. “You like me”, he says, petting one of his ears.
“Youre very lucky to have all of your fingers”
“I'd say I'm pretty lucky to be here with you in general, I'd take losing all my fingers for that”, his arm continued hanging over him, “Do we have to get up? Can we just stay like this?”
Alastor lies back down, turning into vox to rest his head against his neck “shh”.
“Sorry dear, just needed to tell you that you're adorable”, he whispered while holding on to him and stroking his hair while looking at his face lovingly.
“You sure do love to talk, I'll have to fix that”
“You know you can't fix me Al, I was broken from the start remember? You couldn't get me to shut up for 70 years, you still won't now, actually, speaking of which, I have a question”
“Go ahead, dear”
“Are we like…together?”
Alastor gestures toward their bodies with his hand “I don't think we can get any closer”.
“So??????, IVE F***** VAL LIKE 500 TIMES AND OUR RELATIONSHIP IS STILL…complicated to say the least. So uhm, I'll take that as a yes?”
“Do not bring up that revolting excuse for a man”
“Sorry” Alastors ears droop and he yawns, to most it looks frightening with the amount of teeth showing but Vox just watches in admiration. “Tired? wanna go to sleep?, Alastors shoulders relax, and his head falls down deeper into vox’s neck, sliding down to his chest. It had most definitely been ages since he had properly slept. Vox blushes looking down thinking about how absolutely adorable he looks, he grabs him tightly as if protecting him, he doesn't know from what, but it feels right, like he never wants anything to happen to him. Being careful not to wake him up he whispers, “sleep well belle, j’taime”, and then proceeds to kiss him on the forehead and then also falls asleep with him in his arms again.