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"Val! Valentino! I'm so glad you could make it!"
"I wouldn't miss it for the world, your majesty."
"Please, just Lucifer. Here, let me get your chair for you." Lucifer was out of his own seat before the other could reply, yanking it out in such a way that it screeched horribly against the floor as he did so. He winced at the noise, gave Valentino an apologetic grin as he gestured for him to sit.
Soon found out the small gap between chair and table wasn't nearly enough for the man who was a million miles tall. Valentino tucked himself into the seat with a thank you anyway, adjusting it to a more comfortable position when Lucifer had retaken his place opposite him.
"Sorry, I- um, first date, you know? First first date, because me and Lil never did that whole thing, and well, I've never exactly been with anyone else, not seriously anyway and- oh, look at me rambling, you don't want to hear all of this. How are you?"
Fuck, this was going terribly, Lucifer half expected Valentino to ditch him right there, because it was Valentino for fuck's sake, what did he want with a sorry excuse for a king?
Still, the pimp chuckled warmly, no hint that he was at all put off by Lucifer's awkwardness, "I understand, Lucifer, I've never dated anyone in the traditional sense either. And I'm well, thank you for asking, just a little tired from work."
Work! That was a good topic! "Oh, how is it being-"
Wait.
"A pimp?" Valentino finished for him.
"Yeah. Uh."
Valentino reached across the table to cover one of Lucifer's hands with his own, smile softening, "Look, we're both fucking terrible at this, and we're undoubtedly going to make fools of ourselves multiple times throughout the night, but" He squeezed the hand in his grip, "I like you and I think we can get through this, weird match that we are."
"Right." Lucifer agreed, taking a deep breath. Yeah they were a fucking weird match, that's for sure, but he liked Val, and he really wanted it to work, "Why don't we get some drinks? Heavy on the alcohol. If things go bad we'll just wipe the memory and try again."
Valentino barked out a laugh at that, "I like the way you think."