Dewdrop Ghoul x Named OC
Dahlia Amato is arranged to become Cardinal Copia's prime mover. However it seemed Dewdrop had different plans and it was hard for her to say no to him.
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Cardinal Copia had begun to notice there was a discomfort between his future prime mover and himself. It could've been the multitude of hours that he spent holed up with his paperwork and rats but something was terribly wrong. He understood that Dahlia was nervous about the role she'd now be playing but wasn't certain if that was the only reason she was uncomfortable.
When Sister Imperator had come to him with the idea of taking a prime mover, Copia was unsure of the outcome. Especially with the fact she was uprooting someone's life to just marry him for the sake of a new bloodline. Dahlia Amato had been a great choice with her dedication to the church and love for helping others in the congregation. But it didn't seem like the woman was entirely happy to be taking on the role, he couldn't blame her for it honestly.
His ghouls even seemed unhappy as of late too with the date of the ceremony beginning to close in. Especially for the lead guitarist who was seething every time at rehearsals this month. Copia didn't at first understand where his sudden hatred towards him started but had slowly started to put the pieces together. He honestly didn't want to believe it at first that his fiancé might be involved with one of his ghouls. But it was somewhat of a relief to him. Copia was to become Papa in a few months and that alone was taking up his time preparing for. There was no room mentally to take care of a wife and soon children.
"Is something bothering you, Copia?" Dahlia questioned. It wasn't entirely unusual for the man to drift away mentally during their talks. There was an awful lot on his plate like herself but he had been silent for longer than usual this time.
"Could I ask you a personal question, cara?" Copia wanted to ripe the bandaid off fast. Knowing was a whole lot better than just making assumptions because he overheard things. Like what if he was wrong and was looking at his fiancé in such a harsh light? It wasn't entirely fair even though he had a sinking feeling it was true.
"Of course, I'm an open book." She shrugged before taking a bite of the lukewarm pasta. Usually Copia was full of questions so it didn't come as a surprise. Plus it was best to just act like everything was completely normal rather than come across as stressed as she really was.
"I overheard that you maybe uh" Copia coughed trying think how to approach this lightly. Her eyebrow raised with curiosity, twirling the pasta on her fork waiting. "Are you romantically involved with Dewdrop?" He wanted to die of embarrassment right there. Copia wasn't sure how he would recover if he was wrong.
Dahlia heard the clink of the fork against the china before fully realizing she dropped it. Sister Imperator had been adamant that the Cardinal wouldn't find out about it. But it seemed like that flew right out of the window and Dahlia wasn't sure how to go about it. Was it better to just tell him? Maybe he'd be able to help her? What if he was angry and told the Imperator? She'd definitely be executed no questions asked. Dahlia gulped while trying to collect her scattered thoughts.
"I'm not sure where you heard that but it's definitely wrong." Dahlia weakly smiled. If Dew found out about this, she'd one hundred percent be punished later. Honestly the thought kind of thrilled her, he went practically feral when teaching her who she belonged to. Dahlia coughed trying to pull her focus back into what was happening rather than Dew pounding into her later.
"Sorella, we're getting married next month and if you have something to tell me I'd rather you be honest with me now." Copia watched the woman in front of him slowly crumbling. He was surprised the see the hint of fear swirling in her eyes.
"Please understand I came here to marry you, Copia, but everything changed so fast. I wanted to have more self control at first but there was a lot more to it than just some affair." Dahlia made sure it was worded carefully rather than just spewed out in a mess. There was a sense of relief slowly being lifted off her shoulders with every word.
"I of course had no idea coming here that I was going to be Dew's mate. I'm so incredibly sorry that I couldn't fulfill my duty to the church." She wanted to burst into tears for admitting everything to Copia but she just couldn't. It was better for him to know especially with the ceremony so damn close at this point. How would she be able to hide her relationship with Dew if she was supposed to bear Copia's children eventually?
"It's not your fault, cara. This was beyond your control." Copia wanted to seem shocked. Granted he was surprised that his hot headed ghoul had a mate in the first place. He was wondering at that point how Dahlia even put up with him because he obviously needed some pointers.
"You aren't upset with me?" Dahlia questioned. His reaction was quite anticlimactic after being so worried he'd possibly run off to the Imperator ready to kill her. That was still very possible once she found out that he knew.
"How can I be upset, sorella? You can't control Lucifer's wishes, he chose for you to be Dew's mate and I'm not going to disagree with our Dark Lord." Copia shrugged returning to his meal. Dahlia blinked a few times in shock trying to piece things together. How could he be so nonchalant about everything?
"So what are we going to do, Copia?" Dahlia wanted to be free of the chains tying the two of them together. Even if it meant having to go back home to a very disappointed father. But as long as Dew was able to come with her, things could become normal eventually.
"I'll talk with Sister Imperator to resolve some things and you're more than welcome to stay here. You'll just have other duties to the church of course." Copia explained. He knew Sister wouldn't be thrilled that this plan of hers failed after succeeding for so long. But this beyond their control for all the parties involved.
"I don't think that's a good idea, Copia. You weren't suppose to find out." Dahlia was internally panicking. She was certain she'd be dead before the wedding bells rang. There was no way she'd be getting out of this unscathed.
"You'll see, I'll fix everything cara. Now eat, I'm sure you need all your energy to deal with that ghoul hm?" Copia joked trying to calm the woman down. It definitely wasn't working but Dahlia reluctantly took another bite of the cold food. She envied how calm Copia could be after everything coming to light. Perhaps he knew all along and just didn't want to believe it? Or perhaps Aether said something hoping he'd be able to help them? Either way, Dahlia had a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach. She was absolutely screwed here.
