Singer of the moon (completed)

Chapter XI - Loveable illusion

    After leaving his room Erebus found himself back in the dull hallway, the silence from the hall as well from his own room put him at ease knowing that Angel has been taken to the dreaming city, taking the moment needed to fix his tie the demon's golden eyes watch the white walls counting the strips of red as well as the flowers in the hall "so Erebus I saw angel enter your room but he never left, is he okay" the suited demon turned around to find charlie standing before him looking up with a smile on her face, her rosy cheeks burning bright before she cleared her throat "yeah yeah he was just wanted to talk and check up after my fight, he is a really sweet demon, slightly demented but sweet" Erebus slid his finger into his collar before smiling back "sorry princess I am late to speak to this demon named husk about me getting that job, after all, I could use more money for my own endeavors peace be with you my dear" the red skinned demon bowed before walking away, humming a light tune while his arms rested behind him, a feather falling onto the ground before an elevater dinged allowing him to go down into the lobby, upon looking around. This so-called hotel seemed empty with a single female demon sitting behind the desk filing what seemed to be her nailed, upon walking over, she looked up a sweet smile crossed her face before rising looking up to Erebus "good morning sir and welcome to the happy hotel, do you need a room or perhaps in need of rehab" her tone spoke of boredom. Erebus chuckled before leaning down close enough to smell her sweat and pheromones, a smile crossed his face wide enough for his teeth to be clearly visible "no I seek the bar and wish to speak to a Mr.husk, I am told he works as the barkeep" at the moment he leaned down, the female blushed and cleared her throat "s-s-s-sorry he is down the hall and to the left" the suited demon turned to leave waving his hand before a beating of a heart caught his attention "it seems my phone is ringing I shall return " Erebus though to himself before stepping outside taking a look around, the empty street not making a single sound but the buzzing from the street lights echoed in the nothingness that filled the streets when another demon suddenly walked up to him "got a lighter bub?" looking up Erebus was meet with yet another female with a single eye holding a fag in her fingers watching him closely, her left hand on her hip and while she seemed polite he could smell the explosives on her. Erebus did not want to push his fate or luck so he handed her a pure golden lighter bearing the name of vichallen on the side, pressed into the soft medal a moment passes before Erebus lit one himself taking a deep breath, the demon filling his lungs with this cancers smoke "so Erebus I presume, Angel has spoken fondly of a demon matching you, also by chance have you seen him, he did not message me last night after meeting you" she looked over with his single eye and so some reason the suited demon's muscles tensed up as his body readied itself to fight her before the smaller demon before him chuckled waving her hand "it does not matter, most likely he got laid and right now is high as hell, lucky son of a bitch, any who names cherry im angels best friend the honor is all yours" she smiled while stomping the cigarettes with her boot walking away "if you see him, tell him I want all the details of his nightly sinful delight" 

with the so-called cherry gone, the suited demon headed back into the hotel taking his time heading into the dim light bar, the air reeked of stale smoke and beer a single demon stood behind the bar stool cleaning a glass, although most shocking was that this demon too had wings although very much different, Erebus's was pure black with kisses of white littered on the stem leading onto his back, and to this date, only one demon other than himself knew of this detail and even thinking of it made the suited man blush although you could never tell with his red skin, gaining his composer Erebus walked up to the keep smiling wide as a mad man before speaking clearly "are you husk?" the demon took a moment to look up before speaking in a husky and deep voice one that you would find on a shorter male "yep what is it to you bub" husk looked over this new demon before smiling "wait are you in room 381?, if so quite the show you did last night with your friend seeing as your punk ass kept me up most of the night, but any was i take your are Erebus, charlie told me you will be stopping by looking for the job of playing that old paino, well you got the job and your shift starts at 8pm now leave me alone i have too much shit to do and not enough time to do it" Erebus looked at him blankly for what seemed like forever "did everyone know about this sinful delight that he could not help himself from tasting perhaps he could return to his room and speak to angel about all this, maybe the deal he wanted to offer was not that good of an idea" the suited man noded waving his hand to say good by before heading back keeping his head down alsmost ashamed of himself when a thump of him bumping into someone snapped his dream like state back "sorry alastor, did not see you there" his voice low as he kept moving back into the same elevator heading back to his room after some time Erebus found himself leaning down on his door his heart beating the speed of light for the first time in his life he tasted fear and he did not know why, pushing the door open he was meet with the safety of his home with a spider demon standing before him, covered only by Erebus's own night robe, angel smiling wide at him "welcome back Erebus, should we speak about last night? or will we just say it never happened" the spider took a step forward only for the suited demon to hold his hand out "never mind last night my dear, take my hand and dance with me" Erebus smiled softly at Angel with his free hand, a simple snap of the fingers filled the small home with the piano notes pressing themselves the two twirling as one while nither say a word getting lost in the music