Chapter 9.
Priya started giggling like crazy, she was so happy, so unbelievably happy. She can't believe it, she never thought this would happen to her. She slipped the ring on her finger and admired it. In the center was a big diamond and surrounding it were little rubies. Suddenly she grinned, her mother was never married, not once, she and Serena are bastard children. Now she has a big milestone that her mother never reached, marriage. Priya jumped out of bed, about to run to the shop but smelt something cooking, knowing she should run to the kitchen.
Dante was cooking home fries and eggs, hoping these would be easy on Priya's stomach. He tasted it and reached for the salt. He isn't a good cook like Priya but he should learn how to cook, Priya certainly can't do it now. Cooking can get you cut and burned and if Priya was to get hurt then so would her and Dante's baby. As soon as he picked up the salt he dropped it as Priya nearly tackled him in a hug.
"Yes! Yes! Yes!" She cried. Dante was shocked, wondering why she was crying but then it registered in his brain what she was saying. He pulled her away from him and took her hand, seeing that she is wearing the ring. Dante smiled, he thought it looked pretty but now he thinks it looks prettier on Priya's little hand.
Priya was smiling and bouncing with excitement but then she suddenly doubled over in pain. Dante knew what it was and quickly brought her to the bathroom where she threw her guts up. It lasted for 7 minutes, a lot of it was just retching. Priya leaned against the tub and groaned, feeling hot and sweaty now. Dante started drawing a cool bath and said: "Here, this will help you cool off." He helped Priya get undressed since she was so weak now and helped her into the tub.
"I'm gonna finish cooking breakfast, call me if you need something." The cambion said and left the bathroom, leaving the door ajar so he would be able to hear her.
As he walked back into the kitchen, he smelt that the home fries were cooking nicely, but when he got over to the stove he realized he burnt them, parts of them are black. he quickly turned the stove off and sighed, he's never going to get good at this. He moved the homefries to the plates and started cooking the eggs. He didn't know how Priya liked her eggs so he went with scrambled, a lot of people like their eggs scrambled and some people say eggs are best that way. He looked over at the home fries and sighed, wondering why he didn't smell them while they were burning.
As he put the eggs on the plates, Priya came into the room wrapped in just a towel. She smiled lightly and said, "Breakfast smells good."
"Yeah, but I burnt the home fries," Dante said and handed her her plate. Priya only looked at it and started laughing. Dante wasn't sure if she was laughing at his poor attempt at making breakfast or if she was laughing at something else, he hoped it was the latter.
"These aren't burnt, their just crispy, home fries will always turn black when they are at the perfect percentage of crispy. So many diners can't get their home fries crispy but you did on your first attempt. Good job." Priya set her plate at the table but her towel dropped, leaving her completely naked.
Instead of doing something pervy, Dante just picked up the towel and wrapped it back around her, which made Priya happy and smile again. He sat her down and said, "Hurry up and eat, it's not gonna taste good when it gets cold plus you have to think of our baby, he's relying on you to keep him healthy." Priya just smirked and said, "What if it's a girl?" Dante just grinned and said, "We'll see in 5 months." Priya stabbed a piece of potato and said: "It's gonna be a girl."
"It's gonna be a boy," Dante said and sipped a blackberry soda. Priya just giggled lightly and started eating. She looked up the soda in Dante's hand for a second, just now noticing something.
"How come you don't drink beer anymore?" Priya asked and put her fork down, Dante took another sip and said "Temptation. You can't drink any alcohol so I'm not gonna drink beer and tease you." Priya smiled and started eating again, quickly finishing. She hummed and said "You're right, I can't drink alcohol, but I can have juice. I'm gonna grab some peach juice." She took care of her plate and walked over to Dante, kissing him and saying "Thank you for cooking breakfast, it was delicious." She opened the fridge to grab the peach juice and looked at her ring again, suddenly closing the fridge shut. Dante looked over at her and said: "Is something wrong?" Priya stared at her ring for a long time, looking at the dark red rubies and remembering something she had completely forgotten.
Dante got concerned, she got this look on her face as if she just had a horrible thought. He stood up and walked over, gently touching her shoulder and asking "Are you okay?" Priya looked at him and said, "You're eyes."
"What?" Dante asked, confused.
"Last week, when Serena tried to kill me by crashing someone's car into yours while I was in it. You stopped the car. You punched the front end and totaled it but you weren't hurt and you're eyes... They were the same colors as the rubies on this ring." Priya said quietly, wanting answers.
The demon hunter felt his heart drop, he didn't want to explain this, he didn't want Priya to leave him because of what he is. But he had to be honest, he can't lie to her. If he's lucky, she'll still love him and stay with him.
"I'm half demon. My father was the dark knight Sparda, a demon, and my mother was a human named Eva. My eyes will turn red when I'm really angry, but that's not all." Dante said and sighed. Priya just looked at him with wide eyes, unsure if she should believe him. The cambion grabbed a knife and handed it to Priya, holding out his arm and saying "Cut me."
"What?!" The young girl screeched.
"Cut me, you'll have your proof," Dante said and kept his arm extended.
"I'm not going to cut you!" Priya screamed and set the knife down, but Dante quickly grabbed it and sliced at his arm.
Priya screamed and quickly grabbed his arm, putting pressure on the cut to stop the bleeding. She held her hand there for a few seconds before feeling the blood stop flowing, which is when she tentatively removed her hands to see that the cut was gone.
"What? B-But... how did..." Priya was trying to speak but she was at a loss for words.
"I told you, I'm half demon. I have quick healing abilities, it would take an entire arm to bring me down." Dante said and started to wash the blood off.
"You... You're a hybrid?" Priya asked, completely shocked, Dante sighed and turned around so he wouldn't face her, he knew she was going to leave him now.
"Yes, I'm a hybrid and my shop I have downstairs is my business, I kill demons for a living. But a lot of people just see me as another one of them." Dante said and refused to even look at his girlfriend.
It was silent for a good minute before Priya said: "I don't see you as a demon."
"Then what do you see me as?" The cambion asked, still refusing to turn around, scared that he would actually cry if he looked at her. Priya thought about it for a second before answering truthfully.
"A fallen angel." Dante's eyes went wide, did she really call him that?
"Demons are outcasts, but so are fallen angels. You are so kind and sweet, especially to me. You've helped me so much plus you help all of mankind by killing other demons, you're protecting everyone from something that wants to kill them all, just like an angel would. You don't have a single evil bone in your body. But you just fell from grace and like every other fallen angel are forced to walk the earth with humans. You really don't belong here, or down below where everyone else thinks. You really belong in heaven, with every other angel. Ever since you first helped me, I always thought of you as an angel." Priya said, sincerity in every word.
The demon hunter just stood there, still refusing to turn around but now because he is crying. No one ever said something so sweet and nice about him, and she was being completely honest. Priya couldn't tell what was wrong because he wouldn't face her, so she walked up to him and wrapped her arms around him, standing on her toes so she can rest her head on his shoulder.
"I hope none of this will put a rift between us. I still love you and I still want to be with you. And if our baby is gonna be a hybrid like you then I'll still love it."'In an instant, Dante was turned around and holding Priya close to him. The young girl smiled and kissed him sweetly. She looked up at him and said with a light smile"Remember what I said? Our baby doesn't know when we're making love." The cambion smiled and picked her up, carrying her to their room where they will have one crazy morning.
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