"Where the heck...are we?"

I had been all over the world and I had met met and collected souls of different races all my life. I had searched for Lucian while I collected souls but never in my whole demonic life had I ever been in this place.

We were in a concealed huge transparent spheroid that was situated in another sphere made of very hot iron that was already bright red orange from what I assumed was because of the sizzlin' heat. It was cool inside here and we were steppin' on healthy grass that grew without the support of the sun.

My eyes zeroed at the liquid globule inside the transparent spheroid that we were in. He was there. He was curled like a fetus inside a woman's womb.

And he was slumberin'.

He was slumberin' so beautifully.

His skin glowed inside the water and stems wrapped around his abdomen with a big red flower protrudin' in the middle of his tummy. Gills were seen as he breathed. I guessed his body adapted to the environment that he was in. Lucian would look good as a mermaid.

The blonde's obliviousness to the world around him made him so vulnerable that it triggered the protectiveness I had over him. I promised myself that I'll never sleep. That was the reason why I always had sick parties in hell that kept Lucifer and Keetan awake in most nights. I will never sleep.

Because the one time that I did sleep was the time that he left me. Ya could say that it was a sleepin' experience that traumatized me. When I sleep the sense of abandonment impacts me so hard which can be compared to a teenager who got the puberty truck drive over them and give them pimples and acne that will haunt them in their entire high school life.

It was a comparison that I can never understand myself.

Lucifer knew the pain I felt and Keetan understood. Sometimes Lucifer's lover would drop by in my room and ask about anythin' to keep me company. He was a sweet kid. Lucifer would fetch him and the devil would ask me if I wanted to call a bed-warmer.

"You know my answer," I snorted.

He chuckled as he embraced Keetan from behind. He was totally teasing me. He was flaunting the fact that he had his bae and I was "baeless".

"Of course, I'll call a succubus."

I smiled sadly and watched the two leave. Keetan waved at me with a concerned smile on his face and I gave him a swift and cool nod. I can't show him how miserable I was but I was sure that he already knew how miserable I was.

Still I was a man with pride.

I lied down on my bed and waited for the succubus to arrive. When I heard the knock, I told him to come in.

One of the best bed-warmers of hell came in wearing his lingerie and a seductive smile. He bowed in respect and he sauntered towards me like a fox. I raised my brow at him and lifted my hand for him to stop.

"Where the fuck are the hot water bags? Give em to me now so that I can warm my bed! Geez, you have no professionalism. And here I'm a payin' customer for how many years?"

The succubus blushed and bowed in apology. "I'm sorry my Lord, I thought that maybe this time-"

"Yada Yada Yada! Just give me what I asked for and leave," I ordered. I huffed and watched the succubus pull a trolley with the hot water bags inside.

Every night the bed-warmer would visit my room and place the hot water bags beside me. I won't sleep with anyone but it kept my image of bein' a badass demon that had a succubus in and out of my room every night.

Other demons would question why a succubus had a trolley with hot water bags in it. Lucifer never really questioned my actions. We were the same. We would never touch anyone who wasn't the person that we love. I kept my loyalty to Lucian. I rather die alone than to be with someone else that wasn't him.

The songs I write were only for Lucian.

The lyrics I sing were solely for the description of my happiness when I was with him.

The melody I create was for him to hear how lonely I was because of his absence.

The strings of happiness and sadness combine to tell the story of how I finally lived and died because of him.

"Crying and living is where we start

One thousand miles and poles apart

Where worlds fall and lights collapse

You may have my tear, you can take my life

And you will always have my heart."

"You left a big gap between us again.

Tell me how much pain are you going to give me again?

Now I know that my hopes and dreams will never come true

Because you always take my dreams with you."

"There are tears starting in my eyes

The saltiness stung as they rise

And they're worsening the hell that I made for myself.

The hell that started when I slept."

"When I finally see you crystal clear

I'll let you rock my world again and again

So don't you just leave and crush my heart

Don't take me for granted or I'll fall apart ."

"If you go I'll make sure to turn off the lights.

Hit me up for your flight back in my arms

'Cause I wanna close my eyes and sleep for awhile

And dream of the time when my world made sense."

"There are tears starting in my eyes

The saltiness stung as they rise

And they're worsening the hell that I made for myself.

The hell that started when I slept."

"Where you go I go

What you see I see

I know I'd never be me

Without the presence of the person who discovered me."

"This is the end

See me at the edge of the cliff

I can feel the earth move

Or was it just me who took a leap?"

"For this is the end

I drowned and dreamt of you in my arms again

I was breathless, I held you tight

And at that time everything felt right."

"Let my heart laugh for today

Because it's tiring to be led astray

Make sure to leave a trail for my feet to follow

So that I won't end up living as hollow."

"There are tears starting in my eyes

The saltiness stung as they rise

And they're worsening the hell that I made for myself.

The hell that started when I slept."

I'll get him out of there. No matter what the consequence may be I don't care. Even if Raphael turned into a roast turkey for thanksgiving or even if Caleb turned into a blood-suckin' flea I will yank Lucian out of that bubble.

"Lucian!" I yelled and scurried towards him. I ran past the dumbfounded idiots who snapped out of their stupor when they saw me runnin' towards the bubble.

"No, wait Samael!" Thomas shouted and materialized in front of me. I jumped over him only to be met by Raphael above with his spear pointin' at me.

Oh so that was how it was gonna be huh? After all these mystery solvin' I was the only one who wanted to free Lucian from all these adult responsibilities? Traitors I tell ya! This was why I voted for Trump! Build the fuckin' wall Sir Adult Twitler! That Prima Donald will surely end world sufferin' because there won't be a world to suffer in anymore because of all the glorious shit he did.

But seriously, who cared if the world was getting' ruined by humans eh? It was gonna end up in flames anyway when God Almighty finally sends his son. I better hire those professional make-up artists for Satan baby's last "villainous" act because that was what he was in their eyes. Satan was evil. All those rape cases was because of bein' influenced by the devil.

When I talk to Satan baby about that, he was definitely done with all of the accusations.

World hunger was his fault.

Erection was his fault.

Abortion was his fault.

Basically everythin' evil was his fault.

But the world didn't blame God for the evident world sufferin eh? It was already in the scriptures. He already knew that Earth was gonna experience all these because it was already planned by Him. He knew that Adam and Eve will sin. He placed the tree that bore the forbidden fruit in the garden because He wanted them to sin. Why place the fucking tree there for no reason? It was a test that already had a score even before the actual test day.

Why was I even talking about holy stuff anyway? Lucifer's lover was done! This was my story now!

"Get the fuck out of my way!" I growled.

I saw Caleb and the twins stand in front of Lucian to protect him from his savior. I warped myself out of the dead ends and reappeared behind the three idiots who forgot that I can teleport. My arm penetrated through the bubble which alarmed the once unconsciousness blonde.

My world stopped when his beautiful eyes looked at me. They widened.

They widened with joy.

His body uncurled and he slightly swam towards the wall of the bubble that he was in. The five of us gathered around him and Lucian's eyes danced with glee as he saw us.

"Lucian..." I murmured.

Lucian took a good look at each and every one of us. Parts of the sphere protruded out and Lucian brought us closer to him with the help of the tentacle-like waters that wrapped themselves around us. We were leaned against the cold and moist surface of the sphere.

"I missed you too!" Caleb sobbed and hugged the ball. His wolf ears and tail sprouted from his intense emotions.

"You're pregnant Lucian..." Sevor murmured. All of us darted our attention to him.

"What?!" Caleb and I shouted in shock.

"You can't be serious...Who the fuck is the father?" I snarled. I had never seen a pregnant male ancient before so I had no idea that the flower was a fucking baby.

Slade punched his palm with a furious expression on his face. "That's what I wanted to know."

"Then does this mean that someone was able to get in here? Someone was in here with Lucian!" Caleb declared which only added to the fuel of our passionate hate for the man who did this.

We saw Lucian shake his head in disapproval. Oh don't you shake your head on me you...you beautiful beautiful man! Fuck, I can't curse at him. Here I was stayin' loyal and you fucked with someone! I was pissed. I was so pissed that I can strangle the holiness out of the Chicken McNugget!

"Eh...EH?! Slade-onii, Sevor-onii, Samael-onii, Raphael-onii and Caleb-onii! Hi!" A deep voice behind us greeted.

All of us spun around on our heels like we have rehearsed.

"Buck...Buck?!" Sevor shouted.

I had to load my head at the situation at hand. How Sevor could recognize the kid so quickly was beyond my sexy ass. The kid was tall and muscular. His brown and short hair was flattened down by a white headband. He was wearing modern clothes which consisted of a white sleeveless hoodie and cargo shorts. He wasn't the kid that I planned to kill before though I can still detect the immaturity on how he greeted us.

"You traditor (traitor!) How can you impregnate him? Where is your respect you ungrateful bastard?!" Slade angrily accused and stormed towards the kid.

As annoyed as I was, I don't think the kid did this. If he did, he wouldn't have the courage to face all of us with that creepy ass wide smile that he always had before and if he really did this, he would acted more antagonistic.

Buck's smile fell and he stared at the storming man with confusion. Thomas blocked the way and tried to restrain the angered man.

"So you're the one who hid Lucian after all these years! You stole him from us!"

Buck's expression became startled. "Wh-what?! I can never do that oniisan! Look, this is a misunderstanding. That bubble is a fragment of the real Lucian-oniisan! The real oniisan is outside."

"Calm down Slade. Let the man explain," Thomas scolded lightly with a cool expression. "Don't make me get the leaf on my crotch," the fairy threatened playfully.

Caleb sauntered forward and pushed Slade back. Thomas let him interact with Buck.

"What do you mean outside?"

Buck pointed at the ball where Lucian was at. My bae was watching us. "He is a memory with an unresolved setback. The real oniisan is already outside. He has been for the last five hundred years."