La Piel de un Camaleón (??????)
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“Urgh, you have got to be kidding me, get up!”
No…. want….. Sleep……
Something prickly woke the hell out of me.
“ARRRRRRHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” my butt was in pain as I got out of bed, immediately crying as the fucking cactus was sticking out of my ass.
“To be fair, you asked for it.”
I looked up so I could see my prima from above with a not so amused face plastered. With her dark green skin and light red eyes piercing down at me. Not to mention the poisonous flowery vines for hair and the red flower crown on her head. She would be intimidating… if it weren’t for the pajamas saying “I love my sexy hot girlfriend” on the front.
Ah… shitty morning mood Isa. Got that.
“Alright, alright. Dios, ow.” I tried, in painful vain, to get up, “Can you at least help me with the plant you shoved into my ass?”
“For being a dick? No.” Isa said coldly before walking out of the room.
Yep, real kill joy…
As I tried moving to the bathroom, the pain grew more and I couldn’t help but yelp.
Urgh, this was gonna be hard.
After gruesomely getting the prickly cactus parts off (The pain… it was more hellish than here! And this is Hell!!!), I went to the kitchen, hoping that we had something good in the fridge. Though we’re living comfortably, it’s still pretty damn hard to walk out in the streets out there.
My previous agony was soon diminished as I saw my best friend since coming to this place, and by far the better roommate, was sitting at the table.
“Luster!!!” I exclaimed excitedly.
Sitting there was a succubus demon with a bright funny face with cereal stuffed in her mouth. She had pink skin like any other succubus and had red messy short hair wired to a ponytail with black on the tips, and also a green floral hair clip. She wore an outfit that consisted of a white shirt that was sleeveless that also only revealed a section of her stomach. She had short jeans with silver chains added and black boots with different paint splattered on it.
“Hey, Milo!” Luster said, though the smirk on her face says that she knows what happened to me this morning, “Did Bella wake you up?”
I couldn’t help but groan as I sat down next to her, my bum still aching making it harder, “Please, you’re lucky you didn’t suffer her wrath because you're her girlfriend. I bet she pampered you this morning with kisses.”
The look on her face says she is looking for a challenge, “Oh you’re just jealous because you’re still single.”
“I still can’t believe you pulled Isa. You’re just as bad as me.”
“Please, I’m charming while you get rejection letters.”
“You did too before the two of you started dating.”
“Ohhhh, we’re going there. Let’s see you try getting a date with that low level facial hair of yours.”
“*Gasp* Did you just call my beautiful moustache low level? You've gone too far! Too far!!!”
“Don’t be such a drama queen, drama queen.”
We stared down at each other. Until laughing our shit off. Oh, what a better way to start the day than playful banter like this.
“Dios mío, you two really are a bunch of children in demon bodies.” Isa said, walking to the kitchen. She was wearing her long sleeveless multicolored dress and black heels.
The succubus just gives a loving gaze, “But you love us for it, babe.”
The plant demon couldn’t help but give out a tired yet amused sigh and placed a kiss on Luster’s forehead, to which she replied with a purr of delight.
“Yeah, Isa. you love us for it.” I said, teasingly, only to receive a vine whip my ass, “Ow!”
Seriously, before Luster started receiving the special treatment, she went through the same thing as me for being annoying. Though, I think she didn’t mind. In fact, I think she actually enjoyed getting her ass beat by Isa.
Isabella just looked at me with a pointed glare. Whelp, I can definitely tell I ruined the mood. But worth it to get under her green skin. “Why do I let you live here again?”
“Uhhhh, because we’re family?” I mean, it could be worse. Better than living out there with who knows where to go. Especially in Hell of all places.
“I let you stay here in my domain and yet you repay me by doing all sorts of shit at my doorstep.” she pointed out.
“Like what?” I asked, testing her limits. I can hear Luster snickering next to me.
That question seemed to have made a tick in the plant demon’s eye, “You seem to always piss off every demon you first meet, you make shady deals that I always have to get you out of, you cheat, hustle and gamble and seems to always get away with it, and lets not forget the time that shark demon tried hunting you down. You wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for the fact you led him to the greenhouse, leaving me to deal with him. I was just trying to make sure he didn’t do anything to my precious plants.”
Oh… yeah, I guess that makes sense…. Hope I don’t get kicked out, please. Crack is expensive.
To my rescue, Luster says “C’mon love, you know he’s useful for your business. And he’s my best friend and your family here, isn’t that worth something?”
Isa looked at her in the eyes, still putting up a hard exterior yet softening, “Yet he keeps complaining. You don’t see me complaining like him whenever he does crap.”
Luster smirked as she stared back at those eyes, “Not complaining? Babe, you listed all the things he’s crappy at being a roommate while being pissed off at him.”
“He’s easily annoying.”
“Yet you still kept me around.”
As I looked down at their staring contest, I couldn’t help but notice the tension in the room. Luster was blushing and having goo-goo eyes at Isa while Isa had that strange glint in her eye and was equally blushing. They looked like they were about to make out at any moment.
Knowing this, I couldn’t help but gag. Why me?! “Ugh, you two look like you're about to swap spit right there and then.”
And with that, I was already out through the trap door (We live under Isabella’s greenhouse) and landed flat out on my still bruised ass. I yelped at the pain that followed. Not only that, she left a black suitcase.
“Hey! I was just joking!” I shouted at the trap door, rubbing my bottom.
After soothing the pain in my ass, I looked at the suitcase she left me. I knew what it meant. My suspicions were confirmed when inside it was filled with Isabella’s homemade drugs and a piece of listing coordinates of different locations.
Yep, just like I expected. Isa’s asking me to be her errand boy again.
Knowing this was the only way I could really repay her, I took out a folded map I always kept in my pocket. With the coordinates I had received, It looks like I have to do a bit of rough travelling. It’s probably going to have to take a whole day to complete.
Even though I hate doing this for Isabella of all people, I knew this was the only way for her to make a living in Hell. And, I hate to admit this, she was right. I have to repay her somehow.
Still, she doesn’t have to be a cold hearted bossy about it. Seriously, I know she gets pissed off with me all the time, but it wasn’t really this bad before.
I guess…. After all the shit that went down, she’s been… having a rough time. I can’t fault her for that. We both did terrible things to get us both in Hell, after all.
Even though she’s content now, she’s still suffering from all the hurt her life on earth gave her. And she regrets everything.
I sighed. Might as well help with something.
I grabbed the suitcase and using my chameleon powers, I disguised myself as a random imp demon and walked out of the greenhouse and stepped into the shitty threshold that was Hell itself.
As I walked down the sidewalk that smelled like shit died in there, I couldn’t help but look at the red sky.
In Heaven, I can tell it ain’t all that perfect. Years of living on earth made me believe not everything is perfect. And to prove my point, they allowed exterminations to exist! To erase the bad like me just because we did bad. To wipe demons out. Ain’t no way that’s heavenly.
But out there from above, our family might be there. Mama must be worried about me that clouds are thundering while Papi might be worried just as much while easing her. Dolores is probably missing me too. Though, she shouldn’t because she has her own family to take care of. Antonio… I hope he’s happy after all the shit I said to him before my passing.
Tia Julieta must be taking care of the family by making food. Tio Augustin might be tripping over some, I don’t know, heavenly log (I highly doubt being in heaven might cure his severe accident prone). Luisa might still be there as well, being the big softie she is.
Hey. maybe their spending time with Abuelo Pedro up in the clouds.
I don’t know about Abuela though! But I doubt she’d be up there with them. I haven’t seen her here though. Maybe she’s living somewhere else that’s not in the pride ring. Or maybe she’s been killed in one of the exterminations. I… honestly don’t know how to feel about that.
And Mirabel…
I felt something thick lodged inside my throat…
Why… didn’t I spend time with her back then like I should? I know I was busy, but still! I couldn’t make time with her like we used to! And she- she left just like that!!!
Yet… I can’t be mad at her forever. But I can still miss her. Never mad.
I just… I hope she’s safe and sound… and happy. Up there with the rest of the familia.
She deserves the best after life. Better than her life on earth.