Demon!England x Reader: Deal (Part two)

  Arthur told you about how he'd first seen you at your college graduation. He'd been sitting and looking for someone that he knew, a demon, but instead he'd laid eyes on you. The moment he did, he knew that it was what he had heard of, called "love". From that moment on he began to watch you. At first it was just around your favorite coffee shop, but it wasn't long before it spread. He found himself wanting to meet you sometimes. He never could get the courage to do it, of course. But he had put out some subtle hints of his presence, like moving your keys or other objects.

  He'd told you about how he had always been sort of.. Looking out for you. His own friends teased him about liking you, a human woman. He mentioned that while it wasn't forbidden to love, it was uncommon; it was almost unheard of by modern demons. So obviously he got teased a lot about it. He told you about himself and noticed how interested you looked. Nobody had really listened to Arthur, seeing as he wasn't the most popular or important in the demon world.

  You finally told him about yourself, and he nodded at you. He was just as interested in you as you were in him. He told you that he'd never really taken a liking to humans, but you were quite the exception. This made you feel strange. You usually didn't really feel special, seeing as you were almost invisible to other people. Sometimes it made you wonder if anyone had ever cared at all, but then you'd brush it off. It was odd that he watched you of course.
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  Later he left you at his house to go pick some things up. You sat, staring out the window for awhile. This place reminded you of a vaguely familiar place. You seemed to be drawn towards it, and you weren't even sure why. It was almost as if you had been here before- not in the house, but just in that field. It was beautiful, breathtaking really. You couldn't help but to just sit there and watch the nature. There were trees of course, but they were a bit far away.

  After awhile you heard a knock at the door. You went after the sound and finally found the door that it was coming from. The front door. You opened the door slowly, peeking out of it. There was another demon now with blue eyes and blonde hair. He looked a bit surprised at first, but then an almost sly smile slipped onto his face.

  "Bonjour, ma cheri. Is Arthur there?" you opened the door a little bit more but shook your head. He could tell you were afraid of him just by the way you were hiding from him.

  "And who might you be?" He pulled out the charm. He didn't even think Arthur was interested in humans, but he knew that Arthur had chosen right. He opened the door further and stepped in, making you move further away. Being the demon that was lust, it would certainly be harder than you thought to shake him. As he advanced on you, you tried to make excuses to keep him from further making moves.

  Just then Arthur came in and dropped his bags. He could see that you didn't know how to say no to Francis, with you being so scared. Francis looked over at him and smiled.

  "Ahh, Arthur!" Francis said. He went to hug Arthur, but instead the man moved away. Arthur mumbled something in an unknown language and Francis suddenly looked offended.

  "What did you need?" Arthur practically hissed as he glared at Francis, as he told him the problem. Or rather, about the party that Greed was hosting to show off what he owned. Arthur nodded, agreeing. Then Francis asked about you and if you were coming as well. He looked all too happy to see you there! Arthur decided that he didn't want you to be stuck here for too long. Besides, this gave him a chance to show off what he was proud of.

  "This is [Name]. She will be staying here with me for a month to see if she likes it here. Which I'm sure she will, seeing as my place is the best looking." Arthur noticed Francis eyeing you, and how nervous you looked. Francis finally tore his gaze from you to Arthur, and smirked.

  "Well, you know 'ow Greed can be when he.. Spots something he likes." he looked straight at you as he said that. That made you shiver and look away. But Arthur wasn't going to be hearing it.

  "No. I won't let him take her from me." he said seriously. Francis shrugged. He walked out of the house, but not before giving a playful wink to you. That made you flustered and you turned away from him.

  "He needs to keep his sin under control around [Name]." Arthur mumbled. You cast him a curious glance and tilted your head.

  "What do you mean.. Sin?" you asked. Oh right, you didn't know did you?

  "Well, just like me.. He's a part of the seven deadly sins. He's... Lust." You recognized the name. You had always had a sort of interest in the seven deadly sins, and now you had been standing in front of one? Well, it was your least favorite one but that didn't matter. That made you wonder what Arthur was.

  "I'm.. Pride, if you're curious." Arthur looked at you. Pride? He didn't act like it much around you, but then again.. You had only been around him for about a day. You nodded in understanding. Maybe that's why he'd talked about himself and refused to accept a hug..? That certainly made sense when you put the pieces together.

  "Cool." you looked at him in awe. He smirked. Well, there was something that you found cool about him at least.
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  The party was the next day, and he certainly had something he wanted you to wear. It was a modest piece of clothing to start out with. All day you'd been thinking about what he had said about being a sin, and that made you even more curious. Who were the other sins? Were they cool? Or creepy..? You knew one thing about them, that they were all demons. So they might all look scary in some way. But you were trusting Arthur to protect you. Which if you looked at it, was a pretty stupid decision. But you didn't have anyone else that you could trust here, so you'd settle for him.

  You were ready for sleep now, after all that had happened today. You had done some chores for him and gotten to know him, as well as the house you were living in. He wasn't as bad as you'd originally thought. Sometimes he tried to show you that. Who would have known that the sin of Pride would or even could be so nice to others. It was actually a nice thought to think that Pride, the one who shouldn't care for anyone but himself, the leader, cared for someone like you. You heard someone call for you and realized that it was Arthur. You turned and walked to the room he was in.

  "Are you ready for bed, love?" he asked, smiling. You nodded and rubbed your eyes. He chuckled and motioned for you to follow him. The two of you walked together back to the room where it had all started. Now you could get a better look at everything in the room. It was quite nice looking, definitely fit for someone like him. He laid down on the bed and you laid on the other side. You soon felt warm arms wrap around you, but you were drifting already. You were ready for sleep.
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  The next morning you noticed his arms still around you and you shifted, trying to sit up. He groaned slightly and turned onto his other side. Now that you thought about it he was kind of adorable- wait, what were you saying? He captured you!... But, he was just trying to save the person he cared for. Even if it was kind of twisted. You stood up and took another look around. Then you spotted a picture sitting on the dresser. It couldn't hurt to look, right?

  You walked over to it, picking the frame up. You inspected it. It was a picture of him and some other girl that was a bit taller than him. His mother maybe? He looked perfectly human in this picture, and you wondered when this was taken. He hadn't mentioned anything about a girl, or even ever being human. This brought on some new questions. You once again didn't hear him coming towards you.

  "Isn't she pretty?" he asked you, making you jump a bit. You sat the picture down and turned to face him. He had a smile on his face, but he seemed to be a bit distracted. Maybe even nostalgic. You hadn't seen him this way, and didn't think he would think back to the older days.

  "Yes, yes she is. You were once human?" you asked in turn. His eyebrows raised and he turned his attention back to the question you'd just asked him. He shook his head.

  "No, but something like it." you nodded.

  "Who is this, though?" you turned back to the picture and pointed to the girl.

  "Her? Well, when before I became Pride I had a lover. But let's not talk about this right now. We have a big day planned!" He put on a cheerful smile. A dress was taken out of the dresser on the other side of the room. You recognized it almost immediately as the dress that he'd requested you wear. He walked out, leaving you to put it on.