Chapter 9

??? POV

Unlocking my bakery front door, I start dragging in boxes of supplies inside. "Fuck these are heavy" I huff in annoyance, knowing I'll have to put them in the attic by myself. Normally I would put them in the back rooms but people steal my shit often. So I've started putting everything that doesn't need to be in the fridges or freezers up in the attic. Helps me save money that way.

I let out a heavy breath as I finally make it to the rope, to pull the door and ladder down and whine to myself. "I don't want tooooo" but I know I have to... I reach up and grab onto the rope, pulling the ladder down as it squeaks a bit. Grabbing one of the lighter boxes I head up the ladder and set it down with all the other boxes. Wait, when did these get so close to the entrance. I swear I put these near the wall. My brows furrow and I decide to push myself up into the attic fully, and look around.

...

What. The. fuck.

There is a random ass fucking demon LIVING IN MY BAKERY ATTIC.

How did they even get all this shit up here?! The opening space isn't even big enough for all of this!

Well. They are sleeping right now. Might as well wake them up to get some god damn answers.

I walk over to the giant king size bed, who even needs that big of a bed?

I walk over and take a good look at the demon. I can't seem to make out if they are a boy or girl yet, hard to tell.

"Hey, random ass demon. Wake up." I grab onto their shoulder and shake them.

Y/n POV

"Listen to me, Y/N... I know, I won't be around forever. Daddy has to go work, and won't be back for... a really long time"

"Why do you have to go?... why can't you stay with me and mommy?"

"Because sometimes we have to stand up in what we believe in sweetheart..." he places his hand on my back and pulls me into a hug. "You will learn one day... just take care of your mother for me, and please never forget about me. I will always be with you. Your mom will have a hard time, and take it out on you, that's going to be hard, but stay strong. Stay strong for daddy. And I'll stay strong for you."

"But-"

"Now wake up."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"WAKE UP!"

I gasp awake as I'm suddenly thrown to the ground. Dazed and disoriented I try to grasp my surroundings.

"Finally your ass is awake" I turn on my back and look up to see... an irritated koala demon, looking down at me with arms crossed. "You have some explaining to do"

[This is the koala demon. His name is kody and he is my oc]

Oh shit-

I quickly get to my feet, he's about 7'5"  compared to me, so i have to look up at him a bit "ok I know what it looks like, but I can explain!" I say a bit worried. This guy looks like he can easily snap my neck.

"Then start explai-"

"Kody?..." someone calls as they come up the ladder. The koala (who's name i figured out is kody) and I, turn to the entrance to see a small blue moth demon. "What's going on?..."

[This is my Boyfriend's OC blue]

"This demon broke in here and is living in our attic" kody says with a low growl. The moth seems to cower a bit not knowing if I'm safe or not.

"Ok just listen to me, please" I sigh and cross my arms.

"Then please explain yourself" kody says

"I just came down here yesterday, and I had nowhere to stay, and I didn't want to be in too bad of a place or even risk my shit get stolen off the streets. So I found this bakery and slipped in through the window over there" I look between them both. "How'd all this stuff get into the attic then? Cause there's no way any of this stuff would fit"

"Heh... wellllll I figured out I have magic, and I can make stuff? So I sorta made my own necessities" Kody looks at the moth and he looks back. "Give us a moment." They both walk over to the corner of the room and whisper to each other. Probably trying to figure out what to do with me. Sitting back down on my soft sheets and blanket, I wait. Maybe I can be their friend. Probably help them out. I don't want to be on the streets or have a shitty landlord or job. Bleh. Already had to deal with all that when I was alive with Alastor.

Suddenly kody snaps in front of my face, pulling me out of my trance, the moth standing beside him looking happy and a bit more confident.

"huh? Uh sorry I was thinking" I shake my head and stand up.

"Ok we will allow you to stay up here on one condition." Kody states, not seeming too enthused.

"Uhhh sure what is it?"

"You gotta work with us on the weekends!" The little moth bounces happily, a quick change from the fear and sadness in his voice when he first got up here. He's obviously happy for some reason.

... weekends huh. "Well, it's not as different as when I was alive. Sure, I'll work with you guys then" nodding in agreeance, I suddenly feel his small arms wrap around me into a hug. "What-"

"Blue basically pulled you into a trap so you are our friend now." Kody shrugs as he tells me this. I don't mind, but I barely know these peop- demons. Weird I can't exactly say people now.

"Uhhhh sure. But we should probably get to know each other first, don't you think???" I ask, looking down at the moth, now known as blue.

"Oh, right. Uhhh well we were just stocking up today, but we can go down and have some doughnuts and coffee as we get to know one another?"

"It seems like the best idea. Blue take them to a table as I get those ready" kody says, going back down to the main level of the bakery.

"Come on, we can talk until he gets to us-" he starts pulling me down to the main floor "woah okok- i can walk blue" I say through small chuckles. He takes me to a table at the corner of the store and we take a seat.

"Ok. So... what's your name? And how did you die???"

Everything starts flooding back into my head. It's like i keep forgetting I'm dead, I've never really thought about it I just accepted it. "Uh... my name is y/n l/n. And I got killed by my best friend In an alley at night"

A soft gasp escapes from his lips and he looks at me with sympathy and empathy "I know how it feels to be killed by your best friend... I was burned alive by mine.."

I wince at the thought of even burning part of my skin, let alone being burned alive. "Jeez.. that is awful, I'm so sorry" he shakes his head in dismissal and looks back into my orange eyes "it's fine, I'm ok. Why did your friend kill you???"

I stare at him, even I'm not sure why. "I... I don't know. We've been friends since I was 7 and we were partners in crime In New Orleans, they thought we were one person. But... that night he decided to kill one of our close friends named Mimzy. And I was trying to stop him but he attacked me as well. I'm not sure if it was his sanity slipping away from him, or if he truly wanted me gone. Maybe I was annoying to him after so many years? Was it all my fault?..." tears prick the corners of my eyes and slip down right before I wipe them away.

"You'll never know until you talk to him y/n" kody said as he walks over and eats the cups and plate down on the table, taking a seat with us "you might not know when he will die, but if ever you see him down here, or you think its him, just try to confront him about it. You know him better than anyone, surely you can tell who your friend is by some features or the sound of his voice"

I take in what he said an nod a bit "yeah, you're right. I don't know why he did it, only he knows why. So i shouldn't jump to conclusions and just talk to him when i see him"

"I bet you'll jump into his arms first chance you get-" blue giggles out

"That is if his mental stability hasn't gotten worse... I mean he was the kind of person to not let anyone touch him except me and Mimzy. He really only trusted us even if Mimzy had a huge crush on him."

"So... if he doesnt recognize you and you just suddenly hug him he would flip out?" Kody raises a brow

"Yeah or try to kill me-"

"Well, for now you have us, we will be here for eachother!" Blue gives me a little smile, and I give one right back and agree with his statement.

For the rest of the day, we just relax and listen to music and get to know each other some more. I even practice my magic with their help and ideas.

One of kody's ideas, was that if i can create things then would that mean i can create weapons or shoot stuff out of my hands. And that gave me the idea to test that out.

We went to one of the more destroyed parts of the pentagram, and I tested the theory.

Low and behold it actually worked.

I had held out my palm and imagined where i wanted to shoot an explosive bullet at, and god damn that attack is strong, I almost got blue hurt! Good thing I protected him. But my protection was magic funny enough, an orange barrier went around him as some chunks of debris bounced off it. I am definitely gonna have some fun with my magic and test their limits. I figured out that kody has magic too, which is honestly really cool. He has like... poisonous gas, that secretes from his skin to a 50 meter radius. And can create acid from his mouth and throat. Both are harmful to him if he uses them for too long though.

Near the end of the day, we decide to have a slumber party in the attic, and just have fun for maybe the first time in forever. Just us three together. It makes me feel like there is hope that things can and will get better. And I won't give up on that feeling. I'll be strong. For my dad.