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Diabolik Lovers - An Angel's Embrace AU Shorts #4: The Vampire King, the Songbird, and the White Rose Pt. 2 ♡

Here's the second part of the previous post (Pt. 1 ), and like I explained in that post, I had to make a part two because it would have been too long. And again, sorry if this turned out to be too sad.

WARNING: Diabolik Lovers is a dark series with mature themes and topics. Discretion is advised. . . .

Pt. 1

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"Is there something you two need from me?" Angelica asked, moving away from Subaru's bedroom door. "We need to talk, Angelica," Karlheinz said, his face looking rather serious. ". . . .Alright." Angelica then made her friend and their shared husband follow her.

Christa looked at her friend with a confused expression. "Angie, where are you going?"

"If we're going to talk, I think it's best to do it elsewhere." Angelica told her. If Karlheinz and Christa were to initiate some kind of conversation with her, then she wished for it to happen far away from his bedroom door.

She didn't want to risk the chance of Subaru waking up and overhearing them if it escalated.

"Very well," Karlheinz said. "Lead the way."

Angelica had led Karlheinz and Christa away from Subaru's bedroom door and straight to the mansion's library. As soon as the doors closed, Karlheinz said, "There's no need for any of us to sit as I intend to make this quick: Angelica, you are to return to the ballroom at once."

". . . .for what, exactly?" Angelica waited for Karlheinz to continue the conversation.

"For what else? You were supposed to perform a song for our guests just a few minutes ago when that incident with Subaru began." "Incident. . . .?" Angelica said, repeating the word her husband used to describe what happened with the youngest son.

"That's an interesting way to put it."

"Angelica, what exactly is that supposed to mean?" Karlheinz asked, even though there was a good chance that he already had an idea. "Now pet, I don't want to start a fight with you, so please just listen to me for right now and-"

"Are you being serious?" Angelica said, almost sounding like she was getting ticked off. "Is this party more important to you than Subaru? Your own son?"

". . . ." Karlheinz remained silent, allowing Christa to try and step in. "K-Karlheinz didn't say that Angie!" she exclaimed. "He was just-"

The sound of the door opening stopped Christa from continuing to speak, as a very sleepy Subaru walked in and asked, "What's going on? Ma-" the white haired boy then noticed his father's presence, which made him go quiet instantly.

"What's wrong Subaru?" Angelica asked, walking towards the six year old. Subaru mumbled a quiet 'nothing' as he looked down at the carpeted floor. Angelica, however, wasn't buying it. "Is it possible that you had trouble going to sleep, love?"

Subaru slowly nodded his head, all the while he tried to hide his blushing face. He was embarrassed to be admitting this in front of his father. "Well, how about we go back and I can read you a-"

"Angelica, dear, I think that Subaru can go back to bed by himself." Karlheinz interrupted. "Besides, I think it's about time you stop babying him anyway."

". . . ." Angelica whispered something in Subaru's ear, causing him to nod his head quite ferociously. The red eyed vampire exited the library, and as soon as he was gone, Christa walked over to Angelica and asked, "What did you say to him, Angie?" "I just told him to go back to bed and that I'd be there shortly." Angelica answered.

"What." Karlheinz said. "Angelica, you can't be expected to humor the boy every time he overreacts about-"

"Oh, is that what you call it? An 'overreaction'?" Angelica said in a questioning manner that was framed in a way that made it seem as if she was challenging him, which surprised both Christa and Karlheinz. Angelica was never really one that was known to be confrontational.

"Subaru was probably having a breakdown and you think that the poor boy was 'overreacting'? How can you be so cold to him?" Angelica added. "And you Christa, how are you ok with any of-"

"Angelica! I believe that that's quite enough." Karlheinz said, his voice firm. "There's no need to get poor Christa involved in this. I'm rather disappointed in you." ". . . ." Angelica said nothing as she excused herself and left the library, presumably heading to Subaru's bedroom and not back to the party.

Karlheinz released a sigh as he looked back at Christa and noticed her saddened look. "She's furious with me, isn't she?" Christa said. "Don't worry my dear," Karlheinz said, his handsome face giving her a perfected smile. "Our sweet Angie is just. . . .a little overprotective over the boy. We just need to give her space for now. It'll be better by tomorrow. Alright?"

". . . .Ok."

Christa's Tower. . . .

Christa, tired from the events of the night, had changed out of her black and white velvet dress and into something more comfortable. She had put on a loose silk white dress and undid her hair, letting the pinkish-white tresses to fall down her back.

Christa had gone to her bed and got underneath the comforter, curling up on her mattress as she thought back to her son Subaru's relationship with Angelica and what brought the three of them to this situation.

Of how he was essentially ripped away from her during one of her episodes and given to Angelica to care for.

Of how she watched from her barred window and witnessed Subaru's first steps in the garden with Angelica and Akira.

Of how when he was younger, Subaru would call her 'miss' or 'auntie' instead of 'mother'. The only one he called 'mama' or 'mother' was her best friend.

Even when he learned the truth this year and after spending time with her, Subaru clearly still preferred Angelica. She was the one he'd go to whenever he had nightmares and wished to be comforted. But Christa didn't blame him for that.

How could she?

After all, Angelica was a better mother than her anyway.

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"A mother's arms are more comforting than anyone else's."

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jazzystudios82 · 4 months ago

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Diabolik Lovers - An Angel's Embrace Shorts #2: The King, the Songbird, and the White Rose (Part One) ♡

So this is basically a Karlheinz x Angelica x Christa kind of thing. It also takes some inspiration from a few Diabolik Lovers manga panels that has English fan translations.

WARNING: Diabolik Lovers is a dark series with mature themes and topics. Discretion is advised. . . .

The Human Realm, The Sakamaki Mansion. . . .

"Subaru, please hold still!" Angelica told the white haired boy as she brushed his hair. "I don't want to accidentally pull your hair." "Sorry mama," Subaru said, a heavy blush appearing on his pale face.

"It's alright hon," she reassured him with a smile. "I understand that you're nervous."

"How does the suit feel?"

Subaru looked at the black suit that he was made to wear by the butlers (on orders by his father) for the party being held tonight. It was fine, it fit him perfectly, but he thought it was far too fancy for his tastes. But he didn't want it to be a hassle for Angelica, who helped make the suit more to his style, as she sensed him being uncomfortable when he first tried it on.

"It's fine." was his reply, though Angelica wasn't convinced considering that Subaru was fidgeting with his white cravat. "Is it too tight, dear?" she asked him. "Yes. . . .can you fix it for me, Mama Angie?" he asked shyly.

"Of course I will." Angelica said with a light laugh. She knelt down and fixed Subaru's cravat to be more comfortable for him. "There. How does that feel?"

"Better."

"Good. Are you ready now?" Angelica asked.

Subaru honestly didn't want to go to the party. If anything, he wanted to stay in his room with his birth mother Christa, Angelica, and his older brother Akira and play games like they used to when he was younger. But as this was under his father’s direct orders, he knew that they couldn’t do such a thing. So he decided to just brave through it. As long as he had his two mothers and older brother by his side, Subaru believed that he’d be fine.

“Yeah. . . .I’m ready.”

The Ballroom. . . .

Angelica was quite honestly getting tired of having to put on fake smiles for Karlheinz’s guests.

Before her husband left for whatever business he had to attend to, he had informed Angelica to make sure that nothing happened to/with Christa when she was let out of the tower for the party: meaning that she had to keep an eye on any guest that would try to initiate conversation with her at all times. Because other than Akira and Subaru, Angelica was one of the very few that could calm Christa down if she were to go through another one of her psychotic episodes. So far, everything seemed fine.

Because of this, Angelica wanted Akira and Subaru to go and hang out with Akira’s friends, whose fathers were invited by Karlheinz as they were business partners, so she asked Akira to come forward and told him. Akira agreed and attempted to have Subaru follow him, but Subaru didn’t want to leave his mother. It was natural for Subaru to not want to leave. After all, he feared what could have happened to her if he was gone for even a minute.

When Angelica tried to ask him herself, Subaru said, “I’ll go. . . .but please promise that you’ll take care of Mother for me, ok?” “I’ll do you one better,” Angelica said, kneeling down to his level and raising her hand so she was sticking out her pinky finger. “I pinky promise you that I’ll take care of her.” Subaru smiled ever so slightly and nodded, making a pinky promise with her.

Why children considered pinky promises to be so sacred, Angelica didn’t know. But it was all she could think of.

As soon as Subaru followed his older brother Akira, Angelica had heard a soft sigh coming from her friend and noticed that Christa wore a solemn expression. “Christa, is everything alright?” Angelica asked. But Christa didn’t seem to hear her, seemingly lost in her thoughts. Angelica tried to ask the question again, she saw Christa was mumbling something that she couldn’t quite hear, though it wasn’t completely difficult to hear. Angelica managed to pick up her friend saying:

“. . . .mother. . . .than me.”

“What was that, Christa?” Angelica asked, curious. “!” The pale woman flinched and stuttered out, “I-It’s nothing, A-Angie!” “R-Really? Are you sure?” Angelica asked her. Christa nervously nodded her head, and looked away from her friend’s face. While Angelica wanted to know what Christa said, she knew not to press any further, and decided to just leave it alone for now.

An hour had passed, and Angelica was able to keep her promise to Subaru with ease. So far, neither of the guests approached her and Christa. This was mainly due to the fact that a good majority of them were there to speak with Karlheinz and had no interest in making small talk with any one of his four wives, even though one of them gave birth to his eldest son and heir.

When Angelica looked at her friend to see how she was doing, she saw that Christa was practically shaking like a leaf. Due to her being locked in that dreadful tower, the poor woman was no longer used to being around groups of people.

‘The poor thing. What should I do?’

Before Angelica could even think of a solution to help soothe Christa’s nerves, the sudden grabbing of her left arm severely startled her. “?!”

When she turned around to see who’d dare be so bold to startle a woman like that, Angelica became confused when she saw that it was Christa that grabbed her arm, a little tightly as well. But that didn’t matter to her since she was more concerned with the scared expression on Christa’s face.

“Christa? What’s wrong?”

“A-Angie. . . .it’s C-Cordelia. . . .!”

“?!”

The sound of heels clicking against the marble floor captured Angelica’s attention, so she turned her head to the direction of where it was coming from. Her silver eyes narrowed when she saw that it was indeed the wretched purple haired woman coming their way. What did that vile serpent want this time?

“Christa, get behind me, please.” Angelica whispered. Christa immediately did what Angelica said, though her grip on her arm didn’t lessen in any way.

“My my, even if the location changes, things are the same as ever. Cordelia said, an arrogant tone evident on her otherwise pretty features.

“Hello there Cordelia, to what do we owe the pleasure?” Angelica asked politely, doing her best to not show even a hint of annoyance. She didn’t want to potentially rile Cordelia up and cause a scene at the party.

But before Angelica could get a response, Subaru had shown up in a flash, placing himself in between his two mothers and Cordelia. ‘Subaru?! What is he doing here? I thought he was with Akira!’ Angelica thought, nearly starting to panic. Her eyes looked to the right when she heard the sound of footsteps approaching fast, just to see that it was her son Akira arriving. “Subaru! There you are!” Akira nearly exclaimed, not realizing who was there. “You scared me half to death! You know that you can’t just run off like t-”

“Get away from them, you. . . .you old hag!” Subaru grumbled, loud enough for just the three women and Akira to hear.

“S-Subaru!” Angelica nearly exclaimed. She prayed that Cordelia would just ignore him, which she seemed to do, in a way.

“Oh come now Subaru, that’s no way to speak to your elders, is it?” Cordelia said to the boy, right before she turned her attention to Christa. “Anyway dear, how’s your health?”

“!” Christa shuddered and continued to use Angelica as a shield of sorts, hoping that Cordelia would just leave her alone. But the green eyed woman didn’t stop. In fact, this was just a taste of what she planned to do.

“Aww, by the look of things, it doesn’t seem to be doing too well. That poor frail and seedy body, and you still look as pale as a ghost!” Cordelia said with the slightest hint of a wicked grin.

“Watch it, Cordelia. . .” the fourteen year old Akira nearly growled as a warning. He always had a protective streak when it came to both his birth mother and step-mother Christa, much like Subaru. Though Cordelia ignored him, continuing to belittle the red eyed woman.

Growing tired of this, Angelica decided that enough was enough. “Christa, I think we should leave. Now.” “Mama-I mean, Mother Angelica is right!” Subaru said, agreeing with her. “Let’s just leave and go back to the-” “N-No!” Christa nearly shouted, which seemed to be getting the attention of a few nearby guests.

‘Oh no! This is exactly what I wanted to avoid, damn it!’ Angelica thought, mentally cursing.

“Oh but Christa, it’ll be fine if you and your little. . . .troops leave the party.” Cordelia practically sneered. “Karl did contact me before he left and said that he’d be running late. It’s only logical that he’d tell his most precious wife that, right?”

Angelica nearly bit her tongue as she held back on telling Cordelia that Karlheinz had informed her of the same thing. That’s why she had to put on so many fake smiles and laughs to begin with, but it wasn’t important enough to her to start any needless drama with the triplets' mother. And she could tell that both Akira and Subaru thought the same, as they both were keeping their mouths shut as they glared at the daughter of the Demon King Burai.

Christa, on the other hand, wasn't going to let this slide. She moved ever so slightly so that she was now staring (or rather glaring) at the first wife.

"Oh come now. Don't glare at me like that, Christa." Cordelia said. "It's beneath you. It's not my fault that I'm Karl's most favored-"

"Oh please, you're such an annoying woman, so how can't I?" Christa interrupted, causing Angelica, Akira, Subaru, and Cordelia to become rather surprised by this.

Though Cordelia's momentary shock was immediately replaced with anger. "You. . . .How dare you!" she shouted, her face almost turning red.

At this point, almost every guest was staring at the verbal fighting that was taking place. Angelica, not wanting this to escalate any further, attempted to become the peacemaker.

"Now let's calm down before we-"

"Do you actually believe that he loves you? Don't make me laugh." Christa interrupted, now walking out of Angelica's shadow so she was standing face to face with Cordelia. "The only ones that he loves are Angie and I! Not you and that woman Beatrix!"

"C-Christa?"

"Mother. . . .?"

'Dammit,' Angelica thought. She had forgotten that Subaru was here. She looked at her son Akira, who seemed to have understood what she wanted him to do without her saying anything. After all, they've done this hundreds of times. He grabbed ahold of Subaru's hand and told him to follow him, but the little boy refused to leave. This made Angelica decide to take action.

"Subaru, I want you to follow Akira back to where his friends are." "W-What? Why?" Subaru asked sadly, making Angelica's heart break a little.

Seeing this, Akira decided to step in and distract his baby brother. "It'll be ok, bud." Akira told him with what he hoped was a reassuring smile. "We're just going to the game room and play-"

"YOU INSOLENT LITTLE--HOW DARE YOU?!" Cordelia shouted. "TRY SAYING THAT NONSENSE TO MY FACE AGAIN! I DARE YOU!"

"FINE!" Christa shouted, her hands now trembling. Though whether it was from fear or rage was unclear. "THE ONLY ONES THAT HE LOVES ARE ANGIE AND I! NO ONE ELSE! UNDERSTAND?!"

Before a thoroughly angered Cordelia could fire back, one of the butlers, most likely Gramps, had announced that Karlheinz had finally returned from whatever business he had to attend to. The guests turned their attention away from Cordelia and Christa's fighting so that they could finally greet the Vampire King.

Cordelia, on the other hand, was too angry with Christa to go and greet Karlheinz, so she stormed off, and, unsurprisingly to Angelica, grabbed hold of Richter, who was also in attendance, and disappeared from the party all together with him. What they'd do, Angelica knew but ultimately didn't care. It was none of her business and she had no plans to get involved.

Besides, there was someone important that she had to take care of.

Angelica looked at Christa, who was almost on the verge of tears and with a flushed face. The pink haired woman gently placed her hand on Christa's bare shoulder, making the pale woman flinch. "!. . . .Angie? What is it?" "I just wanted to see if-"

"Ladies Christa and Angelica, Lord Karlheinz wishes to greet you." a familiar voice, the butler Gramps, interrupted. The two women were both surprised to see their husband behind the butler. They assumed that he'd want to speak with the guests first, specifically his business associates.

"Karl-"

Suddenly, Subaru put himself in between the two women and, more importantly, his father.

"!"

"Hey buddy," Akira said, a little nervous. "What are you doing?" However, Subaru ignored him as he was staring down their shared father, who didn't seem to be interested in his youngest son's shenanigans.

"It's ok! I'll take care of this guy. . . ." Subaru said, now full-on glaring at the man he hated. If looks could kill, Karlheinz would have combusted right then and there with how Subaru's eyes were practically burning with anger.

'So much anger for a six year old. . . .' Angelica thought to herself.

As she was about to step in and handle the situation, she noticed that Karlheinz had ignored Subaru and walked over to her and Christa. "My dears," he said with a sweet tone. "I've been dying to see you two all day."

Before Angelica could make a response, Christa had, rather surprisingly, had rushed towards Karlheinz with a smile. "Karlheinz"

While Christa and Karlheinz were embracing one another, Angelica's eyes glanced at Subaru when she heard a sniffle coming from his direction.

He was crying.

"Subaru, are you-" Angelica didn't even get a chance to finish as the six year old vampire quickly disappeared into the crowd. "S-Subaru!" Angelica nearly exclaimed. She and her son Akira quickly got ready to go after the boy, when all of a sudden, the triplets appeared before the two, all three of them wearing their own dashing little suits.

"Mama Angie! There you. . . .wait, where are you guys going?" Ayato asked. "Ma-I mean, Mother and I are going to find Subaru." Akira told the redhead, quickly correcting himself so that he used the 'proper' wording when in front of others. "He. . . .uh, got a bit lost." he said, a little white lie. "Did you guys see where he went?"

“Subaru. . . .Subaru. . . .who’s he again?” Ayato asked. Angelica honestly wasn’t surprised that Ayato didn’t remember which brother that was, as he and Subaru never really interacted with each other, and also because there were so many brothers for him to keep track of. “He’s the one with white hair and red eyes. You know, he’s Christa’s son.” Angelica explained.

It took a few seconds for Ayato to realize who she was talking about. “Oh! That guy who Akira calls-” “Yeah, him! Did you guys see where he went?” Akira interrupted. “Yeah, we did.” Ayato told him.

"We all saw him going towards the gardens." Laito answered. "He was so mean!" Kanato whined. "Bumping into Teddy and I without even an apology."

"Subaru probably didn't mean to," Angelica told the purple haired boy. "He's. . . .well, probably a little overwhelmed right now." "Huh? Why?" Kanato asked, getting curious. "Kanato, it's probably because Father invited all of these people we don't even know." Laito told him. He then looked at Angelica and asked, "Am I right?"

"Quite. That's why Akira and I are leaving to go-" "No! We don't want you guys to go!" Kanato cried out. "It's bad enough already that Mother left with that man! Please don't leave!"

Even though Angelica was more concerned with finding Subaru and making sure he was alright, she didn't want to leave the triplets (especially Kanato) unattended. So she looked at her son Akira and asked him to stay behind and keep an eye on the triplets. Akira nodded and was able to distract the three seven year olds with the promise of games and treats.

As Angelica walked to the location of the gardens, she was momentarily stopped by a familiar voice. "Angie? Where are you going?" The pink haired woman looked over her shoulder to see Christa and Karlheinz staring at her.

"Subaru's gone! I'm going to go find him!" Angelica explained. But just as she was about to leave again, Karlheinz had stopped her and said, "The boy will be alright. It's not like he'll leave the mansion. Besides, you're supposed to perform a song in just a few minutes anyway." "!" Angelica almost felt tempted to slap his hand away. How is he not concerned for Subaru's safety?!

She looked at her friend Christa for help. Surely she'd agree with her, right? Christa could never stand the thought of her only son not being in her eye line after all. But her heart dropped when Christa, not looking her in the eye, mumbled, "Karlheinz is right, Angie. . . .Subaru will be fine. He’s a. . . .strong boy."

". . . ." Angelica must have given them a certain look, as Christa flinched and Karlheinz gave a semi-forced smile as he said, "Oh come now Pet, don't look at us like that."

Angelica, not wanting to waste anymore time, roughly got her arm out of Karlheinz's grasp and dashed towards the gardens.

"Angie? A-ANGIE!!" Christa shouted as she followed her friend, with Karlheinz not too far behind.

Sakamaki Mansion, the Gardens. . . .

"Subaru! Honey, where are you?" Angelica called out, hoping that the red eyed boy would respond to her call. Subaru had somehow managed to hide himself away, causing the pink haired woman to unfortunately assume the worst had happened.

"Subaru, please answer! Subaru-"

The sudden sound of a twig breaking and soft cursing captured Angelica's attention. "!" The older woman immediately realized where he was, and she approached the rose bushes with the utmost care.

Angelica found the weeping Subaru, whose body was shaking like a scared little puppy.

She approached the young vampire, who at first tried to keep her away. But it didn't take long for Subaru to allow Angelica to pick him up and soothe him. As Subaru's crying died down, turning into whimpers and soft snores, Angelica realized that he must have tired himself out. The pink haired woman immediately teleported to Subaru's room, where she placed him on his bed and woke him up for a brief moment so that he could change out of his suit and into his pajamas and brush his teeth.

After putting him to bed, Angelica placed a gentle kiss on Subaru's forehead and left his room, and was surprised to see both Karlheinz and Christa just outside of the door.

To Be Continued ~

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Note: This was loosely inspired by these manga panels I found online. I think the English translation was done by a Tumblr user named 'Akui Chansera'.

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Hope you enjoyed it! And sorry if it's a little too sad. Also, if anyone is wondering, I'm splitting this into two parts because it would have been way too long.

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