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Angel in Hell Season 2 part 6

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On your long walk back you don't talk at all but it's still very comforting. 

Finally, you reach the dorm. You can see Luke running towards you.

  "What has Lucifer done to you?" Luke seems pretty worked up. 

"He just said some things that were unnecessary." Simeon doesn't want Luke to know the whole story. 

Luke sighs. "I was very worried." 

"I'm sorry Luke. Let's have some tea and cake. I'm starving." You aren't particularly hungry but you know this will get Luke off your back. 

"You should eat some proper food." Simeon sighs. 

"Come on, I'm having a hard time. Just indulge me a little." This type of banter feels very nice. 

“Alright, but only this once.” Simeon smiles gently.

“I think you both don't take this seriously.” Luke pouts.

“I might just like your baking too much.” You shrug and tousle Luke’s hair.

Luke pouts. “H-hey, I'm not a child.”

You giggle and Simeon chuckles a bit. This feels so nice, it would be great if everyday could be like this.”I know Luke.”

  Luke doesn't complain anymore, since he is also glad to see you smile.

You eat cake for lunch today and then try to not think too much about Simeon's confession. This is pretty much impossible. 

Honestly, you want to talk about it with someone. In situations like this, it would be natural to talk to someone to get your thoughts in order. 

Right now that seems impossible. 

There also seem to be more important matters than romance. 

So you just check your messages. You have been flooded with several comments about what went down in the castle. 

Lucifer took all the blame. 

You just announce that you are safe and more or less okay. 

This seems to help to calm them down at least. 

You can also see that Satan has been banned from using the chatroom but is very regretful. 

You chat a bit about food with Beel and assure Mammon that you don't hate him. 

He feels very bad that he let you go with Satan. 

After this, the rest of the day passes in a blur.

  Your head has a hard time shutting down. There isn't much that keeps you distracted so you just watch some devil tube. 

The day finally ends after watching too many cat videos. 

The night isn't easy for you but being with the other angels helps. Even when it's a bit embarrassing to be so close to Simeon right now.

  The morning is pleasantly uneventful but if you are being honest it's a bit boring. 

You just find yourself thinking about pointless things. 

Then you decide it's enough.

"Luke are you free to bake today? I thought I'd ask Barbatos if I could use the castle kitchen and the ingredients they have. I will pay them back of course." You are done with just sitting around and feel like doing something. Also, your list of people who deserve a nice treat is long. 

"Sounds good to me. Would that be okay Simeon?" Luke is worried about your safety. 

"It's a great idea. I need to talk to Michael anyway. The castle is the safest place for  you right now." Simeon was thinking about what to do while he has to go to the celestial realm. This seems to be the best idea. 

"From all the demons here Barbatos seems to be the least bad one." Luke agrees with this idea. 

"I'm so glad to see that you are such great friends with Barbatos," Simeon smirks at Luke.

Luke huffs. 

"Could you call Barbatos and ask if we can come over?" You don't want to inconvenience Barbatos. 

"Sure, leave it to me!" Luke is motivated, he is glad to be able to do something for you.

  You watch him with a smile and then you turn to Simeon. 

He looks at you with a gentle gaze, something that you are used to but today it makes you feel a bit different.

"Make sure that you don't get hurt while baking," Simeon recalls the one time you accidentally burned yourself. 

"I will be careful, but will you be okay?" You worry about his safety. 

"I will be fine." He looks grateful.

"Do you have any requests?" You want to make something nice for Simeon. 

He thinks for a moment. "I'm fine with whatever, as long as you made it for me."

This is so typical of Simeon. You can only shake your head. 

Then you pump yourself up. "Just watch out. I will knock your socks off." 

Simeon chuckles. "I'm looking forward to that." His eyes linger on your eyes. Your cheeks lightly flush. 

Luke narrows his eyes. "Something has changed between you didn't it?" 

Simeon simply pats Luke's head. 

You feel pretty embarrassed for a moment since even Luke noticed the change in your dynamic.

  Luke frowns a little but moves on rather quickly. "Barbatos has agreed to us coming over. He seems to look forward to it."

"That's great, so let's go." You feel a boost of motivation. Helped by Simeon's smile. 

"I hope you two have a great time." Simeon looks at both of you but he seems to linger just a moment longer on you. 

"We will." Luke looks at you, you can only agree. 

Together with Luke, you head to the castle. 

While Simeon engages in a very difficult conversation with Michael. 

Barbatos is already waiting for you. He has prepared everything you need. 

"I want to thank you in person for letting us use the kitchen. I will fully pay you back as soon as possible." You politely bow to Barbatos. 

"There is no need for that. Lord Diavolo said and I quote 'to go wild and give him some treats'. I assume he feels bad for causing trouble to you yesterday." Barbatos smiles calmly. 

"That is incredibly nice of him. Especially since it wasn't his fault at all." You think it's very thoughtful. 

"I'm glad you see it that way. So what treats are we baking today? Oh, and I have prepared a selection of aprons for you to pick from." Barbatos looks rather existed about the prospect of baking sweets. 

"The better question is what treats we aren't baking. I mean I have a long list of people that I owe and Beel alone will probably need a whole basket to satisfy his hunger.

"You don't need to indulge all of these demons too much." Luke sighs. 

"I think it's very kind of you." Barbatos looks impresst at least. 

"So let's get started. First, we should make a load of black bat cookies and then some angel creme cupcakes. These probably take the longest." You are pretty excited just thinking about it. 

"I will prepare dough for the angel puffs." Luke knows everyone loves these. 

"That sounds very great. I can help with the bat cookies but you will have to show me the other two recipes." Barbatos seems to practically glow.

  It was a great idea to bake. 

Everything goes rather smoothly. The first loads are all delicious. You had to try at least one of each treat. 

"I need to serve my lord his tea. I will give him his share if that is alright with you. Do you wish to join us?" Barbatos has already a great selection of tea prepared. This was the most exciting part for him. 

"I would rather finish the sweet devil roll if you don't mind." You worry that it will fall apart. 

"I'm staying too." Luke is busy making some other cookies. 

"Do as you please. I will leave you some tea." Barbatos doesn't seem to mind and walks off. 

You shove the roll in the oven. Watching it carefully. 

"What are you planning to make for Simeon?" Luke asks while mixing his dough. 

"Hmm, good question. There are so many sweets he likes. Maybe some vanilla and chocolate angel cookies." You remember the first time you made them. They came out slightly burned and somehow raw at the same time. Despite this Simeon ate them and complimented them. It's a nice memory. 

"That sounds great. Did you know that humans choose heart-shaped confectionery to show someone that they like them?" Luke just nonchalantly drops this but surprised you look at Luke. 

"What are you trying to say?" You feel a bit embarrassed. 

"I'm not stupid you know. I have seen how you look at each other. So I'm just trying to help you two." Luke looks away, a bit awkwardly. 

"That is very nice of you. Did Mc tell you about that?" There is no way Luke would just know something like this. 

You face the oven. 

Luke just realizes that he might hurt you by mentioning it. "Y-yeah but you know what despite what these stupid demons say. You aren't the same at all." 

You know Luke didn't mean anything by mentioning heart shapes. Now you are curious. "I can't ask any of the brothers but what were they like?" You carefully peek at Luke. He thinks about it for a bit. "A pretty wild one. Always just getting dragged into some strange hijinks, mostly caused by the brothers. They just went along with it, like it wasn't a big deal. They were always fixing some kind of spell gone wrong or some drama caused by the brothers. There was always something going on. They were also very careless in my opinion. Just going headfirst into danger. Somehow they always managed to succeed. Well at least until the day they died. It was so unexpected. Mc survived so many things that would kill ordinary people. Yet a single moment was enough to end their life. I wasn't there that day but it was very tragic. Everyone was so sad, I admit that I cried too." Luke smiles at some of the memories but ends with a sad expression. 

"That somehow sounds all very impressive. I don't think I could ever be like that." You look at your roll again and sigh. 

"I don't think anyone could be like that and you honestly shouldn't be just like them or anyone else for that matter. You are great. I have never met anyone as caring or strong as you are. To me, you are a great friend and I like you." Luke has a  determined expression. Like he wants to make sure that you know his words are true. 

It's touching."Thank you, Luke. I think I needed to hear that." You smile at him and Luke blushes just a little. 

  Then your timer rings and you take the finished sweet devil roll out of the oven. 

It looks great. You put it to the side and then start to make the vanilla and chocolate angel cookies. 

Luke bakes a batch of other cookies in the meantime. 

By the time Barbatos returns you have finished the cookies and made a special plate full of heart-shaped cookies, just for Simeon. 

Barbatos notes the unusual shape, apparently, he also knows about its meaning. "I see you have made some very special cookies. Who is the lucky one?" He has a slight gleam on his face. 

You suddenly become very shy. "T-that is private."

Barbatos hums. "I hope that it will work out for you. Oh, I have this nice cloth bag here. You should wrap the cookies so they will be an even nicer present." Barbatos rummages through a box and hands you a cute bag. 

You are just glad that he doesn't probe you and take the bag. 

Then you feel Luke tugging on you. "I got this ribbon. You should use that too."

"That is sweet of you Luke and thank you Barbatos." You smile at both of them, wrap the cookies and carefully place them in your pocket. 

By the time you are done, it's already evening. 

You baked loads and most will be delivered.

  You just have a few of the goods you want to bring to Solomon. Partly to thank him for helping you and you also want to see what he is up to. 

Luke is still enjoying his conversation with Barbatos. 

With a slight spring in your step, you make your way to the library.

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Luke just wants his 'dad' to be happy and fully ships them. I support this.

  Little bonus: 

Barbatos spreading the 'love cookie' gossip later to Diavolo. 

  Barbatos: "My lord, our angel student has made some special heart-shaped cookies."

Diavolo: "What splendid news. Who do you think they are for?" 

Barbatos: "Well, I have some suspects."

Diavolo: "Really? How scandalous. Should I tell Lucifer about this?" 

Barbatos: "I would advise against that."

Diavolo: "In that case, I will just root for them."