Demon Child (FatPanda)

[FatPanda]

Rae sighed at the sight. He'd let the boy try eating from the lower seat but obviously had made a wrong decision. His judgement wasn't usually wrong but this time it evidently was. He sighed again, unsmiling though the boy was quite adorable. The child's blush and the quiet apology softened his stern look a little but the disappointment still showed. "Eros," his general's voice came out, "if you know to be sorry, why are you making this mess?" He questioned the boy as non-accusingly as possible but not without severity in his tone. Bad children had to learn that what they were doing was bad so they can learn what is good.

 

Finished with his food, he stood up and cleared his plate away. "Eros, come upstairs to the bathroom when you're done. You can just leave the dirty dishes where they are this time. He emphasized this time because he did not expect that behaviour to persist. Really he shouldn't indulge Eros even this time but he wanted to let the boy get comfortable with the chair before attempting to move things around at the same time. Some might say that the child was too young to have these responsibilities but Rae thought otherwise. One must learn habits when they are young. He'd indefinitely decided he would raise Eros properly despite being a demon.

 

He went up to the bathroom first. The angel found a new wash cloth, some fresh towels, and a new toothbrush just for Eros. None of them were pink but they'd have to do. He ran the bath, heating the water to an acceptable temperature. When it was right, he filled the tub and waited for Eros to come up. He needed to clean that dirty face of his so might as well give him a proper bath while he was at it. Rae shook his head from side to side, tsking at the manners the demon had been taught. He would have to set that straight and he knew just what would get the lesson to stick.

[Raven's Abyss]

"Eros," ... "if you know to be sorry, why are you making this mess?"

 

The tiny, pinkish creature heard his name and that's all the general needed to make the demon jumped and peel out of his skin. He wasn't used to this messy, weird food. More like fruit that grew in hell, as surprising as that was. And whenever possible, fruit from earth when his father would come back from jobs and missions. Eros did feel shame, and having Rae remind him was only making him feel worse to the point were tears lined at the rim of his eyes, but the general couldn't see because of his wild pink bangs and the angle he had his head at; downward.

 

"Eros, come upstairs to the bathroom when you're done. You can just leave the dirty dishes where they are this time."

 

Eros visibly winced again, hearing the long pronounced (Italic) words the angel spoke out as he gave him an order. The lad peeked out from under his bangs when he heard the chair creek and the angel man leave for the bathroom. The boy just sat there for a moment, looking at the table, the mes, his hands... and he did something another kid would never do. Eros looked for a rag, pushing the chair to the sink to wet the rag and cleaned the table, chair, tries doing himself too but still had a stain of sauce on his cheeks and chin.

 

Once the chair and table was clean, the boy placed teh dish into teh sink carefully and ran upstairs to the angel, feeling better and proud of himself, glowing as he reached Rae with a smile. However, he never wiped the tears that had gathered on teh rims of his blue orbs.

[FatPanda]

Displeased by the fact that Eros didn't seem to feel remorseful - not understanding what he'd done wrong - Rae gave him a hard look. The smile confused him; making him wonder what was so amusing when the boy had just been scolded. Sighing without finding the answer, he turned to grab a towel and said harshly, "come now, we need to clean you up." He soaked a face towel to gruffly wipe the demon's face. He needed to remove some of the stains that would get onto the shirt as it were taken off. But before he did the task roughly, he noticed the tears gathered on the edge of the boy's eyes. He'd been crying? Feeling sorry that he'd been so tough on a child, the angel gently wiped the stains and the tear droplets trying not to comment on them to save the boy from shame. He hadn't any idea that Eros would be upset by it; he wondered why kids cried around him.

 

"Arms up." He stripped the shirt and the pants off, exposing the tiny naked body once again. He pat the boy's back to both comfort the little one as best he could and to urge the child into the bath. It was lukewarm, the way angels preferred it. He wasn't sure demons would like the same but hoped the demon would tell him if it weren't. He added soap - bubbles - to the bath, hoping again that this child liked them. "You can bathe on your own right? I'll let you soak for a bit before coming back to do your hair and your back, until then don't make a mess." Turning away, Rae assumed Eros could climb in on his own and wash thoroughly. Either way, he'd check up on the child after he'd returned.

 

He went back downstairs to the kitchen, thinking he should do the dishes and clean the table. What he saw astonished him. The plate had been moved to the sink unharmed, and the table had been cleaned. He wondered how the child could have done it; after all it could've only been Eros in who did if he himself didn't. Shaking his head in disbelief, he looked over the kitchen. It seemed there was no doubt, he really was staring at a cleaned kitchen. Proud of the little demon, he set to cleaning the dishes. After he'd soaped, scrubbed, and rinsed the dishes, he left them to dry and seeing as the rest of the kitchen was clean, he returned to the bathroom to check up on Eros.

[Raven's Abyss]

"come now, we need to clean you up."

 

Eros saw the angel's hard glare and winced, the proud glow around him fading and disappearing very quickly like a cloud of smoke. Not to mention the anger, frustration and roughness inside Rae's voice made the tiny, red-headed demon flinch even harder, the water collecting fast inside those glittering, now sad blue orbs; like rain on a field trip. His plump bottom lip stuck out as it trembled, his body shaking just barely and his eyes fogged up completely. Oh god did Eros try real hard and brave not to break into sorrowful tears, trying to stop the sniffles but those got through. However, until the bigger male gently rubbed away the sauce stains on his cheeks and chin, rubbing just underneath his blue eyes to clear away the tears about to fall.

 

"Arms up." ... "You can bathe on your own right? I'll let you soak for a bit before coming back to do your hair and your back, until then don't make a mess."

 

The young demon's tears were blinked away as he hurried to obediently lift his arms, the pink shirt going over his head and messing up his already messing looking locks of red bubblegum hair. Quickly grabbing a hold of the general angel's shoulders as the pants were removed, showed his pinkish, tiny, kawaii body to the angel's eyes. Eros looked when Rae added bubbles to teh water and gasped, bubbles forming mountains immediately.

 

His big blue eyes widened, lips forming a plump, small 'o' shape as he watched, giggling and leaning over the tub side, touching the bubbles with such playful excitement he might have exploded if this were some cartoon. eros wasn't listening to the angel man, he struggled a bit but managed to get inside teh tub and gasped, squealing loudly as the bubbles swished around his tiny thin body.

[FatPanda]

Planning to praise Eros for a job well done, Rae made his way up the stairs. He didn't make it a habit to praise others so he took his time forming the words he wanted to say. His acknowledgement only came when he felt someone had really done well and that Eros did. He would tell the boy how well he'd done and that he hadn't expected the cleaning up. He considered adding words that were softer, less robotic, afraid that Eros might cry again though he was trying to be nice. Those tears from before were bothering Rae more than he believed they should. He couldn't quite figure out why children cried around him even when he tried not to be "scary".

 

Returning to the bathroom earlier than he'd planned, he knocked lightly on the door, "I'm coming in." Though it was a child inside, he still felt inclined to knock. To him, everyone was an equal and deserved the same treatment. Even children had a need for privacy. Upon opening the door, he discovered Eros playing with the bubbles. It was a cute sight, a pink child surrounded by pink bubbles and playing happily in them. He was relieved the child seemed to feel at home. In a stern voice - not what he'd intended - he asked, "have you bathed yourself or were you just playing in the tub?" He'd meant it just as a simple question but unknowingly, it came out in his low commanding voice.

 

Rae walked to the sink where he'd left the wash cloth and grabbed it to scrub the demon's back with. He brought it over to the bathtub and lay it on the ledge. Before helping the other clean himself, he removed his clothes. His shirt came off over his head to reveal his strong body and the mark on his back where his wings formed. Unaffected by the presence of another creature in the room, Rae removed his pants. He had not reason to be embarrassed, especially not around an immature child. He climbed into the tub next to Eros. "Turn around so I can scrub your back." The request came out as another command, a habit of his from all the commanding he did in the army.

[Raven's Abyss]

The tiny creature was humming a soft tune, playing with teh bubbles as they spread everywhere, making a blanket over himself. Watching as the bubbles seeped through his tiny fingers when Eros lifted his hand from the water. His voice was soft and sweet, like a whisper, a bit raspy but in that childish way.

"I could hold out my arms, say “I love you this much”

I could tell you how long I will long for your touch

How much and how far would I go to prove

The depth and the breadth of my love for you?

 

From here to the moon and back

Who else in this world will love you like that?

Love everlasting, I promise you that

From here to the moon and back

From here to the moon and back

 

I want you to know you can always depend

On promises made and love without end

No need to wonder how faithful I’ll be

Now and on into eternity

 

From here to the moon and back

Who else in this world will love you like that?

Forever and always, I’ll be where you’re at

From here to the moon and back

From here to the moon and back

 

I would blow you a kiss from the star where I sat

I would call out your name to echo through the vast

Thank heaven for you and to God, tip my hat

From here to the moon and back

And I’ll spend forever just proving that fact

From here to the moon and back."

 

That song was something angel mother's sang to the children, if you were a good mother, every night to protect the children from bad demons and evil nightmares. It was called "Here To The Moon And Back". A special lullaby for even the most rowdy baby. Rae could hear the tiny lad sing when he was halfway up the steps.

 

"I'm coming in."

 

Eros froze, lifted his bubbly head and looked over at the handsome angel with those baby blue orbs of crystal. Then he began to giggle, throwing the bubbles accidentally that were gathered on his arms and small hands. He seemed fine now, no tears, even though he sang a song his mother did every night, and even at nap-time. When eros would snort time from time in his giggles, that cute button nose would scrunch up.

 

"have you bathed yourself or were you just playing in the tub?"

 

That all a lone changed it. Eros flinched rather visibly, giving off a soft whine as he completely froze up, slouching down to stare at the bubbles in front of him. He stayed still, flickering his eyes back and forth between teh bubbles and the commanding, slightly scary angel. Eros kept his head down, watching as Rae drew close, wincing again and hid behind his hair, the bubbles, and slightly even his shoulder. The boy was scared and sad again, wondering what he keeps doing wrong for the angel to act like this all the time. It just pushed the boy to have tears welding up in those beautiful, abyss blue eyes and for him to desire the warmth and love of his parents arms once more. However, he just desided to stare down without giving teh chance of eye contact.

 

"Turn around so I can scrub your back."

 

Eros flinched... again... and turned his back to teh angel. Once Rae had started, it didn't take lone until the boy's shoulders started to tremble, well... his whole body did. Little sobbing noises that were tried hard from being let out, sounded from the demon's plump lips as he cried. The guilt of not doing good was eating him alive and something like that shouldn't affect a child so young.