This little story belongs to my Christmas project, a series of stories leading up to Christmas Eve! Check my Event Masterlist for more information, and have fun!
My MCs VioletandClover are featured in these stories, too, so check out their profiles if you want to know more about them!
As Diavolo opened the portal to the human world, he excitedly asked everyone to go through.
However, while most made their ways to find themselves in Austria a second later, Clover felt a certain unease inside her.
She was one of the last ones to step into the human world…
And just before Diavolo called her out to go, she turned around and searched for a certain pair of eyes.
“Solomon” she whispered. The sorcerer looked at her in surprise. “Solomon I… Have a favour to ask of you.”
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The group plopped into the human world in a dark side alley, so that no human being would wonder about that wavering, weird portal that just happened to puke out fourteen living beings right onto the street.
When everyone was there, Mama Lucifer called all of them together to establish a few more rules.
They agreed on a time where they would all meet right here again, and Lucifer talked another fifteen minutes about how he would torture his brothers if they caused any kind of ruckus whatsoever.
“Mylord” Barbatos called out after Lucifer finished his monologue. “Mylord, where would you like to go first? I will escort you there.”
Diavolo kept quiet for a moment, then his eyes landed on a certain girl.
“I want to go with Clover!” he suddenly called out, leading the girl to let out a confused noise. “And she’s human, so I will be fine with her around. No need for you to do that, Barbatos.”
Barbatos eyes widened in surprise.
“B-but… Mylord” he almost whined.
As Beel was huddled together with Clover, Diavolo now looked at him as well. “Beelzebub, would you join us as well?”
“Sure.”
“Mylord, I-” Barbatos stammered. “I don’t have any doubt in Clover’s capacity to guide you around, b-but”
A hand placed on Barbatos’ shoulder.
“Relax, Barb!” Asmo chimed in. “You need a break from your master too, you know? Come, how about we have some fun together for a change~!”
And Asmo pulled the confused butler away.
Diavolo seemed a little irritated over his butler’s behaviour, but Solomon was quick to ease that as well.
“He will be fine” the sorcerer hummed. “Now, if you allow, I would like to join the three of you.”
“Sure” Clover smiled.
Solomon gave a pleased nod.
“Shall we get going, then?”
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The four wanted to get an overview of the market, since none of them have been there before.
However, that proved quite difficult, as Diavolo was so interested in every single stand that the group progressed fairly slow.
The shopkeepers seemed very, very happy over such a polite and nice costumer, so every other second, they engaged in a rather long and passionate conversation about what they were selling.
The others were standing a little at the side, watching the scene.
“… They’ve been talking about knitted gloves for ten minutes now” Solomon sighed. “If we keep going like this, we won’t even see half of the market until it’s time to go again…”
Laughing and awkward laugh, Clover scratched her head. “Well, but it seems like Diavolo is having fun, so…”
Behind her, she heard an excited sniff.
“Something smells delicious” Beel pointed out, looking for the source of that sweet scent. “I think there’s a food stall over there…”
He gave his girlfriend puppy eyes.
Smiling, Clover gave a sigh. “I know you wanna go, but Diavolo is still talking over here…”
“You two can go ahead” Solomon then said. “I’ll watch so that the prince won’t get too excited. We will catch up to you two later.”
Surprised, but gladly taking the offer, the couple continued their tour.
They came across a stall that was selling churros.
“That’s where to good smell is coming from” Beel’s eyes sparkled in excitement. “Can we try them?”
“Sure”, the human girl smiled and they went up to the shopkeeper. Beel started ordering…
“Hello! We’d like one bag of churros.”
Clover eyed him.
One bag. Beel. Ordering. One. Only one. Bag.
They stepped aside, searching for a bench to sit down and try them.
Both humming overly pleased, Clover was happy to see that churros were still as amazing as she remembered them.
“That was delicious” Beel smiled.
“Yeah! Do you want some more?” she dared to ask.
Thinking for a moment, Beel then shook his head.
“I’m good for now. I want to leave room to try other things too, you know?”
And the girl’s eyes widened, watching as Beel stood up, completely fine with having only half a portion of churros.
He didn’t seem hungry at all.
She looked at him.
And smiled.
Good, looks like her plan was working out…
———
They kept wandering around, having a good time while holding hands und chatting with each other.
Beel was looking for something little to gift his twin brother Belphie for Christmas, and also had been eyeing everything in case it would make for a good present for Clover, too.
He decided on a hand knitted scarf for Belphie, as both him and the human girl were in awe over how fluffy it was.
Every now and then, they came by a food stall.
At first, Beel had been asking to try the foods, since most of the dishes were new to him.
At some point, however, it seemed like Clover was the first one to initiate the food-buying.
“We had crêpes just ten minutes ago?” Beel pointed out in confusion as Clover begged him to go buy her some.
“Buuut…” the girl whined. “I’m kinda craving some, you know?”
So of course, Beel went and bought her one.
“O-only one?” Clover bursted out greedily before she could hold herself back. “I-I mean… Don’t you want one, too?”
And as Beel thought about her words, he realised.
“No…” he mumbled. “I’m… not hungry. That’s odd…”
The girl bit her lip. “But… That’s great, isn’t it?” she cheered, giving an odd smile. “You can concentrate on the Christmas market way better this way, don’t you you think?”
Beel gave a slow nod, but remained bothered.
“Sure…”
———–
The two continued.
At some point, they happened to pass Mammon and Levi. They also tried talking to them, but the two seemed in an utter panic. Although Clover’s conscience said to go and look after that matter, they let them be and continued.
Because slowly, the girl felt out of energy, asking to sit down for a moment.
And as they were searching for a quiet place to sit down, she felt worse with every passing second.
Her legs were weak. She couldn’t focus on anything.
And her stomach was aching like crazy.
Beelzebub was helping her walk when he noticed her state, overly worried but the girl kept shaking it off.
“Maybe my body isn’t used to the human world anymore!” she joked.
However, as they reached a bench, Clover collapsed right onto it.
“Clover!” Beel called out, having caught her just in time to prevent her from hitting her head harshly. “What is wrong…?!”
But she seemed to have lost consciousness.
Holding her in his arms, Beel wasn’t sure what to do.
“Clover…? Please, wake up…”
He was about to pick her up und go search for someone to help him, but then she opened her eyes again.
“Hngh… Beel…? What… Just happened…”
“You passed out” Beel whined. “Clover, please, what is going on…?!”
“Ah, don’t… Don’t worry… I’m just tired…”
But this time, Beel wasn’t buying it.
“No” he said. “I now what’s going on with you. Don’t try to lie about it. I know this feeling way too well myself…”
He gently stroke over her cold cheek.
“You’re starving” he mumbled.
The girl lowered her gaze in guilt.
“But why…?” The demon continued. “And why… Am I not? Clover, can you explain what’s happening…?”
Fiddling with her hands, she had trouble speaking up. But it was no use anyways…
“I… Asked Solomon to put a spell on us” she admitted. “I feared that, if you keep being hungry, you won’t enjoy the Christmas market at all. Also, I know you hate it when you loose control over yourself, and as I feared that around so much food, you might do so… I asked Solomon to switch our stomaches for the day…”
The avatar of Gluttony stared at her, irritated.
Then, he pulled her into a tight hug.
“Don’t…” He whispered next to her ear. “Don’t do that ever again… I couldn’t bear loosing you… I don’t want you to starve…”
The girl teared up.
“B-beel… I wouldn’t have…”
“You nearly did!” He shouted, but his harsh tone was followed by a whine. “I’m used to this pain… But your body is not.”
He wrapped an arm underneath her, picking her up from the park bench. “We’ll go search for Solomon. He’ll take care of it.”
“But Beel…!” Clover pouted. “I want you to have fun…! I can-”
“No.” Beel locked eyes with her.
“Clover. What I need to have fun is you at my side. So, will you stay with me for the rest of the day, or do you want to pass out and risk dying so you’ll never ever be at my side again?”
She went silent, narrowed her gaze.
“… I’m sorry…” the girl mumbled. “I… wanted to help…”
“I know. And I thank you for wanting to make me happy. I appreciate that a lot…” He placed a kiss on her forehead. “But I wouldn’t want to loose you for anything. And now, let’s grab something to eat for you and then we’ll find Solomon, okay?”
“Okay… Thank you.”
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Carrying his now dozing lady piggyback style, Beel wandered around the market, eventually hearing the excited loud voice of his prince.
Turning to search for Diavolo, Beel spotted him as well as a Solomon behind him, packed with countless shopping bags.
It also seemed like the prince was about to buy yet another handmade little thing from some shopkeeper that he just found so friendly that he had to buy their stuff.
Solomon had somehow got himself into playing his butler for the day, carrying everything that had already been bought.
Smiling, Beel headed towards them.
“Solomon!”
The sorcerer turned his head, and, seeing the girl, his expression showed that he feared Clover was eventually going to end up like this.
“I told her about the dangers” Solomon said. Having returned into a darker alley, he was preparing a spell to return her to normal. “But she wasn’t going to change her mind. That’s some dedication, isn’t it?”
As he finished, the girl opened her eyes again.
“Truly” she heard Beel mumble, who was now giving her the warmest look.
