Damien smirks " I don't know where ya think you're going sweetheart, but I'm not letting you leave. I have to keep my eye one you"
This didn't shock clover. He knew that leaving would be difficult since this demon already mentioned watching him, But clover luckily knows how to deal with difficult people for a living.
"I understand that you don't trust me and you need to keep an eye on me, but I need to go to work." He puts a sympathetic tone and expression.
"How will you handle looking over me and Amelia if I have no home for you to stay at?" He nervously smiles, grabbing Damien's hand.
"I know how much you've been struggling with..hell? And now that you're above, that struggle has been doubled but I need to make it to work. You can even go with me but I hope you'll be understanding of my situation." He begs.
Clover words shocks Damien. He has never heard someone be sympathetic towards his struggles, that hasn't been sarcastic or a big dick. Damien smiles, putting both hands on clover's shoulders. "I'm glad someone FINALLY sees how much I suffer" wiping a fake tear out of his eye, he lets clover go. " since you're practically begging me, and because I'm such a merciful demon.. I'll let ya go, naturally with us, of course." Relief floods clover's senses. Thank the heavens above, he sighs. All those customer service jobs came in handy, I'm basically a professional ass kisser. The thought sours his mood. Checking the time, he sees that he has 5 minutes left. Rushing clover grabs all his items, telling Amelia to grab her stuff.
"Come on Amelia! You and your dad are coming with me."
Amelia beams at this!
" where are we going? Are we going to a park? Or the movies?"
She says, getting more and more excited with every guess.
Clover laughs grabbing his keys, coat and phone. "Sorry to burst your bubble sweets, but I have to go to work."
Before Amelia could express her disappointment, clover grabs her, picking her up and placing her on his hip. " don't worry about it, I'll take you and the other kids to the park, if your dad agrees."
Amelia spins her head towards Damien, while they're all walking out the door. " please daddy!!! Please, please, please, please, PLEASE!!! I promise I'll be good!!"
she says, pleading with puppy eyes. Clover laughs under his breath, locking the door, speeding towards the sidewalk. Damien, confused, follows him. "Where are you going? Don't you humans have cars? Where's yours?" Feeling a little embarrassed, clover rolls his eyes, a light red tint covering his cheeks.
"I can't really afford one right now.. that's why I'm working" annoyance laced throughout his tone.
"How fun…" Damien says sarcastically, obviously annoyed but clover couldn't care at this point.
Clover, feeling a glare behind him, starts to shiver, a cold sweat forming. He starts speeding up, distracting himself by talking to Amelia. " so..what do you get up to for fun, sweetheart?"
Amelia beams, getting bored from not doing anything.
"I usually hangout with my brother! We play around at the park and sometimes sneak in the newcomer facility to mess with sinners! We-" "wait, sinners?? What do you mean by that?? Sneaking into the newcomer facility?" Clover cuts her off, his thoughts running rampant around the conformation of sinners. Maverick pays attention to their conversation and grabs Amelia. " I told you to stop sneaking in there!" He growls in anger, yelling at her. Clover jumps, feeling his heart sink at his angered tone. He sucks up the feeling and defends Amelia. "D-don't yell at here! She's just a child!" he stutters, trying to grab her back. "You can deal with that later. I'll be late to work if you keep up with this behavior." He scolds, avoiding eye contact with maverick. I'm already late enough as it is but of course I still have to argue with the demon twice my size.
Maverick is shocked by clover scolding him. But instead of getting angry, he smirks at him. He concedes for now, handing Amelia over to clover but plans on fucking with him later.
Clover walks faster as he holds Amelia closer, focusing on getting to work and not being more than 30 minutes late.
Clover walks in around 10 minutes late. He sits Amelia down at a nearby booth and tells them to stay put.
He hurriedly leaves before Maverick can say something, going into the back to clock in.
Maverick leans back into the diner booth, shoving his hands into his pockets and looking around. Amelia looks around as well, more hyper and excited compared to her dad.
A waitress walks over with a notepad in hand to take they're orders.
"How yall doing today? My name is Ann and I'll be yer waitress on this fine day. Any drinks I can start yall off with hun?"
Maverick, without missing a beat, orders a coffee with creamer and some sugar. Amelia tries to order the same, much to the waitress amusement.
"I don't know shug, that might be too bitter for ya tastebuds." she chuckles , offering chocolate milk instead.
Before Amelia can whine and argue, Maverick agrees, checking out the menu. As she jots down the drinks, she smiles and tells them she'll be back soon. As she leaves, clover comes out of the back. He's wearing an apron and is walking up towards a table occupied by an old couple. Maverick stares at his back, giving clover chills.
Clover cracks an awkward smile at the couple, trying to focus on his job and not the demon burning holes into his back.
"How are yall doing today? I'm clover, your server. Can I start you both with some drinks?"
The couple thinks it over slowly, wanting to make small talk instead.
"Clover? That's a very interesting name there hun!"
He smiles and agrees, shifting his weight back and forth on his legs to calm down.
"My momma was a very..creative person when naming me" he laughs awkwardly.
"Now how about them drinks huh?"
While he's working, maverick moves his gaze back to his surroundings, looking over the humans gorging themselves with food. He looks disgusted by the sight before Amelia shoves a picture into his face.
"Dammit girl, stop doing that!"
He yelps, glaring at her.
Amelia ignores his bad attitude, showing him a crude crayon drawing of them in hell.
"Loookk!!! These human crayons are wayyyy better than the ones we have back home!"
She exclaims, basically bouncing in her seat from excitement.
Maverick looks at her with annoyance, grabbing the picture to look at it.
"I don't know why the hell you're so happy right now. Your ass is still in trouble when we get back home." He drawls, glancing at her before analyzing the drawing. Amelia shrinks back into her seat, looking away from her dad while pouting.
Maverick slooks back at the drawing and immediately crunches up his face in disbelief.
"What the fuck are we doing?? Is this that newbie facility again?? I told you-" he cuts himself off, looking at the diner door way with a serious look on his face. He shuts Amelia up with a glance and gets up from the table. He immediately goes towards clover, feeling something if off.