Warming up (devildice story)

Chapter: sixteen

(Hello again! I made a new book that's a qna for my cuphead ocs and some cannon characters as well, go check that out! : D)

POV by devil:

I walked into the casino, nervously fiddling with my hands. 'Why am I acting like this?' I thought as I walked around the place. The casino was completely empty but some of my employees were still there.

I walked over to Mangosteen, "hey, your shift is over you can go home now" I told him, he smiled brightly and nodded. "Okay!" He exclaimed then quickly floated away.

I sighed in relief then walked over to the bar. At the bar, dice was sitting on a stool. He had a drink in hand, facing the bar. I stood behind him before I moved to sit next to him. "Hey" I said awkwardly, sitting down and smiling slightly.

He turned over to me and smiled back, "hey, boss!" He greeted, waving at me. I turned towards the bar and poured myself a drink. He watched me as I did. "So, how are you?" He asked me, smiling kindly.

"Good, I just went to sugar land with checkers" "they needed to know about their parents or something" I said as I started to drink. "Oh, did you find out who their parents are?" He asked curiously. I placed the drink back down and sighed.

I shook my head, "not really, that baroness lady didn't give us much" I told him, frowning slightly. 'I didn't really care that much but I kinda felt bad for the kid..though they might not want to know who their parents were' I thought sadly. Dice frowned as well, "dang, that sucks" he said sadly.

I nodded, taking another sip of my drink. "She did find this weird gold necklace thing" "it...has a certain symbol on it" I said anxiously, looking at him. He was confused at first but then his eyes widened a little, "oh..." he said softly, looking away again.

"Yeah, I don't think their parents are alive" "and I don't think they will like that answer.." I said groaning and placing my head on the bar table. "Yeah, probably not" he said taking a sip of his drink. "Say, how's henchmen? Did he go with you guys?" Dice suddenly asked, I could hear his smile.

I lifted my head up and turned to him. "Yeah he did, he's doing good" "then again when is he not?" I said smiling slightly, though I kinda knew that wasn't true. Dice frowned slightly, "he was having some trouble lately" "so he came to me, I helped him out with it but it wasn't really what he wanted.." he told me, frowning a little.

I tilted my head at that, "what did you need help with?" I asked him curiously. Dice smiled again, "stickler" he said simply, taking another sip of his drink. I just stared at him confused, "stickler?" I asked in disgust at his name.

"Yup, mr ruiner" dice said chuckling softly. I blushed slightly at that, tilting my head again. "What about him?" I asked him, super confused. 'What in hell did henchmen want with stickler?' I questioned confused.

"Oh come on, you've known henchmen longer than I have!" He exclaimed, smiling at me. I still had no idea and I think he saw that, "he's in love with stickler so he asked for my help" "come on, you saw how he reacted to stickler almost marrying Leviathan" he told me, my eyes widened.

'SAY WHAT' I thought looking at dice waiting for the punchline. It never came. Dice saw my surprised face and laughed, I looked at him embarrassed for a minute. "I- I guess now that I think about it that makes sense.." I said grumbling it out.

"It's disgusting though" I said feeling slightly sick thinking about them. Dice laughed and nodded, "yeah, but I wanted to help him out ya know? He helped me ask you out" he told me, taking another sip of his drink. My eyes widened slightly, I felt my face heat up.

"Really?" I asked him surprised. He blushed slightly and nodded, "yeah.." he said awkwardly. I stared at him for a moment then turned away. I went back to drinking, dice did the same.