Helluva Boss X Reader

Octavia Part 2: Unexpected Reactions

She rubbed her arm in embarrassment, but looked at you with a new sense of conviction, which surprised you. You were starting to find her attractive, especially with that British accent, but you tried to ignore those feelings. She's Stolas's daughter. Does she even think of you like that? You're nothing to her. From what I've heard from Loona, and now apparently Stolas, Octavia just needs friends. You snapped yourself out of your thoughts as Octavia started speaking again.

"Not a playdate. Just a...hangout. Dad says he'll chaperone..." Octavia grumbled, suddenly finding the floor very interesting. "He'll call you." She pulled her beanie forward to hide her face, and moved to the door, taking large and fast steps. You watched as the door closed behind her.

The instant Loona was certain Octavia couldn't hear her, she started laughing again, and put you into a headlock. She put her free hand on your head and ruffled the fur there, like she was your big sister. Since the two of you had become close friends, wrestling like this was not that uncommon between you.

You strained against her, but were unable to break free due to exhaustion from your lack of sleep. That didn't stop you from trying though.

"Aww, the little birdie's got a crush on the big, bad, wolf," Loona teased in a mocking voice as you struggled. "What are you going to do on your little date?"

"What!? That's Stolas's daughter! Do you have any idea how much trouble that could cause?" You protested, trying to pry her arm off of you. Loona scoffed.

"I'm not hearing a no."

You growled in response. Loona laughed at your empty threat. "You could use the company of someone who actually likes you back," she teased as she started to noogie you.

You stopped struggling for a moment, causing Loona to stop roughhousing with you. She let you go. You now looked at her, confused. "What the fuck does that mean?"

"C'mon. I'm like the only person you hang out with that's your age. It's inevitable that you'd fall for me eventually." Loona flipped her hair back pridefully, as a joke, and laughed again.

"For the record, I don't see you like that. Secondly, way to bruise my ego..." you said.

"You're welcome." Loona grinned and punched you in the shoulder. Then, before you knew what was happening, she gripped your arm hard and pulled your head onto her shoulder. She let go of your arm and grabbed a fistful of fur on the back of your neck. When you tried to break free, she used her other hand to poke her claws into your side, threatening to sink them deeper. You couldn't see her face, but you got the message and stayed still.

The joking mood that was present a moment before had been drugged and shot out back by Loona. A low growl came from her throat. You felt goosebumps rising as she spoke into your ear. "Remember that my part of this job is to track down and murder people. If you hurt Octavia, I fucking swear to Satan I'll kill you." She said it with such venom, and such determination, that you had no choice but to believe that, despite being a sinner, if you did harm Octavia in any way, she would find a way to kill your immortal soul.

Just as quickly as she had pulled you in, she let go of you and shoved you back a little. Loona was now looking at you with the eyes of a killer. You'd seen them on rare occasion, but you'd never been on the receiving end of them. You tried to swallow the lump that was forming in your throat.

She stepped up to you, still with an intense expression on her face, patted your shoulder, and nodded. It was certain that while she wasn't preventing you from making a move on Octavia (not that you were sure at this point that you had wanted to), she was giving you a clear warning on what the consequences could be if you did, and fucked it up.

The door behind the two of you opened, and Stolas was given a quick little shove out. Stolas was blushing and panting heavily, but quickly tried to fix himself up when he saw you both. Loona had moved to put her arm around your shoulders, once again behaving like the close friend that you knew her to be. She had expertly hidden any trace on her face of what had happened only a moment ago.

"Ah, (Y/N)! Loona!" he exclaimed nervously, taking a cloth from his suit, which was far more wrinkled than you had remembered it to be, and dabbed his face free of any sweat. "Has Octavia expressed her invitation to the two of you yet? She was really looking forward to meeting you, (Y/N). You are quite the conversationalist yourself." Stolas punctuated that last sentence by elbowing the air in jest. Had Octavia told him about what happened last night?

You felt a heat rising through the collar of your shirt. Loona took the opportunity to give a quick jab to your ribs, teasing you again. You opened your mouth, but Stolas continued to speak.

"Speaking of, where has she gone?" Stolas said, looking around, not seeing his daughter in the immediate vicinity. He couldn't hear anybody speaking, so a tour must not have been happening at the moment either.

Loona spoke up. "She left, but she did tell us about your...meeting." It seemed Loona was uncomfortable calling your future get-together with Octavia what it actually was, or what Stolas had presented it to be, or by any other name. It looked like even the word she did choose felt wrong in her mouth, you observed. "Only (Y/N) here can come, one of us has to be here for work."

Stolas looked disappointed. "I see. Well, Loona, you're always welcome to attend at a later date." Loona poked you in the ribs again at the word 'date,' and you swatted her hand away, but not before taking the jab. "I'll be heading after my Via. I can't have her getting lost in a big city again!" he laughed lightly, and was through the door with a large swooping motion. He had appeared to melt into his true demon form in that moment, and a wave of fear went through you when he did.

When he had disappeared, Loona put you into another headlock, this time bullying you about Stolas's apparent approval of you.

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