Helluva Boss Codename Ghost

Ask and receive

"Ok....can you eat chocolate?"

"Yes, I can," says Loona

"Really? surprising. "I say.

"Why's that?".

"It's probably just a holdover from my days on earth. Canine species on earth are deathly allergic. "

"Really?".

"You may as well pour poison down their throats. Even the smallest amount could kill them."

"Bummer, it's delicious."

"Yeah, sure. What's your go-to?".

"I'm not too picky. Milk chocolate is the best, I can do some darks but not all. "

Loona and I were playing 20 questions today while we waited to go through with the next contract. It had been a couple of weeks since the day in the break room. Loona still seeks me out to hang with me during downtime, but we haven't had a repeat of that day since. I was starting to wonder what would have happened had Moxxie not come in. I also wondered if I would ever know what would have happened. I'm also wondering if I'd blown my shot with her.

"When's the last time you had a date?". I ask.
She looks down at the floor and sighs.

"Never, nobody's ever given me the time of day".

"Crushes?".

"There was one guy I was interested in but it turns out he was with someone else already, I couldn't compete with his girlfriend. It makes me wonder if Tex and I weren't meant to be".

"Wait, when you say Tex do you mean Vortex?".

"You know him?".

"Yeah we've been friend's for years, we work out together".

"Does that weird you out?".

"Eh its fine dont worry".

"Ok, so I'm curious," she says. "How many notches did you get in that belt of yours? a guy as good looking as you has to have a body count".

"Oh, I'm boring. Only a few, I was raised to value sex as something more than just to pass time and to be selective with whom I choose. "

"Hmmm, I'm surprised."

"I could have had my pick of the litter (no offense). I was a ladies' man in high school and could have had sex whenever I wanted to, but I just didn't want to reduce it to just a hobby. "

"Makes sense. It sounds like your family had a good impact on you. "

"When it comes to the opposite sex I was raised on both sides of the coin."

"How so?".

"My father raised me to attract a woman and be a man. My mother raised me to keep a woman and to be a gentleman. "

"I can tell. The way you carry yourself around me and other women shows that you were raised by a very conscious and wise mother. "

"I do ok."

"It's more than ok, all the charm and gentlemanly behavior you've exposed me and Millie to. It's nice."

"I'm just trying to treat you both with respect."

"You spoil me. I gotta say you're laying on the charm today. You don't have an ulterior motive, do you." She jokes.

My eyes get serious. "No never".

"Ohh?" she says, raising her eyebrows sarcastically.

"If my mother found out I had an ulterior motive with a woman, she'd skin me alive. When I was growing up, she raised me and my brother to always respect women and to never take advantage. "

"She sounds like an amazing woman."

"One of the best." I say. "Can I ask you something?".

"Sure."

"If given the chance, would you want to see or talk to your birth parents again?".

Her face narrows slightly, and she thinks for a while.

"Interesting question I... Don't know, to be honest, I've thought about it over the years what they would be like and, more importantly, ask why they gave me up like they did. but that was a long time ago. Like I said, they're probably dead for all I know and care. I can't say for sure what I'd say when given the chance. "

"If you had three wishes, what would they be?".

"oooo interesting ok, ok, if I had to say off the top of my head...first wish I'd like to undue my past.

The second wish I'd love to have is to have me and my dad happy and to have a good life together.

Third wish. I want to be with someone who will always love me for me. Someone who will accept me for who I am and someone I can give my heart and life to. "

"That actually sounds really nice." I say.

"What are your wishes?".

"I wish I had some. I know that Maria and my family are ok so I don't need to worry about that,

Money? eh, not really. I'm already wealthy from everything I do, so no.

I guess if I had a wish, I would ask for friends. "

"Makes sense? What about love?".

"I don't know. When I arrived here, I still considered myself done with love, and I've been celebate ever since. "

"Do...you ever think you'll find love again?". Her tone is hopeful

"I never say never. But if I did, it would have to be a special girl".

Her tail thumps against the chair she sits in.

"I'm sure you will one day."

I look at her, and I'm blown away by how beautiful she is. I realized as I looked at her that I was in love with her and I needed to tell her. My heart has been in knots ever since that day in the break room.

"Loona... there's something I need to tell you."

"What is it?" she asks.

"I don't know how you feel, but ever since that day in the break room, it's been on my mind, and -"

"HEYYYY LOOONNNEY!!!" The drunken voice of Blitz shatters the silence as he crashes through the door, a bottle falling out of his pocket. He slumps to the ground.

"Ugh, Satan dammit Blitz." She gets up from the couch and picks up Blitz like a towel. "Sorry, can we talk later?".

"Yeah..sure Loona."

She carries him off, leaving me behind. Another chance to speak to her leaves with her.