Full House

I do not own Hazbin Hotel nor do I own the characters or the settings.

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A few days after their meeting with Charlie, Angel is in his room contemplating everything. He really wanted to tell Cherri the new turn of events, but Husk had asked him not to. The spider demon felt it was only right to accept his wishes. Another problem was eating away at Angel’s mind, however, and he just couldn’t see anyway it would be resolved.

He knew once the pregnancy was medically confirmed he would have to tell Valentino. He also knew the news of him being pregnant would not sit well with the moth demon. He thought about what Cherri had suggested…about getting rid of the baby, but he just couldn’t make himself believe that was the right thing to do.

He lets out an exhausted sigh as he strokes Fat Nuggets a few times before standing up from his bed, “I left ya some food in ya bowl, Nugs. I’ll be back in a bit.”

Angel decides to pay Husk a visit at the bar. He obviously couldn’t drink anything but the two of them hadn’t really talked much since initially finding out they were both pregnant. He makes his way down the stairs, but when he reaches the bar, he doesn’t see Husk and sees a closed sign instead.

Angel sees Vaggie sitting in the lobby, “Hey, ya seen Husk around?”

She looks up from her book and nods, “He was headed upstairs last I saw…he didn’t seem like he felt very well.”

“Thanks.” The spider demon makes his way back upstairs but hesitates to knock on the bartender’s bedroom door. If Husk wasn’t feeling well, he may not want to be bothered, but then again…Angel was the reason he wasn’t feeling well in the first place. Angel finally decides that if Husk really wanted to be left alone, he would just leave and knocks on the cat demon’s door.

He hears a muffled ‘come in’ from behind the door and he eases it open to reveal Husk lying in bed, wrapped in the comforter, “Hey, Whiskers…I went looking for ya and Vaggie said ya weren’t feeling well.”

Husk groans but remains wrapped in the comforter, “Yeah, I been better, but I coulda made do…Charlie insisted I close the bar and come lay down though.”

Angel makes his way completely into the room and shuts the door softly behind him, “Nausea again?”

“And what comes with it.” The bartender sits up a bit in the bed to be able to see Angel a bit better, “I coulda kept the bar open though.”

Angel gives him a chuckle, “Right…cause nothing makes ya wanna drink like the bartender blowing chunks behind the counter.”

Husk only shrugs as he massages his temples with his fingers, “You seem to be feeling alright today.”

The entertainer nods as he sits on the edge of Husk’s bed, “It comes and goes…smells get me more than anything.” He gives Husk a sympathetic look before speaking again, “If it makes ya feel any better I threw up on a guy’s dick I was supposed to be blowing the other day.”

Husk wraps himself tighter in the comforter as he shakes his head, “Oddly enough that doesn’t make me feel any better.”

“I…um…I got my ass beat pretty good for that one.” The spider demon looks down at the bed and unconsciously cradles his still flat stomach with his lower arms.

He suddenly feels Husk’s arms and the comforter wrap around his shoulders, “It ain’t just you anymore…I can’t do anything about what he does to you in the studio, but if he hurts our kid I’ll kill him.”

Angel leans into Husk’s backwards embrace as he lets out a worried sigh, “I’m gonna have to tell him soon and…and he ain’t gonna take it well.”

“Just be careful, kid.” Husk remains behind Angel cradling him in the comforter and pretty soon the sound of soft purring fills the room.

Angel relaxes against the cat demon and closes his eyes, “How do ya do that?”

Husk shrugs, “It just happens…I can’t really control it, but it makes me feel better sometimes.”

“Makes me feel better too.” Angel smiles as he continues to feel the vibrations rumble behind him, “Does it mean you’re happy?”

The bartender seems taken aback by the seemingly simple question and his purring becomes less intense but doesn’t stop, “You have a way of making me feel less shitty I guess.”

Angel frowns at the way Husk managed to simultaneously answer and not answer the question, “Right…so not happy, just less shitty.”

The purring stops and Angel feels the coolness of the bedroom on his back as Husk releases him, “And what am I meant to say? You made it perfectly clear to Charlie that we were just fuck buddies.”

The spider demon stands up from the bed and turns to face Husk, “That’s all I am to anyone ain’t it? Just someone to fuck?!”

Husk growls as he throws the comforter off his shoulders, “Those are your words not mine! You were the one who pushed me away with all your fake bullshit!” He glares at Angel, but the entertainer can see the hurt in Husk’s eyes, “You were the one who said you only wanted to have some fun! You were the one who said you weren’t ready for anything real!”

Angel balls his fists up as tears threaten to fall from his eyes, but he doesn’t let them, “Cause why would anyone want a used-up crack whore for anything other than fucking?!” His tears finally fall but he doesn’t wipe them away, “I guess I was saving myself the heart break when ya finally found out I wasn’t worth it!”

The anger in Husk’s eyes fade at seeing Angel’s tears and hearing his self-depreciating words, “Angel…”

“Nah, don’t worry about it!” He turns toward the door, “I’ll see myself out and make ya feel less shitty!”

Before Husk can stop him, Angel storms out and slams the door behind him. He makes his way to his own room and slams his door also before throwing himself on the bed. Fat Nuggets snuggles against his side and Angel grabs him in a soft hug as he continues to cry, “I guess I overreacted, Nugs…I-I didn’t mean to say all that” He wipes his eyes with one set of hands and continues to snuggle the little pig with the other set, “I was happy just being with him and then…then I was just angry for no reason.”

He lets out a sigh and feels like he should apologize to Husk, but he just couldn’t face the cat demon so soon after their fuss. He did feel really bad though because Husk hadn’t been feeling well and then he went and overacted. Angel gives Fat Nuggets a little kiss on the head and realizes just how exhausted he is and falls asleep.

The spider demon awakens when he hears a soft knock on the door, “Angel…it’s me.”

His heart squeezes a bit when he hears Husk’s voice. He knew he needed to apologize for losing his shit earlier, but he didn’t know if he was ready, “C-Can we talk later?”

Husk hesitates behind the door, but eventually responds, “Of course…I was just coming by to tell you that Charlie found a place and we can go tomorrow if that’s what you want.”

Angel’s hand automatically smooths over his stomach, “Yeah…whatever ya want. That’s fine.”

“I know you wanna talk later and that’s fine, but…but you’re not what you do for a living.” He lets out an audible sigh that Angel hears through the door, “And…and you do make me happy.”

Before Angel can respond, he hears Husk’s footsteps retreating from his door. Fresh tears fall from his eyes at remembering how shitty he had treated Husk.

That night, Angel finds it hard to sleep. He kept thinking about Husk and the appointment in the morning. He checks his phone to see that it’s around two in the morning. He didn’t figure Husk was awake, but he stands up from his own bed and makes his way across the hall. He hesitates a moment before softly knocking on the bartender’s door. Just when Angel decides Husk must be asleep and begins retreating, he hears shuffling behind the door. The knob turns, the door opens, and Husk appears.

Angel immediately launches himself at the cat demon wrapping all his arms around him in a tight hug. Husk embraces him in return and the comforting rumble of his purr sounds between them, “I’m so sorry, Husky…I-I overacted and…and…”

Warm tears spill down his cheeks as he almost lifts Husk from the floor by the force of his hug. Husk’s tail swishes behind him as his feet finally lift from the floor and he grips Angel a bit tighter, “Shh, no more crying, Legs…and put me down will ya?’

Angel does as he’s asked and places Husk’s feet back on the floor before releasing his embrace, “It’s just I know ya weren’t feeling well and then I…”

“Angel…just come in.” He reaches his paw out and Angel takes it, “I really do wanna talk to ya.”

The entertainer nods and allows Husk to lead him into the room. Angel shuts the door behind them before joining Husk on the bed, “I really am sorry, ya know.”

“It’s okay…I let my emotions get away with me too.” He takes both of Angel’s lower hands in his own and rubs the top of them with his thumbs as he looks up into the spider demon’s mismatched eyes, “I…I ain’t good with sharing my true emotions and I never meant to hurt you with my words.” He lets out a sigh, “I…I wanna be real with you for a minute if that’s okay?”

Angel nods and places his upper hands on top of Husk’s paws, sandwiching them between both sets of his hands, “Yeah, I’m ready.”

Husk hesitates for a minute as if contemplating the best way to word his thoughts, “I…I care about you…probably more than I like to admit sometimes and when you said you just wanted to have some fun, some stress relief…I get it.” He feels Angel’s hands clench around his own, but when the spider demon doesn’t interrupt, Husk continues, “You got trust issues and…and ya been hurt by someone you thought loved you.”

Silent tears pool in the corner of Angel’s eyes at Husk’s words, “Husk…”

“No, baby…let me finish, please.” He gives Angel a pleading look and once the spider nods, he continues, “I never want you to do anything you’re not comfortable with…so if that means just being friends is all you want then that’s what we’ll do.” He watches as the pool of tears spill over Angel’s cheeks, but he’s determined to finish his confession, “We can be whatever you want…friends, lovers, co-parents, friends with benefits.”

He shakes his head and gives Angel a smile, “It doesn’t matter because being with you makes me happy. I wanna be with you and I just want you to be happy with me too.”

A soft sob leaves Angel’s lips at Husk’s words as he brings the cat’s paws up to his cheek and nuzzles his face against the soft fur, “I’m so happy with ya, Husky, but I…” More tears wet his face with his next words, “I been so scared to…to trust anyone again…th-the only person I trusted with my love…they…they…”

“Shhh, I know, baby…I know.” He cradles Angel’s wet face in his hands and brings the spider demon’s forehead down to press against his own, “I ain’t him though and I’ll never force ya to do or be something you’re not.” Husk lets out a shuddering breath, “I’m…I’m scared too…I know what it’s like to lose everything you’ve ever loved and…and I been afraid to admit how I felt because I didn’t want to think about what would happen if you decided I didn’t make ya happy after all.”

Angel sniffles and a wet chuckle leaves his throat, “We really are a couple of losers, huh?”

The sound of Husk’s soft purring starts again as he angles the taller demon’s lips closer to his own, “Just shut-up and kiss me.”

Angel immediately connects his lips to Husk’s lips and they kiss softly with all their emotions behind it. Husk pushes up onto his knees to deepen the kiss a bit. When the delicate kiss ends, Angel wraps his arms around Husk and brings him down to embrace on the pillows beneath them, “We ain’t never kissed like that before, Whiskers.”

His purring becomes stronger as he snuggles closer to Angel on the bed, “We’ve never been honest with each other before now.”

The room is silent for a long time save for Husk’s contented purring. Angel holds Husk to him with his lower arms and strokes the fur on top of the cat demon’s head with an upper hand, “How do ya feel about tomorrow?”

The bartender’s purring lessens, but doesn’t stop, “Overwhelmed…I…I’m still in denial a bit I guess.”

“Yeah…same.” He wraps all four arms tightly around Husk, “But we’ll be together and we’ll get through it all somehow.”

“Stay with me tonight, Legs.” He nuzzles into the soft fluff of Angel’s chest, “Just stay with me…just like this.”

“As long as you need, baby.” Angel settles down into the pillows with a smile as they both drift off to sleep by the lulling sound of Husk’s happy purrs.

TBC…