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Chapter 10

Landry yelped in surprise when Damien lifted him up while still submerged under the water. The incubus maneuvered the bunny until he had him perched in his lap while he sat on the underwater bench near the edge of the infinity pool. The larger demon wrapped his muscled arms around the smaller demon's slim waist and held him against his chest.

"You can even make swimming look sexy I guess? Or just coming out of the water even?" Damien could feel Landry sigh happily and relax as he said this, noting how he positively responded to any praise he ever gave him. It made him wonder if the demon bunny was so starved for positive attention that any compliment he received meant the world to him. And the incubus loved being the one to be able to do that for him. He loved making him feel special and important since it seemed that no one else in his life up to this point really had.

"Okay. How long can you keep this up for?" Landry's tone was joking, but serious at the same time. Damien looked down at the bunny in his arms, surprised at the subtle accusation. "Keep what up? I'm only keeping it a hundred with you, beautiful." The demon bunny looked back up at him with a little smile, but squinting eyes now. "Keep being this perfect guy! You have to have something wrong with you, but so far all you have been is... amazing and kind?" Landry said it like a question. "Guys like you are never interested in me... a whore..."

Damien chuckled lightly and grabbed the bunny's chin. "Lan. I will keep telling you this until it sticks in that gorgeous little head of yours. You. Are. Not. A. Whore. Or a slut or any of those other fucked up things those assholes say about you for that matter. You are kind, beautiful, intelligent, funny, and so much more. That's why I want to be with you. And I'm sure there are things wrong with me by the way. You just may haven't had the pleasure of seeing it yet. Or you have and you're just being sweet as usual. But I want you to speak up if something I say or do bothers you or if you feel uncomfortable. Okay?" Landry nodded without speaking.

"Can you promise me you'll do that, Lan? Like, say it?" Landry was caught off guard for a moment, still at a loss at the reassuring words that this wonderful man just spoke. "I promise, Damien." The incubus sighed happily and tilted the bunny's chin up as he leaned down to kiss his soft, velvety lips. When they broke apart, Damien had a serious look on his face. "Alright. Are you ready to try the best seasoned kebabs you've ever had?" The demon bunny nodded excitedly and swiftly dove down into the water as he looked back at the incubus and yelled, "race ya!" Damien grinned devilishly, pun intended, and dove after Landry to race towards the other side of the pool where their food awaited them.

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Landry had won the race easily, but Damien pointed out that he got a head start. He ultimately allowed the bunny to keep his win though. He just loved to see the smaller demon happy after all. The incubus smiled as he watched the bunny demon eat his second kebab gracefully and he began to wonder if he would ever catch Landry not being photogenic for once. Though he was starting to believe it to be an impossibility. The bunny even looked beautiful sleeping, unaware of the world around him.

"So... how are you feeling about tomorrow?" Damien didn't want to bring up the purple moth in the room, but this would be the perfect time to come up with a plan so Landry was not stuck staying at V Tower anymore. The incubus was hoping the demon bunny would want to stay here with him. Or even travel with him around the Rings of Hell as the band tours. They just had some logistics to work out.

"Uh, what do you mean?" The incubus could practically feel the ice in Landry's voice now. The demon bunny put down his kebab and turned his face away, appearing to shut down a bit. Damien wondered if he had made a mistake by bringing this up, but didn't see any other way around it. "I just want to support you in whatever way you need, Lan. I know you are scared of him, but—" Landry cut him off, but didn't yell. He laughed and scoffed instead.