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Subspace walked down the road, holding his bowl of fruits in his paws. He was at a party down in Playground, it was his first time outside of Blackrock. It wasn’t all too exciting, and he couldn’t remember what the party was for, but it seemed like he wasn’t really meant to be there considering him and Medkit were the only newspawn there. While Medkit opted to stay and watch the older people talk, Subspace hated the crowd, and walked down to the nearby skatepark the older folk informed him of. He was curious to see what inphernals his age outside of Blackrock did for fun.
He sat down, pulling his notebook out so he could continue his work. He had to stay efficient, even when he wasn’t at home. As he wrote and ate, an older demon walked up. He had been watching that dude, well not really watching, he had just noticed them and their friend, as the two were the loudest there. The demons friend was no where to be seen, probably skating.
“Heyy.. did you know how cute you are?”
Subspace moved his paws to cover up the page of his sketchbook, blushing. He hoped the older demon didn’t notice he was doodling instead of working. “Oh- ah… thank you..!” He stuttered. He hated how nervous he sounded. The older demon sat next to him.
“No problem sweetie. Whatcha doin’?”
“Uhm.. d-… drawing…” His voice quieted, embarrassed
“Really? Let me see!” The inphernal moved Subspaces paw, purring “This is so good!! Are you an artist?”
“No- no I’m not… I’m a scientist.. or I guess… an aspiring scientist…”
The demon seemed to notice something, and tilted his head “Are you from Blackrock?” “Oh! Yes, yes I am.” He felt so proud of himself “I could tell, I didn’t even need to ask, did I? You’ve got such long fur, definitely from Blackrock.” The older demon said it in a certain tone as if being from Blackrock wasn’t good, but they said it with a smile, so maybe he was just misunderstanding.
The older demon started talking about music or something, he could hardly hear over the talking of others though, it wasn’t even like it was that loud, he just couldn’t tune out other noises like normal inphernals could, it was humiliating honestly. He felt rude if he brought up that he couldn’t understand the older demon, so he kept nodding and pretending as if he understood.
“Your phone is cracked..” Subspace said. The phone in the older demons hands looked barely useable. “Oh, yeah~ I got in a fight.” “Oh, are you okay?” “Yeah, I won. I hospitalized the other dude.” Oh. “That’s.. I’m… I’m glad you won?” God what was he saying, he was so bad at talking to people. “Yep.” The older demon pulled up their pant leg, showing their bruised and bandaged leg “I got hit by a bus” “are you-“ “yeah, I’m fine. I sued the dudes and got a BUNCH of money.“ That was nice, maybe.
The demons friend walked up, holding a rolled up piece of paper with a.. plant? Maybe? He couldn’t really tell.
“Hey, you got a pencil?”
“Nah, but I’m sure she does”
They gestured over to Subspace, and their face flushed
“Oh!! Uhm- ah- I- I uhm-“ He scrambled through his bag, pulling out a handful of pencils and pens.
They took one and used it to push something in the paper roll, before the guy handed it to their friend. They handed the pencil back before walking away to continue skating
“So, do you indulge~?” They gestured towards the rolled up paper “In?” “Marijuana, Nicotine, any of the sort. Yknow.” No, in fact, he didn’t know. But he didn’t want to seem stupid. “Oh, yes!! I- I indulge. I mean, I would if I could.” What was he saying?? That made him sound even stupider. But what if he was asked to actually.. indulge!!! He’d seem stupider if he said he had done it before and didn’t know how. “Ah, you’re sheltered, aren’t you?” Sheltered??? He didn’t.. feel sheltered. But again, he wanted this guy to like him, and people liked being right. “Uhm.. yeah..” “Oohhhh you poor soul!! You need a hug, cmere.” The older demon pulled him into a hug. They smelled gross, but in a kinda good way. Their fur was soft. And he liked the pressure on his body. It felt safe.
The demon pulled away, looking down at him “Yknow, I’m not peer pressuring you or anything, buuuuttt~~” They gestured towards the paper roll that he’d placed behind his horn. “Ah… that’s… I’ll think about it… thank you!” “No prob- hey actually.. could you go grab my vape?”
“Vape..?” He tilted his head
“Yeah, little blue rectangle over there, you can’t miss it.”
“Oh! Uhhhmmmm.. alright!!!”
He ran over to the arch covered in trash and backpacks, looking around. He saw a little blue device with a picture of a banana on it, that must be it. He picked it up and walked back, his heart racing. This guy seemed to actually care about him.. this guy was really nice, and he was interested in his doodles, and he was so soft.. the feeling of that hug lingered on his body, and he purred.
When he got back, he saw the older demon giggling. “Are you okay?” “Yeah- yeah- it’s just so cute watching you run around all for me~ you’d do anything for me, wouldn’t ya?”
Subspaces heart raced, he tried to hide how good that made him feel, but his tails wagging betrayed him. The older demon placed their palm on Subspaces head, messing up the fur. “Goooddd.. you’re cute.” They put the vape to their mouth, sucking in and blowing out. The smoke hurt his eyes. They then reached the vape out to Subspace “wanna hit?”
Subspace giggled nervously “oh- uhm! I would- but you- I- I don’t know how- I don’t wanna embarrass myself-“ “nonsense, try it!” They pushed further, placing the vape in his paws. He hesitantly put the vape to his lips “yeah, that’s right.. now suck in, suck in again, and then blow out.”
Subspace tried to do what the older demon said, but choked on the second suck, coughing up a puff of smoke. His throat stung bad. “I-I don’t think I did it right…”