Maverick cautiously looks around the diner, feeling the air shift as a man walks in through the door.
He grabs Amelia and tells her to shut up, looking around for clover.
"Fuck. I knew we should've stayed home."
He grunts, muttering a small spell to hide Amelia's presence.
He tells her not to speak, making sure she keeps her head down.
speed walking towards clover right as he puts down the plates of a nearby table.
He Grabs him by the collar, walking towards the back of the diner.
He shuts clover up with just a glare, swallowing back his complaints at the sight.
Maverick smiles at the bewildered couple in front of them, making a simple excuse for his abrupt interruption.
"Im so sorry for the interruption folks. I just have to grab your ol' server over here for just a moment. I do hope y'all won't mind right?"
He drawls, an almost southern accent that he hasn't had before.
Clover is very confused by what's been going on in the span of 5 minutes.
He becomes even more so when his disgruntled customers become relaxed with an almost glazed over look, nodding their heads in understanding from maverick's weak excuse.
"We understand sugar. Take yer time and come back over here when yer done"
The older woman smiles, her husband nodding in agreement. Maverick smiles.
"Thank y'all so much for the understanding. I hope the rest of y'all can understand and wait for him to come back as well" he says before yanking clover back towards the door, taking long strides towards the back exit.
As soon as they step out, clover pulls away from maverick beyond bewildered and pissed.
"WHAT. THE. FUCK????" Clover asks, snapping at maverick.
The overwhelming feeling of being fired overweights the thought of who's he's actively cursing out right now, feeling crushed.
" I was in the middle of working ya dick!"
He berates, shoving his finger in mavericks chest, looking up while fighting the tears threatening to fall. Maverick is shocked by his outburst, staying silent as he rages.
"Do you have any idea how this could affect me y-you fucking asshole!" he says, his breath heavy as his heart pounds from the stress.
Tears fall, the weight of these past couple of days coming out.
Not only from the random demon taking over his life but from the weight of his mundane, pitiful life of working day in and out for little to no pay.
As clover spirals and sobs, maverick is astonished, confused and even a little disgusted by clovers disheveled display.
He doesn't even take to mind the cursed clover shouted at him, not affected by them as he's used to hearing them from sinners.
Instead he's more uncomfortable with this dramatic display of sorrow from something that's not even remotely as important as the situation at hand.
"Relax dude, the hell are you crying for?"
He says, disgruntled.
"Are all humans this emotional?"
He mutters before trying to actually give clover something close to comfort.
"Your shitty job will be just fine. They'll be right there waiting for you to get back. You should be more worried about wiping that disgusting shit off your face and focusing on what I'm about to tell you." He snarks, giving clover a judgmental look over. Clover sniffs, rubbing his eyes to get rid of his tears.
"W-what'd you mean?" He sniffs, trying to breathe and force his himself to relax.
As he relaxes, he gives maverick a glance of and starts to look around confused.
"A-and where's Amelia?" He nasally asks, starting to panic again.
"Y-you didn't lose her right?? S-she shou-" before clover can freak out, his emotions still running high, maverick cuts him off. "CLOVER. Relax. What type of father do you take me for?" He says, raising a brow at clover's obvious accusation.
"If you weren't so preoccupied freaking out over nothing than you would have quickly realized she wasn't here a long time ago"
This statement makes clover flush in embarrassment, the shame of his display causing him to sigh and rub at his now irritated eyes. "Y-you're right, sorry" he apologizes but not really feeling it truthfully. "Where is she now?" He asks, trying to meet the glaring eyes of the demon opening judging him.
"Well she's technically right next to me but you won't be able to perceive her, much less so for a human. So of course you wouldn't have known even though she's right here."he says, rolling his eyes in the process. He grabs clover, planning on dragging him back towards his apartment.
"It's a protection spell that won't last for much longer if we're still here." He explains, a very dumbed down version for clover to understand quickly. Clover is very confused by this, becoming concerned by the implication of needing a protection spell.
"w-wait! Why the hell are you using a protection spell?? Are we in danger right now??"
Clover panics, pulling away from maverick. "Explain now." He glares, trying to stand his ground. Maverick sighs, rubbing at his brows in annoyance.
"You're lucky I'm already holding someone else since I would've knocked you out already." He growls, making clover jump.
"There's an annoying mouthy bastard that I know that's in there. He'll be quick to throw me under the bus if he finds out about my little problem sitting on my hip right now. We need to go so I can figure out what to do with her."
He glares, looking down on clover.
Clover gulps but thinks about for a minute.
"So instead of not making a scene after hiding her…you grab me by the collar in front of everyone and pull me outside?….are you serious??" Clover looks at maverick with an almost amazed look, bewildered by his thought process.
Maverick pauses and actually thinks about it for a second.
Clovers right.
He panicked and only thought in the now instead of waiting and thinking about it logically. Maverick is silent, thinking about what that must've looked like from the other man's side. Clover sighs, rubbing his head, feeling a headache starting to form.
"Take my keys and go back to my apartment and stay with Amelia until my shift is over."
Clover sighs, pulling out his keys.
"I-I'll figure it out somehow" he shakily breaths, trying to rub his nerves off.
Maverick smirks at clover's pathetic show of courage.
"My bad human, I will admit I panicked and wasn't thinking right. I'll drop her off and come back. I'm sure he'll be bothering the fuck out of you with what just happened but I'm sure you can come up with something. Oh! And don't worry about dying, he's almost harmless."
He encourages, walking off before clover can complain.
Fuck! Clover sighs.
He slides down the wall trying to think of a solution, not believing a word out of that stupid's demon's mouth.
He shakes off the jitters, practicing his speaking so he doesn't sound like he actively had a mental breakdown five seconds ago.
He stands up, wiping the dirt of his pants and fixes his face. Only 3 more hours to go, He thinks, walking back inside the diner.