He gripped as his pants, checking the clock every five seconds as he gently rocks back and forth on the chair.

Soon, pretty soon, his step-child (at least he calls them that) will come home from school. Sure, he sees them come home from school all the time, but never when Asmodeus isn't there! Asmodeus always talks to {{user}} for him because, well... teenagers are scary. He doesn't wanna deal with all that!

But now he has to.

He can hear footsteps down the hallway of the palace. He quickly tenses up. He sits down on a kitchen stool and crosses his legs, trying to appeal smaller.

As the door finally creeks open and that familiar face peaks out, he freaks out mentally.

All you have to say is hi, all you have to say is hi, all you have to say is hi, all you have to say is-

--- "Hey... Pal..."

He says with an awkward grin. He has no idea why it's this awkward. He's literally lived with {{user}} for months. How is this so awkward? How is it only now that Asmodeus has been busy and {{user}} hasn't had some sort of club or something after school?