Hey, Luci

Chapter Four

"Mommy. I'm home." Shaire said while taking off of her shoes.

The house was dark and no one answering her. He sighed as she walked further inside. She turn on the light and found the living room full of empty bottles of beer, plastics, and papers. Shaire put her bag on the sofa and started cleaning the mess. She is living with her Mom and two brothers. Her mother is a liquor addict. Since her father died, her Mom keeps on wasting her life to the fullest. She doesn't have any other choice but to work and help her two brothers in saving their property from the bank.

Shairelyn is the youngest among the three. She is working as a baker in a tiny shop near the town's square. Their life has been tough and hard. She even can't make it to the college. They are once a successful and wealthy family but, when her father died, all of that turned into dust. Her father was diagnosed with cancer and all of their savings and money are used to save him. Even their house, restaurant, and other properties are gone. Because of that, her mother became addicted to liquors, smokes, even weeds, and drugs. Their world became upside down.

“I’m home.” a man’s voice said.

Then, a guy in his thirty entered. He is wearing a trouser and black pants. He put his backpack on the nearest couch and went straight to the kitchen.

“Where’s Mom?” the guy asked.

Shaire shook her head. “I don’t know.”

“She might be with her friends, gambling, and drinking again,” he grunted.

“How was your day, Sian?” she asked.

Sian sighed. “Nothing unusual. What do you want for dinner?”

“Anything is fine. Thank you.” Shaire answered.

Sian is eight years older than her. While her other brother Seth is five years older than her. They love their sister so much. As much as possible, they don’t want her to work and get back to school instead. But, fate and destiny are not on their side right now. They need to earn more money for their family. Plus, they have a very complicated problem with their mother.

The aroma of seafood instant noodles filled the air. Sian cooked the noodles for that is the only food left in the cabinet. Despite that, they are still thankful that they have dinner tonight. As the two sat on their respective chairs, the front door opened. A skinny guy entered with two plastic bags in his hands.

“I'm home!” the newly arrived man said.

“Welcome home, Seth.” Shaire greeted him.

Seth smiled at them. “My timing is good like always. I brought some food for our stock.”

“Thank you, Seth. That’s a very big help.” Sian said.

Seth joined them at the table and together they happily enjoyed the instant noodles. After that, Shaire volunteered to do the dishes and other stuff to clean. Her brothers thank her for being a responsible younger sibling.

They may be poor and lack of money but, they are full of love, hope, and fate. The three never blame anyone for their misfortune. They are thankful, instead. As Shaire is busy placing the food that her brother bought, the door opened once again and a drunk woman entered.

“I w-want my money back! Damn that bar. I will sue them for not giving me a discount on the five cases of beer.” the woman grunted.

Seth and Sian rushed towards their mother to help her. Shaire pours some hot coffee in a mug for the hang-over. The two brothers bring their mother to the couch and help her sit properly on it. While Shaire sat beside her mother while holding the mug.

“Drink this, Mom to sober you up.” the girl said sweetly.

“D- Did you know the bar near the highway? It is just a small pathetic business and yet their drinks are so expensive!” their mother yelled while pointing her finger in no particular direction.

“Mom, how many times did we need to tell you that you need to stop drinking alcohol? That is bad for your health.” Sian blurted.

“Mom, listen to us, please,” Seth begged.

Their mother lean on the couch and closed her eyes. “Leave me alone. Go, you-three, sleep!”

The three sighed and obeyed their mother. They love their Mom so much so, even though they’re too tired of arguing about drinking and smoking and so on, they still can't resist their mother.

Shaire went to her room and lay in her bed. She needs to rest because she has a job tomorrow. Her boss is so cruel and strict to her when it comes to being late and overtime. She doesn't have any other choice but to endure all of the tiredness and pain. She has no diploma yet so, being in a tiny bakery is her only option.

Lucifer woke up early because he is excited about his new adventure today. He decided to return to the mortal world and bring chaos to them. He has a plan of ruining their lives. So, he went to his office and leave a note on his desk saying that he is going to the human world so, don’t disturb him.

Lucifer was walking in the alley when a news vendor stopped to take a rest. The man is old and delivering newspapers with his bike is a lot of strength. So, the guy stopped beside the lamp post and took his bottled water to drink. Luci sighed and continue walking. He is not that bad to bring troubles to the old man.

As he walks down to the sidewalk, he accidentally meets the girl again. She is fixing the small bakery while her boss is busy chatting with the other two old women. Lucifer went inside the shop and followed the girl to the kitchen. He sat on the vacant chair again and watched the lady do her work on the marble table.

“What the hell? Why am I here?” Luci mumbled.

He is frowning as he looked seriously at the girl. Then, an imaginary light bulb appeared on his head. He smiled as he motioned his finger to no particular directions. Then, the fire on the stove becomes heavy. The girl hurriedly went to turn it off and turn it on again to medium heat.

Shaire went back to the table and start massaging the dough. Minutes later, she turned to her left to look for the flour but she can't find it. She frowned as she recalled where did she put it.

“I’m sure that I put it here.” She whispered.

She begins to look for the flour around the table, under the countertops, and everywhere. But she still can't find it. Shaire sighed and smiled. She went back from what she was doing earlier and just continue massaging the dough.

Lucifer frowned. He can't understand why does the girl stop looking for the flour. He feels irritated so, he turns the stove to its high level. But the girl hurriedly turns it off. Luci took the knives, plate, and bowl. He hid it somewhere but Shaire took another one from the cabinet.

“What's wrong with this girl?” Luci grunted.

Shaire doesn't care about the missing things around her. She knew that there were still a lot of tools in the cabinet to use so, she doesn't bother to look for them. But, Lucifer has a twisted mind. He can't understand the girl’s behavior. He found it odd and disgusting. Luci is prone to human anger, agonies, and cusses. But, he doesn't receive any of those from Shaire, not even once.

“Is she crazy? Does she even know how to feel mad?” Luci mumbled.

Frowning, Lucifer walked in the girl’s direction. He took some egg pies and started to eat them. He thought that the lady might get angry if he took the products of her hardships. So, he keeps on eating until he is satisfied.

Shaire noticed that the quantity of egg pies on the trays is decreasing. She is very sure that she keeps on filling the tray one by one that there's no more space on it. But now, there is much vacant space in the trays that indicates that there are missing egg pies.

“Probably the mice. That’s okay. They might be very hungry. Poor rats.” Shaire said while shaking her head.

Lucifer was shocked after hearing the girl’s statement. He can't believe that there are still humans who have a good and pure heart.

“Seriously? Do I look like a f*ck*ng rat?” He cursed.

The innocent lady continues her works while Lucifer is fuming mad. He snapped his finger and in an instant, he is now in a different place. He was standing in a branch of a tree near the ocean park. Children and teenagers are coming in and out of the building happily, which made him curious.

“Ocean Park? But, this is just a huge building and there is no ocean here. How does it name Ocean Park if there is no ocean in it? This place is far from the sea.” He implied.

Just like the famous quotation said, “Curiosity killed the cat”, Luci entered the building. Luckily, he is invisible so, he doesn't need a ticket and money to register. He is walking silently in the dark hallway, following the group of teenagers a few meters away from him. Then, his eyes grew wide as soon as he exited the hallway and a large aquarium comes into his view.

“Ohh, my, my! This is amazing!” He cheered.

As a King of Hell, he is not allowed to go anywhere to guide and guard his kingdom. That’s why he is now acting like a child watching the different kinds of fishes in the giant aquarium.

“I want to have this kind of thing in my room!” Luci beamed.

He slowly walks together with the humans and all of a sudden, done with the mad Luci. As he followed the flow of the mortals, he found himself in a room where there are pool with a dancing dolphins.

“Ohh, I want that too!” he said clapping.

Next is the show where the sealions will perform their acrobats. Lucifer is enjoying his self that he forget about the girl. He even watched the mermaids show and the penguins. He is very happy like a child whose first time to be in a park. He don’t even notice the time and decided to go out when the facilities announced that they are now closing and tomorrow will open again.

Satisfied and happy, Luci lay on the cold concrete floor of the tall building near Ocean Park. He remembers when he says that he wants to see the night sky too. So, this is it.

“I think, I can make my room’s ceiling like this,” he whispered pertaining to the skies.

He is smiling as he watched the stars twinkling and appearing little by little. But, his peaceful time became polluted when a familiar aura filled his surroundings.

“What do you want, Leviathan?” he grunted.

The demon of envy appeared on his left. Leviathan is standing and looking intently at him. So, Luci rose his eyebrow and faced the intruder.

“Speak,” Luci demanded.

“I was just wondering about our king. Did you enjoy yourself, Lucifer?” Leviathan retorted.

“What’s your problem?” Luci asked.

Leviathan shrugged. “I don’t know. Maybe, I was just worried about you being the king but doing this kind of nonsense thing.”

In a blink of an eye, Luci is now standing in front of Leviathan that making the demon startled a bit. The happiness that is in his face a while ago is all gone. He is now serious and vivid.

“Don't you dare use your power over me, Leviathan! You envy me having fun here in the mortal world? Then, go and have some fun too. I don’t care about you and the others. Do whatever you six mutts want and don’t you dare bother me again.”

With that, Luci disappeared leaving the demon of envy alone on the rooftop. Leviathan sighed and shook his head in frustration then, he snapped his fingers and vanished.