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It was yet another typical foggy morning in the city of San Francisco. Not much to be said of the city for it was nothing compared to the greatness of Hell. Truly Lucius could not comprehend human's obsession with going to "heaven" and all that stuff. As the old saying says "Better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven". It's all depending on the perspective.

Today Lucius would have yet another unexciting day at work, and yet, this "young" king kept coming back. No matter how foolish and boring work was, Lucius could never get enough of the humans' and their nature. Something about them kept him quite entertained, for he learned something about them everyday. It was tiring having to deal with them though. You see, Lucius prefers to observe rather than participate, but sadly, there is no other way. If he goes to hell, Lucius knows for sure he will be forced to find a bride soon and who knows what else. Even as the king of such devilish creatures he is still forced to so stuff. Ironic!

Anyways, the young man walked to work as usual for he did actually enjoy fog. It was one of the things that captivated his attention the most. The building in which he worked wasn't more than 15 minutes away walking from the apartments he lived in.

As he arrived at the building, the usual stares and waves in awe commenced. Most of the single women that worked there as well were quite crushing on Lucius. The devil always has to look his best, even in human form. You can call it is part of his "laws", also known as "lust". Yes, it was done on purpose. Because he found it slightly annoying to wave back or greet everyone at the office building, Lucius merely ignored his fan girls. It wasn't as if they would stop insisting on him either way. Just as always, Lucius grabbed a cup of the mediocre coffee made at the office and sat by his office doing some designs. The company that Lucius works for does graphic designs.

Lucius was casually sitting by his desk in his office, which he was truly used to not sharing. The man enjoyed his solitude and silence. He often got asked if he would want a new office partner but Lucius modestly rejected the offers. However, today there was a surprise. Why would a woman entered his office cubicle and sit on the empty desk as if it were hers? Oh no!

"Can I help you?" Lucius asked nonchalantly as he turned around with his chair and stared at the woman. The man portrayed elegance, refinement, and he had deadly good looks. Of course this had been explained before that all this was due to the sin of lust. There was truly no sign of interested on his new partner coming from Lucius. If anything at all, he seemed vexed that someone had trespassed what is to him his "territory", yet, he managed to keep it to himself and only seem uninterested on his new company. He was not going to acknowledge her. Hopefully he would be wrong and this woman that was sitting to his left was merely lost.

Lucius's desk was clean, and the office smelled nice, it smelled fresh and clean. There was no sign of disorder. The only thing on Lucius's desk were a couple of documents and his cup of coffee that he honestly considered mediocre.

Lucius carefully listened to what his newly acquired office partner had to say. As he guessed, nothing that was of great importance to him. She was yet another insignificant human that had truly no clue of what life was. Honestly, earth would be so much better and enjoyable if it weren't for the little pest on it, also known as humans. Why hadn't he been informed that one of those little pests was going to work with him? Is he not important? If they only knew who he truly was. They would be afraid to even look at him.

Calming himself down a bit, he maintained his collected self and merely examined his new companion. It kind of looked as if he was checking her out, but in reality he was merely utilizing his power to identify the human and detect if she was any kind of thread, which she wasn't. His hazel-yellowish eyes examined her head to toe. His face never loosing its seriousness. "Lucius van de Hel." was all he said. All Lucius did or say afterwards was that. Just introduce himself. He found no other need to say anything else. She wasn't worth it. Even though, he had to admit that this so called Marianna was better looking that the rest of the females in the building. At least she beat the average looking women.

Lucius himself easily beat the rest of the males in the building, even if there were actually a couple of good looking guys in the building too. Lucius still had something that made him outstanding, and it wasn't just his nice clothes, handsome face, good height, toned body, and his expensive yet outrageously good smelling cologne.

Quietly, the young devil return to his work space and began doing some sketches of some designs he had to finish by tomorrow. For a human job, he found graphic design quite interesting and fun to do. At least humans did something right.

Lucius continued to do his work quietly. At times he would have to stop working to go help someone in their department of work. He was a bright guy and well, humans were truly not that smart. That's one of the main reasons he saw them not that great at all. He was the one in charge in their floor so they had to respect him. Still, it wasn't as if he wanted to talk much anyways. While he worked, Lucius would keep silent, except for the couple of yawning and stretching he would do every so often. Yes, even for him it was uncomfortable to sit all day long. It was tiring and terrible for his back, well, everyone's back.

If one thing did bother Lucius quite much was disorder, which is why he hoped his new "partner" would get her desk organized soon or otherwise her stay in San Francisco would be hectic. He wasn't going to share space with a messy person.

Anyways, even with all the distractions he had with all the questions constantly asked by the others, Lucius managed to finish most of his work by the time it was lunch.

Like the devil he is, he doesn't get hungry like humans, but he has to pretend to if he doesn't want to get caught or anyone suspicious. Unlike the rest, he would spend lunch hour in his office eating there instead of joining the others at the lounging area. Well, sometimes he would but only if he had something to discuss with someone. If they only knew they were in the presence of the sovereign ruler of hell, King Lucius. Oh, he wished he could see their faces. He was sure to see some when they die and go to hell. Their expressions ought to be incredible. It really excited Lucius that moment.

Lucius was eating a turkey sandwich and drinking some water. Honestly, he had been hoping that Marianna would leave the office during lunch but sadly, her work load was too much for her. At least the woman had stepped up to it and cleaned her area a bit more. For now, Lucius just sat on his chair turned around looking at Marianna carefully. He was just watching her, watching her every move trying to figure her out and a way for her to leave. His eyes were fixed on her and his semi-perfect facial structure seemed untouched or moved by his actions or facial expressions. He had ignored the rest of the office workers who seemed to be giving Marianna dirty looks. He had never cared for them and he was not going to start now.

Silently, the man just watched his partner while still eating his sandwich. Then, he heard her curse. A small grin appearing in his lips and Mari's cheese sandwich falling to the floor.

This made Lucius smirk a bit more. For him, the devil king, saying "damn it" was like when people said "bless you" for God. It was a praise for him when people said it. Hence bad things happening when they said it. They were actually saying "damn" and well, of course Lucius would fulfill his obligation as devil king and curse the objects around the person who requested it. Soon enough, he as done with his sandwich and was now cleaning up his area and himself from any small crumbs.

Slightly chuckling to himself, he stood up. "Need any help? You should probably leave for lunch." he said in a sympathetic manner. He truly meant no good, all he wanted was his privacy and space. But the way in which he said it seemed like a normal nice offer from anyone.

Lucius found his new partner's dedication and focus on work annoying. Had she not understood that he was trying to kick her out so he could be alone? Perhaps the very implicit manner was helpful enough. I guess I'll have to be more direct. He already found all this a bother but he had to get rid of her somehow.

With a swift and gentle movement, the man moved his hair out of his eyes so he could focus on Marianna. He stood from his chair and walked towards the woman sitting on his opposite. "Is that so? Too bad you don't have an option. Come." He then grabbed the woman's wrist gently and made her stand up. Then, he dragged her out of the office until he encountered another of their female co-workers. She was no one in special, just someone who happened to be there when Lucius needed it. For example right now.

"Socialize. I'll do your work for this hour. Marianna, this is Patty. Patty, this is Marianna, the new designer from New York. Talk." and after saying that, the tall handsome devil walked away back into his office to finally enjoy his time alone. Oh, how much he enjoyed his time by himself for he could relax a bit and talk to other demons, but for that, he needed the office alone.