Chapter 43

It was nearing the weekend and Rosetta was getting ready for her date. Lucifer and his friends, Athena, Apollo, and Artemis were in her room helping her prepare for her date.

Artemis was sitting on her bed cross-legged beside Lucifer, while Apollo and Athena went through her clothes.

Why were they helping her prepare for her date? Well...

"Young Master Phoenix, I'm going to have a day off tomorrow," Rosetta said when she served their desserts.

Lucifer looks at her with sadness in his eyes. "Why?" he asked before guessing, "Are you going to see that man again?"

"His name is Mark," Rosetta said. "And, yes, I'm going to hang out with him tomorrow."

"Who's Mark?" Apollo asked out of curiosity.

"A man courting her," Phoenix replies.

"No, he's not 'courting' me," Rosetta said defensively, her face a bit flushed. "He's just a very good friend of mine who is nice enough to invite me out for dinner."

"She sounds like you Phoenix," Athena said.

"What do you mean?" Lucifer replies and Athena gives him a look. Unfortunately, he didn't understand what she was talking about.

"It doesn't matter," she replies.

"Have you gotten permission from Augustus?" Lucifer asked.

"Yes, he was the one who gave me permission to go," Rosetta replied. "He also said something about some cake arriving tomorrow," she said in confusion.

Lucifer's eyes brightened as he gasped in excitement. "I forgot about that," he said. "He kept his promise."

'It's nice to see young love blossom,' Rosetta thought while looking at Lucifer softly.

"So, Rosetta," Apollo said calling her. "Do you know what you're going to wear tomorrow?" he asked.

"No?" Rosetta replied honestly, wondering why Apollo was asking.

Apollo looks at his sisters and Lucifer as if they were reading each other's minds. Lucifer sighed discontentedly. "We going to help you get ready for your outing tomorrow," he said begrudgingly.

Rosetta smiled happily. "Okay, Young Master," she said.

"Don't you have any clothes you like wearing out?" Apollo said in frustration as he searched through her clothes.

"What is wrong with the clothes she has, Apollo," Artemis asked, yawning.

"Aren't they good enough?" Rosetta asked, picking up a pair of black trousers.

Athena looks at her clothes. "Where did he say you guys are going?" she asked.

"No," Rosetta replies. "He just said to dress casually," she said.

"What does dressing casually even mean?" Lucifer asked.

"I don't know," Athena and Artemis replied.

"Of course, you three don't know, you've been single throughout your existence," Apollo said, using his power to create a white skirt and a baby blue blouse for Rosetta. "None of your clothes are suitable enough for this," he said. "Go and try these."

He forces the clothes into Rosetta's arms. Rosetta was about to say something, but Apollo wasn't hearing it. "Go and change," he said.

When Rosetta left, Artemis said, "What you said about us being single was hurtful," she said. "Also I was once courted."

"Orion doesn't count my dear sister," Apollo said dismissing her.

Artemis didn't say any other thing and was quiet. "Apollo seems to know what he's doing," Lucifer said.

"He hangs out with Aphrodite sometimes," Athena said.

Lucifer was disgusted a bit, "Did they--"

"No," Athena replies before thinking for a while and saying, "I don't think they did, but they do hang out sometimes."

"Why?" Lucifer asked, not wanting to imagine what hanging out would be like for the Goddess of Love and Beauty and the God of Light, Poetry, Healing, Music, etc. 'Why is Apollo the god of so many things?' Lucifer thought.

Rosetta came out looking lovely. The skirt stopped above her mid-thigh, showing her long beautiful legs. The clothes were also glowing around her a bit thanks to them being made by Apollo.

Apollo whistled earning himself a death stare from Lucifer.

"So do you like it?" the God of Light asked.

Rosetta felt a bit uncomfortable with the skirt. She can feel an invisible breeze brushing past her thighs.

She was very uncomfortable. "You don't like it?" Apollo said in despair.

She smiled helplessly trying not to hurt him. "I am not comfortable in this," she said.

Apollo was filled with despair. "Let me try," Athena said.

She created a cream dress, that had olive green olive leaves patterns around it. "Try this," Athena handed this dress to Rosetta. "Hopefully you like this. Neither Phoenix nor Artemis can create clothes for you so this is your best choice."

Rosetta collects the clothes and goes to change.

"That dress has your symbol," Lucifer said.

Athena turns to look at him. "Is there a problem with that?" she asked. "Everything I make has my symbol on it."

Lucifer didn't say anything. "I apologize for that," the Goddess of Wisdom said.

Rosetta comes out, the dress fits her perfectly. The color of the dress suited her quite well. The colors matched the color of her skin properly, and the length of the dress reached below her knees.

"Wow," everyone said. 'She looks like she did when she served in heaven,' Athena thought.

"I would ask you to marry me if you weren't older than me," Apollo said, this earned him a hard punch from Lucifer. "Well deserved," he said crouching down in pain, this scared Rosetta.

"I've stained my hands with his filth," Lucifer said as he proceeded to take a scented handkerchief from his pocket and use it to wipe his hands.

"You look beautiful," Lucifer said complimenting Rosetta excitedly.

"You switch emotions quite easily, Young Master," Rosetta said, sweating helplessly.

"Phoenix is right," Artemis said. "You do look amazing."

"And to think I did this," Athena said.

"Tomorrow, before you leave I will help you with your hair and make-up, so you can look your best," Apollo said standing up and rubbing the place Lucifer had punched.

"Are you alright?" Rosetta asked worriedly.

"Yes," Apollo said carefreely. "This isn't the hardest he's punched me," he explained.

Rosetta gasped in surprise. "Phoenix you shouldn't always be hitting your friends," she said disappointedly.

Lucifer felt her disappointment and felt sad immediately. He pouts and turned around angrily.

"You act like a child," Rosetta said in disapproval.

"I am still a child," Lucifer replies.

Rosetta shook her head helplessly. "You won't be saying that when you start having children," she said.

Everyone looked at Rosetta in surprise. "What children?" Lucifer asked.

Rosetta looked at him in confusion. "Haven't you and His Highness talked about having children in the future? The both of you are engaged after all," she said.

Lucifer didn't know when his face turned red. Children? No way. That would mean that he and Augustus... "N-no, me and Augustus haven't... I mean we're..."

"Oh ho ho ho!" Apollo laughed. "Seems like we're going to be getting some more nieces and nephews," he said.

"Die!" Lucifer said, giving Apollo a harder punch then running away before Rosetta could say anything else.

"Did I say something wrong?" Rosetta said.

Athena and Artemis laughed a bit. "No, not at all," Athena said.

'I do wonder...'