The Beau and The Beast
So I watched Beauty and The Beast for the childhood memories and then this happened. Enjoy my descent to insanity and stupidity :)
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To think that this would happen to him. Why, oh why must he go through such things? Luigi’s thoughts were nothing short of a mess as he sat on the queen sized bed in the chamber he was given. ‘Give’, right, he wasn’t given this room, he was imprisoned in it. All because he was too foolish to see the signs when staying around that cursed bat. All he wanted was a friend that could understand him yet here he was. Trapped in a castle, away from anyone he knew or could trust, all because Antasma had ‘fallen in love’ with Luigi. This isn’t love, it’s anything but that.
Luigi heard a soft knock on the door so he quietened down his sobbing to ask, “W-Who is it…?”
“It iz Abnus, my lord. May I come in?” asked the person outside.
Ah, so that’s who it was. Abnus was the Antasman that was assigned to take care of Luigi, like a personal servant. He didn’t exactly need a servant and it wasn’t the best feeling having someone following him around every time he set foot out of this room but they were nice company when he needed someone to speak with for a while.
Luigi opened the door and looked down at the Antasman.
“Is everything alright?” asked Luigi.
“Why of course. However, hiz majesty haz ordered your presenze in zhe dining hall for dinner, my lord” spoke Abnus with a smile.
Luigi frowned at this and crossed his arms, “No”.
Abnus blinked in surprise. Did he hear him correctly? “I-I’m sorry, my lord, but I may have mizheard. Did you perhapz say ‘no’?”
“You heard me correctly, I will not be coming down to dine with him,” with that, Luigi shut the door before Abnus could say another word.
The poor Antasman sighed and reluctantly made his way back to the dining hall, “Ohh, hiz majesty will not be happy about zhis…”
And indeed he wasn’t. Antasma was already pacing in the dining hall, his claws behind his back and his cape fluttering softly behind him with how much he paced. He was growing impatient, wondering what was taking so long.
“Vhat’s taking so long? I told him to come down. Vhy isn’t he here yet?!” growled Antasma impatiently.
“Please try to be patient, your majesty. The poor man has lost his family and freedom all in a single day,” one of his bat maids tried to reason with him.
“Freedom? I have given him enough of it. I’ve given him full access to zhis castle as if it is his home and provide him vith all the luxuries a king can have for his own self!” shouted Antasma, making the flinch back in fear. The servant next to her took that as his cue to act.
“Sire, please. Such manners will not bring you closer to his heart. The poor lad is scared, he needs stability, safety, someone he can trust. Why not try to charm him a bit, bring his guard down and take things slowly?” suggested the servant.
“And how do you propose I do zhat?” asked the king.
“For starters, let us make you less…intimidating” the servant smiled nervously as Antasma gave him a glare. Still, the servant continued.
“First, you must sit up straight, but do relax your shoulders and wings,” the servant started.
Antasma hesitated, not convinced yet, but did as told. He straightened his back and relaxed his shoulders and wings, which strangely felt good. Perhaps this could actually work.
“Now, when you greet him, give him a dashing but warm smile. Let us see it, your majesty” encouraged the servant.
Antasma gave him the smile he asked for but the servant blinked in surprise and a bit of fear. That fang-filled grin would not do at all.
“U-um, perhaps with a bit less fangs. We don’t want to frighten the poor thing more,” suggested the maid kindly.
Antasma tried his best to follow their advice but he was growing increasingly frustrated with them, which they were quick to speak on at the same time that he had to learn to control his temper if he wanted Luigi to open up to him. Luckily, his anger was paused when he heard the door open, only to be disappointed to see that it was only Abnus there.
“Vell? Vhere is he?” asked Antasma with a frown.
“Aha, w-well, you see, um, he’z in the process of- I-I mean… He’z not coming…” Abnus finally admitted nervously, trembling a bit.
“VHAT?!” was the only thing heard before Antasma basically flew out of the dining hall in a fit of rage and made his way to Luigi’s chambers, his servants and maid calling out to him and trying to stop him from acting irrationally due to his anger.
Finally, Antasma made it to the plumber’s chambers and pounded on the door.
“I thought I told you to come down to dinner!” shouted Antasma.
“I’m not hungry!” Luigi answered from the other side of the door, making the bat king even more furious.
“You come out or I’ll… I’ll break down zhe door!” shouted Antasma again but it didn’t work.
“Y-Your majesty, I could possibly be wrong here but, heh, that may not be the best course of action…” the maid spoke more quietly.
“Please, attempt to be a gentleman,” Abnus basically begged.
“Vell, it is not MY fault he’s being so difficult!” Antasma hissed.
“Gently, gently…” the maid encouraged.
Antasma took a deep breath, calmed himself down and spoke in a softer and more inviting tone, “Vill you come down to dinner?”.
“No” was the instant reply from the other side and Antasma gave the servants a ‘you see this?’ glare while pointing at the door.
“P-perhpas a bit gentler…” suggested the servant, mentally praying Luigi would crack this once.
“It vould give me great pleasure…if you vould join me for dinner” Antasma hissed, his anger showing however.
“No, thank you!” replied Luigi, which sent Antasma into a fit of rage.
“You can’t stay in where forever!” shouted the bat.
“Oh, yes I can!” shouted the plumber back.
“Fine! Zhen go ahead and STARVE!” Antasma yelled with a mighty growl before turning to his terrified servants.
“If he doesn’t eat vith me, he doesn’t it at all!” he growled at them before flying off into the night with a loud screech.
The servants watched as he flew away to let his frustrations out in a long hunt, finally sighing when they couldn’t see him anymore. The sigh was not of relief, however. It was from exhaustion and disappointment. They didn’t blame Luigi for his reaction but they wished he would be a bit more obedient for his own sake. They feared what would happen to him and everyone else if he continued to disobey their king this way. They remembered the fate of the last fool who dared anger Antasma this much and they did not want the kind man to fall victim into such torture too.
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