Solve for X? How About No (Derry/Hazel)

Antisense / PL: 28,000

Hazel was attempting to monopolize Derry's time every chance she could, and they had quite a bit of time before Derry's appointment with the Tuffle officials. She had heard of the flora preservation area in passing, even seeing brochures about it in one of the buildings. She hoped to examine the alien flora seeing what differences they had in comparison to earth flora. She wore her casual turtleneck dress, paired with her teal jacket draped off her shoulders. She showed Dairyman the brochure, "We should check this out while we wait, whatcha think, Boss~?" Quickly shoving the brochure and a little leather book into her pocket, before weaving her arm into Derry's, nearly dragging the poor gangster the whole way to the garden park area with her enthusiasm.

"Come ooon it'll be alotta fun, I promise! …. Well probably!" She eagerly smiled about him, her smile growing as she teased him, "It could be like a second daaaate~" she giggled.

She enjoyed taking advantage of the alien planet to be publicly open with Derry. Her very well knowing once they got back to earth, they would have to go back to playing their public personas and separate work to do. And she wasn't necessarily comfortable making their budding relationship known to the other snake members, not yet at least. This was still pretty new for her too.

The park was as lovely as she hoped but was confused by the ….. math equations and equipment strewn about, how odd, she thought to herself. Yet not odd enough to distract her from the beauty she came to document, she released Derry's arm to retrieve the notebook she had placed in her pocket, crouching down almost lady-like to sketch the flowers she was viewing. She was distracted by some raised voices and a small…. Firework? She looked over to her partner before walking a bit further to see the source. Another demon? Gosh and here she was spending so much time on Earth while others explored the Galaxy. Wait. A Satyr? "Didn't Yangcong mention and Goatlady helped him with the armor he got?"

She said this with a curious smile, that surely Derry knew what was coming next, "I'm gonna ask her, heh hehe," she gleefully giggled before turning to approach the pair, considering she was an alien planet she was not hiding in her human form, freely public with her partially scaled form, "You know I'm starting to realize I've spent far too much time on Earth, with so many demons out exploring the cosmos," she rested the hand holding the book on her hip while addressing the two, "I hear you might've met a 'friend' of ours? Yangcong?" Her grin unable to be restrained, he was just too terribly curious to hear how their contract may have gone down knowing that Yangcong's explanations weren't always credible.


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Hearing the approach of someone, followed by the call of a woman’s voice, both Zerori and Zriracha’s ears would twitch in acknowledgement before turning to see a rather unique-looking couple that didn’t look Saiyan OR Tuffle. Ain’t no Saiyans I ever met that had pink hair like that! Zerori thought. Immediately interested in them as they approached, Zerori flipped over but remained laying atop the roof of the kiosk. Even better, they seemed to know Yangcong - was this someone that Yangcong talked to? Wait, did Yangcong talk to her about them?! Looking to her mother as the Satyr appraised the young lady and strapping young male before her, Zriracha would glance back at Zerori before smiling at Hazel.

“Well, it seems our reputation precedes us,” She greeted, standing to give a slight bow with a fist over her chest. “I am known as Zriracha of Chakkapak and this is my daughter-”

“Zerori!” Said daughter would blurt, wanting to break up the monotony of her mother introducing them every since time. It was so boring! “I’ve seen some weird people around but not on the Tuffle side. Though, uh… I guess we’re pretty new to this area, too…” Zerori scratched her cheek awkwardly.

“Focus, daughter,” Zriracha playfully chastised, smiling crossly at Zerori , “And don’t interrupt. It’s rude,” before turning back to Derry and Hazel. “It is nice to meet the both of you. As for Yangcong,” She would begin, almost sounding tired. “He was an entertaining distraction. If I may ask,” She crossed her arms, head cocked to the side curiously. “How do the two of you know him? Since the deal made with him is no secret, it can only stand to be fair that we be given the same in return.”

“Sorry, Mom’s nosey. But shit,” Zerori finally pulled herself up and jumped down from the kiosk, landing on the ground and looking up at the two. “So am I! Also, uh… why are ya’ll just holdin’ each other like that? You cold or somethin’?” She raised an eyebrow, hardly feeling any temperature difference but she could touch lava with minimal pain so she wasn’t sure she could trust her own senses when it came to heat.

Things were going along pretty smoothly until the two demons introduce themselves, the elder one Zriracha and the younger one Zerori. Specifically when Zriracha mentions that Zerori was her daughter, Hazel's eyes trail towards the hybrid's tail, which even Derry noticed was that of a saiyan's. He shrugs slightly at the sight, but Hazel's face seems to glow red. Derry raises an eyebrow, wondering what was going on with Hazel. Whatever it was, Hazel finally introduces herself, though she notably uses her other name Hazazel, only to then give up and reveal her actual name to the duo. She seems rather nervous around the two demons, though it's understandable given her history with them, but something else was going on.

The young demon mentions that she's seen some rather strange people, though many of them aren't on the Tuffle's side. Hazel clarifies that the two of them are a part of an organization and that Derry himself is the boss. He clears his throat and reveals, "It's a bit o' a... well, mercenary group, kinda? Wherever the money flows, we follow." Once the topic shifted over to Yangcong, Zriracha comments on Yangcong being a rather entertaining distraction and asked how they know him. Hazel talks about making her own deal with Yangcong, though the moment she mentions having a night of intimacy and how he wants a kid, Derry was completely caught off guard.

"Wait, what?!" Derry exclaims, still trying to process the information he just suddenly received. "Is... is that what was goin' on between you two?" Derry always found Yangcong to be a bit of a nutcase, but the fact that he would fall so easily for Hazel and even go so far as to want a kid with her was... shocking, to say the least. "Now I'm startin' to understand why you were a bit upset back then." He turns his gaze back onto Zriracha to answer the question himself, stating, "Er, well, you see, he works for me, so technically I'm the one makin' the contracts for him."

Once Zerori asks the two why they holding onto each other, Hazel instinctively pulled away from Derry, once again taking the crime boss off guard. A worried look washes over Derry's face as he wonders if she's second guessing their relationship until she moves back in and holds onto his hand. Her face becomes more and more red as she declares that she really really likes him, making Derry himself blush a bit. A little bit of reassurance goes a long way for the crime boss. "And I really really like her," Derry states as he leans his head down to touch the demon's own. After their little moment, Derry apologizes to the two and says, "Again, Yangcong can be a real handful, and I apologize for the trouble he gave you two."

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