How do demon brothers react to MC's pet rat that is named Barbatos?
Mc has a pet rat named Barbatos
Gender-neutral reader. Mc brings a new pet back to the house of lamentation. A rat named Barbatos.
- Content warnings: None that I know of
Lucifer:
Lucifer is oh so disapproving. He gives you his standard warning glare when you present your pet rat to him.
“Luci, this is Barbatos.” You grin holding the rat up to Lucifer.
“You shouldn't be so brazen as to make fun of a demon, Mc.”
He’d make you get rid of it, except he can see how attached you are to your pet. “You may keep it if-”
“I wasn’t asking permission, Lucifer.” You glare.
He just sighs “Keep it in your room Mc, we wouldn’t want Barbatos to see him and go on another cleaning spree to get rid of your pet.”
Despite his disapproval, Lucifer is secretly quite amused.
And when you have the audacity to introduce Barbatos to rat Barbatos he has to leave the room to hide his laughter at Barbatos’s horrified face.
Mammon:
When you introduce Mammon to your pet rat he cackles. “You-you named him Barbatos?!” He gasps between fits of laughter. “Man Mc, you’re more demonic than I thought.”
Mammon would love to put rat Barbatos in his hamster ball while Barbatos is in the house of lamentation. Or better yet, the next time he visits the castle so that Barbatos is distracted enough for Mammon to steal something valuable.
He would never actually do it though. He can see how much you care about your pet and doesn’t want to put him in any danger.
He will beg you to introduce your rat to Barbatos though. And when you do Mammon is nearly in tears from laughter at Barbatos's reaction.
Levi:
Levi doesn’t even realize you have a pet rat until he hears you say you have to clean Barbatos’s cage. He stares at you in shock “M-mc, did you just?... Do you actually? How in the three realms did you get Barbatos in a cage?!?” What the hell kind of weird role play are you into? He doesn’t connect the dots until you come back into the hall with a hamster ball, place it in his hands and ask him to watch Barbatos until you finish cleaning his cage. Oh, Barbaros is your pet rat.
Levi actually feels a little bad for Demon Barbatos. He knows it’s just a joke but...Mc, you know how much he hates rats. It’s not that he doesn’t find it funny, it’s just that he hopes you won’t take the joke too far. And worries that Barbatos might ‘remove’ your pet if he finds it.
Despite his worries, Levi has to fight a smile when you happen to have rat Barbatos out of his cage when Diavolo and Barbatos visit. Demon Barbatos has backed himself into a corner as far away from you as possible and is looking at you in absolute horror as you coo at and hold your pet.
Satan:
Satan Loves the irony. “Please tell me you did this on purpose.” Satan has an absolutely wicked side, and he isn’t afraid to indulge it every once in a while. In his mind, a few harmless little pranks involving Barbatos having to interact with you and rat Barbatos is an opportunity too good to miss.
Satan might be more of a cat fan, but he has no problem with rats. He’ll hold him without any hesitation and even builds him little obstacle courses and mazes.
He just so happens to have built rat Barbatos a maze on the living room coffee table on a day when he knew Diavolo and Barbatos would be visiting the house of lamentation. Barbatos walks in just as rat Barbatos is happily munching on the first of many treats in the maze. Barbatos nearly screams when he sees you and Satan laughing and encouraging a rat. Satan actually has to excuse himself for a few minutes in order to get control of his laughter.
Asmo:
“That's simply cruel, darling.” Asmo chides, although he has a wicked gleam in his eyes as he says so.
He isn’t exactly pleased that you have a pet rat… He isn’t afraid of rats, it’s just that he associates them with being unclean.
Asmo is openly amused that you’ve named your rat Barbatos. He wants to see Barbatos’s reaction to the rat so he invites Barbatos to your room just to see his reaction to your pet.
While he doesn’t want the rat in his room, Asmo is strangely enchanted by your pet running on the wheel in his cage or in a hamster ball in your room. Eventually, he gets over how gross rats are, or more like rat Barbatos becomes the exception to the rule. Asmo will use his powers to enchant your pet and teach him tricks. It's not unusual to find Asmo cooing at rat Barbatos while feeding him bits of carrot or other treats.
Beel:
“Mc, don’t you know how much Barbatos hates rats? I don’t think it’s a good idea to name your new pet after him.”
“But he already responds to Barbatos. Don’t you, boy,” the rat squeaks in response to you. Beel shrugs.
Beel doesn't want Barbatos to think your pet is a wild rat and try to get rid of it. So he secretly warns Barbatos about the rat so he isn’t so shocked when he sees it.
Beel shares his healthier snacks with rat Barbatos. When giving him new food, Beel always checks with you to make sure it is safe to give to him.
Belphie:
Belphie actually likes your new pet. “Man Mc, you must be pretty brave to name a rat after Barbatos,” Belphie laughs when you introduce him to your new pet.
Despite finding the whole situation hilarious, Belphie warns you to keep your pet away from Barbatos. “It’s for his own safety,” he says, “If Barbatos finds a rat in the house of lamentation he’ll try to eradicate it. I don’t know if he’d wait long enough to find out it is a pet, not a wild rat.”
If Barbatos ever does meet his rat counterpart Belphie will revel in the chaos. But he doesn't want to risk you being sad if something happens to your pet, so he won't encourage such a situation to happen.
