#deaf mc

"Are you alright, Leviathan?" His head snapped up at the slightly robotic sound of your text-to-speech app.

Satan, Asmo, and you stopped walking and were all staring at him. Levi's eyes widened at the sudden attention as he chuckled nervously and quickly signed out, "I'm fine."

You frowned and tilted your head at him, "Satan mentioned that you don't usually come to school," he tensed and sent a glare over to his brother. The blond merely shrugged. "If you're uncomfortable, it's okay if you go home. I'll be fine. I still have Satan to interpret for me."

A hot flash of jealousy burned in Levi's stomach as a scowl came onto his face. You were expecting him to just leave you? Did you think that he was that selfish and cruel that he would just desert you? More than that, you were expecting him to leave you with Satan and Asmodeus of all people! Satan wasn't bad, though he could also be a pain at times, but Asmodeus?! Asmo had been eyeing you ever since he had intercepted the three of you walking to RAD this morning, and Levi could only imagine the lewd thoughts defiling that filthy normie brain of his. The more he thought about it, the more he felt the flames in his stomach grow higher and higher.

"What?" he gritted out as he signed, "and just leave you here at the mercy of these normies? No! Otakus stick together. What would have happened if the Lord of Shadows abandoned Henry when the Lord of Emptiness tried to force him to attack the Lord of Corruption?!"

Your eyes widened as you took a step towards Levi, "He'd be dead!"

Levi nodded fiercely and placed a hand on your shoulder. "I won't leave you to die, Henry!"

You smiled brightly thanked Levi as moved to stand beside him. "I appreciate it, my Lord." There was no hiding the blush that covered Levi's face as he quickly ducked away from you.

"You know," Leviathan froze at the sound of Asmodeus's signature purr. A glance up and he could see him snake his way closer to you, wrapping an arm around your shoulder. "I always thought that series of Levi's was lame. But if simply talking about it could get you to light up so beautifully," his stomach dropped as Asmodeus leaned in close to you. "Then maybe it might be worth a shot after all."

You scrunched up your nose lifted his arm off you with two fingers. You whipped out your D.D.D. and typed out your message in a flurry of fingers. "One: Don't touch me without asking. That's rude and ignores basic consent." Satan snorted from behind Asmodeus as the lust demon's smile twitched. "Two: Never call TSL lame again. It's a masterpiece and deserves to be treated as such. If you're actually interested in the show and not just making a cheap move on me, then I would highly recommend watching the movies and reading the books."

Asmo raised an eyebrow at your words as his eyes dragged up and down your body. "If I agree, does that mean we can have a little movie night? Just the two of us?" He leaned down, his amber gaze trying to catch onto yours.

Levi's breath caught in his through as you finally met his brother's eyes. He waited for the tell-tale sign of Asmodeus's magic falling into place; your body relaxing, a dazed smile gracing your lips, a giddy giggle.

Instead, you pushed hard against his chest, causing Asmo to stumble back a couple feet while you looked up at him with an unimpressed glare. "No."

Without another word, you turned and marched down the hall.

The three Avatars of sin stood silent for several seconds before Leviathan and Satan erupted into side-splitting laughter. Asmodeus narrowed his eyebrows and snarled at them. "What are you laughing at?!"

Satan breathed deeply as he tried to calm down, "Th-They, oh Diavolo, They completely brushed off your charm!"

Asmo huffed as he crossed his arms over his chest. "Whatever," he stared in the direction you had taken off before smirking, "It'll only make it even more entertaining when they do eventually fall for me!"

Levi frowned as Satan patted their brother's back. "You keep telling yourself that, Asmo." Satan looked over his shoulder and waved over to Leviathan. "Come on. We have to catch up. Class is starting soon and without hearing aids, MC is depending on us."

Satan's tone was tired, yet layered beneath it, Levi could've sworn he detected the smallest trace of concern. "You almost sound like you care." Levi spat as he jogged over to his younger brother.

Satan stiffened for a moment before glancing down at him, "I could almost say the same about you."

Neither of them spoke further on the subject as they rushed to the classroom, leaving themselves to ponder on their thoughts on the intriguingly defiant MC.

***

Satan had to admit that he was nervous.

He was a good student, a fantastic one even, so his nerves weren't a result of the class. No, he knew he could ace this simple charms class in heartbeat. Instead, what had his palms lining with sweat was the knowledge that he'd be standing to the far left of his professor, in front of his class and you, attempting to accurately interpret everything the teacher says in time for you to understand.

Satan was confident in his ability to communicate with you personally, but he wasn't so naive as to think that casual vocabulary and instructional vocabulary were the same things.

Yet here he was, leaning against your teacher's desk as he watched you calmly get out a pad of pen and paper and switch the app on your phone to an audio transcribing app.

Once finished, you looked up at him and Satan felt himself stiffen. There was this innocent hunger for knowledge that painted your entire expression that was backlit by your gentle encouraging smile. It held a sense of purity that, after a lifetime in Devildom, Satan had forgotten existed outside of fiction.

You chuckled as you caught sight of his own expression and teasingly signed for him to breathe.

The command shook him out of his daze, as he cleared his throat and straightened his posture.

The teacher, Mr. Than walked in and began to sort of his papers. He paused as he caught sight of Satan sitting on his desk. He let out a heavy sigh. "Satan, I know that you're smart enough to know that my desk isn't your seat."

Satan chuckled in good nature. "Well-aware professor. I'm standing up here so that I can interpret your class for your new student, MC. Lucifer's orders," he reached into his pocket and held out the note towards Than. The elder sighed and took hold of the note, glancing over at you as he read it.

His eyebrows narrowed as he looked back at Satan. "So what? You're going to stand up here waving your arms around for the entire class? That's too distracting for the rest of the class."

Satan felt his eyes darken as he crossed his arms over his chest. "MC is your student as well, professor. An exchange student brought here under Diavolo's demand, I'll remind you. So unless you know how to speak sign language, Japenese Sign Language specifically, then I'm afraid you and everyone else will have to put up with it."

Mr. Than pursed his lips and looked over at you with a distasteful glance before sighing and turning back to his papers.

The class went by ... less than favourably.

Satan did his best to interpret everything for you, but sometimes he simply wouldn't be able to keep up with the professor or wouldn't know the right sign to accurately translate the lesson. Levi tried to help him, from where he sat behind you, by providing him with the right sign when he noticed his younger brother stumbling, but it wasn't much use; inevitably they would come across a word neither of them knew, and Satan would stumble to catch back up with Mr.Than's lecture. The bright light that Satan had seen in you at the beginning of the class slowly faded into acceptance the longer class went on.

The worst part, in Satan's opinion, was the whispering.

He knew he shouldn't pay it any mind, but he couldn't help but grit his teeth as your classmates gossiped and mocked Satan's performance and made fun of your disability.

At one point he made the mistake of glaring at a demon who made a particularly nasty comment about how "if you were so useless that you needed another person do everything for you, then you shouldn't be in the class". You noticed, of course, and turned to look at your classmates. He could only watch as realization crashed over you. You closed your eyes for a moment, taking a deep breath and shaking your head before turning back to face him.

The moment Mr. Than dismissed the class, and you instantly turned away from Satan quickly began packing up your bag.

Satan and Levi awkwardly made eye contact. The blue-haired demon flickered his eyes between you and Satan as he pointedly nodded his head towards you. Satan sighed at his brother's social incompetence.

He slowly made his way over to your desk and knocked on the surface to get your attention. You paused, your shoulders slumping in exhaustion as you turned back to face him.

Satan had expected tears, maybe anger, to be coating your expression after the blatant unjust treatment that you had received during class, but what he found there instead was almost worse. You simply looked tired and resigned. The slight pinch in between your eyebrows combined with the empty gleam in your once vibrant gaze spoke of someone who should have known better.

"I ..." He paused as he thought of what to say. Should he apologize? Apologizing wasn't exactly a common practice for him or most demons for that matter, yet he couldn't help but feel some semblance of guilt and sympathy for his part in your lack of learning during this class.

A gentle hand rested over his, yanking him out of his thoughts. You smiled softly at him. "It's alright. I know you did your best, and that's more than I can say for some people. I know this isn't ideal for anyone, so thank you for standing up for me to our professor and our class."

Satan stood there, frozen as he looked at where your hand had touched his.

Leviathan cleared his throat as he came to stand beside you. "But he was only able to translate, like two-thirds of the class! How are you supposed to learn if you don't even know what's going on?"

You shrugged as you swung your bookbag onto your back. "Hopefully this will just be temporary until Lord Diavolo can get me some hearing aids." The boys glanced at each other in uncertainty. You huffed in frustration. "Look, the shitty teacher and gossiping class? That's nothing new for me. I've had to use interpreters or other resources before when my hearing aids were getting replaced, and the school didn't always provide professionally trained ones. It sucks, but I'm used to it. I have my transcribed notes from today, and I'll work with you guys to understand anything that the recording may have missed."

Levi narrowed his eyes at your words, "Wait. You get treated like this on a regular basis?"

You groaned and turned back to face them. "Yes and no. Not everyone is an asshole, but there's always some abelist little shit who thinks I'm incompetent, undeveloped, or weak just because I communicate differently. Not to mention the people who think I'm just faking it," you shook your head as you pinched the bridge of your nose. "I don't really want to keep talking about it. We still have the rest of the day to get through, so can we please move on?"

Satan felt his eye twitch at your explanation. He knew that if he had to put up with half of the disrespect that you apparently went through consistently, his anger wouldn't be nearly well kept as it was. Hell, if he was you, he'd have slaughtered dozens by now and show them all just how strong and competent he could be. He couldn't help but bite his tongue as he realized that after just one class, you were already beginning to expect the same treatment here in the Devildom.

That wouldn't do; not well you were under the Avatar of Wrath's watch.

Satan nudged you with his elbow and began to lead the way out of the class. "Fine. Just don't let them get to you. You're a ward of the Avatars of Sin. That makes you loads more important than they could ever dream."

Leviathan looked anxiously between the two of you. He felt his hands curl into fists as you smiled softly at Satan and thanked him.

Satan glanced back at his brother and froze as he saw the knowing, jealous expression on his face. Satan cleared his throat and took a step back from you as the bell sounded. "Right. Class. Let's go."

***

BONUS SCENE

Satan and Levi bit back their laughter at seeing their brother in such disarray while you typed on you D.D.D. "Lucifer. You look dashing," you smirked as your phone read out the message.

*After school*

Lucifer speed walked over to you, Satan and Leviathan just as you exited the classroom with large dark circles under his eyes and a victorious smirk.

The eldest scowled at you. "Watch your tone. I stayed up all weekend learning sign language," he looked pointedly at Satan as he said this. "Now, I'll be able to talk with you properly."

"Talk with me, Satan and Leviathan, you mean."

Lucifer blinked down at you, trying to process what you said, as he finally took in his other brother's presence. "What?"

You pointed at Levi, "Levi is probably the person who's most fluent in sign language here, including me."

Lucifer pursed his lips before shaking his head. "Regardless. I know the language now."

Satan smirked and leaned against the wall behind him. "Sign language can be quite complex to learn over just one weekend. Do you think you're fluent? Show us."

Lucifer glared at his brother before he lifted his chin confidently, and began to move his hands.

You had the decency to bite back your laughter, appreciating the attempt. Meanwhile, Levi and Satan were in tears, leaning heavily on one another as they barked out their laughter.

Only it wasn't sign language.

Or at least not a sign language that you knew.

Lucifer growled and threw his hands down. "What?! What's so funny?"

You couldn't help but chuckle as you typed out your message."I have no idea what you're saying. I think you might have learned a different type of sign language."

Lucifer's eye twitched at the statement. "There are multiple types?"

Satan began to laugh even harder as Levi wiped tears from his eyes. "MC uses Japanese Sign Language. You probably learned American or something like that. There are dozens of variations depending on where you live." Levi explained breathily as he attempted to calm himself.

Lucifer fell silent as looked from you to Satan to Levi and repeated before finally settling his glare onto you. He let out another growl, turning away from the three of you, leaving in a trail of infernal curses.

***God I love this AU. I have a lot planned for this, and I hope you are enjoying this as much as I am and maybe are learning a thing or two along the way. Thank you so much for all the love and support. Love you guys ❤***

TAGLIST:

Zen:

-In the chatroom he casually mentioned that he wanted to sing you a lullaby to help you fall asleep

-You jokingly respond “that might be a bit difficult lol” and he’s like “what do you mean”

-I’m deaf, Zen

-OH

-At first he’s kinda stepping on eggshells around you, he doesn’t want to upset you

-He’s doing things for you, taking care of you, and kind of going real over the top with protectiveness 

-Until you get really pissed one day and just write him a note that says “I’m deaf not a child. I can take care of myself”

-He feels really guilty after that, and learns to ask you what you want instead of just doing everything for you 

-He learns sign as soon as he can, so you guys can talk more easily

-You help him by translating his play lines into sign language when he’s practicing, double whammy or memorizing lines and learning sign language 

-Makes sure that there’s a sign interpreter at every single one of his shows so that you can follow along and enjoy it to the fullest (sidenote, when I saw Hamilton there was an interpreter on the side of the stage and holy shit mad props I don’t think I’ve ever seen hands move that fast it was amazing to watch)

-Once he heard some girls at his show bad mouthing you right next to your face cause they knew you wouldn’t hear them, and he fucking went off on them 

-Don’t u ever talk like that about my s/o again 

Jaehee:

-She knows a bit of sign language because of her job communicating with all sorts of investors

-But she only really knows the basics so she’s more than willing to let you teach her more

-She handles most of the customers at the cafe, while you make most of the drinks and pastries. 

-You do handle customers sometimes, and you both make sure to make it crystal clear that you’ll be handling orders via signing so you don’t get any assholes in line

-Although sometimes you do get the occasional dick and Jaehee doesn’t waste any time kicking them the fuck out

Jumin:

-When you came to the penthouse to try and comfort him, he’s surprised to say the least

-He too knows a bit of sign language from his job so he understands the jist of what you’re trying to say

-Immediatly calls up a sign language tutor so he can communicate even more with you

-Makes sure everything in the penthouse is altered so that you can use it

-Goes a bit overboard (Jumin I can use a normal door you don’t have to make them touch activated)

-Also requires all his staff to learn signing so they can communicate with you properly

-If there’s any backlash from the media Jumin will fite them

-Don’t even think about crossing the cat mom 

-Speaking of cats you get along with Elizabeth fantasically

-A lot of white cats are actually deaf so you two kind of have a connection in that sense 

-Overall he just pampers the hell out of you

707/Luciel/Saeyoung 

-He knew you were deaf he saw your medical records

-Just makes him more paranoid when the hacker stuff starts going down

-”What if the hacker breaks in and she doesn’t notice cause she can’t hear the window break oh god”

-When he’s being a tsundere he ignores you by putting on sunglasses so he cant see you sign to him (instead of headphones so he can’t hear you talking)

-He does know signing from the agency 

-Its actually quite helpful when you’re sneaking into the hacker hq cause you don’t have to make any noise to talk to each other

-Once everything calms down he makes sure the bunker is safe for you

-Gets rid of the verbal security questions

-Instead of Arabic, you have to sign something to unlock the door

-He thinks he can get away with blasting music super loud

-I can hear the bass and vibrations Seven turn it off it’s 3 AM

-Makes you 707 brand hearing aids that also shoot flames and make popcorn

-Yeah, not putting those in my ears, but thanks 

Hope you enjoyed, sorry if any of this isn’t accurate I tried to make it accurate but I just don’t have enough experience with deafness. Hope it’s alright!