@a-hazbin-spider continued from { x }
A beat of silence cuts through the air, Angel watches with the anticipation slowly giving way to horror. He recognized those wings, he felt the sudden rush in front of himself, and hears the unmistakable rip of flesh and bone, his mouth goes dry. Metal tears into the moth, right through his hand, a good ways up his arm. Angel had all but expected a finishing blow, to have this allotted. Then his boss stepped in. He was protecting him. “Val..! Your arm- you’re..!” Angel barely registers he’s said it aloud, eyes wide as saucers. Blood is a rather potent smell, and it hits him further upon the collection on the floor beginning to grow. Said offender didn’t seem like he’d expected this either. Shock smacks over his expression as if he hadn’t been the one to launch an attack. Dread settles in upon knowing it was an overlord he’d struck, not his toy. One step is taken back, then another. The question as to what just happened stuck in his throat.
He isn't too sure what registers first.
The anger of the situation, the way Angel exclaims his name and points out the obvious, or the pain. Valentino had to admit - he's speechless for once. Pride refuses to let the pain show out in the open but it shows itself in other ways - in the way that he doesn't immediately reach for a gun to shoot the fucker that tried to go for Angel, and ended up hitting him. In the way that instead of just killing the bastard, he can only throw out a threat.
"If you know what's good for you, you'll leave and kill yourself before I can fucking find you and do it for you. I won't make it pleasant." He grits out, strained. He doesn't look down at the damage yet, but the fact that Angel had reacted as much as he had meant that it probably wasn't good. He took in a shuddered breath and absently picked up the smell of blood, himself. That wasn't good.
He doesn't look away from the attacker, as if willing him to leave with just the look on his face, in his eyes. Angel still, technically, wasn't safe while this guy was here.
