Short thing

It was times like these she hated the silence, when her own thoughts would drag her normally bubbly mind into dark places. Alcohol often kept such depressing thoughts at bay but he wouldn't have such a drink near her, and he was sure she couldn't go near the vile drink.  It pained her normally shallow heart to know she could only know such a…. wonderful person for such a short time. Humans found forty or fifty years plenty of time to remain with their loved ones but for a demon it was such a short amount. Already she could feel those more primitive instincts taking control of her fragile mind, to go about with the mask she had not lost to it was difficult at best.
She tipped a bottle to her lips and took a long and much needed drink of the potent substance, her single eye staring blankly at the moon as she mulled over her dim and short future. She would die young, ill, and alone with her powers of higher reasoning gone and only to be replaced by those of a common fox. Her mother had subsided in her fruitless efforts to find her a mate while Ann seemed almost desperate to find her one.
"I thought I told you not to drink that shit…"
She flinched almost at his reprehending tone and cursed herself for not hearing his approach, then again alcohol tended to water down ones senses no matter how sharp. She felt him gently pry the bottle from her fingers and toss it off the house balcony, the shatter scaring off a few birds.
"Imam' die alone and young with the mind of a stupid animal. I think I'm allowed a tad bit of leniency here… "
"You're not alone…"
She snorted and waved him off.
"I will be, I b… betcha' I'll just burn up in some irrational and mindless rage, just be nothing more than hot embers and ash floating in the wind."
She hunched herself over and turned her face away from him, blinking back hot tears in a failing effort to keep from breaking down. Perhaps this is why she prattled on so often without end, so she wouldn't have to hear her own thoughts.
"You're not alone stupid… I'm here… with you… right?"
"I guess…"
He hugged her tightly and rested the side of his face against hers, one hand locked around her tiny waist and the other rubbing her hand in an almost soothing fashion.
"I'm sure we can find some way to stop it, not gonna' let something as stupid as that kill you… now get back inside and stay away from the mini fridge… Get into it again and I'll set it on fire."
She gave a half hearted chuckled and gave him a mock salute, mouthing the words 'yes sir' and sauntering back inside, fully intending to raid the black and lime green mini fridge.