Apocalypse

Companion In The Shadows

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Luke's P.O.V.
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After we warded the house, I told everyone every single detail of what happened earlier today. We sat in silence for a little bit.

"I cannot imagine the pain of having Lucifer in your head for so long" Malik said. "Any normal person would've broken within days".

"Well I'm the most stubborn person I know, so it's not a surprise" I said as I chuckled nervously. There was more awkward silence. Suddenly, everyone was hugging me. I felt really awkward, well, more than usual. I'm not exactly used to any physical contact minus high-fives and the one second bro-hugs.

Haru separated, "well I got a date, so um, don't get into any trouble while I'm gone".

I nodded, "have fun". He tipped his baseball cap as he left.

Malik separated, "I will take watch throughout the night, if monsters attack, I will awake you all". He vanished somewhere, but he was probably on the roof.

Naomi separated and yawned, "I'm tired as fuck so I'm heading to bed, goodnight guys".

"Night" Cassandra and I said in unison. As soon as Naomi disappeared, Cassandra tightened her arms around me.

"You okay...?" I asked, rubbing her back softly, hoping I wasn't overstepping my bounds.

She sniffed, "yeah, but the real question is, are you...?".

I chuckled, "you think that'll bring me down?". I shook my head, "give me the benefit of the doubt, I'm not gonna roll over and give up that easily, especially when the world is depending on me".

She giggled, "sorry, today's just been hectic as fuck". She yawned, "I'm gonna head to bed too, night". She kissed me on the cheek and rushed upstairs.

I touched my cheek, "what the fuck just happened...?". My mind was now completely empty. 'Someone pinch me, I must be dreaming' I thought. Malik appeared and pinched me, and then disappeared. "Ow, what the fuck?!" I asked.

"You asked me to pinch you" Malik said in my head.

"It's an expression!" I said, rubbing my arm. I sighed and laid on the couch. I closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep.

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Haru's P.O.V.
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I whistled as I walked down the calm and quiet streets. I could get used to living in a place like this. Quiet and peaceful. I thought about today and how it must've affected everyone while I walked to Mario's. I decided to block it out of my mind cuz it started bringing me down, and the time for that isn't now. Now was a time to just kick back, relax, and have fun. I stretched and sighed, "man I could use a steak right now". I put on cologne that cancelled out my wolf smell, and ate a couple mints so my breathe wasn't bad or too minty. I don't know why the hell I was worried about what other people think, especially what she thought. I sighed to myself. I put my earbuds in my human ears and played "Disenchanted" by My Chemical Romance. My dad always used to tell me that I was like him when he was my age. He listened to AC/DC and Metallica while everyone else listened to N.W.A and Tupac. Everyone else listened to trap music and dubstep these days, and here I was blasting classic stuff from a decade or two ago. I don't know why I was thinking about others, I'm a lone wolf, literally. I arrived at Mario's and saw Akame closing it. I smirked, "what's a lovely lady like you doing out at this time of night?". Man when I say she's hot, she's fuckin smoking. She let her jet black hair flow down her shoulders. She had black eyeshadow and an expression that could make an old man cry, sweet cherry pie. She wore a red Story Of The Year band tee and red volleyball shorts.