Fire || A 5sos smut/love story

"Help me bury a body"

When Ashton got home, he thought. And he thought. And he thought some more. All his thinking about Erida. She was mysterious, guarded, hard to get and had that undeniable aura about her that clearly stated "badass." But, Ashton thought, that's just her public face. Her private face was gentle, kind, broken, and beautiful. He decided he would make it his mission to find every face. And not let anything scare him off.

Meanwhile, Erida was at home, cleaning the kitchen and fretting. What if I scare him off? What if he finds out everything? What if. It was a constant battle of "What Ifs" and in the end Erida decided she needed tea. She boiled the kettle, got out her mug and her favourite tea. Cranberry and Pomegranate.

After she concluded the tea making procedure, she sat down on her couch with her thinning cat. The cat then decided to isolate itself and ran into the laundry. Erida sighed, drank her tea, and walked upstairs to her bed.

Erida awoke the next morning feeling unrested and uneasy. She went downstairs and cooked herself a boiled egg then went to the laundry to find the cat. She opened the door and let a shriek. There, on the floor, lay a limp (A/N bizcit) ragdoll of a cat. She nudged it with her toe and it didn't move. Its chest lay still. After inspecting the thing, she concluded it was dead. She left the laundry, closing the door very tightly, and finished her boiled egg.

At 11:30 she called Ashton and demanded that he come over. Not 10 minutes later Ashton knocked on the door and Erida let him in. Before he could say anything Erida said "I need you to help me bury a body." Ashton stood stock-still, and stared, wide-eyed at Erida who started laughing. "Its not human its my cats" and Ashton visibly relaxed.

They buried the body in Eridas backyard and went back inside.