Hire an Incubus

11.

Lisa woke up without her guard up for the first time in a while.

It was still dark and there was a stillness throughout the house. It was a surreal kind of experience for her, the last while had been so crazy, living in the city with someone constantly looking over her and now things were quiet and still out here and it was nice to finally have some room to breath.

She sat up in bed and took a proper look around the room. It was very definitely Achilles' room. The bedsheets smelled liked him and so did the rest of the room. However, there wasn't any indication further than that that it belonged to him though, no pictures or any kind or personalisation had went into this room.

Lisa pushed herself up and out of the bed. She had actually ended up forgetting her pajamas to sleep in so she had ended up just sleeping in one of Achilles' shirts. She was sure he wouldn't mind.

She walked out of the room, it was still very quiet, so she just assumed that he was probably still asleep on the sofa. She walked into the living room where there was a very asleep and a very naked  Achilles. Averting her eyes from him, she softly called his name.

'Um..Achilles.'

While Lisa was staring awkwardly at the ceiling, his eyes flicked open and he yawned loudly.

'Good morning Lisa.' He sat up slightly and positioned his arms on the back of his head, which unfortunately made the view all that clearer.

'Is there any reason why you're staring at the ceiling?'

'Take a wild guess, and then put some clothes on please.'

He chuckled and then proceeded to sit up on the sofa. 'I hope my nakedness isn't scaring you too much Lisa - you could always give me the shirt you're wearing, I do believe it is mine.'

She blushed slightly at what he had said. 'Dream on.'

'Just because we're on each other's side doesn't mean I'm going to stop feeling attraction to you Lisa.' He gave a sultry laugh.

'I do like you Achilles, and I am attracted to you. I just don't know how to process those feelings with everything that's going on.' She said softly.

She did like him and she could definitely feel something developing, but she still didn't 100% know exactly how she felt about this guy. That being said, he wasn't even a guy, he was an incubus. Entering into a relationship with him would be a serious commitment.

'That's okay, I'm not protecting you under some sort of pretense that we need to be together.' He stood up and looked down at her from his height.

'Now maybe it's time for me to put some clothes on before you go into shock Lisa.'

She tried her best not to stare as he walked past.

'So I need to go out for a while, I'll be back before dark.' Achilles said to Lisa, leaning fully clothed against the counter.

'Where are you going?' Lisa asked him softly, surely he wasn't just going to leave her alone?

'I have some stuff that I need to do.' He said vaguely.

Lisa raised an eyebrow. 'Can't you tell me what it is? This is what started a problem last time.'

He sighed and looked at the ceiling. 'You're not coming Lisa, it's too dangerous.'

'At least tell me where you're going.'

'I'm going to Hire an Incubus.'

'Why in the hell would you go there?!' Lisa said, her voice shrill.