Hot As Hell

5

Guan Shan is exhausted. He felt like he had adopted an unwanted child that no one else can see. He is stuck suppressing back screams because if he screamed he would look absolutely crazy. His face turns red as he tries really hard to pay attention to the teacher at the front instead of the demon next to him who is blowing hot air unto his neck. When the bell rang Guan Shan practically jetted out of the door without even looking back to see if He Tian had followed him. He can't believe he managed to get through the day. He doesn't remember how he did it but he managed to get through one school day filled with that annoying invisible demon. Surprisingly it wasn't too bad. It could have been worse. Most of the time He Tian was merely staring at Guan Shan, his work, or out the window at practically nothing. He was technically cooperative. However, there were those random moments when He Tian decided to fuck with him.

He would suddenly pinch Guan Shan's ear, graze his hands over the other's back or randomly blow hot air unto his neck. Those sudden moments of touches would cause Guan Shan to yelp so he is pretty sure that his class thought he was going through something.

Once he had escaped the gates of the school he skidded to stop and looked back to see if He Tian was behind him. To his annoyance, his glance was met with the seething eyes of the one and only Zhang Xi. Being literally the last person Guan Shan would ever want to see Guan Shan met the fiery gaze with his own and growled back with a low, "What the fuck do you want?"

Zhang Xi, without missing a beat asks back, "Were you just questioned for rape?"

Guan Shan's mouth gaps at the sudden and straightforward question.

"Cause I was just gonna say," Zhang Xi continues, "You may be a hot-headed piece of work but you don't seem like a rapist."

Guan Shan grits his teeth and manages to get a grip after those words, "Fuck off."

"Hey, Redhead is that your friend?"

Guan Shan hisses in annoyance. That demon did know a thing or two about timing.

He Tian casually walks to Guan Shan and slings his arm around the other's shoulder. Guan Shan was too annoyed and tired to even shrug it off.

Zhang Xi raises his eyebrows, "Is that your friend?"

Before Guan Shan opens his mouth He Tian replies, "Yeah a friend from another place. I'm He Tian by the way."

Guan grinds his teeth in embarrassment as He Tian puts his hand out for a handshake only for it to be ignored as Zhang Zi squints his eyes at him in suspicion.

"Where are you from?"

He Tian takes his hand back and smirks, "Somewhere very far away. You won't know."

When the conversation resolves to silence He Tian opens his stupid mouth again, "So you didn't answer the question? You guys friends?"

Zhang Xi shrugs, "He's just someone I know."

He Tian smiles smugly, "Oh I see. Where do you live?"

Guan Shan leans closer to He Tian and whispers, "What do you think you're doing bastard?"

"I live close by the church." Zhang Xi answers cautiously.

He Tian gently pulls on Guan Shan's ear, "Huh this idiot lives around there too. Let's walk together."

Zhang Xi's eyebrows raise in surprise but the rest of his expression remains neutral. Guan Shan shakes away He Tian's touch and scowls at him. Zhang Xi shrugs and walks forward, slightly motioning to them to follow along.

"You're welcome." He Tian whispers to Guan Shan as they walk behind Zhang Xi.

"What?"

"I helped you made a new friend."

"Did I ask for one?"

"No, but you look like you need a couple."

"Shut up."

Zhang Xi stifles a laugh and Guan Shan winces as he realizes the other had overheard the conversation.

He Tian drags Guan Shan forward by the shoulder so that they both could be walking alongside Zhang Xi. Guan Shan wished he could disappear into the ground. As the silence stretched among them, he was really ready to dig a hole into the ground himself.

Finally, He Tian asks, "Why do you guys hate each other?"

So, the demon isn't an idiot.

Guan Shan's eyebrows twitch in annoyance. This demon really is a pain in the ass. If the question annoyed, baffled, angered or bothered Zhang Xi, he didn't show it. His face is void from any expression. With a voice as equally expressionless, he answers, "He smacked a brick unto my head."

Guan Shan was ready to be tormented in hell for the rest of his existence than to be in this conversation for any longer.

He Tian turns to Guan Shan with an amused expression, "Redhead, you did what ?"

Guan Shan grinds his teeth, "You better watch out or you'll be next."

He Tian bursts out laughing, "You're cute Redhead."

Now that gets a reaction from Zhang Xi. He raises an eyebrow at the response but doesn't say anything else. The church comes into view a few seconds later, and thank god for that because Guan Shan's face was as red as his hair.

"My house is on the other side," Zhang Xi mumbles, vaguely pointing at the church.

He Tian pouts, "Darn ours is just straight ahead. I guess we will see you tomorrow."

Guan Shan raises his eyebrows, "We?"

He Tian ignores the other, "You know we should hang out sometime." He says to Zhang Xi instead.

Guan Shan's face turns a shade darker than his hair color.

Surprisingly Zhang Xi doesn't punch either of them in the face in disgust but rather offers them a slight smile, "Sure, why not?"

Guan Shan is 100% sure he's having a nightmare.

"Do you live in the same direction as Guan Shan?" Zhang Xi asks curiously.

He Tian smirks, "No we live together ."

Yup, a nightmare.

"Two guys living together, huh..." Zhang Xi mumbles under his breath, half amused, half confused.

"We don't-" Guan Shan starts but Zhang Xi is waving him goodbye and walking off before the other could complete the sentence. Guan Shan swears he saw a shadow of a smirk playing on the other's lips.

"I fucking hate you."

He Tian laughs, "I know. Tell me, why did you smack a brick unto that guy's head?"

Guan Shan sighs, "Long story."

He Tian pulls Guan Shan closer despite the other struggling to get the demon's arm off his shoulder. "Don't worry Redhead I will listen to you for all of eternity if I have to."

Guan Shan suppresses back the shivers that run down his spine.

The demon leaps gracefully from the portal and unto the rooftop of the church with a playful smile toying on his face. It amuses him how humans can create such buildings to ward off evil to no avail. There are now countless demon portals that can be opened within close proximity to the church. It's like God has given up trying to control those bastards. That or he was always lazy to begin with. The demon is willing to bet on the latter, after all, he had met God once and his first impression hadn't been too great. His familiar, a winged bat the size of his thumb, buzzed past his ear, hissing, "That's them, master."

The demon peers down and sees two figures, one with short black hair and the other with bright red hair. The one with the black hair oozed dark aura, the air around him crackled with so much power, yet the human beside him, the redhead, didn't even notice. That mere human, standing beside such great power with no acknowledgment. The demon's skin tickled with annoyance at the thought of the human's ignorance.

"Well," the demon says, his head cocking to one side, "I guess it's time to get back my fiancé," his eyes stray unto the red-headed human "no matter what the cost."

His familiar hisses in acknowledgment, "Of course, master Jian Yi."