Hot As Hell

11

The first thing that Guan Shan smells when he wakes up is the smell of something burning, more specifically eggs burning. Having been kidnapped by a demon the day before, this smell is not ideal to wake up to, but Guan Shan could think of worse things. He could be covered in his own blood. Or worse in He Tian's blood.

Guan Shan groggily gets up and washes his face. The memory of last night washes over him so he roughly dries his face with a towel.

Guan Shan feels so lucky to be alive, he couldn't believe he is still alive. As the smell of burning eggs grows intense, he quickly brushes his teeth and walks to the kitchen to see what would cause such a smell.

The cause of the smell, not to Guan Shan's surprise, is due to He Tian, Jian Yi and Zheng Xi's collective effort in attempting to cook.

Guan Shan sighs, "What are you guys doing here?"

The bat whizzes past him while saying, "For the record, I told them not to do it", and Guan Shan is so far from normality at the moment that it doesn't even faze him.

Jian Yi smiles apologetically, "We were trying to make you breakfast. Sorry for kidnapping you."

Guan Shan snorts at the sudden apology, "Yeah okay just walk away from the kitchen before you trigger the fire alarm."

Jian Yi smiles softly and walks towards the living room, He Tian ruffles Guan Shan's hair and follows the other. Guan Shan glares at his retreating back. The bat decides to sleep upside down from the hook near the house's entrance.

"Well isn't this completely normal," Guan Shan mumbles sarcastically as he throws away the burnt eggs.

Zheng Xi leans against the kitchen counter, "It's not so bad."

"I was kidnapped yesterday."

"Yeah sorry about that."

"Wasn't your fault."

"Kinda was."

"How?"

"Nevermind. I'm just glad you're okay."

"Really?"

"Yeah."

"Why?"

"I don't know."

"Okay."

"When is your mom coming back?"

"In about two days."

"Cool."

Thankfully Zheng Xi stays quiet after that, putting an end to their awkward conversation. He quietly watches Guan Shan prepare breakfast for two demons, two teenagers and one bat, who probably won't eat anything and just growl at the eggs.

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Jian Yi is surprised to find that He Tian has followed him to the living room.

"Thought you would help your redhead cook."

He Tian shrugs as he slumps unto the couch, "We have to talk. Besides, I don't help him cook I just stand there and try to aggravate him. His name is Guan Shan by the way."

Jian Yi smiles as he sits down beside He Tian, noticing how the other didn't say anything about the words 'your redhead'.

"You must really like him huh?"

He Tian shrugs.

"He Tian-"

"I don't want to marry you."