Hell On Earth (Demon AU)

02

-Third Person-

Sun pushed its way through the curtains as an extremely tired Keith woke up from his three hour long sleep. His insomnia was kicking in and Yurak had been silent since the day before, so he was starting to worry slightly. Still, he got up and out of bed and chose an outfit he knew Yurak would like.

He rode his bike to school. Still nothing. He sat next to Ina in homeroom, thankfully they had shared it. Still, it was quiet. The silence was starting to make anxiety bubble in the pit of his stomach.

Lunch rolled by painfully slow. It hadn't been this quiet in him mind for four years, and now, nothing. Ina had inticed him to sit with her and her friends, but he politely turned them down before heading to a table in a far corner. He regretted his choice as James, Lance, Hunk and Ryan strolled over.

-Keith's Perspective-

"Son of a-" James started. Ryan held him back, forcing him to stand far away enough that he couldn't hurt me.
"Tell is what happened. James tells us you were being a dick then punched him for no reason, but we are fair people that go by fair rules." Lance explained. He walked so he was standing behind me. It unnerved me slightly but I continued to listen.
"Please, just tell us what really happened and maybe we can all go back to being friends again, sound good?" Hunk smiled. He wasn't in on what happened next. As I opened my mouth to talk, Lance shoved a sort of tablet into my mouth. It dissolved into my tongue and started to burn my mouth and throat, not in a spicy way but in a way that would normally indicate that you just chugged down an entire litre of water that was above boiling.

I started coughing and spluttering, Lance and James laughing as looks of disgust and horror spread across the faces of their other two friends. Ina came over to me with a bunch of her friends, worry evident in her eyes. She sat me down and gave me some ice-cold water to drink. It wasn't enough. It soothed the pain, but the feeling of melted flesh and muscle clinging to each and every inch of my mouth made me want to vomit. But I couldn't. My mouth wouldn't open anymore, and if it did, it opened slightly and I could feel the flesh and muscle ripping.

I was sent to the nurse's room and Lance and James were sent to the principle's office. The tablet they gave me was infused with acid and other ingredients that could melt someone's entire face off if not diluted in ice-cold water. Luckily, Ina gave the nurse a sort of fluid that was supposed to 'help' me.

Yurak was there in the few lonely hours I spent in the hospital. He explained that he was resting, and that he normally rests when I do, but seeing as we were going to public school, he wanted to hunt down anyone who would be able to tell what we were. Thankfully, he said only a couple of people could find out. Bad news, Ina was one of them.

I got home by midnight. My Mam was scared shitless about me, so she insisted that we had a sleepover in the living room. Blankets, pillows and snacks got us through the night, aswell as countless cheesy romance movies.