the only heaven i'll be sent to

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The rest of the night went by like it used to before Adrian showed up in Luis's life. After replaying what happened over and over in his head for an hour, Luis decided to get out of bed and watch a movie in the living room with Kaiya. He was able to fully immerse himself in the stupid Lifetime movie they were hate-watching. For that hour and a half, it was like Adrian never even existed.

But when Luis laid down to go to sleep that night, his mind was racing again. He couldn't stop thinking about the same things he'd wondered since all of this — whatever this was — started: how was he going to die? Where was he going to die? What happened to Adrian to make him a demon? What the hell had Luis done to deserve any of this?

He was finally able to settle down and fall asleep. He woke up to his alarm the next morning. Of course he had an alarm set for weekends, too. He didn't like to waste time, especially now that he had finals coming up.

Adrian wasn't anywhere to be seen. Luis figured he probably went back to Hell to shake off whatever weird fury had overcome him the previous night. Luis thought about that night as he got ready for the day. Was that his true 'demon form' or something? Did he want to hurt Luis? Luis probably should've been afraid of him, but then again, as annoying as he was, Adrian had never seemed violent. In fact, Luis had been the one to hit him, something he never thought he'd be capable of. Luis was more confused than he'd been since their initial encounter.

After his shower and a quick breakfast with Kaiya, Luis isolated himself in his bedroom and threw himself into his studies. He poured over his notes and checked the various study sheets his professors had provided on his laptop. The day carried on just like that, and Adrian never showed up, though Luis wasn't really surprised. He kind of hoped that Adrian would leave him alone permanently, but he figured he wouldn't be that lucky.

Night quickly came, and Luis and Kaiya went out for dinner with a few of their other friends at some small restaurant near their apartment. Luis fell asleep quicker that night than he had the last few nights, though questions still floated across his mind.

Sunday went by the same as Saturday, and Monday soon arrived. Luis didn't have his exams until Thursday and Friday, but he still had to work harder than usual in the earlier weekday classes. He made it through his 10 a.m. class without having a mental breakdown, which he patted himself on the back for. He just had four more days to get through before he could see his family again. That thought is what kept him going. He only hoped Adrian would stay gone until winter break was over. The last thing he needed was for his family to overhear him talking to himself like Kaiya had.

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After his walk back home from his class, Luis wandered into his bedroom to find Adrian sitting on his bed leaning back on his hands and looking up at the ceiling. Luis groaned loudly, alerting Adrian to his presence.

"Miss me?" Adrian said cockily, throwing a wink in Luis's direction. Luis childishly stuck his tongue out at him.

"Hey, don't tempt me, pup," Adrian said with a chuckle. Luis couldn't tell if he was being serious or not, and he didn't know which option made him more sick.

"Fuck you," Luis stated. He chucked his messenger bag on the floor harder than usual. He sat down in his desk chair and heard Adrian laugh.

"That's sweet, but you're not my type," Adrian said, and Luis could hear the smugness in his voice. He was determined not to say anything back. He didn't want to start another argument and end up feeling worse during finals week. He was stressed enough as it was, and he didn't want to lose whatever resolve he had found during Adrian's brief absence.