In The Shadows

Chapter 5: Plans

Morning comes. Your alarm goes off and you slam your hand on it, silencing it. You groan into your pillow and try to go back to sleep. Try.

Suddenly, your door is slammed open making you quickly sit up to see who it is. You frown seeing the familiar red haired boy standing in your door way with a grin on his face.

"Get. Out." You say.

"Nah, I'm good." He replies. He walks over to your bed and sits down on the end of it. "Sooo, got any plans?"

"I was planning on sleeping more but now that you're here all my tiredness has left my body." You snap.

"What a pity." He taunts.

"A pity indeed. But I can always try." And you lay your face on your pillow. A few seconds go by when you feel your blanket being pulled off your body, exposing you to the cold air. You yelp in surprise and go to grab your blanket. "What are you doing?!"

"Having fun."

Prick.

"Just let me sleep,god dammit!" He suddenly let's go of the blanket and his eyes darken. A frown plants itself on his face.

"Getting a little daring, are we?" He says to you as he kneels down to your level. He grabs your face and forces you to look at him. "Don't forget who's in charge here." He let's go of you and walks to your door to leave. "Breakfast is ready! Race ya!" And he runs down the stairs.

You sit up in your bed, rubbing your jaw. You stare at you sheets in deep thought.

How long do I plan to deal with this?

You throw your feet to the ground and stand up, still a bit shaken by the sudden change in emotion he just presented to you. He went from silly and all giggly to serious and threatening back to silly and giggly.

Walking down stairs, you're hit with the sweet smell of food. Picking up speed you walk into the kitchen where your grandma is making food. The demon is just chilling at the table with a stupid smile on its face like it didn't just threaten you. You narrow your eyes at him as you cautiously walk to the kitchen table making sure to sit in the seat furthest from him... From it.

"Oh Y/n! You're finally awake! I made breakfast." Your grandmother tells you as she places a plate of food in front of you along with a fork. You thank her as you begin to eat.

"It's delicious," You tell her.

She smiles. "Thank you dear. Oh! Almost forgot! I'm going out with some friends today."

"What? Granny has friends?" The demon asks. "Geez, Y/n, this little old flower has friends and you don't? How sad." Your grandmother laughed and went over a pinched his cheek.

"Aw, you're too much. And I'm sure Y/n will make friends with some kids soon enough." Your grandmother turns back to you. "Maybe this young man will introduce you to some of his friends? Anywho, I won't be back until later tonight. It's bingo night and after I'll be going out with friends for a late dinner. Will you be ok?"

I don't get to answer as the demon answers before me. "Of course she will! She'll be with me and I won't let anything bad happen to our sweet, precious little Y/n!" He walks over to me and wraps his arms around me and continues to talk. "We could use this time to get to know each other better, play a few games. You like uno? Play some music. Jazz? You like jazz? I like jazz. It'll be great." My grandma smiles, satisfied with his answer and walks off into the living room. I stare at the plate of food in front of me before I push the food away and push my chair back, purposely hitting him with my chair, and stand up.

"I've lost my appetite." I declare before take the plate and fork and go to dump the rest of it into the trash. I set the dirty dishes in the sink and walk upstairs to my room. I close my door and pace back and forth until it suddenly hits me. "I'm gunna be alone with that... That... That thing! I might die!"

Think about it, I'll be alone and defenseless, cause let's be honest I don't think I'd win in a fight against it. So nothing will stop it from killing and eating me!

And grandma! What would happen to her? Would he wait for her to return and then eat her too? Or would he leave my dead, half eaten body for her to find so she'll die of shock? Heartbreak?

"Ya look tense. Have a seat and here I brought some water." Biting my nail I look at the glass and take it.

"Thanks, " And I take a sip. I look at the person who gave it to me and choke on the water. Tendou snickers and takes a seat on my bed. After I stop coughing, I cautiously watch him.

"Problem? Or do you think I'm so handsome you can't keep your eyes off me?"

I don't respond and instead go to leave but he grabs my arm and forces me to sit next to him.

"Listen, Flower,-" What the hell? Flower? "-I know what's wrong. You're scared of me and I understand. But here's the thing: I'd never hurt you." I raise a brow.

"Really?" I ask unconvinced. He nods. "And how do I know that you're telling the truth. And if that is true why is that?"

"I'd never lie unless it was to save yours or my life, pinkie promise. And another reason is because I don't need to eat right now. I'm quite full from breakfast." I narrow my eyes at him.

"So you can eat human food?"

"Well yea." He said in a duh tone. "But human food doesn't give me the nutrients I need and it's not very filling. I had to eat a lot of the food the old hag made in order to be satisfied." He sits in my bed so his feet aren't hanging of and turns to face me. "Think of me like those ghoul creatures from 'Tokyo Ghoul'-"

"Except you're less cool."

"Hey! I'm every bit as cool as them. And every bit as dangerous and capable of killing you and the old hag downstairs so watch it." He sighs and begins again. "As I was saying, think of me like the ghouls from that. Except I need to eat every few days, I can eat human food, and I don't have those hentai tentacles that come from my back... Ok so maybe I'm not really like them but you get my point."

"I think the only thing I got from that was you have a very sensitive ego. But yea, let's say I understood what you were trying to say."

"Works for me." And he gets up and goes to leave. He stops at my door and turns to me with a creepy smile. "When the old lady leaves, you and I are gunna go out and have some fun." And then he exits the room.

I sit there in silence before I put my hands together and place my head on my fingers and let out a chuckle. "Heh, I'm gunna die."

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It's👏🏻been👏🏻 six👏🏻months👏🏻 since I've updated this book and I apologize. I just didn't really have any ideas for this chapter (or for any of my books for that matter) and I wasted my, basically, six month summer vacation. A time where I could've been productive and not a pathetic lazy blob. I cri.

Anyways, as you can see I changed the title of the book bc I didn't like the other one anymore so there ya go.

Anyway I hope you enjoy!

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