Night terrors (Hiatus)

7

Two Weeks

My mornings were cold. Not because I was alone but because Sichengs' presence literally turned the air to ice. I was pressed up against his side, determined to stay there despite my bodies pleas to escape the icy atmosphere. It wasn't that he was physically cold, he wasn't a heater like some guys but he was room temp at least, it's just that everything around him was. The air, the bedsheets, me. He had the aura of an ice cube. At the very first sign of a shiver he pushed me away and drew the covers over my head. I cursed my body for the betrayal and peaked out from under the comforter. Sicheng stood, rolling down the sleeves of his button up and glaring down at me.

"I told you it would be uncomfortable to cuddle." He said, turning his attention to the cuffs.

"But I want to!" I whined, keeping my face partially hidden but hoping he would pick up on the massive pout underneath.

"You should stay on your side and under the covers or you'll just freeze to death." I threw the covers off and stood, glaring at his turned back.

"I doubt my autopsy report is going to say 'cause: frozen to death by demon boyfriend." I crossed my arms, resuming full pout as he turned and placed a hand on top of my head. His eyes gazed down into mine, revealing the care that normally resided deep under the depths of his cold look.

"Maybe not, but the newspapers will read 'girl mysteriously dies of hypothermia in own bed,' then what am I supposed to do? Find some other annoying human to keep me busy?" He smiled down at me and exited the room to the kitchen. My heart had dropped and my stomach clenched at his words. What was he supposed to do after I died? Only one of us knew the timer was running out, yet I continued to selfishly hide the truth. For what? It would only hurt him in the end... I followed him and leaned up against the counter as he brewed coffee.

"If I'm so annoying why don't you just leave?" It came off jokingly but I think somewhere deep down I hoped he would, for his own wellbeing, because despite knowing the pain I was going to cause my selfishness persisted. He glared over at me as he poured coffee into two mugs.

"Tch... I don't wanna..." He muttered, placing a mug in my hand. I took the mug and smiled up at him as my other hand gripped the counter so I didn't fall to the ground. A wave of lightheadedness crashed over me and my knuckles grew white as I willed myself to stay upright. Luckily it passed quickly, easily hidden from the eyes in the room, and I hurriedly grabbed Ibuprofen from the cabinet.

"Why are you taking that?" He asked as I poured two tablets in my palm. I looked up at him with a smirk.

"Because you give me a headache." 

He scoffed and turned his gaze out the window, I sat across from him and watched as the world awoke. In the time that we had 'officially' been together, you know, in the romantic sense, things had grown quite mundane. We sat at the table together, idle chat to pass the time before we had to actually get ready for the day. 

"By the way, I have an appointment tomorrow so I have to leave early in the morning, but I'll wake you before I go."

"Ah, okay. What's your appointment?" I asked curiously, observing him as I continued to sip my coffee.

"My acquaintance asked for me." I nodded, pondering what two demons could get up to. In fact, being a nightmare demon what the hell did he even do when no one was sleeping? I finished my coffee pondering the business of demons and continued on to my morning routine. I stepped out of my room an hour later, freshly showered and wearing a sweater and jeans. Sicheng was leaned up against the front door, watching me as I approached.

"You're still here?" Normally after coffee he would say goodbye and go off to do whatever he does.

 "I'm walking you to work... If you want." He averted his eyes, his bangs falling to hide them as he turned away to hide the faint blush that filled his cheeks.