Rhobert [BNHANA] x Reader ||Never||

Chapter 2 - New Deal

          I looked up in fear; trembling as I stared straight into the unblinking eyes of a horned, red mask. One thing came to mind as it stared back 'The Devil'; That was all that ran through my mind and as my head started aching I saw a hand reacting out towards my face. I acted quickly and jumped to my feet without a second to spare, this seemed to have caught the masked stranger off guard and I swiftly delivered a kick straight to his chest. I had hoped this kick would push him back, but once I saw that it had only dazed him I pulled the door the rest of the way open and ran for it. I didn't have time to sit and wait for... whatever that guy had in store for me. As I ran towards the front of the house, I heard footsteps running after me.

          'Ah fuck! What do I do!?' Trying to run faster, I finally could see my neighbor's the front yard slightly, which meant I was close to the public eye. 'This is my chance!'

          "Somebody! Please! Help me!" I screamed, but since I had been set into shock and started running right after that, my voice was only but a garble: hardly a sound.

          I heard a deep and raspy laugh coming from behind me as my legs pushed on, but apparently that shock from just a few seconds ago caught up with my body finally. My legs gave out from under me and I immediately started to fall face first into the ground of grass and dirt, which prompted me to brace for impact and close my eyes. 

          'Well, I lived a life. Guess it's time to go. My last moments shall be spent begging to not die. Huh, thought I'd at least die of a heart attack, but in this world I guess it isn't that uncommon to die begging for your life.' As I started writing my will in my head, I noticed that I hadn't crashed into the floor face first yet so I slowly opened one eye, and then the other. I looked over at my outstretched arm and almost screamed when I saw the devil masked guy holding onto my wrist. I noted 'almost screamed' because before I could, this guy was quick to pull me towards himself and cover my mouth before I could. After he successfully had a grip on me, he let out a harsh sigh that had agitation written in its release.

          "One second later and it would've been too close.." The guy mumbled to himself as he easily tightened his grip on me and started dragging me to my backdoor.

          I tried my hardest to kick, move, and bite, but all of my attempts were failures in the end and he successfully got me back into my house and locked the backdoor behind us. He let go of me and I immediately made a dash for the front door, pulling on it only to find it had been closed and locked earlier at some point. I screamed a hand grabbed the back of my neck and yanked me backwards, which made me lose my footing and I collapsed into the guy who had been treating me like a ragdoll this whole time. I didn't have time to react before he grabbed my arm and twisted it behind my back and pushed my into the wall to the right side of the door. I gasped in pain, at that point I was highly aware that this man could easily snap my arm if I struggled. I could feel the man lean in closer to my ear. I couldn't feel his breath on my neck, though, due to his mask. I could hear his slightly ragged breathing, though. He seemed angry, that much was easier to guess than one could ever imagine.

          "Scream one more time and I'll do what I need to. I hate those who get in my way and you'd only be another casualty." He said in a low, gruffer voice which made me lose the will to even breathe at that point. 

          "Wh-Who are you..?" I asked breathlessly, my state of shock and utter breathlessness seemed to amuse him as he chuckled quietly.

          "I see the cardboard boxes, I can tell you're new here. I'm known as The Devil around here and you'll soon see why.." He said this with a more cheerful tone, he took joy in getting to introduce himself and that was easy to tell.

          "What are you talking about..?" I asked, I knew I had to be careful around this man, but curiosity would kill me if he didn't. 

          "What I mean is," he took a second to push my arm further up my back, making me gasp and clench my teeth in pain. "that you'll be making a deal with me today or you'll suffer great loses in the span of a minute or two."

          I gulped and bit my lip, this man was very serious and obviously dangerous. I had no other means of escape. I had to accept whatever deal this man presented or I'd be broken or even dead. I took in a deep breath, a sharp pain resulted in this and I cursed myself mentally for thinking I could clear my head with a deep breath. The man that is pressed against me, my arm that is in his grasp, and the tension in the air all sounded sweeter when applied to romantic situations or even in romance novels or manga. This is no manga, this isn't even remotely romantic or that alluring of a position to be set in.

          "Fine, fine. Whatever you say, just please don't do that it hurts like hell." I said, groaning in pain to emphasize my discomfort, yet he didn't ease up even a bit.

          "I'm not letting you go, I don't trust you." He said and I groaned, this time out of annoyance.

          'I swear, I almost forgot the pain because this asshole is so infuriating to deal with.' I rolled my eyes towards the wall and sighed softly, highly aware of the arm of mine that had a lot of stress on it.

          "What? You going to tie me up or something? Just take my phone and we can talk in one of the back rooms." I said as I about had it with this jerk, and then I regretted what I had said as he started searching my pockets.

          "Yeah, not a bad idea." He said as he found my phone and pocketed himself, then led me to the laundry room, which had no windows or extra doors.

          He made sure to lock the door and stand in front of it as he pushed me forward and let go of my arm. I took a deep breath as I stumbled forward and stretched out my arm, rolling it back as dulled pain shot through my joints. I let out a sigh as I cracked my neck and fingers, my whole body felt stiff and gross. Since, afterall, that rat of a man was pressed up against me for quite awhile. I shivered out of disgust just thinking of what could have happened if 'The Devil' considered me attractive. 

          'Ew, why am I thinking that? This guy is probably butt ugly under that idiotic mask.' I looked over towards the man again to see him breathing bit harder and then just get completely angered out of nowhere and rip his mask off his face. He huffed once it was off and flipped his hair out of his face.

          "Irritating mask.. I can hardly breathe in this thing.." The man under the mask wasn't butt ugly.

          'HOLY FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHY IS THIS MAN SO FUCKING HOT THAT ISN'T FAIR!'