Nyx Red's Salvation (Draft)

Hate was deeply buried into his eyes-- and you know what Nyx did?

Out of all the options she has?

The options of walking away. To hitting him back. To fighting or yelling or make a scene or arguing over this pitiful arrangement. To just let him win. To give up.

Well, it wasn't any of those.

No, she took a step closer, looked him right in the eye and winked.

"Oh," She said. "You can do better than that."

***

There are some heartbreaks in life that are a universal pain.

Like the inevitable chance that you'll fall and rip the skin off your knees open, rejection, your first breakup, friends growing apart, siblings moving away, losing a loved one, your first fight.

Nyx Red was a shattered soul with a good heart; and no one warned her about a whole other kind of heartbreak.

One she couldn't have prevented but should've seen coming.

Because of a traumatic event that happened when she was sixteen, Nyx believes that her life is meaningless, that nothing could save her.

Besides her infamous reputation, Nyx is called and seen as the ghost girl. She feels all alone most days. She feels like the weight of her life is a bomb that's going off too slowly.

But then her town's own personal Devil with a reputation worse than her father's him accompany him is determined to prove her wrong.

Damien D'Silvetta has a messed up life. From horrible things at a young age, to a missing best friend, to dealing with bullies at his school his list of problems just keeps growing.

And, newly added, one Nyx Red is at the top of that list.

Stuck together by a stupid arrangement set up by the principal?
Annoyingly, yes.

Seeing each other every day after school?
Unfortunately.

Frustrating the other?
Always.

Fighting and flirting?
There's not a difference.

Name-calling?
Too much.

Growing feeling for the other?
With horror.

Falling in love?
Even worse.

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