For the next few months, life went on surprisingly well. Myungsoo was mostly gone and Taehyun found a great liking in Dongwoo. Sunggyu didn’t appear after her dream and neither did Jaejoong. Baekhyun and Chen were deep into their business at school so that left Ra Hee all alone. Even Kyungsoo was stalking Jongin, though he preferred the term: intense research of his new life.

Finally, Ra Hee could feel again how was to be normal. That was the main reason she went out shopping. From big brand stores to small antique places, she turned towards the supermarket. It had been a very long time since she last entered one.

She went through the stalls and bent to look at some new brand of cereals. She was so preoccupied that she didn’t realize someone was behind her. When she got up, she accidentally pushed the man behind her into the shelf.

“Ow!” She jumped in surprise and turned around. Before anything, she checked him out. “Are you really checking me out after you pushed me into the shelf? You broke my nose!” She blinked. He wasn’t a ghost.

“I’m really sorry.” In the end, she got him some medicine and helped him stuck cotton in his nostrils.

“Is that how you meet new people?” She shook her head. She was really sorry and that never happened before. Actually, it did happen before but it was usually caused by Sunggyu and she was the one to take the blame. “I’m joking” He added fast.

“I know. It’s just- it never happened before under these circumstances.” The boy raised an eyebrow and stared at her curiously.

“So it did happen before, huh?” She realized what she said and froze. “It’s alright. I’m not judging.”

“I-“ She didn’t have anything to say. The truth was very complicated.

“Anyway, I’m opening a patisserie around here. Just at the corner, actually. It will be mainly about desserts and things like that.” She chuckled.

“I know what a patisserie is.” She noticed his ears were getting red. He was cute. Besides, he was a pastry chef? That was just adding more good points for him.

“Would you like to check it out before the grand opening?” She blinked and pointed at herself.

“Me?” He nodded. “Yes!” She realized she sounded a little too excited and blushed. He smiled and for a moment, she swore he was like an older version of Baekhyun. It was both weird and good, because he wasn’t Baekhyun so she wouldn’t feel weird liking him too much yet at the same time she could trust him because they emanate the same aura.

“Great. Let’s meet tomorrow-“ He trailed and looked around for a good meeting spot. "–actually, let’s meet here.” She agreed. “At lunch is alright?” She nodded happily. “Ok then.” He got up and started to walk up the street when she remembered something.

“My name is Ra Hee!” He turned his head and smiled.

“I’m Donghae!” He shouted back and waved.  She chuckled and waved back. She sighed dreamily and her lips. When she turned her head towards what was in front of the bench, she noticed the big red sign. Her smile cracked. It was a Love Hotel.

“Why are you happy?” When she got home, she was radiating. Throughout the day, no matter what the guys would do was brushed off. She wasn’t that kind of person. She was very easy to annoy, mostly when one of them would about Sunggyu. But that was unimportant today. Sunggyu! She had someone else in the picture.

“She’s freaking me out.” It was even weirder because that sentence came from Taehyun.

“Truthfully, she’s freaking me out too.” Even Chen was perplexed. When he barged in her apartment like it was his home, she didn’t even look at him. She was happily humming some happy tune. “What’s next? Vomiting rainbows and should we expect some unicorn to barge in through the toilet?” Myungsoo and Taehyun agreed.

“Hey, what’s going on?” Baekhyun just got home and he found the three boys sitting on the couch in a straight line, staring at Ra Hee’s door. “Should I be worried?” They nodded. “Is is that bad?” They nodded again.

He entered Ra Hee’s room warily. He looked to the left and right but didn’t find anything disastrous. He only saw her, standing at her desk. She was working with a bright smile on her face and a positive feel around her- wait

“What are you doing?” She looked at her friend and shrugged.

“Working. I have to draw the sequel.” Baekhyun walked behind her and leaned over her shoulder. What he saw scared him.

“It’s very lovely.” She took that as a compliment even though Baekhyun didn’t intend to make it that way. “Did something happen today? Something unrelated to what’s been happening to you for the past 26 years?” She looked to the side and smirked.

“What if it did?” Baekhyun’s eyes widened. That took him off guard.

“Wha-Wh-Well, I guess that’s good?” He didn’t know how to act. She’s always been this weird and overly confident girl that was happy but not radiating happiness. “Did you meet someone?”

“Maybe.” She rolled around and stared at him with a mischievous glint in her eyes. “I met someone new. Someone human; someone who is very very handsome and nice and-“

“How do you know he’s human?” The human asked her. She frowned.

“What?”

Baekhyun sighed and sat on the bed. He couldn’t help but fall back and cuddle into it. The effect of that puffy bed was huge.

“I mean exactly what I say. How do you know he’s human? You didn’t touch him. Besides, you said it yourself. The best place to hide is in the open.” Baekhyun continued.  Her happiness dropped considerably. She sighed and closed her eyes for a moment.

“I hate you.” She didn’t mean it but he really destroyed her mood.

For the rest of the day, which wasn’t a lot, she went back to being paranoid. She hated how Baekhyun barged in her room and said what he said. She couldn’t concentrate anymore on work and left it aside. She jumped on her bed and groaned.

“This isn’t the way I wanted to meet you.”

She furrowed her eyebrows. She never heard that voice before. She rolled on her back and froze.

“Don’t tell me you’re my new babysitter.”

The boy was young. He didn’t seem to have a decade and didn’t seem to be a demon in the first place.

“I’m not your babysitter.” His voice was monotone. He was short next to the other demons and didn’t have anything particularly interesting. No, wait. His eyes were small.

“Why are you here then? And who are you?” He blinked and took a step forward.

“I’m Yoongi, Level B Sloth Demon.” That made a lot of sense. He looked lazy and talked lazily. “I work under Belphegor. I am not here to be your babysitter. I think my master intentioned me to be the one babysit by you.” Ra Hee frowned. She had to what?

Myungsoo and Taehyun were more than happy when Yoongi walked out of her room. Chen and Baekhyun were curious.

“Who’s he?” Ra Hee sighed.

“My baby to sit.” Not even Chen understood what she meant. “Myungsoo, explain.” The vanity demon chuckled.

“This little guy here is Yoongi. He’s under Belphegor so he’s the definition of laziness. However, don’t be fooled. Just because he is lazy doesn’t mean he is inoffensive. He has a certain personality that makes demons underestimate him. I think Bel wants you to teach him one or two things.” Yoongi scoffed and pushed Myungsoo’s hand off him.

“Actually, I am grounded. I’ve been exiled by Belial because I almost sent Lucifer in Neverland and locked him in there.” He smiled sarcastically and sat on the couch. He raised his legs and placed them on the coffee table.

The rest were speechless. Myungsoo was blinking quickly in shock while Taehyun was trying not to laugh. Baekhyun and Chen were still registering the information. Ra Hee walked to him and pushed his legs off her table. She leaned in and looked straight into his eyes.

“I don’t give a who are you and what can you do. This is my house. I have my rules. If you disobey them, Belial will be the last thing you will be afraid of.” Yoongi blinked innocently. He leaned closer and touched her nose with his.

“Am I bothered?” She furrowed her eyebrows in confusion. “Does it look like I am bothered by your threat?” She leaned back a little.

“No.” She was confused, though.

“That’s because I ain’t bothered to bother.” He smiled though it didn’t reach his eyes nor looked remotely real. “Now let’s be good friends and not bother each other.” He poked her cheek and disappeared. She remained in the same position, still blown away by that little demon.

“You got owned.” Taehyun stated. Myungsoo looked at his friend questioningly.

“Where the heck did you hear that expression?” They started to talk about expressions and what Taehyun learned from humans but Ra Hee couldn’t hear them. She could only hear Yoongi’s voice in her head.

“Are you alright?” Baekhyun was the one who came next to her. He seemed to have recovered after what he just witnessed. “I think we all saw why he got exiled by Belial.” But Baekhyun couldn’t help but give Yoongi congratulations. Someone like that was very good around Ra Hee.

“What? I don’t care about that. I swear I heard those words before.” Baekhyun raised an eyebrow and placed his feet on the coffee table. She instantly grabbed his thigh tightly and he flinched. He dropped his legs back on the carpet and scoffed. Someone like Yoongi was definitely going to make a difference.

The next day, Ra Hee woke up with a good feeling. She knew that her date was going to be awesome no matter what. She was going to make sure she wasn’t going to touch Donghae. What she doesn’t know can’t hurt her, in the end.

She ate cereals and hurried into the bathroom to do her makeup and change. Baekhyun and Chen were at school. Myungsoo and Taehyun were not there and she wasn’t particularly interested where they went. She was all alone and that simple thought was making her feel all tingly.

Until she opened the door to the bathroom and met a pair of judging eyes.

“What are you doing here?” Yoongi looked at her from head to toe before he turned his back on her. That didn’t mean he wasn’t still inspecting her from the corner of his eye.

“I’ve been exiled, remember?” She was going through a huge inner battle. She wanted to sent him back to hell but at the same time, he was kind of reminding her of Sunggyu when he first appeared into her life. “I have no place to go but here.”

“Should that make me feel some kind of honor?” She asked and entered her room. She already changed into the dress but she still needed to curl her hair and make herself look cute.

“Shouldn’t you have pride?” She raised an eyebrow. “You’re getting all dressed up for something that may or may not be a ‘date’.” He even took care to show the quoting signs on the last word.

“What’s your point?” He entered her room and put his hands deep into his jeans front pockets.

“Why do you have to get all prettied up?” She stopped and turned to him.

“Because that’s what girls do. I don’t care if this is a date or not and I don’t care where will this lead me. What I care about is the simple gesture of inviting me out. It’s not the boy or the date itself that makes a girl dress up. It’s the mere thought that she has to look pretty.” Yoongi tilted his head to the side in confusion. “It’s pride.” The boy rolled his eyes and jumped on her bed. His eyes widened when he realized how soft and cuddly it was. He started to roll back and forth in it and enjoy himself. “Why did you come here? You could have gone anywhere in the world.” He stopped and rolled forth, in order to see her better.

“Because I’m safe here.” She bit her lip and tried to think about nice things. His reason wasn’t exactly helpful. She didn’t need more demons around. “And because this is where you live. You’ve been underestimated from the moment you were born. Myungsoo was right. Demons underestimate my power just because I’m lazy. I knew you’d understand me.”

“So Belphegor didn’t send you here.” He hummed and rolled closer to the pillows.

“When you’re exiled from Hell, it’s like you’re on probation. There’s someone who’s watching you and taking notes. That’s what fairies usually do. But fairies would never say anything bad if I’d have the commander as my guardian.” She smirked and looked at his reflection on the mirror. He was a demon no matter what.

“So now I’m your guardian.” He nodded. “But only because you know I wouldn’t say anything to you and leave you alone. You’re lazy so you don’t do much.”

“Au contraire. My mind works fast. Just because I stay in bed, doesn’t mean I’m not doing anything. While I am here, someplace else someone sins. Humans don’t need anything else but a nudge. Laziness is the easiest sin a human can make and they all do it.” She stared at him and noticed the way he was talking was interesting.

“Don’t think too much and don’t touch him. Yes. That’s a good plan.” She took a deep breath and encouraged herself. She was almost the meeting spot and she could already see someone in the distance. He was already there. “Am I late?” His eyes widened and he shook his head furiously.

“No! No, I just arrived early.” They stared at each other for a few minutes and she gulped. His eyes didn’t seem to hide any evil.  “Are you ready?” she smiled and nodded.

“So, what do you do for a living?” She hated that question but she had to respond.

“I draw.” That was still too vague. “I’m a webtoon artist.” His eyes enlightened with this sudden childishness.

“I love webtoons. Do you have something big or just small projects?” She started to fidget. She was nervous.

“Have you heard of Fallen?” He hummed and rubbed his chin.

“It’s that webtoon about a fallen angel, right? But it’s already over, sadly. It had a certain charm.” She felt her cheeks getting red. She knew she had a lot of fans but he being one was a little overwhelming.

“I wrote and draw it. I’m the author of Fallen.” His eyes widened in surprise and he started to smile.

“Really? Wow. That is a good plot, even if it’s a little dark. I never expected a girl to create something like that.” She chuckled and rubbed her neck.

“Me neither. But it came in my mind and I just went with the flow.” She coughed and tried to look as good as she could. Yoongi’s words were echoing in her mind. Pride. She must keep her pride.  “I’m glad you’re a fan.” He winked and it only made it harder for her to not melt.

“I only cook, unfortunately."

“But I’m sure you cook well. I can’t cook to save my life.” He chuckled.

“All girls can cook. It only matters how much they want to impress with their cooking skills but they have it in their blood. They can do it if they try.” She bit her lower lip and nodded. That was a good encouragement.

When they arrived in front of the store, she never expected to be intensely watched by a tall and incredibly weird guy across the street. He was staring at them with a smirk. It looked almost like-

“Would you like to try something?” She got distracted by Donghae. When she glanced behind, the guy was gone.

"Sure." She smiled and followed him in the back of the store. He had a kitchen ready and it seems he wanted to make something especially for her.

"What's your favorite flavor?" She thought about that.

"Mint." He stopped and looked curiously at her. "W-what?"

"Most people would go with chocolate or vanilla. You went with mint. It's rare." Ra Hee her lips and started to fidget again. She had a feeling she will do that a lot.

"So, tell me about you."

While he was cooking what seemed to be a small cake, she sat on the closest counter and watched him. It was quite attractive.

"I come from a normal family and am an only child." Donghae chuckled. "I don't have anything interesting to boast about, truthfully."

"What about your job? That is interesting enough." She laughed nervously.

"It's fantasy. I always had an interest in mythology and all these things about the underworld." He nodded along. Donghae grabbed the milk and mixed it with eggs.

"So you were curious what happens after we die?" He asked curiously. 

Not exactly.

"Yes. I was curious where I was going to end up."

She never expected to find that out so fast. Moreover, it wasn't the happy and white place. It was the red paradise with nothing but anger and sufferance.

"And? Are you still curious about that?" She stared at the wall and thought how to respond.

"I think I don't have a choice. It's so complicated and nothing I do will change my fate. I realized that it's better not to fight the flood and just let yourself be taken by it." She was talking about her life and everything going on at the moment. He kind of understood that but his imagination wasn't going overboard.

"I don't want to know anything about that, truthfully. I just want to live and enjoy everything life has to offer. I don't want to regret anything/" She looked at him and inspected him through a different point of view. He was definitely human but she had to check. She touched his arm, by coincidence.

"We should stop talking about grim stuff/" He laughed and nodded. She sighed in relief when nothing happened. He wasn't even haunted. He was a normal man.

In the end, he prepared parfait. She loved it mostly because it had mint and chocolate chips. It was a delicacy for her tongue.

"How is it?" She gave him two thumbs up. He laughed. "Good. I originally thought it's going to be really bad since I don't cook desserts."

"You don't cook?"

"I do cook but not desserts. My friend does that. We're partners in crime and business. I make pastries. It's a little different." She registered the information and nodded.

"So that is your job?" Donghae scratched his cheek and smiled sheepishly.

"Kind of. I did finish a cooking school but that's not exactly what I originally wanted to do in life. I wanted to be a doctor at first."

"Isn't that what everyone wants to become when they are kids?" Donghae nodded.

"True. But I actually went along with it and finished med school. I just had a change of heart at some point and gave up."

"Did a patient die?" His eyes widened and he shook his head quickly.

"No, no. I just realized it's a lot of emotional pressure. I couldn't detach myself from what I was seeing there every day." She narrowed her eyes at the parfait.

"I hate hospitals but somehow, I always end up there. I was in a coma for a while." He froze. "But I'm in perfect condition now." She tried to make it go smoothly. She didn't need his pity. He wasn't even half aware of what she was.

"Not many have that luck." Well, the mood was getting stiff again. "I'm glad you are alive and well. I'm also glad you kind of pushed me back in the market." She blushed. He was being really kind and there she was, hiding a lot of things.