Sehun hit the floor with a thud. He was lying on his stomach now, staring under the bed. The growling got louder as another hand reached from beneath the bed and grabbed his other arm. It pulled Sehun slowly toward itself. Sehun was met with two shining black eyes. He could feel its icy cold breath on his face.

Sehun smiled softly. “Are you my roommate?”

It loosened its grip on him suddenly and the growling stopped. Sehun propped himself up on his elbows, straining to see through the dark. “I’ve never had a roommate before.”

“I-I’m not your… your roommate.” The voice was low and guttural. It cleared its throat. “I’m the demon that haunts this house.”

“So, you DO live with me. That makes you my roommate.”

“What? No. That’s not how this works.”

“If you live here… and I live here… that makes us roommates. I’m pretty sure that is how it works.”

The demon pushed Sehun back. Sehun slid across the room on his stomach, his feet hitting the wall behind him with a soft thud. The demon flew from beneath the bed and stood in front of the window. Sehun watched him as he looked outside. The rain was still pouring and with every flash of lightning, Sehun could make out tiny details about his new housemate.

He wasn’t as scary as he sounded. He was actually kind of… cute. His hair was dark and wispy. He was tall, his shoulders broad. Sehun could only see the profile of his face, but he was instantly fond of the demon’s plump lips.

“You’re supposed to run away screaming,” The demon said in a soft tone, drawing Sehun out of his musing.

Sehun shrugged. “Surprisingly, that’s not the first time I’ve heard that. I’m Sehun. What’s your name?”

The demon growled once again.

“If we’re going to be roommates, I think we should at least know each other’s names.”

“Stop that.”

They bickered back and forth for hours, but Sehun eventually came to find out that the demon’s name was Kai.

Sehun had slept most of the day. He had been up until dawn with Kai. He knew he needed to rest, but he was enthralled in his game of 20 Questions with his housemate. It was actually more like 5,000 Questions and Sehun was doing all the asking – with very little answers in return – but it was fun for him. For Kai, not so much.

Sehun made his way to the kitchen to make an evening breakfast. He mixed the batter for the pancakes and whipped up some scram