Sehun hummed to himself as he chopped the vegetables he would be steaming for dinner. He wondered if Kai would actually show up. Knowing the demon, he definitely wouldn’t miss steamed dumplings and veggies.

Sehun didn’t have to wonder for long. He sensed that he was being watched. He knew Kai would run if he turned around, so he held up the knife nonchalantly and smirked when he saw Kai standing in the doorway in the reflection on the knife.

“You can help out if you’d like,” Sehun said as he went back to chopping the vegetables.

In an instant, he felt the cold blade of the knife pressed against his throat as it was removed from his hands. He swallowed loudly, the knife pressing harder against his Adam’s Apple.

“It would be so easy to kill you,” Kai growled.

“Yes, it would,” Sehun said nervously, his jaw clamped shut.

“So, why can’t I do it?” Kai whispered dejectedly, dropping the knife onto the cutting board.

Sehun gasped and brought his hands to his neck. The knife had drawn the smallest bit of blood from the tiniest wound, but Sehun was otherwise unharmed. He turned around, expecting Kai to have disappeared once again, but the demon stood there, mere inches from Sehun. The human could feel the heat radiating from within Kai, but he knew that the demon would be cold to the touch.

“So why is it, then?” Sehun said softly. “Why can’t