Page 22 of Under My Bed

Clang! Clang! Clang!

"Hey! I just got those pots!" I shouted towards the kitchen in response to the sounds of my pots and pans banging together as they fell to the floor.

Grabbing my shoulders, Gracie gave me a shake while looking at me worried. "Why are you so nonchalant about this!? You have a demon. Demon! De-mon! In your home. You should not be this fucking chill about it. Seriously, you need—ah!"

A sudden gust slammed into us, and Kastoron appeared right next to me in his shadowy humanoid form, looking as menacing as ever as he loomed over both of us. "What are you trying to say, human?" His voice was so raspy and scary that even I got chills down my spine.

Spinning around on my heel, I stick my chin up at him with a soft glare. "Kassie! Don't scare her like that. What is wrong with you? You can't just ignore me for a whole week and then pop out of nowhere being an assholey jerk to me and my friend." I probably shouldn't be squaring up to a demon, but he wouldn't harm me… Right?

"Well, I don't like your friend's tone." Kastoron bit out with a soft growl.

Placing a hand on his chest, I attempted to shove at him, but he remained grounded like a damn statue. So, I settled for feebly hitting at his chest. "Well, that's not a valid enough reason for you to get all shadowy and creepy out of nowhere." Scoffing, I rolled my eyes at him. "Go back under the bed. We'll talk later."

Growling, Kastoron's hand shot out and grabbed my neck while shadow tendrils wrapped themselves around me and Gracie. The shadows kept Gracie's protesting figure rooted while mine was pulled up close to Kastoron's–possible–glaring face. It was hard to tell his facial expression when he had it hidden behind his veil of shadows. "Need I remind you of your place with me?" He seethed inches away from my face after leaning down.

"You don't get to do jack shit with me after ghosting me for a damn week. You can't just fuck me and leave me hanging like that, you fucking asshole." My angry words came out eerily calm despite the raging storm underneath my heaving chest.

"You what?!" Gracie exclaimed, giving me a shocked look that I caught out of the corner of my eye.

Ignoring my friend, I continued to press into Kastoron, venting my pent-up emotions out on him with every word. "I don't fucking understand you. First, you terrorize me, then bully me around my own house when that plan failed, then annoy the shit out of me with your stupid antics." Inhaling sharply, I struggled against the shadow restraints because I had the urge to shove at him, slap him across the face, or both.

"Then you go and kiss me and fuck me and fuck me up." The memories of our nights together cracked at my tough shell, making my voice crack as I continued to speak. "You… You have any idea how much you hurt me? You can't just make love to me and then leave me like that." The two times we were intimate with each other came nowhere close to making love, but the unexplainable connection I felt made it feel like so.

Breathing in and out shakily, I tried to hold back my tears to no avail. "I don't know what's going on, but I just have this strong pull towards you. And what's more crazy is that I don't even want to fight it."

Sighing, Kastoron released me from my shadow restraints and pulled me into a tight hug. "Oh, Stella doll." He murmured against my temple before pressing a long kiss—I think—against it.

But then, just like that, he vanished again.

Only this time, I couldn't remain strong.

The moment his arms and body no longer supported me, I went down into a sobbing mess with only Gracie to comfort me once she was free of her restraints.

"Stella… Please tell me what I just heard isn't real? Please tell me you're not really involved with a demon like that." Gracie's worried eyes desperately searched mine for a confirmation, one she wouldn't get.

Sniffling, I quickly wiped my tears away and moved to the couch with her. "I-it just happened. We didn't plan it or anything. We just kissed one day, and then things took off. I thought things would be fine because he seemed into it, but… I don't know." Maybe I was utterly stupid and blind. "I just… God, I feel stupid."

With a pitiful smile, Gracie took my hands and rubbed them softly. "Stella, sweetie, you're not stupid. He's a demon, and he played you. Just… Let's look at priests and demonologists or whatever and get his ass booted." She suggested in a playful voice with a brightening smile, making me chuckle a little.

"Can't get rid of him, and don't know if I want to." Okay, maybe it sounded a little fucked up, and maybe a little Stockholm syndrome-ish, "Life would be a little too boring without him around. I don't think I can imagine my life without Kas in it."

Gently, she grabbed my shoulders and squeezed them. "But sweetie, you can't live a life filled with pain and heartache because your demon roommate is an asshole. I don't want you to get hurt again because of an unhealthy relationship." Gracie's deep frown was filled with worry.

With a sigh of defeat, I leaned forward and laid my head onto her shoulder. "I'll do something in a week if there's no improvement." I strained out with an aching chest. "Can we not talk about my bad relationship choices anymore?"

Sighing softly, Gracie hugged me tightly, and we remained like that for a little while until she spoke up in an awkward voice, "So, you really fucked a demon?"

Unable to help it, I let my amusement slip out in a chuckle as my face brightened up a little. "Yes, I fucked a demon… Well, more of a demon fucked me, but close enough."

Snickering, Gracie gave me a knowing look and a devious smile. "How was he?" Glancing around, she blushed and pointed between her legs, "Ya know."

Now, I couldn't help but let the heat flood my cheeks as I smiled like a goof at the memories of his demonic cock inside of me. "Huge, like," I grinned ridiculously as I did my best to measure him out with my hands for Gracie to see, "Huuuuuge. And his dick has ridges on it, and my lord do they feel amazing."

Squealing and giggling like a schoolgirl, Gracie kicked her feet and shook me excitedly. "Do you think all demon dicks are like that? Oh man, it sounds like you're living a fantasy porno!"

Rolling my eyes, I playfully smacked her arm. "I don't know how I'm not dead by demon dick, but I don't care. I mean, if all demon dicks are anything like his, then, well, I'm never going back to a flimsy human dick again." Honestly, she put out a good point. How was I not torn in half by having sex with Kastoron?

Raising an eyebrow, I tilted my head at Gracie, "Don't tell me you're going to go summon a demon just for a good lay now." That would be something I could see her doing, knowing how adventurous and crazy my friend was.

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