"How are you feeling?"
Devyn's eyes snapped open, landing on Matteo's bare chest. There was a bullet wound on the right side of his toned chest, one that marked the one time he had had a smooth brush with death.
If Devyn had been a second late, there wouldn't have been a Matteo...
"Fuck off me," Devyn shoved at the other boy when the door opened.
Matteo sighed. "Why the hell are you jumpy?"
"I'm not jumpy. I simply don't want you to be that close to me." Devyn sat up and started getting off the bed.
"Whoa!" "Wait," "Don't," "Devyn,"
Devyn paused, only then noticing there were two other guys in the room other than the newcomer and Matteo.
"And where the dickens do you want to go?"
Turning to Nyx, Devyn asked. "And why the fuck am I still at your place?"
"Do you have any other place in mind where you think your ex demon dares not to set foot?" Nyx sucked from the fat cigar he held between his fingers. "The Lord's temple perhaps?"
"For chrissake can you find another place to smoke in?" Matteo spun to Nyx that was just puffing out a thick cloud of smoke. "Sonofagun. We got a patient in here..."
"Who's the patient? I've been well for more than a week now..."
Matteo stretched his lips into a shape of a smile and turned to Devyn. "Shut up, my love, and get your pretty thing back on the bed."
"Fuck me if I listen to you." Devyn rolled his eyes and got to his feet.
Before he could take his first step, Matteo grabbed him by his waist and pulled him to himself. Devyn's hand instinctively lashed out, landing hard on Matteo's chest. The other boy shied away, coughing and clutching at his chest.
Stellan rushed to Matteo's side, supporting him into an upright position. Mateo glared at Nyx who was chuckling while sucking from his cigar.
"What the fuck is wrong with you?" Thane shoved Devyn back onto the bed. "Everyone's worried about you and you treating us like we the ones that nearly turned you into a blue corpse."
"Easy child, he might be the mother of your kids in the next life." Nyx nodded in Matteo's direction and laughed delightfully.
When everyone glowered at him, Nyx frowned. "What? That move was both smooth, quick and powerful. I don't know why you're all getting angry but what he did calls for celebration. It means he's fully recovered enough to screw around like before."
"Fuck you, Nyx." Devyn said.
"Thank you, fuck you too." Nyx grinned
"I need to get back to my sister." Devyn eyed Matteo but Matteo turned his back to him. Devyn laid back on the bed. "I'm just worried about what he'd do to her. Traceigh is only patient to an extent. If I keep MIA he might get bored and get another target to play with."
Stellan sighed and shook his head when he noticed that Devyn kept his eyes on Matteo whereas Matteo was busy sulking. "Nyx, come with me. I need to tell you something."
"You can tell me right here." Nyx declared.
"Don't you want to know what Addison did that might make Ash want to do something to her?" Stellan asked. He knew Nyx wouldn't miss news about Adey for anything, and he knew Devyn had too much pride to apologize to Matteo in front of them all. Moreso, Stellan knew Matteo was the most affected by Devyn's near-death experience especially given that he had just lost his father to the same person.
Motioning for Thane to follow them, Stellan walked out of the room.
After they had all left the room, Devyn got off the bed and stepped behind Matteo. "I didn't mean it that way."
Matteo said nothing.
Devyn took a step closer, such that there was barely an inch between them. "I'll stay in bed for another week and do as you say. Just... just... the beds... the beds at your house are better than the beds here."
Matteo turned to him. "Get back in bed for now," He led him back to the bed. "I'll ask them to bring some food."
When Matteo turned to leave, Devyn took hold of his arm. "Does it hurt?"
"No,"
"Me perdõe,"
........
My POV
"Adey, come check this."
"What's that?" I leaned over to peek at Bruce's phone. There was a picture of some girl, half naked. "Where'd you get that?"
"She sent it to me herself. Isn't she such a cutie?"
"If only she were yours." I made a face at him. "Aren't you done mourning over being dumped by you last girl?"
"No," He brought his mouth down to my ear but did nothing to lower his voice. "Do you want to help me get over her?"
"Hi, Adey,"
I jumped at the voice of Rodney. "Hi," my voice was shaky. Something about him always made me feel guilty whenever he caught me close to another guy.
Something about him also always made me mad every time I saw him touch another girl. Rodney stood next to Dawn and pulled her to him, his arms wrapped around her waist. He lowered his head and rested it next to her neck. I bit down on my lip and turned back to Bruce.
"You're still not over him." Bruce observed, keeping his voice surprisingly low. "You've dated two guys since him..." His voice was loud again and I quickly put my hand over his mouth.
"What are you doing? Why can't you ever keep your voice low?" From the corner of my eye I could see Rodney looking at us.
"Alright then," Bruce took hold of my hand and lowered his voice once again. "How are you still unable to get over him?"
"I'm over him." I told him. "I... I just don't feel like being around him today."
"I can take you someplace fun." Bruce winked at me. "As long as we will spend your money because I have none."
I laughed and shook my head. Bruce was really one of a kind. "I'm the one feeling bad here, you know?"
"It doesn't reduce the amount of money you have though." He shrugged and I ruffled his hair.
"You're an asshole." I told him but he only grinned as if it was a compliment he was used to getting.
"Where have you been." I heard Dawn ask.
"Some Devil abducted me and told me to tell his girlfriend to meet him in our faculty head's office." Rodney told her.
I felt the hair at the back of my head stand on ends. I turned to find Rodney's eyes on me.
"Which girlfriend? Why didn't he just text or call her since it is his girlfriend, why did he use you?" Dawn voiced out the very questions inside my head. "And why are you calling him a Devil as if he really abducted you?"
Apart from that last question. I knew why Rodney was calling him a Devil. I also knew that Rodney was truly abducted.
Because I knew who the Devil was.