“Ohhh that was fucking exhausting!” Amber complained to the demon.
“Yeah you’d think it would be a cake walk with two of us in here but even with that… cheat, it can still be difficult.” He replied
“Hey I know for damn certain there’s nothing in the university rules about letting a demon possess your body to help you with your tests!” She joked as they headed towards the cafeteria for lunch.
During the official break hour the place was bound to be packed and sure enough Andras was having to weave his way through hordes of slow moving students to which he grumbled internally about.
“Did you notice Ms Marquez practically staring at us the entire time?” She asked him.
“How could I not with you bringing it up everytime she looks in our general direction?” He teased his blonde friend.
“I’m serious! The way she has been eyeing me lately has me on edge, what if she knows?” She asked worriedly.
“So she has guessed your sudden test score increase has been because you snuck a demon through customs and are renting out your body in exchange for top marks? Yeah, that’s obviously the most logical conclusion she could come to.” He said while slipping past yet another criminally slow group of students.
He felt his response didn’t make her feel any better so he extended an olive branch, “Look, what would you do if your student suddenly went from a B minus average to an A average? You’d watch them closely to make sure there isn’t anything else going on.” He assured her.
“I suppose, I’m probably just on edge because of the close call you guys had. Had you not been able to grab him so quickly…” She trailed off, not because she was thinking of the potential consequences of being discovered like he’d thought but something else. “Oh shit, you might wanna walk around to one of the other doors.” She warned him.
“What do you me-“ He tried before cutting himself off, seeing why she suggested that. Sitting at the table closest to the cafeteria’s open doors was an annoyingly familiar blonde, Victoria.
The horrible girl thankfully had her back to them so she didn’t notice the approaching Amber swiftly step off out of view towards one of the alternate entrances. “Damn that was close, I really didn’t wanna deal with that right after a hard test.” She vented to the demon.
“Mm, she even gets to me sometimes. I tell ya every now and then I think the way my species handles squabbles amongst themselves is preferable to how your kind does.” He mused.
Victoria, as Andras had found out, was a typical rich mean girl. She’d never made herself known to the girls before the events of the island but after the debacle was made public she had relentlessly taunted and embarrassed the girls in public. Something that made Andras’ blood boil.
She’d tease them for being ‘disgusting demons’ and other such insults about them not being human. The administration did nothing but ‘warn’ her for her behavior when the girls reported it but it only got worse because Victoria’s parents give a lot of money to the school so she knows she’s untouchable.
Amber clearly sensed his guilt and spoke up, “Don’t beat yourself up, you saved us Andras and while this might have been odd to begin with… I’m happy to have you around.” She comforted her friend.
Finally entering the cafeteria he examined his lunch options briefly before responding, “Thanks… it means a lo-.” He was interrupted by her stomach churning, quickly followed by prickling and stabbing sensations.
“Oh what the fuck?! Amber, what have you been eating?” He asked while trying to rub his stomach to relieve some of the tension.
“Oh shiiit… we tried to spare you this but… that’s not a stomach ache.” She said awkwardly.
“What do you mean spare me this?” He asked, heading for the bathroom.
“Well… my period is starting soon…”
“Your period?”
“Yeahhh…. once a month women have a span of time that can range from a few days to more than a week, where we bleed down there and get really bad stomach cramps.” She explained.
“Oooaghhh this is awful! How do you put up with that?” He asked while finally entering the bathroom before sitting down on the toilet.
“Well it’s not like we have an option. Thankfully none of the five of us get them really bad like some girls do but we aren’t blessed with short and painless ones either so there’s that.”
“And you’ve all been… skipping turns here and there so I don’t have to go through this?”
“Yeah pretty much, I mean Sarah skips for other reasons too but for the rest of us it’s usually that.”
Andras quickly whipped out her phone and opened the group chat.
“Have you all seriously been skipping time with me so I don’t find out about your periods?”
The pair only had to stare at the text for a few seconds before Bianca’s typing bubble popped up.
“Yessss!!!! I won the bet! Pay up y’all!” Bianca exclaimed.
“Goddamnit, I thought for sure it was going to be Lena!” Kiera complained.
“Yeahhh I thought it was gonna be me too, nice guess Bianca. I’ll send you the $20 now.” His red headed friend said.
This exchange confused the demon considerably, “what are they talking about?” He asked his host.
“Well we kinda made a bet as to who you would experience your first one in. I took a gamble on Sarah but I’m kinda pissed that I ended up being the one who cost myself $20.” She explained.
“You all seriously hid this from me and bet on who would accidentally spill the secret first?”
“Yeah pretty much 🤣.” Bianca responded.
“You know I can handle this right? You guys didn’t need to hide this from me. It’s not right that I only get the good things from sharing your bodies and get to skip out on the downsides.”
“Well it’s not just that. It can be pretty personal to a girl but yeah it was mainly so you didn’t have to put up with that.” Amber spoke up.
“Well it’s fair enough if it would make you guys uncomfortable but like I said, I shouldn’t be getting only the good parts.” He explained while gritting his teeth at another sharp stabbing sensation.
It took a little longer for someone to respond this time but finally Lena responded with, “Well if you’re sure it would certainly ease some of the stress.”
“If I can help ease some of your guys’ pain, I’ll do it. It’s the least I can do.”
“Man this is gonna make things so much easier now that we don’t have to keep it away from you but I can’t imagine Sarah is going to be happy.” Amber conveyed to him.
Andras could guess why but thought he might confirm his suspicion, “why’s that?”
“We’re all pretty sure she has lied about it a couple times to skip her turn before but now that the jig is up she’ll have to find some other excuse I suppose.” She answered.
“Why… why does she have such a problem with me?” Andras felt some turmoil emanate from his friend at the question.
“We don’t know to be honest. I mean the obvious answer would be that she doesn’t like having a demon, no offense, in control of her body but we’ve told her she can leave the schedule all together but she doesn’t want that either, so whatever her actual problem is it’s a bit of a mystery.” She explained.
The two sat awkwardly for a little while as the demon tried to process and understand their blonde friend. The silence didn’t last long as their thoughts were interrupted by someone entering the restroom.
“We can’t sit around all day unfortunately. So to sort this out, follow my instructions carefully, open the small pouch on my bag and…”
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Bianca had had a lot to drink, like a lot but she still found herself stumbling around the crowded sorority house with a drink in her hand on this late night. Her vision was shrouded as she bumped into tables, doors and people on her aimless journey throughout the house. All of the various sounds around her seemed to blend into each other but she felt so tingly and warm she wasn’t really bothered by any of that.
Despite being so heavily inebriated she was sure she wasn’t going to run into the blue haired girl right up until she blinked and the poor girl was wearing the drink she was haphazardly carrying.
“Ohh sorrrrry my d-dude.” Bianca slurred trying to focus on the… seemingly unbothered girl.
“That’s ok, it’s just beer.” She said with a big smile.
Bianca was definitely confused by this girl’s very relaxed reaction to having a drink spilled on her but she wasn’t going to question it. “Well o-ok… sorry again.” She said as she went to walk away only to feel a hand clasp her forearm.
“Hey do you think you could come help me clean up upstairs? I mean it’s only fair right?” She ‘asked’ politely.
Bianca lightly pulled her arm away and found it released as quickly as it was grasped as she turned to face the girl again. “Uhhh… I guess.” She answered nonchalantly.
“Perfect!” The blue haired girl said cheerily before clasping her hand and beginning to lead her through the house. They only went through one doorway before reaching the stairs and starting to climb. Every step was a struggle as she tried to muster the coordination to climb towards the next level.
“My room is just around the corner up here.” The girl explained to Amber as they neared the top.
Getting just one step from the top she heard her name come from the bottom of the stairs.
“Bianca! There you are!” Turning her head she was greeted by the sight of an annoyed looking Sarah rapidly climbing the stairs towards her.
“I’ve been looking everywhere for you! Come on, it’s time to get you home.” Her exasperated friend told her.
“Oh.. ok!” She said happily.
“Hey she was going to help me clean up after she spilled her drink on me!” The blue haired girl protested causing Sarah to snap her attention to her.
“Look I’m sorry my drunk friend spilled her drink on her, but what do you need her help for? You’re a grown woman, do it yourself!” She said as a matter of factly before grabbing Bianca and leading her down the stairs and towards the front door, completely unaware of a set of green eyes staring daggers at the back of her head.
