Hidden Horns

Eat the fire

This is not the scene that Yohan expects to arrive at, since it's already midnight and she's expecting that everyone are now fell asleep. She wasn't expecting to see Jess and Charlene, staring into each other's eye like they just built a sudden love story, she wasn't expecting to see Chloe and Ivy, sleeping on the couch uncomfortably because of their drunkenness. The house is in a mess, it's as if there was a party held inside but only three women are the goers.

She heaved a deep breath and shook her head before she walks to the couch where Chloe is, lying like a corpse after she blurted out those unexpected words.

"I'll take her to bed." Yohan said as she picks up Chloe in a bridal style.

"I'll take care of here." Jess said and waved her hand at Yohan, as if she's shooing her friend away after she ruined the moment between Jess and Charlene.

"Let them sleep in the guest room." Yohan said monotonously but before she takes one step, she wander her eyes around and shook her head once again. "Where's Agma?"

"She's probably asleep in Molly's room."

"Okay, have a good sleep." Yohan said before she walked upstairs, carrying wasted Chloe in her hands.

When she got into Chloe's room, she lay down the woman gently and tucked her under the blanket, it was the mere move from Yohan to her prey, she doesn't want to be cruel just like what her creator wants her to be, even if she denies it, even if how many times she forced and make herself believe that she only needs Chloe's soul, it's impossible to ignore the unfamiliar feelings that she always felt every time she'll stare into Chloe's feline eyes.

Light brown eyes are always so many subtle hues, and she felt so lucky enough to see all of them in hers, but she keeps reminding herself that they cannot be together, even if she wants to be with Chloe. And that conversation between her and her father made a huge impact on her, it was as if an eye opener and a reminder that she's a pure devil and she's not allowed to be with human, nor to a human that she owns its soul.

Yohan sighed softly and she wipe Chloe's beads of sweat on her forehead. She knew that the woman sweats a lot not because it's hot inside her room, it's because of the heat that emanating from Yohan's body after she came out from the deepest hell.

The devil walked towards the couch on the corner and decided to keep an eye at the drunk woman, in Yohan's mind, watching Chloe is not against in her will, after all, she wants the latter's soul to be healthy.. or that was just her lame excuse because the truth is, she wants to take care of the older girl.

As Yohan watch the girl, who's sleeping peacefully in her bed, dawn brings a sunlight crown, smiling upward at black heavens, feeling how the passing night welcomes her more with each minute and hour. She put an all nighter just to make sure that Chloe won't have any trouble, but that's the exact opposite when the first ray of sun arrives, seeping through the metallic blinds and stroking Chloe's face that shone brightly and Yohan's heart melt at that sight.

"Water.." Chloe said in her raspy hoarse voice.

Yohan stood up to get a glass of water that she prepared last night and walked back to Chloe. She helped the woman to sit up and put the glass near Chloe's mouth. After the latter gulped the water, she squints, dry mouth sticky with thick saliva and moans before retreating under the duvet, but it didn't take two seconds when she rolled out of the bed and tried to run to the bathroom, Yohan just watched her from her spot and she chuckled when Chloe didn't make it to the bathroom.

She releases it at the bathroom door which made Yohan to grimace at the sight and shook her head. Chloe sat on the cold tiled floor, her hands both pressed on her sides, she's grasping for an air when another nausea swirls and she gagged, but this time, Yohan picked her up and tugged her inside the bathroom.

"You shouldn't have drink a lot if you'll act like this." Yohan scolds but Chloe held her middle finger in the air causing Yohan to laugh.

"Don't tell me what to do in my life—." Another wave of nausea adding to her misery, her stomach lurched and gurgled. "Damn.." Chloe hissed after she releases another amount of liquid on the bowl and she wiped her mouth using the back of her palm. Her brain felt like it would swell beyond the capacity of her skull and now her dehydration was too obvious to ignore. She looked up to Yohan with her puppy eyes. "C-can I ask for another glass of water?"

Yohan stared at her in awed but quickly shook her head and walked out of the bathroom to get another glass of water as requested by a woman who used her Yohan's weakness, which is, those tender feline eyes.

"Here."

Chloe chugged all the water and released a loud groan after she felt the relieved she's been trying to search the whole time she's vomitting. The hangover feels like a balloon under her cranium, slowly being inflated, pressure mounting. She stood up from the tiled floor and splash cold water on her face just to feel something refreshing and instantly wish she could wash her brain free of the toxins too. The mirror shows her eyes, no longer the glamour girl of last night, a lattice of pink over the white.

"This is infuriatingly annoying." Chloe hisses.

"That's what you get for getting wasted." Yohan said before she leave the girl in the bathroom and she walked towards Chloe's walk in closet to get a pair of loose tee and a cotton shorts, she also took one pair of underwear and walked back to Chloe. "Go take a quick shower, I'll prepare your breakfast."

"Where have you been yesterday?" Chloe asked while looking at Yohan through the mirror reflection, her both hands holding the edge of the sink.

Yohan tilt her head upon remembering the scene last night where she got accused of cheating on Chloe. The right corner of her lips lifted upward to formed a cocky smirk.

"I went home and I didn't cheat on you.". Yohan said teasingly which makes Chloe to feel the heat of embarrassment seep through her face upon remembering what she did last night.

"Shut up." Chloe grumbled before she reach for the door and slammed it hardly to hide her flustered face. Yohan laughed softly and for Chloe, this is the very first time she heard Yohan laughed, even if it's softly, as if she's trying hard not to but failed miserably.

Yohan decided to go downstairs and she head straight to the kitchen. Whatever he caught up last night between Jess and Charlene, she's still witnessing it right now. She doesn't have any against about the two, but at least, before they will stare into each other's eyes intently, they shouldn't have forgotten the food they were cooking that is now, smoking and burning.

"Stop that, Jess." Yohan said a bit irritated.

"Not because you don't have emerging love story with Chloe, you will be bitter with mine." Jess said without tearing her gaze at Charlene.

"Don't wait for me to snap your neck. The food is burning!" Yohan sneered, snapping out the two women and they panicked, didn't know what are they going to do with the burning pan.

"What's that burnt smell?" Agma, who just got in the kitchen, asked while sniffing. "Oh s**t, the kitchen is on fire!" She exclaimed, as if she felt a sudden nostalgia at the sight because it looks like hell.

"Lend us a hand here!" Jess yelled while Charlene ran to helped her, fanning the big fire.

Yohan sighs loudly before she grabbed Jess arm who's about to run to get the fire extinguisher on the corner. "Bring Charlene out of here." She whispered and Jess nod her head immediately before she ran back to Charlene and dragged the girl with her outside of the kitchen.

"Should I get the fire extinguisher?" Agama asked.

"Why don't you just eat the fire?" Yohan asked back playfully, but Agma didn't take that as a joke and she immediately stood in front of the fire, she put her hands on her both waist, she puckered her lips and starts sucking the fire into her mouth.

After Agma ate all the fire, she burped loudly and rubbed her stomach with wide smile plastering on her lips, she turned around to look at Yohan behind her but she froze when she noticed the girl standing at the door with her eyes wide open and her jaw fell on the floor.

"What the f**k was that?"

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