Josh's PoV
I finished cooking some bacon and eggs on a pan on the stove of course, before placing them on two different plates. I turned off the stove, then brought the two plates to the island in the kitchen, with utensils next to them.

"Simon! Breakfast's ready!" I shouted to the blonde that was on his phone, probably scrolling through the messages in his social medias. He looked up from his phone, before sending me a smile and placed it back into the pocket of his pants.

"Thanks Josh!" He thanked, before sitting on one of the stools next to the island and started eating.

"Si... you still do owe me an explanation..." I reminded all of a sudden, while we were half way done with the meal.

"Shit. Uh-" He mumbled with food in his mouth. He swallowed it before continuing, "I may or may not have went to the forest yesterday..."

"YOU HAVE WHAT!" I exclaimed in a mix of anger, surprise and a bit of fear. From what I learnt from the past few years, Zerk hardly leaves any prey alive... That means he has barely survived...? I won't say so myself, he's doing fine with only one scar though.

"Yes, yes. Before you scold me or anything, I was only curious-" He tried to explain, before I rudely cut him off.

"Curious. Are you fucking kidding me. YOU COULD HAVE GOT YOURSELF KILLED. AND NONE OF THE BOYS WOULD HAVE KNOWN UNLESS THE HOSPITAL OR THE POLICE TELLS US!" I yelled, my overprotective side showing, while I slammed both of my hands on the island in anger.

"AND YES I KNOW. I RISKED IT BECAUSE- Because..." He screamed back at first, before sighing, "You won't understand... There's no point telling you about this." He mumbled.

"Fine... Save your reasoning..." I just groaned silently, before remembering to ask one thing, "By any chance, did you actually see two devils?" I asked curiously, my emotions changing rather quickly.

"Yes and no. Since-" He suddenly cut himself off by letting out a gasp, and covering his mouth with his hand, "Shit. Don't mind what I said just now. And yes, I did." He not-really-swiftly corrected himself, before finishing his breakfast silently, took the plate and placed it in the sink.

I raised an eyebrow at him, but decided against questioning it at all. I just sighed and shook my head, before doing the same, and headed upstairs to my room.

I made my way into my room, and locked the door before plopping myself onto the bed. I sat on the side of it, sighing loudly in frustration. Normally in this situation, I would talk to either Vik or JJ about it, but since they're both not here, I guess that leaves me with one option...

I shifted into my half-devil form, which allows me to mind-talk with Zerk. Also, my horns, wings and tail appear while I'm in this form.

*Mind Link*
J: Zerk?
Z: Yes? You don't often chat with me... Is something wrong?
J: Yeah... Two things I need to discuss with you. One thing which is extremely important, while the other is mostly about me worrying.
Z: What's the... 'important one'?
J: Did you see another devil in the forest?
Z: What- what do you mean?
J: I mean, was there anyone there that's the same species as you?
Z: Nope.
J: You sure...?
Z: Yes. Wait no.
J: Hmm...?
Z: Fine... Maybe.
J: That answers that. My next problem is...
J: You remember who Simon is right?
Z: Yeah? The human that lives in the same house as you.
J: Correct. Well... he's been acting weird when I asked him about what happened yesterday night. Ya know, the forest...
Z: Yes. And what about it?
J: He seemed nervous when he answered the question, which made me suspicious...
J: Wait. You didn't hurt him did you?!
Z: No! I know he's your friend. Plus I didn't even see him last night.
J: Hmm... Thanks for the info Zerk. I'll continue to investigate this case.
Z: Before you leave, may I know why are you so concerned about him? If he has survived from my attack, then he should be decent in protecting himself.
J: I just- He's special to me. I feel like he's more than a friend for me, he was always there when I need help, cheer me up when I was depressed, many more... It just worries me that he could have died.
Z: Wow...
J: I'm going to go out for a walk now. So... talk to you later?
Z: Sure Josh. Talk to you later.
*End Of Mind Link*

Simon won't lie to me right...? I just sat on the edge of my bed and stared at the wall, in deep thought, also humming a random tune without me realising.

Simon's PoV
I laid against the door for Josh's room, sighing as I heard his barely audible mumbling. Since our rooms were kind of soundproof, we can't really hear much of what is going on other rooms unless they're shouting.

I perked up slightly when I heard the soft humming of my song made from Fiverr. Is he...? No way. He was humming Fiver?

I peeked into the key hole of the door, but sadly, it was the wrong angle, so I couldn't see him at all.