Lust is sitting in the corner. I put him there.

He's in time out.

"I thought you were kidding." He grumbles as he sits in a chair, facing the corner. I gently set T. up as a guard to make sure Lust stays there,

"You were trying to seduce me four times. Time out is a blessing compared to my original idea." He looks back at me,

"Oh? Were you going to punish me?" I shiver and shoot him a glare,

"Be quiet and take your time out." Lust throws his hands up,

"I'm thousands of years old! I haven't been put in time out in ages!!" I walk into my closet,

"And now you have been. Your time doesn't start until you stop talking to me."

"If we go by the normal rules, one minute for every year, you are going to be here a while." I close my eyes and hold the vial in my closed fist,

"And the more you talk, the longer your sentence." He exclaims,

"Sentence? Am I suddenly in prison now?!" I peek my head out of my closet,

"Lust, shut up." I duck back into the closet, expecting more loud comments. But for the first time since that thing has shown up in my bed, I get what I want.

Silence.

Using my time wisely, I send a silent thank you up above and change into my normal clothes. When I step out of the closet, I was half expecting to see Lust gone. Not my Mother in the room preparing to sneak attack my pillows.

"Ah! I thought you were still in bed!!" I look at the bed with a bunch of pillows under the covers shaped specifically to match a body in the bed.

Lust is beating his head silently in the corner. As T. sits on my bed frame and watches him carefully.

I turn back to my mother,

"Well, I'm not. What are you doing up so early?" She straightens up,

"Your father wanted to watch the five o'clock news like a crazy person." I smirk as I make up my bed and fold the pjs on top of the comforter,

"Sounds like him." Mother taps my shoulder,

"Where'd yo get the necklace?" She adjusts the chain on it so that the clasp is behind my neck and I suck in air as the cold metal hits my neck. I carefully watch her hand as she picks it up,

"Zuri bought if for me at the mall." She smiles a little and nods,

"Ah, that makes sense. This more of y'alls anime stuff?" I laugh a little as she lets it fall against my chest again,

"Yes. It is." She turns to walk out of my room and calls over her shoulder,

"We'll be in the living room if you need us!" I nod and close my door behind her, sighing.

"I think I have me a new project..." Lust says... well, lustily from the corner. I throw a can and hit him in the back of the head,

"Your time starts over." I pale as I watch the can flatten as if a truck hit it right as it hits his head. He shoots a look at me over his shoulder,

"Really." I feel like I'm about to be slaughtered until he grins and "fixes" the back of his head, "You messed up my hair!"

I have to stop forgetting that he isn't human.

I get off the door and shake my head,

"Get out of the corner, Pervert." He stands and surprises me when he moves the chair back to my desk,

"That's offensive." Tranquil flies onto my bed and curls up again, closing its eyes. Lust instantly walks out the door, "See you later!"

I sigh and follow him.

Please don't do what I think you're going to do.

He enters the living room and instantly walks up to my Dad who is playing on his computer. I walk past him and sit on a chair in the dining room, looking back at him to see what he does.

He whispers to my Dad, then walks over to my Mum and grins. I find a package of crackers to snack on. He is whispering to my Mother for what seems like forever before grumbling and sitting on the table.

I look up at him,

"Aww, did Mother dearest refuse you?" Lust crosses his arms angrily and stares at Mum as she moves around the kitchen, putting up dishes,

"She is one of the most hard headed woman I've met!" I grin as I snack on another cracker,

"That's Mother for you. Sooo sad." He glares at me,

"You just watch. I will get through to her eventually." And with those parting words, he stands up and walks up to my mother. Whispering to her again.

Tranquil runs down the hall and leaps into my lap, sniffing the cracker. Smiling, I "drop" it into my lap so whenever he eats it my parents won't see a cracker just vanishing into the air.

It's going to be a long day. And that's not even counting the other weeks he will probably be here just to bother me.

As if a cue is sent out, Lust turns and looks at me over his shoulder. It is just a glance, the slightest look, but I feel like my heart stops.

Such a casual thing that I see every day from other people. And yet, seeing him do it to me, made my breathing hitch.

Don't fall for his games! Shame on you, Minette!!

I shake my head and mutter to where he can hear it,

"So you can't get Mum and try to go after me? That's cruel." Lust looks back at me in confusion,

"What are you talking about?" I roll my eyes as I pet Tranquil's head,

"Really? Playing dumb won't work on me Lust, just admit I caught you." He puts his hands in his pockets and turns to me, his messy black hair hanging over his eyes,

"You think I would risk a time out again? I will admit, I am sometimes really stupid, but I'm not that stupid! I didn't use my abilities on you, I swear!" I scoff and shake my head,

"Yeah right." He turns back to my mother in a rush, growling at me. It takes another moment for his words from before to actually reach my ears.

"I didn't use my abilities on you, I swear!"

He didn't sound like he was kidding that time. I nervously finger the vial around my neck.

If he didn't use his abilities, then why did I feel that way? There's is no way that I...

No, that's not possible. I just met it!!

But still....

...I don't actually love him, do I?