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Xaphan Void Walker stormed into his dorm room. He had not only gotten accepted by only the same college as his twin, been “accidentally” registered by his parents as Evil Xisuma, and been put in the same dorm as him, but due to the room numbers making no sense at all, was only two doors down from his absolute deity of a brother.
He angrily shoved his stuff into the shelves next to his nest and flopped into it, the buckles and chains on his clothes jingling.
“Stupid stupid stupid. Stupid mom stupid dad stupid f*cking brother. Stupid college and its stupid sh*tty room numbers and stupid-”
“Could you be quiet? I’m trying to read.”
Xaphan looked up and to the side. Only just noticing the other person in the room. A rather tall Dragon pred that was staring down at him in annoyance from atop its bed.
“Just put on headphones or something if you care so much.”
“Little hard to do that with my horns. If you care so much then go to another room. This place has two.”
“...”
“...”
“Stupid stupid stupid-”
“Shut up.”
“No.”
The pred began to growl, low and slightly scratchy. Xaphan felt void begin to materialize over his hands, which he quickly willed away. He responded with a growl of his own. He had gone his whole life perfecting his Pred imitation, and was honestly rather proud of it. It seemed to work, causing the Dragon Pred to pause.
“Hm. I was told I was with a Prey. Weird.”
“Well I’m not a prey.”
Xaphan let the lie slip out as easily as water, used to the familiar words by now.
“My name’s Hels.”
“Xaphan, but everyone calls me Evil X or E X.”
“Weird nickname.”
“My brother is the ideal kid, I’m just the bad version”
“Same. My twin is the favorite. They literally gave him the middle name Heavenly and gave me the middle name Demonic.”
“Oof.”
“Exactly. Wanna go hunting together later?”
“Sure”
Xaphan made his way over to Hels and held out his hand, smiling as Hels shook it. This would end up great.
Okay, maybe Xaphan hadn’t thought this through… He was currently walking with his roommate to a hunting ground where he had agreed to hunt. Small issue, he was a Prey through and through. He couldn't eat someone if his life depended on it.
Then Hels f*cking ate him.
He went down kicking and scratching, claws materialising around his hands. He willed spikes to form on his back in wickedly sharp fish hook shapes. If he was getting eaten, he was gonna make it hurt.
When he was finally fully inside His roommate’s stomach he repositioned himself into a better position for himself, while also making sure he was displacing at least a few organs. He smiled as he heard Hels groan.
“What's wrong? Was I too spiky?”
“Geez, you’re still talking!?”
“Duh. How’d you figure me out anyway?”
“Your handshake, I would recognize void residue anywhere.”
“Ugh. Forgot about that.”
“...”
“Let me out!”
“No way! You’re in there now.”
“I’ll slice your guts open!”
“Like you’d get through my scales!”
“I- okay.. Good point..”
Xaphan huffed and leaned back into the slimy walls around him.
“Sooo.. am I gonna get any company?”
“Nah, I wasn’t even hungry.”
“So why’d ya eat me!?”
“You’re annoying, childish, and a liar.”
“I- I’m not! Well, Okay, I am a liar, but not childish or annoying!”
“You are. Why lie in the first place anyway? What’s the point?”
“My personal life is none of your business.”
“It’s just a question. Answer it if you aren’t pathetic.”
Xaphan kicked the slimy walls surrounding him, scratched them and even bit them, trying his best to cause as much pain as possible.
“OKAY! OKAY! I GET IT! SENSITIVE TOPIC!”
“Heh.”
“What is wrong with you!? End types are normally calm and quiet!”
“Well I’m not normal.”
“Clearly..”
Xaphan shifted again. The acid was barely noticeable, a perk of his pain tolerance. He felt Hels stand up and start walking.
“This isn't gonna be a regular thing, just so you know.”
“Oh?”
“Yeah, I don’t plan on eating you all the time, for one thing, you’re infuriating, for another, I don’t want my roommate to hate me, for a third, I only ate you this time to see if you were really lying.”
“Oh. Okay. You could’ve asked.”
“And you would’ve been honest?”
“...”
“I’m waiting.”
“You have a sickeningly good point.”
“Exactly.”
Xaphan settled down in his warm slimy prison and let himself relax while he slowly melted. Maybe he’d ask Hels for tips on hiding his status later. Probably not, but it was worth a try. He didn’t want to be found out again. He couldn’t have a repeat of that day. He wouldn’t.