After what felt like an eternity just standing with my back to the bathroom door, it opened and I turned to see the boy he had put the shirt on but didn't bother buttoning it up all the way and by the way, it sat it seemed he was frustrated with the buttons and gave up, he looked flustered.

"Bug I need my buttons done up" he would not meet my eyes as he puffs out his chest, I looked at him cautiously before approaching him, he seemed to be trying not to look at me and turned away further as I looked at his face, he was still pale but his cheeks had a tinge of crimson flush as he dodged my eyes "I never did them before and it's beneath me to even try, so just hurry up" he barked, still not looking at me, I could see the red deepen, he was embraced that he couldn't button up a shirt and from how he's been acting since I met him he seems to be the prideful type of guy, I used to deal with them a lot they always wanted something but wanted you to do it without asking.

I obeyed his command and reached down, I unbuttoned the shirt and slowly lifted my hands to the collar of the shirt my fingers brushed against his skin and I felt a strong urge to rest my head on his chest, it felt so warm and comfortable. Once I had finished fixing his button-up, patting him lightly on the chest as I flattened out the small wrinkles from his failed attempt to button up the shirt, the moment between us was nice and quiet I could just stand here and despite his attitude, it would be nice.

I pulled myself away from him and turned away now feeling embarrassed that I made that bold of a move, now wishing for a distraction and it came in the form of quick repetitive doorbell chimes, and I knew the last of my guest had arrived. I opened the front door and in front of me were the last of my three best friends "Sam" Harry the second loudest of the three yelled happily as I opened the door, I hadn't seen Harry for a few months so it was good he could finally make it for dinner and behind him, was another of my friends, Jeff he waved at me slightly, looking very embarrassed from Harry's outburst.

"Hey Harry, Jeff" I moved out of the way "come in Lucy and Lucas are in the kitchen" my mind must have lapsed because I had forgotten that the strange boy was still in the hallway, I quickly glanced back up the hallway expecting to explain the other guest but he was gone and the bathroom door was shut, he must have hidden after I left.

"please tell me she isn't cooking?" Harry looked at me concerned, I shook my head at him, I would never let her cook, not after the last time "good, I prefer to not lose my eyebrows right before school photos" Harry smiled at me, honestly, I had a crush on him, same with Jeff, but after spending time with them I realised they wouldn't be interested in me and so I just pined after them for a few months, and with no hope of getting either and with the help of my best friend Lucy I managed to get over them both; by reminding me of Lucas and how I needed to look after him.

I led both Harry and Jeff down the hall to the kitchen, the smell of something burning plagued the air as my eyes took in the sight of Lucy hacking at what was probably once a head of broccoli and behind her a pot of something but it was now bubbling over.

I quickly rushed over to the pot and took the lid off it "I was handling that" Lucy said spinning on her heels as she heard me drop the burnt pot into the sink of water I'm glad I forgot to drain.

"Lucy" I started, turning around to face her, only to be shocked into silence as I saw the boy and my brother locked in an arm-wrestling with both Harry and Jeff watching them, just as shocked as I was about the whole situation we seemed to have walked in on "Lucy I hadn't been gone more than five minutes tops what happened."

"what?" she turned to where I was looking "oh yeah, he was just standing in the hallway so I brought him in here, I was going to ask him about how you two got together but then" she sighed as the boy won the battle with my brother, both shouting at each other, Lucas shouting about how it was an unfair win and he demanded a rematch and the boy acting smug as he beat a fourteen-year-old in an arm wrestle "your brother challenged him to see who was stronger and then I didn't existed to them, you know typical boy behaviour."

"he tried to choke you not ten minutes ago and you just decided to casually interact with him" she looked at me shrugged and continued cutting carrots, each bit was a different size and shape most of which wasn't even skinned "you know what, I ain't gonna let this go move your ass I need to fix this mess and then I'll fix the other mess" I must have said this much louder then I was hoping as I was really only wanting Lucy to hear me but I saw that everyone had their eyes on me.

"is everything ok?" Lucas asked right before the boy slammed his arm down again "hey that's not fair I wasn't ready" he turned to the boy, who was now laughing and then apparently my little outburst was no longer the main subject in the room.

"no" I continued, gaining their attention again "it's been a weird as hell night, I find you trapped under ice in the lake and even though in the very short time you've been here; you not only chocked my best friend who apparently has a thing for that form her lack of concern for being chocked, you managed to create some bond with my younger brother and I don't even know your name or why you were under the impossible to exist ice" I pointed at the boy who began to smile, which was really pissing me off "who are you" my tone was defiantly not calm and everyone looked between us as if either of us would attack the other.

"Thought you would never ask" he pulled himself up "I am Jack Reaper, worrier class, a first class Reaper and keeper of Human souls" the smugness of his face as he began really did piss me off and I want to punch him, at least if I wanted to punch him I didn't have to deal with the underlining fact that I also wanted to feel those smug ass lips "and for why you aren't wet, I used what little energy I had to revive you, which happened to also dry you out, so I needed to recover, its slow but it would probably go faster if I didn't need to gather strength like a human."

"Revived?" Harry looked at me confused by Jack

"Choke?" Jeff looked at Lucy wide-eyed

"Ice?" Lucy looked at me "in summer" she laughed a little "you must have hit your head Sam"

"Reaper?" I ignored the three of them "keeper of souls?" I approached him, his smug face fading "what are you some larper?" I couldn't help laughing a bit, it was so strange, the way he spoke and acted seemed right out of a fantasy novel.

Jack rose from his seat "don't believe me? Well you will after I show you my weapon" lifting his shirt I noticed a black line that went down his left side I didn't notice it when he was in the bath as I was on his right but it seemed pretty useless it was just one straight line.

"Abs are sexy and definitely weapons" Lucy cooed at him, not shocking, she always did that to hot guys and while he was indeed attractive; his personality was very cold and left a lot for a guy to desire.

"No, I use a scythe that is capable of cutting through your flimsy flesh" – oh god definitely a larper and a severely serious one – "come forth weapon of death, bringer of light and vanquish my enemies" his voice was loud, embarrassingly so to the point where I could tell everyone was cringing at him despite not looking at him. Jack looked down to where his hand was held out towards that black line as if it was expecting to catch something.

"Well, that was spectacular" I managed to keep my composure as the all-powerful Jack collapsed right in front of me, at this rate if he kept passing out in front of me, I could believe he was falling for me.