SIXTEEN YEAR OLD MURIEL HELLION'S major occupations included ogling hot guys and crunching Doritos.
Seated on a straw chair under the scalding hot sun at the beach with a large bag of chips in hand, grey eyes fixated on the shirtless players playing volleyball, those two were the exact things she was doing right now.
Her younger brother by a year, Leondro, sat next to her on a similar resting chair, his gaze exactly where his sister's was set.
"Leo, isn't that dude too hot for the living?" Muriel sighed dreamily, pointing her index finger at the half-naked teenager guy in the center before popping a Doritos into her mouth.
Leo stole a chip from Muriel and nodded vehemently, "He's a crime to exist in plain sight."
Muriel swatted away Leo's hand from her Doritos just as someone hit both of them on the back of their heads,
"You perverts. Have some decency. You're both openly drooling." Raven, the youngest Hellion, shook her head at her siblings before flopping down on the unoccupied chair.
"What's wrong in appreciating beauty?" Muriel whined, stuffing more chips into her mouth.
"Could you blame us, Rave? Look at them. Sexiness on full display. I might pass out." Leo fanned himself dramatically.
Raven face palmed herself, "The future throne holders of the demon and the siren court are born perverts. What would happen to this world?"
"I have no interest in court business. You can take my throne. I give it to you happily." Leo passed Raven a lazy glance before trying to steal another chip from Muriel.
Muriel glared, shashaying her doritos out of her nuisance of a brother's reach.
Raven shrugged, "Not interested. Those demons creep me out." Her brown eyes peered around at the players as if looking for someone.
"Says a demon herself. If you were a siren like Muri here, I'd have still understood." Leo huffed, tugging at Muriel's hideous pink-haired pigtails when she yet again refused to give him her chips.
"Oh, I'm a demon alright. And so are you, Leo. But we don't have inky eyes-" Raven paused mid-sentence as a ball flew in her direction with rapid speed.
Before it could hit her face, a gush of wind blew across. Then someone had blocked the ball and caught it in time.
All Raven was left with was the sight of a lean, golden skinned, naked back. The youngest Hellion blinked and then blinked some more as the guy who'd stopped the ball from hitting her turned in place.
"Sorry about the ball, Raven." Aiden Hernandez, her father's best friend's son, glanced down at her.
He was supposed to look gross. Really really gross soaking in sweat under the sun after an intense play of volleyball.
But Raven just couldn't take her eyes off his face. His sweat streaked shoulder-length hair clung to his temples and those hazel eyes boored down at her with an apologetic look.
"Oh, don't worry, she doesn't mind at all. Do you, Rave?" Muriel's loud obnoxious voice held a tinge of teasing which snapped Raven out of her stupor.
Her cheeks heated and eyes widened as she nodded her head vehemently murmuring it was fine.
Aiden's head whisked towards Muriel at the sound of her voice and he smiled, "Hey, Muriel."
Muriel narrowed her eyes at Aiden as if she saw the guy for the first time, "Hello." She grumbled.
Leo jabbed his elbow into his sister's ribs at her curt, rude reply before trying to snatch her Doritos again.
This time, Muriel seemed to loose it as she grabbed Leo's hair in a painful grip, "Stop eyeing my Doritos, you piece of-"
As if suddenly realizing they had company, she forced a not-so-sweet smile down at her younger brother, "Melon cake."
Aiden laughed at that, "We are short on players. You guys wanna play volleyball?"
Muriel was still pulling at Leo's hair who tried to get out of her grip shrieking for help to get him out of the Satan's hold.
But she passed Aiden a bland look, "I decided to be a nun so no playing with guys. Leo is not going anywhere before paying for stealing my Doritos. Take Raven."
Aiden blinked his smile faltering a bit before he pulled it back with hesitancy. He turned to Raven, "Wanna join?"
Raven stared at him, sensing the sadness in his orbs at Muriel's refusal, then at her sister who was still on a cat-fight with Leo before nodding.
"Sure. But I don't know how to go about this game." Raven smiled, getting off her chair.
Aiden held out his hand, "That won't be a problem. I'll teach you."
"Thank you." She took another glance back at Muriel and Leo before shaking her head and focusing back on Aiden, "Let's go then."
Raven stopped herself from staring like a fool as Aiden's large hand clasped her own small one as she set them on his palm. He pulled her along to the volleyball field.
Muriel and Leo waited till the two were out of earshot before ditching their fighting fiasco.
"Gosh, this is complicated, Muri. He's into you. And Raven is into him." Leo turned to his elder sister with a heavenwards look, "Honestly, he's blind. I'd ditch you for Rave. She's a sweetheart. And you're a bitch."
Muriel hit his head before nodding, "I know right? I'm not even interested in Aiden. Lysander is more my type." She sighed, sporting such a look that she seemed like a heart-eyed emoji.
Leo rolled his eyes, "Your taste in men is horrible. Lysander's an ass. He's like age older than you. Also, he's into Andrea."
Muriel made a fake sullen face, "My love life is a tragedy."
This time Leo hit her head, "Stop being melodramatic. You don't even like anyone. You're just 'appreciating beauty'," He said the last two words mimicking Muriel's voice in a very exaggerated manner which earned him an elbow jab.
"Must you wound me like this, you little nuisance!" Muriel lifted her foot to kick his ribs.
Leo grabbed her foot last moment and seemed like he wanted to scratch her but then he stopped,
"I don't ship them but they do really look cute together." Leo murmured under his breath, his gaze on the field.
Muriel stopped and turned to follow her brother's sight.
A shirtless Aiden was standing behind Raven, his hands on her arms, his face next to her left ear as he guided her how to hold the ball in a proper grip.
His hand slipped around Raven's waist as he lifted her off her feet a little so that he could pull her to his obscenely tall height and show her how to throw the ball in the right way.
Raven seemed more distracted and flushed than ever as Aiden set her back on her feet.
A slow smile pulled at Muriel's lips, "I totally ship even if you don't."
Leo groaned before muttering, "Okay okay, I kinda do too. But I wouldn't hesitate dismembering him if he hurts Rave."
Muriel hummed, "I'll be your partner in arms to commit a crime if he does."
"What about now though?" Leo pondered.
Muriel finally shifted her bag of Doritos towards Leo who happily munched a few.
A mischievous smirk pulled at the siren's lips as she spoke, "We play cupid and set them up."
Aiden, Muriel : 16 years
Leo : 15 years
Raven: 14 years
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In case you haven't figured out, Aiden is Derek and Avyanna's son.
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