SPOV
I adjusted my grip on Spirit (in scythe form). I could feel a kishin close by. For a kishin to be in my city was one thing, but for it to be so close to my house, my son, was different completely. A growl escaped my lips and I kept looking. I wanted to get this over with so I could get back inside before Kid woke up.
KPOV
I didn't like this. I could feel something was off. Papa got up in the middle of the night, called Spirit and they were outside running around the house. I could feel them, well not them but something inside of them, I think Papa called them souls… But there was another 'soul' close. It was a small soul, weak, but I didn't like it, it felt so wrong! I wanted it to go away, far away from me and Papa. It felt hungry, and I think it kept trying to get inside…I think it wanted to eat my 'soul'. That's why I was trembling in the corner of my room hugging Malice tightly. She just stared at me like I was crazy. I forced the thought of the souls away and thought about other thinks, my doll, my cat, anything. But the bad soul kept sneaking in to my thoughts. I started to whisper to myself,
"It be okay, Papa's gonna make the bad things go away. He won let anythin' to me and Malice…" I could hear the downstairs back door open. I looked for papa's soul and felt it in the back. I smiled to myself, he made it go away, that's why he came back in, cause' everything good now. I sat Malice down and quietly made my way downstairs to find papa. Malice followed. I walked slowly down the steps, papa told me I could fall if I went too fast.
"Papa! Wa-" I froze. In the middle of the back room was a big gray skinned man with one glowing red eye, and four pointy teeth. I could feel it had the 'bad soul'. I just screamed, it roared back. I ran, I wasn't fast though, but it was really slow. I panicked, I ran to the front room and hid in the corner under the stairs. I could hear it getting closer. I was breathing fast, my heart was pounding, and I wanted to cry. It sounded like it was just round the corner. Please Papa, make it go away! I screamed in my head. It stopped moving. It breathed heavy. I felt tears on my checks and my nose was running. I sniffled without thinking. It started to walk closer to my hiding place. There was a loud hiss and I heard it scream. Something black and white flew into the wall next to me. Malice, she looked different though, her claws were out, she was showing her big fangs, her ears were flat against her head, her eyes were slits, and her back was arched slightly. She hissed again.
"GHWAAAAAHUUUHHHHhhhhh…." Then Malice calmed down. She walked under the steps and sat next to me. I hugged her and buried my face in her. I didn't move from my corner though, it could be hiding.
"Kiddo? You can come out now! It's gone and it won't come back." I couldn't move, I was too scared.
"Kiddo?" I could feel someone watching me. I looked up at two black eye holes on a skull mask. Papa crawled under the stairs and sat next to me. My grip on Malice had loosened and she jumped off my lap and landed a few inches away. Papa didn't say anything he just hugged me.
SPOV
Dam that kishin. I mentally cursed him when I saw Kid. His checks were soaked with tears, his nose was running, his eyes were red and puffy from crying, he was paler than normal, and he was shaking like a fuckin' jackhammer. I hugged him and felt him cry into my cloak.
"It's okay Kid, It's gone forever now." I don't think he heard me, he was crying too much. I guess it's best for him to just cry himself out. After a while, he stopped crying, but he kept his arms and legs wrapped around me. I pressed one hand to his back and carried him out of the corner. I took him to the kitchen. I got a plate of cookies out and sat it on the table. I poured some warm milk in two cups and a bowl. I sat the bowl on the floor for Malice and sat down with Kid on my lap. I didn't say anything. I didn't need to say anything. We finished our cookies and milk in silence. I carried Kid up to my room and we laid on the bed, he didn't let go of me. After a few seconds he mumbled,
"P-Papa? What was that?"
"It was a kishin, a human whose soul was corrupted and evil." There was no point in lying to him, he would learn this at some point.
"It wanted to kill me n' eat my soul didn't it Papa?" I just nodded slightly. He hugged himself closer and buried his face in my chest. I wrapped an arm around him and drifted to sleep.
***Two Hours Later***
I woke up to Kid crying in his sleep. I sat up in bed and gently shook him. His eyes flew open and he stared at me. It wasn't long before his eyes were fill with tears and he started crying again. I gently rubbed his back as I held him.
"Kid, you're okay. It was just a bad dream, It's not …I've got you." He calmed down and pulled his head back so he was looking at me. I took a tissue from the bedside table and dried his tears and wiped his nose. I threw it away and put my mask on the table, I really think he liked me more without it.
KPOV
I sniveled as I looked up at Papa's real face. He had pail skin like me, and had white lines though his black hair, they went all the way around his head. His eyes were black, but they weren't cold or flat, they were usually soft and happy. But now they looked sad and tired. His mouth was a sad smile. He hugged me closer and buried his face in my hair and sighed. I giggled, it felt funny. He pulled back and he looked a little happier. He suddenly had a wicked simile on his face, but his eyes looked kind. He gently shoved me so I was laying on the bed and started to tickle my sides.
SPOV
I smiled as I tickled Kid,
"Ga haha! Papa! Stop!HanHAhaha.." I stopped and fell on my back, tossed Kid in the air and he landed sitting on my chest, still giggling. My favorite sound in the world had to be Kid laughing and giggling. I pulled him gently so he was laying on top of me. I wrapped the blanket around the two of us and my arms snaked around him. He was already pretty tired from earlier tonight, and I guess he was laughing so much it was making him even more tired. He fell asleep on top of me, still smiling. I gently kissed the top of his head and went to sleep.