-One year later-
Eien read his book while in bed, wondering just how long Yoru would hold his kneeling position. It had already been eight hours and the raven-haired male still hadn't moved a muscle. Groaning, the redhead closed his book and sat up in his bed. He tossed his book to the side and went to the living room where Yoru was still as a statue; Eien had also told him he couldn't make a sound... He really needed to find a hobby.
"Get up, I want to go outside," Eien commanded as he found his jacket on one of the living room chairs. Yoru got up and gave a faux stretch.
"That was rather cruel of you, my prince~" He chuckled and dusted himself off.
Eien rolled his eyes. "Why I even bother with you, I don't know." He left his house through the front door, Yoru following behind like a loyal dog. It was around nine o'clock and his Father had to do some tasks that involved him to work overnight. It was getting tiring for the older male but he put up with it.
As Eien and Yoru walked by an alley the redhead stopped. He heard grunting and what sounded like moaning; having no idea what was going on, he just moved along. "What was that?" He asked the demon who was just smirking.
"I though you would have known for your age, my young prince~" Yoru teased. Eien glared at the demon but continued to walk. "That was sex, my prince. Almost everyone does it~" He once again teased. "It is used for 'making babies'," Yoru said, making air quotations with his fingers, "but it is also used for pleasure."
Eien eyed the demon. He had a vague idea of what the demon meant and it cleared up the question of what he saw his parent's doing years ago. He honestly thought that his Father was hurting his Mum.
"Eien!" The redhead turned around to see Natsuko running towards him. Even though she threw a fit the day they met, she still wanted to be his friend. It was really a pain and a half. "Where are you headed?" She asked, slightly panting. She grinned up the redhead and Eien returned with a small smile. Though sometimes her presence was welcomed.
"I'm just going for a walk. My Father is out working again so I thought since I have the freedom for just a moment, I'll take it." Yoru still continued to smile at his master and his little friend.
"Hm? What about your Mum? You never mention her much."
Eien's countenance immediately became bitter. "I don't mention her period," He said before turning and walking away from the auburn-haired teen.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Eien!" Natsuko yelled after him. Yoru followed behind the redhead, sighing.
"You are quite the charmer~" Yoru chuckled.
"Why are you in a teasing mood all of a sudden?" Eien snapped at the demon.
"Hey, wait up!" Natsuko ran after them and the redhead sighed. She reached for his jacket but instead grabbed his hat.
"Hey!"
Natsuko looked down in her hand to see the weather-worn hat and she slowly looked up to see Eien's face. His full face. She immediately became flushed and began to stammer, "S-sorry, I-I was just... Sorry!" She shoved the hat back into the fourteen year old's chest and ran off.
Eien's eyebrows furrowed. What was her problem? Scoffing, he put his hat back on and continued to walk. "Do you know what was wrong with her?"
"I think she was shocked to see your face for the first time... I think she thought you were ugly," Yoru suggested, nonchalantly.
Eien glared. "Like you're the picture of perfection."
Yoru shrugged, still smiling. "I get tired from being on the ground."
Eien raised a red brow. "What does that have to do with anything?"
The demon sighed. "I used to be able to go where ever I wanted while you slept, but ever since the incident of you being almost robbed, I have to be with you all the time, till your Father releases me... And you stay on the ground. Rather boring, my prince~"
Eien rolled his eyes and kept on walking ahead. "Whatever, I'm not letting you take me back up there."
"But what about somewhere else? Not so high? Or if you just let me-"
"Are you suggesting that I should let you do something without me ordering it?" Eien turned around and narrowed his eyes at the demon. "You think I'm becoming lenient aren't you, demon?"
Yoru's smile was gone, replaced with a cold mask. "Of course not, my prince."
Eien gave a small glare before turning back to walk. "... I'm giving you five minutes, knock yourself out." The redhead was almost blown over by the wind that Yoru created. He didn't need to be told twice. The wind howled and Eien was sure it was his demon screaming, finally able to be free. The last time he had been able to be free like that was probably a month, because Sasori gave him a breaks so he could spend some time alone with his son.
Eien noticed that his Father was trying rather hard to make up for him not having his Mum. At first if Eien even thought about his deceased parent he couldn't help but cry, but now all he felt was a numb sorrow. He still missed the woman that raised him and did what was best for him even if it harmed her. He missed the blond dearly and he was ashamed to say that if it weren't for the photos he would have forgotten what she looked like. He wanted to understand her better; he wanted to know her personally. He wanted to go through her memories and see how much she suffered because of him.
After a few minutes of being deep in thought, Yoru came back, looking rejuvenated. "Better?" Eien asked, not even bothering to stop walking.
"Yes, thank you, my prince." The redhead ignored the demon and continued to walk. They came to a building called The Moon Inn and Eien walked inside. He had remembered Natsuko saying her Father owned the place and she spent a lot of time there. He had never been in there but once he saw it was full of several drunk adults he sneered. Not what he was expecting.
He walked over to an empty table in the back, Yoru still following. "Sit," He ordered. He didn't want to look out of ordinary. The raven-haired male looked at the company and frowned.
"They go ahead and drink their lives away," He sighed. "The drunk ones' always taste strange. It depends on what they drink though." Yoru looked deep in thought and Eien rolled his eyes as he slouched in his seat.
"I want some food. Go fetch me some." Eien waved his hand and Yoru got up.
"Yes, my prince." He went to the other side of the tavern to get the redhead some food.
"Eien?" The said teen looked up, shocked to see Natsuko. "Wh-what're you doing here?"
The redhead sat up and looked at his friend accusingly. "I was heading here in the first place. You made this place sound much more better, though." He smirked and Natsuko flushed crossed her arms angrily.
"Well I go here often and I think it's fine," The auburn-haired girl said before as she realized the seat across Eien was empty. "Is anyone sitting here?" The redhead shook his head and gestured for her to sit down. Natsuko did and she frowned at the Eien. "You shouldn't have your hat on, even if it is some place like this." Eien glared at the girl before taking his hat off. The girl gasped slightly and she blushed. "Why-why do you wear a hat?"
Eien shrugged. "Habit, I suppose."
Natsuko nodded. "Your hair is... wow," She giggled. "I've never seen anyone have hair that red. Is your Father's hair like this as well?" Eien nodded, crossing his arms while doing so. "Hmm... You really look like him but your guys' eyes are different."
Eien sighed. "You love to snoop around, don't you?"
Natsuko bit her lip. "Sorry, but you never talk much about your personal life, and we've known each other for a year now. How about you can ask me a question and I can ask you a question."
The redhead narrowed his eyes. "I already know everything about you because of your big mouth."
The teen groaned. "Fine... My first kiss was with Aki-"
"What?" Eien gasped, sitting up. "You kissed him?" He asked in disbelief.
-Six months ago-
Eien groaned as he walked down the street with Natsuko and Aki. Aki was a teen one year older than Eien and Natsuko and Eien almost despised him, almost as much at Yoru. He had dark brown hair and "dreamy"green eyes. Natsuko was obviously in love with him but Eien could obviously see the flaws. He was obnoxious, and thought that he was the funniest thing ever; making the redhead want to bash his head into a wall. And he also liked to flirt with Natsuko as a joke and take advantage of her.
"Hey, you want to go to the park and buy us some food, Natsuko?"
The girl blushed and nodded. "S-sure, do you want to go, Eien?"
"Yeah, maybe your butler can chaperone us, like he always does," Aki teased.
Eien glared. "He's not my butler! Go away, Yoru!"
The demon sighed as he watched the children argue. "Yes, my-" Eien shot him a glare, "Yes." He walked away and Aki scoffed.
"Well he listens to you like he's a butler."
Natsuko giggled. "He has a point, Eien."
"Yeah, probably because he can't take care of himself. Spoiled, in my opinion."
-Present-
"He's a total jerk!" Eien exclaimed.
Natsuko glared at the redhead. "I don't need your approval. Now since I told you about myself, tell me about your Mum."
The fourteen year old glared, feeling his anger rise. "My Mum took care of me ever since my Father left before I turned one. He came back a few weeks before I turned six and my Mum died the day before my birthday."
Natsuko stared, surprised. "Well that was... vague. Where did your Father go?"
Eien sighed. "He had a sick relative in Suna and he couldn't get out once she died. But when he came back, like I said, my Mum died and he took care of me ever since."
Natsuko looked at the redhead with pity. "I'm sorry."
The teen sighed once he heard Yoru coming towards them; it didn't sound like footsteps but like the wind. "Your food." Yoru set it down on the table and Natsuko looked at him confused.
"You're so quiet!"
Eien rolled his eyes. "Go and have fun for a while," He said nonchalantly. Yoru's eyes widened and he bit back a smile.
"Alright." He walked out of the Moon Inn and Eien heard the wind howl.
"So..." Natsuko looked around the larger room casually. "What did your Mum look like?"
Eien was silent for a moment, looking at nothing in particular. He recalled the pictures back in the Underworld and sighed before looking at the other teen. "She had blond hair, blue eyes-"
"That's sounding vague again, Eien," Natsuko said as she pouted.
The redhead sighed once more. "What do you want me to say? She had long hair, that was yellow, like the sun," He added just in spite of Natsuko. "Her eyes were blue like mine... I don't know what else to say?"
The auburn-haired girl frowned. "What was she like?" Eien tried to remember. She always smiled in front of him even though he could see it was a smile of pain. For the year they were at the Duke's she did everything to make him happy but just her being hurt got Eien upset. She always wanted to keep him safe even if it hurt her in the end. She saved him when they were about to be discovered when they were in a warehouse, hiding. "Hello?" Natsuko waved her hand in front of Eien's face, snapping him out of his daze.
"She always took care of me and she was always smiling. I just wished that she was alive right now."
The other teen nodded, only pitying him; she didn't know what it was like to lose a parent. "Well it's nice to see you opening up," She beamed.
Eien narrowed his eyes. "I've answered a lot of questions. My turn."
Natsuko blushed and crossed her arms. "Fine, ask away."
The redhead smirked. "So why did you kiss Aki?"
"Because I like him. Isn't that obvious?"
"You do realize he takes advantage of you and your parent's money. He comes into the Inn and always gets free food. He also flirts with every girl there is just to get something in-"
"That's not true! He's funny and sweet and-" She paused and shook her head before uncrossing her arms. "You're just jealous that you can't be like him!"
Eien looked at the girl in disbelief. "You think I want to be like him? I would rather be nice to Yoru then to be like him."
"Well-well, you are jealous." She threw her nose into the air. "And he likes me back, too. He even said so." She gave a smug smile and Eien scowled at the teen.
"You don't see it do you?" He was getting tired of the girl being blind. He stood up, startling Natsuko and he leaned over to table. "You don't see that he is suffering inside and makes other people's lives a living hell because he wants them to suffer along with him. He will break your heart one day and that will satisfy his corrupt soul even more." He could feel himself getting more righteous, like when he was judging souls. "You will fuel him into something far more grotesque than something he already is! He needs to be stopped before he can do that. It's humans like him that ruin and pollute this Earth with the filth of greed and envy."
Natsuko looked terrified and Eien realized what he just said. He sat down quietly, noticing that her face looked like Madam Mika's when his Father had spoke to her. "You... Your eyes turned red! The whole room went dark and... your voice changed. You acted like you were the ruler of the Earth!"
Eien blushed and bit his lip. That's when he noticed the whole Inn was silent and he quickly put on his hat before they could get a good look at him. "I'm sorry, I just... don't like Aki," Eien whispered. The talking in the Inn picked up again and Eien sighed.
Natsuko still looked astonished and she smiled. "And I always thought you were shy! Wait till I tell Aki that you said that!"
Eien's eyes widened. "Don't tell him!"
The teen gave a smug smirk. "Why? You seemed to think that he was filth before. I think he should know."
The redhead quickly thought of something. "Then I'll tell him that you say to everyone that you two are a couple."
Natsuko's smirk fell. "W-we are, just a... secret couple. He doesn't want people to know... yet."
The older teen just smirked. "Aki doesn't need to know my full opinion of him."
"Well he still thinks you're a spoiled brat and that you act like a snob."
"I am not spoiled!"
"Neither is he!" The tops of Natsuko's ears turned red and she glared at Eien. "His Mum died as well and his Father isn't nice to him, but he still acts kind to me. He has to take care of his little brothers and sister, which is why he thinks you're spoiled. You're alone and only have to take care of yourself and your Father gives you everything you want."
Eien looked at the girl in shock. "I never said he was spoiled, and I am not spoiled. I do not get everything I want. You think I want to be here? You think I wanted to be away from my home? And do you think I like being alone all the time? My Father works and the only company I get is Yoru who might as well be a door."
Natsuko still looked angry but continued. "You are jealous. You see what he has and you want it."
Eien became enraged once more. "For the love of God! You think I want to get beat by my Father everyday and take care of three little kids? Do you think I would want to break girls' hearts for my satisfaction? How dense can you be?!"
Natsuko looked at Eien and stood up. "Get out. You are not welcome anymore."
"Fine with me!" The redhead stood up, leaving his food untouched. He walked outside and began to storm down the semi-empty street, not even paying attention to where he was going. That girl was being idiotic! She couldn't see what was clearly in front of her! "Yoru!" He called, not caring that people looked at him.
The demon appeared and walked beside Eien. "Yes?"
"Get me away from here."
Yoru nodded and touched Eien's shoulder, both of them becoming the wind and disappearing into the sky.
Lol, Eien doesn't like people XD
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