25
"A is for Apple," Miyuki rolled over on the wooden floor holding the alphabet book. "Why do I have to read this book?"
"Because I doubt you know the alphabet."
"Oh...you make it sound like I didn't have any education before I lived in the forest." Miyuki rolled over again so she was laying on her stomach. Amaimon flicked through one of the other books he had bought for her when they'd first got together.
"Did you?"
"Duh! I was forced to go to school."
"Earlier on it made it sound like you didn't know what school was."
"I act oblivious at times," Miyuki said matter of factly with a shrug. Moving so she was kneeling she walked on her knees towards him. "Here," she handed him the book back and picked up another one.
"What was your life like Miyuki?"
"Erm...happy I guess, as happy as any other child." She answered while trying to figure out how to read manga. She'd never encountered it before and Amaimon had to point out the way to read it. Smiling she happily sat kneeling in front of him reading.
"Did you have friends?"
"Uh-huh! I had a few."
"Do they know what happened to you?"
"No," Miyuki turned the page and flicked her eyes up to look at him. "The story I heard was my father returned home to a burglar who had killed my mother by accident and the same 'burglar' kidnapped me." Miyuki rolled her eyes not impressed with the fake story her father had spun to the authorities.
"How did you hear of this?"
"My hearing is very good, I didn't need to get to close to the house to hear my father lying to the police." Miyuki shut the book and taped him on the head with it lightly. "Now it's just you. You're my only one true friend Amaimon."
He rubbed his head and snatched the book from her hands, flicking through it quickly he looked up at her. "You don't count my brothers as friends? Or that girl?"
"They are! But...I guess...Amaimon is my bested best friend because your always here, they are not." Miyuki scratched her head in thought and then just nodded suddenly happy with her words. She looked at him and smiled, "So! What are we doing tomorrow?"
"Well apparently to Mephisto I am meant to be teaching you things, but you already know so much because you were bought up as a human."
"But."
"There's a but?"
"I don't know how to be a demon."
"Do you want to?" Amaimon asked interestedly, Miyuki played with her jumper sleeve thinking over his question. "It should technically be second nature but you really do struggle."
"Don't point out the obvious!" Miyuki huffed and crossed her arms, Amaimon rolled his eyes and picked up a bag of pix 'n' mix. "But what if I go all out crazy?"
Amaimon slid his eyes over to hers boredly, "I'll say your name."
"That would stop me?"
"Uh-huh, don't believe me? Try and do something stupid, I'm actually giving you permission to do something stupid, then we'll see." Amaimon popped a gummy bear into his mouth and watched Miyuki spring up from the floor.
Running around in a circle she set her sights towards the open window with the intention of jumping out of it. Her reflexes weren't as good as Amaimon's and if she did jump out of the window she'd most likely plummet towards the concrete below.
Miyuki ran towards the window at last on all fours just as she was about to jump through the window Amaimon popped another sweet in his mouth, "Miyuki." She lost her footing and ended up smacking into the wall below window.
"Ow ow...ow..." Miyuki whined and rubbed her head, she was now rolling on the floor near the window clutching her head.
"Do you believe me now? The power of a name is a strong thing." Amaimon stood up and walked over to Miyuki. She seemingly wasn't listening to him but was still rolling whining about her head. "Maybe you should have done something less stupid?" Amaimon sighed and pulled her hands away from her head. There was a small cut on her forehead but nothing major, give it a minute and it'd be all healed up.
Miyuki wiped the blood away with the sleeve of her jumper and knelt in front of him. "Less stupid? Less stupid than jumping out of a window? What would you suggest?"
"I don't know," Amaimon answered bluntly, Miyuki ran a hand down her face and looked up at him. "Well I guess you have finally learned something," he paused. "You are bound by your name thanks to me."
"Yay!"
"That's not typically a good thing," Amaimon looked at her a little worriedly, not many people would cheer over that information the way she did.
"B-but...?"
"No." Amaimon sat down in front of her and waved the pix 'n' mix bag at her, she stuck her hand in and rummaged for a sweet. "Only me." He said just as she was about to inquire about anyone else saying her name and her listening to them.