5

Shocked, still up against the same wall, Yuri blinked slowly and then rapidly. "B-But why me then? Out of everyone?"

Victor took Yuri's chin and captured his lips.

Yuri pushed back immediately, but was nothing against a devil's strength.

Victor pulled back after a long moment. "I desire to treasure you."

Yuri looked at the devil blankly, staring at a dumbfounded loss.

"Er…Yuri…say something will you?"

Yuri kept staring as a shaking finger rubbed his lips. "I-I-I"

Victor tilted his head and waited.

The human soul shook his head, pressed his hands onto Victor's chest and pinched his eyes shut. "I never kissed anybody before!" He blurted, choking back a sob.

Victor took Yuri's right hand and kissed the back of it. "Then thank the pits I got to you first."

Yuri gasped, his eyes flashed open, but it was too late.

Victor saw his skin. That small part on the backside of his wrist.

Yuri never felt more naked, never minding souls were naked to begin with.

"Oh? Is that why you're here?" Victor reached for Yuri's other hand.

'Two scars…angry scars…must've really hated himself.' Victor read.

The human soul dropped his head in shame.

"Why are you so sad?"

"I lost myself and now I'm here," Yuri mumbled. "I am ashamed. I don't deserve whatever protection this is from my sins..."

Warm lips pecked Yuri's right wrist. "You deserve everything."

Yuri's head snapped up. "Urk! What are you do-"

Same lips pecked Yuri's left wrist. "You are perfect."

Yuri shook his head and started to pull his wrists away. "L-Let me go!" He cried. "I don't!"

Victor held on to Yuri's tugging arms. "I disagree." He rushed backwards, pulling Yuri forward to swing him around until the last possible moment to let go and have his stolen treasure fall back onto the bed. Yuri bounced onto the mattress and was about to scramble off when Victor casually plopped beside him, propping his head with his right hand, on his side on the bed.

"You-!" Yuri halted and blinked. "You have a..." And blinked again. "...your smile…"

Victor ruffled his hair with his nails and sighed. "Ha~h, right? I get teased for it a lot."

Yuri was about to hop off the bed when he noticed, but remained on the furthest corner instead. "R-Really?" He asked over his shoulder.

"Yeah. The whole 'fear me I have a so-called heart-smile' doesn't exactly work for a devil, heh."

Yuri let out a chuckle.

Victor felt his chest swell in delight as he heard those sounds.

"And then you said...well, I think your eyes tell me enough." Victor finished his retelling with ruffling Yuri's hair.

Brown eyes sparkled as Yuri caressed the pale skin of the devil's cheek. "Victor…thank you…"

Victor took that hand placed it on his chest. "You're welcome…now what would you like to do today?"

Yuri got off the bed before Victor say anything. "Let's go out! surely there's something we can d-"

Victor blocked the door. "I'm sorry, but you can't."

The spawn winced in regret to ever hope he could shorten his story, leaving out that detail.

Yuri's face fell. "Oh…would I get hurt?"

"It's Hell, Yuri, what do you think?"

Yuri cocked an eyebrow. "I think I was meant to burn for ending my life, but that didn't happen."

"Ha. Ha. Not funny." Victor pushed himself off the door frame and quickly gathered Yuri naked body into his arms to embrace him.

Yuri clutched the upper-back fabric of Victor's midnight, unbuttoned, shirt. "Am…am I suppose to be here?"

"Yes. Yes, you are," Victor wished to no longer waste time with more explanations. He leaned back to frame Yuri's face with his hands. "Please. Just stay close to me all right?"

A memory clicked. Victor saw it in his face.

"Vit…ya?"

The devil's tail twitched in excitement. 'How long has it been since…fuck it.'

Victor snatched up those pouty lips the next second. Deep and messy, Victor slid his hands down and around to Yuri's backside while Yuri held onto the front of his shirt. He appreciated every moan he elicited, not caring how much of a glutton he had become for those lips.

Yuri dug his fingers into Victor's silver hair. "Are you sure you're not an incubus?"

"Nope," Victor spoke against Yuri's lips. "Now be quiet."

Victor lifted Yuri up and carried until his treasure was up against the corner where they began.

Yuri had wrapped his arms around Victor's neck and gave a small cry in surprise when his back met the wall. "Why me then?"

"Why anything?" Victor reminded and kissed Yuri's forehead.

"I don't deserve-"

"You…everything. Now…shut up," Victor hushed between kisses.

Under the blankets, Yuri let Victor spoon him from behind as they snuggled and chatted about dreams and regrets and everything in between.

Victor nuzzled Yuri's neck, sending open-mouthed butterfly kisses down the side.

"Ugh~ heh heh…this is sinning I swear. I feel like a wet rag," Yuri groaned with a smile.

Victor grinned as he chuckled in his throat.

Eventually, a numbness crept through Victor's hands.

'Already…?'

Victor sighed, despising what was about to come. "Ney…Yuri?" He whispered.

"Yes?"

Victor tapped his lips as his heart squeezed in his chest. "There's one last thing…"

Yuri turned around. "What is it?"

"As a devil with a human, I require a part of your soul."

Yuri's eyes went wide. "W-Why?"

"So you may stay with me." Victor never had enough time to explain completely.

Yuri shook his head. "B-But! I am with you…why are you shaking?"

Victor's blue eyes began to dull, the glowing flame was fading.

A look of remembering hit across Yuri's features and he scrambled out of bed. "I won't be put to sleep!" But the human soul never knew fully why he had too.

Victor felt his chiseled fangs begin to retract painfully and yet he couldn't tell Yuri why. His throat would clench shut every time he had tried.

"You sleep so I can protect you," he half-lied as he came after Yuri. "You sleep so we can see each other again."

"But, I don't want to leave you! Stop!"

Victor winced, feeling some of Yuri's despair this time around.

'It's getting worse...' He finalized.

Victor tossed Yuri back onto the bed, making him bounce.

Victor felt exhausted, an icy chill coursed through his veins. At this point, he was too tired of talk much longer.

"N-No! Don't make me!" Yuri scrambled backwards towards the pillows.

The back of Yuri's head sunk deep into the pillows, his lip quivered as Victor lowered closer. "Please -hic- please don't-"

"I wish I didn't have to, Yuri," he whispered.

Yuri gasped as warm lips encased his own. Giving in as his soul shuddered in loneliness, he exhaled.

When Victor pulled back, a new fire glowed gently behind blue eyes.

Yuri felt calmer, his eyes growing heavier, as Victor kissed his scars. "Victor…"

"Please say it...before you sleep?" Victor quietly begged, resting his head on Yuri's chest.

With a final surge of sadness, Yuri nibbled his bottom lip. "Goodnight...my little devil…" he whimpered.

The slowed breathing and lowered aura, Victor lifted his head up and saw Yuri sleeping.

The devil brought a hand to his cheek as black tears fell down his face. "See you in ten years, my little treasure…"

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