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Iruma didn't know where he was, or what he was even doing right now. Supposedly he might be paralyzed…thanks to someone shooting a tiny object towards him…which at first glance looked pretty normal considering he was in a huge forest which was full of danger…the forest near valac's house. But the main reason of worry for iruma currently was that….
“Where the heck!! Am I !!” He yelled, hoping someone would listen and come but at the same time…he was also afraid….if a demon…particularly a evil demon comes up to him and well…eat him. He didn't want that. He won't give up.
“What if I get eaten…”
“What if I stay here like this until I die??”
“Ojjisan! Opera san!”
“If you both are here ! Please help me…”
He was losing his mind.
Iruma felt helpless, and his survival mode was activated. Due to him struggling since his childhood, he had no problem with making him feel relax in these situations…but the problem was that he couldn't move his body. And, due to that he was on high alert.
How did it happen?
Well, Iruma heard about a special ingredient, while talking with Clara's mother. Clara’s mom was busy making dinner when she told them that she forgot one of the special ingredients….and seeing her worried made his heart ache. The human couldn't see others in a worry, so as usual he did it. He told he will bring it, and went towards the forest.
Everything was fine, until it wasn't. He felt a soft thing touching his back and now here he was, paralyzed and well…scared.
He doesn't know what he should do.
“They must be–”
Suddenly he felt lightheaded and his eyes gave up. The fog….the thick fog covering his vision was suddenly all over him and all he could do was just stay still.
“Devi..” Iruma could just sigh when he suddenly noticed he could move his hand.
“Finally! Yes…thank you!” He quickly stood up from the ground and what felt like hours in the forest….he actually found himself near Babyls…
Iruma was confused, at this point his jaw was agape. He scratches his head, wondering what the hell he was doing here. “This is confusing….maybe i should find someone! Yes, I should find someone reliable” With this, he ran towards the school building.
The building was the same yet different, like he hadn't been here for a while, when he just went to school yesterday. He moved his head here and there and then he saw a familiar figure. The figure was carrying some books, and he was wearing a black coat…..
“Student council!? Here at this hour?....” Iruma stepped closer towards the figure, he rubbed his eyes once again, to see what was he exactly seeing.
He could now see the teal blue hair, and glasses…along with loose hair strands Falling all across his face…the figure looked magnificent…to say the least. Then the eyes struck Iruma…He could recognise those eyes wherever he goes…or however he sees them.those eyes had been a special part of his first years. Those eyes helped him with many things….many things he has used till this day.
“Kiriwo…senpai” He mumbled.
The figure stopped abruptly. Iruma pulled himself out of his thoughts and he was directly facing the figure now. Now, it was clear as day, it was Kiriwo ami…the criminal…but most importantly he was his senpai…his mentor..the only person he could relate to easily…and also one of the people he felt a connection to. Iruma kun could never forget those days in the battler. The days spent with kiriwo senpai, Azz Kun and Clar-in were some of the most fun days he had. He felt like a kid for once…
Iruma…Even now he thinks of bringing Kiriwo back. He thinks of again experiencing the fun he had with him. Both working themselves up and when kiriwo would overwork himself, he would help him. Sometimes, he would even run his fingers through Kiriwo, and he would then apologize when the other would shudder under his touch. But Kiriwo never scolded him for anything. He would always smile…a smile he had always thought to be comforting, something…he could run to for comfort.
It seems as though iruma must have been thinking out loud….and also he must have zoned out, because Kiriwo was just in front of him now. His smile wasn't full of lust or hunger, but he was wearing a sweet smile, he loves….
“Iruma kun? Iruma–” Kiriwo was yet again startled, when iruma embraced him in a tight hug. The demon looked at the other....he saw the frown, and immediately was taken aback.
Iruma thought, kiriwo would just yet again find joy in seeing him so sad, but it was the opposite this time. The other was hugging him back, and the smell was just like before. Iruma put his face near the crook of his neck.
“Are you ready to talk now?” The human hears the teal haired demon speak from behind his ear. He felt a shiver in his spine from the last time, but he doesn't dwell on it much.
“Yes.” He muttered out, and loosened his grip.
“Ah..iruma kun, I almost felt like I was tied in a rope tightly, with the amount of strength you were putting in.” The teal haired demon said, his eyes looked innocent just like the first time he saw, when he bumped into him.
But no one better than him knows what was hidden under that mask. Yet, he was selfish. But it was too late, he had already decided. He wanted to be selfish. He has never complained about anything and everything he would find in the past would always be taken…by his parents…but now things were different…he would die for the people he loved…but most importantly, he would live…
‘.....And even kill too…’ A side of him shouted in his mind.
“Iruma? You look like you're tired…why aren't you back home yet?” Kiriwo asks, his face still looks innocent, and iruma felt even more confused with the question.
“How can he ask like we just met Yesterday….” He felt his fingers clench.
“Kiriwo senpai…you have my respect, but I want to ask you something” Iruma’s voice was firm and strong, his eyes shining with something the other couldn't quite catch yet.
“What…do you wanna ask?” Kiriwo said, his fingers busy fixing his glasses.
“Why are you acting like this?” Iruma asked.
“What acting?” Iruma just want to sigh and put right now, but he just tenses a bit before he looks at the others eyes again….
They looked…so comforting, almost like the time when he and kiriwo were making the fireworks…unaware of what was going to happen next.
“You escaped out of jail…and you even tried to make all of us fall in despair…and now you are just wearing a student council uniform..and asking me like…like the old days.” His voice was firm but…he was feeling very melancholic.
He has endured so much that now he doesn't want to stop…not after he has such amazing friends…family…and people he could rely on. Never will he stop caring for him. But now, it was getting difficult….The other lying was not what he was expecting…he was expecting a obsession…and also that the other might just bite him, if he steps closer.
Instead what he got was a very worried look. The other was shocked, almost startled…and his pupils has shrunken a bit, almost looking devilish.
“Well…isn't that in the past? Iruma?...i thought you will never really ask me about all those things.” Iruma’s jaw was again wide agape.
Strange things were happening, he felt it…something was wrong.
“Maybe….” Iruma thought, and then took a look at his surroundings.
“Maybe it's all a illusion…” Iruma thought, and it was becoming more clear for him. The thing that must have hit him…was making this illusion. And that means, he could manipulate things to his will here.
“But….” “But can I feel anything here..?”
Iruma wasted no time, he immediately held the other demon’s wrist, almost like he was inspecting something.
“Yes…I can feel things? people? Ground?” His mind was going through many things..and then he hears the other laugh.
“Aww, Iruma-kun, are you perhaps thinking I am related to one of his plans again? I assure you, it is not the matter” Iruma was just bamboozled with how much the illusion felt real. He didn't really ask, who the 'he' was.
“But if…it's a illusion, then I must break out of it…as well…or else I will be stuck..” he thinks as he steps even more closer.
He doesn't care about anything else anymore. He has already dig a grave for his feelings in his heart…but he can't help but feel the plant slowly sprouting when he stepped closer. The warmth felt so real, it was almost like his senpai has really decided to join the battler again…and also has become a student council member. Iruma can't help but ponder…what will happen if he whispers his confessions to this illusion.
“Iruma? Iruma? I have got to say you're scaring me now..not like its a bad thing but–”
“Kiriwo senpai, I love you.” There it was, the confession. With no flowers, no puzzles…only a heartfelt confession.
Iruma was now making contact with his eyes Directly, with no fear, no anxiety or anything. He was just looking at him with no despair as well. And he could feel the shiver the other felt…just how close was he?
But he knows it was all a illusion, so he just steps even more closer…the demon and the human didn't even know….when they reached the walls. The position was quite awkward. Kiriwo’s ears became red, as he turns his gaze towards the sunset that was happening now.
Iruma could feel the demon’s heartbeat beating even more drastically, like all it wanted was to jump out of the cage it was set in. The red blush at the tip of his ear don't go unnoticed as well. Iruma felt himself blushing as well, as a warmth crept up on his face.
“Iruma….” Was all the other could mumble.
Slowly, iruma took his hands slide downwards like he was testing the waters. And when the other didn't say anything, he held his waist as well. Meanwhile his other hand was busy running fingers in the demon's hair.
“His hair is so smooth…” iruma, in the past always imagined, how it would feel to run his fingers through the gorgeous demon's hair and all he could say was…
“It's…so soft…kiriwo senpai…” Iruma said, his eyes were now closed and his composure was very relaxed….and well demanding.
“Is it…though..?” The other says, his voice ushered a uncertainty.
“Ofcourse, it is…! You are one of the most gorgeous…demons I have ever laid eyes on” Iruma felt the other shudder again.
“That's…an awfully high praise from someone who is so popular…in the demonworld” Kiriwo was just unable to move now. Iruma was enjoying every minute of it.
“No it isn't! You are…you look so beautiful..
I bet if you stand out more like the day I saw you with your hair up…you will become even more popular!” Typical iruma, kiriwo thinks. A smile plastered on his face.
“Oh..iruma..you have always been so kind…you are like the most undemon like demon in hell…I wonder why?” Iruma felt a pang.
He was human. He wonders what will happen when the other finds out he was human…but he doesn't have the guts to do that yet. When he saw the other in his demon like form, he felt scared even if he didn't show it.
“That's because I am human…” the words went out sooner than expected.
The both were having a shock attack.
“Human?”
“Oh ..uh…well, kiriwo senpai, i well…it just came out of my mouth haha, it isn't anything—”
“It's fine…”
Both of them were silent now. Awfully silent and Iruma again stepped closer. Now he was sure it was an illusion.
“Well…. kiriwo senpai…” Iruma was just mumbling at this point, but for a moment he glances at the teal haired demon, who looked comfortably silent.
Oh, how iruma wished Kiriwo senpai in the real demon world would also act the same way instead of sinking his teeth into him.
“I…love you too…iruma”
“What?” Iruma was full red now…no his whole body was burning and his heart wanted nothing more than to kiss the other….but should he?
It feels wrong…
Why is it only happening with me…
So many things were running in his head that he yet again glances towards the other, who also looked the same…lost in his own world, thinking what all this is going to be about now.
“But I will never get this chance again…will i?”
“Might as well not waste it…”
Honestly, if it was his evil self then he would have done far more….work already, but since its his usual self, he doesn't want to cross boundaries, even if it's a illusion.
“But he said, he loves me…so I shouldn't worry, right…. okay!”
Iruma steps even more closer now, and he could feel the warmth or whatever he could…now. It feels oddly comforting, almost like his brain was rewinding his memories of the other’s scent….and all the other things now.
He slowly, went near his face and kissed his forehead.
“Ir-iruma…?” The other flinched but soon relaxed under the other’s touch, as they both touched each other.
“Kiriwo..senpai, can I kiss you” This was all it took, and within the blink of an eye…iruma felt the other's lips touching his. The sensation was pleasing…and he felt like his heart was on a never ending race…He almost wishes it doesn't end...even if he knows its not real...he still wished it was...but, nothing in the real world ever goes according to the pain...does it?
Iruma wouldn't say it out loud, but he has always found kiriwo senpai to be very…beautiful…magnificent…and his desire to work harder and even his skills …amazing. He felt sad, when he would hear the other say bad things about himself and would always be there to correct him.
Until it wasn't….
He slowly opened his eyes, and noticed he was still on the ground. But this time there was clara hugging him and her other siblings, sprinkling water on top of him. He could feel the wet water, on his lips and face. He slowly stands up as he sees clara’s mother almost crying and hugging him. As the others do the same….
“Iruma chii! Iruma chii….!” Clara was sobbing as well. And iruma was just confused but also happy that he was back.
“It's okay…clara! And mumma! And also…..don't worry ! I am fine…” he yelled, because he was afraid the other chaotic demons wouldn't hear him because of their crying.
But one thing was for sure…he would never forget…what had happened today.
And also…he felt a strange pang..in his heart almost like he was crying too.
But this time, there are people he could rely on…..