ONLY KINDRED

Only Kindred ~Aka~

You went speechless when you see the virtual YouTuber you had been simp for the past week suddenly appear out of nowhere in front of you. The man has long wavy black hair with red highlights, he wears a white suit and a red shirt inside of his suit and a black-hued red cloak hanging on his shoulder. "Whatever you are doing, stop it," his growls make you realize this isn't a dream or hallucination.

The man sighed a relieved one. He doesn't seem well based on how he is panting. Looks like he just did a marathon or something. "You finally appear-" he mumbles in between his breath. Slowly he lifted his face and look at you. "I can't believe such massive energy coming from a single person," he said, still gasping. The way he speaks seems like he is addressing it to you, but you have no idea what he was talking about.

"Wha-?!" a lot of questions playing in your mind, but nothing came out from your throat. Your thought started to run wild. However, no answer you are able to conclude from your wild thought. While your eyes admit it is him but your consciousness, your logic denied it.

The man adjusts his stance as he stretched his body before sighing deeply, "Phew, now I feel a little bit better since you're distracted. Good. Lemme take a sit," as he moved to the chair in your room and sit down. Now he looks like some old man who has some sort of ill condition. While he makes himself comfortable in the stressful moment, you are cracking your brain cells thinking the hell just happening.

"...are you...really Vox Akuma?" you finally asked the question. The man glances at you then smirks, "Who else do you think looks like this, little one?" he asked. Just by listening to his voices alone already convinced you that this man is fucking legit.

"It's not 'who else', you...Uhm...n-never mind..." you change your mind mid-sentence. You know you will only make your head hurt thinking the logic of physic in this situation anyway. "Why are you here?" you tried to brush away all the 'unnecessary' stuff and went to the main topic. "Don't say, did somebody send you over? Or I accidentally...s-summon you?" you asked. Your second wildest guess was this so-called person is some sort of paranormal entity that took the appearance of your favorite vtuber. That's the most logical you can think despite being the most illogical thought of a normal human.

"No, no, I came here by my own accord," he said, rather calm. Seems like he already makes himself comfortable on that chair. "In fact, I've been looking for you for a while now," added him.

"Me? You are looking for me? B-but, why?" you confused by his words. He sighed. "Now, tell me, little one. Did you binge-watch my videos or clips for passes few days?" You blushed as soon as he asked the question. "H-how did you know?"

Ignoring your question, Vox throws a new fact, "...and you never watch any of my live streams until today, right?" Well, it was because of certain circumstances and your schedules just disallowed you to live watching his streams, until today. "Y-yeah...?" you replied.

He silent before sighing relief, "That's good. Then, it does come from you alone. That makes my job easier"

You snapped, "W-w-wait, wait, wait. That's not 'good'. At all! What the hell are you talking about? How did you know I watched your VODs for the past few days??? And...only watch your stream today??? A-are you a stalker or something?!" you panic.

"Stalker? No, no...I'm worse than that-" he smirks.

"What?" you are confused by his remarks. "List it to me, little one. Everything that you know about a person name 'Vox Akuma'," he asked. You are not sure about the reason behind it, but you answer his question anyway, "A vtuber from Nijisanji...Luxiem's member...400 years old since Edo period, grudged to Tokugawa and...your name means the voice of demon..."

"There," he interrupted you. "Demon," he said.

"What's wrong with the demon?" you puzzled.

"That's me" you nodded, "Yeah, I know,"

"No, I mean, that's actually me. I'm a demon"

"You mean, your persona, right?" Both of you went silent. Then, Vox burst into a laugh. "Y-you really think that 'the demon' is only my persona?!" he asked, in-between of his laughs.

"Yeah...well, in fact, all the vtubers have their different persona on screen, oppose to their actual private life," you throw your thought. He went speechless. "...huh? You got a tad realistic there"

You went silent after that statement. There is something you want to say but you decide to keep it to yourself and immediately change the topic. Especially when all your 'logic' hypothesis literally thrown out the window when he admitted he is a 'demon'. "Fine, Milord. I believe you're a demon. Now, explain to me why you are here?"

"Oh, now you are acting like one of the kindred?" he sarcastically responded. You closed your eyes, take a deep breath. "I still have no idea why you are seeking for me despite there being hundreds of thousands of your simper out there and some of them had been your fans since day 1 of your debut," you finally laid out bare your thought. After all, you have just been his kindred for a week now.

"Because you are being simp is the reason I'm looking for you" replied him. You frown, "Pardon?"

"I said, I'm a demon, right?" You nodded. "Do you know what kind of demon I am?" you shake your head.

He sighed, "Have you ever heard a group of demons called as...Incubi?"

"Incubi? You mean, Incubus? Yeah, I know them," you replied, honestly. You know them not because you learn in the mythology classes, but thanks to those ASMRs roleplays and drama CDs you had been listening to before.

"Yeah, I'm an incubus," he said. You dumbfounded. "What?" blurted out from your mouth, inadvertently.

"To be honest, I can't believe I really expose my real identity to one of my kindred," he mumbles in small voices but still loud enough to be heard.

"...you're being Incubus is the last thing I would guess, sir," you admitted as well. "Then, what's the relation of you being an Incubus with I'm down bad to you?"

"You know how Incubus feed on people's energy through sexual activities, right?" you blushed, oh shit, here we go, you thought. "Y-yes, of course"

"But actually, Incubi 101. Each Incubus or Succubus have their own way of getting their food. Some from physical sexual activities, some from physical touches enough for them, some through the visit in the person's dream, and some just from the person's lust thought of the said Incubus..."

"And what about you, Milord?"

Vox grins, "What do you think, my little one?"

You shrug, "No idea. Your voice, maybe?" you wild guess. Vox chuckles.

"Bingo" he replied.

"Wait, I was correct?" you surprised. He nodded. "I got my energy through people's lust over my voices. Why do you think I'm working as a vtuber in the first place?"

"I don't know. Maybe that's your career choice?" you throw your honest answer. "Oh good gracious, you are breaking 4th wall again, little one,"

"Wait, so, you're saying, every time you went live and people simp over your voices, you will get some sort of energy from them?" you tried to summarize what Vox just told you. The man smiles and nods, "Aren't you one smart child?"

Now, that explains the amount of fanservice and innuendo shits he throws during the stream, you thought.

"Does it work only during stream or off-stream when people are watching VODs?" you asked. "Good question. As long as you're simp my voices, on stream and off-stream, I will still get the energy," he replied. You grab your handphone from the table as you open Youtube, "And you have...how many? Over a hundred thousand viewers per live stream? And, after stream too. That's a lot of energy you got there, Milord," as you look up his channel.

"Yes..."

"That's why you're the problem,"

The atmosphere in your room is suddenly became heavy, you can feel an intense emotion coming from Vox. Then, you see him get up from the chair from the corner of your eyes.

"Usually, a person just gives me a small, teeny-tiny number of energies...that is why I can handle hundred thousand of viewers in one time..." he speaks as slowly approaching you.

"But you're different, my little one," As he stands exactly behind you. He lowers a bit his upper body as he came close to your ear, "...your energy alone is too overwhelming for me, it makes me sick..." His low voices pierce through your eardrum. You got goosebumped. Not sure either you're purely down bad to his voices or you got terrified of the situation. FUCK! HE IS TOO CLOSE?! You scream inside your head. You can feel your entire body's temperature rising drastically.

You tried to ventilate your body, "T-that should be good, isn't it? Y-you got fed well," as you try to remove yourself from him. But, instead, he blocked your way out. "Yeah, it's should be," said Vox. "But, do you know when you're eating a meal, and then you are full, but you forced to keep eating it...until you're about to throw up...yeah, that's exactly how I feel," he explained. Damn, that's not sexy at all, you thought.

"I-I'm sorry???" you mutter your apology although you have no idea what you had done to makes this demon so mad at you. He sighed as moved away from you. "No, I'm sorry. It's not fully your fault either. I just...surprised a person can down bad my voice at the point makes me feel sick," he sat back at the chair and place his arm on the table. "Perhaps I underestimated human's capability to simp one's voices," he monologues while resting his chin in his palm.

You glad that he move away but now, looking at him, sitting at the chair in the deep thought. You feel genuine guilt for him. "So, for the months since your debut...only after I started simp you for a week...then, you start to feel sick?" you asked him.

"Correct," he admitted. "Well, actually no. I noticed the overwhelming energy a week ago, but I was able to handle your energy and it didn't bother me much since most of the time was off-stream..."

"Oh, that means, only when I watched your stream today, then...you started to feel sick because it overlaps with other live viewers?" you concluded the situation based on his statement.

"True," Vox stares at your facial as he noticed you look upset. "Listen here, little one," immediately draw your attention from keep blaming yourself. "As I said earlier, this isn't your fault, so, don't feel bad about it..."

"Plus, this is not about me alone, it's about you too," he added. You look at him, confused. "What do you mean?"

"I told you that I got small energy every time a person simp my voices, right?" you nod. "Just like how other Incubi got their food, by receiving one's small energy means I take one's small amount of life energy from the person," he explained.

"Tell me, little one. Did you feel extremely tired after watching my videos? Or, I don't know, something out of ordinary than usual like feel tired or sleepy..." asked him. You went silent as you tried to remember for the past few days. "Now you mentioned..." then you shut yourself up.

"What it is?" he asked. You shake your head, "N-no, nothing, Milord. No, I don't experience those--" then your eyes met his rust gold orbs, an intense stare directly towards you. "Tell me," his voice so low, it's subtle but you know it's not a suggestion, it's an order. You realized he saw through your lies, "I--I slept more than 8 hours, I got a headache for three days and...ended up fell asleep after watching your videos" you replied him.

"B-but, I thought I was just stressed and tired from my daily life. P-plus...your voices just too soothing that I ended up falling asleep...ahaha..." you try to reassure him and are convinced it's not serious. However, based on his serious expression, obviously, those symptoms are red flags.

"Little one. You endangered your life by watching my videos," he laid out the truth to your face. You sighed, defeated when he said it directly. "I know, I'm sorry..." you apologized.

"T-then, what should I do? Should I stop simp your voices or what?" you asked him, worried. He sighed, "I appreciated your genuine feeling towards me or my voices...and I think, it's selfish for me to tell you to stop simp, regardless of whatever reason you started to be part of the clan..."

"I'm sure, you found your safe space and comfort in this community, the reason you want to stay..." added him. "I don't really care about myself, I just don't want to trouble you, Milord," you bluntly honest to his face. But, his reaction doesn't sit well by your words. You immediately feel regret saying that. However, he eased out his stern facial and it turns calm again. "Then, can you promise something to me?" he asked.

"What it is?"

"Can you take care of yourself for my sake, please?"

You are dumbfounded by his words. You can feel something building up inside you but you hold it...

"Promise?" he asked, once more.

You lower your head and nod a bit, "Y-yes" a word barely out from your throat while you hold your sobs. You can feel your tears start to blur your eyes. He smiles and pats your head, "That's my boy/girl" [A/N: I tried to make it as ambiguous gender as I can, but this line just can't ;;;]

"I guess, the best, for now, is for you to control your 'down bad' towards my voices or lesser your binge-watching my clips," suggested him. You look up back at him after wiping away your tears. You kinda disagree with his idea but you have no choice either, you promised him, remember? "Understand. I'm kinda surprised that simping your voices will cause trouble, to you and me... since I simped a lot of people's voices before and it's really just one-sided, nothing else," admit you. He looks at you, "You what?"

"What?"

"What do you mean by you simp a lot of people's voices?"

"Oh, because I'm a seiyuu fan for years now, and I have a voice fetish," you awfully honest to him. Vox went speechless by your confession. "That might explain everything,"