Demon and Demon Slayer - Voxto (English)

Bad dreams

Vox POV

Shoto sighed, walked over to the kitchen and came back with a fork. He gave it to me and headed to the couch. I started to eat the noodles he gave me. The tomato sauce was really good even though the food was already a bit cold. But it was fine, and I didn't want to annoy Shoto too much. He had already lain down and closed his eyes. Wait a minute. He could be calm? I didn't know that was possible without anyone having influence. It was probably just because he knew he was safe.

After I had finished the food, I put the empty plate onto my nightstand. I would have cleaned it normally, but I couldn't really stand up. Or could I? Should I try it? If I couldn't walk, I would have to either ask Shoto for help and wake him up or lay on the floor for the night. I still wanted to try it though. I tried lifting my legs. That worked. It kinda hurt but I could do it. I slowly put my feet out of bed and on the floor. I prepared for pain while putting more and more weight on my legs. I could do it. I stood up. It didn't hurt as much as I expected it to. I tried taking a step. That also worked. I walked over to the kitchen, being careful at every single step.

After I had washed the plate and fork, I went back to bed. I was happy I could stand up and walk again. Mostly thanks to my demonic blood which made me heal faster. I looked over to the boy sleeping on the couch. He didn't even ask to switch places. He just went to the couch and laid down. That was... nice of him? Nah, he probably just didn't want to help me get over there. But I was fine with it because I could sleep on the couch when I was healed. If we would stay as long as that. How many tasks would we have to do? The tasks... Earlier when Shoto took care of my wounds... I made him flustered. At least I thought so. He was cute. I would try to make him flustered more often.

I got sleepy after a few minutes. I closed my eyes and soon fell asleep. I woke up. What time was it? I was pretty sure it was like 2 am. I heard noises. It sounded like... whimpering? It came out of Shoto's direction. I could barely see him because the room was dark, but he was clearly uncomfortable. Should I wake him up? Should I ask him tomorrow what was wrong? I quickly made a decision.

Shoto POV 

I opened my eyes. I was laying on grass, I could feel that. I looked around quickly. I was in... Bakumori. My home. I ran towards my house. Nobody was there. I looked in every corner of the village, but no one was there. Then I saw him. Ether. He was standing there, his back facing me. I ran into his direction, screaming his name. He didn't react. Before I could reach him, he turned around. I stopped. A dagger was stuck in his stomach. His eyes were cold and dead. He then started to talk. "Why didn't you save me Shoto?" These words... "Ether... I-I tried, b-but it was too late. I am so sorry Ether." I started crying but I couldn't move. "You could have done something to help me. It could have been you if you weren't so selfish. You asked the gods to heal you, not me. It's your fault." He was right. It was my fault. I could have saved him, but I didn't. I fell down on my knees. Crying. Thinking about everything I could have done to save Ether. I then heard a voice.

It wasn't Ether's voice. This voice was deep and warm. "Shoto? Shoto wake up!" I felt someone shaking me. I quickly opened my eyes. I felt some tears running down my cheeks. I then realized who had been talking to me. Vox. The demon. My enemy... He looked... worried? Was he worried? How did he get over here? Wasn't he hurt? "Shoto, are you ok?" I sobbed. Shit. "Not like you should give a fuck. Get your hands off of me demon." He looked quite hurt but started talking with his calming voice again. "I know you hate me and shit, but I want to know why you were crying. I don't care if you want to tell me the reason but please let me help you." Why would he want to help me? Oh. Of course. To gain my trust so I wouldn't kill him when we got out of here. Then he would probably take the chance for revenge. Of course, he would. Every demon would do that.

Vox POV

Shoto was still sobbing a bit. He was trying not to show emotion, but it was obvious that something happened. "As if I needed help by anyone. Especially not you, demon." I hated when he said demon with such disgust in his voice. But that didn't matter now. I wanted to know what was wrong. "Listen. I know that you don't trust me and again... you don't have to tell me what happened but please don't close up about your feelings. I'm going to get you some water. Just try to calm down, ok?" He was looking at me with a look that I couldn't define. Was it a surprised look? He wasn't really trusting me I could tell. I walked over to the kitchen and grabbed a glass. I filled it with some water and gave it to the boy. He looked at it and smelled on it. "It's not poisoned I can assure you. I wouldn't do that, it's not my style. And Ley wouldn't allow it. Just drink it it'll make you feel a little bit better."

Shoto POV                                                                  

I began to sip on the water. It did taste normal. And he was probably right. Ley wouldn't allow him to poison me. Wow. I was laying my life into the hands of a demon and a little girl. I didn't even notice that I drank the whole glass. The demon was still looking at me. I remembered why I was crying. Wait. I was crying. Shit. I quickly wiped my tears away. The demon saw me being weak. If I wasn't protected, he would have probably used the chance to attack. My thoughts went back to what I saw. Ether. He was right. It was my fault. "Fuck!" Did I just say that out loud? The demon was looking at me. Kinda shocked but still worried. He suddenly laid his arm around me and pulled me into a soft hug. He was trying to be careful I could feel that. I still flinched, ready to defeat myself. I should have pulled out of this hug, but I didn't. What was he doing to me? Why was he doing this?

Vox POV

He flinched when I pulled him into a hug. I was trying not to scare or alarm him. It kinda worked because he didn't pull out of the hug. He was laying his head against my chest. He was warm. At the beginning he was breathing really heavenly, but it got more rhythmically after a few minutes. He fell asleep. I carefully laid him down on the couch and put a blanket over him. I then sat down in the armchair that was standing beside the couch. I watched Shoto for a short time before being sure that he was ok. I could feel myself fading into darkness until I finally fell asleep.

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Guys it is nearly 4 am but I had this idea and my sleep schedule doesn't even exist, it's just a hallucination baby XD 

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