lily | muzan kibutsuji

🟥23| retrieval

The journey with the upper moon started out quiet. You asked him for his name, told him where you wanted to go, pointed it clearly on a map and then asked him if he could help you.

"Is it possible to for you to get me there in two days?"

Akaza looked at you skeptically, "That depends...how fast are you?"

You blinked a few times before tilting your head. Fast? What was he talking about? How fast you could run?

"Do you mean running?"

He gave a nod.

"I-I'm not crazy enough to think I could run all the way there in two days."

The demon looked at you with slight interest, "You can't achieve such a simple feat and yet you've received so much of the master's blood?"

You had no idea what he was talking about but the look he was giving you made it quite clear he was looking down on you.

"I'll have to carry you."

Your face turned red, "W-What?"

"You said you wanted to make it there in two days. I can make it there if you'd allow me to carry you lady (Y/N)."

You stood stunned for a moment as a rush of embarrassment fell over you. In truth, you were an old-fashioned type of girl. It came from the fact you had grown up a long long time ago. Even just the thought of another man holding you, who wasn't your husband, made you feel uneasy and indecent.

You could hear your father's distant words echoing in your head.

'Be a lady', he would say.

But this case was different.

You only wanted to help Muzan. Surely he wouldn't be angry if Akaza carried you this once?

You thought for a moment trying to imagine how he would respond.

'No.'

You blushed even more before swallowing hard. You were positive if everything turned out all right he would write the slight inconvenience off.

You spoke, "F-Fine."

As soon as the words left your mouth, you were lifted off the ground as his yellow eyes looked down at you.

"It won't be very comfortable," he commented.

He took one last look at the map before leaving it behind and jumping off of the balcony into the surrounding forest.

::

You made it to the location just on time and just as it had been many years ago, the area looked as if there was nothing there. There was an abandoned building that hasn't been there before nearby but other than that, the area was exceptionally empty. The plants below you looked insignificant but bending down to inspect them closer you found yourself smiling.

"We're here."

The demon behind you looked around. There was nothing here. You had mentioned you were looking for something, but there was nothing here.

His mind switched to another matter.

"We should hide," his eyes wandered towards the abandoned building, "The sun will come out soon."

"Oh...I will. I just need a few more moments."

You looked to see the shrubs slowly begin to rise you bit your lip. How would you manage to get this demon to leave you alone for a moment?

"We should go inside now."

"A-Alright...but you do know I'm part human? I can stay in the sun for a while."

The upper moon looked at you curiously.

"You can do what?"

You debated telling him more but frankly Akaza wasn't interested at the moment. His main priority was to get out of the sun's way.

"Come along. It's a safety precaution."

You sighed before nodding.

You followed him into the dark building but at the last moment just as the sun revealed itself, you turned around and shut the door leaving yourself outside.

The sun rose seconds later and you gave a huge sigh of relief as you headed back to the field of shrubs and waited patiently.

It took a while for the 'shrubs' to reveal themselves as flowers.

You could feel the sun beginning to burn against your skin but you bared through the exhaustion in order to successfully get the flower. The shades of blue were just as vibrant as you remembered, you seemed to remember the doctor's lecture on how to maintain them.

You decided you would preserve two of them. You cut them carefully placing them slowly in their cloudy containers and quickly heading out of the sunlight.

::

It was nightfall when you finally returned home.

"Did you find what you were looking for?"

You were walking back to the manor with the upper moon as your eyes looked ahead of you.

You nodded as you walked along the grass seeing the manor in the distance, "All thanks to you."

The journey back had been considerably slower than the way there. You had walked back and Akaza hadn't carried you at all. This was much to your liking. You were able to comply with what Muzan would want if he was here.

Akaza himself also preferred this, compared to the missions he was usually on this one was a much slower pace.

You bowed your head slightly when you were at the front door of the manor, "Thank you. I'll tell Muzan all about your help."

"There's no need. I'm sure he already saw."

You blinked in confusion but didn't bother to ask what he meant.

"Farewell," you said.

He gave a nod and in an instant, he disappeared.