DOLL. douma ✔

Chapter 16

The number of shops thinned out as we approached the hill. There were some selling food though, and my eyes caught on to the samura mochi one.

𝘔𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘪.
𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦?

I didn't even realize that I had been glued to my face again as Douma had walked off.

He turned back and returned though.

"Do you need some sakura mochi?" He whispered in my ear, as I jumped from his low voice.

"Stop startling me!"

"I am sorry, I will buy you some mochi."

"Did I ask you to buy me some?"

"Still I will be buying you some," he smiled, "you must be hungry."

As we came nearer to the stairs leading up to the hill, he said, "You can go ahead, Y/N chan, I will buy the mochi for you."

I nodded silently, and made up my way atop, as he turned round.

But where should I wait for him?

I approached a place with a balcony like structure, and decided to wait there.

𝘖𝘩, 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦'𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦.

In the shadows, I could see a well built man, looking at the sky. A few fireworks had started already, but Douma had told me the better ones start only at midnight.

I decided to stand by the railing, to watch the fireworks too.

𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨.

Staying with Douma for a long time had disrupted my ability to sense a demon's aura.

I got scared when the man suddenly turned around, his fist at me, ready to punch me out.

"Why the hell would you disturb me? Now die!"

𝘒𝘢𝘯𝘫𝘪 3?
𝘐𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘙𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘬𝘶?

But the demon, whose name I already knew, Akaza, stopped dead in his tracks.

"Oh, a woman."

He lowered his fist, and turned around again, staring at the fireworks.

"Go away. This place isn't great for you. Can't you see I am a demon?"

I was surprised by the fact that he didn't attack me.

I looked at the pink haired demon. "I'm not scared of you."

Akaza looked at me with his yellow eyes.
"What?"

"You're the demon who killed Rengoku right? Akaza, Uppermoon 3. Why would you kill someone like him? Why?" I blinked back some tears.

"Rengoku, oh, Kyujuro, I wanted to fight him forever. Too bad he couldn't make it. How do you know him?" He asked.

I stood silently. "Do you know what you have done to his family?" I shouted. "His little brother," I started sniffling.

"Stop crying woman! I would have killed you for disturbing me if you weren't a lady!" He shouted back.

"I would be jealous Akaza dono if you are talking to my acquaintances too," A chilled voice said.

We both looked at Douma, who looked like a human now.

Akaza blinked at him a few times. "Douma, great now more people to disturb me."

"Y/N come with me."

As I advanced towards Douma, Akaza stopped me with his arm.
"Where are you going? Do you know that womanizer? He is in the form of a human now. Douma go away and leave this woman alone." Akaza said angrily.

"I know him, Akaza, he is the Uppermoon 2."

"See she knows me, now leave her alone."

"Are you serious woman? Have you gone crazy? He will eat you up."

"I have been staying with him for days, and he still hasn't done that, so I don't think such an event will..."

"Oh," Akaza said, "he has brainwashed you, I see. Using you like a toy. Tell me where you stay woman, I will get you there, but don't believe this bastard!" He said pointing at Douma.

𝘈 𝘵𝘰𝘺?
𝘈 𝘥𝘰𝘭𝘭?
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘮 𝘐?

"Leave my wife alone," Douma said.

"Wife?" Both I and Akaza said, only mine being a hushed voice.

My heart skipped a beat.

"Hah, you want me to believe you have a wi...."

"Yes," I said, "I am his wife. Now if you will excuse us." I moved over to Douma.

"Let's go," I told the Uppermoon.

Even Douma was stunned how I acted along, it was evident in his eyes.

A stunned Akaza saw us leaving.

"He is no good!" Akaza screamed. "He is treating you like a toy, I have known him for centuries!"

My heart pained at hearing the word 'toy'.

Maybe I was one.
𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘵.

Shout out to SmollNox for guessing the story plot!!!