DOLL. douma ✔

Chapter 18

I tossed around in my futon.

"𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶."

His words were ringing through my ears.

It has been three days since the festival.

And I still could not forget about it.

𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦.
𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦.
𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦.

𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘣𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴.

I blushed to myself and hid my face in the pillow.

𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨.

𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.

𝘞𝘩𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘐 𝘢𝘴𝘬?

"Douma San confessed to you finally!!" Natsu squealed.

𝘠𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳?

I smiled at her gently.

"You should say yess!! He has never done this to anyone, not even our earlier mistress, Daki!"

I looked at her.

"Why do you look down? Don't you like him?" Natsu asked concerned.

"Maybe I do. But, but it will be against my honor as a demon slayer, I shouldn't-"

The sudden opening of the door took us both by surprise.

It was Douma himself.

𝘖𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘥, 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘮𝘦?

"Natsu dress up Y/N. We are going somewhere."

I stared at him confused.

"Where-"

"You will see."

                                  ~☯~

About thirty minutes later, we were walking down the dark streets of the market. The shops had already been closed.

"Did we really have to come out this late? It's quite cold," I said shivering.

Douma looked at me concerned. "You should have told me, Y/N," He said, wrapping his robes around me. "There you go," He said smiling.

I blushed.

I noticed that it was a full moon night. The sky was littered with stars.

"Y/N sit down," Douma said.

I saw a sakura tree in full bloom. It's quite unusual, since these treees don't flower during this time. Regardless, I sat down alongside Douma.

"The moon is beautiful tonight, isn't it?"

"Wha- yes, yes it is," I replied.

𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘶.

"But I didn't bring you here for stargazing. I wanted to give some other news."

I looked up at him.

"Gyokko-san and Hantengu have been killed by the Hashiras."

𝘜𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯𝘴?!

I jumped up and squealed in delight. "Really??" I asked him.

I stopped looking at his eyes.

He seemed sad.

"I guessed that you would be happy." He said, forcing a light smile.

I sat down again, my head low.

"Only three uppermoons are left. Maybe, our time is arriving too. You will be happy, won't you?"

A pang of guilt struck my heart.

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘐 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘮.

                                 ~☯~

"How did your midnight date go?" Natsu squealed around me in delight when I entered the mansion.

I remained quiet.

"What happened? Y/N san-"

I rushed into my room and slammed the door behind me.

I slumped up against the door.

𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴?