Innocent Eyes (My Inner Demons x Child!Reader)

𝟎𝟕. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐎𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬

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The moon was still high up in the cloudy night sky when the child would stir from their sleep, tangling themselves further into their blankets. The bright, white numbers on their digital clock displayed the incredibly late time; exactly one in the morning, which is when most people should still be asleep.

Keyword: most people. Because before the child could fall back into a peaceful slumber, a pair of dark blue eyes within the darkness caused them to jump up from their position on the mattress.

"M-Mister Rhys?!" They blurted out, seeing him jump back with an equal amount of surprise. Their eyes trailed to the time, yawning tiredly. "What are you doing...?"

"My apologies..." The man smiled nervously. He seemed to be already walking out. "...Supposedly I was to wake you like Sorceress Ava to remind you of her promise...but I noticed you like to sleep a lot, so I was going to leave. I see you caught me, however..."

[y/n] giggled as they flopped back onto the pillows. "That's okay, Mister Rhys. I remember all those things anyways! But I'm gonna go sleep again." They hugged their plushies tight. "Goodnight Mister Rhys..."

A smile stretched onto his face as he nodded, exiting the room. "Yes, goodnight! Don't forget the ice cream!"

They'd fall asleep the moment he had stepped out, but it was clear that fate didn't want them to sleep, because about another hour later, a certain ex-assassin had appeared. They were promptly awakened by the sounds of things falling to the floor...

"Heyyy..." They had shifted on their bed to look at him, immediately frowning at the sight. "Why are you looking through my box?"

He turned to look at them for a total of two seconds before looking back, resuming to throwing objects over his shoulder as they clattered on the ground. "Looking for your magical slab phone! Also, for your secret move..."

"But why?"

"Because..." He trailed off. "The sorceress hid her phone behind her source of power and she's always putting death in her spells. Which is respectable, but still..." He looked over at them to grin sharply. "Clearly you don't share the same sentiment, because you don't believe in killing."

[y/n] tilted their head. "Why would I believe in something that hurts people?"

"Well..." They had a point there, at least considering their morals. He then looked at them, ignoring the mess he had made on their floor. "Y'know what, never mind. There's too many things and I don't know what they do, and the sorceress would probably try to kill me if she saw me in here. Bye."

He phased away, leaving them in silence...and a great big mess.

And so they did the only sensible thing a child would do in a moment like this! Go back to sleep.

...Until, yet again, at the ungodly time of four a.m., the pink-haired Daemos would sneak into the room. Now that he was able to linger, he'd look around their room in awe. A lot of the things that laid around were unfamiliar to him, making the experience all the more exciting.

He had just finished up with bothering Ava, gaining some new intellect...how to instill fear into the humans! By being a threat to their personal space!

Noi decided to pull the same thing he did with the sorceress, sitting down next to the sleeping child. He decided to wait until they woke up - just for the extra shock factor - and brightened when it looked like they were coming to.

However, it seemed that it was not the case as instead of waking up, they shifted around, and instead, they grabbed onto his arm and yanked him down.

A stifled yelp left his lips as he was forced to lie down now, his face contorting into one of fear. Had he angered them? Was he finally going to die at the hands of the small child? But no, his fears slowly dissipated when he heard their snores...right, they were still asleep. This time, though, they had a death grip on his arm. Even if he tried to softly tug himself out of it (he had to hold back on his strength a lot in case he'd accidentally hurt them in the process), it wouldn't work.