○The Loss Devil○: [Chainsaw Man x Male Reader]

01

Devils are beings that consume the fear of humans, and turn them into their own power source. They can cause chaos themselves, or form contracts with humans; giving them a decent portion of their demonic power for a dreadful price.

If humans weren't filled with greed, contracts probably wouldn't even be a problem. However, avoiding greed is something we aren't able to do.

To Devils we humans are nothing but tools; versatile tools that can probably do one's job better than the other.

And I was that tool..

"Have you finished cleaning your room?" A woman asked me as she looked away from her television show.

The woman's name is Yume, and that was the only name she said. She is my caretaker. And she's been taking care of me ever since I was a child.

Her eyes are as dark as the night sky, her hair matching the same black color as her eyes. She wore only a black dress that reached all the way down to her feet, and her smile was faint but it was there.

Whenever I'm in her presence, I get this uneasy feeling about her, but she's my caretaker. She was the one that gave me the name Syū. The only person that took care of me when I was a child, so I wanted to push those feelings aside. I acted as normal, but I still kept a safe distance away.

I nodded, "I finished. I just need to throw away a couple of things." I chuckled.

"Oh, I see. Don't take too long." The woman smiled, looking back into the television.

"Right." I responded in a whisper. As she asked, I didn't take long with throwing out the trash, instantly coming back into the house afterwards.

"It's starting to get dark. Maybe you should take a shower while I make dinner." Yume said, exactly when I opened the door to enter the house.

In her tone, it sounds more like a command than a suggestion. I didn't want to argue with her, and I did need a shower, so I took up her forceful suggestion. Taking a few clothes out my drawer, I went to the bathroom.

'I hope she doesn't think that me taking a shower would rest my brain..' I thought. All my life I've been having nothing but nightmares when I sleep. The pain feels so real, and they put pressure on me like it's an actual situation of life or death. It's all tiresome, yet I'm able to be energized the next day. Sometimes my nightmares take it a bit farther. When I wake up from a nightmare, I'm able to see the monstrous beings from my nightmares stand in a dark part of my room. At first, I was scared for my life before I turned on the light and they just vanished into thin air. Does that mean the growls I've heard were fake too?

I've told Yume about this, and she showed pity to me but I just can't see it. It's almost like that pity was fake. I kept thinking about it while I was feeling the warm water hit me on my skin. I guess a shower was the most calming time of the day. It was like a pleasant dream. A dream that I was incapable of having.

I thought about it the entire time I was in the shower, and I thought about it even more when I got out, dried myself, and put my clothes on. I sighed as I walked out of the bathroom, and I immediately heard Yume again.

"Syū, dinner is ready. Come eat it." Once again, it sounded like a forceful demand.

I went to the dinner table that was downstairs, and immediately met the eyes of Yume. I was uneasy. Did I really used to be so carefree around her when I was younger?

"Eat." She said again. I obeyed her command, and sat at the dinner table. I look at the fancy plate that was sat on the dinner table and saw that Yume made my favorite meal: steak with mashed potatoes and peas. I've always like meals like this. They are delicious to me.