Our cute, little demon

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Tae knew that Adalind would kill him when she found out, but if he played this right, the demon would accept him as a sacrifice versus his soulmate. He can't let her be hurt; he can never let her be hurt. And hey, he's always been attracted to men; maybe it won't be too bad. He's heard the stories of how the demon rapes them, tortures them, and kills them before he eats their bodies. 

While that doesn't sound like fun, Tae would much rather it happen to him versus his soulmate. He stole the dress as soon as she fell asleep and snuck out of the woods. They'd come to get her in the morning. As soon as the sun rose, she'd be woken up and marched to the edge of the woods before being told to follow the path to the cave.

So Tae followed those instructions. He put on the dress as soon as he was out of the village's line of sight. He looked down at his outfit. "Huh, I don't look too bad," he mumbled to himself before speeding up. He needed to be at the demon's cave BEFORE the sun rose. He looked up, trying to see where the moon was.

He kept telling himself over and over that he was doing this for Adalind. He saw the entrance to the cave, and there, standing on the threshold of it, was the most beautiful man he'd ever seen in his entire fucking life. The demon was shorter than he was, but he had plump cheeks and lips and, if he were being candid with himself, the fattest ass he'd ever seen in his life. His hair was dirty blonde, just like Adalinds was. 

He stomped to the demon and squared his shoulders, "Look, my soulmate got picked for your sacrifice this year, and I can't have that. So I'm here. I like men, and while I didn't want to lose my virginity this way, I'll do anything to save her. I'm Taehyung."

Jimin was dumbstruck. He's almost positive that the human is one of his soulmates; he's here to save his soulmate. Do humans even have soulmates? He only has one because every curse must have a loophole. His was that he couldn't leave the cave until he found both soulmates and they fell in love with him.

"What?" It was all he could get out. He was not eloquent of a demon that's a thousand years old. But it was a lot to process.

The human cocked his head to the side, "does he not speak English?" He grumbled before sighing out how he didn't know any demon languages.

"I speak your tongue and many others. I'm just confused about why you are here," Jimin scoffed.

"Oh," the human said happily. "My soulmate, Adalind, was chosen as the sacrificer this year. I couldn't let her come."

"And why is that?"

Tae's eyes narrowed, "well, for one, I didn't want to think about what you'd do to her, and for two, I didn't want her potential father to do those things to her."

Her fucking what? Jimin was confused; he knew without a doubt that he had fathered no children. "Her what?"

"You aren't very smart for a demon. Aren't you like 1,000 years old or something?"

Jimin sighed, "I have no children."

"Are you sure? Because my friend's mother was a sacrifice 20 years ago, and 8 months later, a baby was left outside the gates. She looks just like you."

He remembers the baby, the mother met him, and he immediately took her to the village. The man who met Jimin at the other entrance was smitten with her, and she was with him. A baby was conceived that night, and they were married the following week. The father was killed in a hunting accident, and it made her go into premature labor. The baby was born early and so tiny, but the mother was losing too much blood.

The village elder came to Jimin asking for permission to go through his cave to take the baby back to her relatives since she had none there. It wasn't ideal, but she had grandparents in the village, so at least she could be raised with her family. "She's not mine, but the village she was born into. They are descendants of mine, so they have hair like mine. Does that make you feel any better?"

"So you aren't her father?"

"I am not."

Tae sighed, "Well, that makes me feel a little better about sacrificing myself to you."

Adalind woke up wanting to have some time to herself before she died. She looked over at the dressing table where they had left the sacrificial gown, and all she saw was a note and Tae's ring.

'Dear soulmate,

     I couldn't just let you die. I couldn't live with myself if I had allowed anything wrong to happen to you. I know that you'll be pissed when you read this, but I've been in love with you since I ruined your dress. So, forgive me for stealing this one. It's fitting; we met because of a dress and finished because of a dress. You are everything to me; you were my friend and kept my secret, so let me do this for you. Please don't hate me, and tell those idiots that I tied you up and pretended to be you.

                                                      Forever yours,

                                                           Taehyung'

She was going to kill him; he did not steal her dress and then decided to sacrifice himself AFTER telling her that he'd been in love with her for literal years. She had a few hours before they'd come to get her, so she did the only thing she could do. She packed a bag and set out after her idiotic best friend. He better hope that the demon relieves him of life before she gets there. Because she is going to torture him with more torture than a demon ever could.

"Um, so did you want to come in?" Jimin was nervous, this was one of his soulmates, and if he didn't get this strange man to fall in love with him as well as find his other soulmate, then he'll never be able to leave this damn cave.

"Polite for a demon that's supposed to kill me."

Jimin shrugged. He might be a demon, but he was raised with manners. "We can always get to that later. You can't start off a dick and then be nice, they'll never trust it. But you can always turn into a dick later."

The human scoffed but still followed the demon inside, "This is a nice cave you have here."

Jimin looked around. It was the entrance, and it looked exactly like a cave. It was nice the further in you went. Where he lived was probably nicer than Taehyung's house. "Thanks. I've worked hard on it."

He hoped the human would catch the joke, and since Tae tried to cover up his laugh, it must have worked. He could get used to this, having one of his soulmates around. "So when does the torture start?"

The demon waved his hand in the air, "Technically, the sacrifice isn't supposed to be here until tomorrow. So we have time." He wouldn't torture his soulmate; he'd never tortured anyone in his entire existence. The only reason he's been cursed and made a demon is because a witch fell in love with him, and he wasn't attracted to girls.

So she cursed him to become a demon who couldn't leave the cave until he found his soulmate—a soulmate who must fall in love with him and will be female. He tried everything to fix it, but nothing could unless his soulmate fell in love with him. So he sought the help of another witch, at least he could have a boy soulmate as well. So that's the story of how he'll eventually end up with two soulmates.