Luminous (KNY X READER)

One

The man that saved you walked for hours, carrying you every step of the way as you silently cried until you exhausted yourself enough to fall asleep. It was quite late at night when he rescued you and now the sun is beginning to peak over the horizon. You lay unconscious in his arms, having exhausted yourself from crying.

As he left your home he discovered that your mother wasn't the only person in the village to be turned into a demon. Another woman had as well and he could hear her down the street fighting someone. Unfortunately, you were the only person he saved.

It wasn't like the man that saved you didn't want to save anyone else. It was that he physically couldn't. As a man who is dead, he technically shouldn't have been able to even save you. He was shocked when he suddenly found himself there, reaching out to your mother without thought. He had killed her before turning his attention to you. When he discovered he could touch you as well he was astonished. Too preoccupied with taking care of your injuries, he didn't bother to question it at that very moment.

Instead he scooped you up into his arms effortlessly, whispering unheard reassurances as he took you away from your home. There was nothing there for you anymore and he refused to leave you to fend for yourself especially in such a horrible state. Blood practically covered the entirety of your face, coloring your (S/C) skin a sickening red. It was truly a gruesome sight, even for someone who killed demons for a living.

As you slept, the man finally made it to his destination- an abandoned home in the woods. Since he isn't alive he can't get a proper house in a village anywhere. So, his next best choice is this. At the very least you'll have a roof over your head until he's able to find a proper home for you. But first he needs to take care of your injuries.

Gently resting you on the tatami mats he looks over your wounds. Multiple claw marks cover your eyes, some long enough to stretch over your left cheek. There's also a single smaller one to the right of your mouth. Despite all of the blood, he can easily make out each and every wound. Over a dozen scratches and each one is deep enough to scar.

Sighing, he gets up an exits the room, leaving to find a container to fill with water. He has to clean the blood from your face in order to properly treat and assess your injuries. And even though he's nothing more than a spirit, he finds himself oddly able to interact with objects which was never possible for him before. It's odd, but there's more pressing matters to tend to.

Reentering the room, he finds you still asleep, your brows slightly furrowed in pain even as you're unconscious. He quickly moves to your side where he sets the bucket of water down as he kneels. It took him some time to find the bucket along with a random rag but he's glad he was able to. The abandoned house seems to still have quite a bit left in it which leads him to believe that it wasn't abandoned willingly. Unfortunate, but he's thankful as it allows him to help you.

Soaking the cloth, he carefully wipes away the blood, being sure to be extra gentle with the actual wounds themselves. He has to rinse out the rag multiple times before your face is finally clean and the cuts no longer bleeding. Now that you're clean, he can properly examine things.

He leans over you as his eyes trace over the multitude of injuries. Most of them are over your eyes which is extremely concerning. Knowing he needs to make sure, he reaches forward to gently lift your eyelids. If he was alive his heart certainly would've dropped at the sight of them also being damaged. It's quite easy to tell that your eyesight will be greatly affected by this. He just won't know by how much until you wake up.

Once your eyes are wrapped in bandages he backs away to give you your space. Now that you're taken care of, he can finally think of the strangeness of everything. He genuinely has no clue what's going on and he'd certainly like to figure it out.

Why is it that he's capable of touching you? Why is he able to interact with your environment but nothing else? For years he's been alone, unable to be seen or heard. Though, you technically haven't seen or heard him due to your crying and injuries. There's many things he'll have to test once you awaken.

For now all he can do is wait. Perhaps he'll go check the perimeter to make sure the other demons hadn't followed the scent of your blood. There's still quite a few hours until the sun rises so until then there's still a chance of danger. From his earlier experience, he's hoping he'll be able to kill any demons he comes across if it means protecting you.

There's something special about you, the question is what it is.