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𝐂𝐑𝐔𝐄𝐋 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 ー 残酷な意図

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐫⎡ 𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 ⎦

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𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐫
⎡ 𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 ⎦

꧁꧂

"I told you, Kyojuro-san, I really am fine," (Y/N) spoke softly as Kyojuro led her by the arm through the Ubuyashiki mansion's gardens, the man sticking close by her side without fail. "Kocho-san told you herself that the checkup she gave me showed clear results."

"Still, I worry," Kyojuro sighed, squeezing her arm tighter. "I can't help it."

(Y/N) fell silent, a small smile on her face as she gazed at him from the corner of her eye. It was nice to be worried about, as it was something Kenji often did about her, and it only made her miss him all the more. However, she didn't mind that it was Kyojuro doing the worrying now, for it meant that he cared enough to do so. It made a warm feeling spread throughout her chest, something she enjoyed as she walked side by side with him in his comforting presence.

"May I ask you something?" She started.

"Anything," he answered, shifting his gaze so that it was now on her.

"How can you be so kind?"

"Huh?" He chuckled, having not expected that sort of question. "Well, I suppose my mother is the reason. She was a calm and graceful woman who taught me the morals of life. To be strong is to be kind, for then you can protect the weak. It is my duty. It is also why I now worry about you. I wish to do everything I can to help you, because..."

At that, he trailed off.

(Y/N) waited, but he didn't continue, slightly turning away from her as the tips of his ears burned red.

"Because...?" She prompted.

...because I love you.

"Because you are a good person," Kyojuro instead finished with a small sigh, wondering why it was so difficult confessing his feelings for the woman he so desperately yearned for. "That is all."

"Your confidence in me... helps," (Y/N) murmured softly as she lowered her head, not noticing the way Kyojuro was looking at her almost longingly. "As a demon, all I've done is hurt it seems. But, the fact that you think I'm a good person... it's enough."

Silence then befell them.

Kyojuro wasn't sure what to say.

He couldn't understand how (Y/N) could see herself as a presence to be feared or hated or to cause pain when she herself was a gentle and caring soul—so often he saw such qualities in her. It was those very qualities which he wanted in the woman he knew would be his wife. He did not care if (Y/N) was a demon, he just wanted to always be by her side. It was why he was there with her now, clinging to her side like the hopeless, lovesick man that he was for her.

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