Kokoro no Akuma [Demon Thief 3]

Part 3

"My lady, would you give me the honour of mentoring you?"

"Mentor me?"

"I'll teach you everything you need to know."

I nodded. He grabbed my hand and led me away. 

"I take it, my lady; you do not mind that I take your hand?"

I looked at him. "No, I quite like it actually." Our eyes met for a second, mesmerized. Cyr led me away, still holding my hand. 

Several weeks passed and I was starting to believe that I would never become a demon thief.

I was also starting to believe that demons could love. Starting to believe I could love Cyr. I did love him.

"My lady." He kissed my hand. 

"Cyr." I kissed his forehead.  "Is it possible for demons to love?"

"I think it could be." He kissed my lips and embraced me. "Besides, you feel the same way I do, correct?"

I nodded. "Then what is this, if it isn't love?" I shrugged. 

He made a valid point. If it wasn't love, it was some kind of affection, all too close to a human love.

"Kokoro no Akuma. A Demon's Heart. I don't really know how to explain it, but it's like how we have souls. They cannot be touched, but there is an entity within us that is similar to a human soul. But we don't really have souls in the human sense. Just as we cannot love in the human sense."

"Cyr," I paused. "I-I love you."

"I love you too."