Masks (A Mephisto Pheles/ Rin Okumura x female reader)

Chapter 5 (Questions):

"I can't really figure out why but I think she might be in danger...." Rin said as he walked with the his friends through the hallways of the mall. Ryuji, walking beside him, looked at him with an expression of curiosity.

"You mean the girl you ran into earlier? The one with the bandaged leg?" He asked.

Rin nodded looking deeply concerned as they walked towards the food court. He couldn't get the mysterious y/n out of his head. If she was indeed in danger, like it said within every fabric of his being, he wouldn't be able to live with himself letting her walk away. Especially when he could've stopped her.

Ryuji began to ponder the half demons strange feelings about the girl. He didn't see any demons around her nor did she look possessed. How could she possibly be in any danger? Perhaps it was a sixth sense related to his friends demonic powers? Was he foretelling some kind of accident? A car crash? A mugging?

"Do you feel like it's some kind of sixth sense? Maybe something like a psychic ability related to your powers?" Ryuji asked. Rin shot him a look of absolute confusion. "Huh? A sixth....what?" Rin questioned back. He had only been half listening still deep in his thoughts. He had absolutely no idea what a sixth sense was.

Ryuji shook his head. The half demon wasn't bright. He struggled with a lot of things. Especially education. It absolutely infuriated Ryuji as he pinched his brow. He took all forms of education seriously while Rin just couldn't find the focus to sit through a lesson. He was either asleep or dozing off while forced to sit in any class.

"You shouldn't worry about it. The only thing that girl is in danger of is getting hit by your big head again." Renzo teased to Rin's anger. "I didn't mean to hurt her!" He argued as Renzo could only laugh at his own joke. Miwa frowned in disapproval over his childhood friends actions. He didn't think it was funny.

"Be serious, Shima. Rin might actually be right. Something was off about her. I  can feel it too." Miwa said, silencing the group. He was the rational and intelligent one when it came to making a clear choice in his friend group. He always tried to do what was right making him admired by the people around him. His calm and rational thought in sticky situations also gave him quite a lot of leeway. When he talked, they listened. He was taken very seriously. 

As they began to stand in line, planning on eating from the court, they decided on leaving the mystery girls status as just that. A mystery. With nothing but a gut feeling and bandages to go on, there was nothing to be done as far as they could tell. However, Rin wasn't ok with that. He remained in silent thought as his friends talked amongst themselves.

'Who was that girl?' He thought. 'I need to see her again.'

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"Y/n?"

She looked up at him from her deep thoughts. She had been acting strangely since she went to the bathroom back at the district mall. He was quick to notice her behaviour as they made their way to a fancy restaurant to eat. She had gotten quieter. She seemed to be deep in thought about something. He couldn't help but wonder if something had happened in his absence. He could only hope that that wasn't the case.

"Your acting strange, darling. Did something happen in the bathroom?" He asked her. She felt bad now for seeming so distant. She never meant too. Now he looked visibly concerned about her. She didn't want him to feel that way. It made her upset too.

"I'm sorry. I don't mean to act strange. I've just been thinking......Maybe you can help me?" She told him. He smiled warmly and said:

"Of course. What's on your mind?"

He genuinely wanted to help with whatever troubled her. She could tell. This made her smile as she told him about her meeting with a mysterious boy named Rin Okumura. He seemed so familiar to her but she couldn't remember ever meeting him before now. She tried desperately to remember him. Even now in the limo with her lover. She felt as though there was something important she was supposed to remember connected to him. She didn't know why.

Mephisto's expression changed. He frowned down at her now. The worst case scenario had happened the minute he left her alone. They met. He half expected this, with his kind of luck. He had planned on what to say to her and practised it within his spare time. There was always a possibility this would happen. He had to be prepared.

It was crucial to say the right thing to her.

"Do us both a favour and let's forget about this, shall we? You shouldn't trouble yourself over him." He told her, all the while looking more upset with every word. She was worried now that she had said something wrong. She didn't want him to be mad at her. Especially after all he's given her.

"I'm sorry, did I upset you? I didn't mean too...." She said, looking out the window. She was visibly upset. His emotions had slipped out, even while he had practiced saying this to her. He didn't want to hurt her. Not now.

"Oh no, I'm not upset with you. Not at all. I apologize." He assured her as he pulled her into a hug. She felt a huge weight lift off her person to his embrace. It felt so good to be cuddled by him like this. His touch seemed to be all she needed in life at this moment.   He was everything to her. She felt like nothing could change that.

They proceeded to have dinner, laughing and talking as though the bathroom meeting had never happened. The fancy restaurant contained chandeliers, fishtanks, candles on silk, and everything you could ever ask for from a fancy place like this. Through a large window, Belial watched with crossed arms.

Little did his master know but he had over heard the conversation about Rin Okumura. He felt all the wrong things as he watched her laugh. Not knowing. Not caring. How long could he just watch? Watch as he told her lie after lie? 'I could help her.' He thought. 'I could help her remember.' His master would destroy him but would the nagging feeling inside of him finally go away?  She seemed happy. Maybe this was ok?

The questions couldn't stop chasing after him for answers as the two got into the limo and began to head home. As he drove amongst the glow of street lights, he couldn't help but wonder if he should give the questions answers.

'Was this right' he thought as he drove back to the manor. For once, he wasn't sure.