Demons And Humans

Chapter 105

Jake woke up an hour later, laying in Kayla's lap and with the dragon staring him straight in the face, only inches from it. He screams, pressing himself against Kayla. Kayla puts her arms around him. "Shh... it's okay..." He turns his face to look at her, his eyes wide. He stares at her and was trying to wish the dragon away. Kayla smiles calmly. "The dragon won't hurt you. They're a guardian." He says quietly and shakily, "Then why was it growling...?" The dragon huffs at him as he calls them an "it". Kayla brushes her fingers through his hair. "THEY were simply protecting. Making sure we weren't threats." He starts to calm down a little, turning back to look at the dragon. The dragon kept their eyes pinned on him, but it backed up away from him, giving him more space. Jake sighs and looks back at Kayla. "What did you do to me earlier..?" Kayla sighs. "I showed you what a powerful charm looks like." He looked a little weirded out. "Please don't do that again.." Kayla frowns. "I wouldn't if I didn't have to." He looks a little confused. "You didn't have to do it." Kayla rolls her eyes. "You seem to be misunderstanding my motives, here." He crosses his arms. "Why did you HAVE to do it?" Kayla huffs. "Because you wouldn't agree to it without me doing so!" He huffs. "What would I not agree to? Kissing you?" Kayla shrugs. "Well.. Yes." He looks away slightly. "Can't you just accept that I don't want to kiss a girl...?" Kayla grumbles. "Yes, yes. I'm experimenting." "With what?" He asks. Kayla glares at him. "Men!" He sighs and gets off of her lap, sitting next to her against the wall, staring at the ground. "I've had this happen before where a girl tries to get me to kiss them.. Except normally it's not effective.." Kayla chuckles. "I'm more powerful than most~." He growls. "It's not funny! I hate it!" Kayla tilts her head. "Wha'do you mean?" "I hate when girls try to take advantage of me! It's horrible!" He yells.
Kayla frowns. "I'm sorry, I just... Mm... Can I make it up to you somehow?" He thinks for a minute. "You could let me be a model for you." Kayla raises an eyebrow. "That's all?" Jake smirks and says, "Hook me up with Karma." Kayla looks shocked. "What?!" He rolls his eyes playfully. "Will you do it?" Kayla laughs nervously. "I suppose.. and.. well, I suppose it would be good practice for your charm." He smiles a little. "Mm~ I can't wait~" Kayla looked a bit uncomfortable. "Right... How much of my family are you planning on seducing?" He smirks. "Probably all of them~" Kayla looks disgusted. "Mmf..." He tilts his head a little, looking confused. "What's wrong?" Kayla takes in a sharp breath. "I-I'm sorry. I just- really don't want to think about that... W- Why are you doing this anyway?!" Jake chuckles. "Because it's fun." She shudders. "Ugh... So you don't even have a real motive?! Usually people WITH motive only require ONE.."
He rolls his eyes. "I don't need a motive. I can do what I want. Anyways. When do you want to go back? It's too cold here." Kayla huffs. "Right.. I just need to collect what I came here for." She gets up, going behind the dragon. "You know, It's going to take a lot better charm than yours to seduce Kye." Jake raises an eyebrow. "How do you know about him..?" Kayla comes back from behind the dragon with a large satchel slung over her shoulder. "Aha~ Do you not recognise me?" He looks confused. "What?" Kayla laughs. "I'm the executioner!" Jake looks even more confused. "So you brought him back?" Kayla smirks. "Indeed. I stole some necromancy magic from my dad, took some risks, made some.. sacrifices, but I got it done." She looked very proud.
He smiles a little. "Well I'm glad you did. Now. Are you ready to go?" Kayla nods. "I am..." Kayla meets him there, and then jumps down, gliding down into the snow.
Jake follows, smiling brightly. They get back to the castle a little while later. Jake looks at Kayla and says, "Can I put back on my clothes now? Then we can go to Karma?" Kayla looks offended. "Why would you want to wear YOUR clothes?"
He looks a little confused. "Because it's warmer here and I want to wear shorts?"
Kayla scoffs. "Then pick from MY selection. You'd be better off burning yours, and if you're going to be my model, you'd better get used to be design." He sighs. "Mmf.. Just give me a shirt and a pair of shorts. I don't really care what they look like." Kayla rolls her eyes and goes into her closet, taking a few minutes before picking something out that matched his description and hands it to him. "Can you visit my father on your way? He was supposed to come in so I could help him with something, but he never answered my call.." He shakes his head. "I can't." She raises an eyebrow. "Why not?" He looks away. "I owe him something and I don't have it with me.. I can't see him til I have it or he'll hurt me.." He changes quickly while they're talking. She frowns, looking legitimately concerned. He sighs and looks back at her. "I'm sorry.. I would go if I could.." "It's... it's fine... I'm just... worried about him... he... hasn't been doing well, lately..." she said. "Mmf.." He tries to change the subject. "Can I turn up my charm all the way in front of you so you can tell me how it is?" Kayla sighs. "I suppose.. though it usually works better around people you're actually attracted to..." she looks away, a hurt look in her eyes. He sighs. "What's wrong?" Kayla shakes her head. "You wouldn't care." She sits on her bed, staring sadly at the ground. He walks over to her. "Just tell me. Maybe I will care." Kayla took a deep breath. "It's just... I've never been in a real relationship with anyone before. It's... always been one sided, though the side fluctuated. It was never mutual. With my own family, my brothers don't bother to talk to me because I'm not really worth their time apparently.. they just use me for whatever they need. My mother was never too fond of me, mostly because I took after my father.. he's... the only one I've ever loved who loved me back.. I... I'm scared for him..." He looks away. "At least you have a family.." Kayla gives a dull laugh. "That's what everyone says." He huffs. "Did your father beat you half to death everyday?!" Kayla doesn't look at him, seemingly fully expecting this, and expecting him to continue. "I watched him do it to my brothers. But I was fine." She stared downwards, cold and emotionless. He growls. "Was your father the cause of your siblings death?!" His voice starts to break when he says this. Kayla lets out a slow breath. "He only ruined other families." He suddenly stops, his eyes softening. "Your father tortured my sister.." Kayla lifts her eyes slowly up to him, her stare still cold. "He'll do the same to you when you die."
"I'd rather him torture me in the worst forms than what he did to her.." He says, his eyes glassy. "Your torture would be watching what he did to her. Over. And over. And over. And over. And over. And over..." She continued silently mouthing the words to the slightest degree, even as she stopped speaking. He swallows hard, looking away. "I'm going to go now.. I guess I'll just have to find out how my charms doing.." She mutters to herself, though loud enough for him to hear, her eyes still locked onto him in an unsettling, dead like manner. "What if he made you really do it... made you watch... without control... as you did it... with the real her..." He shakes his head vigorously and turns to leave, not wanting to talk about this anymore. She grabs his arm. "The moment you piss me off... I'll make it happen.." He freezes, not moving at all.
She smirks. "I am the executioner after all~" He looks at her. "Please let go of me.." Kayla digs one of her nails into his skin, breaking through but quickly then letting go. "I'll be needing this~" He grabs where she broke the skin, quickly leaving the room and heading to Karma's. Turning his charm as high as he could get it and then knocking on the door. Karma opens the door, seeing him and momentarily looking him up and down before raising an eyebrow at him and looking him in the eye. Jake moves closer to him, wrapping his tail around Karma's abdomen, smirking. Karma gives a small smile. "Ha~" He moves his tail and slides it up the back of Karma's shirt, giggling a little. "What do you think~?" Karma's smile deepens and he pulls him further into his room and closes the door with his foot. "I think I like you~" He presses himself against him, resting his head on his chest, wrapping his arms around him and smirking. "I'm glad~" Karma sighs, putting his hands against Jake's lower back. "I needed this.." Jake nuzzles him softly. "What's going on~? I'm sure I can fix it~" Karma, suddenly looked very tired, making it obvious that this wouldn't have been his first choice if it weren't for Jake's charm. "Lightheaded... took a trip to the otherworld... got attacked by a group o' angel-lovin guys..."
He nods. "Do you think you could hold me~? I'm not very heavy~" Karma nods quietly, though it was clear he wasn't quite all there in this decision. He hops into his arms, wrapping his arms around his neck and rubbing his face against his neck. Karma makes an audible uncomfortable grunt but doesn't complain, just letting him do what he wanted. He smirks. "You can kiss me if you want~ My face is right here~" Karma says nothing, just immediately entering into a passionate kiss. Jake giggles a little during the kiss, grabbing Karma's shirt collar and whispering, "Are you enjoying this~?" He simply lets out a breathy, "Yes." Jake notices his tiredness and whispers, "You're looking a little tired~ Do you want me to sleep with you~?" Karma simply nods shakily, whispering a barely audio string of words that didn't seem to be connected with the rest of him, "You're gunna regret doing this to me..." Jake looked a little confused and hopped out of his arms and got in the bed. "Do you not like this..?" Karma collapses onto the bed next to him. He spoke contrary to his previous words, "Of course I like it.." but his eyes were filled with hatred. Jake turns his charm down a little, staring at him, really confused. Karma said nothing more, but one simple word, "Sleep..." before he closed his eyes and drifted off. Jake sighs and cuddles up to him, turning off his charm completely and then falling asleep as well.