Sakura Eyes

Chapter 63

An indescribable overflow of fear exploded within me, and for a second, I felt like collapsing right then and there when I glanced up at the demon, nonchalantly running her fingers through her hair. 

Wait. Why should I believe her? Just seconds ago, she was trying to take over my body. Wasn't she just trying to make my emotions spiral out of control again?

I clenched my teeth and took a deep breath. If she tried that one more time, I knew I wouldn't be able to survive another round of that.

Trying to disregard the uneasiness swirling around in my stomach, I glanced up at her wearily. "So...you're my demon, correct?"

She stared at me with an unfathomable expression and sighed. "Having to inhabit a non-pure Royal who can't even control her emotions...this is disappointing."

I frowned. "You can leave if you want. I'm not exactly happy that I have to worry about a demon trying to take over my body everyday."

She smirked and waved her hand dismissively in the air. "No hard feelings. Every demon is the same. After all, if you put yourself in my shoes, you wouldn't want to be stuck in a human either, would you?"

The longer I stared at her, the less she seemed like a demon. Besides the dilated red eyes and sharp teeth, she looked any other human girl. The misty reverie was also surprisingly empty for a demon. I suppose demons also had distinct personalities, just like humans.

"So umm..." I hesitated. Back then, when I still had not met her, there were so many burdensome questions that constantly circled in the back of my head, but now that there was an actual demon standing in front of me, everything just evaporated into thin air. "How does this work?"

She rose an eyebrow. "What?"

"You know...like..." I fumbled around with my words. "Now that I've met you, what's going to change? Will I have to eat double the food to satisfy the both of us? Oh and what about my eyes? Do you know why—"

"Ah jeez," she put a hand over her ears. "I'd forgotten how annoying all you humans are."

I blinked. "You've met a human before? You've inhabited someone besides me?"

She suddenly stopped and dropped her arms to her side. For a second, her pupils contracted and a muddled light filled her eyes. But when she blinked again, her blank mask was back, and she gave me an indifferent shrug. "As far as you're concerned, there's nothing that's going to change. Just keep going on about your day as you always have."

I guess even demons had their fair share of secrets they didn't want to share with anyone. "Alright. With that out of the way, just exactly where am I?"

"Your subconscious," she answered. "I can tap into your mind and open up this space so we can talk freely."

"Right," I nodded slowly. Eyeing her nervously, I said, "About that test of yours...how frequent will you pull that sort of thing?"

A smirk stretched across her lips as she stared at my anxious face. She danced over to me and cupped my face in her cold hands. As she leaned up towards me, I found myself mesmerized by her charming eyes that held different shades of red. I was still transfixed by her when I felt a pair of freezing lips press against mines.

"You!" I pushed her off me and stumbled a couple of steps away. "What are you doing?"

I felt goosebumps rise along my arm as she licked her lips. With a satisfied expression, she said, "Although you're not even a pure Royal, you still taste so good with all those emotions within you. I'm excited to see you get out of control again, Sakura."