《• ʀ ᴇ ʙ ɪ ʀ ᴛ ʜ •》[ ᴍᴜᴢᴀɴ x ᴏᴄ ]

C58: ☆He scared her☆

"Mimi-san, what do want to eat for dinner? What kind of dish would you like me to cook for you? After a thousand years, my cooking skills have gotten much better. You used to get mad at me for trying to feed you human eyes. But now, I am able to make a lot of human dishes that would suit your palette." Yuu moved around the kitchen of the small house.

Nao has almost no chance of escaping when they were located at the middle of the forest and the area they were in was hard to reach since there was a lot of slippery rocks and wild vines. The bushes were dense and the thick trees hide most of the house's view.

Nao did not respond to the tall demon. She lowered her gaze quietly. She seemed exhausted as if she had experienced hell and back.

Yuu continued to speak, oblivious to the mood of his companion.

"Mimi-san, it's fine if you can't cook. I will cook for you and provide for you. Just like last time and all the other times that I took care of you. This time, I'll make sure to fulfill anything you need." Yuu smiled, revealing a pair of sharp and lethal fangs.

"It's fine if you remain quiet for now. I understand that Mimi-san is taking her time to sort out her memories. We did spend the past six reincarnations together and now, in your seventh reincarnation, we'll still be together. You and me, until the day you live out your full life." Yuu hurriedly prepared the fire and all the other ingredients that he would need to make Nao's meals.

He moved with practice ease as if he was used to it and his nimble movements could be discerned by the naked eye. It was an interesting sight to see a tall white demon cooking human food. In the first place, was the taste guaranteed?

Nao knows it was.

After all, Yuu had also done the same thing. He had studied and learn how to cook normal human food for her since no matter what, Nao was unable to become a demon. For some reason, her body never transformed.

Yuu had tried feeding her his own blood before just like what Muzan said. It yielded nothing other than a strengthened body.

It didn't extend her lifespan but she became much healthier thanks to the small dose of demon blood in her system.

Nao wondered what would happen if Yuu found out that she had ingested Muzan's blood. Muzan would surely find her because of it. He would... Nao believes in him.

She had completely given up on Yuu. The latter's obsession had thoroughly drained her of all love and respect for her former childhood friend.

To Nao, he was no different than a psychopath who had barged into her life and stolen her freedom away.

This was torture. Being forced to live under the same roof with the person that had abducted and pushed her to the brink of death many times. It was tormenting that she had to breath the same air as this person who had repeatedly violated her in her past lives.

Those days were filled with nightmares that she no longer wanted to recall.

Nao had almost given up when she recovered her memories and saw him again. The joy of finally remembering her past with Muzan was replaced with fear and hate as the person who she once called 'Little brother' appeared before her and took her away.

Nao was aware that this would just be the beginning of many days of repetitive torture.

Pretty soon, Yuu would demand Nao to respond. Very soon, he would ask her for a hug then a kiss, until he would want to take it much further.

Nao shivered in fear. Her eyes had turned blank as she tried not to think of what would happen.

'Muzan-sama, please find me soon... please...'

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Days had passed, Nao was still holding on. Yuu had asked her if the food he made was to her liking.

Nao responded with a 'hmm' and forced herself to eat the food in front of her. She was pretty sure that the ingredients were stolen from a nearby village. Yuu had never liked the concept of money so he liked to steal instead.

Sometimes, he would go out to hunt animals or look for wild vegetables in the mountains. After taking care of her for hundreds of years, he had become an expert.

He also knows her preference for food and what she liked to eat the most. He'd bring her a basket of fresh fruits every morning and would peel them for her.

Ignoring his albinism, white eyes and sharp fangs that belonged to that of a demon, people would think that he was a virtuous husband serving his wife faithfully and pampering her without a care in the world.

Nao only felt scared and disgusted.

Every time he touched her arm, she would unconsciously lean away and avoid it and think of an excuse to distract him. She'd even pretend to be asleep just so she wouldn't be able to see his face.

He scared her.

For so many lifetimes, he was the reason for her deaths and suffering. He was the reason why Nao could not be with the man she loves.

After one thousand years, Muzan had changed. The man she met from one thousand years has now become cold and emotionless. He seemed to treat her as his lover still but he was more forceful and he had deceived her so she would stay by his side.

Nao would not lie. She was mad at him for lying but she also could not help but forgive him easily.

'I still want to walk with you under the sun,' she thought while thinking of him and pretending that he was beside her instead of her jailer.

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Authors' note:

Mass release soon <3