A Crow's Call

Part 6 - The Truth About Kibutsuji... and myself

- My my~... - he exclaimed as he walked towards me with a, no, not a smile, but a look of satisfaction? No, calmness. His jaw was loose, his brows weren't stiff, his eyes were, beautiful.

- hello? Ma'am! - shouted the man in the little ramen store as he handed me my second serving of my favorite ramen.

- ah! Th-thank you! - I took it and layed it on my lap as Muzan sat next to me.

- what's wrong? - he asked as he saw I couldn't eat my ramen.

- stop staring. - I said, looking at my food.

- Apologies, but I can't avert my eyes from you~ -he said, flirting. I slowly finished my food, and after that I got up.

- What would you like to do?

- walk, maybe.

He got up swiftly and took me to a nice park since I didn't know my way around the town. The place was nice, there weren't any people around and the flowers were beautiful. I gazed at him only to see he was looking at me the entire time. Flustered, he looked away.

- Is that a blush?~- I giggled- mister Kibutsuji, are you blushing?~ - I hope damn well I read his signals clearly, I mean I know for a fact he never did this to any other acquaintance.

- No, no, it's just, it's cold - he said with his face turned away from me.

- Then look at me. - I told him.

- I'll do what I want and whenever I want.

He turned his head and showed me his blush, it was now faint, but still. His face looked more humane and natural.

- I'd say its a blush. - I flirted

- Of course it's a blush, blush is when your blood rushes to your face and-

- I know what a blush is, mister Know-It-All. Is that what your last name means?

He looked at me as if i told him to suck my dick. Then he just grabbed my hand and started walking faster.

- where are you taking me? - I asked

He calmed down, walked slower and smiled - you'll see~

***

He took me to a place high up, and after a while, fireworks lit up the sky.
When I saw them I gasped and watched them

- All these fireworks, and non of them are as beautiful as your eyes~ - he said, staring at me.

That was the end of our first "date" yet we both agreed to meet again a week later.

***

The second date...

We ended up talking on a bench in the park, he's very interesting.

- you're crazy...

- so, kagome-san, how about you tell me about your life? - Muzan said, with a faint smile on his face.

I calmed down in a second. My life...

- What do you want to know?

- Everything, how was your childhood?

- It was very good, I just had to go get firewood for my family, I started when I was around... 11?

- 11!? - How absolutely shocked he was.

- Yeah, that's the age my dad died, and my mum was pregnant, so only I could go. - I felt like my childhood was ruined. I never saw it earlier, I thought I was just lucky to help and see my friend up-hill.

- That's... a pretty young age to start working like that...

- Yeah, but thanks to that I built some muscles and learned how to train...

- So, back to my life - I started, and gulped trying not to get floded with bad memories - At the age of 15 I lost everything. I don't wanna get into detail, but basically a male demon slayer killed my family, and took use of my body... - a silence rang among us - I, of course started training, and got my revenge, now it's not really a taboo topic for me, but...

- Yui...

- yes? - I stopped and looked at him, I could only explain his expression as sorrow.

- Yui... I don't know what to say...

- don't. Just don't. There's no need, and all it'll do is just make me reminisce.

The rest of our night was fun, but sorrow lingered in the air. I just guess Muzan wanted to cheer me up so that I wouldn't think about it that much, and so I wouldn't cry. At least part of me thinks that. The rest...

- ...you know, Yui, I....

- let me guess, you think I shouldn't go?

- It's just... I'm worried.

- I know, Akaza, and I'll be careful.

- That isn't enough! - he shouted, angered that I even wanted to go with him

- ... - I didn't know what to say, It's like I didnt know if i should tell him to fuck off, or to tell him I understand him.

- you heard what I told you... about his wives?! What if the same happens to you?!

- Akaza my dear, it would be inconvenient for him to do that, intel, I give him valuable information. - calling him dear was exceptionally fun.

- ok, but, if something's off...

- ...and he won't beat you up for this?

- it's a risk I'm willing to take - said Akaza in his tone that made me laugh, I always laugh when I'm with him. I wish we could be both demons so that we could spar...

The rest of me thinks that he really is trying to seduce me, that this is just a show...

- Yui..., oh, I forgot to ask you if you're ok with me calling you on a first name basis, I hope you don't mind. - he broke the silence that longered among us for long.

- Sure, as a matter of fact, you can call me "Yuki" that's... that's the nickname my mother gave me, since... it's really adorable when I think about it. My mother wanted to name me after the snow that powdered our village the day I was born. But she isn't really a native speaker and forgot the word for it, and that's how I got my name. - wow, I really started ranting...

- Yes... Yuki. - he looked like he was struggling to say it, maybe it was just weird to call me that, but right after he said it he smiled, and it wasn't a fake smile, wasn't a polite smile that he often does. No, it was a smile that brightened his face, he blushes a bit and then immediately stopped, but I could tell his soul, once dark and unmoved, was smiling...