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C8- ☆Demon Moon I☆

Nao and Muzan spent almost every night together. Yui, Nao's handmaiden had practically given up on reprimanding her after dozens of times she was able to sneak outside at night. Yui simply told her to be careful because one way or another, Kagaya would find out. And the end results would not be on Nao's favor.

Nao knows this, she does and she would never regret meeting with Muzan just because she would later be punished by her beloved brother for her actions.

Nao loves her dear brother a lot and Kagaya has always cared for her yet their feelings for each other will never be mutual. Nao has lived with the fact that her brother would never truly understand what she feels.

A beautiful wife and five beautiful children, Nao could never compete for his affection and love. Not to mention the fact that Kagaya cares deeply for his other beloved children the demon slayer corps.

Nao sometimes feel as if he cares more deeply for them than her. He talks about them a lot in their letters and he spends his whole life dedicated to them despite his illness.

Jealousy is an ugly feeling and maybe Nao seeks the freedom of the outside world because she doesn't want to drown in this type of emotion. She seeks the presence of other people to ease the gap in her heart, a gap that only her brother could fill.

And sometimes, even the thought of venturing outside and sneaking has become a rather dull thing over the past few years. That was until Nao met Muzan.

His identity as a demon never bothered her because for once in her life, a person finally managed to ease the turmoil of emotions wrecking havoc inside her.

Nao feels a type of bond towards Muzan and the man has only ever expressed such gentleness towards her. He listens to her and treats her in a nice way. A true gentleman despite being demon.

But despite this...

Nao knows he is hiding something.

Nao isn't stupid. Muzan is a demon and with that, he must've lived for years longer than her.

Kagaya has only ever called Nao her nickname, Mimi. Muzan doesn't know her real name...

And he calls her Mimi now.

'Does he know?'

Nao has always felt suspicious despite the trust she has placed on Muzan. Nao is no stranger to demons, having witnessed them kill a lot of people and in turn, seeing dozens of demon slayers behead them. She managed to develop a sense of skepticism but with great moderation.

It is only normal for her to be suspicious of Muzan. He is still a demon and even though it doesn't hinder their friendship, Nao is confident that he doesn't fully trusts her the same she does to him.

They may enjoy each other's company, talk and hold hands in a very familiar manner but there will always be a fine line separating them because of their identity.

Nao knows that their friendship might end soon because one way or another her brother would send someone over to keep her in place.

She dreaded for that day to come so Nao, selfish she maybe, indulged herself for the night and went to see Muzan again.

Yui has blatantly given up and has even stopped nagging, knowing that it would be futile since Nao would never listen.

"Be careful, Nao-sama." And please come back safely, were silently conveyed as Yui bowed her head. Nao could see her clutching her clothes and biting her bottom lip.

Nao is no stranger to the fact that Yui cared for her deeply. Yui was always so protective of her and worried about her that almost anything that Nao does is a great deal to her.