XII

️⚠️ WARNING: There is ✨ smut✨.

*****3rd POV****

Kokushibou woke up first.

It took a couple of crickets chirping outside to do it, as well as his heightened senses.Now, even the slightest gust of wind compels him to open his eyes. Especially when he was with Nakime.

He looked down at the weight, clinging to his chest. And he smiled.

A genuine, elated smile.She was comfortably placed on him, head on his chest and arms around his waist. Light snores came out of her mouth, and her eye was shut. The little bit of moonlight peeking from the window made her look so ethereal. He couldn't stop himself from raising his hand that was on her back and patting her hair, tucking the loose strands falling on her face to the perfect angle behind her ear.

Like this, she looked nothing like a demon.

She was an angel. An angel he was sure he wasn't going to let out of his grasp.

She started to stir and he watched quietly. When she opened her eye, two pairs stared right back at her.

They held each other's stare for a while, before she relinquished the look and stared down at his chest, "Good evening"

Kokushibou smiled again( A/N: I'M LITERALLY DYING WHILE IMAGINING THIS. HE WOULD LOOK SO PRETTY SMILING 🤌) and lifted her face up from her chin, to make her look back at him. He then cupped her cheeks and leaned in, giving her a sweet kiss. The kiss was short but deep and turned on all the jet engines in her body.

"Evening" He answers, stroking her cheek with his thumb. She blushed a little and leaned into his touch, opting him to stroke her even more, "How are you feeling?"

She sighed and then went back to laying on his chest, "Would you believe me if I said I was okay?"

"No" He utters and she gives him an amused look.

She noticed the red marks all over his chest and she started drawing circles on them absentmindedly. Before she realized he was a demon and can heal himself.

"Koku!" She yells and sits up, making him confused. She blushed a little at the nickname she blurted before shaking her head, "You have wounds and you're not healing. What happened?"

Kokushibou only gives her sly smirk, "You happened"

Nakime blinks at this before her eyes widen and her face goes red.She gave him those hickeys.

"Oh" She says quietly, "But, why isn't it healing?"

He lets out a breathy laugh and then pulls her back down, letting her rest on him.

"Let's just say, Upoermoons have the ability to choose what wounds they want to heal and which wounds they don't."

Nakime could only lay there in shock as he massaged the small of her back, "I'm quite fond of these marks and I don't feel like healing them. I'll only do that when I need to make space for more"

She gasped and smacked his chest making him chuckle.

"Don't say such things!" She fumes with a terrible blush. He smiles and pulls her closer to his face, running a finger across her lips.

She blushed even harder and squeaked when he pulled her into a hug, burying his face in her neck. She was slightly used to his shows of affection but her heart still skipped a beat everytime he did things like that. She placed her palm on his head and softly kissed the side of his head.

For her, this was peace.

"I'm going to get you something" He murmurs into her neck. She smiles and lets him go, resting back on the bed, watching as he picked up his pants from the floor. What she did not expect was for him to suddenly stand up to put them on.

"Kokushibou" She gasps and looks the other way, covering her eyes with her hands.

He only smirks and picks up the rest of his clothes and leaves the room, mumbling something about her seeing it before.

Giddy butterflies erupted in her stomach as she grabbed a small gown beside her and slipped it on, before limping downstairs.

Keyword is limp.

Breakfast in bed can be done another day.

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" She actually said 'hi'? "

Muzan watched from his desk, with a very unnoticeable smile, as Daki snatched the letter from Akaza.

He called them in for a small meeting, and also to show them that.

"Why do I get the feeling she could've been possessed?" Gyokko says and Daki glares at him.

"Why do I get the feeling that you hate love because you look like absolute shit?"

Muzan snickers and the other Uppermoons blink in shock. Daki normally never insulted her fellow uppermoons.

"That's just hurtful." Gyokko says and folds his arms.

Daki rolls her eyes and hands the letter to Douma who reads it again, "His entire penmanship has changed too"

Muzan continued to watch as they interacted like siblings.

" .....Wut? " Gyutaro says after a while and Akaza rolls his eyes.

"He means handwriting, you imbecile"

"Even I know that" Daki adds and he glares at her.

Douma clears his throat making them look at him, "Normally, when Upper one writes letters, he does it so formally with all his punctuations precise. But in this one, he's using less formal words and even went as far as to saying Nakime said hi"

"Oh my kyaaaaaa~" Daki squeals and starts spinning around, " I told all of youuuu"

"Handy writing doesn't count for shit, Daki." Gyutaro says and she growls at him.Like, legit growls.

"Oh Kami-sama, it's a blood hound" Gyokko gasps making Gyutaro snort.

"That's not all though" Muzan says and they stare at him. He beckons on them to come closer and they all gather around his desk.

"I think something fishy is going on between them"

"O.M.G, spill all the tea." Daki says, leaning on his desk. The others look at her like she's crazy and Muzan only smirks.

"I don't know much, but all I can say, is that they aren't really the same as they were before. Relationship-wise."

"Well, this is totally not disturbing." Gyutaro whispers to Akaza.

"And with that, I need to write a letter back to them. To tell them I'm impressed with their progress and such. Think you guys can help?" He asks, pulling out a paper and handing it to them.

Daki gasps and immediately snatched the paper, picking up a pen and rushing out of the room. Douma and Gyokko immediately followed her, wanting to write some things themselves. Hantengu just wipes his tears and leaves the room with Gyutaro occasionally handing him wipes.

Akaza sighs and gets ready to leave too, knowing Daki would probably need help fending from the two idiots chasing her.

"Akaza, wait "

He stops in his tracks and turns back, facing Muzan.

"You're to go to the location of the Mugen train terminal" Muzan says, crossing one leg over the other, "I need you there, so I can be sure you'll finish the job those lowermoons failed to complete."

Akaza nods at this and goes to leave.

"Do not fail me, Akaza."

He gulps silently at the waves of thick killing intent being sent towards him.

"Yes, Muzan-sama."

The door shuts quietly and he sinks into his seat with a small grunt. He picks up a thick book on mangroves and plant habitats and begins to read.

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Kokushibou smiles as Nakime gives the flowers, on their cultivated lily, a peck.

A small glare from him and she came to his side, pecking his cheek before bonking his head with the watering can.

"Do you enjoy seeing me in pain?" He asks and she only giggles and bonks his head again.

Yup, he was destroying that thing the next day.

They made the plant bed for the lily much bigger, so it started spreading its branches, giving off more flowers. There was a whole book about it, given to Kokushibou by Muzan. He would make sure to read that later, to see when the plant becomes mature.

But first, a quality evening stroll with the woman that was reaping up his humanity.

The two walked through the streets, admiring the bright lights and bustling movement.

At times, their hands would brush and an electric spark would run through them each time it happened. They managed to eat a little of the normal food on the streets (ones that contained meat, of course) and Nakime even bought candy apples for two children that wasted the ice cream they were sharing.

"You would make an amazing mother, you know that right?" He blurts out and she freezes. He watches silently as she looks the other way making her bangs cover her face completely.

He honestly didn't know why he said that and he internally cursed himself for letting something like that slip.

"I'm not sure I deserve to be a mother." She says and he scrunches his face in confusion, "But thank you, for the compliment."

He wanted to ask why she gave him such an answer but he dropped it, noticing that her demeanor changed once he brought that up.

Uncomfortable was something he didn't want to be a part of their relationship.

The rest of the night was spent on sight-seeing and scoping of clothes. They even bought a few books pertaining to botany, just in case something happened to the lily and they didn't know what to do.

They met up with Lady Yusa right after, who had been teasing them non-stop of how they had this glow around them.

"Could it be that the tension finally reached its brim and spilled over?" She says with a smile, from her desk.

Nakime only shakes her head and tells her it's nothing like that.

Kokushibou was feeling very cheeky though, "Yes actually. And apparently, that wasn't the only thing that spilled over."

"Kokushibou!" Nakime yells with a red face and smacks his shoulder.

Yusa only chuckles and gives him a thumbs up, "It's about damn time."

"Oh? You've been waiting for something to happen?" He asks and she only smiles.

"Yes. You two had this potential sexual tension that was too hard for an old lady like myself to ignore."

"Can we please not discuss this here?" Nakime whines and clamps a hand around Kokushibou's mouth to shut him up.

"Of course, my dear" Yusa says before an impudent smirk crawls on her face, "You'll be coming next week to help me in the shop right? The man from before was begging me to tell you to come back."

Nakime's eyes widened in horror. She looked up at Kokushibou and flinched when she saw him glare at Lady Yusa.

Before he could say anything, she dragged him out of the shop and affirmed she would come next week before leaving.It was a few minutes past nine and they were going back to the house. Nakime could feel his piercing gaze on his back as they walked back.

But she decided to keep quiet because she was not ready to start explaining how the things she bought for him was from the man who tried hitting on her.She was extremely sure every man within a 20 mile radius would be dead in under three seconds if she said such.

When they reached the house though, she yelped when she was lifted up and placed on his shoulder before he walked in.

Once inside, he sat on one of the mats in the living room and then placed her in his laps, "Talk."

Nakime let out a nervous giggle and scratched the back of her head, avoiding his gaze.A small pinch on her thigh and she jumped, looking back at him.

The look in his eyes told her he wasn't playing.

"Ok." She sighs and twiddles with her fingers, "I-I wanted to get you something in return for all the things you've been buying for me. So I offered to help Lady Yusa in her shop and she was more than happy to accept me. Then the night before we.....we-um....."

"The night before we kissed?" He says with an amused tone and she blushed before nodding.

"This man came in to buy furniture and I helped him pick something, so he tipped me." She says and gulps when his eyes narrowed, "I-I only accepted it because it would help me buy you something. That's the reason I accepted it."

Kokushibou only hums and massages her thighs making her shudder, "Why didn't you just ask me instead?"

Nakime gives him a little scowl, "What would be the use of buying you something if the money came from you?"

She then gasps when he grips her thighs tighter. Her scowl immediately disappeared and she whines at him.

"Careful." He whispers in a husky tone and she gulps, "You shouldn't be really sporting attitude now."

She whimpers when he goes to the inner parts of her thighs, "That rube is expecting you back there, just so he can kiss your ass and try to get into your pants"

Nakime couldn't help the smirk that came on her face, "Are you jealous now?"

He removes the bandana covering the other pairs of his eyes and picks her up, walking towards the stairs, "Extremely."

The two locked lips passionately as Kokushibou walked upstairs and moved into his room. He went to his bed and dropped her on it, hovering above her, never breaking the kiss they shared.

In under seconds, every article of clothing was off and his face was in between her legs, licking and nipping all over her thighs and on her sex.

"Oh, fuck!" She cried out, gripping his hair and pressing him in deeper. She was so close, it was pulsing just at the base of her stomach. She almost cried when he sat up. But all was forgiving when he raised both legs on his shoulder and plunged into her.

She held on to him tightly, panting and moaning in his ear. His thrusts had her seeing stars and she clawed at his back, urging him to go faster.The bed creaked under their rigorous fucking and she finally screamed, burying her face into his neck as she came hard on him and the sheets.

She whined and panted as his thrusts slowed down before he let out a sharp grunt and warmth filled her from the inside.

He slowly pulled out and laid back on the bed. She was slowly trying to regain her breathing and allowed him to wrap his arms around her and pull her into him.

He, of course, spooned her. Burying his face in her neck and hugging her waist. Nakime smiled and slowly stroked his hair, marvelling at how it seemed to be getting softer each day.

"You're so beautiful, Nakime." He whispers and she looks at him in shock.

The firm gaze he held, told her he meant every single word. And a smile appeared on her face, "Thank you, Koku."

They stayed in silence, and he found peace in listening to the way her heart let out slow beats. Demons were usually cold because their blood wasn't all that pure but her warmth was like the sun itself to him.

He was really enjoying the feeling of being loved. Much more than he expected.

This was the moment he wished they were both humans. So their relationship wouldn't have any risks or down sides.

But he would enjoy it while it lasted.

"You're taking my sword with you tomorrow."

"What? Why?"

"To slice that imbecile in half."

Nakime laughed heartily and then flicked his nose, making him growl and bite her open breast.

"Ouch! Kokushibou, what the fuck?!"

"You deserved it."

"Why you little.."

A smack vibrated through the entire house and Kokushibou was seen on the floor, holding his face in pain.

Yup, he was going to enjoy moments like these while it lasted.

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Sorry it took a little while to update.Preparing for some exams.

I know it must be a little boring, but just a few more boring chapters and we'll get to the drama.

Buhbye 🖤👋.

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