☁︎︎ Third POV

Douma had been coming around the L/n house every once and a while to stop in and say hi. He was really friendly and kind, one that made Y/n parents smile. His childish nature made Kai love him like another father or older brother. Y/n just felt neutral about Douma.

Currently, Y/n is in the forest getting some wood for his family. He was sitting on a tree stump, puffing out some air as he took a break. Since it was cold outside, the air helped Y/n cool down.

Y/n opened his eyes and was met with the snowy forest he always knew. But there was something different.
Behind one of the trees was a tall man with long red hair. Y/n could tell that the man wasn't human because he faded where his feet was.

"Ohayo₁︎," Y/n greeted which made the man jump in surprise.

"You... you can see me?" The tall man asked as he stepped away from the trees.

Y/n only nodded, "And judging from your reaction, you're not human are you?"

The man looked away in slight shame.

"It's okay, I'm not going to judge you just because you're a spirit."

The two males sat in silence. One complicating on to talk, the other wanting to get work done but didn't want to seem rude.

"I'm Yoriichi," the man greeted.

"Y/n L/n, but you can call me Y/n, Yoriichi-sama," Y/n said as he got up from his seat.

"Y/n... That's an unused name when I was alive," Yoriichi commented as he watched Y/n chop logs.

"My parents made it up. I think it's okay-ish," Y/n mumbled, "Say, Yoriichi-sama..."

"Please just call me 'Yoriichi-san'. 'Sama' makes me feel too old."

"Hai. Yoriichi-san, how did you die?"

Yoriichi sighed at this. Y/n stopped chopping wood and turned to the taller male. He wanted to be respectful to the spirit with him.

"I died of old age when I was fighting a... demon..." Yoriichi's voice lowered when he said demon.

Y/n blinked in confusion, "Demons? What are those?" He questioned.

"Foul creatures that eat humans for food. They are all under one person who is the embodiment of pure evil. It's said that they were once human before that person turned them into such things."

Y/n slightly coward at the tone Yoriichi used to describe this 'person'. He didn't know that demons were this bad. It's kinda hard to believe that they were once an innocent human who turned to darkness.

"Who... who is this 'person' you keep talking about?" Y/n asked, "They seem really powerful if they are above all of these demons."

Yoriichi turned to Y/n with a fire in his eyes, making Y/n flinch in surprise, "His name is Muzan Kibutsuji, he was the first demon to ever exist and controls almost all the demons that are alive. Just the mere thought of him brought the demons to their knees."

"'Almost all demons'?"

"Some very few demons had escape his grasp, but that doesn't mean that they aren't still a demon. I've met one before, they were really terrified and were almost happy when I almost killed Muzan."

Y/n pondered on the thought of good and bad demons, "But demons don't exist anymore, right?" He asked worriedly.

Yoriichi sighed and looked at Y/n with sad eyes, "Unfortunately, they are still alive, roaming free at night since the sun will turn them into ashes," he spoke in a sad tone.

"Ah... I see..." Y/n muttered as he looked down at the axe in his hands, "I just hope that they don't come near my family."

"I'm afraid one had already have..."

Y/n looked up alarmed by this, "What?"

Yoriichi only shook his head, "Nothing, you will soon know who is a demon and who is not."

"But I—"

"You have to get home, Y/n. You're family is waiting for you," Yoriichi cut off as he started to fade away.

Y/n could only watch as Yoriichi faded away from eye sight. He was worried for his family so he got all the logs and started to jog to his home.

Although, Yoriichi faded away in Y/n's sight, he still lingered near the boy. He didn't want Y/n to get into any trouble, seeing him as a kind soul with a pure heart.

☁︎︎ Time Skip ☁︎︎

Laughter from pure bliss echoed outside of the L/n's family house. Y/n huffed trying to catch his breath from running for so long and so fast.

Y/n entered the house and was met with Douma laughing with his mother and father. He blinked in surprise since it was so late a night already, and Kai seemed to be asleep.

"Ah! Y/n! Welcome home!" Douma greeted, "I was just going to go soon!"

"Y/n! Did you get the logs I asked for?" Yuki asked with a smile.

"I—" Y/n started as he blinked in surprise.

A strange aura was shown around his parents and the blonde. It was faded but it was there.

Y/n just shook his head, making Douma's smile drop a little, "Yes, I got the wood you wanted Otosan," Y/n said in his normal blank voice.

"How lovely! Douma-san are you sure you don't want to stay the ni—" Mio was cut off.

"I think Douma-san has to go. He did say that he was leaving soon," Y/n stated as Yuki took the logs away from him and left the room.

Douma kept his smile but narrowed his eyes slightly at Y/n. He could tell that Y/n had a different aura and feeling to him, but he couldn't put his finger on it.

"Now, now, Y/n no need to be—" Mio was cut off once again, poor women.

"No, no, Mio-san, Y/n is right, I was just leaving anyways," Douma said as he got up from his sitting position.

"Are you sure? It's really late outside, remember when we first met you?" Mio said.

Douma let out a heartful laugh, "I'll be just fine, Mio-san! Ne~ Tell Yuki-san and Kai I said goodbye!"

"Hai, I will be sure to. You know Kai loves hanging around you."

Douma laughed a bit, "He is a ball of sun, I'll give him that. Bye-bye Mio-san," he said with a smile.

"Get home safely, Douma-san," Mio said as she bowed and wondered off to the kitchen, leaving Douma and Y/n together.

Douma turned to Y/n with a smile on his face. Y/n looked up at Douma with his usual dull eyes and blank face.

"Good bye Y/n, have a good night's sleep," Douma said with a smile.

Y/n looked at Douma up and down. His eyes landed on the fake smile Douma was wearing as a mask.

"You can stop wearing that mask."

The statement surprised Douma a bit, "Ne~ What do you mean?" He waved his hand in front of his face, "I have no mask on, darling~"

Y/n only blinked, not fazed by the childness of the taller male, "I can sense a fake smile once I see it, Douma-san."

Douma hummed but kept his smile. He patted Y/n's head as if rewarding him.

"Ah~ So observant. That's what I love about you, little Y/n. Sleep tight, I'll visit soon," Douma cheered silently as he started to walk out the door with no remorse.

"'Little Y/n'?" Y/n repeated.

He looked to wear Douma was disappearing to. He turned his head slightly to see the silhouette of Yoriichi, also looking to wear Douma was disappearing to.

A dark, blood, red aura surrounded Douma, is what Y/n saw. He felt like Douma was very dangerous, yet he never seen Douma do anything dangerous.

Y/n will be wary of Douma. It was like a sixth sense, telling him what to do and how to do it. He doesn't know where it came from, but he trusted it.

Douma walked away from the L/n house with a sour smile. He knew that Y/n was iffy about him now, and he can't find out why.

He thought his acting was on point, he thought he could get a free four piece meal, but now that might not happen. Guess he would have to get his friends to help finish the job with him.

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1) Ohayo means hello and used for the mornings