“So…. You’re Kiwa’s boyfriend, huh?” The boy in front of Mammon was short, clothed in a baggy sweatshirt that seemed to be from some anime, and clearly suspicious of the demon. He and Kiwa may not have been related by blood — but they did share one thing! His eyes were piercing and showed his emotions clearly — this was an interrogation. Shion had to make sure the guy his sister was involved with was good to her!!!
“She talks about you a lot. So, are you serious about her?” Way to get straight to the point, Shion!
// Shion & Mammon u_u I was randomly thinking abt them meeting somehow LMFAO
There were two ways he could handle this.
He could slip into the comfort of defaulting to aggressive denial, as he often did, but that would only made him look bad. Mammon knew who this boy was, and he knew how important he was to Kiwa. They were bonded at the hip, as good siblings were known to be, and it would do him no favors if he slipped up now.
Or — he could be open and honest and finally admit to another living being that he adored her with his whole heart. That wasn’t saying much, considering his kind weren’t meant to have honest and pure hearts, but that made the sentiment no less true. She owned all of him, completely and totally, and her brother had no reason to worry that it was a fleeting, nonsensical feeling.
But that would make him look soft and vulnerable, and people had a habit of kicking him at those precise moments. His brothers did it, the witches did it, his ‘ friends ’ back home did.
“She does?” Color touched at his cheeks as thin fingers rubbed at the back of his neck. “Look, kid, I wouldn’t be here if she wasn’t important t’me. Time’s precious t’me, almost as precious as money, but I’m here ‘cause I knew it meant a lot to her for me t’meet ya. As much as she’s talked about me, she’s talked a lot about you too.”
He dropped his hand, and with it a shrug. “Ya don’t gotta believe me. I know ya humans put a lot’a stock in what family says, but it only really matters t’me that she cares. Ya don’t gotta like me. She does, and that’s all that matters.”