Even In The Next Life

⛓Devils in the Kitchen⛓

*WARNING: Mature content ahead, proceed at own risk*
[Contains: Exophilia, Size Difference, Oral Sex, Hair Pulling, Vaginal Sex, Biting, Feral Behavior]

  I woke up to Akira gently running his thumb over my cheek. He paused when he noticed I was awake, but I leaned into his touch to let him know it was okay. His eyes were full of pain, grief, and love, and I understood why.

  "I'm sorry if I woke you." His voice was soft, and I simply hummed.

  "'S fine. How'd you sleep?"

  "....Not well."

  "That's to be expected." Leaning more into his warm hand, a low purr rose from deep within my chest. "It'll get easier as time goes on." I explained. "You'll need to eat more, too, like before, as well as everything else. From the looks of it too....you got Amon again."

  "I did."

  "Funny how things repeat themselves." I then softly chuckled. "Except this time I also got to see how hard it must have been for you when I was human. I kept worrying I'd accidentally hurt you....or you'd just break." Running my thumb over his bottom lip, a soft blush bloomed on his cheeks.

  "Y-Yeah." Akira cleared his throat.

  "Breakfast?"

  "Yes, please." Getting up from the couch, I gathered up my hair to put it back.

  "How do waffles and bacon sound?"

  "Good."

  "Do you know how you'll explain the sudden changes to Miki and Miki?"

  "....I started working out? I haven't seen them in a little while, so that might work. Right?" He questioned while looking at me and I shrugged.

  "They might buy it." I replied, and Akira went quiet while I was washing my hands in the kitchen. Glancing up, I paused to see that he was just watching me. "What?"

  "Just....this whole time you've been dealing with this all. It's so painful, and yet no one even noticed."

  "Well, I can't wallow in the past. If I trap myself in my previous life, I'll lose the life I have now. I did look for you in this life, sure, but I couldn't let that emptiness consume me and keep me from living. I had to find a balance. It did take me time to do that, though."

  "You're incredible, Taiyo." He softly smiled. "You had no one....and you still found the strength to keep going. I don't think I could have done that myself."

  "I don't know if you've noticed, Akira, but you're an incredible motivator." I answered while dropping bacon into a pan. "You inspire people to do more, to want to be more. The hope I'd see you again is what drove me. And even before....when the world was going to shit, it was thinking of you that made me pull myself from that river and keep moving." Dropping some waffles into the toaster, I shrugged. "I'm just glad you don't have to find a way to process everything on your own like I did."

~

  "Taiyo....please. I-It's not funny!" Akira whined as I was laughing and turning off the faucet after rinsing off our dishes.

  "It kind of is."

  "I'm just not used to it yet, okay? It's been a long time since I was a Devilman!" He tried to defend himself while squirming where he stood. I was both amused and aroused now- Akira had only tried to show affection by hugging me from behind, but his strong sense of smell kicked in, and my scent alone had given him a boner.