☁︎︎ Third POV
Y/n stared at his hand that was on the flesh flooring. He listed it up slightly, blankly staring at the flesh that stuck to his skin before breaking. He was currently in the flesh cocoon that Muzan had created. Yes, he was basically dragged into the cocoon to actually watch Tamayo get absorbed and Muzan change into his final form.
Y/n couldn't help but furrow his brows slightly in disgust seeing that flesh surround him. Honestly he wouldn't have minded if the flesh was slowly eating at him, but the flesh just refused to even take a strain of hair, it annoyed him.
"Aww what's with that face, my love?" Muzan cooed as he lifted Y/n's chin up, "No need to look so sad, you look beautiful so no need to have a frown, my dear."
Y/n slightly glared at Muzan, his eyes traveled to the corner of the flesh 'room'. There, Tamayo was laying down, slowly being devoured by the flesh around him. Y/n looked away, he didn't want to see his second mother like that.
Tamayo couldn't move from where she was laying. She couldn't even to look up at her son, she couldn't do anything, she couldn't even talk. However, she could hear everything, every love-sick word that Muzan said to Y/n angered her to the core. But it could not be helped, since she was motionless.
Muzan kissed Y/n's forehead with love, "You belong to me now, my empress. I'll make sure you are safe and loved dearly by me. You will not need anyone else but me now, doesn't that sound wonderful?"
"Enough of your sweet talk," Y/n snapped, "Just kill me now, Mu—"
Y/n was cut off by his own coughing. He felt something bubble up in his stomach to his throat, but it also scratched very bit of his guts. He coughed and he hack until he puked up blood. Muzan was there, rubbing Y/n's back in a comforting manner, but he had a small smile on his face, knowing what this meant for the slayers in his castle.
"What the—" Y/n coughed out.
Y/n gripped onto the flesh flooring as he tried his best to get rib of whatever it was in his throat. He hacked and choked until finally, after a painful minute or two, Y/n coughed up a butterfly pin. Blood was absorbed by the flesh but the butterfly pin stayed.
Blood leaked out from Y/n's mouth, dripping onto the bloody pin below. (E/c) eyes stared at the pin wide eyed, it was a (f/c) pin that Shinobu had given him a while back. The pin was still in good shape, but the blood horrified it. Y/n couldn't help but shake.
"Ah~ It seems like a pillar is down," Muzan stated as he rubbed Y/n's back in a comforting manner, "And it's a butterfly pin, it seems like that insect pillar is dead, but it was bound to happen." He chuckled to himself, "She seemed like the weakest out of everyone, poor thing probably didn't even pick up a good enough fight."
Y/n felt his eye twitch, however, he kept as calm as he could. He sat back down on his knees as he gently held onto the butterfly pin. He stared at it thinking about all the times Shinobu has spent her time with him.
"Muzan," Y/n said, "Do you have any sort of humanity in you?"
Muzan's smirked dropped slightly, "Hm?"
Y/n looked at Muzan from the side of his eyes, "Do you even have sanity within you? You say you're high and mighty but a ruler with no sanity is deemed unfitting. With that said, what about my sanity? Have you ever considered about my mentality? If I go insane, I will not fit to be a ruler by your side.
"This isn't some fiction book where characters can go through so much trauma and not have their mentality affected. This is real life. No human can bare with what is happening. Have you ever thought of that, Muzan?
"When I say I want to kill myself, or when I say I want you to kill me, I mean it. Muzan, I want to die, to sleep forever and never wake up. Do you not know how amazing that sounds to me? To tell me, if you really loved me, if you really did care for me, do you care about my and your sanity?"
Muzan's eyes were slightly widened at what Y/n had said. He had been checking on Y/n's mentality, really he has been. And whenever he knew that Y/n was stressed or in a depressive episode, he would give Y/n his love and whatever he wanted. Muzan wonders what he did wrong.
"But whatever," Y/n stated as he placed the butterfly pin on the flesh floor, making it sink into the flesh, "You are the king after all, so you will do what you please. No one can stop you, not even me, not even yourself. Once you realize what you have been doing for hundreds and thousands of years, will you feel the regret of guilt wash over you. But it would be too late, you will be hell, burning away."
Muzan's eyes sharpened, he grabbed the back of Y/n's hair and made him look up at him, "I will not die. I will not go to hell. I will live, forever, and you will be by my side. If you refuse to become a demon than I will search for every reincarnation of you and continue to make you mine. We will forever be together because I will forever keep looking for you."
Y/n didn't seemed bothered that his hair was being yanked, he just looked at Muzan boredly, "You say that, but is it what you want? No matter how you look at it, I will always reject you, over and over again. Do you really want to live on and on only to be in a one-sided relationship?"
Muzan gritted his teeth, "You know... You know that I just want to be with you. You were there when I was sick, you were there when I was bedridden, you... you and I loved each other Y/n!"
"But that was thousands of years ago," Y/n stated, "You were sick, but you were human, I know because you told me Muzan. I know I'm a reincarnation of your lover, Muzan, I know that. However, the method you use to have me again will do nothing but fail.
"If you loved me then you would've known that I only started to hate you because you turned into a demon. Sure, at the time, you were bedridden, and sick but I will loved you, no? However, I don't now. I hate you, Muzan, with my whole soul, and every reincarnation from now and the future, will forever hate you."
Muzan's breathe began to turn ragged and unstable. All he wanted was his Y/n, that was with him since he was born, to stay by his side. Why can't Y/n see that if he became a demon, him and Muzan will forever be together now? He's been searching for years and now he finally found Y/n, he doesn't want to let him go anymore.
"But if I'm a demon, if we're demons, we'll be together forever," Muzan stated as he finally let go of Y/n, "We won't have to start over with a new life, we won't have our memories erased and we'll be able to live forever... Why can't you see the up side? Why can't you see through my eyes?!"
"Because your eyes are no longer human, Muzan," Y/n said calmly, he leaned on the flesh wall, feeling tired, "Your eyes, your touch, your kisses, your own cells, they are no nothing human. I want to stay human, you want to be a demon. There is so much wrong with your eyes, I might as well give you mine.
"You believe that being a demon is a fantasy dream become real, while I see it as a nightmare. You think that being a demon is all that, but really it's not. For god's sake I won't be able to go outside to see the clouds if I become a demon. Just... stop thinking about yourself for once.
"But hey, if you love me, you would kill yourself right here and now."
Y/n's tired eyes stared right at Muzan in expectancy. He was still leaning on the flesh wall, not even caring if it stuck to him. Muzan didn't move an inch however. He stayed still, not knowing what to do. Y/n's eyes narrowed at Muzan.
"Of course," Y/n said in a disappointed tone, "Of course you won't kill yourself. I knew it. I'm disappointed in you Muzan, and here I thought you loved me, but no, you're still as selfish as ever. Goodnight, Muzan, I'm going to sleeping."
"Y/n wait—" Muzan tried to speak.
Y/n spoke up anyways, "I felt more love from other people. I have a feeling you already know who those people are. I'm ready to move on with my life, with my reincarnations, I'm ready to find another lover. Muzan, goodnight, don't be a demon in the morning."
With that, Y/n closed his eyes and fell into a dreamful sleep, not caring if Muzan tried to wake him up or anything.
☁︎︎ In The Dream Void; Heaven ☁︎
Y/n slowly opened his eyes, he stared at the void below him for a second until he looked up. When he did so, purple eyes were looking at him too. Shinobu stood in front of him, a white kimono hugged her tightly as an extra cloth was across her chest.
"Shinobu-San..." Y/n whispered as his eyes softened.
"Y/n..." Shinobu said as she smiled genuinely.
Y/n didn't waste anytime and hugged Shinobu tightly. Shinobu stumbled backwards a bit but reached up to hug Y/n's neck since he did become a little bit taller than the last time she saw him. She chuckled a bit as she could feel the love from Y/n.
"Don't leave me too, Shinobu-San..." Y/n muttered, pleadingly.
Shinobu took a deep breath and petted Y/n's hair caringly, "I'm sorry, Y/n, but it was part of the plan and I don't regret it. I know Kanao will finish the job, I believe in her."
Y/n wished he could cry but he couldn't. So, he just opted to hugging Shinobu closer to him as he buried his face into Shinobu's shoulder. She felt warm, it was nice for Y/n.
"But I do regret one thing," Shinobu said, pulling away and looking at Y/n's eyes, "I regret not being able to see you one last time. You made me feel loved, you made me feel happy, and I couldn't be anymore thankful to you Y/n. You are the butterfly in my life."
Shinobu caressed Y/n's cheek with her hand. Y/n couldn't help but lean into the touch, he closed his eyes in a tired manner as he felt the love that Shinobu been wanting to express through the simple action.
Shinobu smiled warmly as her eyes softened, "Thank you so much, Y/n. Until we met again..."
Shinobu started to turn into small sparkles, she withered away as Y/n was slowly being left behind once again. Y/n dropped the hand that was on top of Shinobu's. Ah, he felt cold again. But one thing was for sure, he regret not spreading more time with Shinobu.
☁︎︎ In The Dream Void; Hell - Douma ☁︎
Douma stared off into the black abyss as he waited to be sent to hell for his wrong doing. He did hear the small footsteps behind though, but he didn't turn around, he was too ashamed to turned around. He clutched his fist.
Y/n walked up to Douma, stopping a few feet away from him. He wanted to say something but he didn't, he knew that Douma wanted a bit of time for himself. So, Y/n let the demon talk on his own, not forcing him to talk.
"Hey, Y/n?" Douma spoke up.
"Yes, Douma?" Y/n asks.
Douma tilted his head down slightly, "Did I deserved to live in the first place? I had no emotions, I wasn't human to begin with. And then I became a demon, was that the right choice? Did I make the right choice all those years ago? If I didn't, could I have prevented this fate?"
Y/n thought for a bit, "No. No you wouldn't have been able to prevent fate. You were groomed into thinking you were some sort of god, and you were groomed since birth. There was no other way your fate would've ended."
Douma began to tremble, "But that's not fair, that's not fair is it? It can't be fair..."
"No," Y/n said, "It wasn't fair, you had a disadvantage in life to begin with. I'm sorry you had to go through that, I truly wish I could've done something for you at the time so I could've prevented this for you."
Douma turned around. He was crying, genuine tears as he felt genuine sadness. Y/n's eyes slightly softened. He walked up to the demon letting the demon's height tower over him.
"Why did fate choose me to become like this? I wanted to feel real emotions but I couldn't do anything but act," Douma said, "I'm sorry, Y/n, I'm sorry for everything I have done. I want to redo my life, I really do, but I'm scared it'll all end up the same."
"But you are feeling genuine emotions, Douma," Y/n stated.
Douma looked up at Y/n in slight shock of what the shorter meant.
"Look at you, you're crying, you're sad, you're saying that you're scared, you said to me that you felt happiness once, you felt worried for me once, you are feeling emotions, Douma. You just needed some time to gain them. That's all there is to it, everything just takes time."
Douma raised his hands as he brushed over his tears softly. He couldn't help but cry a bit more.
"But my time is up now," Douma cried, "I can't be with you anymore..."
Y/n let out a breathe as he cupped Douma's face, "Maybe you can have me in another time. And if you are, I'll be waiting."
Douma's eyes shined and widened. He than gave a closed eyed smile with tears running down his face like waterfalls. He held onto Y/n's wrists softly as they felt so warm compared to him.
"Okay. Just wait for me, okay?" Douma said as he bursted into the flames of Hell.
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Akaza stared wide eyed at the two people in front of him. He looked back and forth between his past lover and his present crush. He trembled where he stood as he watched the two conversed with each other.
"Hmhm," Y/n hummed in agreement, "He is the only demon in the castle that helped me the most."
"Aww! I'm glad he was! You know, he took care of me so many times in the past," Koyuki sighed with a smile, "I couldn't have been happier."
Y/n nodded, "I'm happy that he had a fiancée such as you, you seem to be very gentle and kind."
Koyuki tilted her head to one side into her hand, "Aww, and I'm so glad that Hakuji - or should I say Akaza - was able to find and love another. It warms my heart to know that he's moved on."
Y/n could only nod to Koyuki as the female smiled at him. It wasn't a lie that the two got along with each other very well. However, Akaza couldn't help but feel a sense of panic in his stomach, he didn't know why but he did.
"Speaking of Akaza," Y/n said as he looked at the demon, "Hello, welcome. I'm sure you remember your fiancée, Koyuki-San right?"
Akaza couldn't help but feel tears in his eyes after seeing his past lover.
"Oh please don't say that," Koyuki huffed playfully, "He's in love with you now, which I don't blame him, you are absolutely adorable!"
"I appreciate the compliment, Koyuki-San, but we did agree on our deal no?"
"Deal?" Akaza whispered to himself.
"Oh of course!"
Akaza finally had the heart to speak up, "Sorry, but what deal?"
Both Y/n and Koyuki turned to Akaza. Y/n had his usual blank stare as Koyuki gave Akaza a warm and caring smile.
"We both will be alternating our reincarnations in order to be with you, Hakuji," Koyuki said in a warm tone, "But sometimes our turns will overlap and then you will get the both of us, however we can't set the deal unless you agree too, Hakuji."
Akaza's eyes shined at this. He couldn't even muster out words, well he did but none of them could be understandable. Just seeing Koyuki again and hanging around Y/n was amazing, but now he can have both of them once they reincarnate? He didn't even care if his memory was erased and that he would have to start fresh.
"I..." Akaza stuttered as he walked up to his two lovers, "I wouldn't have it any other way." He hugged Koyuki and Y/n close to him.
Koyuki giggled a bit as she held onto Y/n's hand and hugged Akaza with her other arm. Y/n closed his eyes in a content manner as his other hand was preoccupied with Koyuki's hand. However, Y/n was the one who had to pull away.
"Let's hope to meet again one day," Y/n said as he let go of Koyuki and stepped away from her and Akaza, "And I really do hope to see you both again in the near future." He bowed.
Koyuki smiled warmly at Y/n as she held onto Akaza's arm, leaning into it, "Of course Y/n, we'll meet again."
Y/n raised from his bowing position and watched as Koyuki and Akaza was set ablaze from the fire of hell. He could clearly make out that Akaza and Koyuki waved him goodbye. He also noticed that Akaza mouthed 'I love you' to him, but he pretended he didn't.
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Kokushibo could only wait as darkness was all he saw around him. He wanted to go to hell already, he already knew what he had done for hundreds of years was his one way ticket to hell so he didn't care. Besides, he knew that this was going to happen in the first place.
Two arms wrapped themselves around Kokushibo's waist as a head was rested on the back of his neck. Kokushibo tensed for a second but immediately calmed, already knowing who it was. He couldn't help but smile a bit.
"Y/n..." Kokushibo whispered.
"Thank you, Ko," Y/n whispered back, "You have no idea how thankful I am."
Kokushibo turned around and properly have Y/n a hug, to which the shorter returned, "Did I do good? I didn't kill any of the slayers that Muzan sent towards me. They are still alive and I let them kill me. I never knew that being killed could be so... refreshing... I feel free, Y/n."
Y/n looked up at Kokushibo as the demon looked down, "You did amazing, Ko. I'm so proud of you. I'm so happy that you still have humanity in you despite being a demon. You are more human than some real humans I know, and for that I thank you."
Y/n went on his toes and cupped Kokushibo's head. He softly kissed Kokushibo's forehead. Kokushibo's eyes slightly widened at the kiss, he couldn't help but blush a bit as he felt Y/n's soft lips kiss his forehead down to his nose. He felt so happy, he had to close his eyes in joy.
"I want to stay with you forever, Y/n," Kokushibo muttered as he opened his eyes and Y/n pulled away.
Y/n let out a soft hum, "Maybe when we reincarnate and meet again, maybe we'll be able to stay together."
Kokushibo gave a look of concern, "But I want to stay with you forever, I don't want to leave your side yet. Please Y/n, let me stay by your side for a little bit longer."
Y/n gave Kokushibo one last kiss on the forehead and stepped away from the demon. Kokushibo still had his arms opened for Y/n, he tried to move but his feet were stuck in place. When he looked down he noticed that he was slowly burning in the fire of hell.
"I don't want to go yet, Y/n," Kokushibo stated almost pleadingly, "I don't want to leave you..."
Y/n's eyes softened, "I'm sorry, Ko. But our time seems to be up..."
Kokushibo trembled a bit as tears, "But... Y/n... I... Please Y/n... Just a little bit longer...?"
Y/n gave a small wave as the fire swallowed half of Kokushibo, "Until we see meet again..."
"Y/n..." Kokushibo muttered as hell took him away.
Y/n, when Kokushibo disappeared, stopped waving. He stood, alone, in the void of nothingness. It was dark, it was cold, and there was no one around him anymore. His dull eyes wondered around the blackness anyways, halfheartedly expecting someone to come and reach for him.
But when no one appeared, Y/n only sighed. He sat down in the middle of the void and brought his knees close to him. He didn't want to think of anything anymore, so now all he has to do was wait for his body to wake him up.
Y/n floated in the bottomless void, hugging his knees close to his chest as he had his head down. Whatever, it's not like anyone would be coming for him anyways. It wasn't like anyone was going to come and wake him up and tell him everything is going to be okay, because he knew it wasn't.
No one was there for Y/n, so why should be expect someone to be there for him now? For as long as he could remember, he helped other people, cared for other people, comforted other people, so who helped him? The only people who helped him were spirits and they were gone now.
So that leaves Y/n with no one. But it wasn't like he had anyone to begin with anyways, they were all dead after all.
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[A/n: Thank you
@King_Deska
For the fanart]