What he didn't expect was for Rowen to turn the side hug into a full hug and burry his face into his shoulder once their feet touched the floor of Rowen's room...

"What happened?" Blade asked as he hesitantly wrapped his arms around Rowen.

He hadn't had human contact in a few decades and hadn't had physical affection in centuries so he was very confused on what to do.

Rowen stayed quiet as he continued to cry quietly, trying to force himself to stop; only to start loosing control of his breathing.

"Hey, hey, hey, calm down. It's okay to cry, you don't have to force yourself to stop Love. Breath in for seven seconds, hold for four and out for eight okay?" Blade said in a soothing voice when he realized what Rowen was doing.

He then moved them so they were sitting down on Rowen's bed, right next to each other as Rowen continued to grasp onto Blade's shirt.

"In...... hold..... and out..." Blade continued to help Rowen until he got his breathing back under control and was left with only a few tears running down his face..

Why had he just helped a mortal he met only meir hours ago? You may be wondering, well it's because if the mortal you made a soul deal with dies before you fulfill your part of the deal then nobody gets the soul and the demon that made the deal dies as well.

Blade meirly didn't want to risk the chance of Rowen passing because he himself doesn't want to die.

"Are you alright now?" Blade asked as he used his thumbs to wipe off the stray tears on Rowen's face.

"Yeah, I'm sorry about all of that." Rowen said while quickly pulling back from the demon, wiping his face off with his own hands.

"Don't appoligise just tell me who made you cry and why they did." Blade replied as he let his hands fall into his lap.

"It was all my fault, don't worry I was just being over dramatic like normal." Rowen answered quickly not knowing what the demon would do to Mist if he found out that it was them who made him cry.

"Don't make me read your mind to get who did it." Blade threatened making Rowen look up at him, panic evident in his eyes.

"You can read minds?!" He asked sounding shocked and worried at the same time.

"Yes but only when I want to, it's not a constant thing. I get to control when I hear people's minds and who's mind I'm hearing." Blade answered with a shrug, it wasn't that big of a deal to him. Most all demons can start reading minds at the age of 4,000 (4 years old in human years).

"Have you ever read my mind before?" Rowen asked with an embarrassed blush thinking about all of the thoughts he had when he first saw the demon.

"No I haven't, not yet. And I will continue to keep that streak going unless you don't tell me who made you cry and why." Blade answered with a lie.

He had heard every thought the boy had when they first met because that was basic protocol.

When you go out to see a potential soul deal  member then you have to have your mind reading ability on so you can try and twist their minds to make them make the deal.

Rowen didn't need to know that though so he went with the lie instead.

"I'm telling you that I was just overreacting and it wasn't anything." Rowen attempted again but Blade gave him a look that made him sigh knowing that he needed to just tell him what he wanted to know or have his mind read.

"Mist made me cry by yelling at me but they were just frustrated. I only started crying because I can't stand being yelled at from... reasons." Rowen explained trying to keep out the details of Mist being pissed about him talking to the demon infront of him.

"And what are those reasons?" Blade asked as he went through a few different ways of fucking with Mist with out making Rowen too mad at him.

At any point in this if Rowen doesn't want to be in the deal anymore then as long as he still has some wishes he can wish for his soul back and then for the deal to be over so Blade needs to keep him on his good side.

"Past stuff from my parents so don't worry about it. Anyway, thank you for getting me here safely and getting my breathing correct again but I'm tired and want to sleep now. I would say you can stay for a while longer but I don't think you would want to stay here doing nothing while I shower and then get ready for bed. Plus my mom could come into here at any time as well." Rowen rambled as he stood up, grabbing some pajamas to change into for once he gets out of the shower.

"Your mom? You still live with your mom? How old are you?" Blade asked, the demon world had a strict policy of not making a deal with anyone that was sixteen or younger. If you made a soul deal with a child then you had to fulfill whatever wish they made, NOT take their soul, and then be punished by Abadon.

"I'm nineteen, hoping to move out soon but I need to get enough money first." Rowen answered truthfully making Blade let out a quiet breath of relief.

Rowen didn't look young so he thought it was all fine but he wanted to make sure.

"You know you could wish to win the lottery and I could make you win enough money to buy a mansion right?" Blade asked as he stood up, ready to leave once they finnished their conversation.

"Yeah and I might take you up on that wish later but for now I'm going to take a shower and then sleep until tomorrow." Rowen replied with a sleepy smile.

"You do realize that it's only one in the afternoon right?" Blade asked, confused at the funny feeling he felt when Rowen smiled at him like that.

"Yep and I don't care, I have blackout curtains so the sun isn't a problem." Rowen answered with a shrug before walking towards the bathroom door that was connected to his bedroom.

"Alright well just call me when you have another wish, just 97 wishes to go." Blade said with a small smile before leaving once he saw Rowen's small nod.

So Rowen went to go and take a bath wanting to relax, what he didn't realize was just how tired he was and how hard it was to keep your head above water when your on the verge of sleep......
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1,150 Words! I may update later today or not, idk yet 😅