(Demon Urata x Human Sakata)

~Mini series~

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"Hey Soraru," the raven-haired stopped walking to turn to the red eyed brunette that had approached him.

"What is it?"

"Random question but have you or Sakata ever summoned a demon, well I mean besides Urata?" Amatsuki straightforwardly asked which caused the raven-haired to stay silent for a few minutes to make sure he processed the question correctly.

"No....only time I know of is Sakata accidentally summoning the shortie." Soraru then remembered about his dream and then frowned. Though actually....

"Are you sure?" Amatsuki asked as Soraru went silent again.

"......not really?"  Soraru replied, unsure at how to respond.

"Then how'd his life change," the red eyed brunette mumbled to himself but the raven-haired heard it and rose his eyebrow.

"What are you talking about?"

Amatsuki widened his eyes in realization before shifting them away nervously as he laughed, "j-just got kinda curious."

Soraru wasn't buying that answer, he looked around to see no one else was in the halls, but decided to take extra caution so he grabbed the male's arm and dragged him into the empty classroom next to them.

"Explain, now."

"W-Wouldn't Mafu get jealous that you're alone with me~" Amatsuki tried to jokingly play it off and switch the topic but seeing the blank, narrowed gaze of the male made him sigh, "can't you just let it go...i-it's nothing..."

"Just tell me."

"Okay, so Urata came to talk to me to find your book in my library to see something."

"I'm guessing that's because I told him that I keep having dreams of meeting him, though I guess they're more like memories, and it's making me think I met him before."

"Eh?" Amatsuki tilted his head, "how come you guys never told me?"

"Well, I'm wasn't really sure about the dream...."

"I guess that's true," the red eyed brunette muttered before shifting his eyes away, "anyways, after he looked through your book, and made a mess that I had to clean up, I looked through Sakata's and...."

"And?" Soraru repeated in a questioning tone, the red eyed brunette remained silent, which worried the raven-haired, making him bluntly retort, "just say it."

"....."

His expression turned into a mixture of confusion and concern, "Amatsuki....?"

Amatsuki just kept looking around, not wanting to face the male, which only added more unease to the raven-haired about the sudden mention.

"Oi, Amatsuki quit joking around and tell me......"

"U-Uhm...." Crap, now that I think about it can I even tell him? Amatsuki began to worry that he might've ended up breaking a rule. Then again I already did that....

"Oi, Amatsuki—"

"T-TURNS OUT THAT HIS LIFE WAS ALTERED LIKE YOU EXCEPT NOW HE'LL SOON MEET HIS DEMISE!" Amatsuki finally shouted before immediately turning around to run away, but was stopped by the raven-haired.

"Eh?" Soraru simply managed to get out, he had unconsciously grabbed the red eyed brunette's arm to stop him from leaving as he processed the words, "what do you mean by that?"

"E-Ehe....." Amatsuki sheepishly scratched his cheek, "when looking at his book I noticed it was smaller than usual, and after secretly searching the king's stuff I realized that a deal was made that altered yours and Sakata's life."

"..........."

"....S-Soraru......?"

".....please...tell me you're joking....."

"I really wish I was....." Amatsuki gave him a concerned look, "I hoped it might've not been true so I decided to ask you, if you said no then it must've been something else."

Soraru just stared at the male while Amatsuki continued to speak.

"But....your answer was pretty unsure so....that means that one of you did summon a demon and make a deal that caused the change....."

"E-Eh? B-But even if we did and we don't remember, w-why would Sakata's life get shorter all of the sudden...?" Soraru mentioned, "I-I mean, did my life get short too?"

"Actually....." Amatsuki nervously looked at the male, "both of your lives were the same lengths at this point, but then a text appeared on both your books saying a change had occurred and Sakata's book was now shorter...."

"E-Eh?"

"So I think that the deal managed to alter your lives once it was made, but for some reason it wasn't mentioned and Sakata's life wasn't affected by it until now," Amatsuki suggested, "but what exactly the deal was is something I don't know."

Soraru just remained silent, what could he say after learning that his own life was changed at some point and it resulted in his brother's to change to. Is it my fault.....?

"If you want I can try prying more info from the king," Amatsuki said, the raven-haired gave him a concerned look.

"Wouldn't you get in trouble?"

The red eyed brunette sheepishly rubbed his head, "I kinda already broke the rule by sneaking into his room...eheh..."

"Seriously..."

"Hey, I'm already possibly, most definitely likely, getting punished once he finds out so I might as well break a few more~"

"That'll just make your punishment worse...." Soraru gave him a blank look while Amatsuki laughed.

"True ww......though," he tilted his head nervously, "should they know about this?"

"You can't just tell Sakata that he'll possibly die soon and expect him to take the news well."

"Oh right..."

"As for Urata...." Soraru didn't really know how the short brunette would feel.

"So this'll be our secret, that is until I can find a way to change it." Amatsuki stated, "I'll do my best to make sure to delay Sakata's death."

"Can you even do that?" Soraru asked in slight concern as the red eyed brunette shook his head.

"Nope." This earned a blank look from the raven-haired, "but that won't stop me from trying!" Amatsuki then had a weak, smile on his face, his expression becoming solemn, "after all, if it does happen then I'll be the one that......"

Right, Amatsuki's the one that takes and deals with souls of those that are dying.... Soraru gave the male a sympathetic smile.

"Okay now let's go back to pretending we don't know anything." Amatsuki said as the raven-haired rolled his eyes.

"You say that like it'd be easy." Soraru commented as they left the empty classroom.

"It's fine, as long as we don't slip up—"

"As long as you don't slip up about what?"

Amatsuki let out a startled shout while the raven-haired slightly froze. Urata just gave them a confused look while Sakata peeked from behind.

"H-How long have you two been here?" Amatsuki quickly asked, hoping it didn't come out as suspicious.

"We were just walking by, niichan was taking him so long to get back from his locker so we decided to look for him." Sakata stated as he tilted his head, "why were you two were in the empty room?"

"Soraru confessed his love to me but I rejected him." Amatsuki quickly said, the raven-haired just smacked his head in irritation.

"He wanted to ask me about something since he wanted to give Mafu a random present for some reason." Soraru lied as the other two rose their eyebrows.

"A-Anyways, I've been curious about something," Amatsuki quickly tried to find a way to switch the topic before looking at the two males and grinning, "since when did you two start holding hands?"

"Eh?"
"Huh?"

The short brunette and redhead glanced at their intertwined hands before immediately letting go and looking away.

"U-Uhm...! W-We just...."
"W-Well...you see...."

"Eh~ are you two dating?" Amatsuki teased, "I knew Urata wouldn't resist falling for Sakata~"

Soraru just chuckled before inwardly wincing once he realized. How unlucky of them.... His eyes then landed of the necklace around the redhead's neck. Wait, this is fine right now, as long as Urata's his familiar and he has the necklace then his soul shouldn't be at risk for now.

Urata noticed the raven-haired let out a sigh of relief, which just made him even more curious. Those two are definitely hiding something.

"You sure all you talked about was a gift for the albino?" Urata questioned as Amatsuki furiously nodded his head.

Soraru wished he could facepalm. Amatsuki, you're gonna make him realize more than he probably already noticed.

"Couldn't you have just asked when Mafu's not around, why'd you have to hide in a room?" Sakata pondered which made the other two wish the said a better lie.

You could've just pretended to not understand... Amatsuki sighed as he nervously scratched his cheek, thinking of a response.

"I-If I said it with you around you might've ended up blurting it out to Mafu. Plus Urata also sometimes accidentally gives things away."

"Oi." Urata narrowed his eyes at him before sighing, deciding to ignore the suspicious reasoning.

"Actually, now that you're here I have a question." Amatsuki suddenly said as he looked at the redhead, "since you tripping led to summoning Urata—"

"Will you guys ever forget about that part...." Sakata muttered but the red eyed brunette just ignored him.

"—does that mean you might've also summoned another demon at some point in the past since you're so clumsy."

"Hey!" Sakata pouted in annoyance, "I didn't know that a tiny drop of my blood falling from a small wound onto the ritual circle would make him appear."

"Though," Soraru piped in as he noticed something, "that would mean that someone else summoned a demon there since the circle was still there."

"Alright Urata, answer some of my questions!" Amatsuki declared as the short brunette rolled his eyes.

"You're a demon too so you'd already know the answer."

The red eyed brunette laughed a bit, "but I wanted you to do the explaining..."

"Just start talking."

"Fine," Amatsuki slightly pouted, "technically, the demon that you'd summon is random, like I could've ended up being the one that Sakata summoned if I was available at the time."

"Imagine summoning a demon only to see your friend." Urata teasingly said to the redhead, who stuck his tongue out.

"Maybe I would've preferred Amatsuki over you."

"Oi."

"However," Amatsuki cut in to prevent their small bickering, "once a demon is summoned from a circle, they'll be the ones to appear each time someone uses that exact same circle."

"So they're kinda bound to the circle?" Soraru stated as the red eyed brunette nodded his head.

"Yep~ so if someone else uses that circle that Sakata used then Urata would be the one to appear." Amatsuki smiled, "also, the King could be the one to choose which demon would be the one to appear based on the person."

"Eh? How would he know?" Sakata asked.

"By the drop of blood, plus it also appears in the book."

"And that's the reason I was picked," Urata muttered in slight annoyance.

"You should've seen how irritated he was when he was told he was my familiar," Sakata stated before giggling, "and now he likes being around me~"

Urata pinched his cheeks, his supposed 'smile' became threatening, "shut up."

"Do you remember being summoned there before?" Amatsuki asked, Urata just remained silent.

The short brunette quickly shifted his eyes to the raven-haired, who seemed to have froze as if he had realized something, before looking back at the red eyed brunette. He tried to remember exactly what happened but his memory was fuzzy.

"Well I remember a couple of people would go there to summon me, but... I actually can't seem to remember if any of the two of them used it before...."

Amatsuki furrowed his eyebrows, "is that so...?"

"W-Well anyways," the red eyed brunette wanted to get rid of the slight fearfulness crawling in him, "you actually never told me why you were picked in the first place."

"Basically that old man saw me as a pain in the ass and this was a way to get me to stop causing trouble and to learn."

"I would too if I had to deal with you," Soraru muttered, Urata gave him a 'friendly', deadly smile.

"Oi fishcake—"

"Why'd you even ask about it in the first place?" Sakata said before the two started bickering, "I mean about asking if I summoned another demon before."

"Just...curious." Amatsuki stated as he smiled, he had completely forgot that he was trying to make himself not look suspicious and he did the opposite, yet he was starting to get worried on the inside.

The same demon appears from the circle that summoned them, so Urata had to have been summoned there before, but...why doesn't he remember seeing Soraru? If Soraru's dream is the truth then why can't they remember it clearly?

"Well since our break is almost over we should get back to our classes," Soraru quickly said, grabbing onto the red eyed brunette's arm, "though I have to show Amatsuki where Mafu's locker is so he knows where to put his surprise gift."

"But I alr—" the red eyed brunette shut up once he saw the raven-haired's narrowed eyes, "okay...see ya guys."

The other two just watched them leave, both curious and confused about the conversation and the other males' behavior.

"They're hiding something..." Sakata muttered as his tone had a slight nervousness to it, "I-I'm not just being paranoid, right? They're definitely not telling us something..."

"I wished it was that but their reactions seemed off," Urata let out a tired sigh, and I'm worried it might have something to do with us...

As Soraru dragged the red eyed brunette, he just kept bouncing the thought in his head, wishing he didn't realize it.

"So, mind telling me why you seemed to freeze up at something Urata said." Amatsuki finally spoke up which made the raven-haired stop walking.

"I.....remembered...." Soraru turned to look at the male, "Sakata had summoned him before..."

"Eh?" Amatsuki nervously spoke, "b-but if that was the case then why can't any of you remember? Those that summon demons never forget the encounter..."

"I don't know...." Soraru winced as his memory was flooding back, "but, I really wished I didn't remember."

Amatsuki gave him a concerned look, "i-is is bad...?"

"I-It's....b-because of me...."

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A/n

I'm back with an update

Oh look it's Sakata slightly suffering like usual in my fics w (^^)

Hope you enjoyed the chapter~