"Get out." You growled dangerously as Akira entered your room without permission.

"I have to ask you something." He stated assertively, yet with a voice that rang with exhaustion.

"GET OUT!" You roared as you fully morphed into your demon form.

"No!" Akira roared back as he partially transformed. "I have to ask you a question."

"I hate you, Akira Fudo. I don't have any business with you." You snarled as your vines threateningly snapped at him.

"Were you ever a human?"

"What?" Your nose twitched and your vines froze, as you were caught off-guard by the direct question.

"Were. You. Ever. A human?" Akira asked shortly.

"Why do you even care?" You looked at him suspiciously.

"Are you a devilman like me? Is that why you can love me?" Akira pushed. You remained silent, glaring at him, prompting him to scream again. "ARE YOU A DEVILMAN OR NOT?!"

"I AM! Are you happy? I am. Yes. I was a human, an inconceivably long time ago. But it doesn't matter."

"It matters to me. What happened to you? How did you get this way?"

"I thought that I could love a demon. But that demon wasn't what I thought he was. He took my life from me. He took my everything. I never got the chance to even live into being a real adult." Your body shook as you got upset, tears threatening to spill out. "But it doesn't matter, Akira Fudo. What matters is that I thought I had found someone that would understand how I felt." You grew angrier and angrier with each word. "I took a chance with you. But you're not half devil and half human. You're too devil to love me honestly. And for that, I'm going to kill you."

Immediately you launched yourself at the unsuspecting devilman, slamming your vines into his face over and over. You screamed cathartically, sobbing while you beat this piece of shit boyfriend you had.

And Akira just took it. Hit after hit, cut after cut and curse after curse, he let you beat him within a millimeter of his life and he wondered if Ryo could hear you. But then, just as Sirene had, you stopped. You, fortunately, hadn't died but your anger at Akira had.

You sat on top of him, crying as your vines fell flat.

"H-He took my life from me. I n-never g-got a ch-chance to l-l-l-live like a human. M-My family d-died without me, without knowing wh-where I went..." You took a deep inhale, trying to calm yourself down. Carefully, Akira sat up, holding you closely and getting pierced by all your thorns.

"I am so sorry, YN. I was a demon. My body... it recognized her and it acted without me." He mumbled apologetically.

"Amon was Sirene's lover." You sighed and your body shook with the after effects of crying so violently. "I understand how you feel. Persephone had a demon lover as well and unfortunately... I still feel that way around him sometimes a well. I just... You really betrayed me. I thought you hated demons."

"I do. They killed my parents. They hurt humans. But if there's any possible way that I protect demons that are like me... like us... then I will. Promise me that you'll help." Akira begged.

It was a long moment of silence. This would be betraying Ryo at his most desperate time.

"I promise."