Curiosity
Driven by his curiosity and the newly gained strength, the fox demon was drawn ever further beyond the borders of the mountains. During his expeditions, where he discovered new things, tested his abilities and satisfied his thirst for knowledge about the humanworld, the young demon had dared to approach the small settlement of the villagers who had previously tried to kill him.
He still kept his distance. He didn't want to be closer to people than was absolutely necessary.
Still they interested him. He wanted to learn more about their habits, wanted to learn about their world and how humans loved each other.
For demons, it was usually simply gaining power over someone, controlling them, and giving satisfaction to their own instincts. No matter what gender the other person was.
However, other rules seemed to apply to humans and it was precisely these circumstances that he wanted to get to the bottom of. He wanted to know how he should or could treat Sasuke. The blind boy was special to him after all. Actually, he didn't want their relationship to fit in a certain box. It worked out, most of the time at least. But still it seemed that he could find out more about the human way of life. There had to be something he had overlooked.
The fox demon paused and scratched the back of his head. When he thought about it, he didn't know what he was expecting or what Sasuke was expecting from him. They understood each other, liked each other. So why not just benefit from each other? What did life have to offer for humans? On the other hand, Sasuke never seemed to feel uncomfortable when Naruto touched or approached him. Sasuke gave him almost free hand, even though he was a demon, one of the fox demons, whose race had murdered Sasukes entire family and who had cursed him.
Naruto didn't understand it. Sure, they weren't all the same, but did that really mean that it was so easy to forgive? That someone could forget? He couldn't.
He still hated the people who tried to murder him. Hated and condemned him, eyeing him with critical eyes. Sasuke was also a human being, one of them.
But he couldn't hate him. If he wouldn’t keep reminding himself of it, he would have forgotten that the blind boy was human by now. One of those creatures. No, Sasuke was different. The way he thinks, the way he acts even his smell was different from that of the other people the young demon had met up to now.
But why?
How could it make such a difference to him?
It remained a mystery to him.
"Truth is just an illusion, blurring at the angles from where you look at it," the wind whispered around him, pulling the demon out of his thoughts.
Truth was just an illusion? What was that supposed to mean?
"Stop speaking in riddles!" He grumbled at the wind spirit, who really wasn't helping him. All it caused was more confusion.
"It is not a riddle, because that too is a truth. Only the truth…"
The voice whistled through the treetops, leaving the demon alone with his thoughts.
"Aaahhhaaahh ... what’s this about? Who’s supposed to understand that?! ”, the blond complained loudly and tore his hair. That didn't make any sense at all!
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It was strange. Completely absurd, if Sasuke thought about it. Ever since they got closer, the fox demon had started to adopt strange habits.
He got up before of him, brought him breakfast, collected flowers for him. Sasuke was beyond questioning why. Was that normal for demons? Maybe it was something else. How could he know? He had grown up alone and when he tried to remember his family, all he could see was that terrible night. He was probably even less social than the fox demon, who was racking his brains at that moment.
"Funny demon," Sasuke murmured softly as he plucked the chicken the fox had brought him that morning. A bloody, dead chicken.
Was this some kind of dog-like behaviour? Did he want to show him his affection? The idea made the blind boy smile. What an absurd thought. A demon wasn't a dog. Whereas Naruto seemed to be the exception to the rule.
Nothing was impossible with him it seemed.
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The pointed ears twitched slightly as the fox picked up a conversation. A conversation between some villagers, men.
"So you chose the right one. But it's not that easy. Women don't want flowers. You have to conquer her."
"Nonsense! Women want to be spoiled. "
"Oh you have no idea. Appearance and status is important. "
"Appearance? Well, good luck to you then! "
Laughter continued until the mocked one complained loudly and countered.
"Oh really?! At least I have a wife and children! ”
"She's probably blind, haha."
"Or she has no standarts."
Laughter again, but Naruto just frowned. People were so ... stupid. Stupid and somehow uncultivated. Well, he didn't know much about culture himself, but it really wasn't funny.
He scurried on through the village, always careful not to get caught. He had to find something. Something. Any clue as to how he could tell the blind one that he wanted to be close to him. A description of what was going on inside him.
"Darling ... please don't go there. You know what happens to the men on this path. ”, The demon suddenly heard a young woman clinging to her husband's sleeve.
"We have no other choice. It is the only way. I will take care. The curse won't hit me. "
He smiled and kissed her forehead.
"I will be back soon. Wait for me here. "
"Please be careful. Don't get too close to the child who lives there. They say death is reflected in his eyes. "
"THAT'S NOT TRUE!" it Bursted out of Narutos mouth before he had thought about where he was. He caught his breath. Damn, they would hunt him.
But the farmer and his wife only looked around in confusion.
"Where did that come from? Who ... who said that? ”asked the woman anxiously, clinging to her husband's arm, who pushed protectively in front of her.
"Who are you? Come out!"
Visibly confused, the fox demon stared at the couple in front of him, that was staring at him but could not see him.
"What the ..." he asked himself quietly and raised a hand. He waved in front of them. Nothing.
>> They can’t see me? <<
"Naive fox. Don't you know anything? "
A raven looked down at him from the roof of a house and croaked at him mockingly.
"Unsuspecting fox, know nothing about yourself and still dare to approach them."
"Stop mocking me!" The demon replied angrily.
He felt stupid and ridiculed. Things he didn't like at all.
"I'm not stupid! How am I supposed to know what's going on here? "
But the raven didn't answer, just continued to scoff at the young demon fox, who didn't seem to be aware of his own strength.