Cruelties Knot [Child!England x Demon!M!Reader] 2

Cruelties Knot  
Child!Arthur x Demon!Male!Reader
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Chapter Two: Story Time
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Slowly taking a seat on the stone floor clearing out his throat, the boy slowly began to talk, stumbling over a few words here and there the boy slowly started to recite one of the many stories that he's red about fiends, carefully watching every single move I made. Messing around with the chestnuts in the fire, I couldn't help but smile. I'd been alone for so long that I am unsure of how to act around today's youth.

My thoughts slowly started to wander, the boys voice becoming further, and further away from me. My vision seemed like it was turning into a tunnel, leaving me to stare at the boys forest green eyes. Why? What's so special about his eyes that my vision must focus only on them. Rather than his chest, where his warm beating heart is, or the lips where his soul was just waiting to be stolen by me.

I hate them!
I hate them!
I hate your eye's!
Stop looking at me! Stop judging me with those eyes!!
Stop looking at me with his eyes!

"And that is the story that I read about on fiends…" the sound of the boy's voice pulled me out of my thoughts, forcing me to look at his displeased expression. Sighing, the boy placed the palm of his hand against his forehead. Slightly hitting his forehead with the palm of his hand, I decided that now would be as good a time as any to tease him.

"You know…you shouldn't do that. You'll give ya self brain damage." the boy sent me a small glare, raising my hands up to show him that I mean no harm or ill will towards him he stood up waving his fist around in the air along with his bow he yelled. "Stupid wanker! You have no right to tell me what to do!! I've given you no reason to jest with me fiend! I will put an arrow through your heart!"

Looking at the boy, my lips turning upward a grin forming on my face showing off my single tooth from that dammed woman's punch, pushing myself up from my laid down position I slowly raised my hands up until they were at shoulder height.

"Hahahah, feel free to kill me! Drive an arrow through my heart! I dare you human! I DARE YOU!" my last words coming out as a vicious snarl. Startling the boy I couldn't help but laugh, the determination in his eyes to kill me were replaced by fear lying down on my back I could not help but laugh.

"Hahah your pitiful! PITIFUL! What good are you anyway to man?! You are not able to kill me, not able to shoot an arrow through my heart? You are a pitiful human….very, very pitiful…" I could hear the boys footsteps as he walked around my circle, looking down at my face. His forest green eyes no longer filled with fear, but now with what looked like sadness and… remorse?

"I'm sorry for what happened to you….I-I do not have it in me to take another's life. May they be human or fiend. I cannot release my arrow, I cannot kill them." closing my eyes I mumble, "What about animals boy? You humans kill them without a second thought…"

The boys hands turned into two small fist, his eyes filled to the brim with anger as he yelled. "Animals are different! They are not humans or fiend! They do not share the same shape or form of a human being so it's easier to kill them!"

"So are you saying that animals are not humans as well?" the boy stood there dumfounded by my words as he said. "W-what do you mean 'no human'?" Looking at the boy I couldn't help but chuckle, placing my hand over my eyes not allowing myself to look at the boy any longer I slowly started to speak.

"Animals are humans as well, at least while I was able to move around freely. Humans treated animals, and the area around them with the respect that the land deserved…but now. You humans today mercilessly slaughter thousands of animals without a care in the world, not caring about the damage you are causing to their habitat's entire ecosystem. For now, you over hunt not being thankful for whatever your so called 'God' has given you."

The boy stared at me, absorbing my words with the utmost interest. Thought, I'm not sure how a mere child could understand what I am saying, but these words must be said.

"Humans are greedy from the moment they are born. Born, wanting and needy….you all go through life wanting things from others, and once you are able to hold the very thing you wanted in your grasp you do not care. You are satisfied, but then you'll only go back for more…scaring the land and hurting the people closest to them. Humans are greedy….wanting creatures…yet us fiends cannot help but find you interesting while you despise us."

My voice trailed off, no longer feeling the need to talk I simply laid there. Ignoring the boy while I pushed myself up off the stone floor, avoiding the circles edge, removing my hand from my face keeping my eyes closed to avoid eye contact with the boy. Then the feeling of something soft, and warm touched my face, startled me causing my eyes to snap open while the boy stood there his hands inside of my circle cradling my face in his hands.

Running his thumb over my cheeks, tears filling his eyes as he said. "I'm sorry…I'm sorry for whatever humans did to you in the past…I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

Shocked beyond belief, I simply stared at the boy. Ignoring the urge to pull him into the circle, to make him trade places with me so I could be free I simply placed my larger hands over his, allowing a soft smile to form on my face.

Never once in my life have I met a human whom apologized for the crimes against me by his own kind. I felt the need to comfort the child, I am not sure why. Maybe it's because his eyes remind me of him or of the young foolish creature I once used to be, blinded by human emotions I am not sure.

"Rest boy…you are tired and in need of rest. When the chestnuts are done cooking I shall wake you up…some how." Looking at me with those sad green, the boy slowly started to nod his head, walking towards his satchel he laid down upon it.

Soon falling into a peaceful slumber, leaving me awake and alone with the sound of the chestnuts popping in the fire.

Staring at the boy I merely smiled, laughing at myself hiding my face with my hands looking at him through the gaps created by my hand I looked at the fire. Thinking about crushing the chestnuts that were still cooking, but I could not I would break the deal and cause the both of us pain.

Wait…what am I saying?
I hate him…I hate humans!
I hate them! I hate them all!
I hate him most of all!
Because his eyes look just like his!

Reaching into the fire I started to throw the still warm nuts at him, screaming at him with all of the hate and rage that I could muster.

"You stupid little brat! Why are you sleeping! Why do you look so at peace! Why must I allow for you to rest while I cannot sleep a wink?! You worthless cur!!! I hate all of you piss ant humans! I hate all of you! All of you!!!"

Reaching for the boy with my hands, only to be set aflame again I couldn't help but chuckle. Laughing at my own stupidity. Tilting my head back to look at the evening sky above me, looking down upon me mocking me for my inability to obtain freedom.

If I had just grabbed him while he was there…while he was right THERE! Standing mere inches away from the circle, I could have switched places with him but…alas I…I cannot find it in myself to do that. To drop such a horrid fate onto this innocent child.

The sound of his light snores reaching my ears, covering my face with my hands the flesh reforming on them along with the muscle I mumbled.

"I hate you…I hate you…I hate you.."

Unable to touch the child, to drag him into my circle, to free myself and run away leaving the boy here to die. All alone, and cold…yes, yes that's what I wanted to do but…why didn't I do it? Why did I chose to comfort him and tell him to rest….

No…never again…
Never again will I rely on a human, never again will I protect a human.

Never…let them suffer, let them bleed. I do not care, humans should suffer. After all…they've caused me nothing but pain and suffering. So let them bleed, and let them suffer. Let everything horrid in the world happen to them, or wipe them off the face of the Earth but…

I will put in this simple plea.

Spare this boy. Spare him.

With that my mind slowly wandered off, unable to sleep but I could allow my mind to wander…just to allow myself a momentary escape. Yes…please allow my mind to escape from this place for just a little while.