45 Nature

(Akari pov)

Caught… he was finally caught

As she finished her words Akari couldn't help but feel the relief wash over her, she had finally caught the cat by its tongue. No matter how he reacted, whether he angered, cried, or begged she would finally see him for who he was

Filth, fake, or beast

This one man, who now sat in front of her posing as some doctor or a helping hand would finally be shown for what he was. He had haunted her for days now, kept her up at night, how he had spoken, moved, and acted oh so different from the rest when they met all those days ago, how fake he had seemed, how wrong he had felt. He had seemed almost alien to her with his actions and words

He had entered her cell, covered in fresh blood and looking like a killer who had caught his prey, but unlike the calm and emotionless face, he had shown on her cameras as he killed the pheromone high staff the first thing he had displayed to her was neither coldness nor the tyrannical and possessive "love" she had expected, he displayed irritation at meeting her!

Normally filth would simply attempt to coax her into dropping her guard or ignore whatever weapon she held entirely, trying to get close as to touch her with their dirty fingers, hands that had always seemed so wrong and revolting and hands that she had cut off when they got too close before she had ended the one they were attached to. She was always called a victim but in reality, she was the one who cleaned the rot called humanity off the planet There was no way he could be different, no one was, never had been, and never would be

Humans as a species were all the same, revolting, and cruel trash that tried to pass off as "humane" or kind before snatching you and attempting to devour your whole. People never changed nor were they different, they all had surrounded her throughout her life, swarming like mutated rats flaunting their obsession and more than willing to kill their friends, family, and children for what they perceived to be a chance to be with her, only to find her sword piercing their stomachs

So now she watched the expression of the man in front of her, waiting to see the façade crack and crumple as he realized that she had seen him for the monster he truly was… a freak with an ugly nature that he could not hide from her if he wanted to

Waiting to see his reaction as he realized she had seen through him and that there was no point to hide anymore

Waited for him to go feral and lunge for her, to try and make her his… so she could rip out his throat with her teeth

But instead, he did something she hadn't seen before, his head drooped, and his shoulder began to tremble, at first, she thought he was about to cry or charge at her but instead… he began to laugh

Not the type of hysterical and insane laughter she heard from her "suitors" but instead a laugh filled with pure amusement and humor, he even had light tears in his eyes as he held his stomach trying to hold himself together

He kept doing so for quite a while, his laughter echoing in the room and in her ears, causing her more and more confusion as time passed

"Why wasn't he getting angry or sad or horny or begging?" she asked internally "Why didn't he make sense at all? "

Eventually, the man stopped laughing, wiping the small tears from his ears and giving a smile so wide it hurt her eyes

"I must thank you miss Yuu," he said, taking an amused tone "I haven't laughed that much in a while, the last time I laughed that much must've been years ago"

"What?" Akari questioned, nothing was making sense, was actually…. No not possible "why aren't you-"

"-freaking out at your accusation?" he finished for her "it's quite simple really, you either said that to freak me out or to cause me mental turmoil correct?"

While she hadn't thought to cause him mental turmoil she stayed quiet and nodded cautiously, preparing to fight at a moment's notice and not willing to admit that he was overestimating her, her pride would not allow it

"It's because you and what you say doesn't matter to me"

…

Speechless

She had nothing to say, her head went blank, what the hell was he saying!? All people care about her, all of them want to push their filthy love onto her, male, female, young, old they were all the same!

Either not noticing or caring about the now stupefied girl's expression the man, Cane continued as if he had said something completely normal as if it didn't contradict his very nature! He spoke with eyes that showed no hate yet no love for her, and his lips were set in a neutral line.

"It doesn't matter what you try to do with that information because at the end of the day both myself and others would kill you without hesitation to shut you up and such mind turmoil doesn't happen to me because like you said… I'm different from the rest, unlike them, I don't need to be high on pheromones to kill for no reason other than pleasure or instinct

And then he walked out, leaving her confused and… hurt?

"See you again tomorrow," he said waving