“Then help me understand,” Cyprus says as he strokes Zaltrius’ cheek “I want to understand…”

Zaltrius’ lip quivered before he burst into tears and threw his arms around Cyprus’ neck.

“Zaltrius?” Cyprus asks as he looks at the demon with a worried expression. One of the man’s arms wrapped around the demon’s waist while he used his other hand to stroke Zaltrius’ hair. “Are you alright?”

“N-no…” Zaltrius whimpers tears still streaming down his cheeks.

“Come here. We’ll sit on the couch and talk about it.” Cyprus says as he picks Zaltrius up gently and carries him to the couch. Cyprus puts Zaltrius on the couch before taking a seat beside him. “So can you tell me why you’re crying?”

Zaltrius hugs himself. “I fell in love with a human once a long time ago. He was the nicest man I had ever met. We had a secret life together and everything was perfect,” Zaltrius pauses obviously remembering the man “then my father found out about us. He killed my lover before punishing me. I still remember his screams. That’s why I can’t love you…”

Cyprus sat in silence through Zaltrius’ story, unable to believe that someone’s father would do that to his own son. “Zal, I-I’m so sorry… I had no idea...” he mutters. The story only made the man feel worse about his previous actions.

“It’s alright. I just hope this explains everything.” Zaltrius says as he gets up his eyes still stormy grey. “I’m going to…” he says before Cyprus cuts him off.

“Why would your father do that to you?” Cyprus asks as he catches Zaltrius by the wrist and pulls the demon into his lap.

“I uhm…” Zaltrius whimpers blushing heavily. Then, the demon did something unexpected. He kissed Cyprus on the lips his eyes turning hot pink.

Cyprus lost control of himself pulling the demon closer and kissing him hungrily. He tasted so sweet.

When their lips parted Zaltrius was panting, hungry for more. “Wait,” Cyprus says as he stops the demon from kissing him once more “stop. I can’t kiss you.”

“What? Why?” Zaltrius pants as he moves to straddle Cyprus.

“Because you’re going to regret this later. I personally think this is just because I made you think about your previous lover. You just want someone to give you the affection you’re missing.” Cyprus says as he pushes Zaltrius off his lap gently.

Zaltrius hugs himself biting his lip. “You’re right. I just want him back… I’m sorry I dragged you into my stupid problems…” he mutters as he averts his eyes.

“It’s not stupid. I’m actually glad you told me.” Cyprus says kindly.

“So you’re not mad that I kissed you?” Zaltrius asks nervously as he glances up to look at Cyprus.

“It’d be stupid if I was,” Cyprus says with a small chuckle “I did try to do the exact same thing to you last night.”

“Yeah, just don’t judge me based on that. I swear I’m not an incubus.” Zaltrius says timidly as he looks away once more. His eyes changed to pastel pink.

“I can tell. Anyways, your um eyes… they’re still pink… does that mean what I think it means?” Cyprus asks as he rubs the back of his neck nervously.

“Oh… y-yeah…” Zaltrius mutters his blush returning.

“I’ll get off that matter but since we’re talking about types of demons. Can you tell me what you are?” Cyprus asks.

“I-I… you’ll think I’m a monster.” Zaltrius says as he closes his eyes tightly as if trying to block out the entire world.

“No, I won’t. You’re like a close friend to me at this point. I swear I won’t judge you.” Cyprus as he takes Zaltrius’ hands into his own.

“I don’t have a specific race. But, my family is fondly called ‘Blood Demons’ and I guess that’s where the name Blood Prince came from. So I guess you could just call me a blood demon.” Zaltrius says sounding unhappy.

“Hm… I think I’ve heard that name somewhere before… I just can’t remember where.” Cyprus says. Those words made Zaltrius’ eyes turn yellow and him look up with a look of severe panic.

“P-please don’t research it… y-you’ll hate me if you do.” Zaltrius begs sounding like he was on the verge of tears.

“What?” Cyprus asks as he hugs Zaltrius.

“I’m not like my family. They just want to rule everything and kill everyone…” Zaltrius whimpers as he buries his face in Cyprus’ chest. It was strange but he felt safe in the exorcist's arms.

“What are you talking about?” Cyprus asks as he tilts Zaltrius’ chin up so he could look the demon in the eye. Zaltrius’ eyes were stormy grey showing his depression.

“M-my father forces my brothers to do evil things so he can reach this world,” Zaltrius explains his voice shaking.

“Why does he want our world? Doesn’t he have the Demon Realm?” Cyprus asks looking confused.

“No…” Zaltrius says his voice was cracking as if this was the one thing he was most afraid to talk about.

“Can you elaborate?” Cyprus asks cautiously.

“H-he and my mother were banished from the Demon Realm for b-being to evil…”