Red Demon wrapped gauze around Sun Demon's left arm. She stared at the ground and seemed deep in thought. Red tightened it and sat down. He was also covered in bandages regardless of his healing ability this was a brutal battle and his body went through alot. It would take time to heal.
He removed his mask revealing his full face to Sun Demon. She was now distracted as she was the first to see it. She seemed to study it. The scar on his lip and the face he was handsome in a rugged sense. 'He isn't bad to look at. He just looks angry all the time?' She thought. Red Demon leaned his head back against the wall.
Sun Demon pondered a question as she looked at the man. She looked over to see Smiling sleeping in a hospital bed. Ghost on a couch in the corner wrapped in his cloak. "Is this really how our lives are meant to be? I've been following you on some blind faith. And honestly I'd rather walk fully forward with eyes wide open over shut. We are in a deserted city with gore all around, fires, wreckage, and corpses. No one will bury these people and I'm not going to either" she stood up staring out the window at the dark street. She folded her arms. "I don't feel heroic like I thought I did back in my realm. I felt like I brought ruin to this city? We are responsible for a city of ghosts!" She whispered but ghosts spat it out with an edge. Red Demon hadn't opened his eyes. But he had moved, placing hands on his legs. He sighed and stood to his feet walking over to stand watch out the window. "Yeah. You're not wrong. There are ghosts here walking this city. Hurting, alone, and forever angry. This city will never be the same for anyone to live here. People will walk past it avoiding it like a plague. But who we did save will thrive outside these cursed walls. Little wins is all we really get on this journey" he looked somber saying so. "How did you travel this alone? I feel like the battle was a test on your part? I don't know if you're mad, or sadistic?" Red Demon chuckled. "Neither. I'm no genius either. Knowing I was designed by Sister Spinner I truly have a hard time owning my own abilities as my own. Or something I've borrowed to give back at a later date? But they are my abilities after all? She isn't using my body like a puppet. This power I cultivated through the years and during this King's Test. What kept me going during all this is the challenge to see how far I can go till I'm finally free of shackles holding me grounded. Travel the Void free of duty. Finally making it to where no one could stop me or keep me bound by them" Sun lay her head against the cool glass and turned her head to look at Red Demon. "Traveling to other worlds does sound fun," she smiled. "What were you before all this?" Red Demon turned and gestured for her to follow. They walked towards the kitchen of the medical wing and found some dried food and a few bottles of beer. Red Demon then brought out a jar of wine he obtained during his travels with two clay cups from his ring.
"You know I don't know where to begin" he sat at a table and opened the beer and began chewing on the dried meat. "Start with where you're from?" She took a drink of beer. Red Demon nodded and swallowed a mouth full. "Fire Realm. I was born into royalty. Like you" he drank the beer. Sun Demon looked taken aback, "What was that like being the son of the Demon King?" This made Red Demon glare at the table remembering his father. Having him beaten, tortured, trained to the brink of death, and only to be recharged to do it again. "Honestly it was a nightmare. After I lost my mother I was raised by my father involuntarily forced to become a great warrior and future king. But the dragon in me is what kept me going through all of it" he smirked as he thought of his mother and her silver hair. "Why embrace the name demon then?" Red Demon shrugged. "Can't run from what you are. I'm a demon as well as a dragon. My mind needed clarity to further my goal. Also my master explained that theatrics are a tool to help strike emotion with others. Whether they be opponents or regular people. People look at something they don't understand and will forever remember that image and spread it word of mouth. And in turn a legend is born through oral storytelling. Seeing the mighty Red Demon slay kings with a swing of his sword" he chuckled at this last line as he spoke in a corny way. Sun Demon laughed at this and wiped some beer from her chin.
"I didn't think you were capable to make a joke?" she jested back. Red Demon scratched the back of his head and shrugged. "Never had anything to joke about honestly. But thanks" he poured wine in the two clay cups and slid one over to Sun. He held the cup and saluted Sun. "Well here is to you. A woman who heard the bell of adventure and decided to answer the call of Fate. I salute you all three of you for standing with me" Sun looked over her shoulder. "Should we wake them for this toast?" she looked back at him with a smirk and hooked eyebrow. Red chuckled before downing his cup. "No. Smiling will drink it all and this is special wine its rich with chi" Sun looked down at the amber purplish drink and drank it down. She felt a comforting numb feeling wash over her and she felt instantly relaxed. The pain in her body lessoned from the drink as chi flowed back into her body. And it tasted sweet and rich as she licked her lips.
She held out her glass as he poured her another and himself. He downed the drink and sighed. "To answer your comment earlier on walking blindly. I wish I could tell you everything coming down the road, but not even I know I'm sorry I don't" he poured another cup. "I spoke out of frustration. I know you are just as blind as me, but I wish I had more information" Red nodded and sipped his wine. "I too wish the same. What was it you wanted to do before you became a vigilante?" Sun Demon paused at this question. No one ever asked her this seeing that she had a future when her father didn't think of her as an individual with dreams. She was property to him and nothing more than a bargaining chip to further his aspirations. 'I don't know what to say. I never thought of my life having any future other than someone's wife and forced motherhood upon me' she drained the cup. "Never had a dream to pursue before being Sun Demon. Like your father my father saw me as a tool, but not like you. No I was to be married off to someone man and live a life of servitude to a lord. While my father and brother ruled the city with tyrannical means. If I had stepped aside we wouldn't be sitting here" Red stared at her golden eyes and beautiful face. Seeing her for the first time. He looked away with rosy cheeks before she saw him looking at her. 'She is quite lovely. I think the alcohol is getting to me' he inwardly smiled and put the cork on the wine. Jar and cups disappeared into his ring and he downed the last of the dried meat. He stood up slowly and stretched his back. "Well why don't you do me a favor. Search inwardly and find a dream you want. If you do, I will do all in my power to make it so for you. I'm going to find a bed to sleep in. I leave you in peace, but you should rest too" he gave her a nod and began to walk away. "Good night" she said back to him. She lingered in thought as she watched his back fade down a hall. She smiled at his words and then looked back down the dark hallway. Red found a room and walked into it, closing the door behind him.
She lingered there sitting at the table tired, but not too tired. She stood up and walked towards the hallway he went down. Opened the door and closed it behind her as Red Demon was sitting on the bed confused. "You okay?" he asked, confused. "No. You have plagued my mind for a while now and the only one who has ever shown me compassion has made me develop feelings towards you" Red Demon's eyes widened in surprise. "I have had the same stirring of feelings toward you" he looked away embarrassed by this revelation. She approached him and he stood up slowly. She said nothing more, cupping his cheek with her hand caressing his tan skin with the tips of her fingers. He closed his eyes allowing this touch to comfort him. He then leaned down and the two began to kiss passionately. He lifted her off the ground and let her legs wrap around him. They both then fell awkward into the bed causing them both to laugh.