You found yourself removing the lid to your salad quite eagerly. It's been awhile since you treated yourself to a decent meal like this, even though it wasn't much. You grabbed the small, plastic container of dressing and proceeded to pour it all along the top of your salad in a circular motion. You caught Cain staring at you intently from the corner of your eye, and you decided to return his gaze.

"What exactly do I need to do in order to prep this strange meal?", Cain questions innocently.

You tilted your head in confusion for a moment. You felt a sharp laugh shoot up your throat, tightly sealing your lips together to contain it. You swallowed back your laughter, and grabbed ahold of Cain's dressing containers. You then proceeded to repeat the same thing to his salad as he watched in awe.

"Now you got to close the salad with the lid again, and shake it around until all the dressing is mixed in.", you spoke softly, beginning to shake your salad around as an example.

He followed your tutorial quickly, and soon both of you were chowing down. You secretly watched for Cain's reactions from the corner of your eye, secretly hoping that he would enjoy it. Why you would want him to is still unknown, but a great relief filled your heart as Cain smiled happily to himself. That smile suited his face beautifully; you almost could have fallen in love with a demon such as himself if he'd only stay that way for a little longer.

"It's actually quite a refreshing meal. What even is this? This strange, white meat is actually quite delicious.", Cain says, still chewing a bit of his food in his cheek.

"It's just salad. And that's chicken! I figured you'd find that somewhat enjoyable.", you said softly, poking at the lettuce.

Cain began to eat any of the chicken that appeared in his salad first as you watched with pleasure. You allowed yourself to forget the abuse for a moment in order to fully take in this rare moment with someone. Snowball even came out after awhile to eat her own dinner, which was interesting. She had been deathly afraid of Cain, but she seemed to have calmed down enough to come out of hiding.

"Then, maybe I'll go pick up some chicken breasts from the market to make for dinner tomorrow?", you mumbled shyly, but still eager for a response.

Cain's ears perked up, and his yellow orbs peirced through you like bullets. You felt a hot sweat slip down the back of your neck, but Cain's gaze slowly softened, and a small smile filled his jaw once more.

"I'd love to try that.", Cain cheers.

You slowly looked up to Cain's face as he said that. A faint shiver suddenly slid up your arms, and you found your heart beginning to race a bit. Cain's smile was eerie, and wide. His index finger was lightly tapping against the waxed table top; his breath was the only sound in the room. The tone shifted so suddenly, and that dread began to return to you once you realised that you'd never be safe when you were alone with it.

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It was much later now, and it was about time for you to head to bed for work tomorrow. Cain had disappeared after dinner again, but he said it was to attend to some of his 'other worldly' duties. You didn't seem to mind the peace and quiet though, since nights with Cain never seemed to go well.

However, your mind was still bothered by his smile earlier.

It was unnatural, and crooked. His eyes seemed lifeless, too. To say Cain gave you the creeps was an understatement, it was much more than creeps. He still terrified you, and caused your heart to beat with panic every moment he were to preform any basic movement. At any point, Cain could easily rip your head off your shoulders, or tear you apart limb by limb. That thought came into your head once more. Why did Cain appear before you?

Surely, there were many more horrible beings on this earth, people who've done far worse things than you could ever imagine. Was it simply just because you were an easy target for him? Does he believe that you'd truly give in to him, and just let him have his way whenever he wanted?

You slowly fell against your bed, hiding your face deep within your pillow. You gently gripped the other side of the pillow as you laid in the dark, deep in thought. Snowball softly jumped up onto the bed, and laid beside you. She curled her body up comfortably beside your side, and began to drift off into her own dreams. You gave her head a gentle rub, staring softly into her face as she purred.

It was a hypnotic sound; your lids began to get heavy as her soft rumbling radiated into your side. You had a few more moments of consciousness before you finally allowed yourself to drift off to sleep. And it stayed that way for a bit longer before the cheeky demon's presence was made known.

There was a weight being applied to the mattress beside both sides of your head. It caused your head to sink in a bit, before you finally began to open your eyes to investigate. When you finally got your sleepy eyes to focus, they were trapped under the stare of Cain's two fiery orbs. He had this subtle smirk striped across his face, his knee was suddenly placed on the edge of the mattress to help keep his balance.

His large, boney hands were pressed against the mattress, your head between them as your lip quivered with fear.

"Y-you're back?", you coughed out at him weakly.

He cocked his head slightly, his silky hair softly falling over his shoulder. He slowly removed his hands from the mattress and sat on the edge of your bed with a heavy sigh that escaped his toned chest. You slowly sat up in bed, resting your back against the wall your bed was pressed against.

"Are you okay, Cain?", you ask gently. There was this icky feeling building up in your stomach, you knew that this wasn't going to end well for you.

"You have no idea, love. I'm feeling a bit peckish.", Cain replies with a handsome grin. His fangs tightened together as he began to stare down your tired face.

You felt a knot form in the base of your throat as he stood up from the bed, his slender fingers digging in at the expensive tie wrapped around his neck. He began to tug at it, loosening it quite a bit before he started going at the buttons attached to his dress shirt. With his undid tie resting on his shoulders, and his buttons undone, which gave you a generous view of his beautiful, yet masculine upper body, you felt a hot blush fill your once pale cheeks.

"This is all you humans are good for, you know? Your bodies are to be desired by demons such as myself. Even this body you see before you, it was perfected to lure in helpless women like yourself.", Cain snickers, slipping the tie into his hand.

"Why are you telling me this? What do you want from me-", you quickly cried out before Cain lunged down at you, slamming your head back against the wall which sent a wave of shock, and pain down your spine.

Cain roughly grabs at your wrists, using his tie to tightly bind them together. You felt tears begin to well up against your bottom lid from pain, suddenly snapping back to reality as Cain dragged your lower body to the edge of the bed. Cain softly kisses at your fingers as you began to shake under him, which caused him to let out a wild laugh.

"I haven't done anything yet, love. Your fear is the sexiest part about you.", Cain coos softly before biting down on your finger, his fangs abruptly sinking into the tender flesh as his tongue snakes around the blood that softly escaped the wound. You winced at the pain, letting out a quiet whine.

"W-why did you bind my wrists together?", you managed to push out, but quickly figured it out on your own.

Cain suddenly pushed your thighs apart, staring down into your shocked face as the color drained away from your skin. He gave you a devilish smirk, and allowed his fingers to snake up your shirt. Before the tears in your eyes began to slip down your face, you caught one more glimpse of Cain's beautifully evil face as a few soft words escaped his lips:

"It's the only thing human's like you are good for, my love."