A Demon's Love

His Gone

HIS GONE

Alas journeys back to leaf village with Julia and her sister Tara, Julia grandmother with so much joy receives her grand children for the excitement of her heart can not be measured by any objects of this world. In her old age did she care for Julia a pretty young lady whom every man in the village waited patiently for her to clock eighteen, that they may have her as a wife. Alas stood at the entrance door for he couldn’t enter their house, curiously Julia and her Sister puzzled on his refusal of coming into their home. He glaze at them wanting to tell them he is a demon, how silly he would sound without showing them his red eyes, of course he can’t show them for the evilness of his eyes is swept away by the beauty of his kindness, who then would believe he is a demon, even his own father would spit on him. Tara approaches Alas, pulling him by the hand into the house but her strength fails her, for Alas is like a thousand men in one body, her grandmother who had walked into the house comes out seeing neither of her children had stepped their feet inside. Julia paused thinking of the right words to say to Alas for she fears she might hurt his kindness towards Tara by uttering words inappropriate, for she was told years ago by her grand mother that supernatural beings can not enter the homes of mortals unless invited through their act of either good or evil.

Julia: Why aren’t you coming in?

Alas: I’m sorry if I might have put any thoughts in your heart, I was lost in the memory of my childhood when I saw your grandmother.

Lies proceed out of his mouth to cover up his demon nature, out of Julia desire of truly wanting him to stay with them couple of more days have she broken the barrier that separates both worlds, giving him access to her home. How lucky he was for the barrier preventing his entrance had been lifted by the intentions of Julia needs for him to stay. He walks into the house, wondering why Julia could have want him to stay much longer.

Grandmother: Children sit, let me get you your food, I am so grateful you are back safe.

Julia: Grandma our safety is because of Alas, he brought Tara back to us, I don’t know how I would live with myself if anything had happened to her.

Grandmother: I am very grateful mister for ensuring the safety of my grand daughter, you are welcome to our home anytime you need somewhere to rest your head.

Alas: Thank you all for accepting me.

Alas couldn’t help but notice how Julia stares at him, admiring his beautiful white skin, his pink lips and his blue eyes. Alas smiles towards the family treating them in the manner they treats him. Julia grandmother present a hot soup and bread for Alas, he humbly shakes his head in rejection of the food with his hand covering his nose, that he may not loose the sense of smell within the next couple hours, for he knew his father would be looking for him with his guards. He intends leaving in other to save their life.

Grandmother: Is there anything wrong with my soup young man?

She asks for his behavior in closing his nose against the aroma of her soup made her worried, inhaling the soup herself to know if she had missed anything while preparing it.

Alas: No Grandma, you don’t need to do that, your soup is fine, permit me to take my leave.

Julia: Please, you don’t have to go, at least not yet, stay with us for few more days.

Alas looks at Julia eyes, seeing how honest her words are, he decides to stay despite his father may find him there. he chooses to live life by the books of human existence, before he can do that, he needs to pass a message across to his father. Hoping his father would give him the chance of living in the human world as he soul desires. Anger boils in the eyes of Lord Israel, seeing his son could go against his instructions and run after his own desires. He roars shaking the foundation of the earth. Alas followed Julia to the farm to harvest some corns when suddenly the foundation of the earth shakes, Alas knew it was his father anger boiling hot against him. He hears his father scream out his name.

Lord Israel: Alas, you have chosen to disobey me. I will find you.

Julia pauses seeing the attention of Alas looking directly to the sky, unknown to she he was hearing the boiling anger of his father.

Julia: Isn’t the sky beautiful? She asks Alas.

Alas: What? (drawn back by the words of Julia)

Julia: Never mind.

She felt like an i***t in his eyes, seeing his attention was never for once with her since the little head quake. She returns plucking the corn putting it into the basket. She felt a grab on her hand which startled her causing fear rolling through her veins, she turns her head slowly to see who could have grab her hand from putting the corn in the basket. It was Alas, his blue eyes sparkles before her sight. Seeing the fear in her eyes, he let go of her hand.

Alas: Am sorry if my action sacred you.

Julia: You startled me, I am not use to being grab like that.

Alas: you asked about the sky .

He looks up to view the sky , feeling the wind touching his skin. He stares closely into the eyes of Julia as though he wishes to kiss her. Julia couldn’t feel his breathe against hers but she barely could take off her eyes from his soft gentle lips. He opens his mouth and says to her.

Alas: The beauty of the Sky is no match to the beauty I see in your eyes.

How fascinating it is for Julia, never have any man spoken to her in such a charming way he speaks. His voice is like that of royalty, his continua smiles slips through the gate of Julia's heart. All she could do was to pick up her basket while admiring the beauty of his face, she finds not only her hands trying to pull up the basket but his hands as well pulling up the basket.

Alas: Allow me to lift it, while you walk home, you deserve to rest.

Julia: Grandma will be upset if I let you carry this basket full of corns.

Alas: Accept my help as a symbol of my gratitude to you for letting me stay over at your place.

Julia: Am curious to know why you treat me with so much respect

Alas: Forgive me if I offend you in treating you with respect.

Julia laughs finding it to be funny meeting a guy whom act like one who is not from this world.

Alas: Why are you laughing, did I say anything funny?

Julia: Yes you sure did. Where are you from? I don’t think you are from here.

Alas: What makes you separate me from being part of this place?

Julia: The manner in which you speak, also you have been smiling since we left the farm

Alas: I haven’t smiled for many years, I am glad to see smile on my face again.

Julia: What could have taken such a beautiful smile off your face?

Alas: I lost my mother while I was eight years old.

Julia: Am sorry to hear that.

Julia became silent seeing it no longer appropriate to ask any further questions, for she had taken the smile off his face by reminding him of his late mother. Julia quietly walk down the road with Alas who had suddenly stopped smiling after being reminded of his mother, Silently Julia observed Alas had not break a sweat since he had place the basket on his head. Deep down in her heart she felt there is more mystery to Alas but her heart couldn’t stop admiring the perfection of his body. Never have she lust over a boy desiring to have him all to herself, she finds not only her mind wondering what Alas wasn’t telling her but her heart wanting him to sleep in her room tonight. While lost in her thoughts she turns to take the wrong path home.

Alas: Where are you going to?, this is the way to your house.

Julia laughs seeing she almost went to the wrong direction she was heading to, due to her interest in Alas a mystery young man.

The sounding horns of the underworld happens only once a year, a year for all demons to sleep, giving every mortal under captivity a full month to rest from their tortures. Unlike the human world, Alas barely could sleep, despite his presence on earth he still wasn’t able to fake sleep. He passes through the locked door of Julia grandmother house, so he could glaze at the beauty of the night before the sun rises. While standing looking up the sky, he sight his kind flying with his wings flapping in the air, quickly he hides inside the big tree planted to give shield during the hot sun in Julia grandmother compound. He exist out of the tree, looks above the sky, seeing more of his kind flying around the sky searching for him, in the tree he hides again pondering on why they didn’t catch up with him at day. He thought to himself the day is good for him and the night is evil, he hears the landing of a demon close to the tree, sniffing his presence around the compound, Alas pulls out his sword, waiting patiently to strike, if his kind tries sticking his hand inside the tree to pull him out. He sees the reflection of his face in his sword, closely he looks at his sword, seeing his eyes all turned back to red. Confused he became for he couldn’t understand the essence of his eyeballs turning back to red. Could this mean I will have to remain in this tree till my eye balls turns back blue? He said to himself as he hears his kind fly back up to the sky. Though he wished to exist the tree but he couldn’t for his eye balls were still red, he fears Julia seeing him like this would cause her and her kind to panic as they normally did when he once came to earth hundreds of years ago.

It was morning, Julia knocks at the guest room door but there wasn’t any response, she opens it and finds not Alas in the bed, she search round the compound but couldn’t find him. Her heart melts, her eyes became wet, sadness grew In her. She barely could take off her eyes of him while he was around, what makes her feel she can now he is gone, she said to herself as she sheds tears. Her little sister still sleeps unaware of the absence of Alas, while Julia sits outside hoping he might had gone out but will return soon. Grandma approaches Julia, seeing the change of her countenance, she desired to know what troubles her grand child.

Grandmother: Julia my child, what seems to trouble your heart.

Julia: Grandma, it’s Alas.

Grandmother: Did he sexually harass you last night?

Julia: No Grandma, he isn’t such a guy.

Grandmother: If that is the case, open up to me.

Julia: He have left the house.

Grandmother: Let that not trouble you, he is a young man, he probably went to do something important but Julia weren’t you the one that unlock the doors?

Julia: Yes Grandma.

Grandmother: How then did he leave the house if you were the one who opened the door?

It then came to her notice at that very moment that Alas could be a demon, Alas who was hiding in the tree at that moment knew he had screw things up with this family, regretfully he thought within himself he should had held back inside the house but his eyes have kept him trapped just as he have been trapped in the underworld

Julia: No it can’t be, Grandma could he be a demon?

Tara walks in hearing Julia asking if he could be a demon, with her hands still robbing off sleep from her eyes she answers the question unaware they speak of Alas.

Tara: No sister, demons don’t save kids from wolves, only Angels does.

Julia: Yes, you are right Tara, he probably is an Angel, what was I even thinking, such a sweet good looking young man a demon?, I’m over thinking too much.

Julia suddenly feel relieved knowing her suspicious about Alas turned out to him being an Angel. Her grandmother smiles excusing herself seeing her countenance have returns to it’s usual form, Tara unaware of Alas absence asked for him.

Tara: Sister, where is Alas?

Julia: I really don’t know, I hope he comes back soon.

Tara: What do you mean by hope he comes back soon?

Julia: He is no where to be found at home, he left while the doors were still locked.

Tara: He has gone home then, he should have stayed little much longer, I really did like him.

Julia: So do I Tara.

Tara hugs her sister sadly missing Alas whom seems to have left without saying goodbye. Alas hearing them understood why his eye balls became blue, it was due to his interest in keeping Tara safe that changed the color of his eyes. He pulls out his sword so as to see his eyes again, how disappointed he was seeing it was still red. He decided to try out saving someone life to know if his eye balls would turn blue but how can I save someone without first scaring them off he said to himself.