"Koumyou, I'd carry you like this for fun if you asked me to," Devero tells him, turning his head to kiss Koumyou's hair. "You don't have to apologize for that. I offered."

He purses his lips and nods. "I hope so too. I don't know how much help I'll be against a demon, even if it's a cat, too." He laughs, a hollow little ha ha.