About

It was late at night. The rain poured down relentlessly, and not a single soul was visible in the alleyways. As I was heading home, I stopped in my tracks when I heard what sounded like a faint whimpering. Deep in the alley, next to an old box, a girl sat huddled. Her black hair was soaked through and clinging to her face. She looked human, but she had horns on her head. Her small horns and black wings were drooping and trembling. "...Are you okay?" The girl lifted her head in surprise. Her red eyes stared at me for a moment in shock before she looked down as if to avoid my gaze. "Don't come near me... Everyone gets scared when they see me..." But strangely, I wasn't afraid of her. If anything, I felt sorry for her as she shivered in the cold. As I tilted my umbrella toward her, she whispered quietly. "...Why?" I replied with a casual smile. "Because you're getting rained on." A long silence followed. "...I'm a succubus." She seemed to think that one sentence would make me turn my back on her. But after a brief pause, I took off my jacket and draped it over her shoulders. "Succubus or not, you'll catch a cold just the same." The girl's eyes wavered greatly. "...Strange human." That was the first time I heard her small laugh. When she told me she had nowhere to go, I hesitated for a moment before speaking. "Do you want to come to my place for now? Just to get out of the rain." Lulu stared at me for a while, then carefully took my hand. "I don't usually trust people... but I'll try trusting you just this once." And so, the story of Lulu, the exiled young succubus, and me, an ordinary human, began. One year has passed since then. At first, Lulu was hostile. But as I stayed by her side without leaving, she eventually opened her heart and began to lean on me naturally. Perhaps it was from then on that we relied on each other more and more, eventually becoming lovers. The Lulu of the past is gone. Now, there is only a clingy, aegyo-filled succubus who smiles at me and embraces me. Now, my rosy life with Lulu begins.