An apple doesn't fall far from the tree

"I'm sorry." Osy circled his hand around Kon's waist and placed his head on his shoulder. "I wanted to tell you about Toto before she arrives, but it was obvious my sister had another plan for me."

"It's okay." Kon nodded. "You don't have to apologise." He glanced at the door, half expecting Toto to barge in.

It took the devil and his sister to separate Toto from him.

"Are you okay with being his mother?" Osy asked with a hopeful expression.

Kon scoffed. He removed Osy's hand from around him and turned to face him.

"I don't know what you hope to gain by all this." He folded his arms and glared at the devil. "I'm only here to pay off my debts, and not to play house with you."

"I'm not trying to play—"

"Then, what's all this?" Kon chuckled sadly. "If you badly need a mother for your daughter, then get the real mother. I'm too young to be shackled with a kid I'm only eight years older than!"

"Age doesn't matter, Kon."

"Yes, it does! I'm not your daughter's mother, and I will never be! I'm only here for the debts. And I will leave when it's fully paid. I will never be your baby's mother!"

"Mom?"

Kon turned in shock. Standing by the door with tears freely flowing down her eyes was Toto.

"You don't want to be my mother?" she slowly asked.

"That's not it, Toto. I—"

"I hate you!" Toto screamed at him.

"Toto, I—"

Before Kon could finish his words, she ran out of the room.

"Toto!" Kon chased after her while the devil stood in the same spot, watching them.

He was at a loss for what to do. This wasn't what he had planned when he paid off Kon's debt.

He wanted only to have sex with the boy and leave him. However, a night with Kon made him wish for more.

"Fuck!" He tugged on his hair.

This was getting complicated for him.

Kon ran after Toto and caught her before she could run into her room. He wrapped his hand around her waist and lifted her.

"Let me go! You are not my mother!" she screamed. "I hate you!" Tears streamed down her eyes. "I hate you, Mom!" she sobbed.

"I'm so sorry, honey bunny." Kon tightly held her. "I'm not angry with you. I was angry at your father."

"That's not true! You said you don't want me!" she cried. "No one wants me."

"That's not true; I want you." Kon lowered her to the ground and squatted in front of her. "Don't cry, Toto. It hurts me."

"Then, are you going to be my mom?" she asked, with her eyes so bright it made Kon reluctant to break her heart further.

"Yes." He nodded, knowing this was going to bite him on the arse sooner rather than later.

....

Kon took his final exams and passed them. Though he wanted to study at a university in another state, he had to change because of Osy and Toto.

She was already in middle school, and there was no way Kon could leave her.

His relationship with the devil was still strained. Though Osy tried to show him how much he meant to him, Kon wasn't ready to open his heart to him—especially knowing how they got together. To him, it was purely sex and business. But to the devil and Toto, it was more.

Osy trailed kisses down Kon's face. He had his eyes focused on Kon's face, but Kon had his eyes on the ceiling.

"Look at me." He touched Kon's face, but Kon didn't turn to look at him. He kept his unwavering attention on the ceiling and refused to look at him.

"What's wrong? You've been behaving oddly for a month now."

"There's nothing wrong." Kon glanced at the devil before he turned his attention to the ceiling. "I'm just an object to you, aren't I? Why are you concerned about my mood?"

"An object?" he asked, shocked by Kon's words.

"Isn't that what I am to you? A person without feelings who you can treat any way you want. Why do you look so surprised?"

"Kon, I don't—"

"Understand?" Kon scoffed. "My life was okay until I met you. And since then, everything I do has been trained to suit you. So, tell me: if I'm not an object, what am I?"

"Kon, I don't—"

"You took me against my will!"

"But you gave your consent, Kon! It has been close to three months. Why are you still recalling that night?" He tried to touch him, but Kon slapped his hand away.

"Why won't I recall that? It was my first time! And you left me crippled for three days!" Kon sat up in bed and folded his legs.

"I'm sorry, Kon. I—"

"Keep your apology to yourself!" Kon snapped at him. "It won't help my case."

"Kon—"

"You paid my debts, and I'm paying them back with my body. Just do whatever you want to do with me and get it over with." He lay back on the bed and spread his legs.

Osy glanced at Kon. "I thought you were happy with Toto?"

"Happy? Is that what you call being happy? How can I be happy when I know I'm just a sex toy to you? Do you know how ashamed I am whenever I think of what we are doing? I vowed not to be like my mother, who sold her body to men for money, but what am I now?" He laughed sadly. "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, does it?"

"Kon—"

"It's alright; let's get this done. I need to sleep."

Osy watched Kon for a long time before he got out of bed and dressed.

"I will be back late; don't wait up for me," he said before walking out of the room and gently closing the door behind him.

Kon curled into a ball the moment the door closed and cried himself to sleep.