"Taken lightly?"

The two had referred to me as a human, a demon, and a sorcerer. They already seemed to know me as a man of love. How, then, could they possibly accuse me of taking the miracle of love lightly? To deliver my love to my many beloved, I had cast off the world I came from, all family and connections I had there... I came to this world, and suffered **** time and time again...! I literally didn't see any way my commitment could be any greater.

"To summon us requires great commitment!" Zepar agreed, placing a hand on his/her bare hip.

"The miracle you seek requires greater still!" Furfur disagreed, placing his/her other hand on his/her other hip.

"In short, what is lacking is... a commitment!" they agreed, hugging together and throwing out their arms for their unseen audience's applause once more.

A commitment...? But I'd just said-

"Your commitment is not a commitment!" Furfur chided me, raising a finger.

"Your promises show no promise!" Zepar reprimanded me, raising the other.

"This route... is a dead end!" the two agreed.

I felt myself going cross-eyed tracking those dancing fingers through the air.

This was it, then? After how hard I'd tried, all I got was riddles. I thought about those... and started to drift off. I noticed I had taken a seat on the carpet.

"There will be no obstacles to love!!" the two declared. I had noticed they were closing in now, wiggling their fingers in a tell-tale gesture of hunger. Oh right... these two were demons...

I'm not the mystery type. I can't stand thinking this hard about anything. Someone else can try and solve these riddles... I'll just try again until I get what I want.

"That part of you is what is lacking!" Zepar spoke around a red mouth full of something I didn't recognize, because it was normally inside of me.

"But this part of you is great snacking!" Furfur taunted me, grinning as if he/she was just sharing a funny joke as my blood stained the corners of his/her mouth.

There will be no obstacles to love...