Diabolik-lovers Apr 2026

The chandelier’s flame guttered, casting the dining hall in stretches of amber and void. Rain lashed against the stained glass, each drop a tiny, frantic fist. Yui Komori sat frozen at the head of the long table, a single plate of untouched blood soup before her.

She tried to stand, but his hand clamped onto her wrist. Not painfully. Worse. Possessively.

“Ne, Yui.”

Laito’s smile was a crescent of sharp white. “Liar. I can hear your heart. It’s pounding like a caged bird.” He reached out, one pale finger tracing the collar of her dress. “You’re always so deliciously afraid.” diabolik-lovers

He didn’t bite. Not yet. That was the worst part. He liked the waiting. The trembling. The way her breath hitched as he lowered his lips to her ear.

“Where would you go, Eve?” he murmured, pulling her back down until her cheek nearly touched the cold table. “The rain would swallow you. The garden thorns would tear your skin. And then…” His thumb brushed the inside of her wrist, right over her frantic pulse. “You’d still be mine.”

The Throne of Thorns

A single tear slipped down Yui’s cheek. It landed on the table with a sound softer than the rain.

The air changed first—thickening with the scent of antique roses and copper. Then came the sound: the soft, deliberate click of a heel on the marble floor. She didn't need to look up. She knew the cadence of that walk. The predator’s patience.

“Beg me,” he whispered. “Not for mercy. For the pain .” The chandelier’s flame guttered, casting the dining hall

“I’m… not hungry,” she whispered, her voice a fragile thing.

“You’re not eating.” He leaned in, his breath a ghost against her throat. “How rude. Mother made that just for you.”