Title: The Perfumer's Apprentice
Fandom: Diabolik Lovers
Rating: NC-17/NSFW
Length: 100
Content notes: Implied Character Death, Harm to Children, and Graphic Depictions of Violence. Also doubles as a fill for GenPrompt Bingo's 'Alternative Professions.'
Summary: As a brilliant child prodigy, the apothecary Reiji has only one goal: to capture Death in a single fragrance.

A thick sludge spills from the bottle he holds,
and the warm scent of iron makes me yearn.
Petals and rotting flesh fall from the folds,
Father smiles and asks, "Do you want to learn?"

And so I gather my ingredients;
Woo the girl, promise, seduce, and entice.
Lead her, guide her far beyond recompense,
Drag her into Hell and that should suffice.

Roses, lilies, hydrangea flowers,
decorate her with violet petals.
Suffering prolonged, ecstasy sours,
blade in breast, bursting with precious metals.

Blood fills the bottle, catches her last breath,
This, dear child, is the fragrant scent of Death.