đđ youâre keigoâs physician, coming over to check on him while heâs in rut
⢠keigo takami x f!reader
cw ~ rutting!hawks, avian specialist!physician!bird nerd!reader, reader wears glasses (stereotypical nerd? i wear glasses so itâs okay), smut;; handjob, painful erection, ballplay?, feral talk from kei, excessive precum + keigo cums a lot, facial ?, reader gets almost intoxicated off pheromones, so i guess mild dubcon, most likely inaccurate things ab wing anatomy though that parts not focused on.. (am i getting better at this)
wc 4.4k (i genuinely donât know how that happened)
You breathed deeply before grabbing the keys and unlocking the doorârushing yourself in and swiftly closing it behind you.
âTakami?â you called out. You automatically made the mistake of breathing in too quickly, getting hit hard by the strong musky air that filled this entire house.Â
The warmth was what bothered you, but you were familiar with this scent. Not with how especially potent it was todayâbut it wasnât new. Though youâd been warned about this years ago, and told to get a mask to protect yourself from the damn near drugs this man produced. Youâve been fine, though. How bad could things get? Youâd get a little dizzy after too long, but you could deal.Â
You walked toward the coffee table, putting down your bag and looked over to the hallway to see your giant, shirtless patient.
âAh. Trying to scare me?â You grinned at him as he stared at you blankly, before taking heavy steps to sit on the couch.Â
âNot even gonna smile for me?â You fake pouted. âIs it that bad?â
He looked at you, eyes piercing through yours, before sighing. âYâdonât even know.â he rasped.
âActually, I do, very much. And why are all the windows shut? You know I told you the fresh air is good.â
âThe city smells like shit.â
âIf any normal civilian walked in here, theyâd tell you this house smells like shit.â
âSmells like me.â he huffed the correction.
âIt smells like sex.â You giggled, slipping off your white jacket and walking over to hang it. âCome on. Let me open one window. You know this isnât very good for me either.â
ââŚYouâre bothered?â he muttered, lifting his head.
âOh, no. It just makes me sort of drowsy. Yâknow, your pheromones are meant to be attracting another⌠half-human⌠half-bird⌠partner. Iâm just me. Youâre suffocating, almost.â
He looked at you for a long while, before sending a large feather to open a window behind him. You scowled at his wings as they spread, the state of them a horrible sight. âYouâre a mess,â you groaned, quickly walking up to him and taking a closer look. âUgh. My babies...â
You saw his head flick in your direction, most likely glaring.
âDonât look at me like that.â you murmured. âYeah. Iâll be here for a while. Youâre wrecked.â You turned back to the table, searching through your bag and grabbing the thermometer and flashlight.
You put the thermometer in his mouth and grabbed his face as you shined the light in his dark eyes. âPupils heavily dilatedâŚâ you looked down at the thermometer. 41°C. Which would take a human to the emergency room, but itâs around average for him during a rut. Still, very hot. You could see the glow on his skin from how heâd been sweating.Â
You took the tools back, taking out your notebook to write the information down, leaving it open on the table. âCan you stand up? Stretch them out for me?â you asked sweetly, your hands folded at your front.
He gave you another silent stare before he got up. He seemed to have grown about three inches taller again. He groaned, before obeying. His wings, as usualâdespite being a mess, were still beautiful. Large enough to fill this whole living room, if he stretched properly. But heâs tenseâheâs sensitive.Â
âDoes it hurt?â you asked, getting closer and looking at the feathers closest to his back from the front.Â
âAches.â he said.
âYeah, cause you love cramping them to your back all the damn time,â you murmured, receiving a mean glare from him as a response. You looked at his bare chest, getting closer as you saw how defined his muscles had become. His entire body shifted during this time of year, trying to give him all the strength heâd need to bury himself in someone and breed them, of course, without a single chance for them not to be full of his seed.
Thatâs⌠vulgar, but unavoidably true. Youâve dealt with him like this for so long that nothing is embarrassing, or shocking. You really take everything scientifically now, knowing youâre here to care for him, and track his behaviors. Nothing more.
So, of course, as you told him to breathe deeply while you listened to his heartbeat, you couldnât help looking down at the huge print in his sweatpants. You could see the entire outline of his cock, especially his swollen tipâthat you were actually shocked to see wasnât leaking as it usually would be. You noticed his growth down there, too. Just a bit longer, a lot thicker.
Again, some things you canât ignore, youâve grown to see as normal. Thatâs just something else to write down.
âYour heartbeat is⌠uneven. Irregular,â you mumbled, looking up at him expecting an answer. His heartbeat usually keeps a quickened, but constant pace when heâs like this.Â
He shook his head, putting it down toward you but keeping his eyes closed. âYouâŚâ he breathed.
âMe?â
ââŚJust⌠smell good..â he finished, followed by another heavy breath and a twitch from his wings.Â
You raised your brows, chuckling as you put the stethoscope away. âImpressive, that you can smell anything through your aroma in here.â
He lazily hummed in response, eyes opening quickly as he suddenly felt your hand on his chest.Â
âSit down, and turn a little so I can see your back.â you said, turning and grabbing a small bottle of oil. He did so in silence.
You sat next to him, or⌠behind him, sort ofâlooking over his wings. Like his chest, his back muscles had gotten more defined as it had to adjust to the new weight of his wings.Â
âHave you been eating well?â you asked as you popped the bottle open.
He simply grunts in response as he shrugs his shoulders.Â
âCome on, what does that mean?â you groaned. Rut must be especially bad this time. âHave you eaten today?â
âNo.â
âTakami.â you paused, as if he could see the expression on your face. âYou have to eat after this. Youâre so frustratingâyour body has gained⌠like, fifteen pounds of pure muscle and youâre not bothering to eat? Then you get all groggy.â He stayed silent as you ranted to him about his own health.Â
You huffed before pouring a generous amount of oil into your hand, and balancing the bottle on your thigh, as you reached for the base of his wings. Old feathers were tangled between the growth of his new ones, his pin feathers especially matted back here.
As soon as the moisture touched him, he flinchedâposture fixing from the cool sensation. Heâd relax though, as you slowly worked through his feathers.Â
Shlick. The familiar sound filled the room as you massaged the oil into his rough coverts. You hummed, this process being so familiar it was comforting at this point.Â
As youâd reach his primaries on his right wing, heâd occasionally grunt or hum. Which was nice to hear, him getting more comfortable. Keigo deals with a lot when heâs like this, and of course this isnât something that heals himâbut it is a relief. Quite literally a weight lifted off his shoulders, which feels good to do for him.
You collected the old feathers you plucked out, placing them on the coffee table to later put away for inspection. You took the oil again, coating your hands and reaching the end of his left wing. Shlick as you firmly dragged the serum down a long feather. Inspecting it closer, you caught a crumbled old feather that was stuck just underneath. You let him go, reaching for the tweezers again.
Though, you realized that as you stopped touching his wings⌠that sound didnât stop.
Shlick⌠Shlick⌠Shlick.
Each interval taking a few seconds before it came back again, just as loudâeven wetter as it continued.Â
You almost thought you were going insane, that your hands were still moving on him or somethingâyou literally looked at your arms to make sureâthen looked down to see the muscle in Keigoâs shoulder blade moving. It was slight at first, and then got more apparent, along with his elbow slightly trembling as well.Â
You then remembered the way he was grunting and breathing earlierâyou thought it was from the massage. You looked over his wings, and saw him enjoying aâŚdifferent massage.
The waistband of his pants stretched down a bit, and his hand wrapped around his thick, throbbing cockâas he stroked himself with a hard grip. Every stroke up had a bead of pre-cum forming at his tip, and dripping down with his hand. His dick almost had a red tint to it with how swollen he was. It looked like it hurt.Â
âTâŚTakamiâŚâ you spoke softly after sitting back.Â
He didnât stop, or slow downâyou didnât even catch a twitch in his feathers.
You werenât⌠uncomfortable. Not really, honestly the main thing going through your mind now was the fact that you underestimated how he was doing today.Â
You have seen his cock before. A few times, the ache would get bad for him and youâd have to check and make sure it was just his hyper-arousal rather than something concerning. Youâve also caught him pleasuring himself before. The first time, it was enough to shake your professional persona, but it was easy to get over.Â
Keigo doesnât get anything to really⌠deal with himself. He feels itâs a little odd to have women coming to deal with him when heâs like thisânot only is it an weird feeling for the feral side of his mind, fucking someone who wasnât his mateâbut it just⌠wouldnât⌠work.Â
Keigoâs uncontrollable during this time. He needs a partner. A mate. Someone he can call his woman, outside of his rut and as it happens. Someone he can have those long conversations with about how heâs going to need the help. How heâs going to need to fuck, and breed, and keep doing it until he the burning under his skin fades awayâwhich will take longer than anyone expects.
That conversation about how itâll be exhausting, how he could scare themâhow he could hurt themâall of that.
You got that conversation too before you started working as his physician, and sure it⌠concerned you a little, but then after meeting him any worry about how heâd be during that time faded. You werenât even nervous when you walked in during his first rut with youâalso the first day where he really didnât seem like himselfâhis body completely changed, bigger and tougher and really looking like a predator.
Itâs because that bird-brained half of him had gotten comfortable with you. That side of him assigned you as someone who cares for him, makes him feel better, makes him fly better. Youâre sweet and youâre understanding and you take your time with him. So, he could hardly get scary with you. He knew better, both sides of him.Â
You wouldnât know it, maybe not even he did, but some part of him put that âmateâ title onto you.Â
With how you treated him so well, and the fact that you were the only person he saw during rutâhe almost had no other choice. His mind needed something to cling to, and that became you.
Again, unbeknownst to you, youâd also make his ruts worse. He was seeing his mate almost every day and he couldnât take her? Claim her? It was torture, just as it is now.
So, youâre here, sitting behind him as heâs desperately touching himself. What makes it different this time is that heâs doing it now, while youâre here. Heâs doing this, and he knows youâre here, and he knows you know and heâs not stopping.
As mentioned before, youâve seen him get boners while you worked. Youâve heard him say some feral lewd things to you and kept it pushing. Youâve walked in his home, hearing him loudly deal with himself in another roomâbut all those times there felt like there was a sort of barrier that didnât make things weird.Â
Thereâs literally no barrier here. You hardly even knew what to sayâwhat to do. Walk out? Well, that would make him instinctively try to chase you.
âTakamiâŚâ you spoke a little louder as you got up slowly. He still didnât react. As you moved the bottle of oil onto the coffee table though, his wings twitched as he moved and sat back on the couch, now completely exposed to you and seemingly not caring as he kept stroking himself.
Now, you couldnât look away from his cock as it faced you. Swollen wouldnât cut it. He was completely engorged, a vein that went down from his tip pulsing with each strong pump. Strong wouldnât cut it either, and your eyes widened as you saw the muscles in his arm deepen every time he went back downâjust choking the thick base of his dick. You breathed deeply before you spoke again.
âK⌠KeigoâŚâ you murmured, his name almost unfamiliar on your tongue. âI⌠Iâm gonna be honest, I donât⌠IâI feel likeâŚâ the words wouldnât come to you. Every option of a sentence felt wrong.Â
He actually moaned then, and you watched his muscles tensed as he gripped himself impossibly harder, almost squeezing the precum out of him as it trickled down his inches. Â
âHurts,â he grumbled, opening his eyes to look at you for a second before throwing his head back onto the couch. âFucking hurts.â
âYeah,â you breathed. âI knowâŚâ
The room went silent and felt hot, you started to wonder if his pheromones were getting to you now. All you could hear was both of your heavy breaths along with him stroking the sloppy mess of his shaft. His eyes were closed, his brows furrowed, every now and then gritting his teeth.
You swallowed, trying to do what you came to do. Youâre meant to care for him.
âI⌠uhm, I have some suppressants here, Keigo, if itâs this bad for you. It could help with the⌠swellingââ
âNo,â he rasped. âNo drugs.â
âItâll help you,â you argued, taking a small step toward him. âYouâre⌠holding yourself too hard, you can hurt yourself like that, Iâll getââ
âWonât work.â he cut you off, gripping his dick again as if just to concern you more. As he dragged his hand down to the base, he lifted his head and opened his eyes to look at you. âNeed to breed.âÂ
ââŚI know you do. Youâre in pain. I can help it, I can make you feel better,â you insisted, feeling bad for sort of⌠lying to him. You knew those suppressants stopped working for him years ago. When he was a teen, they used to completely block out ruts. Eventually, they just turned into numbing pills for him, which kept the burning and the animalistic thoughts, and just made it impossible for him to get any relief. They also put him to sleep, which⌠sure, thatâs something, until he wakes up.Â
He still didnât respond to you. His hips twitched into his hands, and he started to groan moreâand louder.Â
But then, he slowed down a bit, lazily lifting his head and staring at you. His gaze was intimidating, intentionally like he wanted to scare you. Well, he didnâtâas you were used to thisâbut he was trying.Â
âMake⌠make me feel better?â he asked roughly, repeating your words to him.
âYes,â you said softly, thinking you were getting to him. âIâm here to do that, Takami. You can trust me.â
He seemed to try to keep his eyes on you, but they rolled back as he stroked himself again. Another moment of silence as he tended to his ache, before his gaze snapped back to yours.
âThen⌠do it,â he breathed. âCome. Touch me. Help me.â his voice cracked near the end, and you heard a small whine as his face contorted while his tip kept self lubricating.Â
You completely froze, breath hitching. Not knowing what to do at all. You did literally just say you would help him. And the way heâs doing it to himself is damn near scary.Â
But⌠What? A handjob?
You watched him as you couldnât speak. Your patient, completely at the mercy of his biology. Your patient who got like this so many times around you, completely feral and desperate, and never crossing a lineâand now heâs whining for it.Â
What line would this truly cross, though? You take care of him. You assist him with his issues that come with being half bird, and⌠this technically counts as one of them. Youâre the only person in the world who sees him when heâs like thisâwho helps him.
You werenât going to just let him suffer with this, not when he directly asked you.Â
You took a slow breath, adjusting your glasses with a steady hand. ââŚOkay..â you spoke softly.
You took a few steps, standing between his legs before kneeling down in front of him. Your hands were still greasy from the oil, but it wasnât like it would do him any bad. Heâs also already soaked in his own slick.Â
One of your hands finally wrapped around his cock, stretching your fingers wider than you expected. It was almost like he didnât even feel your handsâhe only reacted when he saw you touching himâhis wings flinching closer to his back before he had to force them to relax again. His eyes were locked on yours.Â
He hesitated, before letting himself go and resting his hands on his thighs. You took your other hand, stacking it above the other.
âGrip⌠grip it tighter,â he rasped. You listened, looking up at him for approval but then he shut his eyes hard. âTighter than that.â
Heâd tell you this about two more times until you huffed against his length. âIâm.. going to hurt you...â you mumbled.
He opened his eyes, brows furrowing in frustration as he put his hand over yours and showed you exactly how he needed you to hold him. Just as you said, his hand hurt against yours and you couldnât imagine that pressure on him feeling goodâbut, nonethelessâŚYou held him that same way, getting a deep groan in response as his legs spread wider.Â
Your hands hesitated before they started moving up and down his length. Both following each other, before you started twisting them around him rhythmically.Â
He moaned, hips bucking into you and individual feathers twitching off his wings.Â
âStop,â he suddenly grumbled, and you hovered before stopping. He sort of nodded his head as a signal for you to move, so you took your hands off of him.Â
A whine came from deep in his chest by the loss of contact. He grabs his waistband, tugging it down his legs, his lower half now bare. Your eyes automatically snapped toward his balls. Just as swollen as his cock, tightened up close and twitching as he grunted for you to continue.
You breathed, getting closer as your hands held him. You started stroking him, before his hand shot over both of yours again and crushed them under his grip. Again, completely unbelievable how this felt good to him, but you listened. You got a whimper in response, the muscles in his thighs shuddering.Â
You were sort of grateful by how empty your mind was right now. His pheromones were definitely doing something. Is this what the effect was supposed to be? Make someoneâs mind blank, just willing to do whatever he needs them to? Fascinating.
Your eyes kept flicking toward the tight, swelling base of his length. It almost bothered you from your clinical view, how tight his balls were and the way they lightly pulsed with each stroke.Â
You didnât want to speak, the words would have been awkward coming out of your mouth. Oh, can I touch your balls? You simply let your bottom hand drift every now and then, letting his pre just slightly get lower and lower to lubricate all of him, while you watched his reactions.
Then, youâd let your hand linger, your thumb rubbing against the skin between them before sliding back up. After a few more times, you fully moved your hand down, cupping them gently. They were hot and heavy, and you tried to stable your shaking fingers as you put just a little pressure on them.
âOhhh, oh my godâŚâ he moaned, his hips jerking up into you.Â
You almost smiled, so satisfied that he was feeling good. Your thumb and the pads of your fingers slowly kneaded into his throbbing sack. You found a rhythm, stroking him firmly and tending to his balls.Â
âHurts⌠fucking hurts so bâaaad.â his words were slurred between whines, his hands gripping to the couch. You held him impossibly tighter, making him sob out a moan that had your hands hesitating against him. He sounded like he was in excruciating pain, honestly. âKeep⌠keep goinâ⌠shit, hands feel sâfucking goodâŚâ
He placed his hand on top of yours again, this time thankfully not crushing your fingers under his. âFuck⌠fuck, spit on me.âÂ
âWâWhat?â you spoke quickly, hands stuttering against him again.
âSpit on it. Need your spit.â his gaze pierced into yours.Â
You frowned, looking away to think...Â
Well, actuallyâŚÂ
If he needed itâŚ
You lapped your tongue across the roof of your mouth, gathering spit and letting it dribble from your lips onto his tip.Â
âOh my god, I need your cunt,â he whined.Â
ââŚTakamiâŚâ you muttered, your voice barely even coming out. You dragged your spit over his dick, watching him twitch as you did.Â
âNeed to stâstreetchh, mmmgh, stretch you out and⌠and use that cuntâŚâ
âNot me,â you corrected quietly. âYou donât wanna do that to me.â
âI do, I fucking doâI need you,â he cried, now squirming under your touch. From the way his balls kept twitching in your palm, you could tell he was close. âCanât⌠canât cum if itâs not in your pussy. Wasting my seed in those fucking handsâŚâ
You watched as his whole bottom half was literally tensing up from the way he was holding back his orgasm. He was very serious.Â
I mean, this goes back to the severe lack of relief he gets during his ruts. He jerks off when it gets bad, but that feral side of his mind very much hates wasting his sperm on anything but someoneâs cunt.Â
âWaste?â you repeated quietly, making sure to keep that heavy pressure on his length, and your fingers massaging his balls. âKeigo⌠itâs⌠itâs not a waste.â
He could only groan deeply in response, the muscles in his thighs twitching. You knew the words he wanted to hear, and the words he needed to hear.Â
âYouâre⌠using me right now,â you looked at him as you spoke, your glasses fogging with how youâd started panting (along with how youâve been sweating for a while now.) âUsing my hands. Theyâre⌠making you feel good⌠y-youâre⌠claiming them.â you gave him a firm squeeze at the base of his cock.
âAaah, shit, making those hands all mine⌠gonna fucking paint them,â he whimpered. You knew those words would do him good. Thatâs exactly what he needs now. He wants to fill someone up, and claim them as his. Mark themâmark his territory.Â
âPââŚPaint me then,â your wet hands sped up into a frantic pace over his length. âPaint my skin and cum for me.â
He couldnât hold back for another second. His hips gave an uncontrollable, violent buck into your palmsâhis wings stretching out behind him, as his tip shot his cum everywhere. The second rope hit directly onto your glasses lens, you could almost hear the heavy splat against your face.Â
The strong scent hit you even harder than that, almost like honey right from the comb. A wave of bittersweet, animal musk instantly coated the back of your throat. It was like you could taste it on your tongue.Â
Oh, wait. Thatâs because you were.
Fuck, when it hit your glasses you gasped and opened your mouth in shock just as more splurted out of him again. A thick, extremely warm jet shot straight past your lips, hitting the roof of your mouth. With a gooey texture, and a deep pheromone sweetness that you could feel go straight to your brain. It was almost hard to swallow. Because of course you swallowed.
The whole scene was extremely sloppy, and messy. Your hands hovered over your glasses as you heard him moan and completely empty himself in front of you.Â
When it got quiet, you slipped your glasses off of your face, looking at him.
A mess, as expected. His own seed was splattered over his chest and the couch, and your hands, and your glassesâand just a sliver remained on your top lip. Without thinking, you licked it off. Then you met his eyes.Â
Low lidded, until he looked toward your glasses, and your nervous face. He groaned long, his hand suddenly sliding down his torso, shudderingâand you watched as his limp cock lifted back to its hardened state. The same as it was when he first started touching himself. Possibly harder, actually.
âHaahâŚâ you let out a breath, surprised by how quickly that happened. You knew he could get boners back quickly, but⌠hardly even fifteen seconds had passed.Â
He simply looked in your eyes as you watched his flesh engorge, his veins fat and pulsing down the shaft again.
Your hand rested on your own chest, feeling your slowing heartbeat. Your lids were low, and now without the distraction of trying to make him finish, you realized just how out of it you were.Â
Realizing how hot this room was, the way you were covered in sweat. More importantly, realizing the aching pulse you felt between your legs.Â
It was intense, and you could only sit back and try to process what the fuck just happened. What was happening.Â
Your hand went over your mouth, trying to cover the way you were panting. You couldnât control the whimper that came after that.Â
Keigo suddenly growled, making your eyes snap to him. He was taking slow, deep breaths and staring at you with big eyes.
âMmmh⌠You smell so fucking sweet,â he grumbled. âNeed to claim that wet cunt.âÂ
Your thighs clenched together hard, the sudden friction only making it impossible to ignore the throbbing in your pussy. You were completely vulnerable to him now.
Well, youâre the one who decided to help him in the first place.
Youâre the only one who can, soâŚ
You should probably do your job.
. Ýâ âš . Ý âĄ Ý . âš â Ý. iâm sort of obsessed with this concept⌠might write more with it⌠anyway thankyou for reading! all interactions are so very much appreciated :)) also, happy happy pride month!! đ¤đŞ˝
Description: Youâre ovulating and need Valko to fuck the ever living shit out of you. Multiple times. Yep, mhm.
WC: 4k
TITS. PECS. GIANT TITS. When the people (one sweetie pie anon ilysm) ask for more Valko, I PROVIDE MORE VALKO!!! đŤĄđŤś (Itâs summer and I fucking hate summer, LMAO. In my mindscape for this one, itâs fall/winter, mkay? Heâd be the warmest good boy...)
HEâS BEEN CLEAREDâŚALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS...GIVE HIM THE F U C K BACK!!! AAWWWOOOOO!!!!! KEEP IT UP VALKYRIES!!!!!!!!
Cutesy, diabolically horny, then cutesy again. Enjoy! MWAH!
Cuddled up on the couch, you canât stop pressing your face into the side of Valkoâs warm, built chest. When relaxed, the large pad of muscle is like a firm, perfect pillow beckoning you for a well-deserved nap.
Although...it also beckons you to bite and lick him until he starts whimpering.
Despite humming happily to the feeling of you nuzzling against him, when pressing your nose into the side tissue of his muscle, a little too hard, he finally speaks up with a light laugh, âPupâŚwhatcha doinâ?â
Grumbling, you squeeze his forearm thatâs closest to you, sinking your nails into his skin, âMmmphâŚsâcozy, shh.â
He lets out a more hearty laugh, flexing his forearm for you in the process, âDid you just shush me?âÂ
âMmhmâŚshhhh.â Your voice becomes a needy whine, turning your head to the side to rub your cheek on him, ââŚRuining itâŚquiet, you.â
With his continuing sweet laugh that warms your heart, he still sounds a tad offended, âIâm ruining it!?â When you donât reply and continue to smush your cheek into him, he simply watches, loving deeply when you behave in any capacity how he often does. He kisses the top of your head, âYouâre so cute.â After waiting a second to see if youâd stopâyou donât, he hums again before speaking, âDo you know what today is, doll?â
You shake your head no, using it as an excuse to keep rubbing on him. After, you bring your face full frontal back into the side of his pec, âMmm, mm-mm. Shh!â
He laughs again, brushing away some stray hairs of yours splayed across his chest, âJust about day fourteen of your cycle.âÂ
You release a small groan into him, a little frustration rising that he wonât just let you have your fun without a bit of a pestering and a tease, âMmm, so?â Your voice is muffled due to your mouthâyour whole faceâbeing actively pressed against him.
âSoâŚâ He waits for your reaction.
âOhâoh.â You lift your head up quickly, looking at him with bleary eyes from having them closed for so long, âCan youâ!?â He knows your cycle better than you do. While helpful, it left little information to the imagination, and he can always sense any changes in your behavior before you even process that theyâre happening. It truly did make him the sweetest, best, and most informed boyfriend there ever was.
He grins, holding back another laugh while nodding, âOh, yeah.â You stare at him a bit abashed, squeezing your legs together while you press your face back into him out of embarrassment and a rising, needy desire to have your face right back where it was, âWell, even if I couldnât...â His voice lowers, âLook at you, pup.â
You groan again, âMmm, youâre so bigâŚso warm...justâshhh.â You playfully nip at his skin through his shirt.
He chuckles, using one of his hands to stroke your hair as you nuzzle him, âOkay, baby. Whatever you sayâŚâ All he needed to do was wait.
This wouldnât end until youâre lifting his shirt up and shoving your face underneath. As soon as he goes to grab it and lift, youâre whining loudly, biting into his pec. âNo! Mm-mm, leave me under here!â
He seals you back underneath his shirt and lets go, âOkay, okay! Youâre so cute, pup. You can stay under there as long as youâd like.â
You press your lips into his skin, âHmphâŚgood.â
Heâs like a furnace, so warm, and so, so, soft. His skin is electrifying to touchâwhether itâs with your hands, your mouth, your body... You let your bottom lip drag across his skin, under and then over the side swell of his pec, your teeth grazing the space and closingâbut not around his skin, like youâre teasing yourself as opposed to him.
When you feel him wiggle in his seat from your touch, you reach over and press your left hand against his hip thatâs furthest from you, finally sinking your teeth into his skin. His voice is a reserved whimper, âH-heyââ
âMmmphâŚâ Needily, your mouth opens again, wide, sucking on his skinâtaking however much of his muscle will fit into your mouth with a vacuumed pressure. While you suck, you let your tongue caress the skin thatâs in your mouth.
His hips twitch again, âPupânghââ
You shake your head gently, holding him in your mouth, âMm-mm.â After you let him go, you mix deliberate and sloppy kisses to his skin, turning your focus and attention onto the space just beside his nipple.
By this point, youâre panting, quiet groans and whines slipping past your lips. He tastes so good and smells even better, the cedary scent of him contained and more powerful beneath the confines of his shirt. The more you suck, bite, lick, and kiss him...the harder you squeeze your thighs together.
When you truly process his scent and let it overwhelm you, you moan into his skin. You delicately let your tongue graze his skin, once just beside his nipple before going directly over itâsoftly...slowly...tantalizingly...
âShitâmmmâŚâ His hands press against you underneath his shirt. You press your lips into him softly before licking again, teasing the outer edge of his nipple with the tip of your tongue. He moans to the feeling, âBabeââ
Cutting him off, and by doing so like he frequently does to you, you let your lips wrap around him softly, sucking tenderly before applying more pressure and letting your tongue massage the bud. You feel his hips buck beneath your left hand, moaning openly against his skin at his reaction. You let go momentarily, only to flick your tongue against him before wrapping your lips around the bud again.
Without a warning other than a loud groan, he suddenly yanks his shirt up and over your head, the material landing above his chest. Caught, you release him from your mouth and smile up at himâequal parts mischievous and guilty. With his chest rising as he breaths deeply, you press your lips into him again, staring up at him with pleading, aroused eyes while you do so. âMmmâŚâ he shifts in his seat, a small groan sounding from his throat that makes his voice hoarse, ânot even gonna let me watch you, pup?â You kiss the side of his chest, âThatâs not very nice, hm?â
Moaning while doing so, you sink back into the side of his pec, biting and squeezing his muscle between your teeth. When he groans, you let go and sit up, âOff.â Like he thought, all he had to do was wait. Quickly, you lean forward and kiss the same spot you just bit, âTake it off. Right now.â
He smirks, âYes, maâam.â While you wait, impatiently, your fingers grip and sink into his thigh thatâs closest to you. As you watch his core flex while his arms go up, your hands immediately part from his thigh to drag up his abs back to his chest. Once his shirt is off completely, he lets it drop behind the couch. He runs a hair through his hair, âLike my chest that much, princess?âÂ
Youâre quick to straddle his lap, and instinctively each of his hands palm both sides of your ass, drawing you in closer with a tight grip. You wait not at all to let yourself grind down onto his lap, âMmhmâŚâ
As he leans forward to kiss you, you stop him by pressing your palms against the top of his chest, pushing him back into the couch. Your hands flatten, pressing harder as you drag down his muscle a short distance, âJust look at you, so fucking sexyâŚâ
With his chest heaving and expanding under your touch, he chuckles, âIs that right?â
You sigh longingly, staring at his chest rather than at him, âShut up.â
His eyes widen, but he canât hide his smirk, âGeez, pupââ
You interrupt, finally meeting his eyes, âQuiet. Let me have my fun, hm?âÂ
After groaning, he swallows and nods, glancing down at your hands that now have a firm grip over his muscles, your nails pressing down into his skin until you make him moan.
As you continue to squeeze, palming his wide, warm muscles in your hands, his head tilts back and rests completely against the back of the couchâs edge. âMmm... Good boyâŚâ Before he can make a sound or move a muscle, youâre practically lunging for his throat, licking a clean, slow stripe up and over his adamâs apple.
âNghâohââ His fingertips dig into your skin over the material covering your ass. When your teeth reach his jaw, you nip his skin, âF-fuck, pupââ
Leaning in on one side, your mouth is hot on his neck, not holding back in how you bite him. âNngh!â Your hips drive down into his lap, easily feeling how hard he isâhow hard he has been, likely since when you first drove your face into the side of his chest earlier.
As you retract from his neck panting, driven by a wild desire for him, heâs quickly lifting his head off the couch and gripping your face in both of his hands. âPupââ
You donât let him speak, crashing your mouth onto his instead. Where you may normally wait to slip your tongue into his mouth, you donât. He moans into your mouth immediately at the contact, the grip of his hands on your face softening as he welcomes you. Reluctantly, you part from him, needing to say your piece, âI need you to cum inside me. Right now.â
âN-now?â
âYes, Val. Right fucking now.â Your lips find his again, his groans and moans from you kissing himâgrinding against himâfalling easily and frequently into your mouth.
Trying to pull back from you and failing, he speaks between wet, desperate kisses, âW-waitânghâare youâmmmâsure?â
âMhm.â Breaking away, your hands press against his chest as you grind down more intentionally. âNow, stop talking and help me get all my clothes off.â
When he doesnât immediately react, your mouth goes straight back for his neck. You sink in, sucking on his flesh hard as you grind more aggressively against his cock. âF-fuckâif I didnât know any better, Iâd say you were trying to eat me, baby.â
Releasing his neck with a gasp, you bring your mouth right by his ear, whispering, âIf you donât help me get us both naked, right now...then yes, I will.â
âPupââ he chuckles, only to silenced by his own moan when you nip his earlobe, âm-my godânnghââ He groans again, starting to peel you off his lap by your waist. His voice becomes low, âAlright, Iâll give you what you want.â
âPleaseâyes, right now. I need you inside me.â You try to kiss him but canât as heâs assertively pulling you off his lap and putting you on your feet in front of the couch.
After an aggressive handful of minutes involving mostly a frantic stripping of clothing, your back is pressed against the couch, your right leg up on Valkoâs shoulder and your left pulled up by your hand underneath your knee. Heâs planked above you, his left hand grabbing the couchâs armrest above your head, and his right holding his cock in his hand as heâs actively torturing you with it.
Youâre a whining, dripping messâsubmitted to him, âValko pleaseâh-holy fuckâput it in, I c-canât take it!â Youâre not sure youâve ever felt so fucking hot beforeâquite literally burning up beneath him.
He fights a smile, carefully, and much too slow for your liking, grinds the head of his cock against your throbbing clit, âGosh, pupâsâneedy, arenât you?â
âYes, y-yes! Val, put your cock inside me r-right nowâI fuckinââoh m-my godâs-stop teasing meânnghâyou asshole.â Each word that comes out of your mouth is interrupted by a pathetic whine.
He tsks at you, running his cock back down then up the length of your slit, âHey, now, baby. No need to be mean, hm?â
Your voice cracks, whines that have become explicit moans interrupting practically every other word, âS-sorry butânngh, fuck! Youâre being s-soââ
He hums deeply from his throat, withholding his need to moan while trying to stay in control, âSorry, gorgeousâmmmâI am kinda being a dick, huh? ...Youâre just so fucking sexy, begging for me.â
With your free right hand, you reach for whatever part of his arm on the couch is available to you, gripping aggressively, âUgh! Nnghâs-stop itâp-please!â
Pulling his eyes from yours, he watches as he grinds his cock against you, âMmmâyouâre so fucking wet, my god. Look at youâŚâ
Utterly desperate for him, youâre saying anything and everything to get his cock inside you, âMmhmâp-please, donât you w-wanna feel? Iâm so w-wet for y-your cock, p-please! I n-need you to cum inside meââ He moans, the suggestion right there for the taking. Instead, he lifts his cock the slightest bit up from you and taps against your clit, âNngh!â Your eyes snap shut, desperation taking over in rapid, shallow breaths.
When you open your eyes again, he looks far too smug, âIf y-youânghâdonât fuck me right n-now, I s-swear toââ Without waiting another second, thankfully, heâs sinking his tip inside you, âMmmph!â
âGood girlânghâfuckinâ oh myââ
You immediately drag your left leg up even higher with your hand, pulling your thigh against your body, the action pulling him deeper, as you interrupt him, âY-yes, yes, oh my godâm-moreâmoreââ
He sinks slowly, like heâs trying to tame youâbut also, control himself, âNnghâs-shitâcalm down, pup.â
Your hips buckle and wiggle, âNoân-no, all the way, mmmâh-holy shitâyou feel sâfucking good! I c-canâtââ
Doing what he normally would himself, as he pushes in, you release your left leg and place it over his other shoulder yourself. The change in angle makes him sink further, both of you failing to contain your moans.
He stares down at you in awe; not that you werenât ever like thisâyou definitely had beenâbut right now, it was making his vision blur and his cock throb to a painful degree. He never wants to hurt you, and often holds back from thrusting into you as hard as he possibly can in fear of hurting you. ButâŚit seemed like you reallyâdesperatelyâwanted him to do just that.
Now completely inside you, your legs above his shoulders and pushed back into a mating press by his weight, he lets both of his hands grip the couchâs armrest, tight. With each thrust, youâre begging him for more, watching his core flex and contract with his weighty thrusts into your aching cunt.
âH-harder, harder! Mmmânngh!â Each time you cry out for him to frankly, absolutely violate you, he groans deeply, fighting against a primal urge to just completely let go and rail you to his heartâs content.
Lacking restraint with each and every thrust, when he really starts giving you what you want, all youâre mostly left with is the ability to scream yes, over, and over, again. âJust like t-that, y-yes! Yes! D-donât stopânngh!â
With your eyes rolled back and your head tilted back into the couch, you canât focus on his face, instead just on the feeling of him drilling into you with all of his power. Speaking through a broken pant while you tremble, âMâgonnaâmâgonnaââ You canât form the sentence, the feeling of the head of his cock penetrating you and slamming against your G-spot endlessly and quickly leaving you a weak, dizzy mess.
His eyes close, fighting so hard against his own release brimming at the surface from the feel of youâfrom your reactions to him fucking you as hard as heâs able. Each time he opens his eyes to admire you, heâs playing a dangerous game. When your legs start to violently shake against his shoulders and cries of pleasure pour out from your lungs, âNngh! Oh, fuckâbaby, mâgonnaââ He canât get his warning out, either.
Suddenly gaining the ability to speak at the utter need for him to fill you in his entirety, âYes, yesâmmmâgive i-it to m-meâI needâah!â Your cries of desperation are silenced by a dramatic, deep thrust forward, his vocalized and raspy grunt like music to your ears.Â
âMmmâfuck!â He plunges again, if possible, somehow harder. Every lasting thrust from him is timed with each hot, spurt of cum you can feel warm you from the insideâaccompanied unmistakably by a repeated and aggressive twitch from his cock fighting against the pressure of your walls squeezing down around him.
Since he had already knocked out all available air from you, you donât know how, but you speak without any air in your lungs, âV-Valâh-holy fuckâyes, y-yes, t-thatâs itâ!â
Using the armrest of the couch, gripping it still with both handsâhis knuckles completely whiteâfor the final dose of his cum, like a medicine you require, he thrusts again, the intense pressure eeking out a loud, pathetic moan from your throat.
Slowing down slightly and calming, but neither of you recoveredânot even closeâhe pulls out partially, glancing down between the two of you, âH-holy fuckâŚlook at that, hm?â Youâre beyond trembling. Before you can speak, he pushes back in, âDid you get what you wanted, puppy?â
Your voice is a satisfied plea, your head spinning, âY-yesâoh my godâyes!â
He repeats the process, watching his release slick around him and ooze out between you both with each teasing thrust forward, sure to tilt up with his hips each time heâs completely inside you to press his tip against your G-spot, leaving you whining and shaking. âSo damn prettyâŚlove it when youâre full of me...â
âKiss me, kiss me, kissââ He chuckles, finding perhaps too much joy in your avid desperation, spreading his arms and jostling your legs off his shoulders down to his elbows so he can get to you and silence that desperation with his mouth. When his lips land on yours, that means his cock is buried its full extent inside you again, incentivizing a whiny moan from your mouth to his.
After a momentâseveral momentsâof staying entangled, you stay exactly where you are, but he raises and sits normally on the couch, pulling your legs over his lap, petting and rubbing you lovingly while you recover, his warm, large palms flat against your skin. Still panting, âGod, baby... I donât think Iâm the only one who experiences aâŚheat, so-to-speak.â
Completely out of breath, you weakly get out your rebuttal, âShutâŚupâŚâ
He laughs, squeezing your shins in his hands, âAs you wish, princess.â
You swallow harshly, âGoâmmmâdrink some water. WeâreâŚdoing thatâŚagain.â
His eyes peel off your bodyâtruthfully, off your cunt dripping with his claimâand land on your eyes, âAgain!?â
With a light growl and a laugh, heâs pulling your legs apart by your ankles, wedging his body back between your legs, âMy insatiable, pup, huh? Need more of my cum, do you?â
As heâs pushing further forward, nuzzling his face into your neck, âY-yes, oh my godââ
Speaking between kisses on your neck, âMmmâfuckâI need five minutes.â His teeth sink into your neck, â...Make that two.â
You laugh quietly, your chest still heaving. His kisses on your neck slow, âButâŚI donât get to make you cum with my mouth first, hm?â
You whine, âA-afterâmmmâl-laterâneed you sâbadâŚâ
He bites you again before speaking, a low growl getting cut off by a groan, âMmânnghânow whoâs being the asshole?â
You tsk, tapping his back with your hand in defiance, âHey!â
He quickly pulls his face from your neck, bringing his face in front of yours. âKidding, baby. I take it back, Iâm sorry,â he kisses several spots on your face, âreally sorry, pup, that was mean.â He doesnât stop kissing you or apologizing until you smile and giggle. âBut asking me to keep my mouth off youâŚmight just be meaner.â He kisses you softly, so softly it has you whining for more, âYou know how much I love to make you cum that wayâŚâ
Panting, you raise your brows at him, âAre you saying you donât want to cum inside me again, hm?â
He folds easily, too easilyâin a way you absolutely love, âOkay, shit. Iâll be right back, gonna get us some water.â He hops off you with a speed that makes you laugh again. He points a finger at you, smiling, âYou stay right there, hm?â
You gesture down with both of your hands to your pure comfortability sunken into the couch, legs spread and one dangling off for dramatic effect, giggling, âDo I look capable of moving to you?â
âMmmânoâŚyou donât.â He teeters in place, contemplating jumping you right then after having just stood up, âFuck! Okay, be right back.â
***
On the floor beside the couch, splayed out, âOkay, okay. âŚNoâŚmoreâŚâ
You roll onto your side and press your lips into his tricep, âOne more?âÂ
âNo!â He groans to the thought, his abs flexing. âFuckâŚâ his voice cracks into a chuckle, âyouâre tryinâ to fuckinâ to kill me, pup.â
Your voice becomes a tempting coo, âYouâre just soââ
He interrupts, âDonât start, you.â He speaks through deep pants, âYou got meâŚfor allâŚIâm worthâŚâ
âDoesnât hurt to find out, does it?â You tip your fingers up his chest, leaning into him as you start to sit up.
âBack, you! Uh-uh. Youâllââ he starts laughing as you quickly plop down on top of his large frame, âkill m-me!â
âHmmâŚâ You press your face into his chest, âhmphâŚâ
Stroking your hair and back lovingly, you move with the rise and fall of his chest, âHow about this, princessâŚas soon as we wake up, Iâll fuck you even harder, as many times as you want.â You moan into his chest. âYou know how I am in the morning, hm?â
âMmhmâŚeven harder, huh?â You bite his chest weakly, a small whimper sounding, âCan we go to sleep right now, then?â
âOh, god.â You giggle, squeezing your limbs over his body in a wide hug to encompass the size of him. âYouâre not gonna let me rest the next few days, are you?â
You lift your head and look at him with a devious smile, âNope.â You pop the âp,â pecking his chest with your lips once, âNow, off to bed, handsome.â
âMy godâŚâ he smiles, brushing your hair back with both hands, âwhat have I gotten myself into?â
You smile back at him, âYou love me.â
He pinches your cheek, his eyes full of authentic warmth, âMhm, more than you know.â Wrapping his arms around you, heâs tugging you further up his torso, âCâmereâŚnaughty thing, you.â He feigns like heâs going to bite you before giving you a gentle, sweet kiss. After the kiss, âLetâs shower first, hm? Iâll clean you up.â
âMmmâŚthat sounds nice.â You kiss his cheek, âThank you, baby.â
âGood, canât just leave my girl a mess after all that. Come on, up you go.â You whine playfully, reluctantly peeling yourself off him. âMm-mm, donât stand up. I got you, baby.â Your heart warms and your stomach turns. You roll off him onto the carpet, sitting up slightly. After he stands up, he squats back down beside you, âCome on, arms around my neck, hm?â You smile, wrapping your arms around him as one of his arms scoops beneath both of your knees and the other supports your back. Regardless of how spent he may be, picking you up like this is absolutely nothing to himâno matter the situation.
Holding you in his arms, he smiles before pecking your lips, âI love you, pup.â
You stroke the side of his cheek with your hand, offering a light pinch, âI love you, handsome.â
As he heads for the bathroom with you in his arms, he chuckles, âDonât get any ideas, Miss Hunter.â You laugh in response and rest your head on his shoulder, nuzzling into his warmth once again.
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It had been a week. One whole week since the two of you had officially, undeniably, ridiculously become a couple. Your boyfriend. You still were not entirely sure how that word had ended up belonging to Satoru Gojo.
Sometimes you would be doing something completely ordinary. Brushing your teeth. Standing in line at the grocery store. Trying to decide what to eat for dinner. And your brain would suddenly go. Oh. Satoru is your boyfriend. Then you would have to stand there for a moment. Staring blankly at whatever was in front of you while your face slowly heated.
It was stupid. You had had boyfriends before. Technically. Wellâ Maybe not. Okay. No. Not really. But Satoru was different. Satoru was the person who had somehow gone from a complete stranger you met at a Doraemon expo, to the man whose name sat permanently pinned at the top of your messages.
Your Satoru. Your boyfriend. And apparently, according to him you were his girlfriend. He had started using the word like he had been waiting his entire life for permission. "My girl." "My girlfriend." "Angel." "Pretty girl." "My favourite person."
The first time he called you my girl over text you stared at the message for a solid thirty seconds before throwing your phone onto your bed. Then you picked it right back up. Then you reread it. Then you buried your face in your pillow.
Satoru meanwhile had apparently been having an equally profound experience. Because somewhere between the movie theater and the following morning he realized something terrifying. He had a girlfriend. Satoru Gojo had a girlfriend. Not a temporary fling. Not someone he met at a party and forgot the next morning. Not a stranger whose number would eventually disappear somewhere in the endless scroll of his phone.
You.
You were the person he could text when he woke up. The person he could send stupid memes to. The person who actually laughed at his jokes. The person who would tolerate him rambling about something obscure for twenty minutes because you genuinely wanted to hear him talk. And perhaps most importantly you were the person who had seen him at his most embarrassingly enthusiastic and somehow still wanted him afterward.
That last part had been sitting in his head a lot. More than he would ever admit. Because the thing was. Satoru had never really thought he would have this. Not in the way he had always secretly wanted it. Someone who wanted to know him. Someone who wanted to stay. Someone who would curl against him and laugh until her stomach hurt because he said something stupid. Someone who would look at him like he was something precious.
It made him feel almost unbearably lucky. Which was annoying. Because Satoru Gojo did not like feeling unbearably anything. Except apparently unbearably lucky. And unbearably horny.
That was becoming a problem too. A very significant problem.
It had been a couple weeks since that wild night in the bathroom stall at the movies. Your first real date. The way his hands had found you there. Inside you. The heat and the rush and the desperate way you both clung to each other after. Confirming everything. He was your boyfriend now. You were his girl. Satoru Gojo was a lucky boy because he did not think he would ever have a girlfriend. Someone to spend time with. Someone to share his jokes with and hear your pretty laugh in return.
That night after he came to the realization that he actually had his hands on you. Inside you. It had all been so surreal. And now the two of you had been constantly talking over text. Even sexting. Yeah. Sexting.
The first time it happened started innocently enough. He had just gotten out of the shower.
You were lying in bed. Half watching something on your laptop when your phone buzzed. You picked it up. A message from Satoru.
toru đŠľ
showered
A smiled appeared on your face immediately, a big one, as your fingers clicked his message open and began typing.
you đЎ
congratulations?
Three dots appeared. Disappeared. Appeared again. Thenâ
toru đŠľ
wow
toru đŠľ
that's all i get
That made you giggle to yourself.
you đЎ
what do you want
His response took longer this time. Then your phone buzzed, a picture??? Why was he sending a picture right now, you took a sharp inhale.
And opened it. And immediately sat up. Satoru was standing in what looked like his dorm room, obviously. You've been there a couple of times to recognise the background. He was still wet. A towel hanging loosely around his neck. He wasn't smiling properly exactly. It was more of that lazy little half smirk he did when he knew precisely what he was doing. Your heart gave one stupid, traitorous little thump.
You stared. Then stared some more. Your nipples tightened under your shirt just from the sight of him like that. Fresh from the shower. Skin still warm and damp.
you đЎ
oh
His reply came instantly.
toru đŠľ
oh?
You bit your lip, in anticipation
you đЎ
you look nice
toru đŠľ
nice?
you đЎ
yes
toru đŠľ
that's so romantic
You peered at your screen, then rolled your eyes.
you đЎ
shut up
toru đŠľ
no no i'm listening
toru đŠľ
tell me more about how nice i look
You could practically hear his voice. That amused teasing tone. Your pussy gave a slow warm throb as you typed.
you đЎ
your hair looks pretty
There was a pause. Longer this time. Thenâ
toru đŠľ
pretty?
You sighed, then frowned.
you đЎ
yes
toru đŠľ
you think i'm pretty?
Your cheeks warmed and there was heat pooling low in your belly now.
you đЎ
i didn't say that
toru đŠľ
you literally did
you đЎ
i said your hair is pretty
toru đŠľ
coward
You gasped... The audacity. No he did not.
you đЎ
excuse me?
toru đŠľ
you heard me
You were smiling madly, not being able to help it anymore.
you đЎ
your hair is pretty
you đЎ
your face is pretty
you đЎ
happy now?
His answer took almost a full minute.
toru đŠľ
very
Then another message.
toru đŠľ
you should send me a picture too
You looked down at yourself. You were wearing an oversized shirt, it was nothing special. Nothing remotely seductive. Your hair was messy. You had not done anything to look pretty. But your body was already reacting. Skin tingling. Pussy getting slick just from talking to him.
you đЎ
i'm in bed
toru đŠľ
i know
Your eyebrows lifted, a real psychic he is.
you đЎ
how?
toru đŠľ
because you just told me
You laughed, and shook your head unbelievably.
you đЎ
idiot
toru đŠľ
what are you wearing
Your smile faltered. Not because the question was shocking. It was just. Different. Your fingers hovered over the keyboard. Your nipples were hard now. Pressing against the soft fabric.
you đЎ
clothes
His response came immediately.
toru đŠľ
wow
toru đŠľ
incredibly specific
You pressed your lips together.
you đЎ
an oversized shirt
toru đŠľ
whose?
You blinked.
you đЎ
mine
toru đŠľ
boring đ
you đЎ
you're annoying
He didn't waste time sending the next message.
toru đŠľ
take it off
Your stomach flipped, tf!? You stared at the words. A rush of shy heat flooded your face and between your legs.
you đЎ
...why?
The three dots appeared.
toru đŠľ
curiosity
Another message.
toru đŠľ
scientific research đ
You laughed so suddenly you had to cover your mouth. Your clit throbbed and you wanted to touch it. You wanted his voice telling you to.
you đЎ
you're such a nerd
toru đŠľ
says the girl who went to a fucking doraemon expo with me
you đЎ
i hate you
toru đŠľ
no you don't
Your fingers went still. Because he was right. You did not. You really really didn't.
you đЎ
no
Then.
you đЎ
i don't
His response was almost immediate.
toru đŠľ
yeah
toru đŠľ
i know
You stared at the screen. And then your phone rang.
You nearly dropped it.
"Satoru?"
His voice came through warm and slightly amused.
"Hi."
"You called."
"I did."
"Why?"
"You were taking too long to answer."
You smiled despite yourself.
"To what?"
"Anything."
You rolled onto your stomach now.
"Satoru."
"Angel."
The nickname was softer over the phone. That was the problem. Everything sounded different when he said it aloud. You tucked your face into your pillow. Your pussy was wet now. Aching.
"What?"
"Are you still wearing the shirt?"
You made a tiny noise of disbelief.
"You're still on that?"
"I'm persistent."
"You're annoying." Yes he definitely was.
"You like me."
"I do." ... "fucker" - You muttered that under your breath.
The silence afterward was immediate. You could hear him breathe, it was soft and shallow, like he himself was trying hard to stay still. It made you close your eyes. You smiled.
"What's wrong?" Your voice came out a little shaky, you didn't mean for it to.
"Nothing." He said voice calm, almost assuring.
"You went quiet."
"I'm appreciating the fact that my girlfriend just admitted she likes me." Well that sounded a bit sarcastic.
"You already knew that." You retorted.
"I like hearing it."
Something in your chest softened. You turned onto your back. Your hand drifted down. Hovering shyly over your stomach.
"You're ridiculous." A small chuckle left your lips.
"Yeah."
His voice.. you can tell he was smiling. Then after a moment.
"Can I see you?"
Your heart jumped, you started to blink rapidly.
"uuuh r-right now?"
"Right now." He said straightforwardly.
"Satoru." You said, voice coming out an octave louder than necessary.
"What?"
"You've already seen me."
"I know."
"Today." You reminded.
"I know."
"Earlier." You re-affirmed.
"I know."
You could hear the grin in his voice.
"I want to see you right now, Angel."
That did something to you. Something so embarrassingly simple, had you smiling ear to ear at the ceiling. Your fingers slipped lower. Brushing over where your panties were soaked through.
"Okay." You sighed breathlessly.
There was a small pause. Then the call changed. The screen lit up, the emoticon to switch to video, you pressed it absentmindedly. And suddenly there he was. Satoru. His hair was still damp. His towel had fallen around his shoulders. He was lying back against his pillows, and his signature wire-rimmed glasses weren't on. He had one hand resting behind his head.
"Hi." He said playfully, his perfect teeth glaring at you.
You stared, eyes probably wide. He raised an eyebrow.
"Hi?"
"Yes. Hi." He tutted, then without giving you a secondâ
"You're staring."
"I'm not." You blinked your eyes off to the side.
"You are." He teased.
You groaned softly. "Your hair is still wet."
"That's what you noticed?" He huffed.
"Yes."
"Wow." Oh you didn't even notice the lack of his spectacles. That kinda broke his heart.
"Stop fishing for compliments." You said, eyes rolling.
"Tell me I'm pretty again."
You laughed, in disbelief.
"No."
"Please?" God... why did that sound so... ughhh.
"No." Your eyebrows pinched together.
"Angel."
Damn.
You covered your face. He laughed. Fuck. You loved his laugh. You loved how easy it was. How he never seemed embarrassed by it. Your fingers pressed lightly against your clit through the fabric.
"You're pretty." You muttered.
"What, what was that, hm?" Oh he was taunting you now.
"I said you're pretty." You said defeatedly.
"Louder."
"No."
"Come on."
"Satoru." That came out a little too whiny.
"Pretty please."
You groaned, again.
"You're pretty." You said honestly, voice loud enough for him.
He smiled and there it was. That look. The one that made you suddenly feel like you were the only person in the world.
"Thank you." That sounded so sweet, coming from him.
"You're welcome."
Then his eyes flicked downward.
"What are you wearing?"
You stared at him. He stared back. You narrowed your eyes. Your pussy clenched.
"You already know. Baka"
"I want to hear you say it."
"Ugh." You're weird."
"I'm your boyfriend."
"That doesn't explain anything."
"It explains everything."
You laughed again. Your fingers started moving in slow shy circles.
"An oversized shirt."
"Still?"
"Yes." Annoyance clear and present in your voice now.
"Nothing else?" He was prying.
You froze. Satoru's expression changed. Not dramatically. Just enough though. His smile softened into something more curious. His free hand shifted lower on screen.
"Angel?"
You swallowed. Your voice came out breathy. Shy but honest.
"You're being nosy."
"Very." At least he was self-aware.
"You can't see anything."
"I didn't ask to see anything."
"You're thinking about it." Oh he definitely was.
"Maybe." That confirmed it.
Your cheeks warmed. Your nipples were so hard they ached. Your pussy was soaking. You wanted to touch yourself properly. To him. To his voice.
"Oh." He said softly.
"What?"
"You're flustered."
"I'm not." You tried to deny, to play it somewhat cool.
"You are." This asshole.
"Stop looking at me."
"Never." omg.. why was he like this?!
You hid your face. But you kept your fingers moving. Slow and awkward. Horny and unsure, no you were sure, so sure actually.
"You're so annoying."
"You're cute."
That shut you up, and Satoru laughed quietly.
"See?" His voice teased.
"See what?"
"I can make you speechless."
"Don't get excited."
"Too late."
You rolled your eyes. But you were smiling. Most times the two of you stayed like that. Talking. Teasing. Learning. There was no rush. No script. Just two people who were still figuring out how to be together. Shy in so many ways even after that bathroom stall. Still exploring every new feeling.
Sometimes the conversation drifted toward things neither of you had the courage to say directly. Questions. Curiosity. Little admissions.
Satoru'd asked what you thought about him. You told him he was irritating. He asked what else. You said he was kind. He went quiet. You asked why. He said he was not used to people saying that. You told him he should get used to it. Then he smiled.
And suddenly you understood something. The flirting was easy. The teasing was easy. But underneath it there was something softer. Something neither of you knew quite how to handle yet. Something that made every new step feel bigger than it should.
But right now your fingers kept rubbing. Little whimpers slipping past your lips, trying to be quiet but he was picking up on every stray sound. He could tell and maybe that excited you.
"Angel. Are you... touching yourself?" His voice dropped. Unfiltered.. teasing and horny, you could hear it.
You bit your lip shyly. Fuck. You were caught.. But you nodded. You nodded anyway because you couldn't keep anything from him even if you wanted to.
"Yeah. A little." Your voice came out strained. There was no going back now.
"Fuck. Don't hide it." He breathed. "Let me see you. Please."
Your heart pounded. But you switched cameras. The screen showed where your t-shirt had ridden up your tummy, and your other hand clearly shoved into the waistband of your panties. His eyes darkened when he saw it.
"You're so pretty like this." He murmured. "You're ah- um touching yourself..?" He sounded so shy and wrecked, asking a dumb question, the answer was obvious enough at this point.
It still made you whimper. Fingers slipping lower under your panties. Sliding through your wet folds.
"Yes. Satoru." Affirmations was definitely his kink.
Your breathless purr of his name, made him groan.. he was coming undone quick. His camera flipped down, now too. His sweats and boxers shoved down mid thigh, cock out and visibly hard. Flushed and pretty. Long and leaking precum at the tip. His slender hand wrapped around it. Stroking slow. All for you to see and your eyes lingered, staring intently.
"Look at what you do to me." He said. Voice rough. "So hard for you angel."
You rubbed your clit faster. Watching him. The way his hand moved. The slick sounds. His moans of your name.
"Satoru..." You gasped. Fingers circling. Wet noises filling the call on both ends.
He stroked harder. Thumb spreading precum over the tip and down his length. "Fuck. Your sounds. S'messy Angel. Let me hear your pretty cunt."
You moaned. Shy but needy. Rubbing quicker, building fast. His hips bucked. Hand flying.
"Angel. M'gonna cum." He panted. Moaning your name loud, then in the next second thick white cum streaked across his chest. Over his fingers. So much. So pretty.
You followed. Messy on your fingers. Clenching and whimpering out his name, desperately.
He caught his breath. Eyes hungry. "Can i see.. Angel.. can I see your fingers? show them to me please.." Fuck... he was begging so nicely, it did something to you.
Shy but obediently you held them up. Shiny, your arousal thick and sappy stringed on your fingers, webbing in the light.
"Good girl... fuck. Put them in your mouth.. haa-ah taste yourself f'me Angel."
You slipped them into your mouth, with a moan, Sucking softly as he wiped his cum off his chest. Licking a bit from his fingers, in sync with you.
The two of you stayed on the call. Breathing softly together. Smiling shyly, left over horniness fading way now. Both connected and sated.
Eventually Satoru's eyes left your pretty face for a second and glanced at the clock in the little upper left corner on his phone.
"It's late." He said in realization.
"It is." You knew it was by now.
"You should sleep." Voice tender-soft.
"You first." You murmured back.
"I'm not tired."
"Neither am I." He sounded believable but you were sure.
"You are."
"I'm not." He was going to play this game, but you weren't gonna let him win this.
"You've yawned three times."
That made him grin, "You're counting?"
"Obviously."
He smiled.
"Stay on the phone, with me Angel." Voice low and lazy.
You blinked.
"While we sleep?"
"Yeah."
Your heart squeezed.
"Okay."
"Okay?"
"Okay."
With that he settled deeper into his pillows. You did the same and for a while neither of you said anything. You could hear his breathing. He could hear yours.
And eventually...quietly.
"Hey angel?"
"Yeah?" Your voice came out a little drowsy.
"I'm really glad you're my girlfriend."
You smiled into the darkness.
"Me too."
A pause. Then-
"Also."
"What?"
"Your shirt is still bothering me."
You burst out laughing.
"Satoru!"
He laughed too.
And somewhere between the teasing and the laughter the call stayed connected. The two of you fell asleep like that. Not knowing exactly where this was going. Not knowing how much you would learn about each other. Not knowing how many more firsts were waiting.
Just knowing that somehow. Against all odds. Satoru Gojo had a girlfriend. And you had a boyfriend. And he was lying in bed somewhere smiling at the sound of your sleepy breathing.
Thinking probably for the hundredth time that week. Holy shit. She's really mine.
And maybe just maybe you were thinking the same thing.
Because tomorrow he would text you again. He would send something ridiculous. You would pretend to be annoyed and he'd flirt. You would flirt back. And eventually one of you would say something that made the other flustered.
And you would keep discovering each other. Slowly, carefully, and with hunger. One little secret at a time.
This time you're at his dorm room on campus.
And it starts with a pillow.
Wellâ you, and a pillow, and a very stupid pair of thigh-high socks that Satoru swore would be the death of him when you slid into his dorm room wearing them and nothing else but one of his oversized hoodies and a shy little smirk.
He gawked.
You straddled his pillow without a word, right in the middle of his bed, and started grinding. Soft. Slow. Just for yourself. His jaw went slack. His hands froze mid-text. And you were so casual about it, like you didnât even notice the way he was staring at you like youâd hung the moon with your pussy.
Satoru dropped his phone. Physically. Onto the floor.
You giggled. "I wanted to see if I could get off just humping something."
He made a sound like he'd been punched.
So now here you areâ on your hands and knees, still wearing his hoodie and those sinful socks, pussy flushed and puffy from humping his favorite dorm pillow, hips twitching like you're almost there. You don't even realize you're whimpering until his hands slide around your hips, and he speaks, low and starving, right behind you.
âAngelâŚâ
You look back over your shoulder.
Satoru is kneeling behind you, shirtless, eyes dark with hunger. He brushes your ass with his palm. Then slips his hand between your thighs and cups your pussy over the pillow. Soaked-sticky and messy.
âYouâre so wet,â he groans. âYou were gonna cum on a pillow and not even let me watch?â
âI was...testingâ you pant, wearily.
He flips you like a doll.
Suddenly youâre flat on your back, head on the sheets, thighs trembling open and hoodie bunched around your waist. The pillow lies forgotten beside you, damp with slick. He looms over you, hair falling into his eyes, lips parted and pink.
âYou wanna ride my face, Angel?â he asks, voice hoarse.
Your whole body shivers.
ââŚCan I?â
He laughs soft and stunned, worshipful almost, and leans down to kiss you like youâre the most delicious thing in the world.
âFuck yes, you can. Sit on my face. Suffocate me. Make me drown in it.â
He lays back against the pillows, adjusting under you with arms out like a throne. His glasses are already tossed to the side, and heâs licking his lips like he can already taste you. Youâre climbing over him, thighs shaking, when he grabs your hips and drags you up.
âRight here,â he whispers, eyes locked on your glistening cunt above him. âRight here, baby. Let me feel the weight of it.â
You lower slowly, knees braced, hands pressed into the wall behind his headboard. You hover above his mouth, panting and then, gently, you sank down.
His tongue meets your folds like heâs starving.
You wail.
Your pussy clenches instantly, overwhelmed by the first hot drag of his tongue from your entrance to your clit. Satoru groans, loud, grabs your thighs like he needs more, and pulls you down until youâre seated fully on his mouth.
âSatoru!â you cry out, rocking without meaning to.
His tongue slides in now, licking into your dripping pussy like heâs mapping it. He moans like it tastes like heaven, like itâs a privilege just to be under you. Your thighs squeeze around his head. Your hips roll. Your clit finds his nose. And you grind.
Heâs letting you.
Letting you fuck his mouth like you need it to breathe.
âDonât stop,â you whimper. âDonât stop, Iâmâ Satoru, Iâm gonna cum, Iâm so closeââ
He hums against your clit and the vibration breaks you.
You cum on his tongue with a scream, body jerking, hips grinding down in helpless little circles. He grabs your thighs, keeps you there, mouth open, licking, moaning, slurping like he doesnât care that youâre sobbing above him.
You collapse forward, hips still twitching, body limp, cheek against his bare chest.
He gasps when you move off him, his face soaked, chin dripping with your slick.
ââŚYou taste like candy,â he whispers, starry-eyed.
Youâre panting, half-laughing. âThat was insane.â
âI think Iâm addicted to your pussy.â
You slap his chest, weakly.
He grins, wild and happy, then he murmurs, "You've got the prettiest pussy I've ever seen Angel, We need to do this again.. maybe ah-hundred times before we," His voice drops as he leans in and whispers into your ear teasingly, "fuck huh?"
Now youâve been thinking about it all day.
All week, really.
Every time your thighs press together too tightly in class, every time you catch Satoruâs glazed-over stare sliding to your chest or how he bites his lip when you fidget in your seatâyou think about riding him.
Youâve made out on his futon. Youâve touched. Explored. Cum multiple times on his fingers while crying into his neck. Youâve memorized the way he moans when you stroke him, how his cock twitches helplessly when you kiss the head and whisper how much you want to take it inside.
So now⌠itâs time.
You sit on his lap in his tiny, warm dorm room, legs bare, wearing nothing but one of his hoodies and knee socks, straddling him while his hands hover at your waist like heâs too scared to grip you. Your panties are already shoved to the side. His sweats are pushed down, and his cock's hard. Flushed, drooling against his belly, it twitches between your folds like itâs waiting for permission.
Youâre both shaking.
âYou donât have to,â he whispers. âNot tonight. Only if you really wantââ
âI need to,â you breathe.
You lean close, your nose brushing his, eyes wide and nervous but burning.
âI want to ride you, Satoru.â
He chokes on air.
âOh my god.â
Your hand wraps around the base of his cock, hot and slick from his own arousal, and you guide him up, between your slick folds, over your clit. You both shudder. You roll your hips, let him feel the mess heâs made of you. His eyes are already fluttering back.
âYouâre so wet,â he whispers. âYouâre gonna take me?â
You nod. âJust⌠let me go slow.â
You lift your hips, line him up with your tight little entrance, and take a deep breath.
âOkay. Iâm ready.â
He holds your waist, his grip tightening.
The tip presses in.
And holy fuck.
Youâre stretching already, your walls squeezing down on him like youâre trying to keep him inside before heâs even all the way in. Your jaw falls open. He moans so loud into your shoulder you nearly lose balance.
âOh ...oh fuck angelâangel, youâre so tightâfuck, I canâtââ
You both gasp, frozen, as you sink down another inch. Itâs like a punch to your stomach and your cunt at the same timeâhot, overwhelming, raw and perfect. Your thighs tremble. Your nails dig into his shoulders.
âI can feel everything,â you sob. âYouâre so big, Satoru, youâre splitting me open.â
Heâs crying. A little. From how tight you are. From how warm. From the way your pussy clenches around him like you love him already and he hasnât even bottomed out yet.
âTell me when to stop,â he pants. âTell me if I hurt you.â
âYouâre not,â you gasp. âDonât stopâdonât stop. I need you.â
You sink lower. Lower. Inch by inch, your walls stretch around him, pulsing with slick heat.
Thenâ you bottom out.
And it feels like your whole body is going to break open from the pressure, from how full you are.
You bury your face in his shoulder. âIâm full. Iâm so fucking full, I can feel you in my stomachââ
His hips twitch and he sobs again.
âIâm inside,â he whispers. âYouâre letting me in. Youâre my firstââ
You press your lips to his ear. âYouâre my first, too.â
And thenâ you rock.
Gently. Testing how much you can move.
And his hands slam down on your hips like he canât take it. His cock twitches inside you, and your walls clench around him in response.
You moan.
He moans louder.
Then you start riding him, slow and messy. Tight little bounces, up n down. Just enough to feel the stretch, the slide, the overwhelming wet heat of your cunt clinging to him like your body doesnât want to let go. Itâs all instinct and desperation. The sounds of skin against skin, of slick, needy friction echoing in the tiny dorm room.
Your thighs are shaking. His hands wonât stop gripping, guiding, worshiping.
âFuck, angelâ fuck, youâre riding meââ
You cry out. âYouâre so deepâ I-I canâtâI feel you in my chestââ
He bucks into you by accident and you scream, throwing your head back.
âDid I hurt you?!â
âN-noâagain, do that againââ
He does. And you swear you go cross-eyed.
The rhythm is clumsy. Awkward. Your knees are slipping and his hips stutter, but you donât care. You donât care about perfect. You care about how he moans your name like a prayer. How your pussy makes that wet little schlk sound every time you take him down to the base.
âIâm gonna cum,â he gasps. âIâm gonnaâfuck, I canât hold itââ
You grab his cheeks, force his eyes to meet yours.
âCum in me,â you whisper. âPlease. Make a mess inside me.â
His cock throbs violently.
âAngelâfuckâI love youââ
He explodes.
Itâs hot. You feel it fill youâ pulse after desperate pulse. Sticky, thick, messy. It overflows instantly, leaking between your thighs and down his cock while you grind and cry out again, cumming right after him. You shake through itâ sobbing, clenching, writhing in his lap like your body doesnât know how to survive this much fullness.
You collapse against his chest.
His hands cradle you.
Heâs panting. Moaning your name over and over.
âIâve never felt anything so good,â he whispers.
You kiss him then, slow and shaky-sweet.
âNeither have I.â
And then you both fall backward onto the bed, tangled, ruined, still joined at the hips.
You stay that way for a long, long time.
Youâre still straddling him.
Bare thighs trembling. Pussy aching. His cock softening slowly inside you, twitching with little aftershocks, buried deep in your cunt and leaking. You can feel it. His cumâso much of itâ pooling hot and sticky inside your body. Seeping out in slow, obscene dribbles every time you shift or twitch.
Itâs messy. Youâre flushed and overwhelmed, shivering through the afterglow and clinging to his hoodie like a lifeline.
And Satoru Gojo is staring between your legs like heâs entranced.
You glance down. Follow his line of sight.
Thereâs a little stream of milky white trickling from where heâs still inside you, slipping down between your folds and soaking into the mess of his hoodie bunched beneath your ass. You clench involuntarily and more leaks outâ sticky-warm and filthy.
Satoru groans.
âI can see it.â His voice is wrecked. âItâsâfuck, itâs dripping out of you. Thatâs my cum. Inside you.â
You moan softly, hips rocking like youâre chasing the stretch again.
His hands grip your waist.
âI wanna clean you up,â he whispers, breath hot against your cheek.
You blink, dazed. âI can justâ get a towel, orââ
âNo. Not like that.â
You look down. Heâs already pulling outâslowlyâ and you both gasp as his softening cock slips free of your pussy, followed immediately by a thick, wet gush of cum that drips from your folds in slow, shiny strands.
Satoru watches it fall.
Then he drops to his knees.
Right between your thighs.
âSatoruâ what are youââ
âI need to,â he says, voice low, eyes blown wide and desperate. âPlease. Let me clean it with my mouth.â
You canât even think. Not with the way heâs looking at you like youâre something divine, something sweet and holy and soaked in his mess. His hands part your trembling thighs and he moans at the sight of your sticky, cum-dripping pussy glistening in the soft dorm light.
âAngel,â he whispers, reverent. âYouâre ruined. I made such a mess.â
You reach down, brush his hair back. âThen clean it up.â
He dives in.
His tongue slides through your foldsâ warm, flat, soaking up the slick with long, filthy licks. You scream, thighs snapping around his head, because youâre so sensitive, still throbbing from your orgasm, and now his tongue is licking up his own cum from your pussy like heâs starving.
You squirm. Whimper. Try to push him back. âS-Satoruâs'too muchâ!â
He groans into your cunt, arms wrapping around your hips, holding you down like heâs not letting go until youâre clean.
âCan taste you,â he pants between licks. âYou and me, mixed togetherâfuck, itâs so sweetââ
You throw your head back, moaning like a girl gone dumb.
His mouth is everywhereâ lapping up the mess he made, licking into your hole, nosing against your clit until youâre gasping through gritted teeth, thighs shaking violently.
Youâve never felt anything like it.
Itâs so dirty. So loving.
So deeply, terrifyingly intimate.
âSatoruâpleaseââ
âCum again,â he begs. âOne more. Let me taste it fresh.â
And you do.
You cum with a sob, hips jerking, pussy leaking fresh slick into his mouth. He groans, drinks it, licks until youâre sobbing and twitching and clinging to his hair like you donât know who you are anymore.
When he finally pulls back, his is face wet, chin shining, cheeks pink and youâre spread wide, limp, flushed from your ears to your tits and totally wrecked.
He climbs over you, kisses your forehead, then your lips, slowly, letting you taste yourself, his cum, the sweat and breathlessness of your shared first time.
âYouâre my favourite thing,â he whispers.
You start crying.
He cradles you, strokes your hair, tucks you against his chest and wraps a blanket over your trembling body.
âI want you again,â you whisper.
He kisses your hair.
âIâm yours now,â he says. âSo anytime you want me⌠Iâm yours.
Sometimes i onder why people romanticing about drugs or smoking, or anything about drugs. But I know it's not my right to forbid people to write about it, so i'll mind my own bussiness.
Synopsis~ Satoru Gojo never noticed you. You were just the ugly duckling cousin of the prettiest girl in the neighborhood, maybe even the entire city. But the Gojo that returns from war is different. Eyes to bright, smile too tight. This Gojo finds you fascinating.
Tropes~ One Sided Love, she fell first, he fell harder. Forced relationship?
Tw/Cw~ WW2, mentions of war, dark themes. Sexisim (not from Gojo)
Author's Note~ I just realized how writing a Japanese character during WW2 may be perceived. I do not intend to minimize or change history. My great grandfather died because injuries he got fighting in the pacific. Gojo plays the part of a Japanese American soldier, which did exists though they are often looked over. I would never write anything supporting the Japanese empire, Gojo will be fighting for the allies.
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Some people are born with everything. Brains, looks, money. You were one of the poor souls who hadnât been born with any of those. But you did have family. An aunt who hosted socials and whose lipstick was never smudged. An uncle who spent his mornings at the bank and his weekends at the country club golfing with his bosses. A cousin who was the prettiest girl in the whole neighborhood, maybe even the city. Mable was the type of pretty that made men stop and stare from across the street. She was popular too; she was in every club and committee back in high school.Â
You leaned against the bannister. At least you had family. You werenât entirely sure what you were going to do now that you were out of high school. You had always figured you would be married by now or at least have a beaux and a prospect of marriage and security. You were pretty sure your aunt and uncle didnât know what to do with you either. You could find a job, but you wouldnât earn enough to support yourself. Maybe I can meet someone at a job. You could imagine him, tall with light hair and blue eyes. He should have blue eyes. He would be a regular at the soda shop you worked at (because of course you would work at a soda shop!) He would have an un-godly amount of sugar, and you would shake your head, while he grinned at you over the counter. Eventually heâd take you out, and treat you like a lady. Then youâd marry him and live in a nice house, not too big like your auntâs, or so old where you could feel the ghosts watching you.Â
A car pulled in, you could hear it from the rumble of the motor. You straightened up and stood as quick as you could. You rushed up the stairs. You could hear your aunt calling to Mable, telling her sheâd greet Satoru while Mable freshened up.Â
You made it to your room. Quickly, you slapped yourself across both cheeks to bring out some color. You opened your music box and pulled out the blackberry youâd hidden that morning from breakfast. You let some juice colour your lips, staring at your reflection in the mirror. You knew better. Aunt liked fresh faced girls, and sheâd tell you sheâd never seen Mable doing such a thing. Well, you didnât have Mableâs looks.
You walked calmly down the stairs, your heart thudding in your chest.Â
Your aunt said your name. âGo help Amelia get the table set.â Amelia was your auntâs maid. She was nice enough, but you had thought that you might get to entertain Satoru with the rest of the family before supper.
âYes maâam,â you said, nodding.Â
âOh, and wash that off your mouth, dear. I didnât raise no hussy.â
Shame curdles your excitement. You help Amelia silently while she chatters about how her beaux is getting shipped out to the Pacific in a week or two. She didnât know because his letters were full of marks where the army had blotted out stuff she wasnât supposed to know. Eventually you join the family at the table. Only your aunt acknowledges you, her eyes darting to your lips to make sure you had done as she said. Your uncle is staring down at his salad, probably thinking about shares and stocks, or whatever bankers think about. Satoru is staring into Mableâs pretty brown eyes.Â
They look good together, brown curls and chocolaty brown eyes, against snow white hair and eyes bluer than blue. They're in love. The realization seeps into your skin like the summer sun. Satoru is going to marry Mable. And youâll be there, Mable will probably ask you to be one of her bridesmaids even though you arenât that close. Satoru will be wearing his uniform, because all the fellows have signed up by now. Even Satoru, heâd signed up to fly planes, youâd overheard him bragging to some of his followers.Â
The realization follows you the entire evening. But when the night closes and Mable and Satoru are standing at the front door, you remember. You rush upstairs and open the little music box on your nightstand. You pull out the little paper and hold it tight. You went out the back door and around the yard to the front yard. Mableâs already gone back in. You know sheâll be in the sitting room on the telephone telling her best friend about everything that happened that night.Â
Heâs walking to his car when you catch up to him.
âSatoru, wait,â you huff, reaching out,
He turns, brows furrowed. He looks at you for a second like he doesnât recognize you. Then he smiles. The one people give to a kid they want to go away. Satoru sticks his hands in his pockets, peering down at you.Â
âI know youâre shipping out soon, so I wanted to give you this.â You rush out saying. You extend your hand, the paper clasped between the tips of your fingers.
âWhat is it?â He asks, his hands still in his pockets.Â
âI painted the stars. I know the stars are different out there,â You look up at him. âI wanted to give you a piece of home - I heard you tell that Nanami boy that you want to study physics - so I -â
He cuts you off. âPhysics isnât astronomy, idiot,â his lips curl and though he doesnât say anything else, his face practically screams âlook at the idiot kid who doesnât know anything.â
You feel like an idiot. You should be anywhere but here. You donât say anything else, the silence just sort of sits in the air.Â
Satoru frowns. âHey, donât look like that - Iâll take it,â he says. He reaches and grabs the paper, shoving it into his pocket.Â
Your heart soars. He took it! His hands touched something your own hands had made. You beam at him.
âBe safe I - weâll be waiting for you.â
You turn and flee like a child. Your cheeks are hot, from the exhilaration, the humiliation, and maybe even the thrill of being acknowledged.Â
If youâd turned back, you would have even his form illuminated in the street lamps. Watching you, his face unreadable, hands tucked in his pockets. After a minute, he turns and walks to his car, his hands still in his pockets.Â
You lay awake that night, curled up and giddy. For a few hours you felt like the hussy your aunt thought you were. You had promised yourself to never look at Satoru that way again, he was Mableâs fellow - her future husband. Then the next few hours, you giggled to yourself and imagined yourself as the one Satoru would come home to after the war.Â
Contrary to popular belief, Satoru doesnât marry Mable before he ships out, he doesnât even propose to her or make her any promises he canât keep. He kisses and promises her heâll write. You knew that because you overheard her telling her best friend.Â
The years pass, Mable gets even prettier, you get a job. You work at a factory, you wouldn't have been allowed to before the war, but every woman must do her part. Satoru Gojo slips from your mind, and Mableâs she meets a navy officer on medical leave. Before he ships back out they marry. Youâre her bridesmaid of course.Â
Life moves on. When Mable mentions one day offhandedly that the fellow she used to see, Satoru, you remember him? He had been missing and assumed dead, shot down somewhere over the pacific.Â
You set your fork down. You close your eyes and say a little prayer. Memories of him come flooding back, it's been three years though. You have put away the dreams of little girls, but still, no one wants the fairytale prince of their dreams dead. Either eaten by sharks, or dead on impact, or worse a prisoner of war. Youâve heard the rumours, seen the articles about what they do to pows on the pacific front. Heâd be better off dead then in one of those camps.
Please come home, Satoru. Come see our stars again.Â
A man looks up, his hollow face glares up at the stars. Starvation has made him see and hear things before, but he thinks he really did see her. She was eating king cake, grinning at him. âCome on, come home to me.â He stands wincing, the scars in his back have grown infected, and any movement sends pain shooting across his body.Â
Heâll go home. He has to. And when he does, heâll take what should be his by right.Â
You and Satoru agree to become friends with benefits with one clichĂŠ rule: no falling in love. But you do. And you stupidly confess. What now?
Tags: Smut, angst w comfort if you squint, fwb, p in v, riding, kinks, gojo is a little avoidant shit, model!gojo. Havenât proofread yettt, I donât write as much lately. 18+++ I have never written smut please donât fire me..
Shit.
Shitshitshit.
You have felt Satoru everywhere by nowâ whether itâs the man buried deep between your legs with his lengthy cock stretching you and hitting that one spongy spot that makes your vision go blank or his hands on your face like he's holding something preciousâyouâve felt his large hands map every inch of skin you wear.
No surface of yours left untouched.
Especially late at night when he texts you he's coming over with little to no explanation why.
No feelings.
No strings.
That was the deal. No, that is the deal.
Just sex.
And you have had a lot of sex with Satoru.
From fucking in the comfort of your bedroom or his, to riding him all sweaty and hot in his jeepâeven getting shamelessly eaten out in changing rooms during his fittings.
He's tried everything with you. Every curiosity he's had about a new toy, a new kink, a new positionâhe's premiered and fulfilled with you. You've been stretched into positions you never thought you could with him.
Your legs over his shoulder with him greedily thrusting, your back so arched against his chest while receiving mean back shots, reverse cowgirl with a leash around your neck, full nelsonâanything, you name it, you've done.
You've had him in between your legs so many times that you can point out that he particularly dislikes missionary, loves rope play, biting and marking your skin like you don't have a shift next morningâbut he's never vanilla.
Never.
Well, he never was.
He always devoured you with a hungry mouth, a desperate and lustful look in his eyes, animalistic thrusts, brutal grip on your hips when he slammed down on you like he wanted you to break.
Sex was casual between the both of you.
The rules were clear. No hickeys, scratches, bites on him while he could mark you as freely as he wished to do so.
Never a mark on him though.
And no, no feelings.
None at all.
Sure, he was attractive. And you didn't have a problem hooking up with him when he'd bring you over the gates of heaven or soothed you through the most aggressive orgasms ever.
You were fine with the whole arrangementâŚBefore last week when he texted you "I'm coming over, leave the door open." At 2 AM.
Shrugging, you left him on read, unlocked the front door and he was walking through it no more than 15 minutes laterâdark gray sweatshirt masking his muscles, hood messily pulled over his white tuff of hair, sunglasses slipping from his nose bridge, usually bright eyes dull like you'd never seen them before.
He had crossed the threshold to the balcony where you were curled up in on the couch, crawled on top of you and...
Kissed you with soft lips, slow movements of his jaw, reverent touches, hesitant hands that mapped your body under him.
He kissed with too much feeling. With too much gentleness. With something so not Satoru.
Slid in between your legs, deliberately softened your walls till you could take him, tasting you on his tongue till you were tattooed in his mind, made you fall apart like he'd never done before.
Then he repositioned himself, chin glistening from your juices, didn't bother with a condomâyou were too far gone to even stop him and remind him of protection, mind hazy with his unusual attitude.
He had pushed himself inside, losing himself in your wetness bit by bit, watching how his cock disappeared inside your walls.
Both your legs by his sides.
And he drew his chest downâskin flush against your breastsâlocking himself in missionary, a position he avoided at any given chance.
You shook underneath himâeyes glossed over from the feeling of him, unprotected, raw in you. The slow drag of his cock in you, meeting your warmth over and over.
Veins imprinting themselves in you, leaving their shape, moulding your pussy to fit him and only him. The deep, intimate thrusts had your throat go dry, a ball of desperation for release there and your orgasm growing painfully slow.
Satoru's breathing was shaky, his lips on your neck, behind your ear. Sucking on your nipples, leaving faint marks you'd see in your reflection when the morning came.
Desperately begging in your ears with pleas that had you clenching around him.
"Please look at me, baby, please."
He was making love to you.
No harsh grinding, no position switching or new experiments.
It was terrifying.
So terrifying.
Because you liked it too much.
You liked this Satoru too much.
Fuck.
Sex is never just sex.
You should have listened to your friends when they warned you.
You knew you were fucked when he came undone with you, whispering sweet nothings you found yourself silently praying to be true.
"You look soâhng- beautiful, angel."
Babbling when he held your face, blue orbs melting with yours when his gaze was zeroed on you and only you. Not on your skin meeting his.
"Just a bit more gorgeous, I'm almost thereâshit, you're close too, huh? Clenching onto me so sweetly..."
Those stupid nicknames of hisâmaking your heartbeat falter, your pulse travel to pound against your temples, heat settle on your cheeks.
God, he's such an asshole.
Making love to you on your balcony under the moonlight, on the 10th floor where no one else lives.
When morning bled through your curtains, when you found yourself on your bed alone and with a heavy chest, you knew you were screwed.
He kept fucking you after that day like he didn't rearrange the wires in your brain with no effort.
He kept having sex with you like he wasn't kissing every crevice of you just a week ago. Like he hadn't silently loved every part of you, kissed and paid attention to every insecurity and scar on your skin.
Still, he took you to the moon, had you spasming around his cock like alwaysâonly this time, leaving you empty even after he filled you up with his cum.
You knew you felt empty because you wanted him to love you again. You wanted him to see you again, not the body he goes to whenever he wants.
Fuck, you really messed everything up.
You were asking for the impossible, for Satoru to care and love.
So you tried to push him away. Avoid meetups and his messages that only arrived after midnight strikes the clock.
It made no differenceâin fact, you felt worse without him around.
By the second week of dodging him, you were about to cave and call him when your front door unlocked and there he was.
Dressed in all black, straight from workâblack chemise with enough buttons undone to reveal his pale collarbones. Black slacks and perfectly tailored dark pants that only highlighted his height.
Your heart lurchedâhalf fear and half relief that had adrenaline already coursing through your veins. You stumbled over your words.
"Satoruâwhat are youâhow did you get in here?" Voice shaky, a light frown placing itself on your face.
He was wearing a stern expression on his face, all pursed lips and locked jaws is the kind. An unfamiliar sight to you as he was always obnoxiously smiling even when ticked off.
His hand rose to reveal your spare keys, you dont remember even granting him access to them but don't have time to ponder about that before his arm drops, he throws the keys on the counter and closes the distance between the both of you till he's looming directly over youâhands in his pocket.
"You have been avoiding me." He says, an underlying layer of annoyance sending a chill down your spine.
You try to deflect, "No."
A beat passes, the expression on his face remains.
"No, I haven't." You say more clearly.
And finish with, "I've been busy."
Complete and utter bullshit, you get off work on the dot and your shifts have never been so boring.
But he doesn't need to know that.
Not convinced at all, Satoru curves his spine till his glasses slide off on their own from where they were perched on his nose just enough for his eyes to pierce holes through you.
Blue, cerulean, sky blue consumes you.
And you hate it so much.
So much you wish you could swim in them.
In him.
"Try again." He says, not narrowing his eyes.
You swallow, feeling an uneasy sensation bubbling in your stomach that makes you want to throw up when revealing yourself to him crosses your mind.
But he wonât believe you if you spew some other bullshit out.
Fuck it.
âSatoru.â You whisper, seeing his eyes run over your whole face.
âI messed up.â
His figure stiffens. A thousand thoughts running through his mind, a billion questions. Shit, are you pregnant? Werenât you on the pill? Fuck, what is he supposed to do now?
You see the way his adamâs apple bobs at your statement.
âWhat is it?â He asks, feeling his knuckles turning white in his pockets, a shiver overtaking his body.
Trying to start, you say. âI.. uh.â Still not sure, and still not confident enough.
Satoru silently prays it isnât what he thinks it is.
A moment of silence passes, he watches you shift around, fiddling with your hands. Biting on and on your lips.
âY/N?â He calls out to you and you snap out of it.
âI think Iâm falling in love with you.â
And itâs not as stupid as it sounds.
You donât like Satoru because he fucks you like no other man has. But because he messes with your heart without even knowing it.
Holding you after heâs done is not casual, itâs not normal. Youâve had ex boyfriends who donât know the world aftercare, but Satoru bathes you, he wipes you clean.
Holds you in the bathtub, washes your hair, draws absentmindedly circles on your tired and tense shoulders.
Brings you your favorite dessert before he goes on to have his fav.
Makes you laugh a laugh that comes from the deepest parts of you which yearn to be light and happy with him.
Heâs such a prick, completely unaware of his effect beyond his looks.
And youâre such an idiot for believing him.
For liking someone so good.
He stands there, quiet for what feels like an eternity. Your chest is tight with pressure when he straightens up and takes a step back.
Well, this is it.
âWe agreed on no feelings, Y/N.â He says like your heart isnât splitting in half.
You breathe out a shaky breath, slowly nodding because you are aware. âI know, Iâm sorry.â
His eyes unlatch from you, taking a look at the window that shows the view of Tokyo from your floor like it pains him to look you in the face after the confession.
âI donât see you that way.â
He never likes when you bring up another man, but he doesn't see you that way.
He whispers against your skin that he'd die seeing you with somebody else, but he doesn't see you that way.
You pull a tight smile on your face. âOkay.â
Then you tip the glass over, ruin yourself further. âWe can keep seeing eachother if you want, my feelings wonât come between us. I know what I got myself into.â You say. A bittersweet feeling on your tongue.
When did it become so complicated?
You just canât let him go.
He looks shaken by your proposal, head swinging back to you.
âNo, youâll just hurt yourself, Y/N.â
Stop saying my name, stop being so considerate.
You almost choke on your words from the thorns growing in your throat when you speak. âNo, I promise I wonât. We can keep seeing each other.â
Push and pull.
He pushes you, you pull.
And you both keep seeing eachother.
But you detach yourself from everything. From him.
It doesn't even happen on purpose. You didn't mean to zone out when he'd start talking, mind drifting to how you both would've been if he hadn't rejected you.
You don't deliberately choose to start refusing his closeness outside of the bedroom on purpose, the growing cold pit in your chest just froze the strings between the both of you.
He notices your fucked out state on a different world the first time he feels you after the confession. A distant look in your eyes and not the usual cloud of pleasure in them.
Is he not making you feel good?
It took a week, a full week for you to let him in after what happened.
And itâs not true, you do feel good. You know you feel good because heâs doing everything rightâthe angle is perfect, his tip is brushing the deepest parts of you and the coil is threatening to snap in your lower stomach, but you donât feel it as much as before.
Youâre quiet, minimally moaning, hiding the noises. Not saying a single word unless he asks you something.
âBaby?â His hands find the back of your neck, making your eyes flutter open while he pounds into you.
Propping himself with one hand next to your head, his other holds the back of your neck while your sight settles on him and the worried look on his face.
âHm?â You sleepily hum, exhausted from the orgasms, the rounds, the ache in your legs and the sensitivity of your clit.
He asks, breath heavy, pieces of hair clinging to his forehead as he reaches his escapeâquiet groans filling your ears. âYou okay, sweets?â
You nod with an inaudible hum, not really sure what heâs even asking.
âFuck.â He groans, thrusting a few times before burying himself deep in you as you clench around him and feel his ropes paint your insides white.
Collapsing next to you, his hands leave your body and you run cold. An arm protectively swings over your waist as he readjusts on the bed, coming down from his high before he cleans you up.
You still havenât said a word. Somewhere too far gone, feeling too used. But you agreed to this.
Thereâs no one to blame.
And though youâve both been at it for hours, even though Satoruâs cum is oozing out of you and his cock is limp, he doesnât feel satisfied.
That uncomfortable feeling in his pit stays there for days while he works.
A photoshoot here and there amidst constant fittings, a text to you which he receives no reply to, a runway, still no response. A missed call. The absence of your messages or any sign of life from you bothers him more than he'd like.
Last time you replied was three days after your last hook up where you'd texted him a flat "I'm busy."
Not "Hey, I'm busy. We'll talk later." Or "Busy, ttyl." Which is still dry, but with a promise to talk later.
He finds himself wondering what youâre doing when you donât reply.
Cooking in those skimpy little lace shorts he brought back for you from a high end brand? Brushing your soft hair with your legs crossed and your face stoic? Covering your beauty marks with concealer maybe?
The days drag on and on, hours struggle to bleed into other when his phone is so dry, when the smell of you is no longer clinging onto him.
His sex drive is dead. Libido low for the first time reaching a new low.
He doesnât even text you multiple times a day for sex, he just wants you to reply.
Or to see you.
So much he considers driving himself back to your house again.
But he doesnât have the spare keys anymore. The ones he had sneakily picked up one time.
Those wouldâve been really useful for a surprise right nowâhe couldâve painted your apartment in pink roses, gift bags of Victoriaâs Secretâs new line he heard just came out.
Gosh heâd do everything to see you in those new panties. To then take them off and kiss every curve of your body, every dip of skin.
Shit, itâs never really just sex.
You suffocate in your feelings, in the emptiness that comes of being a toy. Turns out, youâre not as strong as you thought you were.
Being nonchalant about what you feel is way harder than you thought it would be.
So you ignore him.
For days.
A month passes.
Your girlfriends are sick of it. Sick of hearing about him.
You feel stupid.
Maybe you are.
The whole scenario of him rejecting you runs another lap around your head as the elevator climbs 10 floors.
The familiar automatic ding of the lift snaps you out of your head. Doors opening, you step out.
You ground yourself on your floor and see boxes and boxes of pink flowers are on your doorstep, swallowing the entry with no way to get in your house.
Of course itâs him.
Sure, you knew he was a sex addict. But⌠not to this extent.
So when you catch sight of the singular envelope sticking out from the biggest box of roses and pluck it out, you expect something like âU and me tonight?â With a cheeky emoji.
But you rip the envelope open to âPlease pick up the phone, princess.â
Fucking asshole.
Yet, you kick the roses sideways to make way, unlock your door, drop your bag and text âDoor is unlocked.â With a disappointed sigh leaving you.
You make your bed knowing itâs going to get ruined in a few hours, clean the kitchen like heâs going to care about anything that isnât ramming into you.
And the door unlocks sometime past 9 in the evening while you swirl a glass of wine in between your fingers on the balcony, sore legs kicked over the small coffee table.
He comes up on your right through the door. The details of his outfit unknown as you donât pan your eyes over to him.
One month of no sexâno, no you, has shown Satoru that he does feel for you.
Itâs shown him that what he felt was not just naturally from sex, it was straight from his heart. It wasnât his hormones acting when his chest tightened when he had to leave.
Leaving your peacefully sleeping figure in the morning all alone when it was practically begging for his arms to wrap around you again.
Itâs shown him that he canât breathe without you there.
He kneels in front of where youâre sat on the couch to reach your line of sight as you refuse to even acknowledge him.
Your eyes narrow to the wine before downing it all in one go and setting it down on the glass table before begrudgingly swinging your feet off it.
The silence is thick with tension, unspoken words clawing at your lips. Both yours and Satoruâs.
You feel his eyes trace your every action.
Your spine meets the leather of the couch before you finally break the silence.
âIâm yours, Satoru. Just get on with it.â
His heart shatters into a billion different pieces. Just get on with it? Like youâre a task he has to finish? Like youâre not someone with feelings?
Feeling his heartbeat skyrocket, his mind starts running with questions. Do you not want him anymore? Does he not satisfy you anymore? Have you found someone else?
The thought of you with someone else has his stomach churning. He hasnât even come to have sex with you, just to clear the air.
Still, your vague look and lack of expression makes his body go cold.
âIâm not here for that.â He says, feeling his voice waver, vocal chords shaking.
Your head finally turns to him. âThen why are you here?â
Internally, he winces. âBecause I canât go another second without you, Y/N.â
You feel the stars sparkle in amazement, the moon shine in delight. Your heart double over.
Is he..?
âI love you.â He cuts your thoughts off.
âIâm a liar, I love you so much I canât breathe when youâre not around. When youâre not talking to me or holding me.â
âIt was never just sexâIâ
You cut him off, smashing your lips against him on his knees. Thereâs no need for you to reciprocate, he knows you love him.
He sighs against you, shoulders dropping from the tension in them leaving, forearms wrapping around your waist as he gets up and sits in your seat.
You land on him, knees digging onto the leather by his sidesâfeeling his heartbeat against your chest while he pulls you flush against him.
Your arms hold him tight by the neck. Moving around and repositioning yourself ears you a grunt from him as you feel him grow beneath you.
A sheepish smirk presses against his lips as you fail to suppress it. In revenge, his hands drop from your waist and onto your ass, pushing your clothed pussy over his hardening boner.
One month of celibacy has you sensitive to the slightest touch, the imprint of him being nothing like the shitty toys you hoped would get you off in his absence.
He groans once more as you shift over himânow deliberately grinding in slow movements.
A hand slips under the shirt youâre wearing to find that you arenât wearing a bra, though he already suspected it from your hard nipples against his chest.
You let out a quiet moan from his cold hands against your back.
The low sound of his muffled chuckle vibrates against your lips as he invades your mouth, tongue tasting every inch of you.
Not letting him be in charge, you tug his hair and his mouth falls open for you to explore.
Your lungs beg for air and only then do you break the kiss, feeling his hand push your shirt upwards till your breasts meet the cold night air.
Without even catching his breath, Satoruâs mouth latches onto your nipple like heâs starved and youâre his favorite food.
His tongue swirls around the peak as his other fingers pinch your other lonely nipple, coating your chest in saliva, bundles of nerves electrifying under his touch.
Youâre a moaning mess till you have enough of the teasing.
âA-ahâSatoru-â He doesnât stop at your calling.
âSatoruââ
Finally he perks up. âYes, sweetheart?â
You try to focus on your words as he humps you dry. âMake-makeâlove to me.â
His eyes widen like itâs Christmas day. A second passes. He crashes. God, his name coming from your lips, the seemingly innocent request when itâs so secretly filthy. The wires reconnect in his brain and suddenly youâre grateful you only wore a really oversize, old shirt of his you stole.
What else would you need to wear with him around?
The damp material of your lacy panties gets pushed aside and he unbuckles his pants, freeing his hard, dusty pink, groomed cock out.
You gasp when his tip pushes at your entrance, having forgotten the sheer size of him and his girth.
âSatoru!â
He groans, head falling back as your juices leak down on him.
âOh fuuuck,â he drags, eyes falling closed. âAh- shouldâve prepped youâItâs been a while now, hasnât it, baby? But youâre so wet Iâm sure you can take me, right my sweet girl?â
So you do, you bite your lips, stabilise yourself on his shoulders and slowly sink down onto him. He kisses you slow, pressing soft skin against you, bitting your bottom lip delicately.
His hands leave your ass and one of them wraps around your back, bringing you impossibly close to him.
The other presses into your hair, angling your head sideways so he can lose himself in your mouth.
He lets you stay bottomed out for a moment so you can readjust, relearn the shape of him.
A needy whine vibrates against Satoru's lips once he shifts inside of you.
You feel his grin against you before he delivers the first thrustâdeep, slow, curved just right to hit your cervix right off the bat. Your lips part for you to let out a moan from your chest.
He takes the opportunity to bite your neck. Leave his mark and kiss down your carotid. Gentle, reverent kisses. Deliberate nips. Purple and pink shades decorating fron your neck to your collarbone and breasts.
You're his vision. His canvas.
With two hands under your thighs, Satoru bounces you on his length. Perfectly inclined pink tip that never really leaves your pussy when he lifts your hips, but meets the familiar muscular ring deep within you whenever he drops you down every.single.time.
The sound of skin meeting skin so intimately getting absorbed by the sky.
You writhe over him, legs starting to ache, lips swellingâthroat going dry from the moaning once he starts to circle around your clit, drawing you closer to the edge.
In one sudden movement, he lays you down on the couch. Your back against the soft cushionsâhis hot figure hovering over you, hand on your hip, elbow dug in the leather to prop himself up.
And he really starts hitting the spot. Your sight starts to blur, tears prickling at the corners from the feeling of sheer fullness. He starts to pick up the speed just a bit, going harder, not fast yet enough for him to feel you reaching your climax.
Your nails claw at his back under his shirt, looking for something that will tether you to earth while you clench and clench till his rhythm is stuttering.
"Oh my pretty girl, I'm so close-ughâyou're doing so well f'me." His teeth sink into your shoulder and you feel your legs going weak.
A hand dips under you, hooking under your back and arching you upwards.
Once.
Twice, he thrusts.
And you come. Hard.
He follows immediately, shaking when he buries himself inside of you. Walls fluttering and pulling him in viciously.
Neither of you dare to move, he collapses over you and flips you both with him still inside your walls till your head lands on his chest.
You don't need to say it out loud.
But you're his.
And he's yours.
Havenât proofed this yet because im a little lazy buttttt what if its not just a masterlist eitherâŚ?
Working on pregnant reader x husbandnanami and hockey!gojo x reader..
Description: Caleb gets a kick out of how hot you think he looks with his hair pushed back.
WC: 4k
As Regina George once said..."Your hair looks so sexy pushed back." (Someone actually hit me in the face I can't stop thinking about him. REEEE!!!!!!!!!!)
- Blueberry ŕŞââ´ ŕ§ťęŞ (Masterlist)
Looking for you, as usual, Calebâs voice sounds from down the hall. âPips?â
As he enters the living room and when you peer up from your phone while sat on a long lounge chair, your eyes widen.
Heâs got a crisp, white towel wrapped and hanging low on his hips. A few droplets of water roll from his collarbones down his bare chest, andâŚwet, his hair is slicked back.
Taking slow and nonchalant steps forward, as a wet strand of hair falls down over his forehead, he takes both of his hands and rakes his fingers through his hair, pulling it all back again and in place. âBabe, have you seen myâ Hey, whatâs the matter?â
Your lips part, but nothing comes out. Your eyes finally relax as they fall and follow a single droplet of water that descends past his chest, down his abs, and disappears at contact with the towel at his hips. You swallow hard, your lips finally closing.
Your eyes linger on his hipsâon his V-lines that disappear beyond the towel. That is, until he speaks, âHello, earth to pips!â Your eyes snap back up to meet his, but, they quickly flick between his eyes and his hair.
âMm, umây-youââ You blink slowly, shaking your head, âYour hair isâi-itâs getting kinda long, n-no?â Youâre trying to fight against an active pant. Youâre not sure the last time you even got a good look at his forehead. The answer probably was in the showerâtogetherâbut itâd be hard to remember detailsâŚ
âWhat? Donât like it?â He places his hands on his hips, âI can go get a trim this week, hm?â He offers you a warm smile, happy and willing to do whatever you ask of himâand get rid of anything you donât like.
You sit up in your seat, âN-noâI didnât say that...â Not meaning to, your tongue parts past your lips, the action prompting you to pull your bottom lip between your teeth before you speak again, âItâs...pushed back...â
âWell...yeah,â he nods, running a singular hand through it again while speakingâtempting your mouth to fall open again, âbeen getting in my eyes when I try to shave.â
Your mouth somehow feels wet and dry at the same time, âItâsâŚâ
âGeez pips, whatâs the matter? You hate it?â He pouts, cocking his head to the side.
âNo! ...No.â You set your phone down, scooting down further, âItâs cute...really, cute.â
He steps forward, smirking, âOh, is that so?â
âMmhm...itâs actually...so sexy itâsââ he laughs and you follow suit before continuing, âitâs blinding meâ Please, go put a shirt on.â
He gets even closer, too close, his voice a coo, âOoo, I see.â
Stuttering, you scoot back a bit, âH-heyây-youâmm-mm! Back up!â
He raises his brows, âShould I drop my towel while Iâm at it?â When you donât reply, one of his hands grips the edge of his towel folded over his hips.
You laugh nervously, âS-stop it! No! ...No.â
Letting go of his towel, he grins, looking you up from head to toe, âYou look really cute, too, you know.â
âCalebâIâm seriousâyou b-betterââ
He gets close enough that his shins are brushing against your feet dangling off the lounge chair. âEspecially when youâre blushing from how cute you think I am.â He bends down to meet your eye-line, âOh, Iâm sorry. How sexy I am.â His grin is wickedâyou want to hit him.
You get a whole body shiver just from the look in his eyes, which, joking or not, the intent is there and creates a rich sense of anticipation, âQuit it!â
He bends further, âAll nervous...hm?â
You try to steel your expression, âI am n-not!â
âYour face doesnât lie, pips. Especially not to me.â Slowly, his fingers wrap around your ankles until he has you in a firm grasp in his hands. âCâmereââ With a swift tug, he yanks you down until youâre resting at the edge of the lounge chair, your legs spreading and going past his own.
âY-youâ!â
He lets your ankles go and presses his palms flat against the chair just beside your hips, leaning down until his face is directly in front of yours, âMmm, youâre sâfuckinâ cute when youâre all flusteredâŚâ
âIâm not flustered! Y-you justââ
He interrupts, still grinning, âStop stuttering, then.â
You reach out and flick his bare chest with your finger, âQuiet, you!â
âOw!â He chuckles, rubbing the spot with his hand while pretending to pout. Once heâs finished, he puts his hand right back where it was. âDonât act naughty with me just because seeing me out the shower got you all hot and bothered.â
âCaleb!â
âWhat?â He smile is devious, âMmmâŚcâmere, you.â Without a proper warning, heâs sinking his fingertips into your waist, pulling you straight up and out of your seat.
âH-hey!â
âSâfucking cuteâŚyouâre coming with me.â You giggle, trying to âfightâ against his grasp but wrapping your legs around his waist anyway.
After walking a short distance toward the couch, he turns around while holding you to him. You gasp when he plops down onto the couch with you in his arms. Despite the fall he let himself take, heâs careful to hold you up right in his lap. You press your hands against his chest, âYouâreâ!â
He laughs, cutting you off by pressing his lips into your cheek. âGo ahead, run your hands through it. I know you wannaâŚâ He extends his words in a way that is irritatingly cute.
âMmmâŚughây-youââ
âShush, go ahead.â
You try to say as flatly as you can, âItâs wet.â
âMhm...wanna help me dry it?â
âCalebâ!â
âGo onâŚâ
Offering up an unsatisfied grumble, you bring your hands up to his forehead, gently pushing your fingers into his wet hair. He hums, leaning back into the couch while gripping your hips a bit tighter. As you push your fingers back, you stare at his hair while he stares at you.
Your voice becomes a whisper, âYouâre too cute... Youâre not allowed to go outside looking like this.â You pull your hands back only to slip them right back through his hair, this time letting your pinkies line up with the tops of his ears as your hands slide through his hair from the sides of his head rather than the top. He groans, tilting his hips up into your lap. Once your hands pass completely through, you let your fingers trail down the sides of his neck, âToo handsomeâŚâ
âMmm...l like when youâre jealous. But I could say the same about you. If I had my way, Iâd never let you go out...â Tempted by the low rumble of his voice, you let your face get closer to his, your lips only mere centimeters apart. âYouâre just for me, hm?â One of his hands comes up to caress your cheek, his thumb stroking your skin.
âMmhm...â You tip further forward, almost whispering against his lips. âAnd youâre just for me...â
âThatâs rightââ He meets the other side of your face and with both hands now on your cheeks, pulls you in for a hasty kiss, sighing deep from his chest at the feeling of your lips against his.
You press your forearms against his chest and sink into the kiss, your fingers still a light touch on his neck and his hands on your face holding you close. Allowing a soft âmmâ to leave your mouth and enter his, you both crane your heads in slightly opposite directions to deepen the kiss.
Breaking away, he pecks your lips with his once before speaking, âNghââ He groans, âSit up for me.â You do as he says, lifting up off his lap. Quickly, his right hand leaves your face and he slips it beneath his towel, adjusting the uncomfortable angle of his hardening length.
As soon as his hand disappears, you let out a small giggle, instantly putting two and two together. âHey! Donât you laugh at me!â He pinches your side with a smile on his face, âYouâre the one sitting on me, rubbing up on me, telling me how cute I am.â You sink back into his lap, now easily feeling his hard cock against you and offered up for you to grind against beneath his towel. You let out a quiet hum, twitching against him. His chest heaves under the press of your forearms. âWhatâd you expect, hm?â
You let your arms lift off his chest and snake behind his neck, allowing one of your hands to grip the hair at the back of his neck, pulling just hard enough so that his head cocks back. You bite his chin playfully until he groans. When you release him from your mouth, âYou didnât have to come over here! Youâre the one whoââ
Panting with a sly smirk, âFine. Should I get up, then?â
You scowl, âNoâŚâ
His look becomes smug as you loosen your grip in his hair, âThought as much.â
You narrow your eyes at him, âYouâ! Iâm gonna bite you.â
He smirks, âYou just did that. But please, do it again.â
âUgh! Calebââ
âSâcute...love it when you want me.â The way he says so makes your brow quirk.
âI always want you.â
âYeah butâŚâ his hands land back on your hips, âwhen you really want me.â
You offer him a short, but sweet, kiss, âI always really want you.â
âShush, you. You know what I mean.â He grips your hips tighter, âWhen youâre nice and hot for me, canât hold backâŚmmmâŚsâhot.â You laugh at him and roll your eyes.
âWho said I couldnât hold back?â His eyes glance down to your hands on his chest, your nails sinking into his skin. âOh, shut up.â Before he can speak again, youâre pressing your lips against his as he fights a small smile. âGodâwhy did you have to come out looking like this?â
âJust to tease you, obviously.â You pinch his skin with your nails, âAhâ!â
Relaxing into his touch, you let your hips drag on his lap, trying to get as much friction as you can from him with a controlled, subtle movement, internally not wanting to give him the satisfaction of appearingâbeingâpitifully desperate for him.
Slowly, his fingertips slide upward away from your hips and underneath your shirt, beginning to crest on your waist. âYou know what I just realized?â
âHmâŚ?â You sound lazily, continuing to grind yourself down onto his hard cock.
He fights back a groan, his chest rising more dramatically as you apply pressure with your hips, âIâm practically nakedâŚand youâre wearing far too many clothes, pips.â
Your voice is murmur, focused on the feeling he provides, âWhy donât youâŚhelp me out of some, then?â
âMmmâŚthat I can doâŚâ Waiting not at all, heâs tugging your shirt off and over your head, âSo beautifulâŚâ
Trying to regain some control, âYouâre not so bad yourself...â
âOh? I thought I was blindingly sexy, hm?â
You grin, fighting a chuckle, âEh, I was being overly dramatic.â
âYouâ!â His jaw clenches but his lips are still curled into a smirk, but when his jaw relaxes again, he lets out a laugh. His hands release your hips and come up to run through his hair. âOverly dramatic, huh?â
As you watch him, âUh-huhâŚâ He laces his fingers behind his head, his elbows out and bent, a slight flex occurring in his biceps. You whine at him, âStop it! Youâre doing that on purpose!â
He angles his hips up into you, causing you to gasp, âWhat am I doing on purpose?â
âUgh! Youâre r-ridiculous...â Instinctively, you reach between the space created by his arms and palm his biceps. When you give them a gentle squeeze, he canât help but groan.
He smiles, âGo on, pips. Tell me how sexy I am.â
After one more squeeze, âQuiet, you.â You release his arms and get off his lap.
âHeyâwaitââ
âShush. Keep your arms there, no touching.â
His brows lift and a small smile returns to his face, âOh?â Standing in front of him you wiggle your shorts off. âMmmâŚâ His arms twitch and you watch him carefully, making sure he doesnât move. You turn around in front of him, slowly dragging your panties down with a slight bend at your hips. âFuckââ
You hear him move. âAh, ah. Whatâd I say?â
He sucks in a breath, a throaty chuckle sounding, âOh, youâre good. This is just mean.â
You turn to face him again, âYou started it.â Holding eye contact with him, you let one of your hands slip behind your back to unclasp your bra. He watches it hit the floor, a twitch in his legs.
When you stand closer between his knees, he goes to lower his arms but you press your palms against his elbows to stop him, holding him there. âMm-mm. You put your arms there, you can leave them there, hm?â
While you hold his arms up by his elbows, his eyes flick down to your bare chest, âNnghâoh, come o-on, donât be like that, babe.â
You grin, âDonât be like what?â
âMmmââ You let his arms go but give him a stern look. His gaze becomes heavy as he obliges, leaving his hands laced behind his head.Â
âStay.â He tilts back, his jaw clenching. âGood boy.â
He moans hearing those words, âNghâpipsââ
âShh.â You reach down and tug apart the connection of his towel. âMmmââ He sucks in another breath, his head tilting down to glance at his cock before back at you, not without stopping at your chest first, though. You look back to him, but only after having a hard time peeling your eyes away from his cock, âNow weâre both completely naked, happy?â
âM-mmhmâŚâ He lets out a groan, fighting to stay still as his abs visibly clench, âDonât tell me y-youâre gonna sit on my cock and not let m-me touch you...â
You crawl back onto his lap, âHmâŚweâll see.â
âF-fuckâI take it all backâjust let meââ
âShush.â As you sink down into his lap, your slit, already dripping, finally makes contact with his skin.
âOhâfuck meââ
You let your hips press forward as you grind against him, âMmhm, Iâm about toâŚâ
His arms flex, hard, âGodââ
You interrupt whatever he may have said next, âYouâre bad at staying quietâand staying stillâyou know that?â
Staring at your chest, his voice is mumble, âMmhmâŚâ
Lifting onto your knees beside his thighs, you grip his length, drawing the head of cock a short distance between your slit that parts easily. âH-holy fuckââ He moans, âSâwet already, hm? I r-really am that sexy, huh?â
You drag the head of his cock between your slit until he moans again, âYouâre not making this any easier on yourself.â
âUh-h-huhâp-pleaseâI wanna feel you sâbadââ You hum contemplatively, slowly and softly rubbing him against your clit until you moan. âMy godââ
With a smug tone, âBeg a little more, handsome.â
âF-fuckâp-pleaseâI want you wrapped around m-meâplease, babeâoh my godââ
âThatâs more like it.â Wanting him desperately and trying not to let that fact slip, you let the head of his cock press into your entrance.
His voice becomes a hiss, despite being amply wet just from seeing him and grinding on him, youâre both used to him making you cum with his mouth to his heartâs content before heâs inside you, âS-shitâsâtightânnghââ
Holding firm, you try to fight a moan from cracking out through your throat as you slowly press onto him. âS-so prettyâmmmâlet me touch y-youââ
âNo.â He groans loudly at your refusal, unlacing his fingers from behind his headânot to touch you, but to extend his arms across the back of the couch so he has an easier time driving his hips upward.
You let a loud moan slip to the feeling, âNnghât-thatâs cheatingââ
Ignoring your comment, âOh m-myâyou feel sâgoodâŚf-fuck, kiss meâat least.â As you sink further down onto him, you bring your face as close to his as you can without kissing him. When he leans forward, you lean away. âUghânnghây-you bratââ When he says so, you let yourself sink down completely, âMmm!â
Staying there a moment, you offer him a quick, short kiss, beckoning him to lean forward for more, âOh, come o-onânnghââ
You make a small circle with your hips, moaning to the feeling of him full up inside you, âYou r-really are so handsomeânnghââ
âBabeây-youâre so meanâjustââ You interrupt and silence him by dragging your body up, the clench of your walls around him eliciting a deep moan straight from his chest. âD-donât you want my h-help?â You shake your head at him, a small smile playing on your lips.
After you raise and lowerâslowlyâa few more times, he bucks his hips up hard, âFuckâyou feel sâgoodâŚlook sâprettyâlemme help, p-pleaseââ
Losing your ability to fight against desperation, âFine.â He releases a deep groan at the instance of your permission, his arms coming off the couch instantly and his hands grabbing your face so he can crash his lips recklessly onto yours while he sits up. The change in angle makes you moan into his mouth, âMmmphânnghââ
After staying like that a moment, his hands go straight to your hips, âKnew you wanted my helpâmmmâf-fuckââ His strength makes the glide up and down so much easierâfaster.
âOh m-myâC-Calebâ!â Leaning further into you, you arch back at the pressure of him. Staying completely inside you with his hands on your hips, as you lean away, he continues forward, his mouth immediately finding purchase on your chest. âNngh!â Letting his hands leave your hips, his arms quickly coil around you, one of his palms flat against your back and holding you to him, allowing for a more dramatic arch of your back under his strength. Dragging your hips up and down the short distance youâre able, âH-how is thisânghâh-helping?â
He ignores you initially, taking your other breast into his mouth, sucking harshly before his mouth trails to the side of your breast, sinking his teeth into your skin until youâre whining. At the sound of your whine, his mouth is immediately returning to same bud. He chuckles through a groan, flicking his tongue against you before popping his mouth off you with a gasp, âItâs helping meâŚâ
âUghânnghââ You press your hands flat against his chest, pushing him back against the couch. âHelp me, w-why donât y-you...â
âMmhmâfuckââ His hands return to your hips, supporting you in lifting higher on his cock before back down. Your hands grip the back edge of the couch, pulling each time he pushes you up, each plunge back down onto his cock driving deep, loud moans out from your chest. âS-shitâyouâre squeezing the hell outta meâfeel like mâgonnaââ
You interrupt, slowing down in the process, âMmmân-not yetâŚâ He groans, fighting his imminent release. Realizing youâre driving a lot of the work now with your hands on the couch, he lets his right hand leave your hip. He dips his thumb into his mouth, wetting his skin before bringing his thumb down onto your clit, eliciting an instant moan from you.
âI want you to cumânghââ Your hands leave the couch, gripping his shoulders instead. Engrossedâobsessedâwith the feeling of his cock and the slow tease of his thumb, your hands slip down to his chest while you whine and whimper. âMmhmâthatâs itâŚâ As your nails sink into his warm skin, heâs tilting and driving his hips up harder, his left hand around your hip applying ample pressure to support the action. âGodâyou feel sâfuckinâ amazingââ
Clenching down around him repeatedly, your release easily breaks through as he works your clit in tandem with the thrust of his hips. Watching your expression carefully while you moan out his name, he lets himself enjoy the look of utter ecstasy on your face accompanied by the delicious feeling of you milking him. This, though, is quickly interrupted by the violence of his own release, a loud and guttural groan expelling from his chest as his head tilts onto the back of the couch.
After the initial shock, his thumb leaves your clit and clamps back down on your hip, holding you down and against him with both of his handsâdesiring nothing more than to be completely buried inside you when he cums.
The intermittent twitches you feel from his cock send you forward, leaning into him to grab his face in your hands. Panting heavily and still moaning, your lips brush but donât actually touch, enjoying the sights and sounds of each otherâs end too much.
As things calm, you finally press your lips to his, âMmmphâŚâ You pull away and nuzzle your face into his neck, letting your hands slip back behind his head to play with his still wet hair. You wiggle your hips enough to elicit an additional groan, âMmmââ His hands around your hips try to stop you from moving, âWell...I sure as hell know how Iâm gonna wear my hair from now on.â
Your head snaps up from his neck, a pleading look in your eyes, âYou canât!â
He smiles warmly, brushing some hair away from your face, admiring the look of youâflushed and satisfied, âAnd why not? ...Afraid youâll want me too much?â
You tug at his hair again, âYouâ! Youâre so infuriating!â
âAnd youââ he taps the tip of your nose with his finger, âare so adorable.â
***
The next several weeks, Caleb avoids getting a haircut. He takes each and every post-shower opportunity to come find you, just to see you blush. During this time, he absolutely takes note of how much youâve been running your fingers through his hairâholding his eye contactâwhile he makes you cum, over, and over, again with his tongue.
Appearing to you with pushed back wet hair and in a towel, âYouâre gonna wear out how cute I think you look, jerk!â You still blush.
âHmm, uh-huh, sureâŚâ his voice trails off back down the hall, so he gets louder, âI doubt it!â
You chuck a pillow toward the hall as he disappears, âUgh!â
***
At the next more extravagant gathering for the Fleet, to your dismay, Caleb intentionally slicks his hair back. You grumble, âI canât believe you...â
He speaks extremely sarcastically, a wide grin on his face, âWhat? Donât like it?â
You speed up ahead of him, mumbling, âStupid...cute stupid faceâugh, unbelievableâŚsâhot...â
Laughing, he catches up, âIâm planning on getting it cut tomorrow, actually.â
With him now next to you again, you grip his bicep with both of your hands, turning to him with pleading eyes, âNo!â He raises his brows at you, fighting an intense smirk, âUgh! Y-you! Mâgonna kill youââ
He leans down and presses his lips against your cheek, âI love you, too.â
***
Later, back at home after the event, as soon as you both make it inside, Caleb finds the nearest counter to pick you up and put you onâhis uniform still intact.
While he kneels down on the floor in front of you, after pushing your dress up your thighs all the way to your hips, âTell meâŚwho do you like moreââ His breath washes over you, sending a shiver down your spine, his mouth as close as he can get to your panties without touching them.
He looks up at you with soft eyes, âBoyfriend Caleb with his hair slicked back orâŚâ You suck in a breath, gripping the edges of the counter as he places your legs over his shoulders, âColonel Caleb with his hair slicked back...hm?â
âYouâre s-such an assholeââ Chuckling to himself, his lips press against you, creating a tantalizing pressure against your clit over your panties, âNgh! âŚYouâre n-never gonnaâmmmâlet this go, huh?â
His fingertips dip into the edge of the fabric, his voice low and his eyes fixated forward between your legs, âAbsolutely not.â As soon as he finishes speaking, heâs yanking your panties to the side.
WARNINGS: yandere themes, haunting, Religious themes, Obsessive themes, Caleb probably needs therapy, Falling and tumbling, Minor Violence, death, hallucinations,non human entity, Caleb's pathetic, kissing, Fem!Reader, sort of slowburn I guess?
Synopsis: For weeks on end you've felt as someone had been watching you from corners, Stealing glances at you, you could feel it grow colder as you were talking to someone, the hairs on your arm standing, and the suddenly gone when the person had walked away, being a witch you were used to entities being around you but this entity was insistent and obsessiveâŚand now terrorizing your dreams.
Word count: 2.9k words
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Weeks
It had been weeks since you've felt as if you were no longer alone, you couldn't remember the last time you had slept through the night peacefully, everywhere you went you felt its presence looming behind you, closer than your own shadow.Â
It was not as if you were unfamiliar with entities as a whole, being a witch you had faced your fair share of the paranormal, but this encounter was different. The entities never stayed this close, never showed themselves too much, lurking but at a distance, and they would eventually leave too without much fuss. This one made sure you knew it was behind you. watching and at times it even messed with you while you were busy talking to someone, dropping the temperature of the room, messing with vases, opening and shutting windows and only quitting when the person you were conversing with eventually grew wary or uncomfortable and left.Â
But tonight it crossed all boundaries.Â
After what seemed like hours you had finally found the sweet embrace of sleep, only to find yourself standing in what seemed like an endless black abyss, land stretching to as far as the eye can see and even beyond, the only thing in front of you? A mirror. It looked like one of those heavy ones you could find at a noble's house, with a gold frame and beautifully carved out edges that could rival even the works of greek carvers, it called you to it, like a siren to a hopeless sailor.
Your feet moved on their own accord, taking hesitant steps to the mirror, and when finally you stepped in front of it your eyes grew double their size, this isn't what you wore to sleep, you thought, your eyes doing a double take on the simple white dress you were wearing, it had flowy sleeves and was light enough to run around in, exactly kind of dress you had always seen the high born girls wear and wished for yourself but never had the funds for it. Suddenly, whilst you were busy admiring the dress, you saw a shift from behind you quicker than a human, slower than a shadow, a figure you could've sworn it. You turned around to face it head on, you weren't going to let the creature get the best of you, not yet at least.Â
ââI saw youâ You call out to the deceptively empty⌠room? Could you even call it that? there were no walls, only an endless âskyâ of black.
A beat passed by, and then two of pure silence, you sighed giving up and turning back to the mirror only to lock eyes with the source of your irritation and terror. There he was standing right behind you, a small coy smile on his face. All Muscle, for a demon he was unnervingly handsome,he was tall and purple eyes fixed on you like you were a lamb meant for slaughter, And so you did the only reasonable thing.
You ran.
Where to? You had no idea yourself, but anywhere was alright as long as you were far away from that..that thing, from somewhere far or near you heard him chuckle, his voice boyish a clear antithesis of who he actually was.
âReally? Is that how you wanna play thisââ He spoke, His voice a mix of exasperation and playful teasing, as the plain land you ran on shifted to slabs of cement. You were in a cloister now, running past the cement arches as fast as your feet allowed you too.
âYou know, this isn't going to get you anywhere, Why not face me as you did minutes before? Where's that brave girl who valiantly stood up to me?â The demon mocked, his footsteps heard faintly behind you. Turning your head, you saw his eyes glowing now, he was wearing human clothes, specifically a uniformâThe royal guards uniform, Navy tunic and white pants, and boots that went up till they eventually stopped at his knees. His arms crossed as he leisurely trailed after you, who were sprinting as fast as you possibly could.
If only you had the demon's name, you could send it back to wherever it had spawned out of, alas, you were too busy running for your life to try and engage in conversation with him.
Perhaps you should have, too, because in the blink of an eye the ground stated collapsing, the very ground you were on bending in on itself, and just as you thought this was the end you open your eyes to find yourself in a ballroom, a glass of champagne in your hand, your still in the same dress, and when you look around the realization hits you: you're not alone anymore.
At least you think you're not alone anymore,you can't quite make out faces but the ballroom was filled with people as if there was a ball going on, had you imagined things? Was it all a vision and nothing more? Questions filled your brain as you tried focusing on the blurry faces that walked past you, deciding to put blame on the bizarre events you had just encountered, Your brain was just slightly frazzled, that's all. You took a step forward, deciding it was best if you calm your brain down by taking a turn of the room. The sound of music lightly flowed as you watched the couples dance on the floor, you stood on the side of dance floor watching them, but your mind was far away, wondering who that demon could be and why it latched onto you, when you hadn't even summoned it, could it have used on of your earlier spells to slip through from its realm? Or was it just a silly apparition your tired brain had conjured up? Come to think of it, that particular demon did seem more like an angel, perhaps it was just your mind.
You look up breaking out of your thoughts when you hear the music stop, everyone now walking in the room, mingling about, and while lost in the crowd of blurry faces, it was as if you had drunk too much, you saw a tall figure on the other side of the room, standing out from the crowd and staring directly at you, perfectly still and unmoving.
It was him.
Fuck.
You stood frozen in fear, eyes fixed on the demon who tilted his head as if he was saying âgotchaâ, you couldn't do much besides stare at him in fear, the rest of the crowd disappearing into background noise.
Who was he? What did he want with you? What would it take for him to stop? Your fear slowly morphed into anger, you had not left the church of astra to be afraid of another being, divine or not, you were not going to succumb to this childish demon.
âOh donât look at me like that sweetheart, you wound me.â the demon purred out from across the room and somehow no one turned to look at the obnoxiously tall man, so this was his game, an illusion, none of these people existed, he conjured them up. This is all one big jest and you're the punch line, aren't you? And so, as if you were a dam of pent up emotion,
You snap.
âWhat do you want of me!â you yell out from across the room, practically shrieking it out, visibly shaking from the anger, your hands fisted, and, for a moment, the creature's indifferent face slipped and surprise clouded his features, taken aback by your outburst. He looked at you for a long second before simply nodding to himself and snapping his fingers.
âAlright, no more games, my dearâ was the last thing you heard before the ground started moving, warping everything as if you were on some bizarre ride, knocking the wind out of your lungs and making you lose your balance and falling, only to be caught just in time by a secure hand on your waist. Your throat tightens up looking at your savior's face who's just giving you a sly smile.
âWho are you?â you manage to breathe out, you can't for the life of you figure out his intentions, he's not here to terrorize you, neither is he here because he wants a favor. So why?
âI am the fate that's come to cling at your door.â He speaks, helping you stand properly, now, in the same endless spiral of dark you arrived at. âI knew it from the moment I saw you at the church. You didn't belong there, they didn't deserve someone as kind and compassionate as you, how could they? So I did what I had to do. Unfortunate accidents, unexplainable deaths, whatever had to be done to keep those pests away from you. I had been thinking of ways to reveal myself to you until it dawned on meâŚall i had to do was make sure you couldn't run. At least until you understood.â He spoke as if it physically pained him, looking away for a second before bringing his violet eyes back to your face,staring at you, with such intensity it made your heart stop.
âUnderstood? Understood what?â you ask cautiously, unsure of what this was leading to,your hand fisting your dress, preparing to run if you must, but even you knew it would be futile to.
âThat you belong here, with me.â he says like it's obvious, eyes wide, and for the first time a smile, not to tease or condescend, but just an actual smile to show his joy. âId make sure you'd never long for anything, thisââ He gestured to the dress, his hands running over the silk for a fleeting moment. ââIs just the start, I could have entire civilizations at your feet by dawn, my lady. All you need to do is give me the chance to prove to you that only I am worthy of you. I will strive to make myself whatever you need, whatever you want. Pleaseâ he begged, breathing heavily.Â
You couldn't believe it. A demon. A creature of hell, was in love with you. You looked at him for a long beat, trying to comprehend what you were hearing, no one had ever fallen in love with you, especially not a fearsome creature of hell. What do you even do in situations like these? Better yet, what did you feel for him? You couldn't deny he was attractive and a not so tiny part of you was willing to let him stay, after all it was you who, rather than look for ways to get rid of the entity, let it wander and linger until its feelings got so strong it trapped you goodness knows where.Â
âI do not even know you, and yet here you ask me for my love, surely you cannot be seriousâ you argue back, whatever you felt for him aside, you didn't even know his name, how could he expect you to love him back? You stood more at ease, now that you were no longer running for your life that is.
At your words, his eyes narrowed as if he couldn't even comprehend the fact, to him you just fall in love, love didn't have terms and conditions did it? He wasn't a stranger to the concept of love either, having read about it plenty of times, being a firm believer of it happening at first sight, at least after he saw you. But the fact you didn't freak out as soon as he confessed was reason enough for him to indulge you and your need to know about him.
âWhat would you like to know, my sweet?â he raised his eyebrow as if encouraging you to ask, he reached for your hand before backing away, worried it might startle you. Little to his knowledge, you noticed and took his hand before you could even process it, you froze for a moment wondering what you had done, while his eyes lit up like a child with a candy.
Sighing, you let it go, his hand was oddly comforting to you, and it was you who reached out anyway. âWell, for startersâŚwhats your name?â you ask, gently, careful not to scare him off, wondering what kind of name he'd have.
âCalebâ he answers without hesitation, eyes shining into yours, affection dripping out like honey from his violet eyes.
âOh, that's far more simple than what i was expectingâ you burst out laughing, for a demon you were expecting a more terror invoking name, something in latin. You shake your head, clutching your stomach from how hard you were laughing. At the sight of your amusement Caleb's eyes crinkle, a huge grin on his face forming.Â
âI am terribly sorry to disappoint you then, my ladyâ he jests teasingly, crossing his arms, happy to see you be yourself freely. It was all he could have asked for. Truly. âI am glad to see you are warming up to meâ he admits softly, the demeanour shifting from playful to soft and wholesome in seconds.
âYou are not all that bad, Calebâ you chuckled and for the first time this entire nightâno for the first time in months, you felt at peace, like no one was after you, you were safe and accepted as you are, something not even your own parents could do. Caleb seemed to catch on to what you were thinking because the next words out of his mouth, you were not expecting.
âYou don't have to pretend with me, loveâ he tilted his head, looking at you with pity, and for some reason it felt good to be pitied for once, not blamed or chastised. âI know life has been far too tough on you, I've witnessed it for myself, and I'll be damned if I allow you to feel like that again. No one will ever hurt you againâ he spoke as if he was making a vow,and for some reason you believed it, it was hard not to with the way he was saying it, would it be that bad if you just let him stay? You wondered, looking at him.Â
The rest of the hours flew by, with you asking questions and him answering as honestly as he could, even sneaking a joke here and there. You told him about yourself too, on how you were cast out from church for asking âtoo many questionsâ, how your parents threatened to marry you off until eventually, you ran away and became a governess to a wealthy family, and now practiced witchcraft in your spare time, helping families ward off ghosts and spirits and occasionally selling desperate women love potions or spells. He told you of who he was, and how demons lived and how he got to earth in the first place, being summoned on a whim, and now unable to leave or rather now unwilling to leave.
You didn't have much track of how much time you spent because of the lack of clocks and sun, but you did have a feeling it had been hours since you first came here, you look at Caleb wondering if he would grant you leave or would remain steadfast in keeping you here.
âHey, Caleb?â you called out to him, your gaze turning soft and apologetic like you were already apologising for cutting your time together short âas much as iâve enjoyed talking to you, i think its time i headed backâ you didnât say it harshly but there was a firmness that proved you weren't about to argue with him over this. He paused looking at you for a second, as if debating something, before reluctantly sighing and nodding.
âAlright alright, I don't think I have much say over your stubbornness anywayâ he teased but there was a certain fondness in his eyes that made you forget to breathe, you thanked him, a smile bright on your face as you contemplated something. You liked him this much even you can tell, and he liked you too so what if you just kissed him? A tiny peck wouldn't hurt anyone surely? These were the thoughts that led you to leaning forward and placing a light peck on his lips, smiling giddily as you watched Caleb's expression change from a wistful one to one of pure shock and delight, laughing a bit dazed.
âGoodnight, Calebâ you wished him farewell, shifting your weight on both feet, a playful smile on your lips, you had never felt this giddy before, the sensation was a bit addictive if you were being honest, you looked at Caleb who had finally returned to the life of the living, snapping out of his lovesick expression.
With a snap of his fingers, you woke up back in your bed, in the same clothes you fell asleep in, the rays of sunlight seeping through your white curtains, the dawn breaking into the sky, as you sat up, leaning against your headboard, uncertain if it was all a dream your bored head had conjured up.
The thought of Caleb not being real almost felt hollowing.
But then from the corner of yours eyes, you saw the same figure staring at you as you saw in your dream, now not bothering to hide in shadows as he looked and smiled at you, you felt a chill run up your spine,however it confirmed one of your suspicions, that this was far from over, you had just bound yourself to a demon for the rest of eternity, your fates now intertwined, for better or for worse,then he spoke his words echoing in your room or perhaps it was your mind
See you Soon, My love
A/N: fin! i hope you enjoyed this as much as i enjoyed writing it, its my first work in the fandom and i hope i delivered, i know with everything going on with valko and infold is stressful but atleast we have fanfics right? Reblog if you liked it!
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rating: explicit/nsfw
category: f/m, caleb/reader, reader-insert
tags: childhood friends to lovers, pseudocest, mutual pining, domesticity, playfight, sexual tension, homecoming, suppressed!caleb, yearning!caleb, submissive top!caleb, insecure!caleb, forced proximity, forbidden/risky, âbe quiet, granny will hear usâ, making out, dryhumping, p in v, mirror sex, backshots, leg hooking, aftercare, i think that's it?
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PREVIEW : âwait, what the hell?!â you gasped, your hands flying up in a knee-jerk reaction to push him back, but caleb's hands immediately shot forward to pin you back down against the couch. âsee?â caleb murmured, leaning down closer, his hot breath fanning across your cheeks, smelling faintly of the mint gum he'd been chewing. âyou couldn't even move before i did this. you can't even defend yourself, you silly girl. that means you still need me to protect you.â
SYNOPSIS : what was supposed to be a casual homecoming quickly devolves into a suffocating game of unspoken jealousy and long-awaited confessions where every shared glance and tight space threatens to collapse the boundaries of your childhood friendship. trapped between the ticking clock of his limited sixty-day leave and the terrifyingly possessive reality of how much heâs missed you, will the tension eventually snap?
caleb is coming back this summer.Â
the heat of early june in the province always carried a specific kind of weight, heavy with the scent of sun-baked asphalt, dry grass, and the faint rot of fallen mangoes in the backyard. it was summer, finally! the kind of summer that felt less like a break and more like a threshold. you had just wrapped up your sophomore year at the state university down the road, a year spent navigating crowded lecture halls, cheap iced coffees, and a revolving door of new faces that you tried very hard to care about.
for the first time in your life ever since, you and caleb hadn't shared a daily routine.Â
after eighteen years of being so aggressively attached at the hip that your shadows practically bled together, the last four years had seen you both drifted into your own separate worlds. it was a strange, quiet realization: you both had lives of your own now.Â
caleb had packed his bags for that prestigious aerospace academy up north, his childhood fascination with the sky hardening into a fierce passion for flying. you, on the other hand, had stayed behind anchored to the familiar soil of your hometown just to float between random orgs, shifting friend groups, and the vague pursuit of figuring out who you were when you weren't âcaleb and his girl.â
and today, he was coming home....
the question had been humming under your skin all morning, rhythmic and annoying like a cicadaâs buzz. did caleb change? would he look different? act different?Â
the last time you saw him in the flesh, right before his departure, he had already begun to outgrow the lanky, boyish frame you could map with your eyes closed. his shoulders had broadened, his jawline cutting a sharper silhouette against the terminal lights. he had looked less like the boy who used to help you steal guavas from the neighbor's tree and more like a stranger you'd cross the street to look twice at.
âmake sure you tell him to eat properly while he's here,â granny had mumbled earlier this morning, her voice thick with sleep as she shuffled around the kitchen, adjusting the mesh food cover over a plate of fried rice. âthat boy always forgets to look after himself when he's excited.â
you had laughed, buzzing with a restless, frantic energy, nodding quickly as you practically flew out the screen door. you didn't even bother putting on real shoesâjust slipped your feet into a pair of worn-out rubber slippers, the soles thin enough that you could feel the morning grit of the driveway beneath your arches.
gideonâs car was already idling by the gate, the exhaust coughing a pale plume of smoke into the crisp morning air. gideon, caleb's friend and the closest thing you both had to another brother, had come back from the city a few days earlier because of some vague corporate endeavor he refused to elaborate on. his early return was a stroke of luck; it meant you didn't have to brave the crowded public transportation to get to the drop-off terminal.
âlook who finally crawled out of bed,â gideon teased as you yanked the backdoor open and threw yourself into the backseat. the leather was cool against the backs of your thighs, a sharp contrast to the mounting humidity outside.
âi've been up since five, actually,â you shot back, leaning forward so your chin was practically resting on the gap between the two front seats. âgo, go, go. we're going to be late, gideon!â
âwe have forty minutes, calm down,â gideon chuckled, throwing the car into reverse with practiced ease. his hand spun the steering wheel effortlessly as he backed out onto the main road.
the moment the car straightened out, you immediately started. you couldn't help it. the questions poured out of you in a breathless stream, all of them centered around the one person who hadn't been here. because gideon and caleb were in the same university for college, gideon was your only real window into calebâs new life.
âis he still doing those crazy flight simulator hours? did he actually pass his survival training or did he cry? does he still sleep with three pillows? is he... does he look different, gideon? like, really different?â
gideon navigated the familiar potholes of the provincial highway, answering each query with a patient nod of his head. he was used to this. he had been the buffer between you and caleb ever since.
âhe's fine. still a nerd about planes,â gideon said, glancing at you through the rearview mirror with a knowing smirk. âhe passed the survival drills with top marks, obviously. you know how he is. he doesn't cry over dirt. and yeah, he's bigger. the academy makes them do a lot of physical training. he looks like a proper pilot now.â
you listened to every word, your head tilting slightly, your eyes fixed on the back of gideon's head. you were listening so attentively it almost hurt, your ears straining for something specific. a name, maybe. a habit. a detail that sounded wrong, or a hint of a girl, or a sign that he had completely outgrown the small-town girl who used to share his umbrella. you were waiting for a phrase that would confirm your deepest, unvoiced fear: that he had left you behind in the dust of the province.
but that piece of information didn't arrive. gideon just kept talking about credit hours, physical exams, and flight logistics.
âanyway,â gideon clears his throat, switching gears as he turned onto the long stretch of road leading to the junction. âenough about the golden boy. how's state uni treating you? your granny said you joined some theater production crew last month. you making friends?â
the spark in your chest caught a sudden, damp chill. your posture slumped just a fraction, the manic energy leaving your shoulders as quickly as it had arrived. the topic was no longer caleb.
âoh. yeah. it's fine,â you murmured, your voice dropping an octave. âthe theater stuff was just for a midterm project. it's over now. and friends... yeah, they're okay. we go to the diner near the campus sometimes.â it sounded dull. it sounded incredibly small compared to aerospace academies and survival training and flying through clouds.
sensing your sudden shift in mood but choosing not to press it, gideon just hummed, turning up the radio slightly.
you leaned back against the seat, suddenly feeling the distance between your body and the front of the car. with a slow movement, you pressed the button on the door panel, letting the window roll down all the way.Â
you were going to see him in less than fifteen minutes. and for the first time in your life, you were terrified of what his smile might look like now.
with a restless groan, you shifted your weight, sliding down the leather until you were lying flat across the length of the backseat. you lifted your legs, balancing your heels against the rim of the lowered window frame, letting the rushing wind blow right over your bare toes. the bright summer sunlight hit your face in a sudden wash, forcing you to squeeze your eyes shut as the shadows of roadside acacia trees flickered across your eyelids like a film strip.
gideon glanced back through the rearview mirror, his eyes crinkling at the corners as a quiet chuckle rumbled in his chest. âwhat exactly is the strategy here? are we airing out your feet, or are you trying to slide out of the car entirely?â
âshh,â you muttered, not opening your eyes, just waving a hand dismissively in his general direction. âdon't ruin the vibe, gideon. i'm getting into character. when we get there, i'm going to pretend to be asleep.â
âand why, pray tell, are we faking a coma?â
âbecause,â you mumbled, your voice dropping into a stubborn drone. âhe's been gone for four years acting all professional and pilot-like. i'm not giving him the satisfaction of seeing me standing at the curb like an eager puppy. if i'm asleep, he has to wait for me to wake up.â
gideon let out an amused snort but didn't argue further, slowing the vehicle down as he navigated the chaotic entrance of the terminal. the air became a noisy symphony of sputtering engines, the loud barking of barkers calling out destinations, and the heavy hiss of bus brakes.
then, the car came to a full stop. the engine remained idling, its low vibration humming right through your spine as you lay flat on the seat.
you heard the tinny ring of gideonâs phone bridging the gap over the dashboard, followed by the click of the answer button. gideon didn't even put it to his ear; he just left it on speaker, the sound cutting through the air-conditioned cabin.
âyeah? where are you? i'm near the main exit, by the yellow bakery,âÂ
âoop, i see the car,â a voice replied.
that was caleb!
your breath hitched, catching sharply in your throat. it was him. it was caleb. even through the cheap, compressed audio of a phone speaker, there was no mistaking that specific cadenceâthat easy, slightly raspy, slow-rolling tone that always sounded like he was hiding a joke behind his teeth. it was exactly the same.Â
âalright, hurry up. the traffic enforcer is already looking at me sideways,â gideon said, hanging up.
panic, sudden and entirely irrational, flared up under your ribs. you scrambled to pull your legs down from the window, tucking your knees slightly toward your chest, and threw your right arm over your eyes, effectively blocking out the blinding glare of the sun and the view of the front seats. you squeezed your eyelids shut until you saw spots, forcing your breathing to slow down.Â
just act natural. you're asleep. you've been sleeping the whole ride.
the crunch of boots on gravel outside the car door was your only warning. and then, the front passenger door clicked and swung open. âhey!â
your heart nearly leaped right out of your chest. the sheer force of it hammered against your ribs so violently you were terrified he would actually hear it over the sound of everything else. you closed your eyes even tighter, your arm pressing down hard against your brow line.Â
âman, you look like you survived a war,â gideonâs voice boomed, followed by the rustle of clothing as the two of them exchanged a brief half-hug across the console.
âmore like two years of institutionalized sleep deprivation,â caleb replied, his voice much louder now, much closer, vibrating from the seat right in front of your head. the car door slammed shut with a heavy thud, sealing the three of you inside the quiet space.
there was a brief rustle of a duffel bag being shoved into the footwell, and then a sudden pause. you could feel the exact moment his attention shifted.
âis... she dead?â caleb asked, his tone dropping into that familiar, amused lilt.
âpassed out about ten minutes ago,â gideon lied without a single hitch in his voice. god, you owed him a premium coffee for this. âshe was buzzing around the house since five in the morning, then collapsed the second we hit the highway.â
a loaded silence descended upon the car as gideon shifted into drive and pulled away from the curb. you lay frozen, every muscle in your body stiff with the effort of remaining limp. you could feel calebâs weight shifting in the front seat, the leather creaking slightly as he turned his upper body around to look back at you.Â
even with your arm covering your face, you could feel the weight of his stare burning through the fabric of your sleeve.
then, a low huff of a laugh escaped him.
âsilly girl,â caleb murmured, the word dripping with an irritatingly affectionate playfulness. âstill a sleepyhead. some things really don't change, do they?â
gideon steered the car back onto the main road, the smooth roll of the tires replacing the chaotic noise of the terminal. âi don't know about that. sheâs grown up quite a bit while you were gone, caleb. sheâs not the little girl who used to cry when you stole her slippers anymore. she's at state uni now. got her own thing going on.â
there was another pause, a tiny stretch of time where the only sound was the hum of the engine.
âyeah,â caleb said, his voice shifting into a tone that was harder to read, more contemplative. âi can see that. she looks different.â
âdon't let the height fool you, though,â gideon chuckled, glancing at the rearview mirror. âsheâs still a menace. but yeah, you probably can't carry her around with one arm like you used to.â
âplease, i can absolutely still carry her with one arm.â a fleshy slap echoed through the front seatâthe sound of caleb smacking his own bicep or forearm or whatever to prove a point. âthese muscles aren't just for show, gid. i could lift her and her bags without breaking a sweat.â
god, the urge to open your eyes was so overwhelming it was almost a physical ache in your chest. you wanted to throw your arm off your face, look at him, and tell him to shut his stupid mouth just like old times. you wanted to see exactly how broad his shoulders had gotten, wanted to see if his hair was still cut short and neat, wanted to see if that annoying, arrogant little smirk was plastered across his face. but the weight of your own realizationâthe sudden consciousness of him not just as caleb, but as a man who could effortlessly lift youâkept you completely pinned to the leather.
âwhatever you say, pilot boy.â gideon laughed, shaking his head as he accelerated down the open road.
the comfortable rhythm of their conversation was broken by the sharp click of gideonâs turn signal. the car slowed down, veering off the main highway and pulling up.
âalright, cay, this is me,â gideon unbuckles his seatbelt with a crisp click. âi need to drop by this studio for that project archive i told you about. you take the wheel from here. just park the car back at granny's house when you guys get back.â
âyeah, sure. no problem,âÂ
wait, what?
gideon was leaving?Â
panic flared up again as you stayed perfectly still, listening intently to the rustle of clothes, the sound of gideon opening the passenger door, and the heavy thud of his boots hitting the gravel outside. there was a brief exchange of instructionsâgideon reminding caleb about a loose wire near the stereo dashboardâand then the driverâs side door opened. the car dipped slightly under a new weight as caleb slid effortlessly into the driver's seat.
the door slammed shut. the heavy, reassuring presence of gideon was gone, replaced entirely by calebâs proximity.
he adjusted the seat, sliding it back a few inches to accommodate his longer legs. then, the car smoothly pulled back onto the road. and god, the silence that followed was deafening. without gideonâs easygoing banter filling the cabin, the only sound was the low hum of the engine and the rush of the wind through your open window.
should you open your eyes now? if you wake up now, it'll look natural. just a casual yawn, andâ
a subtle tug pulled at the crown of your head.
it wasn't painful. it was incredibly light. you felt a hand reaching over the center console, two fingers winding carefully around a single stray strand of your hair, giving it a teasing little pull.
your eyes flew open.
through the gap between the front seats, you finally saw himâcaleb driving effortlessly with his right hand on the steering wheel, his left hand extended backward over the armrest with his thumb and index finger still lightly holding the end of your hair. he didn't even look back at you; his eyes remained fixed on the road ahead.
but his eyes flicked upward, locking onto yours through the rearview mirror.
the corners of his eyes crinkled instantly, breaking into that utterly familiar expression. that lazy, arrogant, beautiful smile spread across his lips.
âgot a good sleep, pips? your gege's back now.â
the nicknameâthe one he used to demand you call him when you were kids just to annoy youâshould have earned him an immediate eye-roll or a sharp kick to the back of his seat. but you couldn't even bring yourself to reply. your tongue felt thick, glued to the roof of your mouth.
you just stared, agape, taking him in for the first time in four whole years.
he looked like a man.
caleb's eyes flicked up to the mirror again, catching the exact moment your gaze drifted from his face down to his shoulders, and then back up. your wide-eyed, breathless silence was loud. too loud.
for a split second, the easy smirk on calebâs face faltered. his prominent adam's apple bobbed as he swallowed hard, a sudden patch of color rising along his neck. he cleared his throat, a slightly tense sound, and quickly looked back at the road, his fingers letting go of your hair as he pulled his hand back to the steering wheel.
âwhat's with the face?â he asked, trying hard to force that casual lilt back into his tone. âyou look like you've seen a ghost.â
you quickly sat up, pulling your legs inward and smoothing down your shirt, desperately trying to find your footing. âyou look different, that's all. the academy must be starving you if you've gone all that just to survive.â
âstarving? please. they feed us like racehorses,â caleb scoffed, though the response felt a little rehearsed, a little too quick as he kept his eyes glued strictly on the asphalt ahead. âbut thanks for noticing. glad to know my hard work isn't lost on a provincial girl like you.â
you leaned your cheek against your hand, looking out the side window to hide the heat rushing into your own face.Â
somehow, the conversation didn't go the way you had scripted it in your head over the last four years. you hadn't greeted each other like two people who had spent their entire lives attached at the hip, starved for each other's presence. there were no desperate questions, no breathy laughter, no clumsy, overwhelming hugs that left you smelling like his cologne.
instead, you were simply staring out the side window, watching the green expanse of the provincial rice fields blur into a smear of dusty emerald, and then he was simply driving.Â
âso, state u,â caleb started, âgran says you're keeping busy. how's the actual college life treating you?â
âit's fine,â you replied, your voice matching his even tone. you kept your eyes fixed on a passing billboard outside. âit's a lot of reading, but my blockmates are nice. i usually hang out with maya and javi after our afternoon lectures. we found this cheap diner near the campus that serves really good sizzling meat.â
âmaya and javi,â caleb repeated, testing the names on his tongue as if trying to fit them into the map of your life. he nodded slowly, his eyes never leaving the road. âthat's good. it's good that you found your crowd.â
âmm. javi's in the theater crew too, so we usually walk home together when rehearsals run late.â you added, offering the detail up like a shield.
why did it end up like this? why did the air between you feel so thick, so cautious, as if a single wrong word would shatter a boundary neither of you had openly acknowledged yet?
âwhat about you?â you asked, trying to sound completely nonchalant, keeping your gaze trained on the side mirror. âmust be nice up at the academy. you probably have a whole new circle of pilot friends.â
âyeah. the guys in my barracks are solid. we complain about the flight instructors together. it keeps us sane.â
and then, that's where it happened.
âany... girls?â the word slipped out of your mouth a little too smoothly, a little too practiced. âi mean, the uniform probably does half the work for you up there.â
the car went starkly silent.Â
caleb didn't answer right away. he shifted his grip on the steering wheel, his knuckles whitening just a fraction before he relaxed them. it took a long drawn-out pause for him to reply.
finally, a gentle smile spread across his faceâbut it wasn't his usual mischievous smirk.Â
âyeah,â caleb said quietly, his eyes softening as he looked out at the highway ahead. âactually, there is. i've got a pretty massive crush on someone from the nursing college nearby. i'm planning on courting her this coming semester.â
oh. okay.
you didn't say anything for a moment, letting the sound of his confession hang in the air between you like heavy smoke.
âthat's nice. good luck with that.â
wanting nothing more than to disappear into the upholstery, you leaned further back against the leather of the seat. and you lifted your legs again, resting your ankles on the open window frame just like you had earlier. you stared straight into the blinding, white-hot summer sunlight, letting the glare sting your eyes until they watered, using the heat as an excuse for the burning sensation behind your eyelids.
college really is horrible. it really does change everything and everyone, doesn't it? it takes the boy who used to swear he'd never care about anyone more than you, sends him away for four years, and brings back a stranger who belongs to someone else.
you watched the provincial scenery go into a blurring motion as caleb pressed down on the accelerator, speed being his only response to the quiet.
suddenly, caleb cleared his throat, a nervous cough breaking the quiet. âwhat about you, pips? you mentioned that javi guy. do you... have a boyfriend now?â
you blinked, your eyes still stinging from the sunlight. you didn't even have to think about it. âno.â
within minutes, caleb steered the car smoothly up the gravel driveway of granny's home, pulling up right under the shade of the large mango tree. the engine died with a final, shuddering purr, leaving only the loud clicking of the cicadas in the backyard to fill the space.
you kept your ankles resting on the window frame, your eyes closed against the light.
then, you heard the rustle of caleb's heavy duffel bag being pulled from the footwell, and the solid thud of his boots hitting the gravel. but instead of walking straight to the house, the sound of his footsteps looped around to your side of the car.
a shadow suddenly fell over your face, blocking out the harsh heat of the sun.
you opened your eyes a fraction, only to see that caleb was leaning his arms against the window frame, his broad shoulders completely framing the opening. he looked down at you, a golden-boy smile playing on his lips.
âwe're here, sleepyhead,â his voice still carried that warmth that used to make you feel so safe, but now it just felt like salt on an open wound. âaren't you coming out? grannyâs probably already waiting at the door.â
you quickly averted your gaze, looking past his shoulder at the porch of the house, avoiding his eyes entirely.
âyou go ahead.â
â
the heavy heat of mid-afternoon had dissolved by the time your eyes fluttered open, replaced by the long-shadowed stillness of late gold.Â
you groaned, a sharp ache radiating through your lower back and neck from the impossibly cramped angle youâd been knotted into across the backseat. four hours. you had actually managed to pass out for four hours in the belly of a dead car.
you pushed the heavy car door open, your thin slippers slapping against the gravel as you stepped out into the humid yard. stretching your arms over your head until your joints popped, you shook out your numb legs, half-hopping, half-limping your way up the porch steps and pulling the screen door open with a lazy rattle.
the house was strangely quiet.
âgranny?â you called out, your voice still thick and raspy from sleep. no answer. you tilted your head, wandering past the dark living room where the old wooden rocking chair sat still, and followed a faint metallic clinking toward the kitchen.
when you stepped over the threshold, the words caught squarely in your throat.
caleb, completely shirtless, bent over the kitchen sink with his back turned to you. a chaotic battlefield of rusty wrenches, tattered rags, and rolls of teflon tape were scattered all over the tiled countertop beside him. he was clearly deep-cleaning the drain and trying to muscle a stubborn leaking pipe back into place, his skin slick with a thin sheen of sweat that caught the amber sunset filtering through the small window.
from this angle, the reality of how much he had changed hit you like a physical blow. but it was when he leaned further down into the cabinet under the sink that your eyes inevitably landed on the silver chain hanging from his neck, the metal dogtag swinging loosely against his collarbone.
you swallowed hard, forcing your gaze upward, and cleared your throat loudly to break the spell. âwhere's granny?â
the sudden interruption made caleb flinch violently, his entire torso jerking upward in surprise as the back of his head collided with the edge of the upper cabinet.
âouch!âÂ
âclumsy idiot.â you muttered.
caleb slowly turned around, still wincing, and looked up at you from his crouched position. you caught the distinct, deliberate way his gaze traveled down your frameâtaking in your post-nap hair, your dumb shirt, and your bare legsâbefore flicking back up to settle on your face. the intensity of it lasted only a fraction of a second before his easy golden-boy mask slid right back into place.
âgranny went down the road,â he casually leaned his hip against the counter, completely unbothered by his lack of a shirt. âvisited mrs. alvarez or someone. said sheâd be back before dinner.â
trying to appear completely casual, you walked past him, keeping a careful radius of distance between your shoulder and his bare chest, and opened the refrigerator door. the cool air hit your face as you grabbed the heavy glass pitcher of water.
âlook who finally decided to join the land of the living,â caleb watched you pull a glass from the cupboard. âfour hours, pipsqueak? i was about to check if you still had a pulse. you sleep like a log.â
you poured the water, keeping your back to him as you scoffed. âi had to make up for the four years of peace and quiet i'm about to lose now that you're back to annoy me.â
behind you, caleb let out a bright, boyish laughâthe kind of chesty sound that filled the entire room and made him look exactly like the sixteen-year-old boy you grew up with.Â
âyeah, yeah, keep talking...â chuckling, he wipes his sweaty brow with the back of his forearm. he leaned closer to the table, his eyes shining with a sudden eager spark. âhey, are you free tomorrow? they opened that new amusement park by the bypass road while i was gone. i was thinking we could go. just the two of us, like old times.â
you raised the glass to your lips, using the movement to buy yourself time as his words settled heavily in your stomach. like old times. but it wouldn't be like old times. not with him looking like this, and certainly not with a nursing student waiting for him up north.
you set the glass down on the counter with a soft click, wiping your mouth with the back of your hand before looking at him. âcan't tomorrow. i already have somewhere to go with a friend.â
âa friend?â his brow furrowed, a deep line cutting between his eyes as he stared at you. âsince when did you choose a friend over me?â
the confusion on his face was almost comical, because it was a look you knew intimatelyâthe look caleb gave whenever the universe didn't bend to his precise specifications. it was intensely ironic, a hypocritical double standard that made you want to scream. he could go off to the city, rebuild his entire life, and find a nursing student to court, but the second you had a life outside of this gravel driveway, the rules suddenly changed?
âjust a friend from state u.â you said airily, turning on your heel and walking out of the kitchen. âyou're not the only one who got a change of scenery, caleb. iâm all grown up now. i actually have a life and people outside of this house.â
you hear the heavy, silent thud of his bare feet following you, the sheer mass of him trailing you into the small living room like a shadow you couldn't shake. you threw yourself onto the worn-out fabric of the sofa, grabbing the dusty remote control to click the television on.
instead of sitting down on the opposite armchair, caleb came to a halt right at the edge of the sofa, looming over you. he crossed his arms over his bare chest, his shadow completely blocking out the remaining amber light of the sunlight.
âi'm serious,â he muttered, carrying that infuriatingly paternal tone he used whenever he wanted to control a situation. âdon't go hanging out with people alone just that easily. you're too trusting. the city might be a mess, but the town isn't exactly a sanctuary either. shit is unpredictable, and people have motives.â
you let out an incredulous laugh, snapping your head up to look at him.Â
âyou should know that if youâre a grown up as you claim to be.â caleb added.
you raised a single eyebrow, your lips curling into a mocking smile. âwhat are you implying, then? that you still need to protect me? that i can't handle a simple afternoon coffee without my big, strong gege holding my hand?â
calebâs eyes narrowed, a dark glint flickering in his irises. âshould i not? just because we were apart for a couple of years doesn't mean you get to be careless. you've always been too stubborn for your own good.â
âyeah, well, you should not.â you scoffed, rolling your eyes as you turned your attention back to the television screen, where a loud game show was playing to an empty audience. âi'm [age] years old, caleb. i am quite literally not a kid anymore. so stop acting like a hypocrite when you're the one whoââ
âletâs test that theory.â
before the breath could even leave your lungs, the cushion beside you sank violently. caleb lunged forward with a terrifying fluidity that you had never seen from him before. your brain didn't even have time to process the movement before the heavy, solid weight of his knees dug brutally into the foam of the sofa, effectively pinning the fabric down on either side of your hips.
in a fraction of a second, you were completely trapped. he had closed the distance so aggressively that you were locked between his thighs, his massive shirtless chest looming inches from your face.
âwaitâwhat the hell!â you gasped, your hands flying up in a knee-jerk reaction to push him back, but caleb's hands shot forward, his fingers wrapping around your wrists with an unyielding grip. he didn't squeeze enough to hurt, but the absolute finality of his hold made it clear you weren't going anywhere. a slow incredibly wicked smirk spread across his lips then.
âsee?â caleb murmured, leaning down just an inch closer, his hot breath fanning across your cheeks, smelling faintly of the mint gum he'd been chewing. âyou couldn't even move before i did this. you can't even defend yourself, you silly girl. that means you still need me to protect you.â
up close, the heat radiating off his bare skin was intoxicating, a musky warmth that seemed to fill your entire throat. you could see the tiny pulse point fluttering at the base of his neck, right above where his silver dogtags hung, dangling loosely and brushing against your collarbone.
âyou're a cheater,â you hissed. âthis is a cheap shot!â
âit's a reality check,â his grip on your wrists tightened just a fraction, a wordless challenge. âtell you what. if you manage to dislodge meâif you can actually get out from under me right nowâthen i'll let myself believe that you aren't a kid anymore. i'll let you go on your little date tomorrow without a single word.â
âit's not a date!â you yelled, the denial tearing out of you with a sudden heat. alright, if a game of strength was what he wanted to play to prove his stupid, masculine dominance, you were going to give it to him. you knew caleb. you knew how he moved, or at least, you thought you did.
âand fine. if that's what you want, you're going to get it.â
with a swift movement, you bucked your hips upward, twisting your wrists sharply against the grain of his thumbsâa self-defense trick he had ironically taught you himself when you were fifteen. the sudden, biting leverage worked; caleb's grip slipped, his hands sliding off your skin with a faint gasp of surprise.
âha!â you celebrated, a triumphant grin breaking across your face as you immediately reached up, your palms slamming against his broad bare shoulders to shove him off the couch.
but you had vastly underestimated your gege.
before your arms could fully extend to deliver the push, caleb utilized your own momentum against you. leaning his entire weight forward, his chest slammed into yours, knocking the wind right out of your lungs as he drove your back deep into the cushions. in the same breath, his hands caught your forearms mid-air, pinning them flat against the back of the sofa.
a loud, frustrated groan escaped your throat as your knuckles hit the fabric.
âyou're cheating!â you wheezed, your legs twisting beneath his thighs, trying to find some purchase, some leverage to kick him off, but his lower body was like an anchor. âcaleb, let go! in a game like this, you obviously have the advantage, you giant idiot!â
âi told you,â caleb chuckled, his chest vibrating directly against yours. the sensation of his hard pectoral muscles pressing into your softness was a sudden jolt that made your entire body go completely rigid. âthose flight drills aren't just for show. you're slow, pips. you're losing your touch.â
âi am not slow!â you argued as you thrashed beneath him. you tried to wrench your left arm free, but caleb simply slid his fingers down to lace tightly through yours, pinning your hand flat against the sofa pillow.
every time you writhed to escape him, your bodies rubbed together in a way that made your skin feel like it was on fire. the friction of his denim jeans against your bare legs, the heavy slide of his chest against yours, the tight, hot grip of his fingers tangled in yoursâit was completely overwhelming. caleb had stopped laughing. his breath was coming in shorter, heavier gasps now, his chest rising and falling in a ragged rhythm that mirrored your own frantic respiration.
âlet... me... go,â you panted, but he stayed hovering over you, his broad shoulders completely blocking out the rest of the living room, effectively reducing your entire universe to just him. his gaze dragged slowly down from your eyes, lingering on your parted lips, before rising back up to look into your pupils with a hunger that had absolutely nothing to do with a childhood bond.Â
âmake me.â
his hips shifted just a fraction, a subtle pressure against yours that made your heart completely halt in your chest. âtell me you don't need me anymore. say it like you mean it, and maybe i'll think about letting you up.â
if you couldn't get him off of you with pure physical force, then you might as well use your words. you needed a distraction, something so inherently mundane and unsexy.
you swallowed hard.
âcaleb,â you muttered, your voice hesitant. âi... i need to pee.â
caleb blinked.Â
for a second, he just stared at you, his chest still rising and falling raggedly against yours. then, slowly, he began to relax the iron grip on your wrists, gently pushing his torso back to give you some breathing room.
is it working? a tiny sigh of relief bubbled in your chest. that worked, didn't it?
âhold it in.â
your eyes widened instantly. the sigh of relief died in your throat. what the fuck?!
you gasped inaudibly, your body going completely rigid all over again. instead of getting off the couch like a normal person, caleb simply shifted his weight above you. he let go of your hands entirely, but he just slid his knees slightly to the side, repositioning himself so he was hovering over you at a slight angle.
âdo you remember when we were younger? whenever you felt like peeing, what did i make you do?â
your face burned a furious, hot crimson. you knew exactly what he was talking about. back when you were a pre-teen, you had a lot of difficulty with thatâa stubborn, painful urinary retention issue that made you miserable during long car rides or summer afternoons. caleb, being the overprotective problem-solving idiot he was, had researched it in some random medical forum and forced a habit on you: he made you press firmly on your lower abdomen, right above the bladder, hold it tightly for ten seconds to stimulate the muscles, and then rush to the bathroom to let it out. it always worked.
but that was when you were kids.Â
doing that right now, with a shirtless muscular caleb hovering right between your thighs, felt entirely indecent. the innocent childhood routine had suddenly been warped into something thick with a strange intimacy...
âwhat the fuck?â you cussed under your breath, your voice shaking as you glared at him. âlet me up, caleb. i'm serious.â
caleb didn't react to the swearing. his expression remained entirely unbothered, his jaw ticking slightly as he stared down at your flushed face. he was completely serious.
âhold it in,â he repeated. âthen press on it with your hand for ten seconds.â he paused, his eyes narrowing as he scanned your face. âunless... you don't have difficulty with it anymore? you can just do it without the routine now?â
to be honest, you still had that exact same problem. the childhood difficulty hadn't magically disappeared, and the trick caleb had drilled into you was a literal physical habit you had been doing ever since. it was a secret piece of your daily life that still belonged to him, even after four years apart.
but you couldn't bring yourself to speak. you remained completely speechless, your lips parted.Â
caleb studied your silence for a beat longer, the corner of his mouth twitching with a shadow of that knowing smirk.
ânevermind.âÂ
he suddenly slid his legs off the sofa and stood back up to his full height. the sudden rush of cool air where his body had just been made you feel instantly cold, exposed. caleb reached down, casually ruffling your messy hair with a quick hand, before turning on his heel.
âi should go back to fixing the sink back there before granny gets home,â he walked beyond the living room threshold, his bare feet padding softly against the wood. âgo pee, pips,â he called out over his shoulder before his voice faded into the kitchen.
now you were left lying there on the cushions, entirely silent.
â
the next morning brought no relief from the heat; if anything, the humidity had thickened overnight, settling over the house like a damp woolen blanket by eight oâclock. you woke up with your skin already tacky, your hair plastered to the nape of your neck, and your mind instantly pivoting to the afternoon ahead. today was the day you were supposed to meet your friend from state u at the town plaza, and the mere thought of sitting in a crowded bus while looking unwashed was enough to make you drag your feet out of bed with a sense of urgency.
grabbing your clean clothes and a towel, you padded barefoot into the indoor bathroom, ready to submerge yourself in the shock of cold water. you twisted the plastic knob of the shower faucet.
nothing.
not even a rusty trickle.Â
you frowned, turning it all the way until the plastic creaked, but the pipes only answered with a mocking hiss.
ugh, caleb.
he had been elbow-deep in the plumbing just yesterday evening, claiming he was deep-cleaning and repairing the lines, and now the entire bathroom was bone-dry. he had probably shut off the main valve or misaligned the pressure tubes with his supposed logistical training.
with a frustrated huff, you realized your choices were entirely limited. you couldn't wait for granny to get back from the market to fix it, and you certainly weren't going to knock on calebâs bedroom door to ask him for a favor after the suffocating display on the living room sofa.
there was only one alternative.
you shed your clothes and reached for a thin cotton sarong with a batik pattern that had grown incredibly soft from years of granny running it through the wash. you wrapped the fabric tight around your chest, tucking the edge securely over your breasts, and gathered your shampoo, soap, and a plastic basin.Â
if the modern plumbing was compromised, youâd have to do it the old-fashioned way.
the backyard was a secluded narrow strip of land shielded from the neighbors by a dense, unruly wall of trees and overgrown leaves. tucked into the furthest corner, sitting on a moss-slick concrete slab, was the old manual pump-well. the heavy iron looked ancient, its dark blue paint peeling away to reveal patches of orange rust, a relic from your childhood that hadn't been fully utilized since granny got the indoor electric pump installed years ago.
you set your basin down on the concrete and approached the pump, wrapping your fingers around the long iron handle.
you pushed down, and the lever didn't even budge.
âhnggggh!â you tried again, putting your entire weight into it, your slippers sliding slightly on the mossy concrete as you forced the iron arm upward to prime the cylinder. a screeching groan echoed from the metal throat of the pump, a sound so loud it felt like it was tearing through the quiet morning. your breath caught, your chest heaving against the tight tuck of the sarong as you pumped frantically, trying to coax the groundwater up through the dry valves. a bead of sweat rolled down from your temple, tracing a hot line down your neck as you struggled, your face flushing with a mix of physical exertion and mounting frustration.
âyou're going to break your back doing it like that.â
your hands froze on the lever as you whipped your head around, your heart doing a sudden flip against your ribs that had absolutely nothing to do with the heavy lifting.
woah.
caleb looked like he had just walked straight out of a sports commercialâwearing a gray athletic tank top that clung to the damp contours of his chest and black gym shorts that showed off the lean, powerful definition of his thighs. his skin was flushed a warm pink, covered in a fine glistening sheen of sweat with a white towel slung carelessly around his neck.
he took a slow step into your space, his eyes tracking the frantic rise and fall of your chest beneath the thin cotton fabric of the sarong. his gaze flicked from your flushed cheeks, down to your strained shoulders, and finally settled on the rusted handle of the pump-well.
âjust got back from a five-kilometer loop around the bypass road,â he tilted his head, a small smirk beginning to tug at the corner of his lips as he took in your disheveled state. âand i come back to find my pipsqueak fighting a piece of old iron. let me guessâthe bathroom pipes aren't cooperating?â
âyeah, because of you.âÂ
you pointed an accusing finger at his chest. âyou were the one messing with the plumbing yesterday, caleb. i don't know what kind of aerospace engineering logic you applied to grannyâs bathroom, but it's completely dry. so yes, the pipes aren't cooperating because you broke them.â
caleb didn't even have the decency to look guilty.Â
he just stood there, the corner of his mouth twitching upward into an intensely sarcastic smile that made you want to kick his shins. he listened to your scolding with an amused quiet indulgence, like he was watching a small kitten hiss at him through a window.
how annoying.Â
he didn't even offer an excuse. instead, he took a sudden step forward into your space. âcalm down, let me help you.â
instinctively, your heels slid back against the mossy concrete, your arms crossing tightly over the knot of your sarong to keep it secure against your chest. but caleb wasn't looking at youânot yet. his eyes were on the rusted blue lever. he brushed past you, his sun-warmed shoulder cutting through your personal bubble, and wrapped his large hand around the iron handle right where yours had been just seconds ago.
and within two pumps, a thick gushing stream of crystal-clear groundwater burst from the spout, splashing loudly into the plastic basin below.
it was going alright now, thankfully.Â
you stood a step back, your tongue tucked behind your teeth as you tried to look anywhere but at him. but you couldn't help it. your eyes inevitably traced the flexion of his bicep every time he pulled the lever.
and thenâsplat!
caleb pushed the lever down too fast, and a full burst of water caught the edge of the basin, ricocheting straight up and hitting you square in the face.
âhey!â the freezing groundwater immediately drenched your forehead, eyelashes, and cheeks, running down the front of your neck and soaking the top line of your cotton sarong.
caleb froze instantly. the sarcastic smirk vanished from his face, replaced by a sudden wide-eyed look of genuine panic. âohâoops, i'm sorry,â he frantically dropped the iron handle and reached out with both hands, his white gym towel already bunching in his fingers. âi didn't mean to torque it that hard. are you okay? did it get in your nose?â
as a payback, you didn't even give him the chance to wipe your face. before he could step closer with the towel, you lunged downward, scooping a palmful of the freezing water straight out of the filled basin and throwing it upward with a vindictive flick of your wrist.
splat!
the water slapped caleb right across the jaw and eyes, head snapping back in surprise before he shook it aggressively from side to sideâexactly like a wet golden retriever trying to shake off a bathâsending a spray of droplets flying from the wet strands of his hair.
he wiped his eyes with the back of his hand, a boyish grin breaking through his wet features.
âserves you right.â
âalright, fair enough,â he chuckled, his voice dropping back into that rumbling cadence as he looked down at you.
then, his eyes flicked past your shoulder, landing on the small plastic tray sitting on the concrete slabâthe bottle of shampoo, the bar of soap, and the clean towel you had neatly laid out.Â
âso,â caleb leaned one hand against the cool iron body of the pump, his gaze tracking a slow line from the soap back up to your wet face. âare you getting all washed up and pretty for that day out with your friend?â
you lifted your chin, âyup, i am.â
calebâs grin hardened, freezing into a rigid imitation of a smile that didn't reach his eyes.
the silence of the backyard rushed back in, thick and suffocating, punctuated only by the rhythmic drip... drip... drip of the water from the spout into the overflowing basin.
âright,â his eyes tracked a slow path down to the wet fabric of your sarong. the thin cotton had absorbed the splash, turning translucent where it clung tightly to the curve of your chest and the dip of your waist. âthe friend from state u. the one you walk home with?â
âjavi,â you reached up, squeezing the excess water out of your hair strands, letting the drops splash onto the concrete between your feet. âwe're going to the plaza. he wants to check out this old second-hand bookstore, and then we're getting dinner.â
âdinner?â caleb repeated, the word sounding flat, heavy, like a stone dropped into mud. âsounds like a lot of effort for a casual classmate.â
âhe's not just a classmate, caleb. he's my best friend at university,â you stepped forward, intending to pick up your shampoo bottle, but caleb didn't move an inch. his broad shoulder remained firmly in your line of sight. ânow, if you're done breaking things and splashing me, can you continue pumping the water so i can actually wash my hair? i'm going to be late.â
caleb looked at you for a long unreadable beat. then, a familiar smirk began to pull at the corner of his lipsâbut it was different this time. it was the calculating version of his smile, the one he wore right before he flipped a chessboard.
âsure, anything for my pipsqueak.â
he reached down, wrapping his fingers around the iron handle again, and began to pump. but he didn't do it quickly. he did it with a slow, agonizingly steady rhythm.
âyou know, it's just a bit funny. four years away, and the first thing you do when i get back is run off to the city with some guy iâve never met. makes a guy feel a little replaced.â
âyou weren't replaced,â you muttered, leaning over the basin to scoop up some water to wet your hair, the movement causing your sarong to stretch tight across your back. âyou left. there's a difference. you went to the academy, you got your own life, your own barracks... your own nursing student.â
the words slipped out before you could stop them, bitter and sharp.
âwhat did you say?âÂ
âi said you have your own life,â you repeated stubbornly, forcing yourself to straighten up and look him in the eye. âso don't act like i'm the one breaking rules here. go save your overprotective routine for the girl from the nursing college. she's... the one you're planning to court, right?â
the iron handle came to a sudden dead stop.
the water ceased its gushing, reducing to a trickling stream that dripped lazily into the basin.Â
instead of shooting back with a witty remark, caleb simply averted his gaze. his long eyelashes fluttered as he blinked rapidly, his eyes tracking a random crack on the wet concrete slab. for the first time since he stepped out of that terminal, he looked... guilty.Â
almost... shameful?
âwhat, lost your tongue?â you straightened up from the basin, squeezing the wet fabric of your sarong tighter over your chest.Â
âyou stand here lecturing me about hanging out with a friend, acting like youâre still my overprotectiveâugh, i don't even know, when youâre literally planning to bring a new girl home next semester.â you purse your lips together, but it's too late to stop now. âyou're such a hypocrite, caleb. go save your little 'hold it in' routines and your grand muscle displays for your precious nursing student. see if she actually tolerates your stupid, suffocating mind games, because frankly, i am so sick of hearing about how much you're moving on while i'm just supposed to sit here andââ
you cut yourself off, the words freezing in your throat. your heart did a violent terrifying drop into your stomach.Â
fuck.
you had just said entirely too much. the stinging venom in your voice hadn't sounded like a childhood best friend being annoyed; it had sounded like a deeply bitter jealous girl who was bleeding all over the concrete.
caleb's head snapped back up. the guilt in his eyes vanished, replaced by a sudden wide-eyed look of absolute shock. he swallowed hard, his adam's apple bobbing sharply as he stared at your face.
âthere... is no nursing student,âÂ
you paused. âhuh?â
âi-i made her up,â caleb admitted.
âi invented her the exact second i got into the car yesterday. because you were looking at me like i was just a distant cousin.â he takes a deep breath, eyes wandering away while he furrowed his eyebrows. âyou were so casual, so polite, talking about your university and your blockmates like my four years away didn't even matter to you. i got... i got terrified. i thought you completely outgrew me.â
and then, his eyes went back to yours. âi've never even had the thought to get a girlfriend. i haven't looked at another girl that way since the day i left this hometown.â
you stood frozen in utter surprise, your mind completely blanking out. what the hell? your hands numbed against the cotton of your sarong, your mouth opening slightly but no sound coming out. how were you even supposed to react to that? the chess piece you thought he was playing to move on from you was nothing but a sick desperate lie to get a reaction out of you...
caleb let out a ragged sigh, a bitter self-deprecating chuckle rumbled deep in his bare chest. he looked down at his own wet gym shoes, shaking his head. âi'm such an idiot. i spent four actual years up at that academy staring at flight panels, thinking about nothing else other than coming back home to this house, to you... and just holding you in my arms all over again. but gideon's right. college really did a number on us. you have your own world now.â
he looked you straight in the eye then, his irises dark, intense, and swimming with a vulnerability that completely stripped him bare. âand i just... i missedââ
he stopped himself mid-sentence.Â
his jaw tensed, eyelids blinking rapidly as a sudden crimson blush bloomed furiously across his cheeks and spread down to his neck. he bit his lower lip, tearing his gaze away from your face and looking out toward the dense wall of trees.
your heart was now hammering so violently against your ribs you were certain he could see it lifting the thin fabric of your sarong.
âi was scared too,â you whispered, breaking the quiet before you could lose your nerve.
calebâs head snapped back toward you, his eyes wide.
and you clenched your own fists against your thighs, keeping your eyes trained firmly on the concrete between your feet, too shy to meet his gaze. âthe only reason i was acting like that in the car... was because i thought you came back as a stranger. you got so big, and you looked so different, and then you started talking about that girl... and i just thought you didn't need me anymore.â you swallowed the lump in your throat.Â
âall this time, caleb... i missed you. so much.â
there it was, laid out in the open.
calebâs eyes widened in absolute awe, his breath catching so loudly in his throat it sounded like a gasp. he could do nothing else but to stare down at you, his chest heaving silently beneath his gray tank top.
but thenâshreek!
the metal screech of the front gates swinging open suddenly cut through the heavy quiet, the sharp sound making the both of you flinch and snap your heads toward the driveway at the exact same time.
that must be granny.
just like that, your confession was left hanging in the damp morning air, completely cut off as you both went inside the house with granny's slow footsteps shuffling into view. she was carrying two heavy plastic bags filled with mangoes and avocadoes from the early market, her small frame leaning slightly to the side from the weight.
âoh, you're both awake,â granny mumbled, her voice carrying its usual sleepy cadence.
without a word, caleb fell back into his dutiful grandson role, though his face was still flushed a light pink.Â
he stepped away from you, his large frame moving quickly to take the heavy bags from her hands. you swallowed the lump in your throat and followed him into the kitchen, desperately trying to smooth down the edges of your cotton sarong so you didn't look as completely disheveled as you felt.
the two of you stood by the kitchen counter, casually helping her arrange the fruits into the wicker basket. every time your fingers accidentally brushed against his while reaching for a mango, an awkward jolt went straight up your arm.Â
granny paused, placing a hand on her hip as she looked at you funnily. âwhy do you have a sarong on this early? and your hair is wet.â
âthe bathroom pipes aren't working, granny,â you explained quickly, your voice a little too high. âi was trying to use the pump-well outside.â
âah, that old thing,â granny sighed, shaking her head and failing to notice the suffocating tension between you and caleb. âcaleb, i told you to fix that last night. look what you did to your sister.â
caleb didn't say anything, just let out a small hum, his throat bobbing as he placed the last avocado in the basket.
âwell, i'm quite tired from the walk,â granny rubs her lower back as she turned toward the stairs. âi'm going to take a short nap. caleb, come upstairs for a bit and help me find my maintenance meds in the cabinet. my eyes are too blurry today.â
âyes, gran. i'll be right up,â caleb replied without a single second of hesitation.
he finally turned his head to look at you as granny started her slow climb up the wooden steps. his eyes were still heavy with everything you both had just admitted out by the well, but he couldn't stay. he gave you one unreadable look before turning on his heel, his broad back disappearing up the staircase behind her.
and then, you were just standing there alone in the quiet kitchen.
in a wet sarong. without a proper bath.
fuck's sake.
you let out a long breath, your shoulders slumping as the reality of the situation hit you. your skin felt sticky from the groundwater, your hair was damp and tangled, and you were supposed to meet javi at the plaza later. with the bathroom completely dry and caleb occupied upstairs, a real shower was out of the question now.
muttering a curse under your breath, you walked back to your room, peeling the damp translucent cotton off your skin. you were forced to just wipe yourself down with a dry towel and change back into your casual home clothes.
knock. knock.
âyou in there?â
calebâs voice bled through the thin wood of the door, the sudden wrap of knuckles against your bedroom  making you jump half a foot in the air. you quickly smoothed down the front of your fresh t-shirt, took a shaky breath to steady the frantic drumming in your chest, and pulled the door open.
caleb had finally put on a new shirtâa slightly faded black tee that somehow made his broad shoulders look even more intimidating in the cramped hallwayâbut he was standing there completely awkwardly. his hands were shoved deep into his gym shorts pockets, his elbows jutting out slightly, and he was deliberately looking at a framed vintage cross-stitch on the wall instead of looking at you. a faint, lingering trace of that dark crimson blush was still dusting the tips of his ears.
âuh, yeah?âÂ
caleb cleared his throat, his adam's apple bobbing before he finally shifted his gaze down to meet your eyes.
âgranny... uh, gran told me to get the bathroom pipes sorted before she wakes up from her nap,â caleb muttered as he rubbed the back of his neck with one hand. âshe said since i was the one who messed them up, i have to fix them right now. but i... i need an extra pair of hands to hold the wrench from the other side of the basin valve.â
he paused, his eyes searching yours with a quiet hesitant look.
âcome help me, please?â
â
the bathroom felt smaller than it ever had before.Â
you stood right over him, bare feet pressed against the cool porcelain of the floorboards, holding a heavy roll of teflon tape and a pair of rusted pliers in your hands. caleb was sitting flat on the floor, his long legs bent awkwardly in the tight space between the toilet bowl and the lower basin cabinetry.
neither of you spoke.
every rustle of his clothing, every heavy breath he exhaled, and every metallic click of his wrench against the pipe joint sounded like a damn gunshot in the cramped room.
your thumb kept sliding over the screen of your phone, lighting up the lock screen to check the digital clock. it was getting closer to the afternoon.Â
caleb noticed. even though his head was tucked beneath the porcelain basin, his shoulders went completely rigid the third time your phone screen illuminated the dim corner of the room.
then, the scraping sound of the wrench died out. caleb remained perfectly still for a long beat, his forehead resting lightly against the cold underside of the sink as if he were gathering a desperate amount of courage. slowly, he pulled himself back, his broad shoulders clearing the cabinet door as he looked up at you.
âare you...â caleb's voice cracked slightly before he cleared his throat, forcing the gravelly pitch down. âare you still going to the city with your friend?â he reached for the valve handle, his long fingers wrapping around the plastic knob with a hesitation that was entirely uncharacteristic of him.
the question was asked way too softly, way too hesitantly. he sounded small.
you froze, the roll of teflon tape slipping a fraction of an inch between your fingers. the truth was, the second those words had left your mouth by the backyard wellâthe second you had admitted that you spent four years missing him in the quiet of your bedroomâyou had already resolved to cancel the day out. you didn't want to go to the plaza. you didn't want to browse second-hand books or eat dinner across from javi while your skin was still burning from caleb's touch.
but as you looked down at calebâs upturned face, at the raw vulnerable waiting in his eyes...
âyes, i'm still going.â
why did you say it? you didn't even know. maybe it was a reflex, a desperate attempt to rebuild the walls he had so easily torn down out by the well. maybe you were terrified of what would happen if you stayed here alone with him while granny slept outside.
caleb didn't flare up. he didn't snap or offer a sarcastic remark. he just let out a low quiet hum, nodding his head twice as his eyes dropped back down to the plastic valve.
his reaction wasn't what you expected, and it made the hollow ache in your chest widen into something unbearable. what was supposed to happen now? were you both really going to sit here in the bathroom and pretend like you hadn't just shattered the childhood boundary? were you going to act like you hadn't confessed to missing him until it hurt?
âpips,â caleb said, his tone entirely too polite while he reached his hand upward without looking. âhand me the pliers. and... crawl down here for a second. i need you to hold the main pipe line steady while i tighten this last bolt, or the pressure's going to crack the plastic again.â
âokay,â you murmured instantly, doing exactly as you were told. you dropped the teflon tape onto the lid of the toilet and crouched down beside him.
the space was incredibly cramped.Â
caleb's position lied flat on his back on the bathroom floor. his head and shoulders are pushed completely inside the dark open cabinet space beneath the sink basin so he can reach the pipes. and because his legs are so long, the lower half of his body is sticking out.
âalright, look,â caleb muttered, his voice echoing hollowly against the underside of the sink. he pointed a long finger at the heavy gray intake pipe. âwhen i start turning the wrench on this coupling bolt, the whole pipe is gonna want to twist with it. if it twists too much, itâll snap the plastic threads inside the wall. i need you to take the pliers, clamp them onto the upper collar, and hold it perfectly still. think you can do that?â
and because you have to help him by holding a pipe that is also inside that dark cabinet, you'd have to lean your entire upper body over his chest while you crouched beside his hips and thighs.Â
âi'm not completely useless, caleb.â you whispered back.
ânever said you were,â he murmured, his eyes flickering up to meet yours beneath the sink. for a second, his gaze lingered on your lips, before he blinked and forced his attention back to the metal wrench in his hand. âalright. on three. one... two... three.â
you clamped the pliers onto the collar and squeezed with all your might. you could hear caleb grunting below you, biceps bunching as he threw his strength into turning the stubborn rusted bolt. but the second the wrench caught, your hand slipped on the grease-slicked metal. the pliers clattered loudly against the tiles, and the gray pipe twisted with a nasty screech.
âwait, wait! stop!â you gasped, your fingers scrambling to grab the tool again.
âyou're letting it turn!â caleb yelled, though it was more of a breathless panicked laugh than an actual scold. he had to throw his arm over your shoulder, his large hand coming down over yours to help you steady the pliers. âthere, hold it tight like that and squeeze!â
âi am squeezing! your hands are too big, you're blocking my grip!âÂ
âokay, okay, teamwork, remember?â caleb chuckled, his breath fanning across your neck. âlet me reposition. you hold the handle with both hands, and iâll just use raw force on the wrench. ready? go."
this time, you locked your fingers around the pliers, planting your heels firmly against the tiled floor and leaning your entire body weight into the tool to keep the line steady. caleb grunted again, a low sound deep in his throat, and with one shove of his arm, the rusted coupling bolt finally gave way, sliding smoothly into place with a satisfying click!
âis that it?â you panted, your knuckles white from gripping the pliers.
âuh, turn the valve. let's see.â
still hovering over him, you reached out and twisted the small plastic knob all the way to the left. for a second, there was a breathless silenceâand then, the hollow hiss in the walls was replaced by the rushing water. you both waited, eyes wide, staring at the joint.Â
not a single drop leaked out. it was perfectly, completely dry.
a breathless laugh then tore out of your chest before you could stop it. âwe actually did it!â
âgood job, pips.â caleb smiled, his hands coming up to clap against his thighs as he slid himself out from under the sink. âthis is exactly like that summer when we tried to build that stupid treehouse behind the old chapel. remember? you dropped the entire box of nails into the mud and blamed it on a stray dog.â a nostalgic smile broke across his face as he sat back on his heels.Â
you wiped the stray pools of water from the floor with an old rag, while caleb casually tossed the teflon tape and pliers back into his plastic toolbox. âbecause it was a stray dog! it barked at me and i got scared, and need i remind you who tried to use a literal rock because he forgot to bring a hammer?â
âhey, the rock worked for at least three planks,â caleb defended himself, catching the rag you threw at him with a grin, his eyes crinkling at the corners in that specific, beautiful way they always did when he was genuinely happy. âbesides, i was twelve. cut me some slack. at least i didn't cry when the roof fell through.â
âi did not cry because the roof fell, caleb, i cried because a caterpillar fell on my shoulder!â
âsame thing, baby. you were a total baby.â
âsays the guy who still can't sleep without a fan on because he thinks the darkness makes the room smaller,â you shot back, leaning your shoulder against the bathroom wall.
caleb paused, his grin softening into something incredibly tender, leaving behind the golden-boy warmth you had starved for over the last four years.
âi missed this.â he casually reached out, his long fingers gently tugging at a loose strand of your hair that had dried in a messy curl against your cheek. âi missed you making fun of me. the guys at the academy are too polite. itâs boring.â
âyeah?â your heart did that erratic skip against your ribs again as his thumb lightly brushed against the edge of your jawline. âwell... someone has to keep your ego in check.â
âexactly, can't have me flying planes with an oversized head, right?â
you finally stood up, your knees cracking slightly as you broke the spell of the small space.Â
âi'm gonna... i should probably check the kitchen. granny bought some fish earlier, so i'll start cooking lunch before she wakes up.â you murmured, keeping your voice light as you took a step toward the exit, your hand already reaching for the brass doorknob.
you didn't even get to wrap your fingers around the metal whenâ
thud.
a large palm slammed flat against the wood of the door right in front of your face, the sudden vibration rattling through the frame. you jumped in surprise, your breath catching sharply in your throat as you instinctively whirled around.
âdon't.â
caleb was looming directly over you, but it was the look on his face that made your heart stop. the boyish smile from seconds ago was entirely gone. instead, his features were twisted into a deeply troubled, desperate grimace.
âdon't go.â
you frowned. âwhat do you mean? i'm just going to the kitchenââÂ
âdon't go to the city today,â he interrupted, his tone shifting into something bolder as he stepped even closer, effectively trapping your smaller frame beneath his. âi only have two months here. that's it. sixty days before they drag me back to the barracks and put me back in a cockpit. so...âÂ
caleb hesitates, but he takes a deep breath.
âcan you just stay here? can you... spend every single day with me before i have to leave again?"
you stared up at him, your mouth parting slightly. fuck, you were blushing now. it must be so visible.Â
calebâs handâthe one planted firmly beside your headâslowly curled into a tight fist against the wood of the door. âit feels like i missed you a hell of a lot more than you missed me.â his voice dropped an octave, turning into a vulnerable murmur. âyou have no idea how many nights i spent staring at the ceiling of that concrete bunk, just waiting to see your face this close again.â
speechless, you could only look up at him, your mind completely short-circuiting under his honesty.Â
desperate to find some sort of anchor, desperate to make sense of the dizzying reality that calebâyour childhood friend that you should see as a brotherâwas practically begging for your attention, you swallowed hard and blurted out the first defensive defense your brain could manufacture.
âwhy didn't you get a girlfriend there?â you try, blinking rapidly as you struggled to maintain his gaze. âi mean it, caleb. you're... you're handsome, and you're well-built. itâs completely impossible that you didn't at least have girls trying to talk to you or court you up there.â
âwhy didn't i get one?â a slow smile broke through his troubled expression, his eyes glittering with a sudden amusement. he tilted his head down, his gaze dropping briefly to your small hands, before snapping back up to lock directly into your eyes.
âbecause... i prayed every single day. i closed my eyes at night and prayed that you wouldn't have a boyfriend by the time i got back.â you press your head further against the wood of the door, just when caleb nears his face close enough. âthe thought of another man touching what belongs to this house... what belongs to me... would really, deeply upset me."
he leaned down a fraction of an inch further, but then he suddenly breaks the proximity by pulling back.Â
âand... did you just say i'm handsome?â caleb smiled wider, his thumb trailing down the doorframe to lightly graze the very edge of your wet shoulder. âso... is that an admission? am i attractive to you?â
am i attractive to you?
your lips parted, but no sound came out.Â
the sheer audacity of himâshifting from a desperate aching boy to this dangerously confident creature in the span of a single breathâwas enough to make your throat go dry. you wanted to push him away, wanted to snap at him for using that rumbling tone on you, but you couldn't.
âyou're an idiot, caleb.âÂ
âthat's not an answer, pips.âÂ
he moved his hand from the doorframe, his fingers sliding slowly down the side of your neck. his palm was warm, a stark contrast to the chilled skin of your collarbone where the groundwater had soaked you earlier. his thumb found the frantic pulse point fluttering at the base of your throat, pressing just firmly enough to let you know he could feel exactly how much power he held over you in this room.
just outside, through the wooden slats of these walls, granny was sleeping. the knowledge that she was just at the other side of the roomâthat a single loud noise, a dropped tool, or a sharp gasp would shatter the quiet of the house...
âcaleb, stop,â you breathed, the protest losing all its teeth as your fingers instinctively curled into the fabric of his shirt, pulling him slightly closer instead of pushing him back. âgranny will...â
âi'm being quiet,â he whispered back, tilting his head until his lips were brushing the sensitive shell of your ear. âbut you're driving me crazy.â
a soft whimper caught in your throat, and caleb immediately swallowed it.
âhmghâ!â
you felt his hand sliding from your neck up to your jaw, tilting your face up as his lips came down to meet yours.
it wasn't the sweet, tentative kiss of childhood friends.Â
it was rather heavy, desperate, and laced with an aching hunger that had been rotting inside his chest for several months.Â
his lips pressed firm and unyielding against yours, demanding a response you had been starving to give. you let out a muffled gasp against his mouth, and caleb took total advantage of itâhis tongue slid past your teeth with a stroke that made your knees buckle.
you would have almost slid straight down the door if calebâs other arm hadn't instantly locked around your waist.
he hoisted you up, fingers digging into the flesh of your hips through your thin shorts, dragging your lower body flush against his. the solid weight of him was overwhelming; you could feel the hard contours of his thighs and the frantic rising and falling of his chest.
you wrapped your arms tightly around his neck, your fingers tangling into the short, damp strands of his hair, pulling him down further. you kissed him back with the same bitterness youâd been hoarding since he leftâpunishing him for the distance, for the nursing student lie, for the suffocating way he made you feel like you belonged to him even when he was hundreds of miles away.
your hands, tangled in the soft fabric of his black t-shirt, moved themselves to his shoulders, pushing against the stubborn muscle until he was forced to take a blind step backward. his heel caught against the base of the toilet, and with a muffled grunt, caleb sank down.Â
the plastic lid was securely closed, providing a seat that placed him directly beneath you, his knees spread wide to accommodate the sudden change in height.
you froze for a second, your breath hitching as you stood between his thighs. the sudden drop in his posture left you looking down at him, your hands still resting on his broad shoulders while he looked up at you through his eyelashes. you hesitated, your lower lip stinging from the friction of his mouth, and despite of it all, your mind kept on screaming that you were crossing a line you could never uncross.
but caleb didn't give you the chance to overthink it.
his hands reached up, palms slick with a light sheen of sweat as they wrapped firmly around the sides of your waist. with one heavy pull, he guided your hips forward. and then, your knees slid effortlessly over his thick, denim-clad thighs until you were completely straddling his lap.
âahââ
shit, this is such an intimate position!
the impact of your lower body hitting his thighs made a gasp slip from your throat, but caleb caught it instantly again. he surged upward, his mouth slamming back over yours to smother the sound before it could echo past the wooden door.
the kiss turned frantic, fueled by the weight of your body resting completely on his. it wasn't gentle anymore. calebâs tongue pushed deep, demanding and possessive, while his teeth lightly caught the flesh of your bottom lip, biting down just enough to make you whine into his mouth. you bit him back in retaliation, an instinctive nip that made a guttural vibration rumble deep in his chest. his hands moved from your waist, one sliding up to cup the back of your head, his fingers tangling roughly into your damp hair to hold your face exactly where he wanted it, while the other pressed flat against your lower back.
and then, without warning, your mind went entirely, terrifyingly blank.
a sudden rolling pressure moved beneath the thin fabric of your shorts. caleb arched his back just to grind his hips upward in a slow tilt that pressed the hard length of his arousal directly against your center.
then, a sharp jolt of pure heat shot straight up your spine, making your eyes flutter shut as your fingers clawed into the fabric of his shirt.Â
âcalebââ you gasped against his lips, trying to pull back just an inch to breathe.
âshh,â he breathed, his mouth instantly chasing yours, his lips brushing against your cheek, your jawline, before burying his face in the crook of your neck. his breathing was completely ragged, a suffocating thing against your collarbone. he didn't stop. his hand on your lower back moved down, a heavy palm pressing firmly against the base of your spine, and he ground his hips upward again, harder this time, forcing you to feel every single inch of how aroused he's just getting.Â
âplease,â caleb whispered into your skin, his voice cracking. âdon't move away. please... just let me feel you like this. iâm so tired of imagining it.â
âgranny will...â you whimpered, your head tilting back as his teeth lightly grazed the sensitive skin right beneath your ear. your hands were shaking against his shoulders, your lower body instinctively tilting into his next roll, a shameless surrender that made him let out a broken sigh. âcaleb, if she... if she hears us...â
âshe won't,â he muttered against your skin, his thumb digging firmly into your hip bone, locking you flush against him so there wasn't a single millimeter of space left between your bodies. he took a deep breath, his chest expanding hard against yours as he forced his movements to become agonizingly slow. âiâll be quiet. just stay. please... youâre right here, youâre finally right here...â
âi'm here,â you whispered breathlessly into his ear. âi'm right here.â
your skin was beginning to sting where it pressed against his. the agonizingly slow tilts of his hips couldn't stay slow for long.
without either of you consciously deciding it, the grinding turned into a drag of weight against weightâa quiet breathless dryhumping that sent waves of heat pooling directly between your thighs.
the fabric of your loose shorts and his heavy denim rubbed together with a soft, repetitive whisperâit was the only continuous sound in the small space besides the ragged, broken cadence of your breaths. calebâs hands were no longer just holding you; they were practically anchoring you to him. his long fingers buried into the flesh of your bum, pulling your pelvis down hard against his with every upward surge of his thighs.
âcalebââ
the name was clipped neatly from your tongue as he hitched his hips higher, a muffled whimper escaping your throat. you slapped a hand over your own mouth, your eyes widening in sheer panic as you stared at the bathroom door. the reminder of granny sleeping just down the hall felt like a wire wrapped tight around your throat.
caleb caught your wrist, gently pulling your hand away from your lips only to replace it with his own shoulder. âbite me,â he choked out a whisper. âbite the shirt. don't... don't make a sound.â
you didn't hesitate. you buried your face into the soft black cotton of his shoulder, your teeth sinking into the fabric as caleb let out a shuddering gasp.
he was a complete mess.Â
nothing more than a boy who looked thoroughly undone by your weight in his lap. a dark crimson blush had crawled all the way up his neck, blooming across his sharp cheekbones and turning the tips of his ears a burning pink. his long eyelashes were damp, fluttering rapidly as he kept his eyes squeezed shut.
every time your weight humped against his hard bulge, a whine would catch in his throat, a sound he desperately swallowed by burying his face into your hair.
you began to move with him, your hips rolling in a frantic rhythm that matched his pace, chasing the tight, coil of pleasure that was tightening in your stomach. this makes his fingers dig brutally into your hip bones.
âwaitâhey, wait,â he wheezed, his hips stuttering against yours as he tried to find his bearings. he was trembling beneath you, the muscles in his thighs and arms locked so tight they were vibrating. he opened his eyes, irises completely blown out, to look up at you. âyou're... if you move like that... i won't be able to stay quiet.â
âthen don't move,â you breathed against his neck, unable to stop humping him like a starving bunny.
âi can't,â he whispered back, a tear of sheer overstimulation tracing down his flushed temple. a soft, helpless whimper broke from his chest as his hips instinctively arched upward again, completely disregarding his own warning. he ground his lower body against yours in three quick, desperate, and torturously deep strokes, his head falling back against the porcelain tank as he fought a losing battle to keep his ragged groans silent inside.
âhow about...â you panted, âhow about we do this standing up? would that... would that make less noise?â
caleb's movements immediately stopped, his breath hitching sharply in his throat at the suggestion. he didn't answer with words; his large hands just tightened around your waist, and with a low grunt of exertion, he stood up, lifting you effortlessly off his lap before setting your feet firmly back onto the cool tile floor.
before your knees could buckle from the sudden rush of cold air, caleb's heavy palms guided you forward. you found yourself bending over the bathroom sink, your upper body lowering until your forearms were pressed flat against the cool, smooth porcelain basin...
right in front of the wide mirror.
seconds later, the towering weight of calebâs chest loomed against your back. he adjusted his stance, his long legs spreading slightly to frame yours, and then he crowded back into you. the thick ridge of his arousal aligned perfectly with your ass from behind, pressing hard against your thin cotton shorts.
he started moving again, but this angle... this angle was entirely different.Â
it was so much more exposing, so much more intense, because when you look up, your blurred vision collided directly with your reflection in the mirror.
you could see everything. you could see your own flushed breathless face, your lips swollen and wet from his kisses. and right behind you, caleb was a mess. his dark hair was thoroughly mussed, cheeks and neck burning with a furious blush.
with every thrust from him, the force of his hips sent a jolt of heat straight to your throbbing thing, making your hands slick against the porcelain as you gripped the edges of the sink for dear life.
âhngh...! calebââ
âshhâyou have to keep quiet,â caleb scrambled to scold you, but he sounded completely panicked, his breathing so loud and ragged it was a miracle granny couldn't hear it from outside. âgran's room is... it's literally right beside this. if you make a sound, i'm gonnaâwe're gonna get caught.â
even while trying to play the protective guide, his eyes shifted downward in the reflection. staring at your bent-down position, watching the way your body curved beneath his and how perfectly you took every push of his thighs, was enough to send caleb entirely over the edge. he went visibly harder against you, his long fingers trembling violently where they were clamped over your hip bones.
âgod, shitââ caleb choked out, his forehead dropping heavily against your shoulder blade, his chest heaving like heâd just run a marathon. his rhythm turned a little clumsy, a little too eager, his hips grinding up against you with an uncoordinated, desperate hunger that made your mind spin. âi... i don't even know what i'm doing. i almost... i can't believe this is real. you're actually here. you're really letting me do this.â
âcaleb, you're moving too fast,â you whimpered, your fingers slipping on the wet porcelain as he gave another firm, deep roll of his pelvis that made your thighs shake.
âi'm sorry, i'm sorry,â pressing a line of apologetic kisses along your shoulder blade, he consciously tried to slow himself down, his large hands squeezing your hips to steady the rhythm, though the intense blush on his face only deepened until his ears were practically purple. âis this better? like this?â
âyeah... yeah..â
suddenly, calebâs hands moved from your hips, his long fingers sliding beneath the hem of your shorts.
âhey,â he choked out. âi can't... i'm not staying behind these clothes anymore. i need to feel you.â
with a frantic uncoordinated rush of movement that was entirely fueled by a lack of control, he pulled your shorts and underwear down to your knees, managing to free himself from his gym shorts at the exact same time.Â
the sudden sensation of his bare, burning skin pressing against your uncovered backside made you gasp. âw-wait, caleb, what are yââ
he didn't wait. caleb guided the tip of his manhood to your entrance and pushed forward. with a slow, agonizingly thick surge, he slid completely inside of you.
the size of him filled you so entirely it took your breath away. your fingers clawed at the slick porcelain of the sink, your head dropping as a high broken whimper left your lips. caleb let out a long trembling groan against your shoulder, his chest heaving violently as he buried himself to the hilt.Â
âfuck, fuck!â
âbe quiet, caleb...â
âs-sorry, fuck.â a lazy smirk tugged at his lips in the reflection, his hands tightening on your waist. âsee? i told you nobody else could fit you like this. you're shaking.â
he buries his head into your hole much, much deeper. âdid you miss me this much?â
the teasing sting of his words, even now, made a surge of stubborn retaliation flare up in your chest. you didn't want him to see how completely undone you were. pulling your hands off the sink, you tried to straighten your spine and pull yourself forward, attempting to slide off his dick to break his rhythm.
it was the wrong move.
the sudden threat of losing you made caleb snap completely. his large hands locked around your hips like iron cuffs, yanked you violently backward, and thrusted into you with a force that was so deep and heavy it made your vision go entirely white.
âdon't run from me,â caleb gave another hard, bruising thrust that almost hit your womb, pinning you ruthlessly against the porcelain. his upper body slammed against your back, his face completely flushed a dark, furious crimson as he forced your head up. âlook at yourself in the mirror. look at what you're doing to me. look at how much of me is inside you right now.â
you couldn't even form words to respond. you were completely paralyzed by how big, how thick, and how utterly unrelenting he felt stretching you open from the inside. all you could do was grip the edges of the sink for dear life, your knuckles turning white as your body struggled to take his bare thighs slapping against yours.
yet, for all his dominant holding, caleb was a complete, crying mess.
every single time he shoved his hips forward, a pathetic little moan escaped his throatâsounds he tried so desperately to bite back, burying his face in your wet hair or chewing on his own bottom lip until it bled, utterly terrified of waking granny up outside.Â
âfuck, please,â caleb whimpered against your neck, penetrating you over and over again with each stroke making you cry out into your hand. he was trembling so hard the vibration traveled straight into your body. âcan we... can we do this every day? just until i leave again? please. tell me you'll let me do this to you every single day?â
you couldn't even answer him. you were too occupied, and quite literally occupied, by the way he's pounding against your ass.Â
he was driving into you, his pelvis slamming against your backside with a wet and heavy sound. it was too much. the fullness of him stretching you open was overwhelming, and as he bottomed out completely inside you for the third time in a row, the careful restraint in your throat shattered.
âaaangh~!â
before the sound could even fade, caleb's palm snapped upward to clamp firmly over your mouth. his long fingers wrapped tightly around your jaw, crushing your lips against your teeth and effectively smothering your next desperate gasp into a muffled whimper against his skin.
âi told you to stay quiet,â but even as he scolded you, his lower body didn't slow down for a single second. if anything, your loud reaction only drove him deeper into the edge, his hips pumping into you even faster. âyou're gonna wake her up. do you want gran to walk in here and see you like this? see what a bad girl you're being f'me?â
you were completely pathetic beneath him now. you couldn't breathe properly, you couldn't scream, and you couldn't pull away. all you could do was let out small broken whines against his palms, your tears wetting his fingers as your hips shook uncontrollably under the force of his penetration. you were nothing but a trembling, weeping toy for him to use.
âshit... oh god, shit, look at you,âÂ
followed by a groan, his entire body went rigid as he reached his breaking point. needing to get even deeper, to consume every remaining inch of you before he spilled, he reached down with his other hand and hooked it beneath your thigh. with one effortless pull, he lifted your leg up to force you to balance precariously on one foot while your knee was pinned up against his waist. âfuck, i'm so close,â
the new, devastatingly wide angle opened you up completely. it only allowed him to bury his entire length into you with a series of shoving that made your head snap back.
âdon't make a sound,â caleb choked out, his voice cracking into a crying whisper while he began to hammer into you with his hand pressing harder against your mouth. âkeep it in. take all of me right now. just take it.â
the final push of his hips sent your mind spiraling into absolute oblivion, your body tightening around his thickness in a series of violent, helpless spasms that milked him completely. caleb let out a sharp gasp against the crown of your head, his entire muscular frame going stiff as iron against your back. he knew he was at the absolute point of no return. even through the blinding fog of his climax, that ingrained discipline and the terrifying reality of the consequences cut through his thoughts.
with a sudden, desperate grunt of exertion, caleb grabbed your hip bone with bruising force and violently pulled himself out of you.
the abrupt sensation of emptiness made a choked sob rise in your throat, but before you could even register the loss, calebâs release hit you. he came in heavy thick spurts across your backside and the small of your lower back.
âoh, godâoh fuck, i'm coming, i'm coming,â caleb cried out, his voice completely fracturing into a loud mess. he couldn't even keep himself quiet anymore. âfuck, i love you, i love you so much. look at what you did to your caleb.âÂ
a crying whimper escaped his lips as the final waves of his orgasm racked his large body. his hand finally slid off your face, fingers trembling as he let go of your jaw, leaving your lips swollen and burning. instead, he dropped both of his heavy palms onto the curves of your hips. âlook at this fucking mess...â
meanwhile, your upper body remained slumped over the cool porcelain of the sink. your fingers were weakly splayed against the slick basin, completely devoid of any remaining strength. your knees were wobbling so much beneath your weight that the only thing keeping you from collapsing onto the tiled floor was the unyielding grip of caleb's hands on your waist.Â
slowly, calebâs heavy breathing began to level out, turning into shallow, ragged pants against the nape of your neck. he opened his eyes, staring down at the reflection in the wide glass mirror.
he could only stare at the mess in absolute awe. the sight of you bent over the sink, your shorts pushed down to your knees, your skin flushed a beautiful crimson and glistening with his thick, white fluids, looked like something straight out of the sinful dreams he had hoarded in his concrete barracks. it didn't feel real. the fact that he had actually touched you, filled you, and marked you like this inside his grandmotherâs house made his heart thump.
with a sigh, caleb leaned his entire weight forward, completely hugging you from behind. his broad chest pressed firmly against your back while his large arms wrapped securely around your waist to support your sagging frame. he buried his face into the side of your neck, inhaling your scent deeply as if he were trying to memorize it all over again.
âpipsqueak,â he whispered, his voice incredibly rough, gravelly. âhey... look at me. are you okay? did i hurt you?â
you let out a small whimper, your head shifting weakly against his shoulder as you managed to nod. âyes... i'm okay.â
caleb let out a breathy chuckle, and he tilted his head to press a soft kiss against your burning cheek. âdo you think we woke gran up?âÂ
you swallowed the dryness in your throat as you stared blankly at the porcelain basin. âi... i don't know, caleb. you were really loud at the end.â
caleb hummed, a lazy, satisfied sound as his thumbs lightly stroked the sensitive skin of your hip bones, soothing the small red marks his fingers had left behind.Â
âwell... if she's awake, she's probably just gonna think i'm clumsy and dropped the wrench again,â he murmured into your hair, his grip tightening just a fraction, pulling you closer into his warmth. âcome on. let's get you cleaned up. i'll wash you down, and then... i'll cook you that braised pork you love right now. the one with the sweet soy sauce and the star anise. how would that sound, pips?â
âthat sounds great, gege.â
caleb gulped at the nickname. âit's been a while since you used that on me,â his face breaks into a smile, and then he leans down to look at you in the eye instead of through the mirror. âwhat if you use that while we do it again tonight?â
love and deepspace is so funny in a ton of ways, not the least of which being that itâs an angst game full of angst with a huge helping of angst on top masquerading as a romance game
and this angst romance game has wacky characters like:
đ merman sea god who is an artist with flame powers for some reason. his symbol is not a fish but a duck. there is a section of the story where he goes into heat. canonical billionaire. also a serial revenge killer.
âď¸ accomplished heart surgeon with ice powers who is trapped in a cycle of multiverse-spanning reincarnations. mcâs childhood friend and also her doctor. blatantly the horniest of the lot but you wouldnât know it because he has never shown anyone an emotion ever.
đŤ centuries old immortal space prince. literally an alien. got stuck in the past after attempting wormhole travel and has been bopping around earth until mc is born. mcâs monster-fighting coworker and upstairs neighbor. secretly batman.
đŚâ⏠dangerous crime boss. also an alien, probably. also a dragon whose soul is bound to mcâs. once made mc shoot him in the heart to prove his immortality. wife guy in a âhe supports womenâs wrongsâ way.
đ cyborg military commander with gravity powers. flies space planes. was killed in an explosion but got better. a narrative representation of the biblical eve. diagnosed mentally/emotionally unwell. wife guy in a âhe is the wifeâ way.
and. like. originally i was going to say only a sentence about each of them but i could not pick just one of the many, many unhinged things about the tiny men who live in my phone.
absolutely batshit insane game. hilarious.
i have cried probably a dozen times while playing it.
priest caleb x virgin reader
virgin reader confesses her lustful thoughts to her kind and gentle priest, unaware of his own battle with temptation. 11k words.
read on ao3
You were a good girl.
Good girls werenât distracted during Sunday sermon. They sat still and attentive, obediently absorbing lessons to carry with them throughout their lives. Good girls were never distracted.
Especially not by their priest.
They werenât distracted by the hair curling around his neck in pretty little flicks of brown, or by the look in his gentle eyes when his gaze lingered on them in the second row of pews, or by the ways his long fingers firmly gripped the Holy Book as he held it highâfar out of reach of the average person.
For two whole years, you remind yourself of these things. You sit through Sunday mass every week without fail, hands folds neatly in your lap, and you ask for forgiveness on your knees beside your bed each night when you realise your focus had drifted from the Lord to His messenger.
It felt much like a test you were failing, over and over and over.
His fingers.
His fingers, above all else, were your undoing.
The Communion procession shuffles forward slowly, drawing you towards your ultimate weekly test. Behold him who takes away the sins of the world. You repeat the words to yourself as the line carries you closer to him. Behold him who takes away the sinsâŚ
âAmen,â the elderly woman in front of you mutters under her breath.
And then itâs your turn.
His eyes are gentle and kind, fixed on you as soon as you step forwardâunwaveringâeven as he reaches for the sacramental bread, a small perfectly circular wafer. This was the part that played over and over in your mind as you tossed and turned at night. This was what you asked forgiveness for, above all else. Your heart races in anticipation as his eyes flick to your lips.
You obey his silent request, parting your lips in preparation to accept his offering. He would place the delicate wafer on your tongue with practised ease, careful not to touch you. And then heâd hold the chalice of wine to your lipsâhelping you take a chaste sip. His eyes would never leave you, and your face would shamefully heat in response.
One small moment of intoxicating proximity.
Repeated, week after week; never changing.
His warm eyes fix on yours as the small wafer approaches your waiting tongue, and you savour the details of his faceâsurrendering to your habitual sinful indulgence.
Something is different.
You replayed this never-changing ritual in your mind for years. You knew all its minor details. You knew it intimately.
Something is different.
His bottom lip trembles slightly and then dropsâfalling away from his upper lip. And at the same moment you watch his mouth part, mirroring yours, something else new draws a tiny gasp from your lungs.
His warm finger touches your tongue.
Every week, for years, he repeated the motion of chastely placing the small disc on the tongues of the congregation.
Never before had he touched you. Not once.
âThe body of Christ,â he says, hushed, like this was normal.
His parted lips, a touch of his fingertip to your wet tongue, and then, to finalise your torment, he brushes your bottom lip in his retreat.
Itâs only the well-formed muscle memory that draws a quiet âAmenâ from your lips.
That night, after kneeling and begging forgiveness, you crawl under your covers and desperately will sleep to take youâto free you from your spiralling, sinful remembrance. You toss and turn. You stare at your ceiling. Eventually, you open a window and sip from a glass of water as the cool night air soothes your heated cheeks. And it would be that small sip that finally unravelled you, drawing your mind back to the moment he pressed the lip of the chalice to your lipsâthe lips heâd touched.
Your cotton nightgown bunches up around your waist as you roll onto your stomach and slip your hand between your legs. It was the way he guided youâthe look in his eyesâlike he might reach out and wipe away any wine that spilled down your chin if you were too eager. It was the way his pretty fingers wrapped around the cup. It was knowing their warmth. The way they felt on your skin. On your tongue.
He would guide you so gently, if he were here with you now. Youâd imagined it before: him watching over you as you traced your fingers through your slick. But never had you imagined him touching. Touching was forbidden. A step too far. He did not touch.
Until now.
A heavenly addition to your sensory experience of him.
Itâs what draws the sinful noises from you now: shameful whimpers and gasps as you picture his finger in place of yoursâdipping a little inside you.
How could this be such wicked depravity if his finger slipping past your lips could be part of a Holy Rite? Was there really such a difference between two parts of a body? What made the wet heat of your mouth so different from the wet heat between your legs?
Itâs these spiralling thoughts, and the flood of tears that follow your cry of his name at your peak, that finally break you.
You were not a good girl.
You were damned.
And only confession could save you.
If you were brave, you wouldnât hesitate. Youâd march through the open church door at the first opportunity and take a place in the pews among a spattering of familiar faces, each waiting their turn to speak to him.
Instead, when weekly confessional hours do arrive, you sit on a small stone bench in the church graveyard and watch people filter in and out. You notice the little changes in them as they leave. Eyes that had been focused on the pavement instead look up into the trees. Their steps are lighter.
A mother who had first passed you hurriedly, tugging her small child behind her, leaves with him in her arms. She pauses and points out a little white rabbit at the edge of the churchyard, bouncing the toddler on her hip a little as she cherishes his reaction. And when the rabbit dips into the bushes, she continues her leisurely pace, engaging with the childâs chatter.
The weight of your burden seems to grow heavier the more you watch them all relieved of theirs. If you hadnât hesitated at the sight of the open door and rerouted to the small stone bench, you couldâve avoided this. Instead of watching them, you couldâve been sitting in the pews watching him. He wouldâve made the child laugh, settling him, so he could talk to his mother.
You loved watching the way they all reacted to him, adored him.
Thatâs what you should have done; what you should do now. But when you stand, instead of heading inside, you find yourself turning the way you cameâscurrying from the church grounds, no braver than a little white rabbit.
When Sunday comes, for the first time in years, you donât attend.
Itâs all the hesitation your body allows before you are nearly sick with anxiety. Wanting it over, you take up position on that same stone bench during confession hours, again. And like the week before, you wait. You watch as a spattering of congregants seeking opportunity for repentance come and go. An hour passes, beyond the departure of his final visitor. Again, youâd let the official hours come and go.
The sky turns a golden yellow as the sun dips behind the trees, and you wrap your small cardigan around yourself as the temperature dips with it.
And then a familiar, warm voice calls your name.
He stands in the stone arch of the old church's entryway, looking out at you. âYou must be cold,â he says in his gentle, patient way. âI thought you might be waiting to speak to me last. Some people prefer knowing thereâs no one waiting their turn.â
You take a small step forward, arms around yourself in a self-soothing hug. âI was,â you confess. âIâm sorry, Iââ
âItâs alright,â he says gently, mercifully cutting you off as a visible shiver takes hold of you. âCome inside, please.â
He stands in the entrance, turning his body to the side as you pass. Somehow, he feels largerâtallerâwhen youâre alone with him. Much like the empty church makes you feel small when its empty of its congregation. He towers over you.
âIt must be serious,â he says, his voice echoing slightly. The large wooden door closes as you linger in the aisle between pews. A closed door meant no more visitors. You were the last allowed entry. âSerious enough for you to prefer turning to ice rather than speak to me about it.â Heâs slightly teasing as he approachesâclearly trying to ease the tension that has you still wrapped around yourselfâcowering like a scared little lamb.
Itâs a warm, comforting sort of teasing. Familiar. Itâs his natural warmth that contributes to his busy visiting hours. Youâd never heard a bad word spoken against him.
It makes your guilt so much worse.
Shame wracks you, suddenly faced with the reality of confessing your wickedness to a man so good and kind. A man so rare. You had been all alone for so long. No family to guide you with unconditional care. He was a little spark of genuine warmth and care, irresistible to someone starved of it.
You couldnât imagine returning to Sunday mass every week after this, knowing that he might think back to this night every time his eyes landed on you in the pews.
Soft footfalls approach as you stare at the stone floor.
He speaks your name in a hushed, gentle command.He wants you to look at him. To face your shame.
And when you refuse, eyes stubbornly fixed to the floor, you must deal with the repercussions.
For the second time, he touches you.
His fingers rest under your chin as he lifts your head with a gentle pressure. Heâs warm. Warmer than heâd been last time. At least, thatâs how it seems as your chilled skin leaches the heat from his fingers. They linger, just for a moment, holding you in position as his eyes flick across your face.
Then theyâre gone.
âWould the booth make it easier?â he asks, hushed enough to avoid the echo.
There was no shame in hiding, you tell yourself. It was the only way youâd ever manage it. How could you ever tell him the truth with his eyes warming your skin?
He sees the answer in your eyes. And youâre grateful when he takes the lead without further question, letting you trail behind him to the small confessional booth in the corner of the empty church.
âIn the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen,â you begin. âBless me, Father, for I have sinned. It is⌠three months since my last confession.â Three months. The last time youâd convinced yourself to confess, only to find yourself listing off trivial everyday faults instead.
The sound of your breathing seems far too loud in the small wooden chamber. So much so that you take in shallower breaths in the silence that follows, self-conscious.
âAre you unwell?â he asks as the silence stretches, kindâlike he truly cared. When you hesitate, confused by the unexpected question, he adds, âYou were absent on Sunday. I assumed you mightâve been sick, but you look healthy. Nothing serious, then.â The last part isnât a question. He says it like heâs reassuring himself, like he really, truly cared.
Always so caring, of everyone. It makes it worse.
Your gut flips, anxiety rushing through you. You remember why youâd listed of a few trivial things and escaped in your last attempt. It was unbearable.
You couldnât do this again.
âItâs a kind of sickness,â you confess, relying on the echo of the box to carry your hushed words through the small hatched window in the divider between you.
Heâs quiet, letting you elaborate in your own time.
âIâve been distracted. I havenât heard your sermons. Not really.â You dig your fingernails into your thighs. âNot because they arenât interesting⌠or helpful. Itâs me. Iâm full ofââ One of your knees starts to bounce automatically. âMy head is full of⌠sickness. Sick thoughts. They wonât stop.â
You focus on his steady breathing in the lull between your confession and his answer, letting the even rhythm of it calm you until your leg stills.
âHas something happened?â he asks. âSomething is bothering you.â A pause. âSomeone?â
âSomeone,â the word leaves you on an exhale.
His next question leaves him faster than any of his previous responses. You havenât even managed to take in another breath. Itâs a falter in the calm rhythm you are used to, catching you off guard.
âWho?â
âIt⌠doesnât matter.â
It did matter. Youâd lied. One moment of impulse and youâd lied. If your distraction had been a man in the pews instead of the one standing at the pulpit, it would be a different matter entirely. Youâd have asked Caleb for advice years earlier.
Youâd have confessed your eyes had been drifting in the pews, distracted by temptation, instead of focused on him, as they should be. Thereâd be no confusing, twisted entanglement between his guidance and his unwilling involvement in your sin.
âGideon,â he says, disrupting your spiralling thoughts. âHeâs only been attending a few weeks. I havenât seen him approach you. Was it after service?â
Youâd never heard the name in your life. You hadnât even noticed a new face in the congregation.
If only you had. If only it was that simple.
When you fail to answer, mind whirring, he continues, âIs that why you werenât here Sunday?â The fabric of his pants brush across the wood in a way that signals his movement. His voice is a little clearer when he speaks next, closer. âHas he hurt you?â
âNo,â you answer, quickly. âNo, Iââ
âYouâll be honest with me,â he interrupts. âWonât you?â He sounds a little like a parent about to catch their child in a lie. Not quite stern, but the authority in his tone has you biting your lip.
âItâs not Gideon.â
âWho?â
âThatâs what makes it so wicked, Father. Iâve been so afraidââ Movement again, through the divider. It breaks your momentum. You fall into silence.
Like his face, you know his voice. Youâve studied it intently, every week, for years. All the warm, gentle kindness is missing when he interrupts you, âAfraid?â
You pick at the skin at the edge of your nail.
âOf you,â you finish.
Silence follows, except from your breath.
His, for the first time, is inaudible.
You should continue. You should take the silence as opportunity to confess the depths of your depravity. Your lips part, readyâ
âCommunion.â His voice fills the boxâfills your head.
He knew.
He mustâve seen it in your face. Of course he did. He was good and pure and righteous. He would have seen that lustful wickedness on your face each and every time.
Had he been waiting for you to confess it? Had he expected it from you each and every time you came to him, only to be disappointed when you failed to admit to your true sin?
Shame. Embarrassing, pitiful shame.
Your voice is shaky, emotion thinly veiled. âIâm sorry, Iââ
âNo.â He cuts you off quickly. âThis is my weakness. I should be asking your forgiveness.â A bump against the wood. Maybe his elbow. Your eyes lift to the small window separating you for the first time as you turn his words over, confused. âI took advantage of your innocence. I didnât think youâd notice. I was weak. If I knew youâd seeâfeel myâŚâ he trails off, sucks in a breath, then, âI shouldnât have touched you. Forgive me.â
Your heart races as you put together his meaning.
He was talking about his accidental touch of your tongue⌠and lip.
No, that wasnât right. He was confessing it was⌠intentional.
He was confessing.
Itâs like a sedative: the daze his words puts you in. Suddenly, instead of being hyper aware of your body, of your anxiety, you feel entirely outside of itâfloating outside of yourself. âI donât understand,â you mutter, disbelief stuttering your ability to process. He was good, and righteous, and loved, and kind, and virtuâ
âYou dontâ,â he starts. âYou donât understand?â
Heâd wanted to touch you? Why would heâ
âTalk to me,â he adds with a hint of urgency. âYou donât understand?â
âIt was on purpose?â
Heâs quiet. Then, âYou said you were afraid of me. If itâs not thatââ
âYou wanted to touch me?â you whisper, hardly hearing his questioning through your ongoing daze.
âYes,â he answers quickly. âI succumbed toââ He sighs. âI gave in.â
He had... lusted. Heâd lusted⌠for you. And even if it had been a one-off moment of weakness, unlike your own, his sin had reached out to brush yoursâŚ
Something releases inside of you. Confession rushes from your lips, unrestrained. âFather, bless me, for I have sinned. Iâve also given into lustful thoughts.â
Silence.
Then, âThese are your⌠sick thoughts? The sickness distracting you from sermon?â
You nod. âFor two years now.â
âTwoââ he cuts himself off abruptly. âDuring mass.â He shifts. âAnd when else?â
The marks in your thighs capture your attention again. You scratch at them. âAt night,â you confess, hushed. This⌠is where your sin diverged from his. Shame surrounds it still, heavy.
âYour indulgenceâŚâ he trails off.
âYes, Father?â
A bump against wood. âWhy were you absent this past Sunday?â
âIââ You tug the hem of your dress down over your knees. âI was afraid to see you.â
âBecause of Communion? Because Iââ
âNo.â You shake your head, despite knowing he couldnât see it. âI was ashamed.â
Heâs quiet.
It stretches.
Finally, âWe all have moments of weaknessââ
âBut it wasnât a moment,â you interject. âThereâs something wrong with me. Father, itâsâI canâtâMy Sundayâs arenât spent in worship of the Lord, theyâreââ spent in worship of you.
You drop your head into your hands, incapable of speaking the words aloud. Then, so quiet you arenât sure he can even hear you with your head bowed the way it is, âIâd never done it before you.â
When he doesnât respond, you raise your head. âIâve never thought about anyone but you. What is wrong with me? To lust for the first timeâto lust only for a man of God?â
You focus on his breathing in the silence, hoping to let it calm you like it had before. But itâs different now. Itâs uneven, heavier. It stirs your unease instead.
âThereâs nothing wrong with you,â he says, finally.
âButââ
âThere is nothing wrong with you,â he insists, firm, without room for argument. âYou are⌠perfection, sent to tempt me.â The wooden bench he sits on creaks with his movement.
âTell me why you wore that dress,â he adds, gentler.
You look down at the plain dress, hem resting at your knees where youâd tugged it down. Did you have a reason? You hadnât worn it in while, and the weather was just about to get too cold for you to wear it again for months. That was all.
At your hesitation, he continues, âYou wore that the first day I gave in. Apple red.â
ââŚgave in?â you question, a little wobble in your voice. You know what heâs implying, deep down. But itâs all too much. One thing after the other, shattering all you thought you knew.
And then, unaware of your imminent collapse, he deals the final blow.
âThe first time I wrapped my hand around myself and thought of the way looked up at me, all sweet and trusting. You look at me likeââ
Your small sob cuts him off, and you press your hands over your mouth, desperately trying to stifle the sounds escaping you without permission.
He stands, draws his curtain back, and exits his half off the booth. Your hands are still pressed over your mouth when he pulls the curtain in your little part of the box aside.
You look up at him with watery eyes, a towering dark shadow. And when he slowly enters and kneels in front of you, his large body fills your little section of booth. âAre you afraid?â he whispers. âDid I scare you?â
You shake your head, hands still clasped across your mouth.
You arenât breathing at all when he leans a little closer and gently guides your hands from your face into your lap instead. His thumbs brush over your knuckles in soothing caresses as he speaks again, âWhy are you crying?â
Months and months of inner turmoil spill from you in shaky half-sobs that you fail to hold back. You look into his eyesâgentle, familiar, warm. Heâs an angel filling your vision, dressed in blackâsin and salvation. His skin is hot where he touches you. And your eyes flutter closed when his hand lifts to your cheek, ghosting over your damp skinâlike he meant to wipe away your tears but wasnât sure he should.
With a slight tilt towards him, you close the distance.
His knuckles brush your skin, gently wiping at your tears. âIâm so proud of you for coming to speak to me,â he says, voice still lowered. âYouâre so good.â
You shake your head quickly, looking down.
He lifts your chin, guiding your focus back up to him. His eyes flick across your face. âWhy are you crying?â he asks again.
You suck in a shaky breath, âI donât know.â
âOverwhelmed?â
You nod, exhaling.
âMm,â he hums, taking your hand in his. âThatâs okay.â
Gently, he guides you from the box. He stands before you, closer than he stood in Communionâa wall of black fabric. You watch his chest rise and fall, rise and fall. Then you tilt your head back to look up at him.
âDeep breaths,â he soothes as your breathing evens out.
His thumb strokes across your knuckles again.
âIâm sorry,â you breathe into the space between you.
He shakes his head, and his palm lifts to your cheekâmaking proper contact this time. âDonât. Didnât I say you did good? Iâm proud of you,â he whispers.
âButââ
âWould I lie to you?â
You look up at him with glassy eyes. At your priest. Loved and trusted by all. Gentle and kind and good.
âThatâs it,â he breathes. âThatâs how you look at meâhow youâve always looked at me.â His fingers slip behind your ear and eventually curl around the back of your neck, holding you steady. âThought it was your love for the Lord. That I was a privileged conduit, sampling all that sweet love you carried around inside you.â
His fingers press into your skin. ââŚbut it was for me,â he finishes, breathy.
You whimper, tears forming again.
âShh,â he coos, breath tickling your lips as he lowers himself to meet you. His hands are all gentle again after that brief moment of pressure. One trails up your arm as the other cups the side of your head, thumb stroking across your temple. âPlease donât cry.â
âIt was wicked,â you whisper. âIâve been wicked.â
His hand comes to rest on your shoulder, rubbing back and forthâcomforting. His eyes drop to watch the way your cardigan slips off, folding down to expose the thin shoulder strap of your red dress. âNo, sweet girl,â he says, distracted. His eyes move across your upper chest before returning to meet your gaze. âYou were worshipping the Lord through me.â
His hair looks darker than youâd ever seen it before. The sun is gone now. Youâd never seen him by candlelight before. âI was?â you sniffle.
He drags your cardigan back up over your shoulder. âYouâre a virgin?â
You nod. Another sniffle.
âAnd youâve only touched yourself when you were thinking of me?â
He doesnât let you drop your head when you try, so you nodâeyes darting to the side in shame.
âWhat could be more sacred?â he breathes.
His lips ghost over yours before landing on your cheek in a feather-light kiss. You close your eyes, savouring his touch as he leaves a leisurely trail of them across your face. Tender kisses anointing your skin in patient reverence.
âA sweet..â Kiss. âInnocentâŚâ Kiss. âLittle lamb.â Kiss. âUsing her body to worship Him. You love Him through me. Thatâs all.â He returns to your mouth, holding your head steady as his warm lips slide across yoursâyour first kiss. âThrough my body,â he finishes, warm breath mixing with yours.
That made sense, your hazy mind offers. Itâs why it had consumed you all these years; why youâd never felt it for anyone but him.
Light, bubbly, warmth rises in your chest as the guilt lifts.
Caleb would not lie to you. It was an impossibility.
He watches the smile take over your face with a look youâve never seen on him before. Then his head drops to your neck, and heâs lifting you into his arms. He doesnât move. He just stands there, holding you to his bodyâbreathing in the scent of you. He groans something into your neck, a word you canât decipher. Then he withdraws.
âWould you let me guide you in worship?â he says, a little shaky with his uneven breathing.
âMm,â you hum, nodding. Whatever that means. It didnât matter. This was good. Everything was okay now. Youâre practically limp in his arms, releasing yourself to his will.
He takes a few step backwards, and then lowers himself into a pew. You sit in his lap, knees at either side of his thighsârelaxed as his strong arms hold you against him. âIâve resisted for so long,â he says, fingers tangling in your hair at the back of your head.
Then he drags you to his mouth, messy in his indulgence. Heâs eager to please the Lord, your mind supplies, as his tongue dips between your lips to meet your own. You have no experience. You donât know what youâre doing. So you let him take you. Thereâs a moment, when you are limp in his armsâeyes closed, chin wet with droolâthat he dips his long fingers between your lips to play with your tongue. He takes it between his fingertips. Toys with it.
When your eyes flutter open, you find yourself transfixed by the expression on his face as he plays with you. His own lips are parted to accommodate his ragged breathing, and his eyes are hooded, locked on his fingers in your mouth.
Eventually, he lowers you onto your back across the pew and crawls over you. Itâs only now you notice his black shirt untucked from his pants. Then his mouth is on yours again, devouring you with a low groan. The wood is cool against your back, contrasting with the heat of him above youâwith the heat of his mouth. He tasted a little sweet, like the hard candies he kept at the entrance of the booth.
Heâd sucked on one while listening to confessions.
Heâd heard their sins, in all his virtuous kindness, and heâd let the sweet lolly melt in his hot mouth.
And now you were tasting it.
You were tasting your sweet priest.
His warm breath tickles your neck when he parts from you.
Then his fingers return. Slipping between your wet lips and into your mouth, he plays. In and out and around your tongue, he explores your mouth like it hid something he treasured. You take in as much of his face as the dim candlelit space allowed. Lost in worship, you hardly process his words when he finally speaks.
âBody of Christ,â he mumbles.
He holds your jaw, wet fingers against your cheek. And you lay limp beneath him, willing to receive, as he hovers over you and spits into your mouth.
You swallow without hesitation, indulging in the brand new expression painting his pretty face. Hunger and satisfaction combined.
He pets your hair with one long gentle stroke, adoration flooding his eyes as he gazes down upon you. Itâs a look that has your heart fluttering in your chest as your mind drifts further and further outside of your body and into the space above youâlight and free.
As his thumb brushes across your glistening lips, leaving a tingling sensation in its wake, a question flitters across your vacated mind. âIs this sex?â you mutter in a dreamy breathy sigh.
He stills.
You watch the muscles move in his face as his expression shifts. His brows tug together, then relax. His wet lips part, then close, then part again.
âItâs worship,â he answers. Your cardigan had fallen off both your shoulders at some point. He gently lifts the soft fabric back over your bare skin now, putting you back together. âWhen itâs with me, itâs worship.â
You release a shaky breath. âSo Iâll stillâIâll still be a virgin? After?â
His fingers trace over your collarbone, then wrap around your neck lightly. His voice is as gentle and warm as always when he answers, âOnly when itâs with me. No one else.â
âNo one else,â you sigh, blissful under his exalted guidance.
He nods with an approving hum, fingers slipping from your throat down to your chest. He traces down your body, making little patterns over the fabric of your dress as he goes.
âWhen I fill you with my cockâŚâ
He makes a pattern over your lower belly as he speaks.
ââŚand your untouched cunt clings to meâŚâ
His fingers brush at your thigh, where your hem bunches up. ââŚI might say some terrible, vulgar, things. Perverted depravityââ His fingertips dig into your skin. ââis only natural as such perfect worship is filtered through our imperfect human bodies.â
His warm breath tickles your thighs as he lifts your dress, exposing your cotton panties to the cool air, and to his eyes. He looks up at you through the brown hair that falls over his face. âNo matter what I say, remember this is worship. Okay?â
âOkay,â you sigh with a nod, entirely surrendered to him.
âGood girl,â he breathes, the warmth of it tickling you through the cotton. âAngel.â
His finger makes a single light stroke down the centre of the fabric, tickling your clit as he passes. Immediately, your body tenses as you attempt to curl in on yourself, overwhelmed by the newness of the feeling. Youâd expected it to feel like it did when youâd slipped your hands between your legs yourself.
It didnât.
He traps your thighs in the firm grip of his hands, preventing you from escaping him.
âIt tickles,â you confess, embarrassed.
âHere?â He brushes over the fabric again, and itâs only his firm grip on one thigh that prevents you clamping him between your legs.
His hands slip just under the dip of your lower back, and he tugs you down the bench a little, towards his mouth. Then, as you look up at the vast vaulted ceiling, he kisses the cotton. Itâs nothing more than a peck. And somehow, it feels closer to sin than anything prior. More than his tongue in your mouth, or his candy-flavoured spit.
But this wasnât sin.
Another gentle kiss, directly over your clit.
This was worship.
âFather?â
âMm?â he hums.
You canât see him, eyes fixed on the ceiling.
âShould I⌠kiss you too?â Your cardigan falls off one shoulder again. âI mean like you are. Worshipping your body is worshipping Him?â
He crawls up your body, filling your vision as he hovers over you again. His eyes fall to your exposed shoulder briefly. This time, he doesnât fix it. âWhere I kissed you?â he asks on a ragged breath.
Your eyes drop to his chest, and you fill in the rest of the path down to his belt in your mind. âBetween your legs,â you whisper.
His thumb swipes across your lower lip, then he strums it a littleâletting it bounce back as he watches its movement intently. âYou want to kiss my cock?â he asks, a little rumble in his voiceâdropping it lower than youâd heard it before.
Your eyes widen a little, still unused to his vulgar language.
âRemember what I told you,â he adds. âItâs natural, hm? To speak like this.â
You nod.
He lowers his face to your neck, and you look at the ceiling again and he inhales deeply, nose against your skin. Then, âSay it.â His lips tickle your neck as he speaks. âHow do you want to worship mâHim?â His chest presses into yours. âSay it.â
The ceiling is a void of darkness. His body separates you from it, warm and safe. You turn your head and breathe in the scent of his soft hair. âI want to kiss you⌠kiss your cock.â
You jolt a little beneath him as his teeth sink into your skin without warning. âGood girl,â he groans. âSo good. So proud of you.â A kiss where heâd bitten you⌠then another behind your ear⌠then your cheek⌠the corner of your mouth. âJust let me taste you a little first,â he whispers. âIâve wanted to taste you for so long.â
You expect him to take your mouth again.
But he disappears, back down your body, to his position between your thighs.
You close your eyes rather than stare up into the darkness again, focusing on the warmth of him between your legs⌠on the delicate way he plays with the little strip of cotton covering you. His fingers lift the edges just a little as his breath fills the space he occupiesâwarming your thighs and cunt alike. âNo one has seen it?â he asks as he toys with the fabric.
You shake your head and drop an arm across your head, over your closed eyes. âNo, Father.â
âNo one has touched it?â
âJust me,â you answer quietly, embarrassed, still.
His finger dips far enough under the fabric to sample the wetness beginning to leak from you. You should be ashamed, wracked with the guilt of sinful indulgence of the worst kind. Instead, a small high-pitched sound escapes you.
âAnd now me,â he says, low enough you almost miss it. âYouâll let me take these off, wonât you? Youâll let me see?â
âMm,â you squeak with a nod.
His fingers hook into the waistband. You expect him to take them off quickly, like removing a band-aid.
âThis is only for me,â he mutters as he lightly tugs at the fabric, inching the underwear down in a torturous lazy indulgence. âThis is worship.â
You nod. âAnyone else would be sinful.â
âMm. Thatâs right, angel. Thatâs good.â
Just before your twitching cunt is exposed to the room, he stops. You open your eyes and watch as he kneels beside the pew so he can guide your underwear down your legs and over your feet.
Then he stands.
He looks down at you.
And you watch as he brings the white cotton to his face and breathes in.
He turns and takes a few steps away. You watch him inhale again.
Then he shoves them into his pocket.
He stands there, with his back to you, lit by the candles at the entrance to the booth.
âFather?â you prompt after a long lingering silence.
His shoulders rise on a deep inhale, then he turns. He stands there, looking at you with his hands in his pockets, just far enough away that you canât make out his expression in the darkness.
Even when you sit up, he doesnât move.
You tug your dress down over your knees. âDid IâDid I do something wrong?â
He takes one step forward, the sole of his shoe squeaking over the stone tiles in his haste. But then he freezes again.
âNo,â he answers simply.
You tilt your head, trying to make out his expression. The dark empty church seems bigger now. Itâs dark corners seem darker. You resist turning around to check nothing is creeping from the dark while your back is turned. The cold starts to bite at you again. You miss him.
Itâs only when you wrap your arms around yourselfâmuch like you had when heâd found you on the benchâthat he seems to break from whatever invisible string held him back. He surges towards you and drops to his knees at your feet. âForgive me,â he pleads, wrapping his arms around you and pressing his forehead to your stomach.
Your red dress rides up to your thighs again. He takes the chance to invade the space between your thighs, gripping onto you like a lifeline.
âThis is wrong,â he says, head still bowed, pressed against you. âForgive me.â He grips the dress at your back in closed fists. âI gave in. Youâre too sweet. Iâve never strayed before. Forgiveââ
âI donât understand.â
ââme. Youâreââ
You shove at his shoulders.
Itâs enough to halt his speech, but it does nothing to loosen his hold on you.
âFather?â
He looks up at you. Tortured. Thatâs how youâd describe the twist of his pretty features now. âI told myself Iâd let myself have you once. That itâd be enough. That itâd fix it.â His fists flatten against your back. âBut it wonât ever be enough,â he breathes. It leaves him like a confession. But instead of it making him lighter, he sags. His hands slide down to your hips, then a little further. He plays with the puddle of fabric where your dress bunches up at the top of your thighs. âIâm sick,â he mutters, sounding defeated.
âBut itâs worship. Itâs okay.â
He looks up at you from between your legs, through the hair that falls over his eyesâmessier than youâve ever seen it before. âMm, itâs worship,â he says. âBut it has nothing to do with God.â
You look over to the altar, then to the crucifix on the wall behind it.
Then, you look back at the man kneeling at your feet.
âIt didnât feel like sin.â
His eyes drop to your lips, and then his fingers wrap around your thighs, just below your hem. âNo?â His hands warm your thighs where he touches you, squeezing and releasing you in a comforting rhythm. âIt did for me, angel. So much I nearly lost myself to it. It was so easy. Iâve spent so long resisting you and all it took was a little confession, and I nearly had yourââ
He swallows.
âIâm a bad man.â
You shake your head emphatically, quickly covering his hands with yours. âDonât say that. Please.â
He looks down at your hands covering his own, lingering there, even when he speaks. âYou should find a new church,â he says, entirely unmoving. âOr Iâll leave, if that makes it easier. I can leave.â
He sounds a little like heâs trying to convince himself at the end.
And when he shifts, attempting to pull himself to his feet, you panic. âNo!â you cry, wrapping your arms around his neck and dragging him back into you. You wrap your calves around him for good measure. âPlease donât leave me. Please? Iâll be good. I wonât bother you again. I swear I wonât bother you.â
He breathes heavily as you cling to him, forcing his head against you again.
Then, when the tension leaves his body, and youâre sure heâs not about the leap to his feet, you loosen your hold on him enough that he can look up at you. His hand lifts to your cheek. âYou are good,â he says. âYouâve always been so good, and youâve never bothered me. Never.â
âButââ
âIâll give in,â he interrupts. âIâll give in eventually. I want you soââ he sighs. âIâll give in.â
Your eyes flick to the altar again. Just briefly.
A door was opened now, one youâd kept locked and buried deep inside you. His tongue between your lips had been the key to unlock it, and the prospect of him pulling awayâof losing himâhad swung it wide open on its hinges.
Nothing mattered more to you.
No one. Not even God mattered more thanââCaleb,â you whisper.
His eyes dart to yours. Itâs the first time youâve called him by name. You hadnât meant to say it aloud.
âYes, sweetheart?â
He looks at you in a way that makes it immediately clear that youâd never truly seen his gentleness more. Not really. You suppose youâd seen part of it. Maybe a little sliver. But the way he looks at you now fills you with a desperation unlike anything youâve felt before. A desperation to cling to him. He looks at you like he could offer you everything.
You couldnât part from him now.
Not ever.
âHave you really thought of me before? In sin?â
He doesnât look away when he answers. âMany times.â
Even after having his spit dribbling down your chin, you struggle to comprehend the idea of him⌠touching himself. Especially thinking of you. Was the man before you now really the same pious one youâd idolised all these years?
âAnd you asked for forgiveness?â you ask softly. It was comforting to imagine someone like him kneeling beside his bed in prayer the same way you had.
His eyes drop now, shame crossing his face.
He grips the bench either side of you and slumps forward, until all you can see of him is the soft brown hair at the crown of his head. Then, âNo, I havenât. Not for this. Not from Him.â
His breath tickles your thighs as you battle your confusion. Itâd been a self-soothing search for comfort, not a genuine question. You hadnât considered he might say no.
âIâve never strayed before,â he says, head still lowered before you. âNot before you.â His arms move to your back again. He takes hold of your dress and tugs you forward until his head rests on your stomach. âYou are my greatest sin,â he confesses, sounded closer to distress than youâd ever heard him. âI donât understand it. Iâve sat as a helpless passenger as itâs wrapped itself around meâinside me.â He looks up, glassy eyes meeting yours. âYouâre inside me.â
Your lips are slightly parted in aweâin stupor.
You werenât alone in this feeling.
The doorâunlocked by his touchâfalls off itâs hinges entirely. You could never close it again.
With his glassy eyes still on you, you gently nudge your cardigan from your shoulders and let the warm fabric fall into a pile around your hips.
âWhat are you doing?â he asks, his eyes widening slightly.
âI feel it too,â you answer, hushed. âI want to be wrapped around you. I want to feel you inside me.â
He shakes his head, and you feel his body tense, like he might try and escape again.
Quickly, you wrap your arms around his neck and fall forward, falling onto him. He keeps his balance for a moment, but gravity wins. He lands on his back, and you manage to cradle his headâpreventing it making contact with the stone tile floor.
Heâs entirely still.
âCaleb?â you whisper with a little tilt of your head, resting comfortably on top of him.
A muscle in his jaw ticks. âPleaseââ He swallows. âPlease, sweetheart. You shouldnâtâwe canât do this.â
It only takes a little adjustment for you to brush you lips over his. âWhy?â you whisper.
His lips tickles yours as he speaks. âIâm sick,â he breathes. His hand glides up your back as he says it, until his fingers wrap around the back of your neck. âYou make me sick.â His grip is firm now, fingertips making little indentations in your skin. âIâm supposed to guide you, protect your sweet soul as you walk through this sick world, and instead, I look at you, and all I think about is plucking you and keeping you. Greed and depravity and lust andââ
A little whimper from you silences him.
His eyes flick across your face, studying, and then he takes your bottom lip between his teethâtugging just a little, then releasing you again. âI realised it when I couldnât find you in the pewsâwhen Gideon was absent too: itâs not just lust,â he continues, keeping his hold on you. âItâs anger, and violence, and jealousy. I feel it all.â
âFatherâŚâ you breathe into his mouth. âI donât want anyone else to see me, or touch me.â Gently, you cradle his warm cheek in your palm. âNo one but you.â
His nostrils flare slightly.
Then his hand drops from the back of your neck, leaving you entirely.
His eyes flick down your bodies, to where your thighs cradle his stomach. Then he turns his head to the side and closes his eyes, shaking it a little, like heâs trying to erase whatever thought his mind had conjured.
You sit up, straddling him. His stomach is firm beneath your palms and you shimmy down a little more, until youâre resting just above his belt.
His brows draw together as you roll your hips, bare pussy separated from his skin only by the cotton of his dark dress shirt. The friction of it feels a lot like your pillow had on nights youâd writhed against it and thought of him.
But you can feel his warmth, seeping through the fabric.
He must feels yours too.
It was your warmest place, after all.
His eyes open, and for a moment, he stares out into the darkness. Then, slowly, he turns his head and looks directly at youâwatching as you move against him. Watching as your lips part and you let a few little sounds of pleasure slip out.
His shirt nudges higher with your rhythmic movement.
He does nothing to fix it.
He doesnât move. Except for his eyes.
They move between your face and the red fabric covering your shame.
He knows his shirt is nudging higher.
He doesnât look away.
And when it finally creeps high enough to allow you to drag your slippery pussy over his warm stomach for the first time, his hands snap to your hips.
He holds you so tightly, you are forced to halt your movement entirely.
âStop it,â he scolds, stern.
You tilt your head. He says it like he hadnât been watching, waitingâas if he hadnât been anticipating the feel of your messy cunt against him.
âBut I needââ
He sits up suddenly, supporting you with a hand to your back as you slip into his lap. âWhat?â he demands. âWhat do you need? You came for confession. You needed to confess and be heard. Thatâs my purpose. Thatâs what I am to you.â
âAre you angry with me?â
He leans forward, holding you firmly against him. âWhy is your little flower all messy? Hm?âHis eyes drop between your eyes and your lips, over and over. âWhat kind of girl rubs her juicy little cunt all over the priest who was supposed to protect her perfect, pure, sweet soulâon the floor of His Holy Sanctuary?â
He bites at your lip before you can even process the lewdness of his words. âYour body is a temple of worship,â he continues, a hint of anger still darkening his voice in a way youâd never heard before. He presses you into him, forcing your breasts to compress against his chest.
You didnât need to wear a bra with this dress. It wrapped around you so perfectly that it supported you fine all on itâs own.
âPlease donât be angry,â you whisper. âIâIââ Tears swell in your eyes as you stutter, quickly breaching your lower lids and streaking down your cheeks.
As your vision blurs, your world tilts. Your back meets the hard floor gently, and the shape of him hovers above youâobscured by your tears. It all happens in one smooth motion.
And then, without another word, the sound of tearing fabric fills the empty church.
He tears the red fabric from your skin, split from the neckline down the centre of you.
Your chest rises and falls heavily in the stillness that follows.
Heâs a blurry figure above you. You havenât had time to blink away your tears.
His breathing is uneven and heavy, to match your own.
Then, as your vision starts to clear, he falls forward and wraps his warm lips around one of your nipples. Thereâs no build-up. He starts in a frenzyâa chaotic tandem of his wet swirling tongue interspersed with desperate feral suckling. It fills the echoing darkness with vulgar symphony.
It drags desperate whimpers from your lips. And when one of them sounds like a high, broken cry of his name, he surges into youâwrapping his arms around your back and tugging you a little off the floor and further into his mouth. He hums something around you, the muffled words vibrating around your nipples.
Your eyes lock on the crucifix behind him as he ravages your breasts, animalistic in his intensity. It felt like all-consuming reverence, adoration⌠worship.
It was worship.
Worship was good.
He was good.
You arenât even aware you are doing it when you start muttering. Itâs only when he detaches from you with gasping breaths and looks up into your eyes that you realise it.
What had you been saying?
Your nipples, wet with his spit, pebble tight in the frigid air.
âThank you,â you whisper.
That was it.
You had been thanking him.
He sucks in a long shaky breath. Then, with his eyes fixed on yours, his large, warm hand cups your breastâcovering it entirely. âThese were made to nurture new life,â he begins. Heâs all gentle, guiding authority figure now. This was how youâd always known him. He has the same cadence he used in the booth when he was offering up the Lordâs teachings. âTheyâre His perfect design.â He palms your breast, massaging it without hesitation or restraint. âDonât you think itâs rightââ He takes your other breast in hand and leans back a little so he can watch as he gropes you almost painfully. ââthat we honour and cherish His perfect creation?â
He swings a leg over you, never ceasing his rough kneading. âTake it off,â he instructs, rolling his hips towards you. âUndo the buckle.â
His belt is hidden under his loose shirt. You fumble a little with it, half-blind. He doesnât stop to help you. He plays with your breasts instead, looking down at you from above.
âThatâs it,â he coos in gentle encouragement as you slip the leather through the loops at his waistband.
Itâs only then that he lifts his hands from you.
He sits above you, one leg on either side of your bodyâholding his weight off you. And you watch as he unbuttons his shirt. The collar goes first. He tosses the white strip aside without looking at itâs landing place.
His pretty fingers work at the buttons.
He makes it about half-way.
Then he grips the fabric and tears. Buttons pop off and scatter across the stone around you.
And then heâs bare.
Muscle sculpts him like a living, breathing work of art. Heâsâ âBeautiful.â
His chest rises and falls heavily as he gazes down at you, head tilting a little as the word slips from your lips involuntarily.
âMm?â he hums, falling forward over you. âWhat was that?â
When you avoid his gaze, he grips your jaw in his palm. âTouch me,â he says, âas I touched you. Worship Him through me. We are created in His image.â
He takes your hand, falls back on his heels, and lift you to your feet as he stands.
You are bare, and he is half-bare. Somehow, he feels taller than he ever had before.
Then he places your palm on his chest, flat against his warm skin. âThis is my body,â he says, dark hair falling over his eyes. âDo you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from GodâŚâ He quotes the passage as he guides your hands across his torso. âSo we treasure it, and and honour Him through it.â
His stomach is firm under your palm, rising and falling shallowly as he guides you to the little trail of hair that disappearing down into his waistband. âLook at me,â he commands.
You obey, fingering brushing the hem of his underwear.
âIâm a bad man,â he says.
You shake your head, frowning. He was wrong. He wasnât bad, he was everything good and safe and warm.
He catches your chin just as it dip downwards; as your attention is drawn to the movement at his hips. He keeps your eyes fixed on his as he undoes his fly with one hand. âIâm a bad man,â he repeats. âI want to fuck you,â he breathes, a little ragged now. âPretty little virgin comes to her trusted priest asking for forgiveness and he lowers her to the cold floor, naked, and tells her he wants to shove his leaking cock deep inside her. Is that a bad man?â
You canât respond. Not with the way he grips you.
âHe tells her he wants her to kiss his throbbing cock. To worship him, like he was her god. He wants her to put him above all other gods, above her God. Heâs a jealous man, without exception.â Fabric hits the floor, and slowly, he guides your hand into the elastic of his underwear. âHe wants her on her knees, looking up at him with her sweet, devoted eyes, promising sheâll put no one else above him.â You gasp as he guides your fingers around him, hot and thick. âIs that a bad man?â
His other hand slides up your stomach to wrap around your breast, still wet from his spit.
âHe wants to fill his pretty little angel with his hot cum, until sheâs bred nice and full, and then when her pretty tits ache with sweet milkââ He squeezes at your breast as he speaks, over and over. ââhe wants to suck at her until it dribbles down his chin. Is that a bad man?â
He leans down and places a gentle kiss to your lips. âHe wants her to call him Father when heâs inside her,â he whispers. âHe wants her to cry as she sucks at his cock with her naughty little cunt because she knows itâs bad.â He squeezes your hand around his erection. âYou know itâs bad, donât you, angel?â
One shaky breath. Two. Then you nod.
He lips curve into a little smile, proud. âGood girl,â he whispers. Then he steps away from you, separating you from him.
You take a small step to follow.
âNo.â
You freeze, wobbling a little on your feet in your haste to obey.
âGo lay down on the steps and spread your legs.â
Your eyes flick to the stairs leading up the pulpit, then back to him.
You rock on your feet again, this time in hesitation.
The stone is cold on the soles of your feet. If you stood there long enough, they might go numb.
But the steps are covered in a dark, red carpet.
He takes a small step towards you. âDidnât you come here to confess? Hm? Show me. I need to see the part of you that aches for me.â
His eyes heat your skin as you slip past him and climb the steps. Thereâs only a few.
Heâs closer when you turn.
And heâs entirely bare.
He stands in the candlelight, just in front of the first pew, watching youâwaiting for your obedience. And as you lower yourself onto the steps, leaning back to prop yourself up on your elbows, his hand wraps around himself.
You can still feel the heat of him in your palm.
âSpread your legs,â he commands.
âMm,â you nod. âYes, Father.â Then you drop your knees, exposing your messy centre to his hungry eyes and the cold air. Heâs silent as your cunt clenches around nothing, wanting. He strokes over himself in gentle twists, base to tipâeyes locked on your offering.
âAre you going to ask me what I think?â He doesn't look up from between your legs as he speaks. âThatâs what you came here for, isnât? For help?â
You nod, readjusting yourself on your elbows a little.
He closes the distance between you and lowers himself onto his knees on the bottom step. âI can see it clenching,â he murmurs. âGreedy. Hm? Is it greedy, angel?â
Your lips quiver as you suck in a shaky breath.
âMm,â he hums. âTell me why you touch it. Help me understand.â
âI donât know,â you mutter with a shake of your head.
âYouâll tell me the truth,â he orders. Itâs not like earlier, in the boothâwhen he was still the man youâd thought youâd known these past two years. Heâs all stern authority now. Thereâs no doubt. You will tell him the truth.
âFelt empty,â you confess in a little whine and roll of your hips. âI felt so empty.â
He leans closer. âYeah? Poor little baby. A virgin with an achy little holeâŚâ His fingers wrap around your ankle. âEmpty,â he mutters. "So proud of you for coming to me,â he says as he strokes up your calf in a comforting caress. You struggle not to squeeze your thighs together, tortured by the lack of friction and the pulse of your cunt under his lingering gaze.
Then he lowers himself down between your legs. His finger strokes the skin just around where you want him most. âSweetheart,â he breathes. âYou need filling with the Holy Spirit. Youâre all empty, yeah? You came to me because you knew I could fix it? Because I can fill you?â
Heâs asking you a question, but heâs focused entirely on your twitching pussy as you flinch under this teasing touches. There is no logic to his questioning regardless. Heâs consumed by the lust you shareâslave to it.
âWho better to fill you than me?â he mutters as his fingertip dips into your hole. Itâs barely a prod, easing back again as soon as your soft entrance offers a little resistance.
âJust for youâŚâ you breathe.
âHm?â He looks up. âWhat was that?â
âOnly want you.â
He crawls over you slowly, forcing you to look into his eyes as he asks, âMe? Yeah? You came to your priest to fill your empty little pussy?â
âForgive me,â you whisper.
He brushes his knuckles from your temple down to your chin. âIâll help you, angel.â His lips brush over yours. âMy angelâŚâ
When he climbs off you and stands to his feet, a tiny part of your brain fires off in panicâafraid of him leaving you. But then his pretty fingers wrap around the thick length as it bobs above you. âIt needs anointing,â he says with a gravely darkness in his voice.
He towers above you, skin glowing golden as the candlelight bounces off him. The same strong fingers that gripped the Holy Book high above his head each Sunday glide over the length of him as he looks down upon you.
He takes one step backward, down the steps. âOn your knees,â he instructs. His aim becomes clear as he takes one step closer again, levelling himself at the perfect height for your mouth. âTell me,â he prompts. âWhere do you want to kiss me?â
On a shaky breath, you exhale, âYour cock, Father.â
You watch his closed fist stroke over his length, from the base to the tip. Thereâs a little shine there, at the end of it, leaking from the slit. âAlright, angel. Anoint my cock with your drool, hm?â He lets go of it, and you watching it bob a littleâheavy. Looking up at him for reassurance, you level yourself with the head and touch your lips to him tentatively. One gentle kiss. âThatâs it,â he coos. So you place another to his skin, right at the very tip. It bobs a little as he shifts his weight. Then you dip your tongue out, catching a little of the shine at the slit.
A bird calls in the night as it flies somewhere nearby.
His head drops back.
âThis is what you needed,â he sighs. âThis is what you came to me for. Isnât it?â
You nod with a hum as you take the tip of him between your lips, tongue working in clumsy little swirling flicksâconfidence building.
âGood girl,â he praises, looking down at you again. âOh, my good girl. Just play with it. Just like that. Sweet little kisses for Fatherâs cock. Oh, Fuck. Oh God,â he groans.
He slips from your lips as you startle a little, looking up at him. The vulgarity had become your new normal. But this was new.
âWhat is it, baby?â he coos, stroking your hair. âI shouldnât take the Lordâs name in vain. Iâm sorry.â He takes his cock in hand as he apologises, standing on the steps of the pulpit, in the empty church where he gives his sermon each Sunday.
No one else would ever see him like this. He was too good. He was loved and trusted and righteous. And his cock was wet with your spit.
When you stand to your feet at his guidance, he still towers over you from the step down.
âAre you gonna put it inside me now?â you question with a little tilt of your head.
He takes one step down and runs his fingers through his hair. For a brief moment, it almost looks like he comes back to himselfâto the version of him that almost left youâgood and virtuous. It fights to take over.
So you take one step towards him.
He takes a step down again, in return, away from you.
âIâm so empty, Father,â you whine, slipping your fingers down between your legs. âNeed you to fill me up again. Please.â
A further step down has him standing on the stone tiles.
So you lower yourself onto the steps again, leaning back and parting your thighs.
He stands there as you play with yourself, slipping your fingers through your slick until your clit is as sloppy as the fluttering entrance you leak from.
His heavy cock twitches as you watch each other. He doesnât touch it.
âPlease, Father,â you plead with a half-sob, on the edge of tears. âMy pussyâŚâ
He takes a small step towards you and pauses again.
âI know itâs bad,â you continue, somewhere between a sob and a whine. âItâs wicked. My naughty pussy wants to worship your cock, Father. Wanted it so long. I think about it during mass. I imagine you inside me. I come every week for you.â You dip your finger inside yourself, whimpering a little. âDonât you want me?â
His chest rises and falls heavily as he approaches. Heâs slow, like a predator stalking.
âSo bad,â he mutters as he lowers himself onto the steps between your legs.
He watches as you play with yourself, messy and clumsy.
âSent to tempt me,â he continues muttering as his fingers wrap around himself again. âThatâs what you are, arenât you? Are you from the Devil? Made to look like a perfect little angel? Is that it?â His hand strokes along his whole length, base to tip, over and over in a slight twisting action as he speaks. âYou were made for me, werenât you?â
It sounded right. Made for him. Youâd never wanted anyone else.
He lowers himself over you before you can answer.
âIâll never stop wanting you,â he warns. âItâll get worse and worse. I can feel it. This obsession.â
His forehead drops to yours. And with your eyes closed and his warmth over you, the slick tip of him slides over you for the first time. You want to kiss him, but he doesnât let you get close. Instead, he breathes into your mouth as his tip collects all the slick between your folds and spreads it in an obscene mess between your thighs. âThis belongs to me. Only I get to fill your greedy little pussy, yeah?â
His lips brush yours.
âNo one else touches it. No one else looks at it.â He prods at your virgin hole, indulging in the sweet spongy heat that presses back at him. âThis is worship,â he breathes. âYouâll suck me inside your sweet cunt, all needy and sweet and looking at me like you do in Communion. Youâll worship me. Above all else.â A chaste kiss. âThen Iâll flood you with cum, so youâre nice and full, yeah? Does that sound nice?â
âInside,â you plead as you squirm, trying to take him in as he slips over you again and again.
He breathes into your neck as he prods at you a little harder. âYou gotta let me inside. Can feel you sucking at me. Take me inside, sweet girl. Come on.â
He kisses your neck as you try to take him, letting your muscles go slack under him as he eases inside you over and over. âThere you go,â he mumbles. âFuck, thatâs it. Perfect fucking cunt. Mine.â
Itâs just the tip of him. It fills the ache beyond anything youâd managed with your fingers. His breath, his voice, his warmth, and his thick hot cock stretching your walls open.
Itâs enough to drag tears from you again.
He kisses them away as they wet your cheeks.
âYouâre inside. Inside me.â
His brows draw together as you squeeze at him, clenching rhythmically.
âThank you, Father,â you whisper.
He groans, and then he shifts, and impossibly, he fills you furtherâspearing apart your walls until it feels like you might look down and see the shape of him in your belly.
âWe shouldnâtââ he mutters. âForgive me.â His hips drag back, and then heâs pressing into you again. âForgive me.â He bites at your earlobe. âNaughty pussy. Naughty girl. Desperate for her priest to fill her with cock. Fuck. Fuck, you feel so good.â
âThis is sex,â you mewl.
He bites into you, feral, and the obscene slap of skin echoes from the pulpit steps as his hips slam into yours. âThis is sex,â he answers, breathless. âThis is what you wanted. You wanted to suck on my cock with your perfect little cunny. You wanted to be full of me, hm? This is what you wanted.â
âHeâll forgive us,â you whisper into his ear. âIâm made for you. He made me for you. How can it be wrong?â
âYeah?â he rasps, looking a little frenzied when he lifts his head to find your eyes. âYou made for me?â
âCanât you feel it?â you ask with a roll of your hips.
You watch his eyes flutter shut.âYeah. Yeah, sweetheart, I feel it. Wrap around me so perfect.â He grinds into you, indulging in the feeling of your walls rippling around him in desperate waves. âIâm keeping you. Youâre mine now. My pretty girl. Mine to fuck, and kissââ He licks at your jaw. ââand breed.â He drops his weight onto you, smothering you in his heat. âGonna keep you safe and warm. All mine.â
âDo you think Heâs watching?â you whisper in his ear.
He groans into your neck. âTell me who you were thinking of,â he orders, low and gravelly. âWhen you looked up at me during Communion. Tell me.â
âYou.â
He draws his hips back and begins fucking you just with his tip in shallow little rocking thrusts. âNo one else before me, hm?â he prods as you clench rhythmically around him, attempting to draw him back in. âYou worship me with this cunt. Only me.â
You nod desperately, emphatically. âOnly you.â
Pleased, he sinks back inside you with a low groan.
All your life youâd believed your body was a temple of the Lord; that you were filled with His Spirit; that you carried Him inside you always.
But youâd been empty. Youâd been so, so empty. Longing to fill the cold, hollowness inside you. Youâd desperately returned to this church week after week, believing the man at the pulpit was merely a messenger between you and your heavenly God. Believing your fixation was your failureâthat he was temptation, and only in submission to God could you be delivered from him.
But with his cum anointing your skin, and his large warm body sheltering you from the cold, you know the truth of it all: anything, or anyone, which worked to separate you from him, could be nothing but the greatest evil. He was your salvation. And nothing would come before him.
Your face is quickly wet with tears again as you roll against each other in the dark, empty churchâindulging in your mutual worship. His mouth adorns your neck in messy kisses as you mutter in his ear: praising him, worshiping him. You canât stop, desperate to release the intensity of your adoration upon him.
And when he cradles your cheek in his hand and gazes down at you from above, you see it in his eyes: love, devotion. âMy good girl,â he breathes.
rating: explicit/nsfw
category: f/m, caleb/reader, reader-insert
tags: childhood friends to lovers, pseudocest, mutual pining, domesticity, playfight, sexual tension, homecoming, suppressed!caleb, yearning!caleb, submissive top!caleb, insecure!caleb, forced proximity, forbidden/risky, âbe quiet, granny will hear usâ, making out, dryhumping, p in v, mirror sex, backshots, leg hooking, aftercare, i think that's it?
wordcount: 15.9k
PREVIEW : âwait, what the hell?!â you gasped, your hands flying up in a knee-jerk reaction to push him back, but caleb's hands immediately shot forward to pin you back down against the couch. âsee?â caleb murmured, leaning down closer, his hot breath fanning across your cheeks, smelling faintly of the mint gum he'd been chewing. âyou couldn't even move before i did this. you can't even defend yourself, you silly girl. that means you still need me to protect you.â
SYNOPSIS : what was supposed to be a casual homecoming quickly devolves into a suffocating game of unspoken jealousy and long-awaited confessions where every shared glance and tight space threatens to collapse the boundaries of your childhood friendship. trapped between the ticking clock of his limited sixty-day leave and the terrifyingly possessive reality of how much heâs missed you, will the tension eventually snap?
caleb is coming back this summer.Â
the heat of early june in the province always carried a specific kind of weight, heavy with the scent of sun-baked asphalt, dry grass, and the faint rot of fallen mangoes in the backyard. it was summer, finally! the kind of summer that felt less like a break and more like a threshold. you had just wrapped up your sophomore year at the state university down the road, a year spent navigating crowded lecture halls, cheap iced coffees, and a revolving door of new faces that you tried very hard to care about.
for the first time in your life ever since, you and caleb hadn't shared a daily routine.Â
after eighteen years of being so aggressively attached at the hip that your shadows practically bled together, the last four years had seen you both drifted into your own separate worlds. it was a strange, quiet realization: you both had lives of your own now.Â
caleb had packed his bags for that prestigious aerospace academy up north, his childhood fascination with the sky hardening into a fierce passion for flying. you, on the other hand, had stayed behind anchored to the familiar soil of your hometown just to float between random orgs, shifting friend groups, and the vague pursuit of figuring out who you were when you weren't âcaleb and his girl.â
and today, he was coming home....
the question had been humming under your skin all morning, rhythmic and annoying like a cicadaâs buzz. did caleb change? would he look different? act different?Â
the last time you saw him in the flesh, right before his departure, he had already begun to outgrow the lanky, boyish frame you could map with your eyes closed. his shoulders had broadened, his jawline cutting a sharper silhouette against the terminal lights. he had looked less like the boy who used to help you steal guavas from the neighbor's tree and more like a stranger you'd cross the street to look twice at.
âmake sure you tell him to eat properly while he's here,â granny had mumbled earlier this morning, her voice thick with sleep as she shuffled around the kitchen, adjusting the mesh food cover over a plate of fried rice. âthat boy always forgets to look after himself when he's excited.â
you had laughed, buzzing with a restless, frantic energy, nodding quickly as you practically flew out the screen door. you didn't even bother putting on real shoesâjust slipped your feet into a pair of worn-out rubber slippers, the soles thin enough that you could feel the morning grit of the driveway beneath your arches.
gideonâs car was already idling by the gate, the exhaust coughing a pale plume of smoke into the crisp morning air. gideon, caleb's friend and the closest thing you both had to another brother, had come back from the city a few days earlier because of some vague corporate endeavor he refused to elaborate on. his early return was a stroke of luck; it meant you didn't have to brave the crowded public transportation to get to the drop-off terminal.
âlook who finally crawled out of bed,â gideon teased as you yanked the backdoor open and threw yourself into the backseat. the leather was cool against the backs of your thighs, a sharp contrast to the mounting humidity outside.
âi've been up since five, actually,â you shot back, leaning forward so your chin was practically resting on the gap between the two front seats. âgo, go, go. we're going to be late, gideon!â
âwe have forty minutes, calm down,â gideon chuckled, throwing the car into reverse with practiced ease. his hand spun the steering wheel effortlessly as he backed out onto the main road.
the moment the car straightened out, you immediately started. you couldn't help it. the questions poured out of you in a breathless stream, all of them centered around the one person who hadn't been here. because gideon and caleb were in the same university for college, gideon was your only real window into calebâs new life.
âis he still doing those crazy flight simulator hours? did he actually pass his survival training or did he cry? does he still sleep with three pillows? is he... does he look different, gideon? like, really different?â
gideon navigated the familiar potholes of the provincial highway, answering each query with a patient nod of his head. he was used to this. he had been the buffer between you and caleb ever since.
âhe's fine. still a nerd about planes,â gideon said, glancing at you through the rearview mirror with a knowing smirk. âhe passed the survival drills with top marks, obviously. you know how he is. he doesn't cry over dirt. and yeah, he's bigger. the academy makes them do a lot of physical training. he looks like a proper pilot now.â
you listened to every word, your head tilting slightly, your eyes fixed on the back of gideon's head. you were listening so attentively it almost hurt, your ears straining for something specific. a name, maybe. a habit. a detail that sounded wrong, or a hint of a girl, or a sign that he had completely outgrown the small-town girl who used to share his umbrella. you were waiting for a phrase that would confirm your deepest, unvoiced fear: that he had left you behind in the dust of the province.
but that piece of information didn't arrive. gideon just kept talking about credit hours, physical exams, and flight logistics.
âanyway,â gideon clears his throat, switching gears as he turned onto the long stretch of road leading to the junction. âenough about the golden boy. how's state uni treating you? your granny said you joined some theater production crew last month. you making friends?â
the spark in your chest caught a sudden, damp chill. your posture slumped just a fraction, the manic energy leaving your shoulders as quickly as it had arrived. the topic was no longer caleb.
âoh. yeah. it's fine,â you murmured, your voice dropping an octave. âthe theater stuff was just for a midterm project. it's over now. and friends... yeah, they're okay. we go to the diner near the campus sometimes.â it sounded dull. it sounded incredibly small compared to aerospace academies and survival training and flying through clouds.
sensing your sudden shift in mood but choosing not to press it, gideon just hummed, turning up the radio slightly.
you leaned back against the seat, suddenly feeling the distance between your body and the front of the car. with a slow movement, you pressed the button on the door panel, letting the window roll down all the way.Â
you were going to see him in less than fifteen minutes. and for the first time in your life, you were terrified of what his smile might look like now.
with a restless groan, you shifted your weight, sliding down the leather until you were lying flat across the length of the backseat. you lifted your legs, balancing your heels against the rim of the lowered window frame, letting the rushing wind blow right over your bare toes. the bright summer sunlight hit your face in a sudden wash, forcing you to squeeze your eyes shut as the shadows of roadside acacia trees flickered across your eyelids like a film strip.
gideon glanced back through the rearview mirror, his eyes crinkling at the corners as a quiet chuckle rumbled in his chest. âwhat exactly is the strategy here? are we airing out your feet, or are you trying to slide out of the car entirely?â
âshh,â you muttered, not opening your eyes, just waving a hand dismissively in his general direction. âdon't ruin the vibe, gideon. i'm getting into character. when we get there, i'm going to pretend to be asleep.â
âand why, pray tell, are we faking a coma?â
âbecause,â you mumbled, your voice dropping into a stubborn drone. âhe's been gone for four years acting all professional and pilot-like. i'm not giving him the satisfaction of seeing me standing at the curb like an eager puppy. if i'm asleep, he has to wait for me to wake up.â
gideon let out an amused snort but didn't argue further, slowing the vehicle down as he navigated the chaotic entrance of the terminal. the air became a noisy symphony of sputtering engines, the loud barking of barkers calling out destinations, and the heavy hiss of bus brakes.
then, the car came to a full stop. the engine remained idling, its low vibration humming right through your spine as you lay flat on the seat.
you heard the tinny ring of gideonâs phone bridging the gap over the dashboard, followed by the click of the answer button. gideon didn't even put it to his ear; he just left it on speaker, the sound cutting through the air-conditioned cabin.
âyeah? where are you? i'm near the main exit, by the yellow bakery,âÂ
âoop, i see the car,â a voice replied.
that was caleb!
your breath hitched, catching sharply in your throat. it was him. it was caleb. even through the cheap, compressed audio of a phone speaker, there was no mistaking that specific cadenceâthat easy, slightly raspy, slow-rolling tone that always sounded like he was hiding a joke behind his teeth. it was exactly the same.Â
âalright, hurry up. the traffic enforcer is already looking at me sideways,â gideon said, hanging up.
panic, sudden and entirely irrational, flared up under your ribs. you scrambled to pull your legs down from the window, tucking your knees slightly toward your chest, and threw your right arm over your eyes, effectively blocking out the blinding glare of the sun and the view of the front seats. you squeezed your eyelids shut until you saw spots, forcing your breathing to slow down.Â
just act natural. you're asleep. you've been sleeping the whole ride.
the crunch of boots on gravel outside the car door was your only warning. and then, the front passenger door clicked and swung open. âhey!â
your heart nearly leaped right out of your chest. the sheer force of it hammered against your ribs so violently you were terrified he would actually hear it over the sound of everything else. you closed your eyes even tighter, your arm pressing down hard against your brow line.Â
âman, you look like you survived a war,â gideonâs voice boomed, followed by the rustle of clothing as the two of them exchanged a brief half-hug across the console.
âmore like two years of institutionalized sleep deprivation,â caleb replied, his voice much louder now, much closer, vibrating from the seat right in front of your head. the car door slammed shut with a heavy thud, sealing the three of you inside the quiet space.
there was a brief rustle of a duffel bag being shoved into the footwell, and then a sudden pause. you could feel the exact moment his attention shifted.
âis... she dead?â caleb asked, his tone dropping into that familiar, amused lilt.
âpassed out about ten minutes ago,â gideon lied without a single hitch in his voice. god, you owed him a premium coffee for this. âshe was buzzing around the house since five in the morning, then collapsed the second we hit the highway.â
a loaded silence descended upon the car as gideon shifted into drive and pulled away from the curb. you lay frozen, every muscle in your body stiff with the effort of remaining limp. you could feel calebâs weight shifting in the front seat, the leather creaking slightly as he turned his upper body around to look back at you.Â
even with your arm covering your face, you could feel the weight of his stare burning through the fabric of your sleeve.
then, a low huff of a laugh escaped him.
âsilly girl,â caleb murmured, the word dripping with an irritatingly affectionate playfulness. âstill a sleepyhead. some things really don't change, do they?â
gideon steered the car back onto the main road, the smooth roll of the tires replacing the chaotic noise of the terminal. âi don't know about that. sheâs grown up quite a bit while you were gone, caleb. sheâs not the little girl who used to cry when you stole her slippers anymore. she's at state uni now. got her own thing going on.â
there was another pause, a tiny stretch of time where the only sound was the hum of the engine.
âyeah,â caleb said, his voice shifting into a tone that was harder to read, more contemplative. âi can see that. she looks different.â
âdon't let the height fool you, though,â gideon chuckled, glancing at the rearview mirror. âsheâs still a menace. but yeah, you probably can't carry her around with one arm like you used to.â
âplease, i can absolutely still carry her with one arm.â a fleshy slap echoed through the front seatâthe sound of caleb smacking his own bicep or forearm or whatever to prove a point. âthese muscles aren't just for show, gid. i could lift her and her bags without breaking a sweat.â
god, the urge to open your eyes was so overwhelming it was almost a physical ache in your chest. you wanted to throw your arm off your face, look at him, and tell him to shut his stupid mouth just like old times. you wanted to see exactly how broad his shoulders had gotten, wanted to see if his hair was still cut short and neat, wanted to see if that annoying, arrogant little smirk was plastered across his face. but the weight of your own realizationâthe sudden consciousness of him not just as caleb, but as a man who could effortlessly lift youâkept you completely pinned to the leather.
âwhatever you say, pilot boy.â gideon laughed, shaking his head as he accelerated down the open road.
the comfortable rhythm of their conversation was broken by the sharp click of gideonâs turn signal. the car slowed down, veering off the main highway and pulling up.
âalright, cay, this is me,â gideon unbuckles his seatbelt with a crisp click. âi need to drop by this studio for that project archive i told you about. you take the wheel from here. just park the car back at granny's house when you guys get back.â
âyeah, sure. no problem,âÂ
wait, what?
gideon was leaving?Â
panic flared up again as you stayed perfectly still, listening intently to the rustle of clothes, the sound of gideon opening the passenger door, and the heavy thud of his boots hitting the gravel outside. there was a brief exchange of instructionsâgideon reminding caleb about a loose wire near the stereo dashboardâand then the driverâs side door opened. the car dipped slightly under a new weight as caleb slid effortlessly into the driver's seat.
the door slammed shut. the heavy, reassuring presence of gideon was gone, replaced entirely by calebâs proximity.
he adjusted the seat, sliding it back a few inches to accommodate his longer legs. then, the car smoothly pulled back onto the road. and god, the silence that followed was deafening. without gideonâs easygoing banter filling the cabin, the only sound was the low hum of the engine and the rush of the wind through your open window.
should you open your eyes now? if you wake up now, it'll look natural. just a casual yawn, andâ
a subtle tug pulled at the crown of your head.
it wasn't painful. it was incredibly light. you felt a hand reaching over the center console, two fingers winding carefully around a single stray strand of your hair, giving it a teasing little pull.
your eyes flew open.
through the gap between the front seats, you finally saw himâcaleb driving effortlessly with his right hand on the steering wheel, his left hand extended backward over the armrest with his thumb and index finger still lightly holding the end of your hair. he didn't even look back at you; his eyes remained fixed on the road ahead.
but his eyes flicked upward, locking onto yours through the rearview mirror.
the corners of his eyes crinkled instantly, breaking into that utterly familiar expression. that lazy, arrogant, beautiful smile spread across his lips.
âgot a good sleep, pips? your gege's back now.â
the nicknameâthe one he used to demand you call him when you were kids just to annoy youâshould have earned him an immediate eye-roll or a sharp kick to the back of his seat. but you couldn't even bring yourself to reply. your tongue felt thick, glued to the roof of your mouth.
you just stared, agape, taking him in for the first time in four whole years.
he looked like a man.
caleb's eyes flicked up to the mirror again, catching the exact moment your gaze drifted from his face down to his shoulders, and then back up. your wide-eyed, breathless silence was loud. too loud.
for a split second, the easy smirk on calebâs face faltered. his prominent adam's apple bobbed as he swallowed hard, a sudden patch of color rising along his neck. he cleared his throat, a slightly tense sound, and quickly looked back at the road, his fingers letting go of your hair as he pulled his hand back to the steering wheel.
âwhat's with the face?â he asked, trying hard to force that casual lilt back into his tone. âyou look like you've seen a ghost.â
you quickly sat up, pulling your legs inward and smoothing down your shirt, desperately trying to find your footing. âyou look different, that's all. the academy must be starving you if you've gone all that just to survive.â
âstarving? please. they feed us like racehorses,â caleb scoffed, though the response felt a little rehearsed, a little too quick as he kept his eyes glued strictly on the asphalt ahead. âbut thanks for noticing. glad to know my hard work isn't lost on a provincial girl like you.â
you leaned your cheek against your hand, looking out the side window to hide the heat rushing into your own face.Â
somehow, the conversation didn't go the way you had scripted it in your head over the last four years. you hadn't greeted each other like two people who had spent their entire lives attached at the hip, starved for each other's presence. there were no desperate questions, no breathy laughter, no clumsy, overwhelming hugs that left you smelling like his cologne.
instead, you were simply staring out the side window, watching the green expanse of the provincial rice fields blur into a smear of dusty emerald, and then he was simply driving.Â
âso, state u,â caleb started, âgran says you're keeping busy. how's the actual college life treating you?â
âit's fine,â you replied, your voice matching his even tone. you kept your eyes fixed on a passing billboard outside. âit's a lot of reading, but my blockmates are nice. i usually hang out with maya and javi after our afternoon lectures. we found this cheap diner near the campus that serves really good sizzling meat.â
âmaya and javi,â caleb repeated, testing the names on his tongue as if trying to fit them into the map of your life. he nodded slowly, his eyes never leaving the road. âthat's good. it's good that you found your crowd.â
âmm. javi's in the theater crew too, so we usually walk home together when rehearsals run late.â you added, offering the detail up like a shield.
why did it end up like this? why did the air between you feel so thick, so cautious, as if a single wrong word would shatter a boundary neither of you had openly acknowledged yet?
âwhat about you?â you asked, trying to sound completely nonchalant, keeping your gaze trained on the side mirror. âmust be nice up at the academy. you probably have a whole new circle of pilot friends.â
âyeah. the guys in my barracks are solid. we complain about the flight instructors together. it keeps us sane.â
and then, that's where it happened.
âany... girls?â the word slipped out of your mouth a little too smoothly, a little too practiced. âi mean, the uniform probably does half the work for you up there.â
the car went starkly silent.Â
caleb didn't answer right away. he shifted his grip on the steering wheel, his knuckles whitening just a fraction before he relaxed them. it took a long drawn-out pause for him to reply.
finally, a gentle smile spread across his faceâbut it wasn't his usual mischievous smirk.Â
âyeah,â caleb said quietly, his eyes softening as he looked out at the highway ahead. âactually, there is. i've got a pretty massive crush on someone from the nursing college nearby. i'm planning on courting her this coming semester.â
oh. okay.
you didn't say anything for a moment, letting the sound of his confession hang in the air between you like heavy smoke.
âthat's nice. good luck with that.â
wanting nothing more than to disappear into the upholstery, you leaned further back against the leather of the seat. and you lifted your legs again, resting your ankles on the open window frame just like you had earlier. you stared straight into the blinding, white-hot summer sunlight, letting the glare sting your eyes until they watered, using the heat as an excuse for the burning sensation behind your eyelids.
college really is horrible. it really does change everything and everyone, doesn't it? it takes the boy who used to swear he'd never care about anyone more than you, sends him away for four years, and brings back a stranger who belongs to someone else.
you watched the provincial scenery go into a blurring motion as caleb pressed down on the accelerator, speed being his only response to the quiet.
suddenly, caleb cleared his throat, a nervous cough breaking the quiet. âwhat about you, pips? you mentioned that javi guy. do you... have a boyfriend now?â
you blinked, your eyes still stinging from the sunlight. you didn't even have to think about it. âno.â
within minutes, caleb steered the car smoothly up the gravel driveway of granny's home, pulling up right under the shade of the large mango tree. the engine died with a final, shuddering purr, leaving only the loud clicking of the cicadas in the backyard to fill the space.
you kept your ankles resting on the window frame, your eyes closed against the light.
then, you heard the rustle of caleb's heavy duffel bag being pulled from the footwell, and the solid thud of his boots hitting the gravel. but instead of walking straight to the house, the sound of his footsteps looped around to your side of the car.
a shadow suddenly fell over your face, blocking out the harsh heat of the sun.
you opened your eyes a fraction, only to see that caleb was leaning his arms against the window frame, his broad shoulders completely framing the opening. he looked down at you, a golden-boy smile playing on his lips.
âwe're here, sleepyhead,â his voice still carried that warmth that used to make you feel so safe, but now it just felt like salt on an open wound. âaren't you coming out? grannyâs probably already waiting at the door.â
you quickly averted your gaze, looking past his shoulder at the porch of the house, avoiding his eyes entirely.
âyou go ahead.â
â
the heavy heat of mid-afternoon had dissolved by the time your eyes fluttered open, replaced by the long-shadowed stillness of late gold.Â
you groaned, a sharp ache radiating through your lower back and neck from the impossibly cramped angle youâd been knotted into across the backseat. four hours. you had actually managed to pass out for four hours in the belly of a dead car.
you pushed the heavy car door open, your thin slippers slapping against the gravel as you stepped out into the humid yard. stretching your arms over your head until your joints popped, you shook out your numb legs, half-hopping, half-limping your way up the porch steps and pulling the screen door open with a lazy rattle.
the house was strangely quiet.
âgranny?â you called out, your voice still thick and raspy from sleep. no answer. you tilted your head, wandering past the dark living room where the old wooden rocking chair sat still, and followed a faint metallic clinking toward the kitchen.
when you stepped over the threshold, the words caught squarely in your throat.
caleb, completely shirtless, bent over the kitchen sink with his back turned to you. a chaotic battlefield of rusty wrenches, tattered rags, and rolls of teflon tape were scattered all over the tiled countertop beside him. he was clearly deep-cleaning the drain and trying to muscle a stubborn leaking pipe back into place, his skin slick with a thin sheen of sweat that caught the amber sunset filtering through the small window.
from this angle, the reality of how much he had changed hit you like a physical blow. but it was when he leaned further down into the cabinet under the sink that your eyes inevitably landed on the silver chain hanging from his neck, the metal dogtag swinging loosely against his collarbone.
you swallowed hard, forcing your gaze upward, and cleared your throat loudly to break the spell. âwhere's granny?â
the sudden interruption made caleb flinch violently, his entire torso jerking upward in surprise as the back of his head collided with the edge of the upper cabinet.
âouch!âÂ
âclumsy idiot.â you muttered.
caleb slowly turned around, still wincing, and looked up at you from his crouched position. you caught the distinct, deliberate way his gaze traveled down your frameâtaking in your post-nap hair, your dumb shirt, and your bare legsâbefore flicking back up to settle on your face. the intensity of it lasted only a fraction of a second before his easy golden-boy mask slid right back into place.
âgranny went down the road,â he casually leaned his hip against the counter, completely unbothered by his lack of a shirt. âvisited mrs. alvarez or someone. said sheâd be back before dinner.â
trying to appear completely casual, you walked past him, keeping a careful radius of distance between your shoulder and his bare chest, and opened the refrigerator door. the cool air hit your face as you grabbed the heavy glass pitcher of water.
âlook who finally decided to join the land of the living,â caleb watched you pull a glass from the cupboard. âfour hours, pipsqueak? i was about to check if you still had a pulse. you sleep like a log.â
you poured the water, keeping your back to him as you scoffed. âi had to make up for the four years of peace and quiet i'm about to lose now that you're back to annoy me.â
behind you, caleb let out a bright, boyish laughâthe kind of chesty sound that filled the entire room and made him look exactly like the sixteen-year-old boy you grew up with.Â
âyeah, yeah, keep talking...â chuckling, he wipes his sweaty brow with the back of his forearm. he leaned closer to the table, his eyes shining with a sudden eager spark. âhey, are you free tomorrow? they opened that new amusement park by the bypass road while i was gone. i was thinking we could go. just the two of us, like old times.â
you raised the glass to your lips, using the movement to buy yourself time as his words settled heavily in your stomach. like old times. but it wouldn't be like old times. not with him looking like this, and certainly not with a nursing student waiting for him up north.
you set the glass down on the counter with a soft click, wiping your mouth with the back of your hand before looking at him. âcan't tomorrow. i already have somewhere to go with a friend.â
âa friend?â his brow furrowed, a deep line cutting between his eyes as he stared at you. âsince when did you choose a friend over me?â
the confusion on his face was almost comical, because it was a look you knew intimatelyâthe look caleb gave whenever the universe didn't bend to his precise specifications. it was intensely ironic, a hypocritical double standard that made you want to scream. he could go off to the city, rebuild his entire life, and find a nursing student to court, but the second you had a life outside of this gravel driveway, the rules suddenly changed?
âjust a friend from state u.â you said airily, turning on your heel and walking out of the kitchen. âyou're not the only one who got a change of scenery, caleb. iâm all grown up now. i actually have a life and people outside of this house.â
you hear the heavy, silent thud of his bare feet following you, the sheer mass of him trailing you into the small living room like a shadow you couldn't shake. you threw yourself onto the worn-out fabric of the sofa, grabbing the dusty remote control to click the television on.
instead of sitting down on the opposite armchair, caleb came to a halt right at the edge of the sofa, looming over you. he crossed his arms over his bare chest, his shadow completely blocking out the remaining amber light of the sunlight.
âi'm serious,â he muttered, carrying that infuriatingly paternal tone he used whenever he wanted to control a situation. âdon't go hanging out with people alone just that easily. you're too trusting. the city might be a mess, but the town isn't exactly a sanctuary either. shit is unpredictable, and people have motives.â
you let out an incredulous laugh, snapping your head up to look at him.Â
âyou should know that if youâre a grown up as you claim to be.â caleb added.
you raised a single eyebrow, your lips curling into a mocking smile. âwhat are you implying, then? that you still need to protect me? that i can't handle a simple afternoon coffee without my big, strong gege holding my hand?â
calebâs eyes narrowed, a dark glint flickering in his irises. âshould i not? just because we were apart for a couple of years doesn't mean you get to be careless. you've always been too stubborn for your own good.â
âyeah, well, you should not.â you scoffed, rolling your eyes as you turned your attention back to the television screen, where a loud game show was playing to an empty audience. âi'm [age] years old, caleb. i am quite literally not a kid anymore. so stop acting like a hypocrite when you're the one whoââ
âletâs test that theory.â
before the breath could even leave your lungs, the cushion beside you sank violently. caleb lunged forward with a terrifying fluidity that you had never seen from him before. your brain didn't even have time to process the movement before the heavy, solid weight of his knees dug brutally into the foam of the sofa, effectively pinning the fabric down on either side of your hips.
in a fraction of a second, you were completely trapped. he had closed the distance so aggressively that you were locked between his thighs, his massive shirtless chest looming inches from your face.
âwaitâwhat the hell!â you gasped, your hands flying up in a knee-jerk reaction to push him back, but caleb's hands shot forward, his fingers wrapping around your wrists with an unyielding grip. he didn't squeeze enough to hurt, but the absolute finality of his hold made it clear you weren't going anywhere. a slow incredibly wicked smirk spread across his lips then.
âsee?â caleb murmured, leaning down just an inch closer, his hot breath fanning across your cheeks, smelling faintly of the mint gum he'd been chewing. âyou couldn't even move before i did this. you can't even defend yourself, you silly girl. that means you still need me to protect you.â
up close, the heat radiating off his bare skin was intoxicating, a musky warmth that seemed to fill your entire throat. you could see the tiny pulse point fluttering at the base of his neck, right above where his silver dogtags hung, dangling loosely and brushing against your collarbone.
âyou're a cheater,â you hissed. âthis is a cheap shot!â
âit's a reality check,â his grip on your wrists tightened just a fraction, a wordless challenge. âtell you what. if you manage to dislodge meâif you can actually get out from under me right nowâthen i'll let myself believe that you aren't a kid anymore. i'll let you go on your little date tomorrow without a single word.â
âit's not a date!â you yelled, the denial tearing out of you with a sudden heat. alright, if a game of strength was what he wanted to play to prove his stupid, masculine dominance, you were going to give it to him. you knew caleb. you knew how he moved, or at least, you thought you did.
âand fine. if that's what you want, you're going to get it.â
with a swift movement, you bucked your hips upward, twisting your wrists sharply against the grain of his thumbsâa self-defense trick he had ironically taught you himself when you were fifteen. the sudden, biting leverage worked; caleb's grip slipped, his hands sliding off your skin with a faint gasp of surprise.
âha!â you celebrated, a triumphant grin breaking across your face as you immediately reached up, your palms slamming against his broad bare shoulders to shove him off the couch.
but you had vastly underestimated your gege.
before your arms could fully extend to deliver the push, caleb utilized your own momentum against you. leaning his entire weight forward, his chest slammed into yours, knocking the wind right out of your lungs as he drove your back deep into the cushions. in the same breath, his hands caught your forearms mid-air, pinning them flat against the back of the sofa.
a loud, frustrated groan escaped your throat as your knuckles hit the fabric.
âyou're cheating!â you wheezed, your legs twisting beneath his thighs, trying to find some purchase, some leverage to kick him off, but his lower body was like an anchor. âcaleb, let go! in a game like this, you obviously have the advantage, you giant idiot!â
âi told you,â caleb chuckled, his chest vibrating directly against yours. the sensation of his hard pectoral muscles pressing into your softness was a sudden jolt that made your entire body go completely rigid. âthose flight drills aren't just for show. you're slow, pips. you're losing your touch.â
âi am not slow!â you argued as you thrashed beneath him. you tried to wrench your left arm free, but caleb simply slid his fingers down to lace tightly through yours, pinning your hand flat against the sofa pillow.
every time you writhed to escape him, your bodies rubbed together in a way that made your skin feel like it was on fire. the friction of his denim jeans against your bare legs, the heavy slide of his chest against yours, the tight, hot grip of his fingers tangled in yoursâit was completely overwhelming. caleb had stopped laughing. his breath was coming in shorter, heavier gasps now, his chest rising and falling in a ragged rhythm that mirrored your own frantic respiration.
âlet... me... go,â you panted, but he stayed hovering over you, his broad shoulders completely blocking out the rest of the living room, effectively reducing your entire universe to just him. his gaze dragged slowly down from your eyes, lingering on your parted lips, before rising back up to look into your pupils with a hunger that had absolutely nothing to do with a childhood bond.Â
âmake me.â
his hips shifted just a fraction, a subtle pressure against yours that made your heart completely halt in your chest. âtell me you don't need me anymore. say it like you mean it, and maybe i'll think about letting you up.â
if you couldn't get him off of you with pure physical force, then you might as well use your words. you needed a distraction, something so inherently mundane and unsexy.
you swallowed hard.
âcaleb,â you muttered, your voice hesitant. âi... i need to pee.â
caleb blinked.Â
for a second, he just stared at you, his chest still rising and falling raggedly against yours. then, slowly, he began to relax the iron grip on your wrists, gently pushing his torso back to give you some breathing room.
is it working? a tiny sigh of relief bubbled in your chest. that worked, didn't it?
âhold it in.â
your eyes widened instantly. the sigh of relief died in your throat. what the fuck?!
you gasped inaudibly, your body going completely rigid all over again. instead of getting off the couch like a normal person, caleb simply shifted his weight above you. he let go of your hands entirely, but he just slid his knees slightly to the side, repositioning himself so he was hovering over you at a slight angle.
âdo you remember when we were younger? whenever you felt like peeing, what did i make you do?â
your face burned a furious, hot crimson. you knew exactly what he was talking about. back when you were a pre-teen, you had a lot of difficulty with thatâa stubborn, painful urinary retention issue that made you miserable during long car rides or summer afternoons. caleb, being the overprotective problem-solving idiot he was, had researched it in some random medical forum and forced a habit on you: he made you press firmly on your lower abdomen, right above the bladder, hold it tightly for ten seconds to stimulate the muscles, and then rush to the bathroom to let it out. it always worked.
but that was when you were kids.Â
doing that right now, with a shirtless muscular caleb hovering right between your thighs, felt entirely indecent. the innocent childhood routine had suddenly been warped into something thick with a strange intimacy...
âwhat the fuck?â you cussed under your breath, your voice shaking as you glared at him. âlet me up, caleb. i'm serious.â
caleb didn't react to the swearing. his expression remained entirely unbothered, his jaw ticking slightly as he stared down at your flushed face. he was completely serious.
âhold it in,â he repeated. âthen press on it with your hand for ten seconds.â he paused, his eyes narrowing as he scanned your face. âunless... you don't have difficulty with it anymore? you can just do it without the routine now?â
to be honest, you still had that exact same problem. the childhood difficulty hadn't magically disappeared, and the trick caleb had drilled into you was a literal physical habit you had been doing ever since. it was a secret piece of your daily life that still belonged to him, even after four years apart.
but you couldn't bring yourself to speak. you remained completely speechless, your lips parted.Â
caleb studied your silence for a beat longer, the corner of his mouth twitching with a shadow of that knowing smirk.
ânevermind.âÂ
he suddenly slid his legs off the sofa and stood back up to his full height. the sudden rush of cool air where his body had just been made you feel instantly cold, exposed. caleb reached down, casually ruffling your messy hair with a quick hand, before turning on his heel.
âi should go back to fixing the sink back there before granny gets home,â he walked beyond the living room threshold, his bare feet padding softly against the wood. âgo pee, pips,â he called out over his shoulder before his voice faded into the kitchen.
now you were left lying there on the cushions, entirely silent.
â
the next morning brought no relief from the heat; if anything, the humidity had thickened overnight, settling over the house like a damp woolen blanket by eight oâclock. you woke up with your skin already tacky, your hair plastered to the nape of your neck, and your mind instantly pivoting to the afternoon ahead. today was the day you were supposed to meet your friend from state u at the town plaza, and the mere thought of sitting in a crowded bus while looking unwashed was enough to make you drag your feet out of bed with a sense of urgency.
grabbing your clean clothes and a towel, you padded barefoot into the indoor bathroom, ready to submerge yourself in the shock of cold water. you twisted the plastic knob of the shower faucet.
nothing.
not even a rusty trickle.Â
you frowned, turning it all the way until the plastic creaked, but the pipes only answered with a mocking hiss.
ugh, caleb.
he had been elbow-deep in the plumbing just yesterday evening, claiming he was deep-cleaning and repairing the lines, and now the entire bathroom was bone-dry. he had probably shut off the main valve or misaligned the pressure tubes with his supposed logistical training.
with a frustrated huff, you realized your choices were entirely limited. you couldn't wait for granny to get back from the market to fix it, and you certainly weren't going to knock on calebâs bedroom door to ask him for a favor after the suffocating display on the living room sofa.
there was only one alternative.
you shed your clothes and reached for a thin cotton sarong with a batik pattern that had grown incredibly soft from years of granny running it through the wash. you wrapped the fabric tight around your chest, tucking the edge securely over your breasts, and gathered your shampoo, soap, and a plastic basin.Â
if the modern plumbing was compromised, youâd have to do it the old-fashioned way.
the backyard was a secluded narrow strip of land shielded from the neighbors by a dense, unruly wall of trees and overgrown leaves. tucked into the furthest corner, sitting on a moss-slick concrete slab, was the old manual pump-well. the heavy iron looked ancient, its dark blue paint peeling away to reveal patches of orange rust, a relic from your childhood that hadn't been fully utilized since granny got the indoor electric pump installed years ago.
you set your basin down on the concrete and approached the pump, wrapping your fingers around the long iron handle.
you pushed down, and the lever didn't even budge.
âhnggggh!â you tried again, putting your entire weight into it, your slippers sliding slightly on the mossy concrete as you forced the iron arm upward to prime the cylinder. a screeching groan echoed from the metal throat of the pump, a sound so loud it felt like it was tearing through the quiet morning. your breath caught, your chest heaving against the tight tuck of the sarong as you pumped frantically, trying to coax the groundwater up through the dry valves. a bead of sweat rolled down from your temple, tracing a hot line down your neck as you struggled, your face flushing with a mix of physical exertion and mounting frustration.
âyou're going to break your back doing it like that.â
your hands froze on the lever as you whipped your head around, your heart doing a sudden flip against your ribs that had absolutely nothing to do with the heavy lifting.
woah.
caleb looked like he had just walked straight out of a sports commercialâwearing a gray athletic tank top that clung to the damp contours of his chest and black gym shorts that showed off the lean, powerful definition of his thighs. his skin was flushed a warm pink, covered in a fine glistening sheen of sweat with a white towel slung carelessly around his neck.
he took a slow step into your space, his eyes tracking the frantic rise and fall of your chest beneath the thin cotton fabric of the sarong. his gaze flicked from your flushed cheeks, down to your strained shoulders, and finally settled on the rusted handle of the pump-well.
âjust got back from a five-kilometer loop around the bypass road,â he tilted his head, a small smirk beginning to tug at the corner of his lips as he took in your disheveled state. âand i come back to find my pipsqueak fighting a piece of old iron. let me guessâthe bathroom pipes aren't cooperating?â
âyeah, because of you.âÂ
you pointed an accusing finger at his chest. âyou were the one messing with the plumbing yesterday, caleb. i don't know what kind of aerospace engineering logic you applied to grannyâs bathroom, but it's completely dry. so yes, the pipes aren't cooperating because you broke them.â
caleb didn't even have the decency to look guilty.Â
he just stood there, the corner of his mouth twitching upward into an intensely sarcastic smile that made you want to kick his shins. he listened to your scolding with an amused quiet indulgence, like he was watching a small kitten hiss at him through a window.
how annoying.Â
he didn't even offer an excuse. instead, he took a sudden step forward into your space. âcalm down, let me help you.â
instinctively, your heels slid back against the mossy concrete, your arms crossing tightly over the knot of your sarong to keep it secure against your chest. but caleb wasn't looking at youânot yet. his eyes were on the rusted blue lever. he brushed past you, his sun-warmed shoulder cutting through your personal bubble, and wrapped his large hand around the iron handle right where yours had been just seconds ago.
and within two pumps, a thick gushing stream of crystal-clear groundwater burst from the spout, splashing loudly into the plastic basin below.
it was going alright now, thankfully.Â
you stood a step back, your tongue tucked behind your teeth as you tried to look anywhere but at him. but you couldn't help it. your eyes inevitably traced the flexion of his bicep every time he pulled the lever.
and thenâsplat!
caleb pushed the lever down too fast, and a full burst of water caught the edge of the basin, ricocheting straight up and hitting you square in the face.
âhey!â the freezing groundwater immediately drenched your forehead, eyelashes, and cheeks, running down the front of your neck and soaking the top line of your cotton sarong.
caleb froze instantly. the sarcastic smirk vanished from his face, replaced by a sudden wide-eyed look of genuine panic. âohâoops, i'm sorry,â he frantically dropped the iron handle and reached out with both hands, his white gym towel already bunching in his fingers. âi didn't mean to torque it that hard. are you okay? did it get in your nose?â
as a payback, you didn't even give him the chance to wipe your face. before he could step closer with the towel, you lunged downward, scooping a palmful of the freezing water straight out of the filled basin and throwing it upward with a vindictive flick of your wrist.
splat!
the water slapped caleb right across the jaw and eyes, head snapping back in surprise before he shook it aggressively from side to sideâexactly like a wet golden retriever trying to shake off a bathâsending a spray of droplets flying from the wet strands of his hair.
he wiped his eyes with the back of his hand, a boyish grin breaking through his wet features.
âserves you right.â
âalright, fair enough,â he chuckled, his voice dropping back into that rumbling cadence as he looked down at you.
then, his eyes flicked past your shoulder, landing on the small plastic tray sitting on the concrete slabâthe bottle of shampoo, the bar of soap, and the clean towel you had neatly laid out.Â
âso,â caleb leaned one hand against the cool iron body of the pump, his gaze tracking a slow line from the soap back up to your wet face. âare you getting all washed up and pretty for that day out with your friend?â
you lifted your chin, âyup, i am.â
calebâs grin hardened, freezing into a rigid imitation of a smile that didn't reach his eyes.
the silence of the backyard rushed back in, thick and suffocating, punctuated only by the rhythmic drip... drip... drip of the water from the spout into the overflowing basin.
âright,â his eyes tracked a slow path down to the wet fabric of your sarong. the thin cotton had absorbed the splash, turning translucent where it clung tightly to the curve of your chest and the dip of your waist. âthe friend from state u. the one you walk home with?â
âjavi,â you reached up, squeezing the excess water out of your hair strands, letting the drops splash onto the concrete between your feet. âwe're going to the plaza. he wants to check out this old second-hand bookstore, and then we're getting dinner.â
âdinner?â caleb repeated, the word sounding flat, heavy, like a stone dropped into mud. âsounds like a lot of effort for a casual classmate.â
âhe's not just a classmate, caleb. he's my best friend at university,â you stepped forward, intending to pick up your shampoo bottle, but caleb didn't move an inch. his broad shoulder remained firmly in your line of sight. ânow, if you're done breaking things and splashing me, can you continue pumping the water so i can actually wash my hair? i'm going to be late.â
caleb looked at you for a long unreadable beat. then, a familiar smirk began to pull at the corner of his lipsâbut it was different this time. it was the calculating version of his smile, the one he wore right before he flipped a chessboard.
âsure, anything for my pipsqueak.â
he reached down, wrapping his fingers around the iron handle again, and began to pump. but he didn't do it quickly. he did it with a slow, agonizingly steady rhythm.
âyou know, it's just a bit funny. four years away, and the first thing you do when i get back is run off to the city with some guy iâve never met. makes a guy feel a little replaced.â
âyou weren't replaced,â you muttered, leaning over the basin to scoop up some water to wet your hair, the movement causing your sarong to stretch tight across your back. âyou left. there's a difference. you went to the academy, you got your own life, your own barracks... your own nursing student.â
the words slipped out before you could stop them, bitter and sharp.
âwhat did you say?âÂ
âi said you have your own life,â you repeated stubbornly, forcing yourself to straighten up and look him in the eye. âso don't act like i'm the one breaking rules here. go save your overprotective routine for the girl from the nursing college. she's... the one you're planning to court, right?â
the iron handle came to a sudden dead stop.
the water ceased its gushing, reducing to a trickling stream that dripped lazily into the basin.Â
instead of shooting back with a witty remark, caleb simply averted his gaze. his long eyelashes fluttered as he blinked rapidly, his eyes tracking a random crack on the wet concrete slab. for the first time since he stepped out of that terminal, he looked... guilty.Â
almost... shameful?
âwhat, lost your tongue?â you straightened up from the basin, squeezing the wet fabric of your sarong tighter over your chest.Â
âyou stand here lecturing me about hanging out with a friend, acting like youâre still my overprotectiveâugh, i don't even know, when youâre literally planning to bring a new girl home next semester.â you purse your lips together, but it's too late to stop now. âyou're such a hypocrite, caleb. go save your little 'hold it in' routines and your grand muscle displays for your precious nursing student. see if she actually tolerates your stupid, suffocating mind games, because frankly, i am so sick of hearing about how much you're moving on while i'm just supposed to sit here andââ
you cut yourself off, the words freezing in your throat. your heart did a violent terrifying drop into your stomach.Â
fuck.
you had just said entirely too much. the stinging venom in your voice hadn't sounded like a childhood best friend being annoyed; it had sounded like a deeply bitter jealous girl who was bleeding all over the concrete.
caleb's head snapped back up. the guilt in his eyes vanished, replaced by a sudden wide-eyed look of absolute shock. he swallowed hard, his adam's apple bobbing sharply as he stared at your face.
âthere... is no nursing student,âÂ
you paused. âhuh?â
âi-i made her up,â caleb admitted.
âi invented her the exact second i got into the car yesterday. because you were looking at me like i was just a distant cousin.â he takes a deep breath, eyes wandering away while he furrowed his eyebrows. âyou were so casual, so polite, talking about your university and your blockmates like my four years away didn't even matter to you. i got... i got terrified. i thought you completely outgrew me.â
and then, his eyes went back to yours. âi've never even had the thought to get a girlfriend. i haven't looked at another girl that way since the day i left this hometown.â
you stood frozen in utter surprise, your mind completely blanking out. what the hell? your hands numbed against the cotton of your sarong, your mouth opening slightly but no sound coming out. how were you even supposed to react to that? the chess piece you thought he was playing to move on from you was nothing but a sick desperate lie to get a reaction out of you...
caleb let out a ragged sigh, a bitter self-deprecating chuckle rumbled deep in his bare chest. he looked down at his own wet gym shoes, shaking his head. âi'm such an idiot. i spent four actual years up at that academy staring at flight panels, thinking about nothing else other than coming back home to this house, to you... and just holding you in my arms all over again. but gideon's right. college really did a number on us. you have your own world now.â
he looked you straight in the eye then, his irises dark, intense, and swimming with a vulnerability that completely stripped him bare. âand i just... i missedââ
he stopped himself mid-sentence.Â
his jaw tensed, eyelids blinking rapidly as a sudden crimson blush bloomed furiously across his cheeks and spread down to his neck. he bit his lower lip, tearing his gaze away from your face and looking out toward the dense wall of trees.
your heart was now hammering so violently against your ribs you were certain he could see it lifting the thin fabric of your sarong.
âi was scared too,â you whispered, breaking the quiet before you could lose your nerve.
calebâs head snapped back toward you, his eyes wide.
and you clenched your own fists against your thighs, keeping your eyes trained firmly on the concrete between your feet, too shy to meet his gaze. âthe only reason i was acting like that in the car... was because i thought you came back as a stranger. you got so big, and you looked so different, and then you started talking about that girl... and i just thought you didn't need me anymore.â you swallowed the lump in your throat.Â
âall this time, caleb... i missed you. so much.â
there it was, laid out in the open.
calebâs eyes widened in absolute awe, his breath catching so loudly in his throat it sounded like a gasp. he could do nothing else but to stare down at you, his chest heaving silently beneath his gray tank top.
but thenâshreek!
the metal screech of the front gates swinging open suddenly cut through the heavy quiet, the sharp sound making the both of you flinch and snap your heads toward the driveway at the exact same time.
that must be granny.
just like that, your confession was left hanging in the damp morning air, completely cut off as you both went inside the house with granny's slow footsteps shuffling into view. she was carrying two heavy plastic bags filled with mangoes and avocadoes from the early market, her small frame leaning slightly to the side from the weight.
âoh, you're both awake,â granny mumbled, her voice carrying its usual sleepy cadence.
without a word, caleb fell back into his dutiful grandson role, though his face was still flushed a light pink.Â
he stepped away from you, his large frame moving quickly to take the heavy bags from her hands. you swallowed the lump in your throat and followed him into the kitchen, desperately trying to smooth down the edges of your cotton sarong so you didn't look as completely disheveled as you felt.
the two of you stood by the kitchen counter, casually helping her arrange the fruits into the wicker basket. every time your fingers accidentally brushed against his while reaching for a mango, an awkward jolt went straight up your arm.Â
granny paused, placing a hand on her hip as she looked at you funnily. âwhy do you have a sarong on this early? and your hair is wet.â
âthe bathroom pipes aren't working, granny,â you explained quickly, your voice a little too high. âi was trying to use the pump-well outside.â
âah, that old thing,â granny sighed, shaking her head and failing to notice the suffocating tension between you and caleb. âcaleb, i told you to fix that last night. look what you did to your sister.â
caleb didn't say anything, just let out a small hum, his throat bobbing as he placed the last avocado in the basket.
âwell, i'm quite tired from the walk,â granny rubs her lower back as she turned toward the stairs. âi'm going to take a short nap. caleb, come upstairs for a bit and help me find my maintenance meds in the cabinet. my eyes are too blurry today.â
âyes, gran. i'll be right up,â caleb replied without a single second of hesitation.
he finally turned his head to look at you as granny started her slow climb up the wooden steps. his eyes were still heavy with everything you both had just admitted out by the well, but he couldn't stay. he gave you one unreadable look before turning on his heel, his broad back disappearing up the staircase behind her.
and then, you were just standing there alone in the quiet kitchen.
in a wet sarong. without a proper bath.
fuck's sake.
you let out a long breath, your shoulders slumping as the reality of the situation hit you. your skin felt sticky from the groundwater, your hair was damp and tangled, and you were supposed to meet javi at the plaza later. with the bathroom completely dry and caleb occupied upstairs, a real shower was out of the question now.
muttering a curse under your breath, you walked back to your room, peeling the damp translucent cotton off your skin. you were forced to just wipe yourself down with a dry towel and change back into your casual home clothes.
knock. knock.
âyou in there?â
calebâs voice bled through the thin wood of the door, the sudden wrap of knuckles against your bedroom  making you jump half a foot in the air. you quickly smoothed down the front of your fresh t-shirt, took a shaky breath to steady the frantic drumming in your chest, and pulled the door open.
caleb had finally put on a new shirtâa slightly faded black tee that somehow made his broad shoulders look even more intimidating in the cramped hallwayâbut he was standing there completely awkwardly. his hands were shoved deep into his gym shorts pockets, his elbows jutting out slightly, and he was deliberately looking at a framed vintage cross-stitch on the wall instead of looking at you. a faint, lingering trace of that dark crimson blush was still dusting the tips of his ears.
âuh, yeah?âÂ
caleb cleared his throat, his adam's apple bobbing before he finally shifted his gaze down to meet your eyes.
âgranny... uh, gran told me to get the bathroom pipes sorted before she wakes up from her nap,â caleb muttered as he rubbed the back of his neck with one hand. âshe said since i was the one who messed them up, i have to fix them right now. but i... i need an extra pair of hands to hold the wrench from the other side of the basin valve.â
he paused, his eyes searching yours with a quiet hesitant look.
âcome help me, please?â
â
the bathroom felt smaller than it ever had before.Â
you stood right over him, bare feet pressed against the cool porcelain of the floorboards, holding a heavy roll of teflon tape and a pair of rusted pliers in your hands. caleb was sitting flat on the floor, his long legs bent awkwardly in the tight space between the toilet bowl and the lower basin cabinetry.
neither of you spoke.
every rustle of his clothing, every heavy breath he exhaled, and every metallic click of his wrench against the pipe joint sounded like a damn gunshot in the cramped room.
your thumb kept sliding over the screen of your phone, lighting up the lock screen to check the digital clock. it was getting closer to the afternoon.Â
caleb noticed. even though his head was tucked beneath the porcelain basin, his shoulders went completely rigid the third time your phone screen illuminated the dim corner of the room.
then, the scraping sound of the wrench died out. caleb remained perfectly still for a long beat, his forehead resting lightly against the cold underside of the sink as if he were gathering a desperate amount of courage. slowly, he pulled himself back, his broad shoulders clearing the cabinet door as he looked up at you.
âare you...â caleb's voice cracked slightly before he cleared his throat, forcing the gravelly pitch down. âare you still going to the city with your friend?â he reached for the valve handle, his long fingers wrapping around the plastic knob with a hesitation that was entirely uncharacteristic of him.
the question was asked way too softly, way too hesitantly. he sounded small.
you froze, the roll of teflon tape slipping a fraction of an inch between your fingers. the truth was, the second those words had left your mouth by the backyard wellâthe second you had admitted that you spent four years missing him in the quiet of your bedroomâyou had already resolved to cancel the day out. you didn't want to go to the plaza. you didn't want to browse second-hand books or eat dinner across from javi while your skin was still burning from caleb's touch.
but as you looked down at calebâs upturned face, at the raw vulnerable waiting in his eyes...
âyes, i'm still going.â
why did you say it? you didn't even know. maybe it was a reflex, a desperate attempt to rebuild the walls he had so easily torn down out by the well. maybe you were terrified of what would happen if you stayed here alone with him while granny slept outside.
caleb didn't flare up. he didn't snap or offer a sarcastic remark. he just let out a low quiet hum, nodding his head twice as his eyes dropped back down to the plastic valve.
his reaction wasn't what you expected, and it made the hollow ache in your chest widen into something unbearable. what was supposed to happen now? were you both really going to sit here in the bathroom and pretend like you hadn't just shattered the childhood boundary? were you going to act like you hadn't confessed to missing him until it hurt?
âpips,â caleb said, his tone entirely too polite while he reached his hand upward without looking. âhand me the pliers. and... crawl down here for a second. i need you to hold the main pipe line steady while i tighten this last bolt, or the pressure's going to crack the plastic again.â
âokay,â you murmured instantly, doing exactly as you were told. you dropped the teflon tape onto the lid of the toilet and crouched down beside him.
the space was incredibly cramped.Â
caleb's position lied flat on his back on the bathroom floor. his head and shoulders are pushed completely inside the dark open cabinet space beneath the sink basin so he can reach the pipes. and because his legs are so long, the lower half of his body is sticking out.
âalright, look,â caleb muttered, his voice echoing hollowly against the underside of the sink. he pointed a long finger at the heavy gray intake pipe. âwhen i start turning the wrench on this coupling bolt, the whole pipe is gonna want to twist with it. if it twists too much, itâll snap the plastic threads inside the wall. i need you to take the pliers, clamp them onto the upper collar, and hold it perfectly still. think you can do that?â
and because you have to help him by holding a pipe that is also inside that dark cabinet, you'd have to lean your entire upper body over his chest while you crouched beside his hips and thighs.Â
âi'm not completely useless, caleb.â you whispered back.
ânever said you were,â he murmured, his eyes flickering up to meet yours beneath the sink. for a second, his gaze lingered on your lips, before he blinked and forced his attention back to the metal wrench in his hand. âalright. on three. one... two... three.â
you clamped the pliers onto the collar and squeezed with all your might. you could hear caleb grunting below you, biceps bunching as he threw his strength into turning the stubborn rusted bolt. but the second the wrench caught, your hand slipped on the grease-slicked metal. the pliers clattered loudly against the tiles, and the gray pipe twisted with a nasty screech.
âwait, wait! stop!â you gasped, your fingers scrambling to grab the tool again.
âyou're letting it turn!â caleb yelled, though it was more of a breathless panicked laugh than an actual scold. he had to throw his arm over your shoulder, his large hand coming down over yours to help you steady the pliers. âthere, hold it tight like that and squeeze!â
âi am squeezing! your hands are too big, you're blocking my grip!âÂ
âokay, okay, teamwork, remember?â caleb chuckled, his breath fanning across your neck. âlet me reposition. you hold the handle with both hands, and iâll just use raw force on the wrench. ready? go."
this time, you locked your fingers around the pliers, planting your heels firmly against the tiled floor and leaning your entire body weight into the tool to keep the line steady. caleb grunted again, a low sound deep in his throat, and with one shove of his arm, the rusted coupling bolt finally gave way, sliding smoothly into place with a satisfying click!
âis that it?â you panted, your knuckles white from gripping the pliers.
âuh, turn the valve. let's see.â
still hovering over him, you reached out and twisted the small plastic knob all the way to the left. for a second, there was a breathless silenceâand then, the hollow hiss in the walls was replaced by the rushing water. you both waited, eyes wide, staring at the joint.Â
not a single drop leaked out. it was perfectly, completely dry.
a breathless laugh then tore out of your chest before you could stop it. âwe actually did it!â
âgood job, pips.â caleb smiled, his hands coming up to clap against his thighs as he slid himself out from under the sink. âthis is exactly like that summer when we tried to build that stupid treehouse behind the old chapel. remember? you dropped the entire box of nails into the mud and blamed it on a stray dog.â a nostalgic smile broke across his face as he sat back on his heels.Â
you wiped the stray pools of water from the floor with an old rag, while caleb casually tossed the teflon tape and pliers back into his plastic toolbox. âbecause it was a stray dog! it barked at me and i got scared, and need i remind you who tried to use a literal rock because he forgot to bring a hammer?â
âhey, the rock worked for at least three planks,â caleb defended himself, catching the rag you threw at him with a grin, his eyes crinkling at the corners in that specific, beautiful way they always did when he was genuinely happy. âbesides, i was twelve. cut me some slack. at least i didn't cry when the roof fell through.â
âi did not cry because the roof fell, caleb, i cried because a caterpillar fell on my shoulder!â
âsame thing, baby. you were a total baby.â
âsays the guy who still can't sleep without a fan on because he thinks the darkness makes the room smaller,â you shot back, leaning your shoulder against the bathroom wall.
caleb paused, his grin softening into something incredibly tender, leaving behind the golden-boy warmth you had starved for over the last four years.
âi missed this.â he casually reached out, his long fingers gently tugging at a loose strand of your hair that had dried in a messy curl against your cheek. âi missed you making fun of me. the guys at the academy are too polite. itâs boring.â
âyeah?â your heart did that erratic skip against your ribs again as his thumb lightly brushed against the edge of your jawline. âwell... someone has to keep your ego in check.â
âexactly, can't have me flying planes with an oversized head, right?â
you finally stood up, your knees cracking slightly as you broke the spell of the small space.Â
âi'm gonna... i should probably check the kitchen. granny bought some fish earlier, so i'll start cooking lunch before she wakes up.â you murmured, keeping your voice light as you took a step toward the exit, your hand already reaching for the brass doorknob.
you didn't even get to wrap your fingers around the metal whenâ
thud.
a large palm slammed flat against the wood of the door right in front of your face, the sudden vibration rattling through the frame. you jumped in surprise, your breath catching sharply in your throat as you instinctively whirled around.
âdon't.â
caleb was looming directly over you, but it was the look on his face that made your heart stop. the boyish smile from seconds ago was entirely gone. instead, his features were twisted into a deeply troubled, desperate grimace.
âdon't go.â
you frowned. âwhat do you mean? i'm just going to the kitchenââÂ
âdon't go to the city today,â he interrupted, his tone shifting into something bolder as he stepped even closer, effectively trapping your smaller frame beneath his. âi only have two months here. that's it. sixty days before they drag me back to the barracks and put me back in a cockpit. so...âÂ
caleb hesitates, but he takes a deep breath.
âcan you just stay here? can you... spend every single day with me before i have to leave again?"
you stared up at him, your mouth parting slightly. fuck, you were blushing now. it must be so visible.Â
calebâs handâthe one planted firmly beside your headâslowly curled into a tight fist against the wood of the door. âit feels like i missed you a hell of a lot more than you missed me.â his voice dropped an octave, turning into a vulnerable murmur. âyou have no idea how many nights i spent staring at the ceiling of that concrete bunk, just waiting to see your face this close again.â
speechless, you could only look up at him, your mind completely short-circuiting under his honesty.Â
desperate to find some sort of anchor, desperate to make sense of the dizzying reality that calebâyour childhood friend that you should see as a brotherâwas practically begging for your attention, you swallowed hard and blurted out the first defensive defense your brain could manufacture.
âwhy didn't you get a girlfriend there?â you try, blinking rapidly as you struggled to maintain his gaze. âi mean it, caleb. you're... you're handsome, and you're well-built. itâs completely impossible that you didn't at least have girls trying to talk to you or court you up there.â
âwhy didn't i get one?â a slow smile broke through his troubled expression, his eyes glittering with a sudden amusement. he tilted his head down, his gaze dropping briefly to your small hands, before snapping back up to lock directly into your eyes.
âbecause... i prayed every single day. i closed my eyes at night and prayed that you wouldn't have a boyfriend by the time i got back.â you press your head further against the wood of the door, just when caleb nears his face close enough. âthe thought of another man touching what belongs to this house... what belongs to me... would really, deeply upset me."
he leaned down a fraction of an inch further, but then he suddenly breaks the proximity by pulling back.Â
âand... did you just say i'm handsome?â caleb smiled wider, his thumb trailing down the doorframe to lightly graze the very edge of your wet shoulder. âso... is that an admission? am i attractive to you?â
am i attractive to you?
your lips parted, but no sound came out.Â
the sheer audacity of himâshifting from a desperate aching boy to this dangerously confident creature in the span of a single breathâwas enough to make your throat go dry. you wanted to push him away, wanted to snap at him for using that rumbling tone on you, but you couldn't.
âyou're an idiot, caleb.âÂ
âthat's not an answer, pips.âÂ
he moved his hand from the doorframe, his fingers sliding slowly down the side of your neck. his palm was warm, a stark contrast to the chilled skin of your collarbone where the groundwater had soaked you earlier. his thumb found the frantic pulse point fluttering at the base of your throat, pressing just firmly enough to let you know he could feel exactly how much power he held over you in this room.
just outside, through the wooden slats of these walls, granny was sleeping. the knowledge that she was just at the other side of the roomâthat a single loud noise, a dropped tool, or a sharp gasp would shatter the quiet of the house...
âcaleb, stop,â you breathed, the protest losing all its teeth as your fingers instinctively curled into the fabric of his shirt, pulling him slightly closer instead of pushing him back. âgranny will...â
âi'm being quiet,â he whispered back, tilting his head until his lips were brushing the sensitive shell of your ear. âbut you're driving me crazy.â
a soft whimper caught in your throat, and caleb immediately swallowed it.
âhmghâ!â
you felt his hand sliding from your neck up to your jaw, tilting your face up as his lips came down to meet yours.
it wasn't the sweet, tentative kiss of childhood friends.Â
it was rather heavy, desperate, and laced with an aching hunger that had been rotting inside his chest for several months.Â
his lips pressed firm and unyielding against yours, demanding a response you had been starving to give. you let out a muffled gasp against his mouth, and caleb took total advantage of itâhis tongue slid past your teeth with a stroke that made your knees buckle.
you would have almost slid straight down the door if calebâs other arm hadn't instantly locked around your waist.
he hoisted you up, fingers digging into the flesh of your hips through your thin shorts, dragging your lower body flush against his. the solid weight of him was overwhelming; you could feel the hard contours of his thighs and the frantic rising and falling of his chest.
you wrapped your arms tightly around his neck, your fingers tangling into the short, damp strands of his hair, pulling him down further. you kissed him back with the same bitterness youâd been hoarding since he leftâpunishing him for the distance, for the nursing student lie, for the suffocating way he made you feel like you belonged to him even when he was hundreds of miles away.
your hands, tangled in the soft fabric of his black t-shirt, moved themselves to his shoulders, pushing against the stubborn muscle until he was forced to take a blind step backward. his heel caught against the base of the toilet, and with a muffled grunt, caleb sank down.Â
the plastic lid was securely closed, providing a seat that placed him directly beneath you, his knees spread wide to accommodate the sudden change in height.
you froze for a second, your breath hitching as you stood between his thighs. the sudden drop in his posture left you looking down at him, your hands still resting on his broad shoulders while he looked up at you through his eyelashes. you hesitated, your lower lip stinging from the friction of his mouth, and despite of it all, your mind kept on screaming that you were crossing a line you could never uncross.
but caleb didn't give you the chance to overthink it.
his hands reached up, palms slick with a light sheen of sweat as they wrapped firmly around the sides of your waist. with one heavy pull, he guided your hips forward. and then, your knees slid effortlessly over his thick, denim-clad thighs until you were completely straddling his lap.
âahââ
shit, this is such an intimate position!
the impact of your lower body hitting his thighs made a gasp slip from your throat, but caleb caught it instantly again. he surged upward, his mouth slamming back over yours to smother the sound before it could echo past the wooden door.
the kiss turned frantic, fueled by the weight of your body resting completely on his. it wasn't gentle anymore. calebâs tongue pushed deep, demanding and possessive, while his teeth lightly caught the flesh of your bottom lip, biting down just enough to make you whine into his mouth. you bit him back in retaliation, an instinctive nip that made a guttural vibration rumble deep in his chest. his hands moved from your waist, one sliding up to cup the back of your head, his fingers tangling roughly into your damp hair to hold your face exactly where he wanted it, while the other pressed flat against your lower back.
and then, without warning, your mind went entirely, terrifyingly blank.
a sudden rolling pressure moved beneath the thin fabric of your shorts. caleb arched his back just to grind his hips upward in a slow tilt that pressed the hard length of his arousal directly against your center.
then, a sharp jolt of pure heat shot straight up your spine, making your eyes flutter shut as your fingers clawed into the fabric of his shirt.Â
âcalebââ you gasped against his lips, trying to pull back just an inch to breathe.
âshh,â he breathed, his mouth instantly chasing yours, his lips brushing against your cheek, your jawline, before burying his face in the crook of your neck. his breathing was completely ragged, a suffocating thing against your collarbone. he didn't stop. his hand on your lower back moved down, a heavy palm pressing firmly against the base of your spine, and he ground his hips upward again, harder this time, forcing you to feel every single inch of how aroused he's just getting.Â
âplease,â caleb whispered into your skin, his voice cracking. âdon't move away. please... just let me feel you like this. iâm so tired of imagining it.â
âgranny will...â you whimpered, your head tilting back as his teeth lightly grazed the sensitive skin right beneath your ear. your hands were shaking against his shoulders, your lower body instinctively tilting into his next roll, a shameless surrender that made him let out a broken sigh. âcaleb, if she... if she hears us...â
âshe won't,â he muttered against your skin, his thumb digging firmly into your hip bone, locking you flush against him so there wasn't a single millimeter of space left between your bodies. he took a deep breath, his chest expanding hard against yours as he forced his movements to become agonizingly slow. âiâll be quiet. just stay. please... youâre right here, youâre finally right here...â
âi'm here,â you whispered breathlessly into his ear. âi'm right here.â
your skin was beginning to sting where it pressed against his. the agonizingly slow tilts of his hips couldn't stay slow for long.
without either of you consciously deciding it, the grinding turned into a drag of weight against weightâa quiet breathless dryhumping that sent waves of heat pooling directly between your thighs.
the fabric of your loose shorts and his heavy denim rubbed together with a soft, repetitive whisperâit was the only continuous sound in the small space besides the ragged, broken cadence of your breaths. calebâs hands were no longer just holding you; they were practically anchoring you to him. his long fingers buried into the flesh of your bum, pulling your pelvis down hard against his with every upward surge of his thighs.
âcalebââ
the name was clipped neatly from your tongue as he hitched his hips higher, a muffled whimper escaping your throat. you slapped a hand over your own mouth, your eyes widening in sheer panic as you stared at the bathroom door. the reminder of granny sleeping just down the hall felt like a wire wrapped tight around your throat.
caleb caught your wrist, gently pulling your hand away from your lips only to replace it with his own shoulder. âbite me,â he choked out a whisper. âbite the shirt. don't... don't make a sound.â
you didn't hesitate. you buried your face into the soft black cotton of his shoulder, your teeth sinking into the fabric as caleb let out a shuddering gasp.
he was a complete mess.Â
nothing more than a boy who looked thoroughly undone by your weight in his lap. a dark crimson blush had crawled all the way up his neck, blooming across his sharp cheekbones and turning the tips of his ears a burning pink. his long eyelashes were damp, fluttering rapidly as he kept his eyes squeezed shut.
every time your weight humped against his hard bulge, a whine would catch in his throat, a sound he desperately swallowed by burying his face into your hair.
you began to move with him, your hips rolling in a frantic rhythm that matched his pace, chasing the tight, coil of pleasure that was tightening in your stomach. this makes his fingers dig brutally into your hip bones.
âwaitâhey, wait,â he wheezed, his hips stuttering against yours as he tried to find his bearings. he was trembling beneath you, the muscles in his thighs and arms locked so tight they were vibrating. he opened his eyes, irises completely blown out, to look up at you. âyou're... if you move like that... i won't be able to stay quiet.â
âthen don't move,â you breathed against his neck, unable to stop humping him like a starving bunny.
âi can't,â he whispered back, a tear of sheer overstimulation tracing down his flushed temple. a soft, helpless whimper broke from his chest as his hips instinctively arched upward again, completely disregarding his own warning. he ground his lower body against yours in three quick, desperate, and torturously deep strokes, his head falling back against the porcelain tank as he fought a losing battle to keep his ragged groans silent inside.
âhow about...â you panted, âhow about we do this standing up? would that... would that make less noise?â
caleb's movements immediately stopped, his breath hitching sharply in his throat at the suggestion. he didn't answer with words; his large hands just tightened around your waist, and with a low grunt of exertion, he stood up, lifting you effortlessly off his lap before setting your feet firmly back onto the cool tile floor.
before your knees could buckle from the sudden rush of cold air, caleb's heavy palms guided you forward. you found yourself bending over the bathroom sink, your upper body lowering until your forearms were pressed flat against the cool, smooth porcelain basin...
right in front of the wide mirror.
seconds later, the towering weight of calebâs chest loomed against your back. he adjusted his stance, his long legs spreading slightly to frame yours, and then he crowded back into you. the thick ridge of his arousal aligned perfectly with your ass from behind, pressing hard against your thin cotton shorts.
he started moving again, but this angle... this angle was entirely different.Â
it was so much more exposing, so much more intense, because when you look up, your blurred vision collided directly with your reflection in the mirror.
you could see everything. you could see your own flushed breathless face, your lips swollen and wet from his kisses. and right behind you, caleb was a mess. his dark hair was thoroughly mussed, cheeks and neck burning with a furious blush.
with every thrust from him, the force of his hips sent a jolt of heat straight to your throbbing thing, making your hands slick against the porcelain as you gripped the edges of the sink for dear life.
âhngh...! calebââ
âshhâyou have to keep quiet,â caleb scrambled to scold you, but he sounded completely panicked, his breathing so loud and ragged it was a miracle granny couldn't hear it from outside. âgran's room is... it's literally right beside this. if you make a sound, i'm gonnaâwe're gonna get caught.â
even while trying to play the protective guide, his eyes shifted downward in the reflection. staring at your bent-down position, watching the way your body curved beneath his and how perfectly you took every push of his thighs, was enough to send caleb entirely over the edge. he went visibly harder against you, his long fingers trembling violently where they were clamped over your hip bones.
âgod, shitââ caleb choked out, his forehead dropping heavily against your shoulder blade, his chest heaving like heâd just run a marathon. his rhythm turned a little clumsy, a little too eager, his hips grinding up against you with an uncoordinated, desperate hunger that made your mind spin. âi... i don't even know what i'm doing. i almost... i can't believe this is real. you're actually here. you're really letting me do this.â
âcaleb, you're moving too fast,â you whimpered, your fingers slipping on the wet porcelain as he gave another firm, deep roll of his pelvis that made your thighs shake.
âi'm sorry, i'm sorry,â pressing a line of apologetic kisses along your shoulder blade, he consciously tried to slow himself down, his large hands squeezing your hips to steady the rhythm, though the intense blush on his face only deepened until his ears were practically purple. âis this better? like this?â
âyeah... yeah..â
suddenly, calebâs hands moved from your hips, his long fingers sliding beneath the hem of your shorts.
âhey,â he choked out. âi can't... i'm not staying behind these clothes anymore. i need to feel you.â
with a frantic uncoordinated rush of movement that was entirely fueled by a lack of control, he pulled your shorts and underwear down to your knees, managing to free himself from his gym shorts at the exact same time.Â
the sudden sensation of his bare, burning skin pressing against your uncovered backside made you gasp. âw-wait, caleb, what are yââ
he didn't wait. caleb guided the tip of his manhood to your entrance and pushed forward. with a slow, agonizingly thick surge, he slid completely inside of you.
the size of him filled you so entirely it took your breath away. your fingers clawed at the slick porcelain of the sink, your head dropping as a high broken whimper left your lips. caleb let out a long trembling groan against your shoulder, his chest heaving violently as he buried himself to the hilt.Â
âfuck, fuck!â
âbe quiet, caleb...â
âs-sorry, fuck.â a lazy smirk tugged at his lips in the reflection, his hands tightening on your waist. âsee? i told you nobody else could fit you like this. you're shaking.â
he buries his head into your hole much, much deeper. âdid you miss me this much?â
the teasing sting of his words, even now, made a surge of stubborn retaliation flare up in your chest. you didn't want him to see how completely undone you were. pulling your hands off the sink, you tried to straighten your spine and pull yourself forward, attempting to slide off his dick to break his rhythm.
it was the wrong move.
the sudden threat of losing you made caleb snap completely. his large hands locked around your hips like iron cuffs, yanked you violently backward, and thrusted into you with a force that was so deep and heavy it made your vision go entirely white.
âdon't run from me,â caleb gave another hard, bruising thrust that almost hit your womb, pinning you ruthlessly against the porcelain. his upper body slammed against your back, his face completely flushed a dark, furious crimson as he forced your head up. âlook at yourself in the mirror. look at what you're doing to me. look at how much of me is inside you right now.â
you couldn't even form words to respond. you were completely paralyzed by how big, how thick, and how utterly unrelenting he felt stretching you open from the inside. all you could do was grip the edges of the sink for dear life, your knuckles turning white as your body struggled to take his bare thighs slapping against yours.
yet, for all his dominant holding, caleb was a complete, crying mess.
every single time he shoved his hips forward, a pathetic little moan escaped his throatâsounds he tried so desperately to bite back, burying his face in your wet hair or chewing on his own bottom lip until it bled, utterly terrified of waking granny up outside.Â
âfuck, please,â caleb whimpered against your neck, penetrating you over and over again with each stroke making you cry out into your hand. he was trembling so hard the vibration traveled straight into your body. âcan we... can we do this every day? just until i leave again? please. tell me you'll let me do this to you every single day?â
you couldn't even answer him. you were too occupied, and quite literally occupied, by the way he's pounding against your ass.Â
he was driving into you, his pelvis slamming against your backside with a wet and heavy sound. it was too much. the fullness of him stretching you open was overwhelming, and as he bottomed out completely inside you for the third time in a row, the careful restraint in your throat shattered.
âaaangh~!â
before the sound could even fade, caleb's palm snapped upward to clamp firmly over your mouth. his long fingers wrapped tightly around your jaw, crushing your lips against your teeth and effectively smothering your next desperate gasp into a muffled whimper against his skin.
âi told you to stay quiet,â but even as he scolded you, his lower body didn't slow down for a single second. if anything, your loud reaction only drove him deeper into the edge, his hips pumping into you even faster. âyou're gonna wake her up. do you want gran to walk in here and see you like this? see what a bad girl you're being f'me?â
you were completely pathetic beneath him now. you couldn't breathe properly, you couldn't scream, and you couldn't pull away. all you could do was let out small broken whines against his palms, your tears wetting his fingers as your hips shook uncontrollably under the force of his penetration. you were nothing but a trembling, weeping toy for him to use.
âshit... oh god, shit, look at you,âÂ
followed by a groan, his entire body went rigid as he reached his breaking point. needing to get even deeper, to consume every remaining inch of you before he spilled, he reached down with his other hand and hooked it beneath your thigh. with one effortless pull, he lifted your leg up to force you to balance precariously on one foot while your knee was pinned up against his waist. âfuck, i'm so close,â
the new, devastatingly wide angle opened you up completely. it only allowed him to bury his entire length into you with a series of shoving that made your head snap back.
âdon't make a sound,â caleb choked out, his voice cracking into a crying whisper while he began to hammer into you with his hand pressing harder against your mouth. âkeep it in. take all of me right now. just take it.â
the final push of his hips sent your mind spiraling into absolute oblivion, your body tightening around his thickness in a series of violent, helpless spasms that milked him completely. caleb let out a sharp gasp against the crown of your head, his entire muscular frame going stiff as iron against your back. he knew he was at the absolute point of no return. even through the blinding fog of his climax, that ingrained discipline and the terrifying reality of the consequences cut through his thoughts.
with a sudden, desperate grunt of exertion, caleb grabbed your hip bone with bruising force and violently pulled himself out of you.
the abrupt sensation of emptiness made a choked sob rise in your throat, but before you could even register the loss, calebâs release hit you. he came in heavy thick spurts across your backside and the small of your lower back.
âoh, godâoh fuck, i'm coming, i'm coming,â caleb cried out, his voice completely fracturing into a loud mess. he couldn't even keep himself quiet anymore. âfuck, i love you, i love you so much. look at what you did to your caleb.âÂ
a crying whimper escaped his lips as the final waves of his orgasm racked his large body. his hand finally slid off your face, fingers trembling as he let go of your jaw, leaving your lips swollen and burning. instead, he dropped both of his heavy palms onto the curves of your hips. âlook at this fucking mess...â
meanwhile, your upper body remained slumped over the cool porcelain of the sink. your fingers were weakly splayed against the slick basin, completely devoid of any remaining strength. your knees were wobbling so much beneath your weight that the only thing keeping you from collapsing onto the tiled floor was the unyielding grip of caleb's hands on your waist.Â
slowly, calebâs heavy breathing began to level out, turning into shallow, ragged pants against the nape of your neck. he opened his eyes, staring down at the reflection in the wide glass mirror.
he could only stare at the mess in absolute awe. the sight of you bent over the sink, your shorts pushed down to your knees, your skin flushed a beautiful crimson and glistening with his thick, white fluids, looked like something straight out of the sinful dreams he had hoarded in his concrete barracks. it didn't feel real. the fact that he had actually touched you, filled you, and marked you like this inside his grandmotherâs house made his heart thump.
with a sigh, caleb leaned his entire weight forward, completely hugging you from behind. his broad chest pressed firmly against your back while his large arms wrapped securely around your waist to support your sagging frame. he buried his face into the side of your neck, inhaling your scent deeply as if he were trying to memorize it all over again.
âpipsqueak,â he whispered, his voice incredibly rough, gravelly. âhey... look at me. are you okay? did i hurt you?â
you let out a small whimper, your head shifting weakly against his shoulder as you managed to nod. âyes... i'm okay.â
caleb let out a breathy chuckle, and he tilted his head to press a soft kiss against your burning cheek. âdo you think we woke gran up?âÂ
you swallowed the dryness in your throat as you stared blankly at the porcelain basin. âi... i don't know, caleb. you were really loud at the end.â
caleb hummed, a lazy, satisfied sound as his thumbs lightly stroked the sensitive skin of your hip bones, soothing the small red marks his fingers had left behind.Â
âwell... if she's awake, she's probably just gonna think i'm clumsy and dropped the wrench again,â he murmured into your hair, his grip tightening just a fraction, pulling you closer into his warmth. âcome on. let's get you cleaned up. i'll wash you down, and then... i'll cook you that braised pork you love right now. the one with the sweet soy sauce and the star anise. how would that sound, pips?â
âthat sounds great, gege.â
caleb gulped at the nickname. âit's been a while since you used that on me,â his face breaks into a smile, and then he leans down to look at you in the eye instead of through the mirror. âwhat if you use that while we do it again tonight?â
The first mistake you made was using Reddit to find a roommate. The second was moving in with him anyway. Satoru Gojo is a gorgeous man and a terminally online incel who will explain exactly why a nice guy like him can't get a girlfriend.
When you decide to weaponize your hotness against his incel worldview, you expect to break him and his âalpha male" ideologies. You do not expect to spend a random evening getting your roommate's dick out of a stuck cock ring.
pairing: Gojo Satoru x reader
warnings: 18+ (mdni!!), explicit sexual content, afab!reader, modern AU, roommate AU, nerdjo, incel!gojo, virgin!gojo, oral (m and f receiving), piv, creampie, light degradation, praise kink, cum in hair, cum eating, cum-drunk, pussy-drunk, cock rings, fleshlights, improper use of hair tie, improper use of yogurt (accidentally ??), oil and fluids everywhere, itâs a bit disgusting, light choking, groping, big time copium from reader, secondhand embarrassment youâd die, reddit, incel stuff, crack treated seriously, fluff, smut, slow burn but the burn is just pure cringe
word count: 17k
The first mistake you made was using Reddit to find a roommate. Shouldâve been a red flag, really. The second was agreeing to meet the guy in person.
You walked into the coffee shop, scanning the midday crowd for someone who matched the description â twenty-something, remote-employed, appreciates a quiet living environment. You were expecting a tired grad student, maybe. Or some tech guy in a Patagonia fleece. Something like that.
Instead, you found a gorgeous, gorgeous looking man. And you were confident it was him, since there were exactly two men present â him, and some grandpa having his afternoon caffeine fix.
And the guy was, objectively and objectifyingly speaking, probably the prettiest guy you had ever laid your eyes on. Way too tall, way too broad, the messy hair and the cute glasses adding the je ne sais quoi of the hot nerd aesthetic you were simply too weak for. Even hunched over his phone like that, he looked aggressively cute. But, letâs be honest, you weren't exactly against a cheeky roommates-to-lovers situation, if you catch my drift.
You stopped dead in your tracks.Â
Oh no. Oh YES.
Your heart went thump thump thump! like crazy as you stood there, frozen between the door and the counter. Living with a man who looked like that was a direct threat to your peace. And his too, probably. You couldn't believe you had practically won a jackpot over freaking Reddit. And apparently Reddit was only full of weird people, as if. So you took a breath, adjusted your posture, and walked over.
But then the panic hit. Because someone who looked like that was probably bringing home a different girl every night. And youâd have to listen to the stupid Thump. Thump. Thump. of his bed through the thin drywall. Every single time.
Suck it and see, you never know, girl.
From his side of the table, Satoru had already run the numbers. His eyes tracked your movement the second you started walking over, assessing. You were cute, yes. Approachable hot, not intimidating hot. You didnât look like the type whoâd expect him to pay for everything or make fun of his personality. And most importantly â you had messaged him first on the housing thread.
That meant the dynamic was already set. You were practically already his. Why else would a girl willingly want to live with a man? The power balance was secured. Handled. Handed to him on a silver platter, just like all the podcasts had promised.
You slid into the booth across from him. "Satoru?"
"You're exactly two minutes and forty seconds late," Satoru announced, and you feared that wasn't a joke. He checked his phone screen. "Statistically speaking, women in their twenties are usually ten to fifteen minutes late to initial meetups to assert social dominance. Two minutes is almost negligible. I like the effort."
You stared at him. What the fuck. You hadn't even taken your jacket off yet.
"I got caught at a red light," you said slowly, furrowing your eyebrows and eyeing his hands. Why were they so big?
âRight. Variables.â Satoru nodded, looking way too serious about the whole thing. He leaned back, crossing his arms over his chest. âSo â I brought the lease agreement. As I mentioned, I have a 780 credit score and I want dishes done within twenty-four hours. To prevent breeding grounds for fruit flies.â He slid the keys across the table along with the papers, completely unprompted. âI assume you donât have a problem with basic hygiene? You shouldnât haveââ his eyes dragged over you, slow and sleazy, ââjudging by your appearance.â
You looked at the keys. Then at his stupidly pretty, already supremely annoying face.
Your brain was trying to throw up big red warning signs, but you really needed the space. It was cheap. Close to work. And youâd have to survive maybe a year or two before you could afford a one-bedroom on your own.
You go, girl.
âIâm clean,â you said, picking up the keys. You narrowed your eyes at him, trying to figure out exactly what brand of lunatic you were about to chain yourself to. âListen. Youâre not going to be weird, are you?â
Satoru tilted his head, genuinely confused. âDefine weird.â
You bit your lip.
There went those âquickâ two years of your life.
You already knew the answer. You already fucking knew. Time for some hard coping. Maybe this was just a phase. Maybe heâd snap out of it soon. Maybe heâd gone through a breakup and was just being salty. That was probably it.
And to be fair, the first few weeks werenât actually that weird. You were getting to know each other, learning how to exist in the same space. It was quiet, even. You wouldâve paid good money to keep it like that forever.
He mostly worked from his room, only came out for meals, did the dishes, and left you alone. He barely even talked to you, which shouldâve been suspicious, but you chose to ignore it. You started to think maybe youâd read him wrong at the cafĂŠ. Maybe the breakup theory was right. Maybe he was just having a weird day.
But spoiler alert â you couldnât have been more wrong.
Satoru had not gone through a bad breakup. You suspected he had never gone through any breakup at all ever. Once he got comfortable enough to drop the act, or perhaps as some calculated 4D chess move to trap you past the point of getting your deposit back, his true colors started showing.
Satoru didnât bring girls home. He didnât do any of the hot-man things youâd expected either. Instead, he spent most of his free time on Reddit, arguing with strangers about the state of modern dating, and why ânice guysâ were being chronically overlooked by society.
After about a month, it clicked.
This man was chronically, terminally online. And an incel on top of it all.
The rule of never judging a book by its cover confirmed itself in the most jarring way possible. Would say, you played yourself there girl, but who am I to judge.
It started with the staring. Youâd be sitting at the kitchen island in your sleep shirt, eating a bowl of Cheerios, and youâd look up to find him just⌠watching you. He never looked away when you caught him either. Heâd just blink those big, stupidly pretty blue eyes at you, gaze heavy and analytical, like he was trying to calculate your exact molecular structure. Which, in a way, he was. Carefully assessing the harmony of your facial features, exactly like the looksmaxxing subreddit had probably told him to.
You were always the one who had to look away first, your face feeling weirdly hot.
Then came the rants. Youâd come home from a brutal shift and collapse onto the couch, and Satoru would emerge from his room like clockwork. Heâd drop down next to you, eyes glued to his phone, and start talking like someone had asked.
âItâs basic hypergamy,â he announced one night, to absolutely no one. âMen are biologically disadvantaged in the modern dating sphere because of the top-twenty-percent rule.â
You didnât even look at him. You just kept staring at the TV and wondered how long you could keep nodding along before it would become suspicious.
And he would just keep going.
Spewing the most vile, stupid shit while you sat there, eyes flicking from the TV to him and back, nodding along because you genuinely did NOT care. Top twenty what percent? Wasnât he objectively in the top ten at least? What the hell was he even talking about? Every time you didnât answer, he probably took it as agreement. You just deadass had nothing to say to him.
Not because you lacked the energy to argue â though you kind of did, because talking to this manchild was like talking to a wall, and even that wouldâve been more productive â but mostly because you werenât even listening anymore. Youâd learned how to tune him out pretty quickly.
You were tolerating him. Thatâs what you told yourself. You were tolerating him, and it had nothing to do with the fact that ever since you first laid eyes on him, your brain had decided to revert to its most embarrassing caveman settings.
Like that one evening when you were walking down the hallway toward the kitchen and the bathroom door opened.
Satoru stepped out, dripping wet. White hair plastered to his forehead, water still running down his chest, wearing nothing but a towel slung dangerously low on his hips. You shamelessly followed his happy trail. The way the towel barely clung on his hips.
Your brain stalled at the sight of his pretty body and your mouth went dry. You reminded yourself why you were tolerating him. Then berated yourself for doing exactly what he did â objectifying.
But hey. What's better than an incel asshole? A hot incel asshole. That's what's better. Congratulations to you specifically, really found a rock between a sea of gems.
You thought you had it handled. White-knuckle your way through the lease. Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
And then you walked past his partially open bedroom door and heard him on Discord.
"Yeah, I mean, the living situation is okay," Satoru was saying, sounding so perfectly reasonable. You thought he was going to say something nice. What a good roommate she is, how glad he was to have you there.
"She's clean. And yeah, she's hot, but she's not like super hot hot where it's scary, you know? She's cute hot. Next door hot, pretty hot. Just my type, you know my type, dude. I can definitely work with that."
You froze in the hallway.
Your face did something that could only be described as a visual representation of what the fuck.
Cute hot. I can definitely work with that.
What does that even mean? You knew exactly what it meant, unfortunately. He wasn't just a weird roommate. He was a weird roommate actively running some kind of deranged, incel-fueled long game on you. Casually. Over Discord.Â
You quietly backed away, went to your room, locked the door, and screamed into your pillow.
It was not like your roommate was describing you like a property investment to someone over Discord while you were standing mere feet away.Â
You hated this. You hated him. And you hated yourself for having been even remotely apologetic about it, for feeling your heart skip a beat when he said just my type. Curse you and your completely stupid and irrational attraction to someone you should probably be filing a restraining order against! But god, he was so so cute. If he could just shut the fuck up, or get lobotomized, or something. You could take him to Claire's over the weekend?
But to his credit, and you could not fucking believe you were giving him even some credit at all right now, he was sometimes tolerable, heavy on the sometimes. The man never missed a rent payment. He scrubbed the bathtub weekly. He always bought the expensive brand of paper towels, the ones with the little flower pattern you liked.
Good roommate, structurally speaking. Nightmare, every other way.
And the attraction was just a proximity issue. Obviously. Everyone would have this problem. It would go away. His personality was ass. Soon enough you'd look at him and convince yourself his looks were ass too. Start acknowledging his hotness the way you acknowledged anything asexual.
It was totally fine. You were fine. He was just a guy. A guy who happened to look like a Final Fantasy character rendered in 4K, but still just a guy. A nice guy.
And work with that, he definitely did. Because he was fine too! Just not in any way he would ever admit to his Discord buddies.
Because doing it the normal way guys in their sexual prime do was completely fine. He was in his twenties, so naturally, his mind wandered a bit when his head hit the pillow with passing thoughts about the way your sleep shirt rode up your bare thigh. There was absolutely nothing wrong with getting off while thinking about someone! It was just the normal biological need the podcasts yapped about! It was healthy to be sexually active, even if his only active partner was his fist.
And if that happened to escalate into jerking off to a completely innocent Instagram picture and coming all over his phone screen while staring at your pixelated smile? Also completely normal! Everyone dealt with new living arrangements differently; someone screamed into their pillow, someone else was jerking off every time you got said person inexplicably hard! He couldn't be expected to live like a celibate monk when he was just a poor, horny guy trapped in an apartment with a gorgeous roommate who also happened to be exactly his type. He wasn't being a creep! He was just adapting to his environment.
Goddamn.
It wasn't fine. He wasn't fine, you weren't fine either.
But as the weeks dragged on, he started getting worse.
The passive-aggressive creepiness turned into passive-aggressive entitlement. He had decided, completely on his own, that the two of you were basically already together. You could feel it in the way he hovered. In the way he looked at you like he was waiting for something. Like a bill was coming due and he was just giving you time to find your wallet.
It started with the food.
Without any discussion, he started either making food for both of you or straight-up eating what youâd made for yourself. Like that was just the new normal now.
âSatoru, did you eat my food?â youâd ask, staring at the empty space in the fridge where your meal had been. The one youâd been looking forward to all day. And heâd just nod from the couch like it was the most normal, domestic thing in the world â not a direct violation of the rules youâd set when you moved in.
Or there was the night you came home completely drained, fully prepared to eat a sleeve of saltines and a bucket of ice cream for dinner, only to walk into the apartment smelling like garlic and roasted vegetables.
Satoru was actually at the stove, cooking. A rare sight â the man usually survived on takeout and DoorDash. And heâd used your expensive dried tomatoes. The ones youâd been saving for a special occasion. The ones youâd deliberately shoved to the back of the fridge so he wouldnât find them.
âMen in the kitchen are a rare sight, I know,â he said, not looking at you as he stirred, trying to look like the eighth world wonder. âBut I thought â what if I made pasta? Itâs the one my mom used to make. Figured Iâd make it for myself. Made a lot though, so⌠you can have some too, I guess.â
He was already plating a portion for you as he spoke, trying and failing to look casual while clearly nervous you wouldnât like it.
You watched him for a moment and felt something shift in your chest. You immediately labeled it as hunger and moved on.
He didnât ask if you liked it. He just assumed you would. And he was right, yeah you ate it, but that wasnât the point. The pasta wasnât even that good. Way too salty. But it sat warm in your belly, and you didnât have it in you to tell him the truth.
You thanked him for the meal but didnât acknowledge the grand gesture you hadnât agreed to in the first place. You didnât make conversation and went straight to do the dishes.
When you glanced back, he was watching you with that look again.
You looked away first.
And of course an incel like that would have opinions about your love life too.
Youâd been seeing someone â nothing serious, just a guy from Hinge. Two dates in, and you were still on the fence. He didnât make your heart do that stupid thump thump thump, and his hairline wasnât all that great either.
You made the mistake of mentioning a possible third date while making coffee, trying to have a normal, boring conversation about your respective lives.
âI think Iâm going to see him again on Saturday,â you said, mostly to your mug.
Satoru looked up from his phone. He was always on his phone doing gods know what.
"The architect guy?"
"Nah, I ghosted that one. Different guy."
A pause. He furrowed his eyebrows the way he did when he was assessing something. âHow many are there?â
You gave him a warning look.
"I'm just asking."
"And I'm not answering," you said, rolling your eyes.
He put his phone down, which was never a good sign. You turned back to the coffee machine.
âI just think,â he started.
âDonât,â you muttered, already regretting bringing it up.
"âthat you're not being strategic about this."
You turned back around, mentally preparing for what was about to come.
âAbout dating. Statistically speaking, cycling through too many low-value options in a short period of time actually decreases your own value. If you want to attract a high-value manââ
He didnât just mean men. He meant himself. Which, bless him, but also fuck him for putting it like that.
You stared at him for a moment, seriously considering yelling and throwing your mug at his stupidly symmetrical face.
âSatoru,â you said. âDid you just tell me Iâm getting ran-through?â
He opened his mouth, then immediately closed it. His ears went pink â he had probably clocked his own stupidity, apparently, which was a first.
"No! It's not â that's not what Iâ" he started, hands coming up like he was surrendering.
"Where did you even hear that phrase?"
"It's a concept fromâ"
"No." You held up a hand. "No, I don't want to know, actually. You just made me really upset."
You picked up your coffee and looked at him â standing there in his stupid nerdy sleep shirt, with his stupidly cute messy hair, genuinely confused about why this had gone wrong. Like he really thought youâd realize he was right and apologize on your knees for even mentioning other men.
You felt furious. Tired. And something else you werenât going to name.
You couldnât believe youâd ever imagined getting railed into oblivion by this man. Instead, you had to talk to him like he was a toddler. You had a feeling you were going to become a cautionary tale. A PSA about what happens when you move in with an incel.
You went on the date that Saturday anyway. It was fine. The guy was fine-ish â less fine after the weird-ass conversation youâd had with Satoru prior. You came home to find him on the couch, waiting. Expecting something. But neither of you said a word. You just went to your room, got into bed, and stared at the ceiling.
You were so fucking tired.
Tired of dates that were just fine. Tired of coming home to this. Tired of the whole thing.
So you cancelled the next one. And the one after that.
Men were mediocre anyway, you told yourself. You needed peace. You needed to stop cycling through low-value options â god, you couldnât believe that phrase was living rent-free in your head now. You were going to find whatever podcast invented it and send the hosts very ugly, very threatening email.
And maybe the apartment really was full of questionable worldviews, because somewhere between the sexual marketplace value speeches and his creepy behavior, you developed one of your own.
You became morbidly into the idea of breaking his incel resolve. Like youâd accidentally discovered a new kink.
Not even in a romantic way. More like youâd started writing a very questionable mental screenplay about dismantling him piece by piece. Watching the podcast rot leak out of him in real time. Making the incel guy want you so badly he forgot every subreddit he was joined in, until he was pathetic enough to cry at your feet â and you werenât even the dominant type!
Wasnât there a term for that? There had to be. Youâd read the fanfictions. Youâd read the think pieces. And every time youâd wondered why women did this to themselves.
Now you knew exactly why.
It was like disaster tourism. Some people went to Chernobyl for the thrill. Some people chased storms. You were simply built different.
Because when a man looked you in the eye and said shit like, âItâs actually been studied. Women who wear revealing clothing in domestic settings are subconsciously signaling availability to increase their mate value. Itâs an evolutionary response to competition,â and meant it â like he hadnât just dropped full Andrew Tate shit on a random Wednesday night â you werenât going to let it slide.
You were already stretched thin. And he was on very thin ice.
So you made a plan.
You were going to show him exactly what skimpy clothing did to a man like him. And you werenât going to think too hard about why this was probably the stupidest idea youâd had in a while.
Because who would voluntarily wear less clothes when they could just put on three more layers to prove a point?
You, apparently.
You dug out the shorts you hadnât worn since sophomore year. The ones that left half your ass out and the tank top that made your boobs look obscene. All to "prove a point."
Satoru was at the kitchen island when you walked in, like every morning.
You leaned against the counter, grabbed your yogurt from the fridge, and started eating your probiotic-balanced breakfast, like every morning.
He was still on his phone.
You were starting to think the plan had lowkey a flaw â mainly the part where he wasnât even looking at you â when he stood up and walked over to the sink to put his mug away.
He reached past you.
The mug hit the bottom of the sink with a loud clang as he stood frozen and way too close. Staring at you with his mouth slightly open, ears going pink in real time as the color crept up from his jaw. He was looking at you exactly how youâd hoped he would⌠and now that it was actually happening, your stomach did a stupid little flip.
You went to put the spoon back in your mouth.
But your hand missed and the spoonful of Activia went down your chin, down your neck, and disappeared between your tits.
Satoruâs eyes followed it the whole way. You felt your nipples tighten under the thin fabric as he stared. Then his gaze dragged back up, slow, before dropping to what you were wearing.
When he finally looked at your face again, his ears werenât just pink anymore. They were red.
âUh. Y-you have yogurt. On yourââ He gestured vaguely at your chest. ââon your b-boobs.â
You stared at him. He stared back â at your face, at your chest, at your legs, everywhere.
âYeah,â you said. âI noticed, âToru.â
You grabbed a paper towel and dragged it slowly down your neck, then slipped your other arm under your boobs to lift them higher, making the cleanup easier for you and significantly harder for him. You could tell by the way he was squirming.
He swallowed. A loud, audible gulp in the quiet kitchen. His Adamâs apple bobbed like it was trying to escape.
âRight. G-good â you cleaned it up. I-it was very messy,â he managed to get out, voice a full octave lower and cracking at the end. His eyes were half-lidded, ears still burning red.
Then he fled. He turned so fast he clipped his hip on the doorframe and didnât even react to the pain before disappearing down the hallway.
You felt victorious. Youâd fried his alpha-male-rotted brain. Youâd proven your point. You were the apex predator of this apartment!
But then you took a breath and noticed your hands were shaking.
Your nipples were still painfully hard against the thin fabric of your tank top. And there was a warm, insistent ache low in your belly, sending little shockwaves down to your toes.
Wait.
What the fuck.
You looked down at your chest, then at the empty doorway like he might still be there.
Why the hell were you horny?
You were supposed to be the disaster tourist here. You were supposed to be watching the meltdown from a safe distance. Disaster tourists didnât usually get turned on by the radiation. They didnât usually want the hazard to come back out of his room, pin them against the counter, and put his stupid big hands on their hips.
You threw the paper towel into the trash harder than necessary. It hit the side and did a pathetic little plop! pathetically to the floor.
You slammed your bedroom door and threw yourself onto the bed, burying your burning face in the pillows.
The plan had worked perfectly.
Even if you had to dig out your vibrator later just to make the weird tingling go away.
It was just a power trip. Just the adrenaline of winning. Thatâs all it was. Power trips made people horny. It was biology. It was science.
Take that, Satoru!
And oh, he took it.
Across the hallway, Satoru was melting into his mattress. A bruise was already forming where heâd slammed into the doorframe. The image of that yogurt dragging down between your tits was burned into his brain. He was throbbing, and it was fucking pathetic.
He tried jerking off like usual â fist tight, imagining you on your knees â but it wasnât enough anymore. Hadnât been for weeks, actually. His hand wasnât cutting it.
So he reached into the back of his bottom drawer and pulled out the silicone toy heâd bought recently. He was embarrassed, but too worked up to care. At least now he could pretend it was your tight pussy he was fucking into.
It was a new low. He knew it was a new low. But he did it anyway, eyes squeezed shut as he used the fleshlight, imagining you on top of him, under him, beside him â it didnât matter. Anything was better than coming on his own just from the memory of yogurt dripping down your skin.
But of course, once the post-nut clarity hit, he took the whole thing the completely wrong way.
Because really, what did you think was going to happen?
You thought parading around half-naked in front of a terminally online incel would make him fall to his knees and magically develop self-awareness?
No. Of course not.
He thought you did it on purpose. For him specifically.
And yeah, you did do it on purpose â just not for the reason he thought. You were trying to break his brain. Make a joke out of his worldview! Instead, all you did was make him hard for three days straight and give him a terrifying amount of hope.
It validated every single pseudo-scientific dating theory heâd ever read. In his mind, you werenât mocking him. You were submitting to his superior frame. You were âsignaling availability.â
You hadnât broken his incel resolve. Youâd accidentally reinforced it. Applause.
And now Satoru believed, with full Reddit-backed certainty, that he had won. Heâd played the long game. Heâd kept his alpha composure. And now the cute roommate in the tiny gym shorts was finally ready to yield.
And worst of all? He started being creepy on purpose.
Before, the hovering and staring had been unconscious. Now he was doing it with intention. It was time to âestablish physical dominanceâ and âbreak the touch barrier,â according to whatever the fuck forum thread heâd absorbed that week.Â
He started finding excuses to be near you â reaching past you for things he didnât need just to brush his chest against your shoulder, leaving you wrapped in his scent. Heâd sit too close on the couch, close enough that you could feel the heat coming off him.
And it was working. You hated that it was working.
Every time his hand brushed yours or his fingers grazed your waist, your skin broke out in goosebumps. You could feel yourself reacting to his nervous little attempts to mark his territory, and it was driving you insane.
You were sitting on the couch eating your well deserved Pad Thai straight out of the takeout box while a true-crime documentary played in the background.
Satoru emerged from his room, did his usual hover-routine like some awkward mating dance, and then sat down. Right next to you.
Without taking his eyes off the TV, he reached over and placed his hand on your bare thigh.
It was this weird twitchy movement between caress and a customs agent stamping a passport.
His fingers kept flexing like he was fighting the urge to either pull away or drag them higher. You sat frozen, staring down at his hand, silently daring it to move. Then mentally cursing yourself for even letting it happen in the first place.
A rush of heat flooded your chest and cheeks. It burned under his palm and shot straight down between your legs.
Ovulation. Itâs just ovulation.
"Satoru," you said slowly.Â
He was staring straight ahead at the TV, posture stiff as a board and he was even redder than you.
âWhat the hell are you doing?â
He flinched, yanking his hand back into his lap and hunching over. âN-nothing.â
He cleared his throat but didnât move away. His knee stayed pressed against yours. He took a breath, puffing his chest out as he tried to reclaim his âalphaâ frame, then glanced at you as you took a shaky bite of noodles.
âSo,â he started again, voice slipping into that pseudo-intellectual podcast cadence that always made your eye twitch. âI was reading a thread today. About proximity and domestic investment.â
You didn't look at him, listened to the Ted Bundy facts coming from the documentary narrator. Chewed and brushed him off. "Fascinating."
âIt actually is,â he continued, completely unbothered. He leaned back, stretching his arm along the back of the couch and caging you in. âBecause it highlights the flaw in modern female psychology. Women always say they want a nice guy. Someone who provides stability. Someone who pays his bills on time, remembers to buy toilet paper, and keeps a clean, optimal living environment.â
He paused, letting the weight of his own perceived perfection hang in the air.
âBut,â Satoru said, turning his head to look at you, eyes locking onto yours with that same entitled certainty, âwhen that exact man is sitting right in front of them, offering unwavering loyalty and a high-value domestic partnership, they stay willfully blind. They friendzone him. Tease him. Cycle through low-tier guys from dating apps instead. Itâs biologically counterproductive.â
The only sound in the room was the dramatic music coming from the TV now. You dropped your chopsticks into the takeout box, which suddenly felt too heavy in your lap.
He was so confident in his entitlement it actually made you sick. It was ruining your fucking appetite.
He thought doing the bare minimum â acting like a decent human being with basic hygiene â earned him loyalty points he could cash in for sex. Like some kind of fucked-up grocery store rewards program.
You turned your body toward him fully, voice eerily quiet.
âLet me get this straight,â you said. âYouâre sitting here, in our living room, getting mad at me because your nice-guy vending machine is broken?â
Satoru blinked, his brow furrowing like he genuinely didnât understand what the problem was.
âIâm stating a statisticalââ
âShut up.â
The words came out sharp enough to cut. You werenât playing anymore. One more podcast quote and you were going to rip the hair out of his stupidly pretty head.
His mouth snapped shut. He looked genuinely startled. Youâd never told him to shut up before â not like that. Youâd always just nodded, or rolled your eyes, or tuned him out.
âYou think this is a transaction,â you said, eyes narrowing. âYou think because you scrub the bathtub and pay your half of the rent on time, youâre earning points? Youâre keeping score. You did the bare minimum and now youâre waiting for me to drop to my knees in gratitude like you were providing for me?â
âI am a provider,â he argued, chest puffing out even as his voice lost some of its usual arrogance. âI bring high valueââ
âYou bring decency at best!â you snapped, throwing your hands up. âDoing your own dishes doesnât make you a high-value alpha male, Satoru. It makes you an adult. But you donât actually care about being a good roommate. Youâre just dressing your entitlement up as niceness and acting like I owe you something because you havenât been actively terrible to me.â
âThatâs notââ He reached up to adjust his glasses, a nervous habit youâd never seen from him before. âIâm just saying that logically, the optimal choice for youââ
âThere is no logic!â you snapped, standing up before you did something stupid like strangle him. âYou donât even like me! You just think youâre owed me because Iâm convenient and I live here!â
Satoru flinched. All the color drained from his face.
You stood over him, breathing hard, looking down at this gorgeous, six-foot-three idiot who was staring up at you like youâd just rewritten the laws of physics. He looked lost. Stupid. Like he didnât know what to do with his hands.
âBut you acted likeââ he started, then caught himself, shoulders squaring like he was trying to hold onto his frame. âYou know what, forget it. Youâre just proving my point. A guy does everything right, stays consistent, stays present, and the girl justââ he gestured at you with a disbelieving laugh, ââmoves the goalposts. Weâve been living together for months. Friends for just as long. I thought if I followed the steps exactly, Iâd finally get toâ we wouldâ I donât understand how this is supposed to work, okay?! How is a guy ever supposed to figure it out if the steps are a lie and I havenât evenââ
âSatoru.â
He stopped. Mouth snapped shut. The tips of his ears suddenly burned bright red.
The realization hit you like a bucket of cold water.
Oh my fucking god.
Youâd suspected it once or twice, but the thought had always flickered and died. Now it all clicked into place.
Heâd never gotten his dick wet.
Your roommate was a six-foot-three virgin who thought turning to men who felt entitled to sex was a reasonable solution to his problems. What an absolute fucking mess. You almost felt sorry for him.
Almost.
âYouâre an incredibly good-looking guy, Satoru,â you said quietly. Sincerely. âObjectively hot. Get your shit together, touch some grass, and youâll be fine. Youâll be more than fine. But until you stop treating women like a math test youâre trying to cheat on, nobody is going to want you.â
You shattered his ego completely.
Or maybe, for the first time since puberty, Satoru actually formed a conscious, self-aware thought. Because he kept turning your words over in his head.
Objectively hot.
No one is going to want you.
What?
He tried to find the logical flaws. Tried to insert a counterargument, disprove your âemotional outburstâ with cold data. He couldnât find one. Not for days.
You were avoiding him completely now. Icing him out. Not talking to him. Not even looking at him. It was driving him insane. You used to search for his eyes, even if it was just to roll them. Heâd only just realized how genuine your flustered blinking had been, and now he missed it. Embarrassingly so.
One night he walked into the bathroom to splash cold water on his face, carrying a petty mix of rejection, confusion, and constant, unbearable horniness.
Your pink hair tie was sitting on the edge of the sink.
He told himself he was just going to pick it up and put it in your organizer tray.
So he picked it up. It smelled like your stupid, intoxicating strawberry shampoo. He hated it. Hated how the whole bathroom smelled like you after you showered. Hated how your scent followed you everywhere in the apartment, forcing him to breathe you in. The guys on Reddit had warned him about this. Pheromones. Dangerous.
He brought it closer to his face. Just to check. Just in case it wasnât actually yours.
And what happened next stayed strictly between Satoru, the bathroom mirror, and god.
He clutched the sink, bracing himself against it, breathing ragged and humiliatingly loud. He stared down at the pretty pink elastic wrapped tight around the base of his cock as he fucked his fist like he was trying to punish himself, desperately trying to imagine your hands instead of his own.
It worked too well. It scared him.
He came hard, so so hard the hair tie ended up coated in thick, frothy cum.
He carefully nudged the sticky pink tie back onto the edge of the sink, exactly where heâd found it. Then he washed his hands under scalding water like he was trying to burn the shame off his skin and walked out of the bathroom like a man fleeing a crime scene.
Rejuvenated? No.
Good? Not even close.
He just felt like absolute shit.
Get your shit together.
But how?
He picked up his phone. Put it down. Picked it up again. The fight was still eating him alive. The podcasts told him to take his frustration out on other girls or channel it into dominance and detachment. Thatâs what the current episode wouldâve said.
But he didnât want that. He didnât want to sleep with anyone else. He didnât want to be aggressive. He just⌠wanted.
And that was the problem.
For the first time in a long time, the alpha-male bullshit was starting to feel a bit too beta now. He was left with his own feelings like a normal person, and it was awful.
If he was truly a high-value male, he shouldnât care. He should pivot. Download an app. Find some new, compliant girl to validate his stats. But the thought of calculating the facial harmony of a stranger made his stomach turn. He didnât want a hypothetical female.
He wanted you.
He wanted you rolling your eyes at him. Laughing at him. Getting annoyed at him. Eating his pasta. Walking around in those mind-melting shorts. He wanted you to drop yogurt on yourself again just so he could lick it off your skin, linger on your neck, and kiss you stupid â the way heâd been fantasizing about since it actually happened.
He needed validation. He needed to be right.
His thumbs moved across the screen before he could stop himself. He ignored his usual echo-chamber subreddits and opened r/AmItheAsshole instead.
r/AmItheAssholeÂ
AITA for expecting my roommate (F) to reciprocate my (M) romantic advances after I provided optimal domestic value?
Throwaway. This is gonna sound bad but I need actual advice.
I (M) have been living with my roommate (F) for almost a year now. Iâm not gonna lie, Iâm objectively good-looking and Iâve been carrying a lot in this apartment. I pay my half on time, I keep shit clean, I do the dishes, I even cook sometimes. I thought I was doing everything right.
A few weeks ago she started walking around in these tiny shorts and tank tops. Like, really small. I took it as her signaling that she was open to something. Thatâs what all the advice says â if a girl starts dressing like that around you, itâs usually because sheâs comfortable and maybe interested. So I decided to initiate kino escalation. Nothing crazy at first, just trying to break the touch barrier a bit.
While we were watching something on the couch I put my hand on her thigh. She freaked out. Got really upset and started yelling at me about how I was treating her like a transaction and that I only did nice things because I felt entitled to her. She even said I was basically calling her ran-through for going on dates.
I tried to explain it calmly. Like, statistically, if a high-value guy is right there doing everything right, why would she keep going on dates with random dudes from apps? It just doesnât make sense. She told me to touch grass and hasnât really spoken to me since.
I donât get it. Iâve been consistent, Iâve been present, Iâve been providing a good living situation. I thought that was supposed to count for something. Instead she acted like I was the asshole for expecting anything in return.
AITA?
He hit post.
He sat in the dark on his bed, heart pounding like it was trying to escape his chest. He just had to wait. The logical thinkers would show up. Theyâd validate him with proper, objective analysis. They had to.
Ten minutes later, the notifications started rolling in.
He opened them expecting vindication.
Instead, he walked straight into a digital firing squad.
u/GrassToucherGeto ¡ 308 upvotes
YTA. Holy shit. You did a handful of nice things and you think that means she owes you sex? You sound like an actual sociopath. Iâm surprised she didnât run out screaming. She literally told you to get your shit together. What part of that are you not getting?
u/KentoTheNormalGuy ¡ 291 upvotes
You're not alpha, man. Kino escalation? Are you trying to con her, or actually want her to want you? YTA.
u/NobaraJustice24 ¡ 282 upvotes
YTA. She can wear whatever the fuck she wants in her own home, you creepy ass weirdo. I hope she breaks the lease and gets a restraining order.Â
u/RealityCheckChoso ¡ 156 upvotes
This is the most pathetic thing Iâve read on this site in eleven years. This is straight-up incel fanfiction. Poor girl having to live with someone like you. YTA. Go outside.
u/yuji_8847362 ¡ 124 upvotes
Genuine question, not trying to be an asshole: do you actually like her, or do you just think she owes you because you did some nice things? Those are two very different things, and your post doesnât seem to understand the difference. YTA, but I hope you figure it out.
u/KingNaoya69 ¡ 231 downvotes
NTA. Sheâs clearly testing you. The clothes were an invitation. Hold your ground, donât apologize, and sheâll come around. Women donât respect men who grovel. If she actually didnât want you she wouldâve moved out already. Sheâs still there, isnât she?
Satoru stared at the screen in disbelief.
Heâd expected validation. Maybe a few reasonable voices cutting through the noise, acknowledging the statistical validity of his position, maybe even offering some tactical advice.
Instead, he got hit with minus three thousand downvotes, a mod-locked thread, and three DMs telling him to go to therapy.
He thought it would give him clarity. Clear steps. A way to fix this mess.
It didnât.
It just made him feel⌠nothing. Except for the creeping realization that heâd said something eerily similar to what u/KingNaoya69 had posted. Recently. Maybe even last week.
He threw his glasses off and stared into the middle distance.
What the fuck was he supposed to do?
He had no idea.
The days that followed were miserable. You were giving him the coldest shoulder imaginable â and honestly, he deserved it. You were weaponizing the silence. Slamming doors. Giving short, pointed answers. Moving through the apartment like he was just another piece of furniture. Looking through him instead of at him.
He kept going back to the comments on his post, rereading them like he could find a loophole somewhere.
Yes, of course he liked you. But how was he supposed to want nothing from you if he liked you? He wanted your affection. He wanted you to want him back. But wasnât that also expecting something in return? What the hell was he supposed to do?
Still⌠the Naoya guy had been weirdly right about one thing. You stayed. You hadnât moved out. You didnât even seem like you wanted to. If you hated him that much, why were you still here?
On the nth day, he was sitting on the couch when you came out of your room for water. You glanced at him â just for a second. You couldnât help it. The silent treatment was getting to you too, even if youâd never admit it.
Your eyes were hard to read, but there was something in them. Something expectant. Like you were waiting for him to do something. To fix it. To stop being an idiot so the two of you could move on.
Oh, he thought.
Truly the lightbulb moment of the century.
Oh.
That night he unjoined six subreddits. Unfollowed every podcast except Joe Rogan â because hey, you canât teach an old dog new tricks. Or was it unteach a new dog old tricks? Didnât matter. What mattered was that for the first time since heâd discovered the internet, he was pretty sure heâd been an idiot.
And he was going to stop.
He made a plan. Simple. Walk out of his room, find you, and say sorry. Three steps. Heâd been a person for over twenty years. He could do three steps. He had this!
You were in the kitchen. You were standing on the flimsy little step stool you needed to reach the top cabinet shelves, stretching up on your tiptoes for the glass Tupperware that Satoru kept putting up there, even though you had told him multiple times not to put it up there because you literally could not reach it.
"Hey," he said from the doorway, trying not to startle you. "Can weâ"
You startled anyway, because what other outcome was ever going to happen here.
The stool wobbled under your socks. You gasped, swore something, grabbed for a shelf edge that wasn't there, and fully expected to eat the kitchen floor tiles before officially murdering your roommate from the afterlife.
But Satoru had surprisingly fast reflexes and caught you.
Well⌠almost.
He lost his balance as your weight shifted, and the two of you went down in a tangle of limbs and terrible timing. The impact knocked the wind right out of your lungs. You landed sprawled over him, pressed against his chest, his arms secured instinctively around youâ
Around your boobs.
You froze. He froze. The entire world seemed to fucking froze.
And as you laid there, from the adrenaline shock of it all probably, his fingers did a little squish!
Huh.
You didn't say anything. You couldn't breathe, let alone speak. You slowly turned your head. His face was right there and so, so close to yours. You panicked and looked into his equally panicked eyes, his poor glasses askew.
He was searching for something in your eyes, his pupils blown so wide they almost swallowed the blue. And then, as his chest was still heaving so heavily, his gaze dropped down to your lips.
You were suddenly very awareâ Aware of his warm palms right through the thin fabric of your shirt. Aware of the way your tits swelled into his touch. Aware of how his thighs bracketed your hips, and how perfectly you fit against him.
His breath hitched. And then his fingers flexed. He made a soft, barely-there sound in the back of his throat and squeezed again â slower this time. Kneading right over your hardened nipples.
You parted your lips for a soundless gasp, and he huffed into your collarbone as the trance finally broke.
His arms slowly retreated, lazily dragged down your ribs, fingers grazing the soft of your tummy before finally falling away to rest on the floor, which somehow made it all worse.
"Iâ" His voice came out rough, barely above a whisper.
You scrambled off him like you had been electrocuted.
You sprinted down the hallway and threw yourself into your room, slamming the door behind you. You backed up until you hit something, you didnât even care what, and slid down to the floor, knees pulled to your chest.
Your heart was pounding so hard it hurt. Your skin was buzzing. The ghost of his touch was still burning across your chest.
I fucking hate him, you told yourself. Heâs a podcast-rotted incel. I hate him.
âŚDo you?
Because why the fuck had you wanted his hands to stay there? Why had that second squeeze made you want to straddle him right there on the kitchen tiles and fuck him stupid?
You were just touch-starved. Thatâs all this was. You were projecting onto your terrible roommate because he was being a sleazy little shit.
You grabbed your phone off the nightstand with shaking hands and unlocked it.
Hinge.
Your olâ friend.
You needed a date. You needed a normal, boring, completely average guy with a decent hairline and zero opinions on hypergamy to save you from whatever the hell had just happened in that kitchen.
You were in your room getting ready for your date, dressed to kill. Short dress, favorite lace panties â because after everything that happened in the kitchen, you were still weirdly, persistently horny. Might as well try to do something about it with someone normal.
Satoru was lingering in the hallway like always, doing his very obvious not-hovering hover.
"Going out?" he asked, clearing his throat, trying to act so aloof and unbothered.
You didn't even look at him properly. "Yeah. I have a date," you said smugly as you pulled your hair up into a ponytail. Hair down meant cute, but hair up meant business. And by business, I mean finally attempting to jump on some normal, average dick.
The second the words left your mouth, a wave of jealousy hit him so hard it nearly knocked the air out of his lungs. But he wasnât looking at your face. He was staring at the pink hair tie holding your hair up.
He visibly gulped. His dick went from zero to painfully hard so fast he had to cross his legs just to hide it.
You furrowed your eyebrow at the uncharacteristic lack of response, but wasnât entirely mad about it either.
"See ya," you chirped, completely oblivious to his internal meltdown, and walked out the front door.
The second the door shut, Satoru basically teleported to his room. He threw himself onto his bed, already fumbling with his pants, desperate to take care of the problem so he could think straight again.
But he spent exactly thirty minutes achieving absolutely nothing. What the fuck.
This had never happened before. Satoru was just staring at his ceiling, sweating, furiously gripping his aching dick, and completely unable to finish. Every time he closed his eyes, he imagined you laughing at some beta joke a 100% mediocre guy had made, while his past-tense cum was proudly sitting in your hair. He was literally too jealous to finish.
But jealous or not, he was still agonizingly hard, his dick standing painfully stiff against his stomach, stubbornly refusing to just calm the fuck down. He let out a frustrated groan. Okay. Fine. No hand? No problem! He reached for the silicone fleshlight, but he hadn't washed it in quite a while, and when he picked it up, a funky smell drifted off it.
Okay, NEVER MIND.
Which left him with only one option.
Todayâs the day.
He reached into the back of his bottom drawer again and pulled out a silicone cock ring.
He had bought it right after he absolutely demolished your cute little hair tie. Because what does a normal guy do in that situation? Grovel first? Solve the underlying interpersonal issue? Nah. He goes on r/sex to research why a piece of elastic felt so hella good around his dick!
He hadnât touched it since. Post-nut clarity had done its job last time. But right now, staring down at his aching, neglected cock and feeling rejected, humiliated, and completely alone⌠it was time.
Fuck it.
He ripped open the packaging and wrestled the thick silicone down his shaft until it sat snug at the base.
Almost immediately, something felt off.
It was tight. Too tight. Not in a good way â just uncomfortable. Constricting. He tried to power through anyway, closing his eyes and stroking like he could force an orgasm out of sheer spite.
Ten minutes passed.
Nothing.
His brain was too far gone, and the pressure was quickly shifting from weird to genuinely concerning.
Fuck this.
He stopped. Tried to take it off. But it didnât budge.
Satoru blinked. He adjusted his grip and pulled harder. The skin stretched painfully, but the ring stayed exactly where it was.
Oh fuck.
A cold sweat broke out across his forehead.Â
Oh fuck, oh fuck.
He scrambled off the bed, grabbed his lube, and squeezed way too much directly onto the ring. He tugged and twisted like his life depended on it.
Nothing. Fucking nothing. It just made his hands uselessly slippery.
Okay, oh fuck. Wasn't lube supposed to work?! Okay, new plan. Something else, something more slippery, something more oilyâ
Panic seizing him, he stumbled to the bathroom, dug under the sink, found your baby oil, and slathered it on.
Still stuck.
Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit.
Different oil! Not enough slipperiness! Trust the process!
So he waddled out of the bathroom, practically sprinting into the kitchen buck naked. He tore open the pantry, grabbing the vegetable oil.Â
This has to work.
It did not work.
Ten minutes later, Satoru was sitting on the edge of the bathtub, coated in a slick, highly flammable mixture of lube, Johnson & Johnson baby oil, and Wesson canola oil, panting heavily.Â
Dick throbbing, but not the fun kind of throbbing anymore. It was turning a terrifying shade of angry red-purple, the silicone death trap literally suffocating his junior.
It was no longer just uncomfortable, nor just alarmingly stuck. At this point, it was a fucking medical emergency.Â
He was so fucked he might be patient zero of mpreg.
But what the hell was he supposed to do?
Call an ambulance?
Absolutely not.Â
The thought of a paramedic cutting a sex toy off him with trauma shears while asking for his emergency contact would genuinely kill him on the spot. He would rather die of necrosis.
Call his friends?Â
Fuck no.
If any of them found out about this, the screenshots would never die. Theyâd revoke his alpha card permanently and hold it over his head for the rest of his life.
He stared at his contacts.
There was only one person who could help without turning it into blackmail material or posting it online. The one person who lived in this apartment. The one person who was currently out on a date with some random guy. The person he had a massive, pathetic crush on and who would probably rather rip his dick off than help him.
He hit Call.
You stirred your gin and tonic while your date went on about his fantasy football draft like it was the most fascinating thing in the world. It was a perfectly fine date! The kind of fine that made you wonder why you even bothered.
You were nodding along, even though you had stopped listening roughly four minutes ago. Then, your phone vibrated on the table.
Satoru.
You ignored it. No, actuallyâyou declined it. You smiled sweetly at your date, asked a vague question about tight ends so you would seem like you were actually paying attention, and took a sip of your drink.
Your phone buzzed again. And again. And again.
Annoyed, you held up a finger to the poor guy who was currently rating wide receivers, excused yourself, and off to the bathroom, fully prepared to yell.
âWhat?â you hissed the second you picked up. âIâm on a date, Satoru. If you locked yourself outââ
"Please come home," he gasped. He didn't even say hello. He didn't sound aloof, and he certainly didn't sound alpha. He actually sounded like he was drawing his final breaths on this earth. "You have to come home. Right now."
"What happened? Did something catch fire? Did someone break in? Are youâ"
âI canât tell you,â he whined, voice high and shaky in a way youâd never heard from him before. âI physically canât say it out loud. Justâ please. Please come home.â
You were ninety percent sure this was some pathetic attempt to ruin your night. Some last-ditch manipulation tactic heâd picked up from a podcast or Reddit thread.
But the remaining ten percent made you ditch your date without a second thought and jump into an Uber.
You practically kicked the front door open, your heart hammering. The apartment was completely quiet, and it smelled all wrong.
Like babies and an industrial air fryer?
"Satoru?" you called out, dropping your bag. "Where are you? The apartment better be fucking flooding, or else I swear to Godâ"
A pained, muffled whimper came from down the hall. His bedroom door was cracked open so you pushed it wide, fully prepared to absolutely tear him a new one for ruining your night.
Satoru was sitting on the edge of his bed, completely naked, perched on a bath towel soaked through with some kind of glistening sludge. He was trembling, sweating, aggressively gripping the mattress. And his dick â very visibly, very aggressively hard â was pointing straight at you.
"Are you fucking kidding me?!"
You exploded the second you saw him, because an impromptu dick is still an impromptu dick! âSome pathetic plan to finally fuck me? You couldnât even be decent about it â you just called me home so you could sit here with your cock out?!â
You expected some sleazy line. Some smug little smirk. Instead, Satoru looked up at you with wide, tear-filled eyes behind his smudged glasses and let out a broken, wet sob.
"I'm notâ" his voice cracked terribly. "I'm stuck."
Huh?
Furrowing your eyebrows, you stopped yelling and your eyes actually dropped down.
And then your stomach dropped with them.
Wait. Oh. He was so, so large.
But that wasnât the problem. His dick was an angry, swollen red-purple, veins bulging like it had its own heartbeat. And at the base was a thick silicone ring, cutting into him so tightly it looked like it might actually burst.
And all the anger drained out of you in an instant. Suddenly, you felt the harsh reality of the literal medical horror you were now a part of.Â
"Oh my god. Satoru... what is going on?!"
âFuck, it hurtsâ please help me,â he whined, voice cracking as he bounced his leg against the floor like that would somehow fix anything.
You stepped closer, the sheer absurdity of the situation making you drop to your knees between his spread thighs just to get a proper look. It was incredibly stupid and deeply awkward, being this close to his swollen, shiny dick.
âIs that⌠a cock ring?â you asked, horrified.
Satoru nodded frantically, a tear slipping down his cheek and dripping off his jaw.
"Satoru, you know there is a fucking size chart to these things?! You canât just buy anything with the size of your dick! Are you fucking stupid?!"
"HOW SHOULD I KNOW?!" he wailed, hands flying up to cover his face in absolute humiliation. "Waitâ" He suddenly froze, lowering his hands just enough to look at you. "Did you just say I have a big dick? Wait. Fuck. OUCH. It just fucking hurts! Please, please help me, I've tried everything but it just won't budge! It hurts so much!"
You squinted at the shiny, slick mess coating his thighs and soaking into the bath towel. "Did you try lube?"
 "Yes!"Â
"Baby oil?"Â
"Yes!"Â
"Did you... did you use the cooking oil from the kitchen?!"
 "YES! FUCK!" he sobbed into his hands again.
"Why did you even put it on?!" you yelled back, genuinely baffled by his astronomical stupidity.
âI was horny, what else?!â he cried and shook his hands. âYou left with the cum tie in your hairââ
âTHE WHAT?!â
Your hands froze in the air. Your brain forcefully restarted about three times trying to process the sequence of syllables he had just screamed at you.
The cum tie.
You suddenly felt the gentle pull of the pink elastic holding up your ponytail. The one that was your favorite. The one you had idly wondered before why it was suddenly so... crusty.
"You..." you whispered, a cold wave of fresh nausea washing over you. "You did what to my hair tie?"
âI didnât mean to!â he sobbed, face red and streaked with tears. âI couldnât stop thinking about you, and I used it, and then you put it in your hair to go out with the guy and it made me crazy so I put the ring on!â
Your hand twitched toward your ponytail. You were going to rip it out. Burn it. Shave your head. And then murder him. A jury would probably let you off in seconds.
But then you looked down. His dick might actually pop! like a grease-filled water balloon. There was no time.
You took a deep, slightly deranged breath and shoved every horrifying thought into a box for later. You could have a full meltdown about having his reproductive fluids in your hair as an accessory after you made sure his dick didnât fall off.
You aggressively ignored his stare, locking your eyes entirely on the crisis. "Okay. Okay, I've got this. This is a medical emergency."
Your brain started racing. You couldn't cut it off without risking severing something vital, you certainly werenât a doctor, and the swelling was so so severe to just pull the ring back over the ridge. You knelt there, suddenly arriving at a horrifying conclusion that you were going to need a serious moment to accept.
Because there was only one way to get it off. And the only way to get it off was to get rid of the erection.
You had to make him cum.
âOkay,â you muttered. Then again. And again. Like repeating it would make it feel less insane. âW-we just need to⌠get it down.â
You bit your lip, giving yourself the quickest, most productive, and most threatening internal TED Talk in human history. Your hands twitched, but you finally reached out and wrapped them around his oil-slicked shaft.
âAGHâ FUCKâ NO!â Satoru immediately jerked back like youâd electrocuted him, slamming against the mattress.
"What the hell?! I barely touched it!"
âThe skinâs too tight!â he cried out, practically hyperventilating. âIt feels like a razor bladeâ you canât use your hands, it hurts too much!â
You tried again anyway, slower this time, gripping him carefully. The skin was burning hot, painfully stretched over the trapped blood. You gave one experimental stroke.
âNoâ no no no, please stopââ His voice broke into a real whimper as fresh tears spilled down his face. He pushed at your shoulders, legs shaking. âPlease, I canâtâ it hurts so fucking badââ
You yanked your hands back, heart pounding as your own panic officially set in. "THEN WHAT ELSE?!"
âI DONâT KNOW! I thought you might know!â
"HOW SHOULD I KNOW?!"
A beat of deafening silence fell over the grease-scented bedroom. You looked at him. Then down at the problem between his legs.
Waitâ
Your brain scrambled for literally any other fucking solution. Ice? Cutting it completely off? Calling 911 and collectively dying of embarrassment on the spot?
Nothing.Â
There was nothing else.
God fucking help you. You might as well die from the cringe right here on the floor.
You stared down at his lengthy cock again. It was a pathetic mix of pre-cum against his oil-slicked stomach. Satoru was breathing in short, panicked gasps, tears still tracking down his flushed cheeks, glasses fogged and crooked, looking totally helpless.
âNo,â you whispered to the empty space between his thighs, stomach twisting with reluctant acceptance. Coming to terms with your own fate. Girl, itâs your fault. Your fate had been sealed the second you decided to find a roommate on Reddit. âNo, no, no.â
âWhat?â Satoru whimpered through his teeth, barely audible. âWhat ânoâ?â
If your hands were completely off the tableâŚ
A wave of heat flooded your face and dropped straight into your belly. Surely from disgust. Trust.
You shifted forward on your knees, your dress dragging through the oily mess on the floor. The fabric was already ruined and sticking to your skin. You braced one hand on his trembling thigh, leaned in, and took the swollen head of his cock into your mouth.
The taste was vile as hell.
Canola oil, baby oil, lube, and the bitter salt of his pre-cum all hit your tongue at once. You made a muffled, disgusted sound around him as your lips stretched and you sank down. The mixture mixed with your saliva and slid down your throat as he pushed deeper than you expected.
Satoruâs entire body jolted as the mushroomy head hit the back of your mouth.
âWhoaâ oh my fucking godââ His voice cracked into a broken, high moan. His stomach flexed like he was trying not to fold in half. Both of his hands flew to your hair, oily fingers catching in your ponytail, clutching without quite pushing or pulling. I mean, you already had cum in your hair anyway. What was a little more oil and lube?
His hips twitched. His thighs trembled under your hand. He clearly had no idea what to do with himself.
You started moving, and it was messy from the first second.
Everything was slippery. Your lips kept sliding, saliva mixing with the grease until it dripped down his shaft in shiny, frothy strings. You had to suck harder just to keep any kind of rhythm, cheeks hollowing, tongue working in messy circles under the head every time you pulled up. The wet sounds filled the room â slick sucking, soft gagging when you took him too deep, his broken little whimpers.
You hated the taste.
You hated how your knees already ached against the hard floor.
You hated that your dress was ruined, soaked through and sticking to your skin.
And you hated the way he was looking down at you â in pain, in complete disbelief that you were actually sucking him off.
ANd what you really hated the most was that you were looking up at him while you mouth was licking him up and your body was already starting to betray you.
Tingly heat was spreading low in your belly. Every throb along his length, every broken moan that slipped out of him, made you wetter. You werenât supposed to be horny! You shouldâve been so so disgusted. But the scent of him, the taste of his pre-cum coating your tongue, made your pussy clench around nothing. Your nipples were hard, rubbing against the inside of your dress. Your cunt felt hot and slick â whether from your own arousal or the oily sludge on the floor, you genuinely couldnât tell anymore.
You bobbed deeper, taking him until your nose brushed the base and the ring dug into your skin, then pulled back with a wet gasp. A thick and slimy string of saliva and oil connected your lips to his cock before it broke.
Satoru was staring down at you like youâd personally broken his brain.
His chest was heaving. Tears were still leaking from the corners of his eyes â pain, pleasure, or the sheer absurdity of the situation, it didnât matter. His mouth hung open, glasses sliding down his nose.
Then his eyes dropped to your chest.
His gaze followed the way your dress had slipped lower during all the movement. Your tits were threatening to spill out completely. He made a strangled sound in the back of his throat.
His hands left your hair and reached down. Big, warm palms cupped your breasts through the thin fabric first â almost careful. But then he yanked the neckline down hard, dragging the fabric under your arms, practically rrrrripping it open, until your tits spilled free.
A fresh tear tracked down his cheek as he stared at them like they were something holy.
âHoly fuckâ your titsââ he breathed, cupping them fully. His thumbs brushed over your hard nipples before he started kneading with desperate, greedy hands. Squeezing, lifting, rolling the soft flesh between his fingers exactly like he had in the kitchen â except this time there was nothing holding him back, because you certainly wouldnât make him stop.Â
The moan you let out around his cock was involuntary and absolutely nobodyâs business, alright? Your teeth grazed his sensitive skin and the vibration, combined with the impromptu bite, made his hips jerk violently. He let out a breathless gasp, hands tightening on your boobs almost painfully before he loosened his grip again, thumbs flicking over your nipples in a way that sent sparks straight between your legs.
The lace of your panties was useless now, clinging to your soaked pussy lips.
But the dress had become a real problem, at least thatâs what you were telling yourself. It was restricting your movement, getting in the way every time you tried to take him deeper. It was uncomfortable as hell, which was actually true.
You pulled off his cock with a wet pop!, lips shiny and swollen.
Fuck this dress. And probably him too.
You sat back on your heels and yanked it over your head, kicking it away. Now you were kneeling in nothing but your ruined lace panties â the ones youâd specifically worn because you were hoping to get laid tonight.
Well. You werenât entirely wrong, now were you?
Satoru made a sound like heâd been punched in the gut. His wildest dream had just come true in the most deranged way possible.
You leaned back in and took him into your mouth again, sucking with more purpose now. One hand stayed wrapped around the base near the ring while your other hand stroked his thigh and lower stomach â anywhere to try and soothe him.
His clammy hands were right back on your bare tits, rolling them between his fingers like he was trying to memorize their exact shape. You moaned around him because it felt so fucking good. Unfairly good.
The taste was still awful. The room still reeked of canola oil. Satoru was still quietly crying above you â overwhelmed, terrified, and so turned on he could barely think straight. But the way he was touching you, the way he was falling apart in your mouthâŚ
You were dripping straight through the lace right onto his fucking floor.
One of your hands snaked down your body. You pushed your panties aside and started rubbing desperate circles over your poor clit while you kept sucking him.
What a development.Â
Righteous ideologies and all. Now you were naked on the floor of your incel roommateâs bedroom, sucking his cock while fingering yourself. Truly the most progressive way to handle this type of man.
Your pussy felt hot and aching. Your fingers slid through your own slick, making your hips twitch and another moan vibrate around his dick.
Satoruâs breathing sounded like a kettle about to boil over. His hands kept slipping on your oily skin, smearing the mess across your chest and shoulders. He was trapped in the most surreal, humiliating, perfect moment of his life â your mouth on him, you naked and touching yourself while the whole room smelled like a deep fryer.
He was half-sobbing, half-moaning.
âYouâreâ nghhâ youâre actually getting off whileââ His voice cracked as he looked down at you. You glanced up through your lashes, a little scowl on your flushed face, fingers still working between your legs.
You couldnât even be embarrassed anymore. The absurdity had burned straight through your shame. You were horny. Stupidly, painfully horny. It was all too much and not enough at the same time.
Filthy sounds filled the room. He was crying. You were crying. Sweat was mixing with the oily mess coating your skin. You could taste your own tears mixed with the mess on his cock as they slid down your face. One of his hands was tangled in your ponytail, greasing it up nice and disgusting.
âYouâre so fucking pretty,â he choked out, voice hoarse. âI canâtâ nghâ I canât believe this is realââ
You pulled off just enough to breathe. âShut up and let me finish this,â you muttered, then sank back down, taking him as deep as the ring would allow.
His other hand relocated to your shoulder.
Then his dick throbbed hard against your tongue. Swelling, twitching and you knew he was about to blow.
You started to pull back, but his hands moved faster. One fisted tighter in your hair, the other gripped your shoulder hard. He held you in place. Rough. Desperate. But he didnât mean to!
You made a surprised, muffled sound around him as his hips jerked.
âW-waitâfuckâIâmâ!â he gasped, betrayed by his own body.
You felt the first big pulse against your tongue.
You manage to wrench your head back at the last second because there was no way in hell you were swallowing a mixture of cum and baby oil â popping off just in time. But it was too late to get completely clear.
Satoru came hard.
The first thick rope hit you across the cheek and lips. The next few painted messy white stripes across your chin, your chest, and down your neck. It kept cooooming in hot, twitchy pulses until heâd almost emptied his aching balls.
And suddenly you were back in the kitchen. Only this time it wasnât a freaking Activia dripping down your tits.
It was him.
You stumbled backward onto your ass, cum cooling on your skin as he finally let go of you. You wiped the back of your hand across your cheek, smearing it further. He just stared down at you like heâd died and gone to heaven â you, sprawled on his floor, covered in his cum, panties twisted half-off your hips, your blushing cunt smiling up right at him and your panicked eyes unblinking.
Holy fucking nirvana, right there.
You felt disgusting. You felt filthy.
And somehow, you were still throbbing between your legs.
âFuckâ shit, fuck, fuck!â Satoru cursed, trying to stand up too fast. He slipped on the oily towel and nearly ate shit before catching himself on the edge of the bed. âOh my god, Iâm so sorry, I didnât mean to hold you there, I justâ it was too much, I panickedââ
He stumbled toward you on shaky legs, one hand reaching out like he was going to help you up, the other still hovering near his softening cock.
âSatoru,â you said, voice low. âPull it off.â
He froze for half a second, then looked down.
And it was finally, finally softening. The angry red-purple was fading. The skin wasnât stretched as tight anymore and there was a very small, very dangerous window before heâd be hard again and back in square one.
His eyes lit up with desperate hope. He grabbed the cock ring with both hands and yanked.
The sound that tore out of him was somewhere between a sob and a scream. It was violent, painful, and made you cringe so so badly. The ring caught on the ridge for one horrible second before it finally slipped off with a wet smack and skidded across the floor.
For a moment, Satoru just knelt there, breathing hard through the fading pain. Fresh tears tracked down his flushed face as the relief finally hit him.
Then he looked at you. Really looked. At the mess heâd made across your pretty face and chest. At the absolute state of the room. At everything.
âIâm the worst,â he whispered. âI know Iâm the worst. You should kick me out. You should call the cops. I didnât mean to make it worse. You probably hate meââ
He looked like he was about to start ugly crying for real. His shoulders were shaking as he braced himself for you to slap him.
And look â you wanted to. You wanted to go back in time so you wouldâve never answered that fucking Reddit post, never answered his call, never come home tonight. Or maybe⌠go back just a little bit. To when your tongue was sliding over his frenulum and youâd never been so turned on in your life.
Either way, you werenât sure anymore. Your brain was more scrambled than the eggs youâd had for breakfast.
So instead of slapping him, you surged forward, grabbed his face with both of your hands, smearing his cum and your own arousal all over his jawline and kissed him hard enough to shut him up.
For half a second he stayed completely frozen â stunned that you were kissing him instead of murdering him on the spot. You nudged your tongue against his lips, urging him to kiss you back, because the last thing you needed right now was sucking your incel roommate off and then having him refuse to kiss you afterward. That wouldâve been a new low. Truly historic.
But then he let out a shaky breath and kissed you back.
He kissed you desperately, messily, like he was trying to crawl inside your mouth. Saliva, cum, tears, and oil all mixed together as your tongues slid against each other. Teeth clicked. His hands came up to grab your waist, pulling you closer until your chest pressed against his own. He whimpered needily into your mouth and tangled his tongue with yours like he was starving for it.
His glasses got knocked even more crooked.
When you finally pulled back to breathe, you reached down and started yanking your ruined lace panties off. They were twisted around your thighs and sticking to your skin from all the mess.
Satoru, still breathing hard and clearly trying to regain some sense of control, decided this was THE moment, HIS moment to be useful.
âHereâ let me help,â he muttered, reaching down with both hands.
The two of you fumbled together in some weird horny trance, his fingers sliding against your thigh as he tried to tug the lace down your leg.
But his hand slid right off your slick skin and he lost his balance completely. With a startled gasp! he pitched forward and crashed down right on top of you, pinning you to the floor.
His full weight pressed you into the cold hardwood. Chest to chest, hips slotted between your thighs. The kisses making him hard again, dick now twitching insistently against your tummy.
Then Satoru lifted his head from the crook of your neck and looked down at you. His hair was a mess, but there was something almost determined in his expression now.
âIâve got it,â he said. Yeah. He definitely got this. Heâd seen the porn. Heâd read the r/sex threads. He was a man, the man! He knew exactly what he was supposed to do. Fluent in the dickology! Show you what a high-value male can do. You'll respect it. Youâll want it!
You stared up at him and raised one eyebrow.ââŚAre you sure?â
He looked faintly offended, but reached between your bodies anyway, grabbed his cock, and lined himself up against your slick folds. The blunt head nudged against your entrance before he pushed in with one unsteady thrust and you were honestly surprised he found your hole on a first try.
The stretch was intense. His cock bullied its way into your tight cunt, the sudden fullness making your back arch slightly off the floor. And it made you think that maybe⌠just maybe heâs a virgin incel but he somehow actually knows how to fuck?
Satoru made a choked sound above you. He braced his hands on either side of your head and started moving, a little too fast, a little too rough, like he was following some mental checklist of âhow alpha males fuckâ or something.Â
His hips snapped forward, rolling against yours. On a few of his clumsy thrusts, the sharp angle of his hipbone dragged right across your swollen clit.
A spark of pleasure shot right through you, made your breath hitch and his dick catch inside of you. Your fingers scratched on his shoulders and for a second you were hopeful, hopeful that perhaps incels were just involuntarily celibate men with a dick game like this.
It died almost instantly. His rhythm fell apart just as the plushy walls of your pussy enveloped him fully in the slick warmth. His movement turned erratic as his hips started stuttering.
âIâfuckâI canâtânghâ!â
So⌠He lasted exactly forty-five seconds.
With a humiliated groan he slammed into your cervix one last time and came haard, painting your walls in thick, sticky white. His wobbly arms gave out again and he collapsed on top of you not very gracefully, face buried right back into your neck as he rode out the pathetic orgasm. He was breathing hard, the sound mixing with the wet squelching of oil, cum, and sweat between your bodies every time either of you shifted.
You stared sideways at the messy white strands of his hair currently tickling your pulse point, feeling his cum slowly leaking out around his softening cock. The frustration burning hot alongside with the ghost ache right in between legs.
If he had just let you ride him instead. Ugh.
ââŚReally?â you said flatly.
Satoru, mortified, made a small devastated noise into your neck and laced his fingers with yours like that would somehow make it better.
You hadnât come from the fingering earlier. You definitely hadnât come from his forty-five-second marathon.Â
You shoved at his shoulder.
âSatoru.â
He made a small, satisfied noise.
âSatoru. Did you just cum inside me?â
His eyes flew open. The bliss drained from his face instantly. He slowly nodded, guilty, not knowing if he should be terrified or glad.
You pushed him off you. He rolled onto his back with a wet squelch.
You sat up, cum and oil smeared across your skin, and stared down at him.
âYou ruined my date,â you said, voice low. âYou were stupid enough to trap your own dick in a death trap and made me come home to deal with it. You came all over me without letting me cum, and then you creampied me in under a minute.â
He opened his mouth, âI was just claiming whatâs mineââready to say something even more stupid.
You cut him off, because you were not listening to that right now and ever fucking again. âDonât. I swear to god, if you say one more word of that pseudo-alpha, podcast-bro bullshit right now, I can promise you this will be the first and last time you ever have your dick in any pussy. Ever.â
He froze.
You leaned in, eyes narrowed, pussy suddenly drying up at high speed.
âIâm serious, Satoru. All that âhigh-value male,â âsheâll respect dominance,â âwomen secretly want to be put in their placeâ garbage? Itâs not cute. Itâs not hot. Itâs not working. It makes you sound like a loser. Youâre only lucky that Iâm stupid enough to actually fucking like you.â
And Satoru deadass had nothing to say, because it didnât make sense, yet it made all the sense. And in the middle of the gears grinding he blinked up at you because⌠did you just tell him you like him?
Before he could grab your chin and kiss you stupid again, you pointed between your legs.
âSince you made this mess, youâre going to clean it up. Now.â
The color drained from his face as he stared at you. âY-you want me to eat out my cum?â
âDid I stutter?â
He was too stunned and properly terrified to argue. He knew that if he didnât get his shit together right now, this really might be the first and last time he ever saw pussy in real life. So he scrambled down between your thighs without another word.
Heâs going to do it for the love of the game. Canât be that bad, right?
He gulped as he nestled between your soft thighs, eyeing your tight little hole as a little trail of his cum mixed with your frothy slick leaked onto the floor below you. And it was the prettiest sight he had ever seen.
The reluctant pout on his face made it clear he was weighing eating his own cum against the very real possibility of never getting to fuck you again, so you made it easier for him. You grabbed a fistful of his white hair and yanked his face straight against your pussy. His nose immediately buried right between your wet folds, tickling the sensitive flesh.
And maybe he was currently terrified of you, or it was the fact that he finally smelled your sex up close â either way, he was now desperate to please you.
The first drag of his tongue through your folds was experimental, almost cautious.
He did it again, licking with too much pressure and in all the wrong places, clearly thinking he was doing something impressive, missing your clit. Again. And again. And again.
And or fuckâs sake, you lasted maybe fifteen seconds. You reached down, grabbed his silky hair again, and yanked his head up to adjust him.
He furrowed his brows at you, confused and a little offended, like he was about to argue â until his tongue accidentally flicked right over your clit.
His eyes widened slightly.
He did it again, slower this time. A testing little flick. Eyes wide, as if asking what the hell just happened, feeling the little knob jumping.
You let out a shaky moan, fingers tightening in his hair.
âThatâs my clit, Satoru.â
His eyes darkened and he dove back in with completely different energy. Okay, he knew where your cute little clit was. Now onto figuring out how to make you come on his tongue.Â
He started with the licking, up and down, until he pushed into your leaking hole. He almost immediately tasted his own cum, still warm, thick, and disgustingly bitter against your sweet pussy juices, and he made a guttural sound right against you.
He should have been disgusted, appalled, mortified through his militant incel brain. But why did it taste so wrong, it tasted so so right?
Eating himself right out of you â it was so pathetic, so raw, so hot. And you couldnât fucking believe you actually made him do it.
Your pussy fluttered and he dove in like a man possessed.
A desperate whine vibrated against your clit as he started licking in earnest. Messy, unrestrained, starving. He was slurping loudly, tongue pushing deep to get more of the mixture, swallowing it down like he couldnât get enough. Every time he tasted more of himself leaking out of you, another broken moan escaped him.
His hands gripped your thighs hard, holding you open as he buried his face deeper. He was whining and whimpering into your cunt like tasting his own cum inside you had flipped some primal, pathetic switch in his brain neither of you even knew existed.
âFuckâ you taste so goodâ I taste so good on youââ Every few seconds he would pull back just enough to breathe, drooling, and mutter broken little things against your skin. And you were once again left wondering where all the skill came from.
Then heâd dive right back in, tongue flicking over your clit before dragging down to lap at your hole again, like he was trying to clean you out and make you messy all over again at the same time.
It was deranged.
It was filthy.
And it was fucking working.
Your hand fisted in his hair, gripping tight. He moaned loudly at the rough treatment, the sound muffled against your pussy as his tongue circled your clit, biting then sucking on it, then flattening to drag it through your folds like he was trying to devour you whole.
You were gushing at this point, and not a drop ever spilled on the floor as he slurped you like his favourite boba flavour. His touch spread across your entire body as the orgasm built after getting edged the entire evening to fucking oblivion.
ââToruââ you cried, thighs starting to tremble around his head. And he bit down gently on your inner thigh when you tried to close your legs on instinct.
Look, itâs not like you did it on purpose â who the fuck would want to close up shop when business was this good?
He kitten-licked your poor clit, sending sparks right to your lower belly. Your back arched off the floor as his hand snaked up at the right damn time to flick your nipple.
Oh.
âHolyâ nghâ fuck, âToruâ!â you screamed and came all over his poor face, thighs clamping around his head as you tried to suffocate him with your spasming pussy. You shook like youâd been electrocuted and he kept licking and licking, to the point you werenât sure if you came again or if it was just one big orgasm. He wanted to taste every damn second of you falling apart because of him, for him.
His face was a mess. Half of it was shiny and wet with your slick, lips prettily swollen. Heâd thrown his glasses somewhere on the floor in the middle of it. His pupils were practically heart-shaped, and he looked so wrecked it was beautiful.
He was so cum-drunk he only stared up at you with his mouth open, resting his cheek against your inner thigh, waiting.
And your eyes mightâve been heart-shaped too, because the sight of him made you throb all over again.
âFuck,â you almost moaned, reaching down to grab his shoulders. âCome here.â
Satoru didnât need to be told twice. He crawled up your body like he was starving for it, for you. He crashed his lips against yours and the kiss was fucking messy. You could taste yourself on him as he smeared your slick across your chin, tongues sliding sloppily against each other like you were trying to devour one another.
His hands found your waist. He shifted his weight and rolled the two of you until his back was against the bed and you were straddling him in his lap.
You broke the kiss just long enough to look at him. His chest was heaving. And he was looking up at you like you were the only thing in the world that mattered.
Everything was still disgustingly sticky, but the way he looked at you made your heart go thump thump thump in a way it never had before. So you reached down, wrapped your hand around his cock, and sank down onto him in one slow, slick motion.
Satoruâs head tipped back against the bed with a broken groan that made the muscles in his neck jump. His hands immediately gripped your hips hard, fingers digging into your ass like he needed to anchor himself.
âFuuckââ he slurred, voice so dazed. âOh my godâ youâre so warmâ so fucking tightâtighterââ
You started moving, rolling your hips in frantic circles. Every time you sank down, you could feel the tip kissing your cervix, nudging right up against the entrance of your womb as he completely bottomed out.
It didnât take long before his hands tightened on your ass and he started helping you. He pulled you down onto him faster, guiding your hips with desperate hands while lifting his own to meet you halfway.
âShitâ just like that,â he whimpered, kissing all over your jaw as his tip kissed your poor cervix again and again and again. âNghâ youâre milking me so goodââ
He was completely gone. Eyes glassy, mouth open, babbling whatever came to his mind as you rode him. And every time you clenched around him, another broken sound slipped out of him.
His mouth searched for yours again, licking into the corners of your lips before kissing you deep. You slipped two fingers into his mouth and he immediately sucked on them, tongue rolling around your fingers with a needy moan that made your pussy flutter and squeeze around him even harder. Your swollen clit dragged over his lap and lower stomach with every roll, his happy trail tickling your sensitive folds and sending sparks up your spine.
Satoru whined around your fingers, hips twitching up helplessly.
One of his hands stayed on your hip while the other slid up and wrapped around your neck. His thumb brushed along the side of your throat as he started moving you faster, pulling you down onto his cock with more urgency. The sound of your skin loud.
âIâm so close,â he warned desperately against your lips. âFuckâ Iâm gonna cumâ you feel too goodââ
His hand squeezed, holding you in place as he helped you bounce on him. Every time you sank down, he lifted his hips to meet you, fucking up into you until your jaw rattled. He was panting hard, forehead pressed against yours, completely pussy-drunk.
Satoru came with a broken, drawn-out moan, hips jerking up into you as he spilled deep inside. He held you down against him, grinding up as he pumped his cum into you like he was unconsciously trying to fuck it into your womb. His hand on your neck tightened just enough to pin you down against him while he trembled through it.
Both of you were breathing hard. He held you close and kissed the side of your head as he hugged you.
âD-did you cum?â he mumbled against your skin, still dazed and half out of it.
You pulled back just enough to look at him, deadpan.
âWHAT?â
He blinked up at you, still glassy-eyed and fucked-out. âYou squeezed me so hard I thought you did! Okay thenâ cum then!â
You stared at him for a second, somewhere between offended, frustrated, and fond, before letting out a short laugh.
âYouâre actually so fucking stupid.â
You were still softly rolling your hips, using his softening cock like a dildo while you were still determined to cum again. Satoru just watched you, half-intently, half blissed-out, still breathing hard, feeling his cum escaping your pussy and pooling in his lap. After a moment, one of his hands slid down between your bodies. His fingers found your clit easily this time and started rubbing you.
âFuckâ youâre still so wet,â he mumbled, eyes locked on where you were grinding against him. âKeep going⌠Iâve got you.â
So you kept moving on his semi-hard cock while he fingered you, the combination making your thighs shake. Your breath started hitching and Satoru was watching your face closely now, still drunk but trying to focus.
When your mouth fell open so prettily and your eyes fluttered as he just hit that spot inside you with the angle of his cock, his other hand moved to your hip almost automatically. He gripped you and started moving you himself, guiding you in short, deliberate rolls so his cock and his fingers kept pressing right against that same sensitive spot from both sides.
âThere?â he asked, voice low and rough. âRight there?â
You could only nod, a broken whimper slipping out of you as you started tipping forward, head on his sweaty shoulder until your thighs were trembling hard and you felt like a jelly.
You came with a sharp, shaky moan, clenching around his soft cock as the overstimulating orgasm tingled through you. Satoru held you through it, still moving you gently and praising you until you completely slumped forward against his chest.
He hugged you tight, face buried in your neck.
And you stayed slumped against Satoruâs chest for a long minute, both of you just breathing each other in. The adrenaline was finally wearing off, and reality slowly started to creep back in.
The room was in fucking ruin. You were both coated in a sticky mess, the mattress behind you was most likely ruined, and the floor was dangerously slippery. It smelled like greasy sex.
âWell,â you said.
âYeah,â he answered quietly.
You slowly peeled yourself off his chest, shivering as the cool air hit your slick, overheated skin.Â
You looked down at him and he still looked completely fucked-out, and you decided you could get used to that look. As you stretched, you felt his cum trailing down your inner thighs. Satoruâs eyes followed it from the front row, his spent dick giving a weak twitch at the sight.
âIâm going to take a shower,â you said softly, breaking the quiet. You paused, a small smirk tugging at the corner of your lips. ââŚWanna join?â
Satoruâs heart practically stopped. His eyes widened and for a second he looked like he was going to follow you like a lost, oily puppy. But then he glanced around at the absolute state of his bedroom and reality hit him again.
âIâll, uhâŚâ He cleared his throat. âIâll clean this up a bit first. You go ahead.â
You pouted but gave him a soft, understanding nod. âDonât take too long, âToru.â
You grabbed one of his random t-shirts from the floor and padded down the hallway toward the bathroom.
Left alone on the floor, Satoru stared at the opposite wall for a long time. He was deadass completely re-evaluating his entire existence.
He had just experienced the most surreal, life-changing two hours of his life, and the only thing he knew for certain was that he was completely whipped for you. For once, he didnât care what his old incel education had to say about it.
He reached over to his nightstand, picked up his phone, and wiped a smear of baby oil off the screen before opening Reddit.
r/relationship_advice
I (M) think Iâm in love with my roommate (F) and I might have just completely fucked everything up in the most humiliating way possible
Throwaway because if she ever sees this she will murder me.
Iâve been living with this girl for almost a year. Sheâs my roommate. For the longest time I thought I had everything figured out. I believed that if I just kept doing enough, sheâd eventually see me as a potential mate. She didnât, obviously.
Tonight I did something so fucking stupid I still canât believe Iâm typing this. I got a cock ring stuck on my dick. I panicked and called her while she was on a date and basically begged her to come home. She helped me. She got it off. And then⌠something else happened. Something I didnât expect at all. And now sheâs in the shower and I feel like I fucked up our friendship beyond repair. My entire worldview feels kinda off.
I think Iâm in love with her. Iâve been a terrible roommate. Iâve been a terrible person tbh. I donât know what we are now. I donât even know if I have the right to ask. But I think I love her. And I have no idea what the fuck Iâm supposed to do.
Please help. And be nice this time.
u/GrassToucherGeto ¡ 183 upvotes
Is this the same guy who posted that viral âAITA for expecting my roommate to fuck me because I did the dishesâ thread a few weeks ago?
u/KingNaoya69 ¡ 56 upvotes
You fucked her? Good shit bro. Donât fuck it up this time.
Satoru looked up when you walked out of the hallway wearing his t-shirt, your hair still damp and smelling like strawberries. Something in his chest went soft at the sight.
He was still sitting on the floor, holding a bottle of kitchen cleaner in one hand and a roll of paper towels in the other. He looked like he had no idea what he was doing.
You sighed and gave him a soft, tired look.
ââToru,â you said gently. âYouâre not going to be able to clean this mess up right now. Just go wash up.â You paused, biting your lip. âLetâs just sleep in my room tonight, alright?â
He blinked up at you, panicked and hopeful all at once. You tilted your head, giving him the softest smile youâd given him yet. That was all it took. He dropped the cleaner without a second thought and basically sprinted down the hall.
He took the fastest, most aggressive shower of his entire life, scrubbing the residual oil and shame off his skin like he was trying to erase the last few hours.
When he finally crept into your bedroom, the lights were already off and you were in bed. He climbed in beside you and the sheets smelled like you. It was warm. It was safe. It made something in his chest loosen.
You shifted over without opening your eyes, throwing an arm across his chest and tucking your face into the crook of his neck with a soft, contented sigh. You fell asleep almost instantly.
Satoru lay there staring up at the dark ceiling, gently nuzzling the top of your head with his cheek. A quiet, overwhelming sense of peace settled over him.
Carefully, so as not to wake you, he reached for his phone on the nightstand one last time.
He opened Reddit and went back to his post. The comments had already blown up again â some people calling the story fake, others demanding more details about the cock ring, a few calling him a simp.
Satoru smiled to himself.
He typed out one final edit.
Update: nvm, sheâs tucked into my side. Take this as a PSA to all the other incels out there. Admins, please flag this as SOLVED.
ââ Dividers from petalpx and fairytopea and melocor!
Synopsis. When you came knocking at Nanami Kentoâs mansion, stranded in the middle of a storm, he couldnât turn you away just like that - could he? After all, you smelled so cold, so scared, soâŚdelectable. And you might learn that thereâs a reason they keep demons locked away in large, lonely mansions. Because didnât you know that heâs one hell of a butler?
Pairing. Nanami Kento x Reader
Content. MDNI, fem!reader, demon butler!Nanami, Black Butler AU, plot, powers, mansions, use of âmy ladyâ, slight bIood and vioIence, slightly yan!Nanami, slight angst, reincarnations, yearning, pĂşssydrĂşnk Nanami, fĂngering, oraI (fem rec.), spĂtting, chokĂng, p talking, manhandIing, matĂng presses, use of his demon powers, x-rays, heâs a gentleman until he breaks, rough s, running from it, creampĂes, cĂşmpIay, soul bonding, happy ending, pet names, swĂŠaring.
Word count. 15.6k
A/N. Spooky season isnât over until I say soâŚ
âGoddamm- oh.â The merciless hand of the storm swipes your face, and you instantly clamp your eyes and lips shut against the sting.
It was a night colder than cold, a storm crueler than cruel. Fallen instantly: it was as if someone had simply snuffed out the light of day, and plunged you into a world that hurtled on its axis. Despite the portico you stood underneath, you clutched your tattered coat tighter against the wind.
This place had been the first youâd encountered during your treacherous walk. A light. And without thinking, youâd stumbled towards it.Â
Perhaps a home. Perhaps shelter.Â
The fog thickens. Your fist raises, knock-knock-knocking against the tall, wooden door. It was decorated in intricate swirling patterns and engravings that you couldnât make out in the darkness right now.
You wonder whether whoever was inside could even hear you over the storm. Desperately, your fist raises to knock again when-
The door opens.
And inside stands a handsome blond man.
Almost otherworldly.
âMy lady.â
Your breath hitches, and youâre not entirely sure why. Perhaps it was the rich baritone of his voice, the way it pierced your ears even above the wind, wetness, and anger of the storm. Perhaps it was his classically handsome face - slicked-back hair, high cheekbones, a pert mouth that was somehow knowing - like in one of those historical paintings, a Prince Charming.Â
You wouldnât have been able to pinpoint him in any century.
Or perhaps it was the way that when you stepped back, on instinct, he leaned down to loop a strong arm around your waist in a single, fluid motion. So fast that you muse he mightâve teleported.
Whooshâ!Â
You startle at the noise above you, and look up to find that the strange man had unfolded an umbrella over the two of you - one that you hadnât even realized heâd been holding.
He lets the berth of it cover your frame, like the dark wings of a bat stretched taut. Uncaring of whether he himself gets wet, the man shields you against the icy billows of rain that blew through the portico. His warm grin stretches, urging. âMy lady?â
âO-oh.â It registers that he was speaking to you. Youâre unsure where to place your palms, and they lay flatly open against the manâs toned chest. Still. âMy apologies for- for the intrusion so late. But IâŚâ
You were getting distracted by his kind, molten eyes is what. But he finishes for you with a slight huff of amusement, âHappened to get caught in this monstrosity of a storm, am I right in guessing?â At your nod. âWell, itâs no wonder then, my lady. Iâm only glad you made it here safe.â
âI-â You were right in feeling like you werenât able to pinpoint which century he was from. Because his tone of speaking wasnât reminiscent of any dialect youâve ever heard before - something melodic yet stiff, something understandable yetâŚdated.Â
And despite your incessant pondering, he stands as patiently as ever. Holds you as patiently as ever.
Even though the wind ruffled that neat hair of his, and the rain pelted his sides without the cover of the umbrella. You hasten to explain yourself, âI was actually on my way from a work function, a bit far away. When this storm suddenly hit and my car broke down in the middle of it- actually, I think it ended up in some ditch with no power, which is why I ended up- well- here.â You finish, lamely.
He looks thoughtful, nodding empathetically.
âAnd I really do apologize for the intrusion, really, but if I could stay just until the storm blows over and I can call for help-â
âDo forgive me for interrupting you, my lady.â The manâs precise tone speaks once more, âBut you may stay here as long as you like.â
Relief washes down your spine like a bucket of heat, melting you instantly. âOh, thank you- thank you.â And before you know it, youâre falling deeper into his arms.Â
âA lady must not thank a mere worker.â He hums with a tut, and you wonder whether that means he was one of the staff at this large building - what little you could see of the silhouette seemed larger than a normal house, and youâd assumed that it was some hotel at first.
He steps soundlessly to help you steady yourself. And youâre soon being warmly gestured inside, the umbrella being held over your head with each step, even as he stepped aside into the rain to let you through. âCome now, we must dry you off at once. Being in the cold for this long wonât be good for your constitution, my lady.â
You step inside as he directs, and it feels like stepping into a warm bath - just right.
And what youâd seen in the distance - that yolky, blinking light that led you here, your body moving as if on instinct - wasnât actually a lightbulb, as youâd thought. In actuality, it was about a dozen, flaring chandeliers.
Illuminating a fresco of gardens and flowers and spring. Lined along the sprawling ceiling like fruits that were overripe, fit to burst. They danced ever-so-slightly in the draught that the open door brought, yet not a single candle extinguished from what you could make out.
You felt so tiny in the house- mansion, as you were quickly coming to learn.Â
Greeted by an imperial staircase made of marble, and accents of gold that fought with the chandeliers over which one of them shined brighter. You donât think you could possibly count how many hallways holed themselves into the mansion just from here. Hidden caverns filled with antiques, and ever-green chrysanthemums, and paintings that you could just see the corners of. Upon either side of the entrance were large Clerestory windows that provided snapshots of the flared lightning outside; so high up, so large, that it made the front door feel dwarfed.Â
You think it looks strangely familiar - perhaps something reminiscent of those illustrations youâd seen in classic stories.
Curiously, along the winding corridors, you note that there were many mirrors. Some small and bejeweled, some tall from ceiling to floor.
In intervals unknown to you, they stood out - the brightest of them all.
You jump at the feeling of something touching your elbow-
âMy apologies for startling you, my lady.â Comes your hostâs deep voice, and you whirl around to find him bowed. With a warm, citrus-scented towel presented to you (when did he even have the time to get that?) âPlease, do make use of this towel to rinse off the water on your body. If you would like, I may do it for you?â
âNo no, I can do it.â You insist, feeling your heart race. His stern lips quirk up ever-so-slightly when you reach for it. âThank you.â
âIt is my pleasure. I wouldnât want my lady getting sick.â
My ladyâŚ
You shake your head, trying to get it free of that giggling lilâ voice that kept repeating those two words. Instead, you take the towel from the beautiful man andâoh.
Underneath your breath, you gasp through your nose. Because the very second that your fingers had grazed his own when taking the towel, a chill wafted down your spine. So cold. SoâŚunnatural. You werenât sure whether it was the sheer temperature, or the fact that it was the sheer temperature of his hand.
Why was he so cold?
Almost as if he sensed your thoughts, the man swiftly pulls his hand away. And itâs only then that you realize that he was dressed so smartly.
Shoes polished till they reflected your bewildered stare. Well-fitted black pants. A three-piece suit filled out by his broad shoulders. Black tailcoat. High collar. Steely buttons. And an emblem on his coat pocket that you couldnât read from here. Gloves. Ahâso that was why he was so cold, you guessed.
Surely there was no other reason, right?
Lightning flashes.
The rooms lights up in ice-white.
âOh dear, it seems the storm wonât be getting any better tonight.â He announces, clapping his hands twice. And then, previously unseen curtains start closing in on the windows so high above. Effectively shutting out the storm, the night, and with it, the world.
You wondered what automatic mechanism that was.
âWe best get you to bed immediately, my lady.â The blond-haired man says, his hair gleaming in the candlelight - and you couldâve sworn that itâd been all ruffled and messy by the storm just prior. Now, it was untouched, as if heâd never stepped outside.Â
He rounds the entrance, politely gesturing at you to follow.Â
âSuch a lovely place.â You observe, as youâre led up the staircase and into the East wing. The hallways were tall and ancient, humming with centuries of stories untold. And, as youâd expected, the antiques, the chrysanthemums, the paintings.
Blurs of faces that you were walking too quickly by to properly make out.
âWhy thank you, my lady.â He looks back briefly, holding a golden candelabra to light your pathway. Still walking, he doesnât need to stop to speak. âThis is an old home, with old bones, old secrets.â The man cracks a grin, âI should know, I have been lucky to call myself a worker of this fine home for a long time.â
So he did work here - a butler, all signs were pointing to. You hum, butlers had always seemed like something out of a soap opera, or those regency novels.
Having him in front of you like this made you feel somewhat dizzy.
And you were entranced by the noiseless way he moved, âAnd how long is a long time?â
âOh, one could say it feels likeâŚcenturies.â He chuckles to himself.
You make a few turns, heading deeper into the mansion. And you canât help but notice that youâve yet to see a single other person here except the two of you-
âThe masters of this home are more in name.â The butler says, in his smooth tone. Like he could sense the question forming. âThis house has been passed down through generations, and I fear that I have yet to officially meet whoever owns this grand establishment now.â
âOh?â Your brows raise, âThey seriously donât come to visit a house this beautiful? Not even as a vacation home?â
âIâm afraid so. It is all but abandoned.â He nods, âBut alas, I do not complain. They employ me here to clean and take care of this home, and thatâs all I can ask. To preserve a piece of history so magnificent, no matter how much they try to forgetâŚit shall always haunt you.â
âSo youâre alone here?â
He stops then. And turns back to you with an unreadable expression- oh, something about the way the candelabra outlined the hollows of his face made you feel cold all over again. âIâm afraid so.â Voice quiet. âWould you prefer otherwise, my lady?â
In the distance, the growl of thunder trundles.
âNo no, nothing like that.â You rush to answer, not wishing to offend the kind soul helping you for the night (and honestly, even despite that, you didnât feel a speck of discomfort with him- in fact, you feltâŚat ease). âHonestly, youâve been more than a delight- I was just wondering whether you donât get lonely in such a big house, all by yourself. I certainly would visit.â
He observes you for a moment. Before his warm expression is back again- âDo not worry yourself over my wellbeing, my lady, of course, as all good workers do, I have gotten used to it. YetâŚI must admit that there is the occasional night in which I, too, crave humanityââ
You listen, enraptured.
Before he then gestures to the door in front of which youâd stopped at - you hadnât even noticed. It was an unassuming mahogany door, polished and pristine like all the rest.
His gloved hands gently twist the doorknob and lead you inside. âYour room, my lady.â He leaves the candelabra on top of a cabinet by the doorway. âI have arranged for a warm bath to be prepared for you, with a fine selection of body washes and shampoos from around the world. After which I ask you to allow me to treat you to a light supper in bed, as you must be hungry after such an exciting night. Kindly ring the bell-â He gestures at a slim handbell on the cabinet beside the candelabra that you hadnât seen before. â-and I shall be here for you before the second ring.â
âThis isâŚâ You look around the room- chamber, more like.Â
The candles on the chandelier inside had lit up as soon as you stepped inside (you had to figure out that mechanism, somehow!) Bathing the expansive bedroom in a soft glow, like this, it almost looked like a piece of heaven itself.
An antique chamber. A four-poster king-sized bed in the middle. A plethora of sweet-scented flower pots. A few paintings of landscapes. A floor-to-ceiling window overlooking the balcony, the garden. Though now, you could only see the storm outside. On one side of the room, you could see a shelf of thick tomes, impeccably dusted, and next to it was a fireplace. Roaring.Â
You wondered how he had the time to light it.
On the other side it opened up to what you imagined must be an equally as luxurious bathroom. The polished tile squeaked as you made your way inside, reflecting your wind-torn coat that felt more than out-of-place in such a room. It almost felt like you were wading across a ballroom.Â
You whirl, and you note that one of the walls adjacent to the bed wasnât taken up by some painting or mural or wallpaper- it was nearly covered by a gleaming mirror. How interesting.
â-this is amazing.â You breathe.
âI am glad that it is to your liking, my lady.â He bows, âIf you need anything, or wish to ask anything, simply ring the bell.â
And as the blond-haired man moves to exit with a final bow, you reach your hand out- âWait-â
He turns. âMy lady?â
âAh, I didnât ring the bell but- your name.â You fiddle with the drenched fabric of your coat as you ask, wondering whether it was salvageable anymore. You tell him your own name, before questioning, âCan I ask your name?â
He smiles. âNanami Kento, my lady.â And thereâs a zip of excitement that runs through your body at finally putting a name to a handsome face. Nodding, you expect that that would be the end of your small pleasantries, and you turn back-
But before he leaves for good tonight, Nanami speaks over his shoulder. âAnd worry not, I am one hell of a butler.â
You snap your head back to listen to him speak, and find that he was already gone.
The hallway was dark outside, and there was a slight wind coming in. You hasten to shut the door and find that you canât even hear Nanamiâs footsteps disappearing, canât even hear his shadowâwell, you always had the bell, right?
You shook off the slight prickling at your skin, and welcomed yourself into the clouds of warmth spiffing from the bathroom.
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That night may have been the best sleep of your life, you had to admit. Like youâd been home, and doubled by the luxury of the place.
It might have something to do with the fact that the massive bed was amongst the comfiest things youâve ever felt, or it might have something to do with the easy cotton fabric of the pyjamas that Nanami had left while you were bathing.
Youâd come out of the bathroom, refreshed (the bathroom ceiling was blanketed with the most beautiful mosaics, and the bathtub was accented with gold), only to find that heâd left out nightwear of your liking.
Of your exact size.
Youâd stopped then, wondering how he managed to find something that fit you so perfectly.Â
Perhaps it was a lucky guess, and a previous owner of the mansion happened to be your exact size? Then again, it did feel so new in your handsâŚ
Without wearing yourself out even further, youâd rung the bell and partaken in a quick dinner (youâd been famished, having only scoffed down a protein bar during the conference). And then chosen to ignore the shivers that ran down your spine to tuck yourself in. Soon oblivious to the storm, and the mansionâs creaking, and the eyes that seemed to watch you at night.
It all felt like part of a dream.
In the morning, youâd awoken to the twittering of birds, and a slab of golden sunlight, like butter, filtering in through the window. Nanami had already laid out a gorgeous princess-line dress of emerald green for you, with a deep v-cut collar that showed just a coy bit of skin, and a silhouette that flattered your frame perfectly.
That, too, was the perfect fit.
You adjusted your sleeves and couldnât help but titter to yourself as you felt like a princess. In no time after you got ready, there was a knock at the door.
âOh, come in.â
It couldnât be anyone but Nanami. And he looked as handsome as the last time youâd seen him (earlier, in the late hours of the night youâd almost wondered whether it was the dimness that made him look so extraordinarily handsome).
But no, he was as beautiful as ever. His golden hair glinting in the sun, like a halo, and his smile beaming as he walks closer to you. âGood morning, my lady.â Nanami bows, âI see you have already prepared yourself for the day. How exquisite you look, should my eyes fall upon such a sight every morning then I should be blessed. Am I correct in assuming that the dress is adequate to your tastes?â
âItâs just beautiful, Nanami.â You run your hands down the sides, admiring. âI donât know how you managed to get my perfect size.â
He brings a gloved index up to his lips, with a wink. âA butler always had his secrets.â Before he straightens up, âNow, if you would allow me, may I help you with your hair and make-up?â
âOh-â Youâd just thought about rifling through the vanityâs drawers, with the slight hope that you might find the products you use. And as if he could read your mind, he was offering. âAre youâŚsure?â
âIt would be my honor, my lady.â Nanami sits you down on the chair before the vanity mirror. His broad frame behind you- from here, you could see just how snugly that tailcoat fit his slender waist. âYou may keep your eyes on me, or on yourself- please tilt your chin upââ
Soft, cold hands get to work.
And you really did feel like a princess.
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By the time youâre walking downstairs for breakfast, you find yourself all dolled up just the way you like it - and you didnât even have to give Nanami too many directions. You thoroughly considered taking him back once you leave.
With the crook of his elbow stuck out for you to hold onto, his biceps flexed, you made your way to sit at the head of a long table. Narrow and at least as lengthy as two of your bedrooms back home.
Him trailing behind you at the entrance, you excitedly walk forwards to sit down- and have your chair pushed in byâŚNanami?
You look towards the entrance once more, you couldâve sworn that he was still there the last time you looked.
He swiftly placed a steaming silver dish of breakfast in front of you, and then filled the table up with so many fruit platters upon toast upon sneaky puddings. Your eyes took in the kaleidoscope of food, feeling slightly dizzy at the sheer amount. âDid youâdid you make all of this just this morning, Nanami?â
âWhat, this?â He looked in slight surprise at the table, as if wondering whether that was really an incredible amount. âJust part of my duties, my lady. Along with the cleaning, the baking, and the watering, a few to name.â
You look behind you - the dining room overlooked part of the garden that you hadnât noticed last night during the storm.
Plush plants that somehow seemed unaffected by the torrents of water that had poured down: roses, chrysanthemums, marigolds, and weeping willows that all swayed idly in the wind. Like they were welcoming you. Welcoming you back. They were planted in a maze-like pattern. From here you think you could see flower-filled archways, and a lake that glittered underneath the sun.
You wondered how you missed it all last night - surely you would have stumbled across a few of the hedge growth? It all seemed so barren as youâd wound your way up to the portico, so acrid. But nowâŚ
âAnd if you donât mind me being so brazen, I hope you do forgive me for this.â Nanami says, and you whip your head back to him- him and a very familiar set of car keys he was holding. âI took the freedom to move your car into our driveway.â
Your eyes nearly pop out of their skull, âYou mean you pushed it all the way here?â
âPerhaps. Perhaps not.â Nanami smiles that secret smile, âWould you like to take a look at it after breakfast, my lady?â
You nod fervently, gulping down the rest of your breakfast.Â
In a few minutes, youâd already finished and was being tutted by Nanami into drinking enough water and putting on the outside slippers (procured by him, also your exact size) before you went outside. As expected, your car was a wreck.
There was one wheel missing and the engine seemed to be completely busted.
âI have already summoned the townâs mechanic.â Heâs telling you, as you looked on at the car in gloom - that thing had taken up a lot of savings to acquire, and above all you hated to see it in such a sorry state. How would you get home?
âAnd?â You ask, eagerly. âDid they say when they would get here?â
âIâm afraid he wonât be here for at least a few days, my lady.â Nanami frowns empathetically, mirroring you. âThe storm last night was quite vicious, you see. It has most of the roads blocked with trees, and until those get cleared up, he wonât be able to make it up here.â
You swear underneath your breath.
âBut the good news is you can stay here as long as you like!â He attempts to lighten the mood, with a smile. âIn fact, I might just keep you even longer.â
âOh, but I really couldnât imposeâŚâ
âI insist.â
And that was that, it seems youâd be staying here for a little longer than youâd originally planned. Though, with Nanamiâs hospitality, you doubted youâd feel anything but at home.
Right?
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The rest of your day and the next was spent simply reading the fantasy novels in your bedroom, lounging in the gardens and corners of the mansion.Â
By your second day there youâd explored every inch of the mansion that there was to explore (except for, perhaps the basement. A strangely nostalgic door outside. Which you had reached the very foot of, before Nanami had gently nudged you back inside with some comment about wines being mulled there that cannot see the light of day until the time was right). Itâd taken you five entire days to get yourself properly acquainted with the place. Â
And with your profanities.
Spewing them out, you donât think youâve ever used before as you attempted to get even a single bar of signal for your phone.
âGoddammit-â You grit your teeth, for the nth time in the past hour. Itâs your second day in the mansion, and youâre leaning over the balcony of your bedroom, so far outwards that you think you might just fall off.Â
With your hand outstretched, phone fisted in the air and searching for a signal. You couldnât call anyone like this, let alone the mechanic to confirm. None of your messages or emails went through, either. âHow are we this far up and yet I canât get a single bar- oh, when I get home Iâm cancelling this stupid subscription mark my words.â
âMight I suggest, my ladyââ Nanami says from behind you. He stood beside your bed, changing the blankets and fluffing the pillows. â-that in the meantime you perhaps take a look at our library? I think youâll find that we have certain books that are quite riveting.â
âMaybeâŚâ You respond, still stung by the uselessness of your phone. âI donât suppose that in the meantime you could also arrange a messenger pigeon for me, could you?â
He perks up, âI shall tame a pigeon immediately-â
âNo no, itâs alright.â You wave off, with a stifled laugh. Ah- he always did manage to put you in a better mood, despite your circumstances. âMaybe Iâll take a look at the library tonight, it beats trying not to smash my phone to bits.â
âQuite.â Nanami quips.
And before you can say anything more, heâs walking over to you. Placing his hand on top of the phone - effectively on top of yoursââAfter all, it is a beautiful day outside. Would you fancy a walk in the garden, my lady?â
âY-yes please-â You whisper, at his proximity. Cold to the touch.Â
âThen, I shall get your slippers ready.â He smiles, and leaves. You can only look from afar as he exits, letting a breath leave your chest that you didnât know youâd been holding in for the moment.
Your head drops down without thinking to look at your phone. Onlyâ
NOT FOUND ERROR 404.
You furrow your brows, trying to press on a few buttons- but the error message doesnât leave. It glitches. Different from the meager âno signalâ symbol thatâd been there earlier. And the crashed page is all you can see once more.
NOT FOUND ERROR 404.
NOT FOUND ERROR 404.
NOT FOUND ERROR 404.
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The error message lasts until your walk in the gardens.
The error message lasts all the way until after lunch. After dinner.
It was in the dead of your third night here, under the veil of darkness, when you finally manage to find a signal.Â
Despite your phone having crashed, and despite your feet aching from your productive day, you found yourself leaning over the edge of your bedroom balcony once more. The edge of your phone reaching outwardsâone bar of signal obtained.
You breathe out in relief, falling back onto the heels of your feet. The wind was whipping in spirals around you, creating a cloud of your nightdress to billow. Soft silk. Feeling like the touch of a hand.
You look at the phone screen that had finally stopped flashing that error sign, and eagerly tap towards the phone app. Onlyâ
Your phone vibrates with a call.
Confused at the Unknown number, you wonder whether this might be someone from home thatâs been worried about your whereabouts. And so you donât question it much when you slide the blaring bar and answer the call. âHello?â
No one answers.
You repeat, âHello? Can you hear me?âÂ
No one answers.
Perhaps it was the wind that was making you hard to hear? You turn away from the gales slightly, careful not to lose the humble signal that you have. And you press your phone harder against your face. âHello? Whoâs this-â
No one answers.
But thatâs when you hear it: heavy breathing.Â
Low and labored. Like someone had just run a mile and immediately picked up the phone, somehow dialing your number.
âIs this some sort of prank?â You hiss, âBecause it isnât funny. Who is this?â
No one answers.
Heavy breathing.
âAnswer me-â
No one answers.
Heavy breathing.
âHello?â
No one answers.
Heavy breathing.
âAnswer me-â
Thereâs a sharp tone as the phone ends, whether by you or whoever was on the other end of the line youâre not quite sure.
Heavy breathing.
This time, not from the phone.
You whirl around with a gaspâthe curtains gust out at a sudden wind. And thereâs no one behind you - thereâs no sound of breathing behind you, either. But youâre sure youâd heard it before. Youâre sure.
Lightning flashes in the distance.Â
Thereâs the rumble of thunder that almost sounds like laughter- in fact, youâre sure that if you let your ears keenly listen in, it was laughter. Masculine and deep. Echoing into the distance, like it was someone surrounding you.
With your phone clutched to your thundering chest, youâre quickly walking to the safety of your bedroom inside. And you decide to lock every window that night.
You couldnât sleep.
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The day after that - your third day in the mansion now, your fourth night - there was still no sign of the car mechanic. Youâd taken to sleeping during the day, lounged upon an intricately woven love seat that was inside your chambers.
Of course, Nanami hadnât questioned a thing.
He was as warm and welcoming as ever, of course. Always so efficient getting you the things you needed, helping you get ready, and cooking your favorite foods - almost too efficient. Any time you looked at him, he never seemed to have a hair out of place, despite being embroiled in the toughest of domestic tasks (he took offense any time you offered to pull your own weight until the mechanic arrived).
Practically perfect.
Almost unnatural.Â
You wondered how he had the time to do it allâŚ
And that foggy night, you tossed and turned amongst the sea of expensive silken blankets. Ultimately, as the clock struck 2AM and you still found yourself unable to sleep, you got off the side of the mattress and walked. To the candelabra on the cabinet. And then outside.
With no fixed aim nor destination, your feet took you down one of the paths youâd explored during your days here. Though, you had the faintest feeling that even if you hadnât explored- youâd have known your way around here. Past unwilted flowers and paintings that seemed to stare you down as you passed. And soon enough, you were standing in front of the great double doors of the library.
One of them, at least.
Nanami had told you that the mansion boasted about five massive libraries, filled to the brim with books across all ages and authors. And the smell of pages and put-out fires greet your senses when you enter, your slippers thudding across the cold stone floor.
The ceiling was high, almost never-ending.
And from above peered severe gargoyles, their wings outstretched, and their mouths mid-scream as if to warn you not to take a step closer. You wrapped your arms around your body and shivered, looking up at the high shelves.
With one hand craned out, you trace your fingers down their thick spines. Not a speck of dust on them.
Until, finally, the hairs at the back of your neck seem to raiseâ
You look behind you.
Nothing.
It was dark in the library, the sole source of light being the paper-thin moonlight that filtered in through the windows. Casting an almost eerie glow on everything itâs spindly fingers touched.Â
Though, you still donât think you would be able to sleep if you headed back to your bedroom right now. And you curiously read the book spines where you stopped walking (it was too dark to make them out properly, yet you still take a few of them with you, in hopes of a distraction).
You sit down at the nearest wooden table, and the singular candle holder in the middle of it flickers to life. As if awakened by your presence.
You really wondered what this mechanism must be - you made a mental note to ask Nanami tomorrow. And in the glow, you could now see what books youâd actually picked up.
Bakerâs Book (1901)
Sebastianâs Book on How to Keep the House Warm
Pride and Prejudice
A Historical Analysis of the Nanami Mansions
That one was struck through, its scabrous leather cover torn as if someone had ripped through it with a knife. You squinted as you tried to read through the title, to no avail.
Of Demons and Servitude: The Hellish Agelong Contracts That Surpass Love
That last one seemed a little out of place amongst the rest- well. You took a look around. Perhaps it wasnât that out of place.
And in the dancing candlelight, you open the first book and begin to read.
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Youâd fallen asleep there.
Somewhere midway through a paragraph about how this very mansion had no official founder, and how it had been handed to the first owner by chance; thus, resulting in its descent into discourse over ownership (with masters who, surprisingly, rather than fighting for it had been fighting not to have it), and how the whereabouts of the last master was unknown.
You dreamt of contracts and haggling masters and packed bags and demons. The red, red eyes of a demon that watched from the shadows.
As much a part of the mansion as the mansion was part of him.
And you swear that in the depths of your slumber, you felt cold, cold hands graze your skin. Your cheek. Your arms. With his pointed fingernails that were meant to kill.
A candle snuffs out.
You woke up and it was morning, and someone had draped a blanket over you.
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Nanami had noticed that you were becoming more and more engulfed in your books. After several more tries to reach a phone signal had failed, youâd resigned yourself to merely waiting for the mechanic to get to you.
He informed you that the road clean up seemed to have been taking longer than usual, given the constant downpour the land was experiencing. And you understood.
After all, you werenât lacking for anything here at all. Nanami made sure of that.
Youâd moved on from the mysterious, and half-recorded, history of the mansion. Somehow more interesting than you might have imagined. On towards the baking book, the novel, even the domestic book.
Until the only thing left out of the book youâd picked was the eerie one about demons. Though you could easily go back and choose another, you werenât a quitter!
And so you found yourself flipping through its pages, all the while watched over by a silent Nanami.
You begrudgingly admitted that the book had you enraptured. And soon enough, you were drinking in all there was to drink about the rituals it took to summon said demons, the way they could take on the most exquisite appearances, and even a few âreal lifeâ recounts of people whoâve encountered them.
âLook at this one, Nanami.â You pointed somewhere on the page, and he leaned over your shoulder kindly to follow your finger. âThe person saying they saw a demon here is from this very town, hah! What a coincidence.â
He smiles, âWhat a coincidence indeed, my lady.â
âJust imagine- meeting a demon. I wonder what it would be like- Iâd probably get my soul stolen in an instant.â
âDemons steal souls only after theyâve bound a human in a contract, my lady. Though other methods of payments for a demonâs services can manifest themselves in the form of blood, flesh, sex. They thirst for those things, demons. Going without is almost worse than death- of course, a demon canât die.â At your slightly stunned silence, Nanami cocks his head. âChapter sixteen, the ways of the body.â
âR-right.â You start, âSorry, I just didnât think youâd be the type to be into such things.â
He bears a secret smile. A secret, secret smile. âThere is much that you donât know of me, my lady.â Nanami spreads butter on a piece of toast without you even asking to, and places it gently down on your plate. âBut of course, there is much time to find out.â
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Itâs by your sixth day that Nanami finally knocks at your bedroom door, deep into the evening. And he informs you that-
âThe mechanic shall be here in a few hours, my lady.â You look outside through your window, at the blue and gold night. And of course he notices that little action - he notices everything. âI may have had a hand in the somewhat ah- untimely manner of things. You see, I had pressured him into coming as soon as possible, and it seems that the roads have only just cleared.â
âOh, I see.â You reply, âI expect I should go down to wait for him in a bit, then.â
âIf you so wish, my lady.â
After dinner, you took your demon book with you and paced the halls of the mansion. Just waiting. It was a few hours past when the mechanic was supposed to come, and you could feel yourself getting antsy. No matter how many times Nanami told you the mechanic would be here soon, and that he would take care of it all.
Nonetheless, when you found the corridors thoroughly trodden, you stepped outside. It was a clear night out, and you sat on the porch with your book in your lap.
Reading through the passages in the dim twilight as you waited.
You were on the final chapter now.
âChapter 22: Fables From the Shadows - Nanami Mansion.
Hearken, oâ mortal. In another story from the deep, the darkness, I entrust your ears with the legend of the Nanami mansion.
Hundred of years old. It stands still, braving the storms and the times, a relic of a past that never changes. And shall never change. Not as long as the mansion is haunted by the ghosts of its past, they say that the very walls of the house are infused with a force unknown.
Or so they say.
No mortal soul can say with utmost certainty when the mansion was built, nor by who, nor for what purpose. Only that the line of its masters has been both gruesome and bloody; history claims that what had once been impassioned family feuds over ownership quickly turned into a family heirloom that no pawn shop would accept.
No soul wished to be the master of a demon.â
A twig snaps.
And you gasp, looking up- though there was no one there. The light that flooded in from the mansion revealed no one outside, and so, shaking, you kept on reading.
The mechanic still wasnât here.
âYes, oâ mortal. It is true.
Though one cannot say for certain the dark forces that envelop the house, it is what resides inside that is sure to catch the interest of a demonologist such as you and I.
A demon.
They say that he - or, at least, he who takes the shape of a man - runs the household as if its masters still occupy its decadent bones. As if its masters werenât taken by the very force that now cleans the windows, and grows pretty flowers in the mansionâs garden. As if its masters still live.
Still linger.
But do not be fooled, dear reader, the only thing that lingers in this household is the demon himself. His smile gentle. His face kindly. It would not be out of the realm of possibility that those of mortal desires, like us, are disarmed by the handsome face he uses to mask his bloodthirst. And he has snuffed the mansion of anything that makes this house a home.â
Someone was watching you.
Somehow, it didnât feel human.
âOne by one, it started with the other servants, centuries ago. Those who were lucky to flee their posts and tell the tale spoke of a shadow that haunted their every waking moment, of a fleeting presence that produced nail marks in the morning, or items in their chambers suddenly unravelled.
He was the model worker, unsusceptible.
And by the time the masters of the household realized, it was far too late for their mortal souls. The servants had disappeared, the livestock had fallen to plague, and the only residents of the mansion were them. And him.â
Someone was waiting.
You knew it didnât feel human.
âThere need not be much speculation on the fates of the owners in the house at the time, after which there was a scramble to pawn the mansion by living relatives.
Though, by that point, rumors of the mansionâs more supernatural occurrences were already beginning to fester, and the effort was futile.Â
And though the mansion stands lonely now, never think that it is abandoned, oâ mortal. Perhaps you shall find that the chandeliers are always lit, and the beds are made. Dinners at the mansion are lavish and a-plenty. All of this can be given credit to the demon that runs it, of course.â
You stand up.
The mechanic was countless hours past when he was supposed to come, and you guessed he wouldnât be making it today, either. Perhaps something more urgent had come up. Your feet step backwards- but something stops you, as if an invisible force. And without taking your eyes away from the page, you step forwards.
âWhy this ancient creature torments the mortals that reside in the mansion, yet takes such meticulous care of it is a question unanswered to us. Perhaps we may never know.
Though some whispers claim that the rightful owner isnât any lord or ladyship or bastard heir. No, not at all. It is - and brace yourselves for this, dear reader - none other than the demon himself.â
Forwards.
âOf course, this is only one theory put forth by demonologists. But as the rightful heir to the estate, the demon takes his time finishing off the foolish mortals that believe that it is theirs to claim. When, in actuality, you are stepping into the very abode of the creature. And no one - no one - has lasted longer than six days in its abode.
A creature that cannot ache. A creature that cannot love.â
Forwards.Â
âAnd he will always have his door open to the ignorant that walk in. Into what one may think is a heaven named after his very self.â
You stop.
âNanami Kento, of the Nanami Mansions.â
The book drops from your hands.
A scream in your throat, youâre realizing that youâd walked yourself - almost in a trance - right up to the shrub-covered door to the basement. The very same one that Nanami had nudged you away from last time.
NanamiâŚa shiver runs down your spine. You donât know what to think.
Almost as if it will provide you the answers, you reach out and twist the basement door handle. It creaks out in agony as it opens, and you almost have half the mind to run away right then, right now.
But youâre no quitter.Â
In nothing but the pale moonlight, you step inside the basement and make your way down its narrow stairway. They were made of metal, biting through the soles of your slips with each step. Youâre squinting your eyes in the darkness, hands reached out in front of you like youâd find something.
And thenâ
And then, right as you reach the landing of the staircase, you step in something wet.
It almost felt like a puddle after rain. Though the liquid stuck to your slippers, thicker than that. And as you raised your feet, it created a hollow squelch; the viscous sap looked much darker than water was supposed to be.
You gasp. It canât be-
Lightning strikes.
Just a snapshot of light. Like someone had taken a photograph and burned it into your retinas.
In that split-second, you saw that what youâd thought was a puddle of water wasnât really water at all. It was red. It was thick.
And it was leading a pathway all the way down to a body in the middle of the basement.
Two-toned hair bled red. Eyes pure white.
The mechanic lay dead on the basement floor. For how long, you werenât quite sure.
With a scream, you almost slip on the blood as you sprint upstairs. Running out into the pouring rain outside - if youâd been guided in a daze to the massacre, then your brain was working in overdrive to guide you out.Â
Slippers squelching. Eyes stinging with rain. You couldnât even see where you were going, and it reminded you of the night you arrived here.
Yet, youâll always find the mansion - always. And in almost no time (though it felt like eons to your poor, shivering body), youâre running inside the mansion and slamming! the front door shut.
Body pushed against the door. Lungs heaving. You gulp.
With your eyes downturned, your watch the rich carpet beneath your feet drench with beads of water. Rusted water. Blood.
Fuck.Â
You had to get out of here right now.Â
Just as soon as the thought has struck your brain, the candles go out. Every. Single. One of them. Startled, youâre whipping around and trying to open the door- bang! bang! bang! It only rattles underneath your hands, firmly shut with unseen bolts and padlocks that you wouldnât have been able to open no matter what.
And itâs only with the thin glow of the moonlight that you can move your urgent body, one step after the other. Jerky, as if you have to force yourself to do it.
As if you have to fight against some outside force to do so.
You knew that no matter where you went inside the mansion, Nanami would be able to find you. What if youâthe balcony.
You gasp, and try to tamper the thought down as swiftly as it had formed.Â
Without a second of lingering any further, your feet dart you up the sprawling staircase. Spirals. Heart thundering, feet thudding, and your gasps laborious as you ran towards the bedroom that he had oh-so-graciously given to you.
Footsteps.
Slow.
Steady.
The complete opposite of your own, follow you the closer you get to it. Seeing that gleaming wooden door wink at you from the end of the hallway, like an old friend.
Until, finally, youâre throwing open the door and running inside-
âMy lady.â
You howl in terror and itâs swallowed up by the sudden crashing of the storm outside. You hadnât just raced into your room- youâd ended up bumping into none other than Nanami Kentoâs firm, toned chest.
Carefully looping his arms around you.
âYouâre-â You hiss, stepping backwards. âYouâre a-â
âYes.â
And then suddenly heâs behind you. Caging you inside the room, with no possibility of running back where youâd come from.Â
He looms, larger than life. His shadow walking inside- âI canât believe youâre a-â You stagger backwards, âSo all this time-â
âAll this time.â Nanami breathes out, even though you knew that his lungs didnât need to work. Then he grins and oh- itâs the one thing that you could see completely clearly in the dimness of the night: his stark-white fangs, those crimson eyes, pupils like a snakeâs.Â
They bore down at you, especially when your limp legs stumble- and Nanamiâs right there to steady you. With his inhumanly strong arms capturing your waist, and his chest pressed to yours.Â
Oh.Â
That low voice of his buries deep within your eardrums, sensual. âAnd Iâve been waitingâŚâ He practically purrs, and your thighs clench. â-so, so long for you, my lady.â
You feel shivers go down your spine when Nanami nuzzles his nose against your throat, âA- a long time- so you mean that-â
âYes.â
âAm I an descendant to the owner of this house-â
âYes.â He sighs out his answers, like it took everything in him. Like he was breathing life into you. And you canât help but notice that the two of you have edged towards the bed now, and you slightly turn your head to look at the mirror on the wall. âAnd you donât know how starved I have been, my lady.â
Only to find that Nanamiâs reflection didnât show up on it.
It looked as if you were standing by yourself, and the blond-haired man (demon, more like) only holds you tighter in response. He murmurs in your ear, âThough enlightening, that book of yours doesnât hold much truth.â
âIt doesnât?â
âWell-â His fangs glint, â-it does.â
You shiver. Not only with coldness, not only with fear.
Something more akin to a carnal need, with him pressed up against you like this.
âThough, it was wrong about two things-â Nanamiâs plump lips graze down the column of your throat, and you wonder whether he can sense the way you growâŚwet. â-a demon can yearn, a demon can love.â
Oh.Â
One of his overlarge hands drag down your spine, fiddling with the ties of a dress that heâd tailored to your exact size. Perhaps centuries ago.
âAnd this demon has been waiting for centuries for your soul to return, my lady.â
Your arms tighten on his shoulders, and tender slip up to loop around his neck. âIâm here, Kento.â Your body is boneless in his hold, and he holds you to him like he wants you to be of one soul.
.
.
.
Thereâs a sodden squeeeeelch as heâs lightly tugginâ those cute panties of yours aside- how could you even walk around with something so sweet on you?
Nanami feels his oh-so-famished tastebuds start to water at the sight of your pretty, pretty cunt. Just a thin line of drool makinâ its way down the side of his stern lips, mirroring the way that your tight hole was weeping out.
He rubs his glove-clad thumb down the front of your glistening folds, and you whimper at the scratch of its smooth texture. âHave you ever done something like this before, my lady?â
With a mewl, you nod.Â
And you canât help but notice the way that Nanamiâs jaw clenches. âI see.â And thereâs an inkling of something dark in his tone that you canât quite pinpoint right now, roverinâ his mean fingerpads just over where your poor clit was. âAnd, forgive me if this is too forward, but have you ever fully enjoyed something like this before, my lady?â
âWell-â You try to keep your tone even, bucking off the bed. You were all sprawled out with only your drenched panties on, and Nanami Kento was on his knees by the foot of the bed.
On his knees for you.
His lips twitched impatiently, a sort of hunger in his eyes the longer he had to watch your needy pussy cling onto nothing. Continuing, âWell, Iâve liked it before with other people but-â
âYes, my lady?â
And as you finish off, you slightly duck your head in shame. Whispering the words out (though you knew heâd hear with his demonic senses anyways). âBut none of them have ever made meâŚcum before. I can reach it by myself but with other people- you know.â
âI understand.â You peer up to see the way that Nanami stares kindly at you. Something understanding in his eyes. SomethingâŚprimal.
And your cunt starts to throb even more once he reaches his dominant right hand up to his mouth, then proceeding to bite down on the edge of his glove, and pull it off with his tongue. So unintentionally attractive. âThen, kindly allow me.â
In a split-second, his thick fingertip is probinâ between your pussylips.
Feeling the hotness of you clenching âround him and he groans- âYouâre so ready for me, arenât you, madam?â Just the slightest hitch in his tone as heâs then sinking in with a slooooooppy slurp. The kind that leaves your ears ringing and your mouth dropping with each scouring inch he eases in.
Your eyes roll to the back of your skull at the feeling of his tender girth poking your insides. âO-oh my god.â Bucking your hips even deeper into his touch- âHow does it feel so good already?â
âOh, is that soâ?â Nanamiâs blond lashes flutter in amusement, âBut you havenât felt anything yet, my lady. Wonât you just raise your hips for me-â He guides you, and youâre squirming down his lengthy digits. â-yes, yes. Just like that, keep taking it all, alright?â
âI am I am-â Sobbing.
And you donât know where youâre bawling more from - your swollen lips on your face, or the ones down below. The ones that he was striking viciously with his mountainous knuckles, every time he thrusted to let the long, solid inches of his finger delve inside.
Inside and inside.
Pushinâ in- he was just so eager to plunge himself inside.
Until the very forefront of his knuckles smacked your pussylips, and Nanamiâs ruthlessly pressing his ring finger against your outer cunt. Smooch-smooch-smooching the very round tip of his ring finger against your pulsing clit, until heâs trying to fit that inside, too.
âEasy does it.â Nanami hisses, blond brows furrowing. Beads of sweat start decorating his forehead as he concentrates. âEasy- eeeeeasy. You can take it, my lady.â
And if you thought that the stretch of one of his fingers was enough to drive you wild, then you werenât ready for two. âOh my- fuck. Youâre so mean.â You whine, holding onto his other gloved hand. Nanami has his fingers romantically intertwined with yours, and you were just clawing at his wrist there.Â
The demon raises a brow - devilish. âWould you like me to stop?â
âNo!â You rush to blurt out, your hips startinâ to gyrate. It took you a few vulgar strokes to get used to the size of him stretchinâ out your tiniest hidden nooks and crannies open - you swear that Nanamiâs fingers were larger than normal. Scouring oh-so-deeply inside. âNo no no- keep going. Ngh, youâre a-almost there.â
âMmm, am I?â His lip curls, âAnd I wonder if ah- âthereâ would feel even better with three fingers, hm?â
âO-ohâŚâ
âThatâs all you have to say, madam?â Nanami genuinely questions, though thereâs a certain waver in his voice that lets you know he was teasing you. He was making your honeyed cunt grow even wetter with how Nanami Kento, of all beings, was being mean to you.
And with a few more slashing strokes, heâs fully opened up the clingy channel of your walls- fuck, he couldnât even reel his two fingers back without your needy pussy trying to gulp him back up again.
Then with a sudden, soaked squelch youâre feeling a third of his fingertips kiss your tight hole. Tapping just a few times before he instantly presses down on your clit and makes you gasp- âOh, fuck.â
The perfect moment for Nanami to shove his extended digit inside. All three of them expanding and contracting, scissoring a few times to engrave the crowned edges of his fingers against your most tender spots. âThere-â Nanami hisses, between clenched teeth. âThere there there-â
Youâre suddenly seeing white- why?Â
Because on that fourth bludgeon of his, Nanamiâs easily locating your g-spot to pummel.
â-youâre taking it all so well, my lady. Sâlike youâre made fâmeâŚheh.âÂ
âShit-â Only blubbering and panting, heâs hittinâ your favorite spot so hard that your vision starts to blue - and you donât know whether itâs because of tears or the sheer amount of white-hot pleasure that heâs making run through your body. âShit shit shit shit- oh. Right there, keep going, Kento.â
Yet another smack! to that gooey bundle of nervesââOhhh, how I love when you call me that, madam.â Hard.
Push after push after push, and heâs spreading his prying tips so open- letting the doughy edges catch on the crevices of your g-spot. Meanly caressing.Â
Even though heâs speeding up, slick dripping down the sides of his overworking wrists like a faucet, you donât think he misses that lewd target of his even a single time. Push after push after push. Dizzy with the force, you look up nâ find that Nanamiâs slitted pupils were glowing.
He was using his demonic powers to perfectly angle the strikes of his fingerpads against your sweetest, sultriest spot. Stickinâ straight against your nerves, you had absolutely no chance of a breather when he was using some sort of x-ray vision to keep your pussy captive.
âCaptive?â Nanami reads your thoughts, âMadam, I fear that this isnât even- hah, half of my speed. Would you like me to accelerate?â
And he does.
And youâre feeling so much bliss at the moment that you canât stop yourself from anchoring your feet onto the mattress and pushing off- unsure whether you wanted to help meet his cadence or run awayâ
âAh ah, what an adorable feat.â
His husky baritone breaks through your hazy thoughts- and before you know it, Nanamiâs free hand untangles from yours to grip the sides of your neck nâ tug you right back.
Slapping that cutely sensitive front of your pussy with his knuckles, the demon chuckles darkly as you squirm at the pleasure. âYou donât think you can run away from me, can you, my silly lady?â With a growl, he tightens his restraint on your throat and makes you wince at the lack of oxygen. âYou canât. You wonât.â
And with that, Nanami cranes his watering mouth down to kiss the insides of your thighs. Letting the syrupy-sweet sheen of your slick coat his chin, âIâve waited for you for centuries, and Iâll wait for you centuries more. Iâll find you.â Tightening. âDonât think of running, madam.â
âWonât- wonât-â You squeal out, and through the blurry gaps of your vision you can see the way that Nanamiâs salivating. The way that his lips edge towards your heated core, the way he looks like heâs starving the longer he stares down at your cunt. âBut, Kento, I do have one request of you.â
He snaps his head up immediately, âAnything, madam.â
âCould you please, ngh-â Your lips wobble desperately as you utter, and Nanami listens enraptured to every word. â-please put your mouth on me?â
And the stern man - a demon, living for centuries, unphased as he waited for your soul to meet him again - lets his mouth drop into a heated âohâ as he registers. As he lets your words throb all the way at his furious cock.
âAs you wish, my lady.â
Then youâre feeling the scorching hot sensation of his breath cloud your inner thighs, slithering upwards just in time with his mouth. âAs you wish-â Nanami whispers, more to himself - more like a mantra.Â
âAs you wish, as you wish, as you- mmm.â His mouth slips over the crevice of your cunt, and youâre feeling him perfectly slot his lips with your folds. He cracks his ravenous mouth open, âAllow me to- oh.â
Before immediately shutting himself up after the first candied taste of your cunt.Â
He lets his slicked tongue squeeze inside, gulping. âF-forgive me for not finishing my sentence. What I meant was, allow me to-â You buck, shoving him nose-deep between your sultry pussylips. â-oh, fuck. Forgive me, you just have me soâŚâ
And he canât even finish his sentence like this.
Because every time heâs parting those stern lips of his to speak, yet another glittery wad of your slick slips between that greedy maw of his. Pooling at the back of his mouth like some puddle, he canât fucking get enough of your sweet, sweet juices. âItâs just- the taste of you. Shit. My lady, and who has allowed you to taste this sinful?â He hums. Guttural.
âMmm, I dunno. Maybe you shouldâve found out earlier-â You say, coyly. And raise your hips up to let his strong, velvety tongue pry inside nâ out. Almost fighting his fingers for space inside.
âMaybe you shouldâve appeared earli- oh, fuck.â Shit, did he love hearing your gorgeous voice in conversation.Â
But if that meant breaking off his prolonged, open-mouthed kiss with your pussy then he wasnât wasting any time. He was just slathering his maw widely agape, the flat tastebuds on top of his tongue moving back and forth and all over.
And spearheading just his honed tip inside, the crowned girth of his tongue snakes all the way to your innards. Jostling his own fingers-
You gasp when that only makes him skid his fingertips against your g-spot even further.Â
âI promise, Iâll be able to finish my sentences-â Nanami seethes. â-promise Iâll be able to, just with another- mmm, just another taste-â And his tongue lavishly licks up and down your slit. â-and another- oh, maybe one more-â
Again and again.
Heâs trying to control himself but he canât.
His sizzlinâ hot tastebuds probe their way inside, before ultimately pulling out and resting against your clit. Nanami counts your throbbing pulse one-two-three-four times before he starts fucking you with it again.
All three of his digits and his tongue. Swirlinâ in dizzying patterns around and around and drawing a cute heart on top of your nub. Followed right up by his silvery initialsââN.K.â
Youâre shivering, curling the tips of your toes as the fatness of his tongue rolls over your clit. Again and again. And his fingers are just merciless- digging three slender circumferences against the side of your walls, feeling that if he could thrust even deeper to hit the side of your cervix then he would have ages ago. In factâŚ
âWh-what are you-â You jump your upper half off of the springy sheets - it was as if your wet dream was coming to life. Nanami was elongating the tendrils of his fingers with supernatural powers, slipping every thorough inch even deeper. âOh my god- ngh, now thatâs just unfair-â
âAnd yet, Iâm not the one that thought of it.â He snickers, plunging his digits further. And further and further.Â
So deep, in fact, that you think you can feel his slimy, slick-glazed tips all the way near the back of your throat. Stabbing in thorough thrashes, you huff. âAnd yet- whoâs the one thatâs, mmm, pussydrunk, hm?â
âNo- no no no, Iâm not pussydrunk, madam.â Nanami insists, âNot at all. This is just a slight affliction that I- mmpf.â
You clench âround his fingers and that only makes him jerk his face even deeper- thank goodness he didnât have to fucking breathe, because he was spending all his time swabbinâ away. Using the hand he still had on your throat, he pulls you in incredibly. âItâs not that mâpussydrunkââ Slurring his damn words. â-itâs just thatâŚâ
âMhmâ?â
Youâre so wet by now that you begin to gush down his face. And Nanami didnât have blood running through his veins, of course, but you should still feel his cheekbones burn with heat.
Youâd made the centuries-old demon blush.
Youâd made him gurgle on the slippery wads of your slick.
So completely pussydrunk that the thought of you realizing he was so- and taking your treacly cunt away made him glue his lips to your clit with a slight cry. A slight whimperââD-donât take this pretty pussy away from me.â His hand lifts off of your neck to hold onto your thighs, tugging. âPlease?â
And as if to prove his point - to prove his desperation - the roverinâ tip of Nanamiâs tongue moves even harder against your pussy.
Even faster.
And his scouring fingerpads probe in so deep that you throw your head back with a moan. Those wriggling tips filling up your every orifice, âYes-â You weave your fingers into his unruly golden locks. âMânot gonna, Kento-â Gasping. âMânot gonna take myself away s-so you donât have to- oh.â
âThank you, my lady.â Just so rough with it. âThank you- thank you- thank you-âÂ
You swear heâs bruising at the battered innards of your walls, and heâs leaving nail marks for daaaaays upon your thighs. Battling with his own lecherous fingers. Moving his lush tastebuds again and again and again-
âThank you for lettinâ me taste such a sweet, sweet pussy, madam.â Nanami scorches out against your cunt, slobbering all down it. âThank you for letting âer- ngh, cum all down my tongue.â
âC-cum?â You lift your dazed head at his pussydrunk babbling - only to find that it wasnât just babbling, after all.
Because Nanamiâs honed abilities meant that he could sense when the zapping fireworks at the pit of your stomach grew, he could fucking smell the honeyed fragrance of your cunt growing close. And, sure as day, with a few more vulgar strokes, youâre falling apart on his fingers and his mouth.
Your back arching you even closer against his nuzzlinâ nose, you cry out as your high zaps right through you. âIt feels so good- oh, Kento. Oh my g-god.â
âMmm, the opposite, my lady.â Nanami chuckles, fucking you through every peak of your high- you should have expected that he has a sixth sense for it. And with the soaring peaks of your orgasm, Nanami mazes his fingertips to directly hit your g-spot.
So good.
Youâre drooling through your entire high stupidly, your eyes watering through the sensitive pangs of pleasure. Tugginâ on Nanamiâs clammy scalp to pull him in even deeper, and he was more than happy to let himself be moved. To be ridden.
Long, sloppy drag of his tongue making you arch your back. âSh-shut up-â Mewling out, you let yourself be wrung dry of the waves of pleasure.Â
âAs you wish, madam.â
And he dutifully listens, there for only your euphoria. To which you respond by elongating your high by grinding down on his faceâallll the way from the point of his handsome chin to the tip of his straight nose. âShit-â You whimper, âShit shit shit- never felt so good. Never felt like this.â
Nanami groans âround your clit, the vibrations sending you into a frenzy.
âMâserious-â You prattle out, your movements eventually slowing. That might just have been the best orgasm of your entire life - you were never going to be the same. âIt just felt so good, KentoâŚwait, youâre not- ngh, done?â
He only shakes his head.
He only lets his slitherinâ tongue lap and lap at the teary crevice of your pussy.
With every lick, youâre feeling your body go into overdrive. Heat flaring. Heart racing. You absolutely thrash against the damp sheets of the bed as he continues- like youâd never even reached your high.Â
Just plap after plap after plap of his knuckles against your tender outer pussy- and you start to wonder whether it doesnât hurt for him. Whether his wrist doesnât sting. Whether his mouth wasnât swollen nâ rubbed raw on your drippinâ wet pussy, âMmm, told me to shut up and make you feel good, didnât you, madam?â You werenât entirely sure that that was what you said, verbatim.Â
Yet youâre too gone on his silvery tastebuds to bite back anything now. âY-yesâŚ?â
âAnd thatâs exactly what mâdoing.â
Heâs overstimulating you even more. Thrusting his tongue between those sopping wet lips of yours to poke at your throbbing g-spot, you swear heâs able to elongate his wet muscle even further.
Slashing against your most tender spots-
âSh-shit- but mâso sensitive.â Whining out, you half-heartedly attempt to tug him off of your pussy- but it was as if Nanami was plastered to your wettened lips. âI donât even know if I can cum so soon again, Kento.â
He slightly raises his head - not enough to stop his drivelling mouth, of course - and raises a blond brow. âYou donât know, my lady?â
You shake your head.
âWell, thereâs only one way to find out.â
And with that said, heâs fingering you to make a point. Staring at the writhing expressions on your face every time Nanamiâs digits plunged inside, they hit the near-back of your pussy with such slurping sounds.
Hit after hit. Teasingly kissinâ against the throbbing spot of your nerves, and thatâs when you can feel the fireworks start up again in the pit of your stomach once more-
And thatâs when Nanami can sense it.
Smell it.
Taste it- fuck, it was as if you became even sweeter on his tongue any time you were nearing your high. And he doesnât say a single word - doesnât waste the time to - only thrashing and thrashing, he hits the bruised area of your g-spot and watches as you fall apart once more.
Pleasure zipping through your body.
Toes curling.
Tears were streaming down your cheeks, and your mattress was all but drenched with the moisture.
âOh my god-â Youâre all but limp by your second orgasm, letting it wrack your body mercilessly. âYou were right-â Your breath hitches. â-ngh, mâcumming again, Kento. C-cummingââ
âMmm, I know, madam.â Nanami grins, and you can feel it form against the tender folds of your pussy. Branding itself there. âI did that.â
He was mean.
You buck and you buck and you buck as he licks every crevice of your insides, and once he was done fucking you well nâ proper through your other high- the slicked tip of Nanamiâs tongue slurps back in once again. As if to do it all over again.
He feels you clench âround him urgently, âA-again?â You ask, with a weepy tremble in your voice.
âMmm, donât think you can do it a third time?â Nanami gutturally groans out, âDâyou wanna find- ngh, find out, hm?â
âActuallyâŚâ And he hangs onto your every word.Â
Your jittery fingers intertwine with his polished hair, tugging. Continuing where you left off, âI was thinking that mâready for something else.â He looks on in something that almost looks like disbelief - desperation. As if he couldnât believe that these words were really spilling out of your mouth. âWanâ your cock, Kento.â
And something in him seems toâŚsnap.
âA-as you wish, my lady.â
He bows to you, right then and there.
In practically no time - though, to Nanami whoâd been waiting for centuries, it only felt like centuries more - youâre being pushed back on the mattress until your head softly nudges the headboard. Nanami heaves himself up on the bed.
And you canât help but notice that for someone who always looked so prim and put-together, he looked absolutely gone.
Hair sticking up in multiple angles. Eyes half-lidded and drunk. Slick dribbling down the sides of his mouth and down his prominent Adamâs apple. It drops from his fangs, which have now elongated. And lecherously down the front of his suit, which was a darker color than it usually was- drenched in heaps of your mess. In heaps of his mess.Â
In quick, severe movements, Nanami takes his suit off. So fast and urgent that you can hear the whooshing sounds of the fabric attempting not to rip at the seams.
When it gets to his pants, your eyes drop down - itâs been a feast for the eyes with every layer that Nanami peeled away. First it revealed those broad, milky shoulders of his. Then it revealed his plush pecs, his ladder-like abs.
Until finally you were following the line of his sparse happy trail down to his thick, aching cock. And fuck- a few profanities leave your mouth, he was the biggest size youâve ever seen.Â
Just about nine inches (perhaps ten), with a plethora of winding veins that made it look as though heâd feel like he was twelve. A thick hilt. Ready balls. And the fat mushroom tip of his cock was glazed in a glittery topping of precum, pulsing primally as the cold air hit him. Dripping.Â
âAnything you wish, my lady.â
Shivering at his serious tone of voice, you reach a hand up to your own collar-
Only to be halted in your tracks by an invisible force.
Nanami had one hand raised, his power surging. âAllow me.â He says, and with a harsh brush of his animalistic fingernails, heâs tearing your dress into shreds. Like butter under his touch. Easily falling apart.Â
Your dress to your bra, they fall into tatters. And the only thing left is your slick-flooded panties that he scrapes a hand down to tear off, as well.
Before stopping- and seeming to think better of it- âActually.â Nanami starts, âKeep them on.â
Oh, he was being filthy.
He was being mean.
And before your hazy brain can even register it, your legs are being flapped open. Kept firmly apart by two of his soft hands, feather-light, he pins them to the mattress and lets his slick cockhead slide juuuuust between your pussylips.
Back and forth, back and forth. The weight of his throbbing girth only makes you grow even wetter, and youâre gasping by the time heâs glazed himself up ânough to start pushing in.
âNow-â Nanami hisses, fangs grit. His heated body hunches over, and sweat beads down from his forehead to yours. The first feeling of your pussy clamping all âround his rock-hard length, and Nanami is a broken man. Slamming his hand down on the top of the mahogany headboard. âNow, madam, weâre gonna have to breathe, alright? Breathe with me now-â
You gasp- âFuck- fuck, youâre so big-â
âMhmmmâcâmon, my lady, breathe with me.â And though he was almost falling apart at the seams, he found the ability to string together coherent-enough sentences. Seething. âBreathe in. Breathe out. Breathe inââ
In and out. In and out.
Just like the way that plush, pinkish tip of his was swabbinâ repeatedly- he was pumping out half-ruts, just trying to fit himself inside your pussy.
Opening you up wiiiidelyâ
You try to follow along with what he says, âFuck-â But the stretch of the first inch of his cock fitting in was incredible, he was molding his way inwards. Shaping out your snug channel, âBut how am I supposed to when you feel like- hah- that-â
âAwww, difficult, hm?â Nanami coos, empathetically. You nod, all teary-eyed and pretty taking his elongated shaft that he canât help but let himself swell just a lilâ wider. Thicker.
Youâre taking this change in size with a moan.
And he ponders to himself for a few more strokes, getting used to the warmth of your cunt. Before humming like heâd just been struck with an epiphany- and soon enough, Nanamiâs holding out his strong, vein-covered forearm in front of your line of vision.
Murmuring, âThen bite on it.â
Your eyes widen, âWhat?â But before you know it, youâre already making use of the demonâs sinful little solution - the next inch that heâs somehow mazing inside you, youâre sinking your teeth into the golden flesh of his forearm and taking it.
âMmm, just like that.â He pants, squeeze-squeeze-squeeeezing his way past your puckered folds. The globular front of his cock kisses either side of your walls, pinpointing specks of pre everywhere his fingers had touched just moments earlier. âTake it- take it take it take it- sloooow and easy. Youâre doing so well, my lady.â
Sensually, heâs managing to let your ravenous cunt swallow up his inches.Â
And your sobs hitch after every stroke, it just felt like his fleshy tip was gracing your very lungs. You straddle his slim waist- tugging. âK-KentoâŚâ
âImpatient, are we?â He raises a brow, âYou have to take it easy, madam, if we want it to fit- breathe in. Breeeeathe inââ
And every time you did, he was shovelling in a few more inches. But the thing about Nanami Kento is that he made sure he tended to your every need; playfully rolling his thumb over your clit as he pumped himself into your hot core.Â
Which meant that he took things slow, took things at a pace that your feverishly needy mind was being infuriated by.
Without warning (though, later on, youâre sure that heâd sensed it coming and simply let you), you lock your ankles around his hips and pull-pull-pull him in.Â
And with that, his roverinâ wet shaft.
Bottoming out.
The headboard heâs holding onto cracks under the pressure.
You wanted him deep inside you. And Nanami can only respond by spitting out a line of swears that hits you in a scorching breeze, his face twisting into something of pure ecstasy. âO-oh.â Nanamiâs voice stutters. Nanamiâs voice cracks. âOhhh, you shouldnât have done that, my lady.â
And without further ado, heâs fucking you like a madman.
âWanted to t-take it easy- you shouldnât have done that-â He manages to spit out. Body shivering. His cock throbbing angrily right at the spongy platform of your cervix. âYou r-really reallyâŚâ Dazed, slightly, like his body was moving in water, he unhooks his palm from the now-splintered headboard. Then he throws those cute legs of yours over his deltoids.
Letting them lock firmly behind his sweaty neck, Nanamiâs bending his ripped body doooooown. Folding you in half, too- you swear youâre hearing a few of your joints pop!Â
And Nanamiâs only hazily gliding his palm down your limbs, a soothing coldness overcoming them. No broken bones on his watch (even if his body was moving before his mind right now). So thereâs no excuse for why you canât bend in half for him. No excuse for why he canât press his sticky forehead to yours and drill his hips even harder.
No excuse for the way that rotund tip of his scrapes your cervix with a rapid thud! thud! thud! The tender curve of his ballsack strikes the front of your pussy all rawâ
Your mouth waters with the impact, âY-youâre reaching in so deep, ngh.â But of course he was: he had you manhandled until the caps of your knees hit your tits.
âMmm, just how you like it- hm?â Nanami chuckles, though thereâs a certain pleading tone in his voice. Those drunken, honeypool eyes of his are boring straight into yours, and he memorizes even the slightest expressions youâre making at the massage of his puffy cock. âIt feels good? Feels great? Makinâ this pussy feels so- oh, loooovely like she deserves?â
âYes-â Youâre gasping, your throat hoarse at the feeling of his zig-zagged veins that just kept intruding into your deepest hidden crevices. âYes yes yes yes- yes-â
Somehow, he always managed to find the area that your drippinâ wet cunt needed him the most. Just straightly heading his wet tip towards that spot, and pressing a thorough smooch that made you damn near scream into his mouth.
And itâs then that a sudden thought hits you.
âOh.â
âOh?â Nanami echoes- fuck, youâd almost forgotten that he could read minds. And with those demonic powers of his, he was echoing out a certain cockdrunken idea that you had. âSo you want to know whether I can use my extra vision to hit your g-spot with my, mmm, cock, huh?â
Restless, you nod.
âAnd you know what you need to- d-do to have me fulfill your wishesâright, madam?â Uttering out - stumbling though his words.Â
Shit, even he was affected by the idea.
The ends of his tight fingertips shivering as you finally unfasten your mouth to ask- âC-can you please- ngh, use your powers to hit my g-spot, Kento?â And when you flutter those teary lashes of yours for effect?
Fuck, you might as well just call him a dead man (he was too far gone on your gushing cunt to register the fact that he, technically, wasnât living).
Because with a sudden, concentrated surrender of his hips- Nanami perfectly angles the blushinâ red end of his shaft. That lilâ divot on the very end streamed out precum that made you splosh around from the inside, âBreathe in.â He rasps, thumb flitting down to press on your clit. âBreathe- out-â
âOh- oh myââ More like youâre squealing out at the rough jab of his cockhead. The demonâs eyes activate into something glowing when he perfectly targets your needy g-spot.
Snickering. âBreathe in.â
You breathe in.
âBreathe-â
This time, he doesnât even finish his damn sentence before letting the slit of his shaft snag your sweetest spot. You had so many cute, clingy ridges inside that he loves to stretch out with his sheer girth- and one of them was right by your g-spot that Nanami just kept rubbing and rubbing and rubbing all over.
Wadding out a mess of his precum until your walls likely looked like cobwebs from the inside- âYou donât know what youâre- hah, doing tâme, little mortal.â The fatness of his thumb rolls over your clit, making you see stars. âHave no idea. No- oh, have n-no idea.â
His free hand holds your quivering jaw, turning your face up to look at him and only him.
âYouâve made a demon fall in love with you, my lady. Tut tut.â
Youâre squirming in his hold- he was losing control over his body. Unraveling at the seams. Rutting like an animal. Even the smooches of his hardened cock left your insides all bruised nâ battered, swat-swat-swat.
âAnd not only thatââ Nanami continues, in his slightly breathy tone. You half-wondered whether he even knew what he was babbling away- âOh- not quite, madam. I do apologize.â He answers your unspoken question.
Your breath catches - so he was pussydrunk enough to simply be prattling away. Unthinking.
The spit-slicked edges of his mouth gluing against yours, his tone was absolutely shattered as he mutters into your open maw. âBut youâve made me fall in love with your- your pussy, too.â
As if in response, your dampened cunt lets out some of the most lecherous noises. And you huff out a teasing giggle, âYouâre talking as if this is your- mmm, first time, Kentoââ
But Nanami doesnât laugh.
Nanami doesnât do anything but look at you so-very-seriously.
âW-wait-â Realization starts dawning on you, and you can feel your heartbeaten quicken as it sets in. âDonât tell meâŚit really is your first time.â He grinsâŚand nods. âAnd earlier with your mouth, too- was that-â
âBut of course, madam.â The demon breathes, thoroughly ruined on your sweet, sweet pussy. âI did say that I have been waiting- mmm, centuries for you, no?â
Oh, shit.
If this was what he was like when he was inexperienced, then you almost feared to wonder just how good heâd be when he was experienced - with none other than you, youâre imagining. And as if to prove his point, he plunges and plunges his thickened shaft into you.
The plump circumference of his tip fitting against where he was causing your g-spot to indentâhollowing out with his rotund end.
In time with each of his thrusts, Nanamiâs fingers pinch your perky clit. You were throbbing with need for him, and his mean thumb drew out so many things right on top of where you were most sensitive.
Swirls nâ hearts nâ his initials.
You could feel the branding of his name stinging against your core, each movement of his fingerpads creating the sloppiest slurps. âOh, please-â Whimpering, you rut against his glissading abs. âPlease please please please-â
âYou canât just say âpleaseâ with no- mmm, command.â He chuckles to himself, as if you were the cutest thing in the world. âYou have to tell me what you want. Your wish is my command.â
âI want youâŚâ
âYesâ?â
And to utter these very words, youâre dragging him in closer. Touch burning. His breath laborious. Youâre pulling Nanami in reeeeeal close and letting his straight nosebridge graze yours, lips tenderly touching yours. âWill you be cumming inside, Kento?â
He nuzzles the crook of your neck, âI shall do so as you wish. But first, donât you know that you must give a demon permission to- take- a part of you?â
âSo you canât cum inside until I say the word?â You blink, a strange zap of power running through your body.
âThat is so, madam.â
And oh- heâs pounding you into the aged bedsprings like he was trying to pound the words out of you. Thumb becoming frenzied on your clit, simply driving you wild. âI see- I- oh, ngh- I see-â A smirk stretches your lips, âAnd do you want to cum inside, Kento?â
âNot if you donât wish for me to-â But just then, your cutely heart-shaped insides clenchâand Nanamiâs cutting himself off with a few rough swears. âOh, f-fuck- yes.â
As you try to catch your breath, heâs completely losing his.
Again and again and again.
The lines of his veins throb nâ plaster against every ridge inside your velvety walls- âYes, I do-â From the back of his throat, constant groans wrench. âI do I do I- do-â And each one was punctuated with the most probing jackhammers of his. âOh, how badly I want to cum inside you.â
Before you can respond, his free hand drags down the front of your stomach. And he rests it easily where that lilâ bulge of his cockhead was thudding into your cervix.
âI need it. I desire it- I desire to stuff you full of my cum right h-here.â And then he presses down to put force on where his cylindrical length was tunneling. âI desire to see you all swollen with my seed, having taken so much that it has no place to go other than to drip onto the sheets.â
Youâre squealing, feeling the world spin around you. âOh- fuck. Please, mânot gonna last long-â
âI desire to feel every wad of cum of mine as I fuck you.â He gruffs out, âI desire to bind you to me forever-â Nanami leans in closer, as if he was whispering a secret to you. â-to let myself be truly yours. For eternity, this time.â
Sounding so pained.
âLet me cum inside, my lady-â He begs now. âI-inside. Let me cum inside, let me cum inside- please.â
âYes- yes, I want it.â You crash your lips against his, feeling his fangs nip against your lower lip. âYou can cum inside, Kento.â
And then with a final few thrusts, youâre exploding into your high.
So powerful that it results in your eyes clenching shut, white behind your vision. Back arching into his chest. You could hear the thundering of your pulse in your eardrums, right along with the husky, attractive groan of your name that Nanami lets off before he, too, finishes.
And youâre feeling it before youâre registering it.
That sultry splash! of something hot and wadded hitting the back of your pussy. It trickles all the way in lines down your cervix, and then ends up overflowing in your snug channel.Â
âOh- oh, youâre really taking it.â Nanamiâs hand presses down on your front, eyes activating. âLook at youâswallowing up every single drop. This pretty pussy of yours was- ngh, hungry, hm?â
âShit, youâre so filthy.â You whine, clawing down his muscular back. And Nanami Kento only smiles like he knew it was true.
After all, he was feeling everything that heâd described earlier - the sploshing of webbed-up seed inside you, the way it glissaded down his shaft. Every line of his veins was coated in ivory sap, and the demon was fucking in each gluey wad inside you.
Your own high is overtaken by his - and you donât know what else you expected: Nanami was cumming like he hadnât in centuries.
Just bucketloads of cum that left your mind all stupidly hazy. With each quiver of your own pleasure, you could feel the clingy mess slipping out of your hole. It created this intricate white ring âround Nanamiâs hilt that heâs thumbing away with a smile.
Pushing dooooooown- âSâtaken.â Nanami breathes, somewhat in awe as he gazed down adoringly at where your womb was. With those powerful eyes of his. âFuck yes, sâtaken, my lady. Iâm so proud of you.â
âYou meanâŚ?â
âYes.â
âF-fuck.â
He watches as that white hot mess dribbles down his fingerpads, and he saysââStick out your tongue, madam?â
Slightly befuddled in the aftermath of your high - nothing more than a few sensitive twinges at the pit of your stomach by now, oh, heâd dragged it out so perfectly with his ready cock - you do as he says. And in a few sultry seconds, Nanami has his cum-glazed thumb sticking in his own mouth. Said mouth of his edging even closer to yours to spit.
And then he kisses you fully.
You moan, shocked by his sinful, sinful antics.
And itâs only then that you start to feel a strange rush go down your skin. Itâs only then that you feel atoms stop in attention around your body, where yours met his.
So caught up in the feeling, you barely even notice when Nanami finishes riding out his own high. Each nâ every ounce of his sap pushed thoroughly into your deepest innards. And he was so proud of it- no, youâre too caught up in the fact that you knew that.
In that fact that you knew he was proud.
You could sense it.
You could remember it: fragments of a time spent in this very mansion, that didnât include the last few days. A flourishing garden where you stole kisses. Pale blond hair in the darkness of this very bedroom. The screams of the scullery as they found out. Blood. A new life. You remembered it - not all, it came to you slowly.
With a gasp, youâre pulling back to look at your hands; they looked as normal as always, except for a strange tingle ofâŚsomething that left you feeling like you could smash this very bed frame if you tried to.
Wait- you turn your head to the mirror on the wall, only to find thatâŚnothing was there. Nothing but the room, in all its emptiness.
For mirrors donât reflect demons.
âYouâve made me a-â You gulp, and he purrs in affirmation. â-a demon.â
âIâve contracted us for life, my lady.â Nanami responds, âLook here.â
He taps his index down on the spot where his palm had been plastered mere moments ago, where he was feeling for his cum sprayinâ out into your womb. And as you look down, you can see that your skin was emblazoned with a glowing purple mark of supernatural sorts. Swirling spirals and hearts: you were branded.
âAnd here.â
You raise your eyes to where Nanami had stuck his tongue out now- and there it was. A matching tattoo (symbol? Branding?) that matched the one you had, right in the middle of his tastebuds.
Two peas in a pod.
Two demons in a mansion.
You could feel the exact moment that Nanamiâs cock throbbed at the fact that you were growing even wetter at the notion - a soul that was formerly yours, shared now, for eternity. And youâd spend it all with this handsome man, in a mansion that would never crumble.
âI can smell it on youââ Nanami snarls, canines showing as his lips twist into a feral snarl. He gives another squelching thrust, âWeâre going to have a looooong few centuries to make up for, my lady. Mistress of the house.â
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âChapter 22: Fables From the Shadows - Nanami Mansion. (Contâd)
And yet, the tale of the scorned heir is only one theory seeking to explain the existence of this deeply demonic yet tragic figure of Nanami Kento.
I think you will find, dear reader, that this author in particular is quite inclined to believe a much lesser-known theory. It is one slightly less blood-curdling, though with no less a flare of drama: the theory of the scorned lover.
Though most records of interviews with the original servants that served the Nanami Mansions have been lost to time, what few have been procured did speak of what has been aforementioned in this chapter. Yet, it is in the footnotes that the most jarring pieces of information start to reveal themselves.
They speak of a rather different character to the demon, Nanami Kento. A demonic yet agreeable character: sharp, sensible, no less human (or at least acted so) than the other humans that it worked alongside, keeping the mansion shining like a crown jewel.
And perhaps most representative of the demonâs humanity of all, was the way in which he fell - and quite hopelessly, it is said by one worker - for the daughter of the mansionâs master. Her nameâ And her wits, her laugh, her kindness seemed to have enraptured this demon. And it makes us think that, perhaps, even the most hellish creatures of all are asinine in the face of love.
Love makes a fool of us all.
And yet, there is a reason that demons do not fall in love.
For once this secret dalliance was discovered by the household, it is said that the master was enraged - till one could not tell the difference between human and demon. In the ownerâs fitful anger, some say that the dishonored daughter was made a sacrifice of, others justify that she was discarded from the mansion, never to be seen again.
Whatever the result of misplaced love (perhaps it was not misplaced, after all, who are we, as mortals, to judge?), the demon had lost her.
And that loss manifested into grief, that grief manifested into anger. The once-proud stone pathway to the Nanami Mansions painted itself red, and it has not had a master since.
They say that Nanami Kento still roams the empty halls, and keeps the house a home, in wait of his lost lover.Â
As for the fate of them, only time will tell.Â
Do you believe in reincarnation, oâ mortal? For, demons certainly do. And if a soulless being could not love a mortal centuries ago, perhaps there is hope that her soul may find him once more. Whether by accident, or by chance, or by fate altogether. Demons always are quite stubborn.
And perhaps, this time, they may love one another as two souls who have ever loved one another should. As one.Â
This author, in particular, chooses to believe that their souls are already one. For there is a home for every lost soul, doors and arms wide open.â
âOf Demons and Servitude: The Hellish Agelong Contracts That Surpass Love by Sebastian Michaelis.
A/N. Was technically supposed to be posted last month but ah-