《Incubus》


 Chapter I

    Behind a school gymnasium, a boy and a girl meet. The male was nervous, blushing, and was standing stiff as he attempted to make eye contact with the girl right in front of him. Meanwhile, the girl was just smiling at him, not mockingly but, was smiling subtly in anticipation.


    The sky was tainted orange by the setting sun, a small and soft wind blew passed by them, swaying both their hair in unison.


    "P-please go out with me!" Shouted the boy in a panicked tone. His confession for her was said and done, a moment of silence soon followed.


    "Why?"


    Said the girl, unfazed by the confession of the boy, she just kept his calm and smiled at him. Though a small hint of blushes can be seen on her face.


    "From the first time we met, I already knew that I have fallen for you, and ever since then, every time we talk, every time we meet, and how you treated me. It was just too much for me to hold back my feelings for you, so please, I''ll say it again.... Please go out with me."


    This time he said this with a calm and smooth voice, though his face was much redder than his previous blushing.


    "You were always dramatic..."


    She then closed into the boy and snatched a quick kiss from his lips.


    ¡°And that''s what I''ve always liked about you. ¡± She blushingly said.


    "I-is that a yes?!?!"


    "Of course you idiot"


    The boy immediately hugged the girl and had a smile that reached ear to ear.


    "How adorable."


    Said a voice in my head.


    "Cliqued"


    Responding to the voice in my head.


    I was watching from a not too far, but not too close to a distance to be noticed, and perhaps I was the only one who can see and hear them.


    "Let''s put a little more cheesiness into this scene..."


    Eventually, the two locked their lips for a while, as if they abandoned reality and decided to live in their bliss, the bliss of finding true love, I suppose.


    "Was that really necessary?"


    I walked away after they did that.


    "Not staying? Who knows, they might go overdrive and do a little quickie." Said the incubus in my head as I walked away.


    "I''m not even going ask what do you mean by a ''quickie.'' besides, I don''t like watching those cliqued scenes and its getting late, Emi is probably waiting for me back home."


    "Heh. Eros has always loved those cliqued acts, it gives this mundane world a kind of added color, if you ask me."


    "Too cheesy, predictable, and stupid, heck, the last time I made a confession I never said any cliqued lines." I proudly said.


    "And those lines confused her, resulting in a failed confession, and a humiliated boy."


    He mockingly said.


    I didn''t respond after that. That was in my middle school days, which I don''t want to remember anything about it.


    Walking away from the courtyard and to the main building of the school, I neared the school''s gate.


    "Arthur!!!"


    Called out a girl who was standing near the gate. Today, she was wearing a black hoodie jacket over her school uniform. Under her skirt, she wore blue stockings that suited her, almost childlike body, perfectly. Her black, but laced with strands of silver-white hair, paired well with her blue eyes, but most of her hair was slanted to the left, making her left eye less visible.


    Emi, my childhood friend, same class as I am, though she looked like a child, she''s the same age as I am, and technically she lives with me.


    "Arthur!" She shouted again, with her almost child-like voice, as I neared her.


    "Didn''t I told you that I have club activities today?"


    "You know I made a purromised to never leave school with you. And you know I don''t like going home alone. Nya." She smiled coyly at me.


    The narrative has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the infringement."First month in high school has passed and you''re still the same," I let out a disappointed sigh and looked at her. Her smile suggests that she intended this to always happen until the end of our high school days. "Either way cut that cat acting, and let''s go home, today was a tough day." I patted her head for a bit and walked past her.


    "What do you mean by that? Nya?"


    She followed alongside me and like a cat she closed on to me, rubbing his head on my shoulder.


    "I''ll tell all about it at home. And please stopping acting like that, it''s embarrassing."


    "Pat me on the head, then I''ll stop." she purred. I sighed in disappointment as complied with her request, like I always do to stop her annoying side."Spoiled little child."


    I whispered.


    As we exited the school, I can''t help but be conscious of what we''re doing right now. With her clinging closely to me, and I patting her head. Made me feel that anyone looking at us right now, would definitely think that we''re both in a relationship. And I know that''s what Emi intended, to give a sign to anyone that saw us that we are a couple. Well, it''s a good thing that there were almost no students around in the vicinity, I wouldn''t want a rumor start circulating around, because, to me, Emi was just a sister, a high maintenance sister to be precise.


    "But seriously now, you should know when to leave me alone, you can''t always depend on me. One day I might leave you alone, and if that happens," I quickly glanced at her to see if she was listening, her face was in full joy as I patted her head, and I was sure she wasn''t listening. A bit annoyed I stopped patting her head for a moment and gave a little distance between us, making her almost trip as I made a gap between us. She quickly stuck to me like a magnet and rubbed her head against my arm, asking for more, which I complied and patted her head again.


    "Ehehehe, see! I know that won''t happen, because I know Arthur won''t leave Emi alone, cuz Arthur loves Emi right?"


    After that she held my hand and looked at me with a cute, expectant, glistering eyes, waiting for a certain answer.


    "I guess there''s no helping to it then, maybe we''re stuck in a brother and sister like relationship."


    Her impression changed from her satisfied cat expression to an angry cat expression.


    "Arthur you Idiot!!! Nyam!"


    Agile as a cat, she bit my arm.


    "Ouch! Hey, that hurts! What did I do anyway?"


    My hand was swollen red after that bite.


    "Idiot, that wasn''t enough, you should be punished more! Nya!"


    She crossed her arm and pouted.


    "What? Why?"


    The angry pouting cat walked in front of me, arms crossed, and was giving me a ''make an apology'' look.


    This kind of scene often happens to me, and I am just repeating this cliqued line again. Irritably, I clasped both of my hand and said the magic words.


    "Ok, Ok, I''m sorry, so please tell me what must I do to make you forgive me?"


    "Stop acting so dense around me so much please."She mumbled in a silent and disappointed tone.


    "Emi, I can''t hear you if mumble silently like that." It was a lie...


    "I said make my favorite food for dinner!"


    " Ok, Your favorite is it then. Got it."


    "Hmphm!"


    She went back to my side, and let placed her head near my shoulders.


    "Pat my head, it''s part of your punishment too..."


    "What''s with your obsession with being patted anyway?"


    "Just do it!"


    I let out a small sigh and patted her head.


    "Spoiled little child..." I whispered close to her.


    "Am not..."


    She replied coldly and softly bit my hand again.


    We didn''t much talk after that, I kept patting the top of her hood and she just stuck to me like a magnet as we walked home.

 Chapter 2

    Orange with a stroke of dark Venetian blue, appeared in the sky as we reached our neighborhood. Which is a very boring neighborhood, in my view. All of the houses here are pretty much identical, all are two stories in height, with a small porch, fronted by a small wall or fence, a small back yard behind, and almost every house has the same, square-like design. The only thing that makes this community of clone-like houses, unique from one another is the different color of the roofs and different paint jobs of the houses.


    "See you later at dinner Arthur. Nya!"


    We began to part ways when we arrived on the front of my house. She waved cheerfully as she ran to her house. Emi lives next door to me, her house was just like the rest, but in terms of designs her house stands out the most. Her house has a superb paint job, an elaborate patio up front, her lot holds the largest backyard, and inside her house was magnificently designed compared to my house, or to any house in this neighborhood. Our status in life is different, she''s rich and I am an average, the only thing we have in common is that we both live alone and that both of our parents died in a car accident. Her parents died due to break malfunctions of their car. As for me my father, he was run over by a car, a car with break malfunctions.


    Both accidents happened when were on our last day of being middle schoolers, and both accidents happened in the same location.


    I wasn''t sad about his death.


    My father was a drunk. His alcoholic habit began when my mother died, I was just eight at that time. And during those times, due to my father''s habit, I learned how to live on my own, cooking my own meals, doing my own laundry and time to time, being a body bag when my father drank too much. Because of this, I would constantly go out to the nearby park and sit there for hours until night falls. Today, my kind aunt looks after me, and pays for the bills of the house, until I can stand on my own.


    As for her, she too felt the same way towards her patents death, no sympathy nor sadness.


    Because of her parents work they have to move into this neighborhood. They moved in a month, after my mother''s death.  Her father and mother were workaholics, and both would neglect her. Her mother orders pizza for her, since her mother doesn''t know how to cook.  Her father was always late coming home since he was a very important figure at his work place. After just a few days after they just moved in, she was quickly enrolled in the nearest school. Probably so that, they wouldn''t have to look after her.


    Then on some occasions, they would entirely leave her alone for days, due to business trips. "As if I never existed in their lives..." She quoted to me once when we became friends. And because of her parent''s treatment, she too would run away and stay at the park alone until night falls. And that''s how I met her, my childhood friend, Emi.


    ****


    I went up to my room and threw away my uniform on the bed and changed to my casual. I went down stairs and went to the kitchen to start cooking.


    I wore an apron then I looked in the fridge, took out what was needed to prepare Emi''s favorite food. Once done preparing, I took out the chopping board and took an onion, I took the knife and began to cut the onion.


    *SFX: cutting sounds*


    "Whatcha doing?"


    "Ahhh!"


    A cold breath surged behind my ear that sent shivers down my spines dropping my knife in the process. Looking behind, it was Emi, standing on a chair, wearing her blue pajamas, with a blue hoodie jacket with sewn cat ears on top of it. The majority of her hair was still slanted to the left, covering her left eye.


    "Can you please, not do that? And could you please enter my house normally? How did you get in this time anyway? I know I locked all doors and windows and I don''t recall giving you any spare key." I said irritably.


    "He he he, that''s a secret, besides I just want to surprise you. I was stealthy wasn''t I?"


    "Ughh...Why are you in your pajamas anyway?"


    "Today''s Friday! That means I can sleep here today until Sunday!" She shouted in a very cherry tone.


    "What do you mean? You always sleep here." I blatantly said.


    " Nyan? What do you mean by that Arthur?"


    "Don''t play dumb, you always break into my house and sneak up to my room to sleep."


    "Oh, that! Sorry, looks like I didn''t explain it very well. What I mean is that I can sleep here with you, without sneaking up tonight!"


    She gave me a gleeful smile after that.


    Emi has a reputation for being really stealthy, back when our parents were still alive, she would sneak up to my room with absolute silent and stealth. I only noticed her beside me whenever I wake up. Her reason for coming up to my room was that she couldn''t sleep in her house, its either because of her parents arguing over work or that she was left alone again, in that haunted house as she calls it.


    It was very understandable, and I let her do it. And I would intentionally leave my window open for her. But when our parents die, this became a habit of her. Even when I told her that she can use the front door now, since my father is gone, she still insisted on sneaking into my room, rather than entering normally. Until to this day, no matter how hard I try to make sure every opening in this house is locked, I would wake up beside her, just right next to me, wearing her complete uniform and hoodie.Unauthorized duplication: this narrative has been taken without consent. Report sightings.


    "And besides I felt like I''ve gotten used to sleeping with you..." she said blushingly "Almost as if I can''t sleep without you anymore." She hugged from behind, almost tilting me.


    "Well anyway, you did surprise me there. Dinner would be ready soon, you can watch T.V. while waiting."


    I said as I picked up the knife and continued where I left off.


    "Ehhh? but I wanna I help you make dinner!"


    "No. The last time you helped me, make dinner our food got burned and we ended up ordering pizza instead."


    I said to her while I cut and minced the onion. She grabbed me by the shoulder and, watched over my neck.


    "Emi, I am cutting onions, don''t disturb me."


    "But I want to help you so that I can learn how to cook. Besides, you said it your self, that I shouldn''t depend on you too much, and it was your fault that you didn''t supervise me." She said as she pouted.


    " I asked if you knew how to cook and you said yes, so I trusted you."


    The onion''s odor was already taking its effects and my eyes and I was letting out some tears. I tried to hold it in but it was no good, I began to quicken my mincing to finish this up as soon as possible.


    "Oh, did that trust in me, mean so much to you? And that dinner means so much to you? Is that why you''re crying right now? I am sorry Arthur, I promise I will make it up to you."


    " It''s the onions odor! And I am not upset about that... Ok, and if you want to help, then wipe off my tears please." I said as I gave her a cloth.


    "Eh he, You don''t have to be a tsun-tsun around Emi, Arthur, here close your eyes and I will wipe it off." She said as she took the cloth.


    I was a bit irritated and wanted to tell her how wrong she was, but I kept my mouth shut and dropped the knife near the chopping board as I closed my eyes.


    "He he good boy..."


    "Just hurry up and wipe them off. I want to finish cooking dinner as soon as possible."


    "Oh  Arthur, such a tsundere."


    " I am n¡ª"


    *Lick*


    Before I could say that, I felt a soft, wet sliding sensation on the tip of my right eye, surprised I quickly opened my eyes and saw Emi reaching her tongue to my left eye. I stopped her and asked.


    ¡° Emi! What are you doing? ¡±


    ¡° Mipish ofsh yursh tearsh yusing my toungsh.


    (  Wiping off your tears using my tongue )


    She replied while her tongue still out, and was still attempting to lick my left eye.


    "Ok, I didn''t understand that, but stop it already! And what happened to the cloth I gave you?" I said as I tried to stop her.


    " Jush Holsh Shtill Ansh Lesh Meh Finesh."


    She said as she tried to close into me harder, just to reach my left eye. For a small person, she''s giving me quite a struggle. I instinctively back off as she almost neared me and somehow I slipped, with her pushing, she fell along with me.


    ¡° Kyaa!" she screamed.


    After our fall I saw Emi on top of me silent.


    "Emi, are you alright? Can you stand up?"


    I got no reply, she just laid on top of me silently, while her face was buried in my chest.


    "Oy, get off me already."


    I tried to push her off me, and as I reached for her shoulders I heard her say No,


    "Let''s stay like this for a while...please?" She said while her voice was a bit muffled, as she buried her face.


    I retracted back my arms and looked up at the ceiling. Soon, her hands moved around my neck and hugged me.


    "Emi, I still need to cook."


    She hugged me tighter and laid silent on me.


    "Please pat my head."


    She said while her face was still buried in my chest.


    "* Sigh * Ok."


    I complied and I let this slide for about a minute or two, gently brushing and stroking her hood. I can feel her whole body pressing into me tighter and tighter as I patted her head. And as she pressed tighter I began to feel a something soft, and that soft sensation, gave me a very dangerous feeling.


    "Ok, Emi I really need to cook, I''m not settling for pizza again."


    When I was about to push her away, she crawled up and looked at me, face to face.


    "Emi...?"


    Her hair slowly slanted downwards, slowly the left side of her face, where most of her hair was slanted, fell, exposing her left, dark blue eyes. Sapphire, was the word that popped into my mind as I finally, once again, saw her left eye.


    "Emi..."


    Her whole face was red and her eyes were full of want and in a kind of pained expression. Slowly she neared my face.


    "Arthur... A Arthur...I...I..."


    She said in a very soft and pained voice as if she wanted to say something to me. She held me down by the shoulder and pushed me down. In response, I  tried to push her away, but somehow this small girl was really putting up a fight, not only that but she was much heavier than usual. Her breathing became warm and heavier as her face slowly closes into my face. I really struggled this time, and I was pushing her with all my might, but to no avail. Slowly she closed in, slowly I began to feel weird... I have to think quickly, or something might happen.


    "Emi, you know what, I think pizza is not bad, so why don''t I make a quick call..." I spouted quickly as I can, because, if there''s one thing she likes next to me, it''s her love for pizza, and it worked. First, she stopped, then her eyes went back to normal. Slowly she retracted away from me and stood up silently. I did the same and looked at her.


    She didn''t put on her hoodie nor did she tried to hide her left eye. Which she would do immediately if her left eye were suddenly exposed. Intentionally concealed every day by her hair, her left eye was now exposed. Her black hair, laced strands of white silver, was now paired by two eye colors. On her right was a blue sapphire stone, and at her right was a jaded green eye. I know for a fact that she didn''t want her left eye to be seen in public, nor in private. For me and her friends, her child-like body and personality added together her with black hair and with her heterochromia blue and green eyes, she was like a beautiful living doll. But when we first met, where she looked much cuter and adorable, she didn''t mind showing her right eye in public, nor does she care if people stared at her. Back in middle school, many boys would ask her out,  she would be admired.  But for some reason after the death of her parents she would try to conceal her hair and blue eyes with a hoodie. I asked her about this but, she never said anything about it. I guessed it was because of her parents, but she said that they didn''t care for her appearance, since her existence is invisible to them. Her motives as to why she wanted to cover her left eye are still unknown to this day.


    "Ey, stop staring at me and make a call already, I want pepperoni pizza."


    She said in a cold tone and gave disappointed look.


    "O-of course."


    Much as I hate eating pizza for dinner, I have at least averted something bad.

 Chapter 3

    "Please tell me..." *Bshhh*


    "I feel that..." *Bshh*


    "I love you..."*Bshh*


    We waited the delivery in the living room, watching T.V. Which had nothing but drama as I flipped through the channels. I was sitting on the left of the couch and she on the right side, hugging both her legs as she sat. There wasn''t much of a conversation after what happened in the kitchen earlier and because of that, an awkward atmosphere loomed around us, as wait for the delivery.


    Bored as I flip through channels, I tried to break this uncomfortable atmosphere around us by asking Emi something.


    "Emi, you want to watch something? Or play some video games? "


    "I want to stay with you, I''ll do anything just to be with you." Interrupted the telly, as I asked her.


    "There! put it there, let''s watch that." she said in a kind of excited and soft tone. Though I wanted to ignore her, and didn''t want to watch this scripted, and very cliqued drama, but since I asked her if she wanted to watch something. I think this will lift the cold atmosphere around us. So I laid the remote and watched, hoping that it won''t be as bad as I felt that it would.


    The scene plays out in a park. A young woman was crying besides a young man.


    "No, you must not, my family has already arranged a marriage for you, even if I want to, I cannot. So please, leave and forget me..."


    I was so wrong, and immediately took the remote by instincts and flipped through the next channel.


    "Arthur!? The story was getting good! Put it back!"


    "No, it''s not! Look, the woman will say that she won''t leave him, and say that she will never forget him, and blah blah blah! And after that, a flashback of them spending time together will appear. Here, look. ¡±


    I flipped back to prove my point.


    "Idiot! Do you think I will easily let you go? After what we have been through?! *Flashbacks of them eating ice cream, walking in the same park, and their first kiss, which was in the same park.* you think I can easily forget you? I will never leave you..." I quickly flipped away after that.


    "Arthur..! Put it back!"


    "No it''s cliqued! Why even bother? People wouldn''t do that in real life, and even if they did, it would be like a cheesy way of saying their feelings or just smooth talking her or his partner to get something¡ª"


    "WHO CARES?!" She shouted in a loud and much more matured tone, than her childish voice.


    "E-Emi?"


    I looked at her, she was trembling out of anger, tears flowing from her eyes.


    "Who cares if its cliqued? who cares if two people make such cliqued moves and cliqued words!? Idiot, its their way of saying their feelings to one another! You just don''t understand! Cause you''re dense!!! *Sniff Sniff * If they truly say those cliqued words with their true feelings! if they put their true emotions in them! Then those words won''t feel fake and cliqued!"


    "...."


    A silence broke after that, I was stunned and couldn''t reply after that. She stood there crying, but she just looked at me and didn''t say any word.


    *Ding Dong*


    *Ding Dong*


    *Ding Dong*


    The pizza finally arrived, and I was glad that it interrupted us.


    She sat back down on the couch and began to cry under the cover of her hoodie. I turned off the t.v. and went outside, to take the pizza as quickly as possible.


    What have I done?!


    What have I done?!


    What have I done?!


    I said to myself as I went outside.


    As I went back with the pizza I saw Emi, sniffling and wiping away her tears.


    I laid the pizza on the coffee table, then quickly went to the kitchen to get a pizza cutter, and some tissue papers.


    "Hey, you Ok? I am sorry if I forced my opinions on you."


    I said as I gave her some of the tissues and opened her pizza box.


    "Geez you made me cry you Idiot, men aren''t suppose to make girls cry."  She said while pouting, and crossing her hands. Her voice reverted back to her child-like tone. After noticing that I sliced a pizza for her, and gave to her. But instead of receiving it, she shakes her head.


    "Put some hot sauce on it and feed me... Please..."


    Seeing this as an opportunity to make up for what I did earlier, I complied with her request. Pouring some hot sauce on her pizza, and feeding it to her.


    "Spoiled, little child,"I whispered to my self. She opened her mouth wide open and took half of the slice in one bite, which left a mess around her mouth.


    " Nom, Nom, Nom"


    While she chewed satisfyingly, I took some tissues and wiped the red mess around her mouth. Her cheeks were puffed with satisfaction, as I wiped her mouth. She gulped down her first bite, licked her lips, and opened her mouth again, asking for the other half. As I fed it to her and seeing her cheeks turn red, because of the hot sauce, I went to the kitchen to grab a glass of water for her. As I got back I saw her slicing up another pizza and putting some hot sauce on it.


    "Here," I said while giving her the glass.


    "Thank you..." She said as she took the glass.


    "But I think I would prefer a soda right now."


    "Well, I have to go the store to buy one, so can you wait for it?"


    "Yes, please... Oh, and Buy me some pudding while you''re at it. Nya."


    I smiled seeing that we finally made up.


    "Heh. Getting cheeky are we now?" I said while pinching her red cheeks.


    "Eh? Arthur, just to remind you, you made me cry and this is your punishment! Nya!"


    I chuckled for a bit, after hearing that annoying Nya, she makes.


    "I know, I know..."


    As I left, it was already dusk, the convenient store was just a corner away, but the rate in which Emi eats her pizza made me think if she''s going to eat my pizza as well. I didn''t want pizza that much so I took my time.


    ****


    As passed through the the narrow street, I thought about what happened earlier, during the kitchen incident that is. She was never that aggressive nor was she ever that strong to push me down. Likely, I can lift her up like a grown-up would lift a child. Her aggressiveness and her absurd strength can only be his, doing.


    "Finally figured it out? Took you long enough"  Said the voice in my head.


    "Shut up, I was overwhelmed by that whole argument with Emi, back then."


    I responded to the voice inside my head.


    "Heh. Fair, but still, why didn''t you take advantage of her?"The story has been taken without consent; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident.


    Slowly a shadow grew in front of me, slowly shaping itself in likeness. From top to bottom, it was a perfect naked replica of me. But this seemingly perfect replica of me, had short horns on my head and rectangular pupils in my eyes, and above all, a devious smile that I would never make. I kept my pace on walking ignoring the mimic he made.


    "So tell me why?"


    His voice was exactly like mine.


    "You know why, I see her as a little sister, a precious family member, no further than that."


    I began to look around to see if anyone was around.


    "Don''t worry no ones around. And even if someone saw us, they would only see you."


    "Now, can you tell me why did you do that to her?"


    "Oh nothing, just for fun... ¡± he began to circle around me, whilst giving me a devious smile. I felt like a prey as looked at predatory eyes of my demonic mimic.


    "... Don''t do that again." I said in a serious tone.


    "Oh? You sound like I did something bad. But I am not doing anything bad, I am just doing what a incubus would do, but that aside, its not me who''s doing something bad. You are the one, who''s doing something bad."He paused at front of me and slowly forced me into a wall.


    "What do you mean by that?"  I scoffed at him.


    He didn''t reply and he just looked at me, smiling coyly as he further pressed me against a wall. Eye to eye, his demonic eyes was frightening, but I didn''t falter and didn''t averted his gaze.


    "I don''t suppose you understand what I truly meant." He reached for my head with his index finger then tapped it. Not a second long, I suddenly began to feel drowsy and warm in the inside.


    "Let''s have a little journey shall we? And maybe after this, you would know what I am talking about."


    I leaned on the wall behind me as I felt heavier by the second, slowly my eyes felt the same way and slowly, I blacked out.


    " I am sure you''ll enjoy this." He giggled mischievously.


    ****


    I woke up on the couch in the living room, my head was a blur and was still somewhat drowsy. I stood up and inspected my surrounding, and saw two empty pizza boxes.


    "Oh well, I don''t like pizza that much anyway." I already guessed that Emi ate all the pizza but, where is she? And how long did I fell asleep? And why can''t I recall anything?


    I put those question aside and began to look around, calling out for her name.


    "Emi... Emi.."


    No response, I then heard a noise coming from upstairs, the sound of a door slowly opening. It was my room opening, quickly I ran up and saw her entering my room.


    "Emi! What are you doing?" I shouted as I followed her, and found her in my bed, face down and sniffing on my uniform that I forgot to put in the laundry.


    "E-Emi! Get off my bed right now!" As I tried to grabbed her out of the bed, my hand slipped through her body. I was like a ghost in those movie I watched, she can''t hear me, and see me and I can''t touch her.


    "Arthur... Arthur... Arthur..." She said softly while sniffing my uniform.


    I quickly stood up and backed off, but suddenly, I froze, and I began to remember what happened earlier. After remembering that this is all his doing, I realized what was happening, I should have noticed it sooner, but it was too late, even if I struggle to move it was too late.


    What I saw was something I will keep something for myself.


    I stood right in front of her, full view of her, playfully sniffing my uniform, and calling out my name at the same time.


    Her name calling stopped for a moment.


    She then removed her hoodie jacket, and her upper pajama, exposing her white bra. After that she removed her bra, letting me see her, b-cupped breasts. After removing all of her top clothing, she then wore my uniform.


    "Why do you have to be so dense around me? Why do you have to be so mean around me?" She said softly as she arched her back and slowly pulled down her lower pajamas, exposing her white panties. She did this right in front of me.


    At this point I tried to look away,  run away, I wanted to close my eyes. But there I stood like a statue, eyes stuck on her.


    After her pajamas she did the same thing her panties, slowly pushing them down exposing all of her feminine parts, they were dripping wet and twitching.


    "See...This is all your fault...its itching because of you, Please take responsibility, please."


    She said in a soft and pained tone while sniffing at my shirt''s collar with her left hand, while her right hand slowly works its way down to her abdomen and to her nether regions. Her face was just like the face she gave me when she fell on top of me, the pained expression of wanting to say something but couldn''t.


    "Mhmm... Mhmm..."


    Biting her lips, she tried to suppress her soft childlike moans, that was slipping away from her mouth as her middle finger slowly began to playfully rub her clit. Try as I may to remove my sight from her, the only best thing I can do is look at her face, slowly giving in to pleasure, which was also giving me dangerous feelings. Her sniffing and suppressed soft moaning began to grow louder as her right hand''s middle finger teased her clit much more faster.


    "Mmmhmm... Arthur... Arthur... Mmmhmm!"


    Between the gaps of her moans, she was calling out my name. After a while her left hand began to let go of the collar of my uniform and began reach for her chest. Slowly, she playfully fondled her b cup breasts, and was trying to match the beat of her right arm.


    ¡° Mhmm... Mmmhmmm...Fuahhh! ¡±


    Still biting her lips, her moans began to be louder as her playful left hand soon carcasses her hard nipples, rubbing them gently and playfully. And because of this, her right hand stopped playing her clit and slipped under to penetrate her vagina.


    "Fuahhh..!!!" She moaned loudly as her middle finger went in easily, since it was lubricated by the pre-love juices that she made. Her face was violently blushing after that. Biting her lips whilst her face was melting in pleasure, it gave me a vet dangerous feeling. Her vagina was dripping wet and was noticeably twitching more and more, as her finger went in and out.


    With her face, that was melting in pleasure, alongside with the sound of her slipping moans, it was hard for me to stop my urges.


    She''s your little sister!


    She''s your little sister!


    She''s your little sister!


    I kept saying to myself as to stop my erection.


    ¡° Fuahhh...!!! ¡±


    Her eyes were now filled with lust and joy, as she kept her pace. Her left hand playfully pinched and teased her breast''s hard nipples and her right hand was now inserting two of her fingers inside her vagina, resulting in some pre-orgasm.


    "Arthur! Arthur!" Unable to suppress it, her moans began to go louder and louder.


    "Fuahhh...! Arthur....! t-ta-take me please!"


    Her climax was almost for sure as her hands began to move faster, and faster, and her nether regions began to twitch much more violently.


    "Emi, I am home!"


    "Arthur!"


    Her eyes widen upon hearing my voice from downstairs. I too was shocked to hear my own voice, from downstairs. Her arms was still on the move, but slower.


    "Ah...Arthur! Come up... I want to show something!" She shouted.


    What the hell are you saying!?


    I shouted in my mind.


    "Oh? What are you doing my room!?" My voice replied.


    "Hurry up! I can''t hold it in anymore!"


    No! No! Don''t come up you idiot!


    Her nether regions were still violently twitching and pre-love juices oozed out as her hands slowly moved.


    Ok fun times over...


    My mind went blank after hearing his voice.

 An offer

    First my vision blacked for a moment, and then slowly I regained my vision. I was downstairs in the living room, holding a soda bottle on my right hand. I looked around and there was the two opened pizza carton and as for Emi...


    I began to have my face flushed red as to what happened earlier.


    "Arthur...! Hurry up!"


    She shouted from up my room, and I know what she will do when I get up there.


    "Emi! I forgot something in the store, I''ll be back!!!"


    I left the soda on the floor and quickly ran away. I ran as fast as I can, I didn''t care what direction I ran, I just ran. Anywhere, as long it''s far away.


    After a few minutes of hard running I reached the local park, empty and deserted. Looks like my old self is kicking back in. Tired and exhausted, it was already dark when I got here, I rested on one of the vacant bench, huffing as I tried to catch my breath.


    I thought about what happened earlier, and I already know she does that sometimes when she thinks I am gone, masturbating while sniffing my clothes, but I swear to myself I never peeked at her when she does that, but, this, this was the first time I saw her do it and I did more than just peeking.


    "Hey, what was that?!"


    I said in my exhausted voice.


    "What was what?"


    Slowly a figure came out of the thin air, like a cloth slowly getting removed.


    There appeared a 180 cm tall man. Jet black hair, crimson eyes, a sharp jawline, and a very handsome face, almost angelic in nature. He wore a tuxedo and was looking at me with a playful smile. I clenched my fist and almost wanted to punch him, if I wasn''t exhausted I might have done it.


    "Don''t play dumb with me, you!"


    "Ok, Ok, seems to me you saw something new today."


    " I never asked for that!"


    "Ha ha ha, You wanted how a woman feels didn''t you? Arthur, and there I showed it you, a woman, masturbating whilst calling out the name of her most wanted person."


    Remembering her do that, made me so flushed that I couldn''t reply to back, I just sat silently. Seeing this he broke of his playful smile and sat beside me.


    "Its not that I just wanted you to let you see her do that... He he, which was a pretty sight if ask me."


    I glared at him with dagger eyes as he snickered.


    "Heh. Sights aside, do you know why I did that?" He gave a pleasant smile this time.


    "Ok, tell me!" I shouted. Even if he''s acting kind to me, I was still angry at what he did.


    "Well, you said this to me once, and I quote..."


    he cleared his throat and began to speak in my voice.


    " Emi is like a little sister to me, and I want to keep our relationship like that..." After that he returned to his normal British like voice.


    "And I asked you if were aware of her true feelings, and you said yes. But so far, in my observation, you sir, have a vague idea of her true feelings..."


    "And letting me see her do that would help!? Are you serious?!"


    I angrily said. He smirked at me after that remark I made.


    "No, of course not... You''re still too dense..."


    He paused and reached into his pocket, he took out a pack of cigarette and took out one and lit it.


    "What are you...?"


    "Don''t mind me, I am going to try this out to see if its any good."


    He huffed and puffed some smoke, though I felt a little annoyed by this sudden interruption, I just let it slide and looked at him as he did that, waiting for him to go back to the subject. After a long puff of smoke, he melancholy looked up to the dark sky, where a few star was now appearing.


    "No, you never did asked for that, but I thought you would be smart enough to understand Emi''s feelings after that. But no, rather than seeing the big picture you saw nothing but lust."


    "And who''s fault do you think, made me think that way?"


    He kept on smiling at me and didn''t answer my question.


    "I believe that you already know that she sometimes does that, And this is your first time seeing her up close doing that, right?"


    "W-well, yes, and this is my first time seeing her d-do it up close"


    My face turned red as I remembered those awkward times when she thought she was alone in my house and masturbated while sniffing anything that is related to me. Like she did earlier.


    "And besides, Emi just felt doing it this time, you know..."


    "Yes, we masturbate because we felt the need to do masturbate. In other words, we''re horny, but was she really just horny at that time, did she just masturbated because she was just horny? Not just today, but those times you caught her masturbating, do you have any idea why she did it?"


    I gave him a puzzled look.


    "What do you mean? Didn''t she do that because she just felt the need? I know I do it sometimes, but I never thought about her when I do it, or call out names for that matter."


    "True, you can say that she did it because of the need, but, do you still remember that kitchen incident?"


    "Yes, and I want to know why did you do that to her!"


    "Well, when you both fell on the floor, she gave a kind of pained look at you right?"


    I suddenly remembered those pained eyes of her, as if she wanted to say something to me badly. Find this and other great novels on the author''s preferred platform. Support original creators!


    "Well, I took advantage of that, gave her a bit of strength, a naked image of you in her mind and a bit of lust in her heart. And hoped that she would say those words to you, but we both know how it ended."


    "Words? What do you mean by words?"


    He put his finger to my lips and took a huff at his cigarette. I kept quiet and waited for him to finish.


    "Unexpressed emotion will not die. They will be buried alive and come fort later in uglier ways. Throughout my entire life of being a incubi I saw women of different ages, time and time again, held their emotions, Anger, Sadness, Joy, and above all else, Love for someone that they couldn''t express their feelings. Time to time, these kind of stress is released throughways, and most of them will be in self gratification manners." He paused for another sip at the cigarette.


    "Emi is one of them, her unexpressed love for you have bottled up her emotions so much, that those clogged up emotions eventually tried to find a way to be released or to be at least relieved for a moment. And thus comes to the part where she went to your bedroom¨C"


    "But hold on,"I cut him off.


    "I have known her for a long time now, why would Emi hold back against me? She never held any kind of feelings to me, she hits me when she''s angry, if she''s happy she would laugh beside me or annoy me, and if she''s sad she would let me know and sometimes would cry on my shoulder. And as for love, she already loves me, she would sometimes express them through hugging me from behind, and holding my hands from time to time when we''re alone."


    He gave a small laugh after that.


    "Those are not the things that are holding her back. Three words held her emotions back, and she couldn''t say these three words because a stupid self-promise kept her from saying it..."


    "What three words...? And what promise?"


    "You damned dense, character!"


    He cleared his throat and whispered in my ear.


    "I love you."


    Soft, and childish, his imitation of Emi''s voice made my heart skip a fast beat. Slowly I felt an indescribable feeling that I never felt before. Emi, has held my hands, hugged me from behind, and from time to time intentionally and unintentionally show her naked body to me. But I never felt this way before nor did I ever hear her say those words before, and this was my first time hearing that. My heart was skipping so fast and my face was so flushed. I was dumbfounded after that.


    "Haha! haha! Oh, you humans are easy! Haha! Haha!"


    Going back to his British like voice, he gave a loud laugh at me as he saw my surprised and embarrassed expressions. I wanted to retort back, but I just couldn''t! hearing those words really took an effect on me.


    He swiped off his teary eyes as he wheezed out after a few minutes of laughing at me.


    "Eh, he. That aside, back to the subject," He cleared his throat, as squeaks of giggles still escaped his mouth.


    "At your room, after she entered, and began sniffing your uniform. This is what she imagined:


    First the scent of your sweaty shirt, combined by the atmosphere of your room, gave her an image of you, the same image I gave her earlier. Naked and smiling, the naked you neared her and comforted her pained heart by embracing her warmly. Soon enough that naked image of you, in her mind, slowly slid down his hands to her stomach and down the gaps between her thighs, playing them gently, whilst the other hand of his fondles her breast.


    Her imagination of being loved, and touched and by someone she loves, was a fantasy that was just to much for her, to hold on to reason, and slowly she let her bottled up emotions take control of her actions, embracing this ecstatic fantasy of hers, rubbing away the pain she felt. Relieving and releasing the held up feelings inside her...Temporarily that is."


    He paused for a moment here and took a long huff on the cigarette that it quickly burned all until the blunt And he gave out a long puff after that.


    "If you''re going to question my credibility, please do remember that I am an incubus, and I can tell any woman''s imagination, dreams and above all else their emotions."


    I really don''t want to believe in him, but he is an Incubus, and I have seen proof that he knows the ins and outs of women.


    "And that''s why I forced you to see how she releases her emotions, it''s also to show you that she will not moan out no other name, but the name Arthur. This kind of process will not cease until her feelings are killed or satisfied." He threw away the remains of the cigarette and then closed in to me face to face, eye to eye and with a serious look on his face.


    "Reconsider her Arthur,


    I can help you fall in love with her, don''t take the hard way around, your delusional way of hoping that one day she will forget her feelings for you and think of you as nothing more than just a sibling, it''s just absolute nonsense."


    He reached out his palm for me.


    "I am willing to do this for free, just to see this kind of love blossom, will you accept it?"


    I looked at him with a troubled look. Everything he just said is true, Emi will never keep our relationship just as a brother and sister relationship. We went through thick and thin after we became friends, and our mutual hatred to our neglectful parents brought us even closer, for me it felt like she was a long lost sibling as time pass by, and for a moment I thought that she felt the same way about me, but soon I would later find out that she admired more than just a sibling.


    "No, I''m sorry, but I just can''t. My feelings for Emi will never change." I looked at him sternly as to show him that no matter what happens, my feelings for her will be the same.


    His palms were frozen in mid-air and looked at me with a bemused look when I said those words.


    "You sir, just got into the list of my the most idiotic person that I have ever met in my entire life," He retracted his palms and gave out a very disappointed sigh and looked up to the starry night sky.


    "Looks like I have to do this the hard way, huh?"


    He said in a cold tone.


    "Ok, have you found anyone else besides Emi?"


    He looked at me with disappointment, but I looked back at him sternly, hoping that she is one of them.


    "Well at least about 3 female, one is in a year ahead of you, and the last two is your classmate. But I''ll tell all the details later, I have to find a suitable target, so let''s meet up 12 midnight, make sure you masturbate." He then slowly melted in to my shadow that was created by the moonbeam.


    "See you later then."


    "Oh and, weren''t you suppose to go back to the store because you forgot something, remember?"


    He said before fully dissolving.


    I remembered that I have to make an excuse just to give her some time. I recalled only having a soda on hand so that means he must have foreseen it and intentionally didn''t buy some pudding. Smart thinking.


    "Oh yeah, I couldn''t buy her any pudding back then, you were short on cash when I bought that pack of cigarette, which was horrible, I should have gone for the other one next to it."


    He said before dissolving into my shadow.


    "Wait, what!"

 Chapter 4

    After he disappeared, I walked back home. Though somewhat angry about how he spent my money on cigarettes, the question of how hemanaged to buy a pack of cigarette using myunderagebody was a mystery, that somewhat calmed me down a bit as I thought about it.


    But that wasn''t my biggest concern right now.


    ****


    As I walked back home. I reached an intersection where I saw something rather, odd, on the way. Under the center spotlight of the street lamp there, lay a small carton box covered neatly on all sides by duct tapes and was placed on the center of this narrow intersection, making any passerbylikemewonder what''s inside it.


    Though, it was obvious that someone really placed it right there, so that it would intentionally attract anyone''s attention who pass by it.


    And of course, I went near the box and inspected it, since its corners where so neatly covered by duct tapes, that it was almost impossible to open the box without using any sharp materials, almost as if the owner wanted its contents to be kept secured, but, on top of this box there was one small hole. Ahole,small enough to be usedby someoneto peek at theinside of the box. And outofcuriosity, I tried to peek inside it.


    As I peeked at the hole, I was shocked to see what was inside it.


    A creature with two pointed ears,


    A small tail,


    And above all else, A small and furry body!


    Sleeping in a ball formation, a white kitten lay purring asleep inside this box.


    Gasping in excitement, my whole senses went wild and told me: take this cat back home, since it was obvious that a heartless owner didn''t want this beautiful feline creature around.


    I wanted to free the kitten out of its confinement and pet it while we walk back home. But seeing how all of the corners of the box were neatly covered in duct tapes, I couldn''t think any other way to open to box, other than just punching a hole on one of thesides, too make a big enough hole, for me to take out the kitten. But, that will surely wake up the kitten, so the risk was too high.


    "I''ll just bring you home with this box then" I quietly said to the kittenin the box. Slowly and carefully I lifted up the box, as to not wake up the angel that slept inside it. As soon as I got a good griponthe corners. I began a slow and careful walk back home. Since Emi was acting all cat-like this day, for some reason, I am sure she''ll be glad that I got a new cat today. Then again, I remembered that she was doing somethingimportant,back home, then taking my time to walk slowly would benefit us both. Probably.


    "What the heck is that and where''s my pudding?! Nya!" Waiting outside the house, Emi shouted angrily at me when I arrived home. Seems that my careful and slow walk made Emi wait for 10 minutes or so. She was now back in her normal attire, andnormalchild-like attitude.


    "Shhh...Calm down..." I said in a silent voice.


    "Calm down!? You made me cry, made me wait for so long for that pudding, and now this!? What''s inside that box that''s much more important than me anyway?! Porn...?!?"


    She shouted while pointing at the small box I held.


    "No..! It''s..."


    "Mew..."


    A cute, loudmewl from the box, answered Emi''s question.


    "A-a cat?!"


    "Yes, a kitten! You see on my way back I saw this box and-"


    "I don''t care where you found that...thing. Put it back where you found it! And don''t you already have a cat?!"


    "What do you mean?"


    "Nghhh!"


    She took a breath in, then exhaled. Suppressing her anger, Emi then made acat-likesmile,lifted her hands in a cutecat-likestance and then looked at me with eyes thatsay,welcomebackmaster!


    "Oh, you mean Mono? but Mono is already dead, remember?"


    " Grrr... Dummy! idiot! "


    After that she clawed my face,


    "Why did you do that!?"


    "Cuz your an idiot, that''s why! Now, if you don''t want to get clawed again. Throw that cat away! I don''t want it inside the house."


    "But Emi, this is my house."


    After I said that, she stood their silent and was looking at me with a much more angrier face.


    "Idiot! Idiot! Idiot!!!"


    "E-Emi, can I come inside now, besides, don''t you like cats?"


    "No, I don''t like them, Nya!"


    "Then why are you acting like one? Nya?"


    I began to copy her.


    "I-its not that I hate them,it''sjust you..." She began to mumble some words so quietly that I couldn''t hear her explanation.


    "Emi, I can''t hear you, can you please speak, Nya?"


    "Aghhh! Stop making fun of me! Get rid off that thing right now! I am the only cat who gets to be patted by Arthur! Nya!"


    I sighed as she was being a pain right now.


    "Mew... Mew"


    *SFX: Scratching*


    Mewled the kitten in the box as it began to scratch the inside of thecartonbox. Getting anxious whether or not its hungry or getting stressed out by Emi''s shouting. I tried to ignore her and just walkedpasther.


    "Hey! I said no cats inside the house!"


    She said as she blocked my way.


    "Emi, stop being childish and let me in."


    I irritably said as I tried to walkpasther.


    "No!"


    She childishly protested, then tried to push me back, which she almost hit the box, and if my body didn''t instinctivelybackoff in time, she might have crushed the cat.


    "Emi! You almost hit the box!"


    "I don''t care if that cat gets hurt or killed! Just throw it away."


    She then extended both of her arms and blocked the way to thedoorway.


    "Emi, you''re being more childish than usual, let me in now!"


    "Throw that cat away and I''ll let you in!"


    "What''s your problem with me having a cat anyway?"


    "Ahhh! Just throw that cat away! Throw that cat away! Throw that cat away!!!"


    From time to time it''s hard to believe that she''s the same age as I am. Standing right in front of the door, Emi blocks the way.


    I thought about how I was going to get in. Since Emi is small and her incubus buff is now gone, I can easily push her aside and gothroughthe door.


    Yes, thatshouldwork.


    I said to myself.


    But since I am holding the box in front of me, running in a head-on attack might get the kitten in danger.


    Emihasalreadyshownthatshewillberemorselesswiththiscat.IguessI''lltackleherasidethen.Soundsgood, afterthat, Ishouldableto...


    "You can come back in when you''ve thrown that cat away! Nya!"


    *SFX: Violently shutting a door followed by clicking sounds*


    "Emi..?"


    Emi went inside and locked the door.


    "...Emi.!!!"


    I quickly ran to the front door, put the box down, and then knocked on the door repeatedly.


    "Hey, Emi! Can we talk about this? Please let me in!"


    "No! I don''t want that cat inside the house! Nya!"


    "Then why are you acting like a cat?!"


    "Get rid of that cat or you''ll be sleeping out there tonight!"


    "Emi!!!"


    I made a last futile knock at the door and then stopped. I sighed as I asked myself why she''s being so unreasonable this time. I sat down. Leaned on the door and banged my head on the door.


    I already locked all openingsinthe house: backdoor, windows, etc... Only Emi knows how to breakintomy housewithoutbreaking anything.


    "Mew, mew."


    Meowed the kitten. As one of itspawswas reaching out of the hole, scratching and tapping what''s around. I smiled for a bit as I saw those cute, white furry paw reached out of the hole.


    "I''ll get you out of there soon..."


    I said as I playfully poked thekitten''spaw.


    "Ummm...E-excuse me... A-Arthur,is t-this a bad time?"


    "...?"


    Looking at the directionwhere that soft voice came from. There, just outside the small fence of my house, I saw a familiar girl. Giving me a very shy look, she was tall, her very symmetrical face paired well with her violet eyes and black long hair, which reached until the end of her hips.


    "Ummm, t-that''s my... a-and I am sorry, b-but can I have Mittens back... please." Looking face down and was speaking in a very shy voice. Ashly was her name, well known for being creative, smart, shy, and for having the biggest breast in our class. Her D-cupped breasts would attract unwanted attention for her. Right now, her gray sweater is really emphasizing her large bustline, she looked like she''s was wearing a tight sweater. Even though she wasn''t, wearing a tight sweater.


    "Ashly? Why are you here?"


    I said as I picked up the box and went to her.


    "Mew... Mewww..."


    Meowed the kitten as I carried the box went to Ashly.


    "And more importantly, if this was your cat, why did you throwherout?" I used the word her because I guessed the kitten was a female since Ashly called theKittenMittens.


    "W-well, I... kinda... tried to..." Fidgeting as she tried to explain, her voice slowly began to trail off until I can only hear soft mumbles.


    "Ummm... Ashly, I''m sorry, but can you please speak a little louder." I said in my kindest tone as to not hurt her fragile feeling. After hearing that, she took a small breath, exhaled, then tried again. This time she attempted to look at me much more directly and spoke a little louder.


    " S-sorry but so far...t-this is my loudest, and... L-looking at people who I don''t know well... m-makes me nervous... And you''re the only few people... t-that I can talk... to you this way... " a slight blush that formed around her face, mixed well with the shy quite tone she was giving off. I can see that she was really struggling to keep up this conversation going, so I tried to help by getting to the point.


    If you come across this story on Amazon, it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it."So this is your cat? And Mittens was her name?"


    " Y-yes."


    "I see, Ummm... not to be rude but, can I ask whyis, Mittens, in a box?"


    Her face began to frown and show some hint of sadness.


    Thisisbad!I said to myself as I knew I stepped on alandmine.


    "Please don''t misunderstand! I didn''t mean anything bad about it-"


    "No...noit''snot y-your... fault. M..my, parentsdon''t... want any pets at home... So I tried to... Put her in a... And tried... leave her... but..."


    Fidgeting, and pressing both of her indexfingers, her voice began to trail off again, softer and softer until I can no longer hear her voice.


    "....!"


    After noticing that her voice trailed off again, she stoodtherefrozen in embarrassment. She was really never good at conversing in front of people, even to her few close friends, which includes me.


    Reaching out my hand, I tapped her on shoulders, to calm her down.


    "It''s Ok, Ashly, you don''t have¨C"


    "But I can''t! So I ducttapedall of thebox''s sides and left it on the street, then I ran away as fast as I can!!!"


    She suddenly shouted.


    "Ehhh...!?"


    Retracting back both my hands, I was dumbfounded. I wasn''t expecting that the timid and reserved Ashly, would suddenly shout out a clear and straightforward sentence. And I am not the only one who''s surprised.


    "I...I...I am sorry!"


    Blushing heavily, Ashly covered her face with her hands and was apologizing, for some reason.


    "W-why are you apologizing?"


    "I shouted at you! And that was very rude of me, and that shouting at people is bad!"


    "You did it again!" I pointed out that she spoke another straight sentence.


    "I am sorry!"


    "Stop apologizing, you did nothing wrong."


    "But I shouted at you again... You even pointed it out!"


    "No, no, that''s not what I meant, what I pointed out was you just said another straight sentence, not because you shouted at me."


    "Really? Since when did I do that?"


    "Since now!"


    "Now... You really think so?"


    Removing her handsfromher face. Ashly suddenly realized that she just said another straight sentence, without pausing or trailing off.


    "Yeah! Here, answer this, why did you put Mittens in a box and left her in the street?"


    She then looked at me directly and spoke.


    "My parents found out that I have a cat. They told me to throw it away because pets are not allowed in the house." She spoke clearly and loudly, neither looking down nor pausing her words. Wanting to hear continue to speak like this, I continued to question her.


    " But why was Mitten''s box duct taped?"


    "Because she kept leaping out of the box, and that''s why I duct taped all of the corners of the box neatly!"


    Whyneatly?I asked myself but didn''t bother asking her.


    "Arthur! Please don''t stop! continue asking some more questions!" She suddenly shouted excitingly.


    It was plain to see that she was eager. Her eyeswerefilled eagerness, both of her hands were clenched in eagerness, and her body was showing its eagerness by puffing out her D-cupped chest confidently.


    "O-ok, Ummm. How did you know I was the one who took Mittens?"


    "When I changed my mind about leaving, Mittens behind, for the tenth time. I went back to get her, but when I got back, I saw you, taking Mittens. I didn''t know what to do, so I followed you here."


    "Ah, so you followed me." She followed me for a whole tenminutes!!! It''s a good thing you weren''t seen as a stalker.


    "Ok, so do you want to have Mittens?" I said as I gave her the box.


    "Yes! But I can''t, I don''t know what to do. My parentsdon''twant any pets at home... But, I don''t want to lose Mittens, she means a lot to me." As she said her answer, her eagerness quelled out as she paused for a moment to think about what will she do.


    "Well, why don''t you let her stay here?" Her eyes shot up in surprise after hearing this.


    "B-but is that alright with you?!"


    "Yes, and I did own a cat once, so I know how to take care of Mittens," I said withutmostconfidence.


    "Really! You had a catonce!? What''s her name!?"


    "Her name was Mono, and..."


    After that innocent question, our conversion began tosidetrackinto a whole discussion about cats.


    From what she likes about cats, to my likes about cats. To, how we pet them, to how we feed them, and then laughed about how we, time to time, tried to gain their attention when they were ignoring us, but would ultimately fail at the end.


    Her girlish laugh was something new to me, she never laughed at school, nor even tried tosmile. She was timid, shy, and reluctant around people. And asminuteswent on, I felt like. I wasn''t talking to that shy, timid, and reluctant, girl anymore. It felt like I amtalkingto someone else. It felt like, I am talking to a new Ashly.


    *Ba-dum*


    I felt a small beat inside me. It was very noticeable when it appearedonmy inner chest, but as soon as I took notice of that feeling, it quickly disappeared, as it quickly came.


    Halfan hour passed, the night was still clearly young but,


    *Whoosh*


    A gushof thecold night breeze that passed by us, and swayed our hair, reminded us that it was time to go home.


    "Good thing I wore my sweater," she giggled as the wind stopped.


    "Good thing for you, butbad thingfor me," I remarked. Since I was just wearing nothing warm. Just a shirt and pants.


    "I guess its time to go home."


    "Yeah. So, Ummm, I''ll have Mittens stay here, and that you can visit her from time to time, sounds good?"


    "Yes! Definitely good. Thank you, Arthur, you really helped me a lot. time."


    "What?? I did nothing."


    "Hey, that''s not true, you helped me overcome my shyness, then gave Mittens a roof over her head."


    Smiling brightly, she gave me a very warm gaze of happiness, as she said that to me.


    "Well then, you''re welcome?"


    I said in a somewhat unassured tone since I didn''t felt anything special about helping her. I mean anyone will help a friend in need, right?


    "B-but, I can''t just accept your welcome, can I ask you how can I reward your kindness?" Clasping both of her hands as she said that, she waited for my answer.


    ''Wow, that''s a veryformalwayofsayingit.''


    I said to my self. As she said that.


    "W-well, Keep relying on me, I suppose?" Instinctively said.


    After she heard that. Her eyes widen andwerepartially glazed with an expression that I couldn''t read.


    *Fwossshh*


    Suddenly andwithoutwarning. I heard a sound, it was the sound of an arrow hitting a wood, but that arrow didn''t hit any wood, rather, it hit her, Ashly, right in the middle of her two large bosoms. My eyes poppedintosurprise as I saw the arrow struck on the dead center of her chest. At the sametime, I was confused.


    She didn''t fell or screamed in pain. Like any person would do, if they got hit. She just stoodthere, unaware of the arrow on her chest. She kept looking at me with the same set of expression.


    "Ashly! Are you Ok!" I quickly shouted as I grabbed both of her shoulders. But as soon as I grabbed her, the arrow suddenly exploded violently into a pink,bubble-likestate. Covering Ashly''s entire face.


    ''Whatthehellisthis!?''


    I said to my self, as I witnessing something that I couldn''t explain. I backed off for a second after that arrow violently evaporated into bubbles.


    *Fwooshhh*


    "Ah!" It was that arrow again! and this time it hit me from behind. It had the same sound effect earlier, an arrow hitting a wood, rather than sounding, like an arrow hitting a flesh. Well, now I know why Ashly stoodthere unhurt, the arrow didn''t hurt all. Quickly as I can I removed the arrow behind me, then threw it on the ground.


    "You..."


    I heard an unfamiliar voicecalled outto me after I threw the arrow. I looked up, just above the roof the of my two story house. I saw a very young girl. Wearing nothing more than just a simple white dress and was holding a red,toy-like short bow.


    She has a blondetwin-tailedhair, two blue eyes, and what stood out the most as I assessed her looks, is her white wings. Attached naturallytoher back, it was twice as her size, but it wasn''t flapping, nor doing anything that would help the blonde child fly. She was just silently levitating above us.


    ''Is that areal-lifecupid?''


    Those were the words, that cametomind when I finished assessing her whole appearance. If someone else saw her right now. They would certainly think, she''s an elementary student, on a stage play, and her role is a Cupid.


    "You!"


    This time she called out very angrily. Looking at me with dagger eyes. She was clenching both of her hands in anger, as we stared at each other.


    "Ummm, Arthur?"


    Ashly suddenly called out to me, out of concern I quickly ignored the cupid hovering above us and turned my attention to Ashly.


    "Ashly! Are you Ok!?"


    I quickly said. The arrow was gone on her chest, and the bubbles also disappeared.


    "I-i am fine, but, Ummm... Do you have any girlfriend?"


    "Eh... Girlfriend?"


    "Yes, girlfriend..." Her tone was normal, her face was unflinchingly normal! And the way she was asking me was just like a student, asking a normal question to a teacher.


    ''What!?!?!? What do you mean by that?''


    I screamingly shouted in my inner thoughts. As this question came out of nowhere.


    "Ummm, well... I don''t have any. And can I ask why you want to know?" I blushingly said as I asked her.


    "Eh? Why did Iask...."


    She looked at me blankly for a moment,


    3...2...1...


    "Ahhhh! Nothing! Nothing! Nothing!"


    She suddenly panicked and instinctively covered her whole face with her hands.


    "Ummm... It... Was.... J-just... And... I... Curious...Hehe." Waving and, making some odd hand gestures in the air, talking to me face down, and her voice turned soft and shy, like earlier. It felt like the old Ashly returned.


    "......?"


    I didn''t understand what she said, and, not wanting to dive deepintothe subject, on why she asked me if I have any girlfriend. I just stared at her.


    Face down, covering her face with both of her hands, and clearly doesn''t want to speak anymore. I can tell that she was really embarrassed. After a moment awkwardly standing, another cold wind passed by.


    Not wanting her parents to worry about her,


    "So, Ummm, it''s getting late and you should go home now, your parents might be worried sick by now."


    I decided to break this awkward atmosphere around us.


    *Nod. Nod.*


    I got two,shy,nods in response.


    "Should I walk you home?" I instinctively offered.


    *Shake, Shake*


    Shyly shaking her head, she then said,


    "I''mfine, thank you..." Even though her voice was soft like earlier, when we met, and even though her whole face was covered by both of her hands, herwords were clear to hear.


    ****


    After waving goodbye as she went her way. I then looked back, above the roof, where I saw the youngtwin-tailed, blonde girl, hovering, or levitating, above us earlier. She was gone. And strangely enough, as I stood on the front porch alone, I suddenly felt tired. I felt a sudden urge to massage both of my eyebrows, as I contemplated everything that just happened today. From the recent event regarding Emi, and to that twin-tailedgirl, shooting arrows at us, while levitating above us.


    Well, thinking about them won''t do, I''ll just askhimlater. I bet that incubus knows a thing or two about magical arrows and creatures with a description of a young-blonde-twin tailed-girl-with-wings-attached-on-her-back.


    Lifting the box. I then went to the door, to deal with another problem.


    ''Now. How do I explain this to Emi?''


    I said to myself as I walked to the front door.


    I took a quick breath in and breath out. And hoped for the best. After that, I knocked on the door, but as soon as my first knock hit the door. It slid opened.


    "Huh?"


    Surprised since I was expecting it to be locked. But, it just opened. Gently pushing the door and peeking inside, I saw Emi, crouching near the door. Hugging both of her knees whilst her whole head was covered by her blue hoodie. She looked like a blue ball, sitting on the corner.


    "Emi?" I said as I entered.


    "Did you havea fun timetalking to her?"


    Her tone was noticeably angry, as she replied.


    "You were listening? How long?"


    And did you even saw what happened to Ashly?


    I got no response but, she stood up, then walked to my direction.


    "So, you heard us?"


    I said as she stopped right in front of me. Covered by her hood, she stood in front of me silently.


    "You can have the cat..." She suddenly said as she grabbed the box from my hand,


    "Hey! What are you doing!?"


    Ignoring me, she then walked brisklyintothe living room, and then to the kitchen. Following her, she placed the box on the table and then took out a pair of scissors in one of thecupboards.


    "What are doing?"


    "I want to see the cat."


    *Snip, Snip,*


    She said as she began to snip the duct tapes. Sloppily.


    "But I thought you didn''tlikethem."


    I said as I took the scissors from her and did the snipping.


    "It''s not that I hate them..." She then went to my side and leaned her head on my shoulder.


    "Its just that you give them all of your attention, like last time when you got Mono. You left me alone."


    *Snip, Snip*


    "What? No, I did not"


    *Snip, Snip*


    "Liar..." She then lightly pinched me on the side.


    "Ok, maybe I did, but that doesn''t mean that I would be doing... *Snip* The... *Snip* same...*Snip* thing."


    Finally removing all those duct tapes.


    "Mew."


    Mittens suddenly leaped out of the box.


    Small, fluffy, white, and cute black eyes. I quickly lifted her up and placed herinmy folds. Then patted Mitten''s head at the same time.


    "Very cute..." I said.


    "Mew..."


    Mitten purrs in satisfaction.


    "See!" Emi, suddenly whined as I petted Mittens.


    "But, I''m just patting her."


    "Yeah! You''re pattingher!Not me! Arthur...! Pat meonthe head too!"


    "Why are you obsessedwithbeing patted anyway!?"


    "Ehhh! Just pat meonthe head already, and leave that stupid cat alone!!!" She whined as she roughlyrubbedher head on my shoulder.


    FFSEmi, leavemealone!


    I wanted to shout. But... Not wanting to make her cry again.


    "Ok! Ok, I''ll pat your head,"


    "Yis!!!"


    "Later!"


    "Nghhh!"


    "After I''ve finished feeding her, and giving her a bed. Probably, let her sleep on Mono''s old bed."


    It was 7:30 as I looked at the clock.


    "Make it quick then!!!"


    Emi whined as she stomped her way to the living room.


    "Spoiled little child!" I irritably said to myself as she left.


    "Mew..."