The brick wall pressed cold against Bomi’s back, a stark contrast to the suffocating heat radiating from the body pinning her down. Her breath hitched, stuck in the back of her throat as she stared into eyes that belonged to Tani, yet held a dark, predatory hunger that Tani was entirely incapable of.
“T-Tani… stop it. You’re scaring me,” she whispered, her voice trembling. She tried to place her hands on his chest to push him away, but the moment her palms met his fabric, she realized how rigid and unyielding his posture had become. The soft, slouching boy who usually shrunk away from the world was gone.
Kage let out a low, dark chuckle that vibrated against her skin. He didn’t budge an inch. Instead, his gaze dropped back down, unashamedly locking onto the heavy, rhythmic rise and fall of her chest.
“I told you,” Kage murmured, his fingers tightening just a fraction against the back of her neck, tilting her head up. “I’m not him. That clueless idiot doesn’t even know what he has right in front of him. But I’ve been watching. Every single time you touched his hair, every time you smiled… I felt it all.”
Before Bomi could process his words, Kage leaned in closer, his nose brushing against the soft skin of her jawline. He took a deep, shuddering breath, inhaling her scent like a man starving. His other hand slowly came up, his long fingers spreading across her ribs, just inches beneath the swell of her breast.
Bomi’s heart hammered a frantic rhythm against her ribs. *This is a dream. It has to be,* she thought desperately. *Or he’s possessed. A demon… a incubus must have taken him.* The calculation made sense to her frantic mind; there was no other logical explanation for her sweet, innocent best friend to suddenly turn into a hot, dominant maniac.
“Ah…”
A soft gasp escaped her lips as Kage’s hand finally slid upward, his palm cupping the underside of her supple breast through the thin school uniform. The touch was firm, possessive, and wildly deliberate. He squeezed gently, testing the heavy weight of her, a low groan escaping his throat.
“So soft,” Kage muttered, his eyes darkening with an intense, sex-driven focus. “He never noticed how beautiful you are, Bomi. But I’m going to take everything he was too blind to see.”
The sheer intensity of his touch sparked a sudden, confusing jolt of electricity through Bomi’s core. It was terrifying, but the raw, unadulterated desire burning from him was intoxicating.
But just as Kage lowered his lips toward hers, his grip suddenly faltered.
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A violent tremor ran through his entire body. Kage’s eyes widened, a sudden expression of frustration twisting his handsome features. He gripped his own head, stumbling backward away from Bomi as if struck by an invisible blow.
“No… not yet…” Kage growled, his voice cracking, fighting a losing battle against the internal tide.
He collapsed to his knees in the dirt of the alleyway, chest heaving, gasping for air. Bomi watched in stunned silence as the dark, oppressive aura around him instantly evaporated, leaving behind a vulnerable, shivering figure.
Tani blinked, his vision slowly clearing as the physical world rushed back to him. The splitting headache that always accompanied his “blackouts” throbbed behind his eyes. He looked up, his wide, innocent eyes finding Bomi against the wall, her clothes slightly disheveled and her expression filled with a mix of shock and fear.
“B-Bomi?” Tani stammered, his voice returning to its usual soft, gentle tone. He looked down at his own hands, trembling violently. “What happened? Did… did those guys hurt you? I’m sorry, I blanked out again…”
He reached out toward her instinctively, wanting to comfort her, totally unaware of what his hands had just been doing seconds prior.
Bomi stared at him, her breath still ragged. Looking at his genuinely confused, sweet face, the terrifying illusion of the demon vanished. This was her Tani. The boy who cried over caterpillars. The boy who didn’t have a single perverted bone in his body.
“Tani…” Bomi swallowed hard, stepping forward and kneeling down in front of him. She reached out, her fingers automatically finding their way into his soft hair, gently smoothing down the messy strands to calm his shaking. “It’s okay. They ran away. You… you protected me.”
Tani leaned into her touch, letting out a soft sigh of relief, completely oblivious to the fact that deep within the shadows of his mind, a twin brother named Kage was smiling, savoring the lingering warmth of Bomi’s skin, waiting for the next chance to break free.