Itâs been 17 years since I was born. And thereâs one more month before turn 18.
Of course â itâs sad to mention it this way â Iâve never been hugged by any man aside from my own father, unfortunate as it may be.
Speaking of which, my skinship with my fiance Eric was also limited to dancing during the balls we attended.
At that time, I was so desperately trying not to step on his feet, so I didnât have the attention to spare towards my partner.
But, itâs different this time around.
The silence filled the air, and itâs as if time stopped inside this room.
I couldnât help but wordlessly stiffen when I felt the soft, glutinous sensation on my skin.
ââŠEleanor-san?â
Kami-sama peered at me in wonder â well, he appeared to as he jiggled.
I could keenly fill those movements through my clothes.
âWhat happened?⊠Did you perhaps twist your foot?â
The anxious voice called out to me, but I couldnât utter a single word of reply
I could only purse my lips, bite my cheek, and remain frozen like a block of ice â
âImpossible!!â
My thoughts were in chaos.
âSee how jelly-like he is?! He doesnât even have hands and feet!! This doesnât even feel like being embraced, but engulfed, isnât it?!â
I couldnât see my own appearance, but I could somehow imagine it.
Half of my body⊠was probably buried onto Kami-samaâs elongated body.
Somebody watching from the side might even comment that I was totally being preyed on.
If he was a monster, I was probably doused in digestive juices and dissolved as is.
âItâs not a scene that should send my heart pounding like crazy!â
This scene was more appropriate in eliciting goosebumps as a reaction, right.
No matter how you look at it, itâs a horror scene. Iâm pretty sure I saw this kind of illustration in a thriller novel before.
As a maiden, my heart shouldnât go fluttering in this kind of scene.
If I said I shouldnât then I shouldnât!!
âEleanor-san?â
âW-w-w-what is it!? My heart isnât pounding!â
âPounding?â
Kami-sama tilted his head, perplexed, when I unintentionally blurted those unnecessary words out of confusion â or so he appeared to.
I could feel the twitching of his body through my clothes, making me realize just how close we were to each other.
âDid I startle you? Iâm very sorry, I was planning to let Eleanor-san relax for todayâŠâ And yet, I made you feel uncomfortable, instead â Kami-sama apologetically sighed without realizing my feelings.
Afterward, he shuddered, as if to shake off feelings.
âAt any rate, letâs have you seated once again. You shouldnât be standing for so long, after all.â
His voice was as calm as usual, no traces of anything strange.
A bit anxious, but still soft and gentle â
He then wriggled his body before spreading wide.
âEhâ
It was too late before that thought struck.
Kami-samaâs body was about to engulf me â head first.
Yeah, this was now the perfect example of being preyed on.
âE-eatenâŠ.?!â
I felt a chill run down my spine this time around, and I braced myself.
Kami-sama wouldnât â I was terrified for a moment.
What I felt next was a soft sensation that carried my legs up and supported my back.
It was as if I was bridal carried, and my body floated in the air.
With that same fluid motion â the black body lowered me down on the chair.
âLet me brew the tea again. Please relax for a moment, Eleanor-san.â
Kami-sama smoothly slid away from me before shrinking before my eyes.
The long, stretched out body returned to its original roundness in a blink of an eye, and he jiggled and swayed as if nothing happened.
ââŠâŠâŠ..â
I still hadnât returned to reality yet, sitting dumbfounded on the chair.
âDid he just carry me in his arms?â
No, wait, was it alright to treat that as being âcarried up?â in the first place?
That was just a stretched-out black lump.
Even the feeling that was left on my skin â itâs so different from the arms of a human.
It was just elastic, no feeling of hardness at all.
âReally, this is too strange.â
Kami-sama turned around and left my vision, and I could hear him searching for the tea leaves behind my back.
The feeling was different again from his usual presence, but I couldnât turn around now.
âItâs not a situation to get all fluttery! This is horror, horror!!â
Moreover, Kami-sama himself was acting like nothing happened.
Not to mention eating me, he didnât even feel anything about it â he simply lifted me and lowered me down, that was it.
Thatâs why this isnât a big deal.
My heart throbbed because I was shocked, thatâs the only reason.
So I told myself as I reach out to take the cup of tea that had already gone cold.
I sipped a mouthful of black tea to calm myself down, but â I could no longer taste the tea that was supposedly delicious.
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T/N: Sorry for the very long hiatus!!! A lot of things happened, from holiday season to getting covid once again to work piling until itâs as huge as Mount Fuji..It was quite exhausting⊠things pretty much eased up these days, so Iâm backkkkk ack XD thank you so much for the patience!! Iâm starting with this one, then slowly adding chaps with the other series too đ
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