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We were sitting across from each other.
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“Did I get caught?”
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“Yeah.”
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The uniquely soft texture of the bed sheets pressed against my legs.
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“You don’t have to be formal with me.”
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“Okay.”
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I carelessly set my phone down beside me.
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The cheap pink screen flickered.
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For some reason, my mood soured, so I flipped it over.
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I turned my gaze to Yena.
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She was staring blankly at me.
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Her eyes blinked.
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I blinked back at her.
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No reason.
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Just because.
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“From now on, answer everything I ask honestly. Got it?”
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“Okay.”
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Too much time had passed.
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Behind Yena, the scenery outside the window was visible.
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The emotional moonlight unique to dawn was spilling in.
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A faint light spread across the world, as if the sun would rise soon.
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How was I supposed to get any sleep before school like this?
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“Seriously, you have to answer everything. Understood…?”
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Looks like I’ll have to pull an all-nighter.
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“Got it.”
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Yena, under hypnosis, didn’t refuse.
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The most rebellious answer she could give was silence.
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Now, she had no choice but to comply.
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She couldn’t hate me. At most, she could just hold back her words.
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“Yena. We…”
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Confessions require courage.
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I didn’t have any.
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All that remained was fear.
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So, like that—
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I gripped hypnosis like an eraser, rubbing away the possibility of rejection.
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“What… are we?”
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Yena’s body stiffened.
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She…didn’t answer.
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Yena’s lips twitched.
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But the parted lips eventually closed again, and she lowered her gaze, stealing glances at me.
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Something sticky rose from the depths of my heart.
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I squeezed my eyes shut. Pushed that unfamiliar feeling away.
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Not yet. Not yet.
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It’ll be fine.
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For a moment, my vision turned grayscale before color seeped back in.
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“…It’s okay. You’re thinking about it, right? Your heart’s a mess too. That’s why your answer’s delayed.”
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“…”
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I projected my own wishes onto her.
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Of course, I didn’t actually know her heart.
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Even with the cheat-like power of hypnosis, I couldn’t truly understand a single person’s feelings.
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The two of us sat there, staring at each other for a long time.
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Yena opened her mouth to speak, then clenched her lips shut again. Her eyes darted around—uncharacteristically hesitant.
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How long was she planning to keep her mouth shut?
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Something thick, dark, and sticky slathered itself against my heart, licking insistently.
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I let the feeling in.
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“Ha…”
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“…”
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“Raise your left hand.”
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After hesitating, she lifted a hand to the side of her head.
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“Right hand too.”
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“…Okay.”
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“Hurry.”
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Yena raised both arms in the surrender pose you see in American movies.
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That didn’t matter. I grabbed her wrists and pulled them toward me.
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“…Relax your arms.”
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“Okay.”
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Though they resisted slightly, I managed to bring both hands to my throat.
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Her eyes were tinged with something unreadable. I ignored it.
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I bent her hovering fingers into a loose circle.
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“Why’re you looking like that? You want this too, don’t you?”
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Yena’s pupils trembled.
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For a split second, desire flickered in her pink eyes.
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My body, forcibly imprinted with her deepest cravings, recognized that sticky shift instantly.
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I pressed her hands together around my neck.
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Like a collar, tightening.
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From the outside, I pushed down as hard as I could.
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“This is… ngh… what you like, right? Huh? Keugh—”
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“Wait, Hayul. Stop.”
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My airway closed for a second.
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But soon, it loosened again.
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Yena’s fingers resisted, fighting my pressure.
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Hypnosis wasn’t supposed to work like this.
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“I never gave an order like this.”
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“Threatening… the Master’s life… isn’t possible, so…”
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“You’re talking just fine now…”
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The demon inside me screamed.
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Do it now.
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Push her.
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Threaten her—the girl who lied for her own selfish desires.
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“Hey. Song Yena. Am I wrong?”
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“No…”
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I slid one of her hands down to my chest.
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Yena pulled back slowly, her expression uneasy.
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The always-perfect Yena was flustered in front of me.
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“You just wanted to do this messed-up perverted stuff.”
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“That’s not…”
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“After all I did for you. Huh?”
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My vision blurred.
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My eyes stung, like someone was poking my corneas.
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It’s just from lack of sleep.
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That’s all it is.
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I shoved the thought aside.
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“Even though… ngh… you felt… nothing…”
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“No, it’s not like that…”
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“Then tell me. What are we?”
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“It’s just—”
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Yena neither refused nor accepted the question.
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She kept trying to say something, then closing her mouth. Her eyes flicked toward the phone.
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Was she hiding something?
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Even under hypnosis, is there something she still needs to hide?
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My stiff mind couldn’t come up with an answer.
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“Then… are we just friends?”
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“Uh…”
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I lifted her hand and yanked open the shoulder of my bathrobe. Cold air hit my collarbone and chest.
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“You do this kind of thing with friends? Huh?”
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Yena’s teeth marks were still vivid on my skin.
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The red marks against my pale flesh stood out starkly, impossible to ignore.
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Her eyes flickered with panic.
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Before her lips could part, I cut her off.
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“Did you do this with Winter? With Autumn?”
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“No. You’re the first.”
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“Ha… That’s… that’s… yeah. Okay.”
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An unexpected confession of “firsts” left me feeling strangely conflicted.
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Like pouring cold milk into scorching black coffee—except today, the coffee was too strong.
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The emotions boiled over again.
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I tugged the robe open further.
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Her gaze lingered on my shoulder.
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“So what, then? Fuckbuddies?”
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“…No.”
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“Emotionless sex is what fuckbuddies do. So what are we?”
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I grabbed her limp hand on my chest and tried to drag it lower. She resisted again.
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Yena’s eyes darted toward my phone.
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“It’s not that, actually—”
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“Shut up!”
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What’s with all the denials?
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Is “no” the only word you know?
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Just saying no over and over—what am I supposed to do with that?!
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“D-don’t say anything. If you’re like this, just… shut up. Ngh… Stay still. Don’t answer… Just…”
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My voice shook pathetically.
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Yena looked bewildered by my outburst.
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I ducked my head, not wanting her to see my ruined face.
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From my lowered gaze, I saw her fingers twitch.
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How should I interpret this?
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Is she twitching because she wants to comfort me, even after I told her not to move?
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Or is that filthy instinct of hers surging again?
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I hated both possibilities.
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The emotions sank deeper.
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Memories of how she’d played me flashed through my mind.
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“What else do I have to do?! I’ve done everything you wanted…! Every order, every demand…!”
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I hurled my feelings at her.
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The harsher my words, the more relief I felt—like loosening a knot inside.
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Yena closed her eyes and muttered something.
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“Ha… Really should’ve just kept my eyes shut and gone for it…”
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Too quiet for me to hear properly.
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The thought that she wasn’t even listening made me push harder.
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Yena took it like a sinner, eyes shut, submitting to the blows.
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As time passed, my thoughts slowly shifted.
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After the storm in my heart, the ground hardened.
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When my tears dried into tracks, a strange clarity hit me.
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‘Maybe just… with my body…’
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Did I really need a confession right now?
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She’s already hooked on me anyway.
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With her personality, it’s not like she’d look at another girl…
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And, crude as it sounds—
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I’d once heard the term “lust-driven devotion.”
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Yena seemed to have gone rabid with desire for me—or more precisely, my body.
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‘If I use myself as bait…’
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Could I seduce her into staying?
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‘One round of sex, one date. Like a trade…’
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The idea didn’t feel half bad.
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Maybe keep my phone nearby during sex, just in case.
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I’d teach her love; she’d teach me pleasure.
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It might’ve been a childish, stupid decision.
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But my mind was foggy, and dawn was breaking.
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‘Ugh… They say the one who loves more loses.’
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When I looked up again,
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Yena’s expression was resolute.
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She met my eyes directly—no hesitation left.
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“Hayul—”
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“Shut up.”
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I slapped a hand over her mouth.
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Whatever she was about to say, I knew it’d only hurt me.
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So I decided… to just take what I wanted.
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A petty choice.
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“From now on, you only do what I say.”
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“…”
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“Nod if you understand.”
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She frowned, then nodded like she’d given up.
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I lunged into her arms, burying my face against her.
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Inhaled deeply, imprinting her scent.
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“This is an order.”
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“…Okay.”
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“Even if it’s a lie… I don’t care anymore.”
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I kept rambling.
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Embarrassed.
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“I’ll erase all your memories after this anyway…”
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After all my tantrums, here I was—clinging to my girlfriend as the emotions drained out of me.
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Just picturing the absurdity made me dizzy.
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I barely resisted the urge to crawl into a hole.
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At least we couldn’t see each other’s faces like this.
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“Say ‘I like you.’ Right now.”
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I micromanaged the script, commanding her exactly.
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