Friendly Banter and Hidden Emotions

Confronted with a friend’s inexplicable outburst, Liu Yu immediately spat out, ‘You fool!’

‘What? What did you just say?’

‘I told you to get treatment and stop acting crazy at home. I have things to do tomorrow and no time to babysit your strange behavior.’

The angel tore off her gentle facade, revealing the usual snarky brat underneath, mocking her for her self-delusion.

Villy, flushed with anger, tried to grab Liu Yu but found her wrist seized, unable to move forward.

‘Don’t come near me!’

Liu Yu made a face of disgust, as if she’d seen something filthy. ‘You reek of sweat, it’s nauseating. You won’t be sleeping in that bed tonight until you take a shower.’

With that, she darted back to her computer desk, leaving Villy standing there, embarrassed and sniffing herself.

Indeed…… it was quite foul……

But, foul or not, I never complained about your not showering for ages, and now you’re complaining about me?

Knowing she was in the wrong, Villy could only mutter to herself. She stomped into the bathroom with heavy footsteps.

Soon, the sound of running water from the shower filled the air, and Liu Yu, who had been playing a game, finally relaxed. Although she could have slept with the stinky Villy, she had to protect her sleep quality, so she had to be firm this time.

****

As the sun set and night fell, Liu Yu once again succumbed to a no-frame bird and angrily placed the controller on the table. Then she flopped onto the soft bed, rolling around to vent her frustration.

‘Come closer, I have something for you.’

Villy said. This time, she hadn’t brought a nightgown, and she sat on the bed’s edge, fidgeting with a small black box, wearing ill-fitting underwear.

‘What’s that?’

Liu Yu rolled to the edge of the bed, looking up at the black-haired girl with curiosity as she pulled out a glass test tube, far longer than the box, from the black box.

‘It’s high-tech stuff.’

‘This is a spatial device from the Supervisory Bureau, obtained from Senior Yao Jing.’

Villy twisted open the top of the glass tube, and an enticing aroma overpowered Liu Yu’s desire to ask for one too. She stared intently at the girl’s hand, shouting excitedly: ‘I want that, give it to me, give it to me now.’

‘Open your mouth.’

‘Ah~’

The gray-haired girl obediently opened her mouth, her adorable appearance causing Villy’s heart to skip a beat.

This little brat.

She cursed in her mind, averting her gaze to avoid noticing those headlights. She carefully placed the tube’s opening at Liu Yu’s mouth, tilting it slightly to pour the liquid into the girl’s mouth.

‘Mmmm~’

As if savoring a delicious delicacy, Liu Yu stretched out, occasionally moaning with pleasure.

The liquid, the long tube, and the strange moans combined, making Villy instantly imagine many unsavory and disturbing scenarios. She memorized the shape of the cherry lips licking the liquid and changed the subject: ‘You don’t seem surprised.’

‘Hmph, I’m not stupid.’

After licking up the remaining liquid, Liu Yu patted her chest confidently: ‘That night, when you tricked me into drinking two buckets of water, I figured it out. It had to be the Inhibitor from the Mutual Aid Association, only that stuff has such a strong appeal to me.’

I tricked you into drinking two more buckets of water.

Villy rolled her eyes and handed the black box to Liu Yu.

‘What’s this for?’

‘Take it, it’s all yours.’

‘No, no, no.’

Liu Yu waved her hands in refusal: ‘If you give it all to me, I’ll drink it all.’

She knew how irresistible the stuff was to her and how little self-control she had. If she kept this highly intoxicating substance around, she wouldn’t last the night.

As for the consequences of drinking too much, Liu Yu’s instincts told her it wouldn’t be good.

‘This stuff can enhance your abilities, right?’

Seeing Liu Yu nod, Villy continued: ‘You’re going on an operation against the Bloodkin tomorrow. Bring this in case of emergencies, it’ll give me peace of mind.’

‘Hah, you’re underestimating me. The Bloodkin are no more than ants I can crush with a wave of my hand…… mmm…… mmm…..’

She couldn’t finish speaking.

Villy’s face approached, her hot breath on the girl’s face, and her two fingers wiggled into Liu Yu’s mouth, opening it wide.

‘Mmm…… mmm……’

I want to do you.

Hiding her true feelings, Villy stuffed the black box into the girl’s chest, her voice brooking no argument: ‘Don’t argue, take it. Nod if you agree.’

Liu Yu shook her head stubbornly.

Then, under Villy’s cold gaze, she nodded.

This wasn’t her surrender.

She was just humoring this idiot.

Yeah, that’s right.

The fingers were withdrawn from her mouth.

‘Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey.’

Liu Yu spat at Villy, and once free, she immediately launched a retaliatory attack.

‘Slurp.’

The black-haired girl stuck out her tongue, licking her lips and swallowing the stray spit. Then, she rolled her eyes, focusing on the other girl lying on the bed, and kept sticking out her tongue. Her perverse behavior frightened Liu Yu, who quickly burrowed into the covers.

‘D-don’t eat me!’

Villy, playfully, also crawled under the covers, exclaiming: ‘I’m the big bad wolf, and I’m going to eat the little fool!’

‘Who’s the little fool?’

‘Whomever answers is the little fool.’

‘Drop dead, you big dummy, Villy.’

‘Ahah, the big bad wolf is dead, killed by the little fool, Liu Yu.’

‘You’re the fool, you dumbass!’

……..

After their play, they lay on the same pillow, under the same blanket, gazing at the same ceiling, but unlike the night before, their positions had switched.

‘Have you calmed down?’

Liu Yu broke the silence first.

‘You can even tell?’

Villy smiled bitterly.

‘Don’t underestimate my intel network!’

‘Stop with the old jokes.’

Villy patted the girl’s chest and said: ‘After you left, Wu Liyun told me something: he said the Bloodkin Transformation project has been halted by the Supervisory Bureau.’

‘That’s a good thing, at least for me.’

‘Eh?’

The girl seemed quite happy, as if a burden had been lifted, and she blurted out: ‘Ever since this power awoke, I’ve despised the Black-blooded. Even just being with Old Wu sometimes makes me want to kill and devour him. If you became a Bloodkin, I fear I might one day hurt you.’

Unexpectedly brutal words came from the petite girl’s mouth, but Villy showed no fear. She gripped the girl’s hand under the covers and asked: ‘Then why……’

‘Because you’re my friend.’

Liu Yu covered her heart, feeling its slow, abnormally low beat, and said matter-of-factly: ‘I support whatever you want to do.’

‘Just that?’

‘Just that!’

I guess I was hoping for a more moving line from you, but I was thinking too much, huh……

‘And, I prefer the human Villy over the Bloodkin Villy.’

Liu Yu rolled her eyes, using a sickly sweet line that made even herself nauseous. ‘So…… stop obsessing over that stuff, okay?!’

She couldn’t help but reveal her true nature.

‘…… I know.’

The lights were hastily turned off, and in the dark bedroom, Villy’s lips curled into an unstoppable smile, a sign of complete satisfaction.

‘By the way….. I keep feeling this way…… Have you said the same thing to many other girls?’

‘How could I!’