Etched In Their Minds

Novem: My Lady

In the Sérénité Violette cafe, Isaac admired Ina's selfie. Such a beautiful woman, Isaac felt a slight sense of incompetence. Then he remembered he was also pretty good looking.

He grinned to himself and turned off his phone. Such as a fisherman on sea, he felt proud for reeling in such a grand fish. And the fish would be taken care of with passion and adoration, until it was prepared to be eaten or released. But Isaac wasn't doing any of that. Probably. Most likely. Definitely.

Putting his phone down, he continued working on his laptop.

-yeehaw-

Isaac closed his apartment's door and locked it. He went to the switches, and turned most of them on.

Taking a step further, something latched onto his back with an exclamation, "Wah!"

Isaac screamed in pure horror, his voice heard by his down floor, up floor and side neighbors.

The thing that hopped on Isaac was Ina. What a gremlin.

"Jesus fuckin' christ! Damn, you almost scared the soul outta me!" Isaac yelled in anger after recognizing the familiar purple hair and iconic laugh, his New York accent becoming apparent.

The girl just laughed, borderline wheezing at Isaac's reaction. She was still on Isaac's back. After laughing for a bit more, she stopped and hopped off Isaac

"What the hell, man."

"S-Sorry. Pfh, I couldn't resist," she replied while wiping tears of laughter from her eyes.

Isaac groaned, feeling a bit irritated by Ina's mischievous side. Suddenly, an idea popped inside Isaac's head.

He widened his arms and wrapped them around Ina and lifted her almost effortlessly.

"Wah! What're you doing?!" she asked, shocked.

Ignoring her efforts to free herself, he walked over to the couch with his wrestler spirit.

"Vengeance!" he shouted.

He slammed her on the couch, making sure to not be too hard. He fell alongside her and laid on top of her for a bit before getting up and chuckling at her shocked face.

"Didn't expect that did ya?" he sarcastically asked.

No answer, then tears formed in her eyes. She whimpered lightly causing Isaac to panic and curse himself. He knelt down on the floor and tried comforting her.

"Oh... uh— I— oh, fuckin' hell. You okay?" He held her stomach, trying his best to console her.

"You slammed me..." she muttered.

"Ahh, was I too hard? Sorry," he apologized sincerely.

She sat up and stared at Isaac with half-angry half-sad eyes.

"Give me a hug," she said with open arms while pouting.

"Oh, so I get rewarded," he said with a slight grin.

Isaac goes in and they hugged each other. Ina developed a sly smile, then started tickling Isaac's waist.

Isaac initially screamed, then struggled to get out of her grasp without hurting her. They fell on the couch while Ina kept tickling Isaac.

"An eye for an eye!" she exclaimed.

Isaac laughed hysterically, the need to pee slowly arising.

"Wai— please! Stop—"

He bursted in laughter and squirmed in place as the intensity increased. Ina was on top of Isaac.

After a few more seconds, Ina stopped and relaxed her body. She laid on top of Isaac, resting her head on his chest. Isaac breathed heavily, freed from the hellish nightmare of tickles.

Ina could hear Isaac fastly beating heart, and she could feel her own heart beating fast.

"Haaa.... don't... do that again," Isaac said.

"....No promises," Ina said in between breaths.

"I'll offer you infinite hugs."

"You'd hug me as many times as you could even if I tickled you occasionally," she said and giggled.

"....You right," he admitted.

They both laid there for a bit, before the current situation registered inside Ina's mind. Smelling Isaac's scent, her face heated up and she quickly sat up.

Now in a more dangerous position, which would be cowgirl if they were having intercourse, Ina lightly smacked Isaac's chest with her palm. He looked at her, confused at the random, out-of-nowhere slap.

In a swift reaction, Ina comically hopped off Isaac and stared at him with a red face. She held the front end of her hoodie down with both hands while Isaac looked at her with confusion.

"Hentai," she said in Japanese. A somewhat valid response to feeling someone's hard-ass boner.

"....Huh?" he questioned. A valid response to a word from another language that he didn't understand. Isaac's eyebrows rose, just realizing what happened.

Damn, the sexual tension was high.

-arboreal-

After the touch-touch incident, Isaac excused himself to inside his room to shower and change clothes.

They both played a game on Ina's Nintendo Switch and had lots of fun. Although Ina felt a bit awkward after the earlier exchange, they had fun nonetheless.

Unfortunately, Ina had to go back for dinner.

"Goodbye," Isaac said while hugging Ina with her returning the gesture with adoration.

"Bye bye. See you tomorrow?" she asked.

"Yeah," he replied.

They stayed like that for a few seconds, then released each other at the same time.

Ina stepped back and waved with a cute smile. The Necronomicon manifested and poof, gone.

[Jeez, still skeptical I'm dating a woman with literal magic powers.]

Isaac went on with his night as usual.

-raptor-

He yawned, his face being slightly lit up by his phone's screen light. Him and Ina were briefly having a chat through text.

{Aight I will pick you up tomorrow}

{I can't wait 😆}

{Same}

{Anyway, I have an early stream tomorrow so I have to get rest. Good night 💜}

{Night :)}

Isaac turned off his phone and placed it atop his nightstand. He became comfortable under the blanket and closed his eyes.

In his mind, Ina's radiant smile was being manifested as clear as day. Just imagining the smile on her face made him the happiest man alive. Although acting like he didn't feel much most of the time, Isaac had a needy heart that required honest love.

He smiled lightly, and said a prayer in his mind. Although not being a Christian himself even though raised in a church, he still believed miracles could happen.

[Please, make me and her two of the happiest people alive.]

Isaac's smile disappeared as he began to relax his whole body and doze off. Just before falling asleep, he whispered in a quite voice, "Love you, Ina..."

He wished he could've said that to her before she left, but oh well.