Dreadful

Chapter 7

"... Hey! Are you listening to me?" Niko had obviously said something, but I had no idea what it was. I rolled over in bed to face him. "Hmm?" He glared at me in agitation. "I asked you a question. Did you even hear it?" I shook my head and nibbled his lip, wanting to erase his agitation. "What was it?" He softened and kissed me back a little before realizing I was distracting him. "Ugh... I asked you..." He pulled his lips fully away from mine and tongued my ear. "I asked you... If you wanted to be my girlfriend." He bit me then, and I gasped out in shock at his question and the pleasurable pain below my ear. "Ah... Niko..." He continued kissing me down my neck... no doubt it would lead to more sex, since we were still naked in his bed. I tried to focus on the question at hand, but it was hard with him kissing me like that. "I... Uh... Ah! ... You're not helping..." He kissed my lips again, smiling at my indecision. "Just... say "yes"." His bangs tickled my face as he kissed me deeply, not allowing me to actually answer. He finally broke from my lips and kissed down to my chest. "Ah... Okay! Yes! I'll be your girlfriend! Ah..." He stopped for a moment to smile at me.

My mind went hazy again as he continued to ravish me. "Ah... Niko!" His thumb was pulsing against my clit, hyping me up for another round... when someone knocked loudly on the door. "Fuck!" I shouted, displeased at being interrupted, and already aware that I would be entirely naked if someone walked in.

Yuri laughed on the other side of the door, but didn't attempt to open it. "Niko... Mom's home, so I suggest you... make yourselves presentable... and quickly." I heard him walk away and I sighed. Niko cursed and grumpily got off the bed. I followed him and we both got dressed, disappointed we couldn't continue where we had left off. "So... your mom's home...?" I didn't want to ask him to meet her... but maybe I could get the thought out there. What would his mother be like, anyway? He didn't say anything, so I gathered my things together. "Should I... leave?" Niko grumbled something. Okay... should I take that as a "yes"? I was about to ask him again, when he slumped on the couch and muttered at me. "No. Sit."

I obliged, sitting gingerly on the couch, as far away from him as possible in case his mom walked in. Niko scoffed before grabbing my wrist and yanking me closer to him. To make up for it his roughness, he kissed me gently when I had come to sit close beside him. "Isn't a girlfriend supposed to sit close to her boyfriend?" It was a rhetorical question, but I couldn't help blushing in reply. Niko flipped the channel on the television... Yes, it had been left on... until he found something interesting for us to watch. However, the show was quickly interrupted when a tall, beautiful woman barged into his room. "Niko, darling! Mommy's home!"

Niko only glared at his mother, and I felt really uncomfortable. His mother glared back before noticing I was there. "Ah... who's this lovely pumpkin?" Niko's fingers entwined with mine, "She's Michelle, not "pumpkin"... and she's my girlfriend." I couldn't believe he had flat out told her, when we had just decided it ourselves. I knew my face was turning bright red.

His mother suddenly got excited. "Yuri! Yuri! Niko has a girlfriend!" She ran around like a headless chicken, screaming for a few minutes while I stared at her blankly. Finally, she calmed down and plopped down on the couch next to me... with a photo album.

I heard Niko groan beside me. "Mother! Don't show her that!" Confused, I looked between him and his mother, wondering what he didn't want me to see. His mother laughed gently and proceeded to flip open the photo album... with pictures of Niko... dressed as a girl! I burst into laughter at the absurdity of it all. Niko covered his eyes with his free hand, but didn't say anything. I'm sorry, Niko... but this is hilarious!

His mother showed me tons of pictures from when Niko was only a baby, to maybe a few years ago. Surprisingly, he was a very attractive female. "And this was when I came back from France... I just had to bring him this designer dress to see what it was like..." She continued blabbering on, and I realized what had happened. Apparently Niko's mother had wanted a little girl, and used Niko for dress up instead. Poor Niko.

"How could you be so heartless? How could you be so heartless? How could you be so Dr. Evil, you bringing out a side of me that I don't know..." It took me a moment before I realized my parents were calling me. "Oh!" I fumbled for my phone and quickly answered it. "Hi Mom..." She sounded a little worried on the other end. "... Are you okay sweetie? Are you coming home tonight?" I checked the time and realized how late it was. "Oh! I'm sorry... Yeah, I'll be coming home soon." Niko gave me a look when I said that, but I knew he couldn't argue, especially with his mom home. "Okay... make it home safely." I nodded into the phone, as if she could really see me. "Okay, Mom. I will."

Niko's mother stood up and smiled at me. "Alright, pumpkin. I suppose you'll be getting ready to go home now. It was nice to meet my Niko's girlfriend." She said the last word with a little squeal and ran out of the room. Seriously. I looked at him with a sincere look of apology, before I started giggling. He growled grumpily, not looking at me. "It's not funny." I poked him in the face, trying to get him to smile. "Oh, come on. I'm sure she did it to Yuri too..." Niko glanced at me, then looked away again. "Not since he started dying his hair."

I laughed for a moment longer before it hit me. Was this his trigger? Not that this needed a defined trigger... but something this... embarrassing... could definitely cause some deep scars in guys.... Maybe even physical scars... "... I'm sorry... It's not funny." He looked at me for a moment before smiling. "It's not that..." I sighed in relief and kissed his cheek. "... I should be going..." I moved to stand up from the couch, when he pulled me back down. "You're going to leave me with a kiss on the cheek?" He pulled me into a deep kiss... making me wish for more... before he let me go again. "I'll walk you out so she doesn't bother you again."

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Somehow it got out that we were dating. I'm not really sure who spread it... but I could hear them talking about it, wondering if that was what changed my personality. Fucking idiots. Whatever it was... I think it made me a little happy for people to know.

"Michelle... Is it true?" My head was buried in my arms on my desk, so I was surprised when I heard Nancy's soft voice beside me. I sat up and looked at her with blurry eyes. "Nancy..." I smiled and hugged her. "Yeah! ... What... do you think?" I blushed and pulled away from her. I was so glad that she was speaking to me... but what if it was only to tell me how horrible my choice was? "I think it's great! He's so cute... even if he is quiet..." She smiled at me, and I knew that something had finally brought us back together.

...

He caught me in the hall and pulled me into a breathless kiss. "Ah... Niko!" I laughed when we pulled apart. His eyes were soft, and he may have even been smiling. "You seem happy today." I frowned and rolled my eyes... just to throw him off. "Sure..." He looked confused and I chuckled, unable to hold it in. "I suppose so." I danced out of his grip and continued down the hall, wiggling my fingers at him.