Eat You Up [Tsukiyama Shuu]

Eight

Tsukiyama burrowed his nose in the thick hair of the human woman and breathed in deeply. The scent was mouthwatering and he had to restrain himself, fight with his ghoul nature, from sinking his teeth in her soft neck. The urge to eat (name), to devour her whole, was almost unbearable but his mind told him to wait for the most opportune moment.

"Why are you sniffing me, Shuu?" (Name) muttered, looking over her shoulder at Tsukiyama.

"You smell delicious, mon précieux." The ghoul smiled charmingly looking, for all the world, like a man in love.

"It's my new perfume." (Name) responded, settling back to sleep. "Will you play with my fingers until I fall asleep?"

"Any time, dear, any time." Tsukiyama answered, his left hand already holding hers and fingers playing with hers. He listened to her breathing slow, felt her chest rise and fall as she breathed and the slight beat of her heart.

The feeling of (name) being alive did something strange to Tsukiyama, something he has never felt for another being- human or otherwise. He thought that he was too invested in her, protected her too much. Tsukiyama's primary plan was to eat her but now, after months of being with her, he felt different desires surface inside of him.

A thought of killing (name) sickened him now and Tsukiyama hated that emotion. He was a ghoul, she was a human- a lesser being- and they were not meant to be together. How could they be? The predator and the pray could never coexist for long- it was only a matter of time when the predator lost control.