Chapter 18: The Masochist and The Tsundere

When I looked at this person, I got confused like never before.

As it turned out, the person that I grabbed by the throat wasn't like I suspected a male, but a female.

She is 1.77 m tall, she has long brown ponytail bound by a red hairband, and purple eyes. Her already voluptuous body became even more erotic because of sweat that covered her right from her neck, past F-cup breasts, down to her smooth abdomen. Both, her waist and butt are perfectly ample. She is wearing a jacket with white lines from her sides, up to top of her breasts. This line seperated two colors, grey which took her whole back, shoulders, ending on her sleevs, and black that took the front. This jacket was almost fully unzipet, thanks to that I was able to see her white sport bra with a wolf logo that resembled a mythologicl Fenris. She also wore a black trousers with a vertical writing 'FENRIS' on her left thight, and black sport shoes.

This fact wasn't what shocked me, it was her state.

(Is this real?)

From the moment I started choking her, to the present, I didn't let go. But from the looks of it, she didn't care.

I would even say that she enjoyed it.

Just from her raised breath, and red cheeks, I could determined that she got aroused, but that wasn't the end.

While looking at her, I felt like I was in some kind of illusion.

I could have sworn that her eyes turned into pink hearts, and a huge affection meter appeared beside her. Which was constantly rising with each second, while showing '+1' time, and time again.

This whole situation was so bizarre, that I could only spoke a simple sentence "A masochist?"

Hearing what I said, made her eyes go wide and woke her up from the pleasure she was experiencing.

"No. I'm not a m....*Moan*."

Halfway through her sentence, I made my grip tighter, which turned her words into a simple moan.

"I'm not....*Moan*."

"I'm....*Moan*."

We repeted this for some time, until finally she gave up.

"Sto...*Moan*."

"OK. I ADMIT. I'M A MASOCHIST!...*Moan*"

Because of her confession, I let go and looked at her upset face.

"Why are you upset?"

"You didn't stop even after I admitted to being a ma...maso.."

I raised my hand, and made a 'threathing' motion, finally letting her finish her words.

"A masochist!"

"You act like you didn't like it."

"I didn...*Moan*."

"Now, you're just bullying me." she said it with a frown on her face.

(Seeing her frown like this is quite amusing.) I raised my hand, and patted her head, to calm her down.

"Sorry for that. You were so cute, that I couldn't control myself."

"Cute?" She side eyed me, clearly surprised by my answer.

"Yes. Cute." I spoke in an obvious way, like everyone knows that.

She hesitated for a moment, before saying her next sentence "You don't think, it's weird?"

"No, not really." I shrugged my shoulders.

My behavior seemingly turned her thinking off, because she just stared at me in pure shock.

Soon, she regained some clarity of mind, and asked "Why?"

"You're a masochist, so what? You just take pleasure in different things than the others."

With each word, she lowered her head more and more, until I couldn't see her face.

I waited for her to calm down, while slowly stroking her hair.

"What's wrong?" I spoke in most the gentle way possible.

Her reaction was to throw herself into my embrace, and cry.

It wasn't hard to notice that she needed more time, so I hugged her, and with her close to my chest I smelt a intoxicating fragrance coming from her sweaty body.

We just stood there, until I felt that she began to lift her head, so in the response I lowered mine.

It wasn't long before our eyes locked, and when they did, she said.

"Thank you."

I simply nodded, knowing that I didn't do much. "No need for that, you would've figured it out regardless."

She shook her head "Maybe, but you still helped me."

(Sometimes the hardest thing to understand is the truth.)

With this out of the way, I decided to soften the atmosphere.

"Unfortunately you need to let go now. I can't let strangers hug me for too long."

"What? Why?" She clearly sounded disappointed, but still slowly loosened her grip.

This gave me a hopeless smile, and made me flick her on the forehead.

Her head bounced slightly back, before she covered the place I hit with both of her hands.

When pain stopped, she looked up with a teary eyed expression, and said wronged " Why did you do that?"

"Dummy, you just needed to tell me your name."

This sentence nearly made her cry for real "You just wanted to bully me!"

I opened my arms, signing for her to return to my embrace.

It didn't take long for her to took the offer, but not before saying "My name is Jade."

(She's truly precious.)

After that we exchanged our contact informations, but not before I promised Jade to message her soon.

"Time to go back home." Those words came out of my mouth with pure regret.

I remember how I treated Mira, how she didn't deserve any of it. But, let's start with the reasons why this happened it the first place.

It comes down to two main reasons, first being my weak mental state and second being past Alexander's memories.

From the moment of my fight, I constantly felt anger, sadness, weakness and a bunch of negative emotions.

They appeared, and I dealt with them by forging them into knowledge to improve myself.

This knowledge let me understand my mistakes, and learn from them, but it all came with a cost.

They mixed with killing, constant state of alert of any dangers and small amount of rest. It made me stronger on the outside, but inside I was losing my mind.

My brain simply couldn't handle it, and shut down.

I turned from a simple teenager, into a person that killed and fought for survival everyday. I was excited by it, until I realized what the reality was.

I got disconnected from myself, leaving an empty spot which got filled by 16 years of Alexander's past that I couldn't process. It didn't overwhelm me, it simply altered my already bad state.

When I felt this wave of melancholy, it was my brain finally acting up. It motivated me to get out of this state, to find who I really am.

Werid feeling that appeared with me in my room, was fight betwen my brain and Alexander's memories. For him it was his home his whole life, but for me the base that I built was more home than this room.

It created a conlifct inside me.

After walking downstairs, I meeted Mira, with me still being in this mixed state and I behaved how I did.

(This Fucking Alexander!) This fucker never understood his family. They always supported him, while he disregarded it as them taking a pity on him.

He even hated them, instead of his real enemies that hurted him.

They cared for him, and he destroyed it all.

It the moment leading me to pushing Mira away, my frustration was an open gate for Alexander to act, and with it he used strength I gained to hurt his family.

Then, came my wandering, ending with a familiar place for both of us. But unfortunately for him, this place was his weakness, a place where he experienced the most suffering from his bullies.

This park made the window that block my vision crack, and when I grabbed Jade by the throat, It shattered ,freeing me.

[Resistance J -> J+]

(So, that was the reason why this stat didn't increase. It came with my victory over past Alexander.)

Soon, I stood in front of the main door, hesitant to enter.

(Remember, your're you. You can fix this no matter what.) With this thought, I entered the house.

Inside, I didn't meet anyone. It was empty, but it wasn't long, before I heard something in the backyard.

I headed over, to find what that was.

While standing in front of the open backyard doors, I saw the source of the sound. It was chain, connected to the punching bag.

It was moving from side to side, with Mira giving that bag a solid beating.

Suddenly, I heard another sound, but this time it was Mira's voice.

"Stupid Alexander.*Punch* Stupid.*Punch* Stupid.*Punch* Ignoring me,*Punch* then teasing me in front of Mom,*Punch* and now this *Punch*." The last punch carried the most momentum, making chain clank with huge power.

"Hahahaha" I couldn't stand it, I burst out laughing.

My laugh immediately alerted Mira, making her turn in my direction.

"How long did you stand there?"

I walked forward, while saying "Long enough to know how you really feel."

Mira's face quickly turned red, with her putting her guard down.

I grined "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."

Hearing this made Mira do something unexpected. She throwed a punch in my direction, instead of hiding like usual.

Her attack didn't pose any threat, so I moved to the side and used my legs to trip her.

She fall down to the ground, not expecting this outcome.

"You need to try harder to beat me."

Mira looked at me surprised, and asked "When did you learn how to fight?"

"It's a secret." I replied, before putting a finger to my lips.

This clearly irritated Mira, making her stand up, ready to fight.

She took a fighting stance, and started throwing swings at me. Each of her swings was faster and faster, but I easily dodged them all.

Mira's melee combat was only slightly worse than mine, with me having an edge over her skills. I had an actual experience in combat, while Mira lacked in that aspect.

Our fight soon turned into a stalemate, so I decided to spice things up "Mira, if you win, I will grand you your wish."

"My wish?" She stopped for a moment.

"Yes. A wish, you can ask for whatever you want."

Idea of me having to grand her a wish, clearly made Mira happy "Don't regret your words after I beat you up."

(I wonder what sort of punishment will she come up with?)

This motivation soon turned Mira into a formidable warrion, using her kicks and fists more effectively than before.

Knowing that now I need to take her seriously, I thrown out my first punch. It hit her stomach, causing her slight pain, but its main goal was to show her that if I wanted to, I could've won a long time ago.

RIght away, I noticed that Mira got frustrated, probably thinking that I was mocking her.

She reached behind her back, and took out two knives, making me feel threatened for the first time.

I wasn't aware of it at the start, but Mira had a belt with two holsters for knifes, hidden behind her back.

(Time to finish this.)

I coated my hands with Earth Magic, after which I grabbed Mira's wrists and squeezed them, making her drop both of her weapons.

Mira quickly realized the difficult situation she found herself in, but even then she decided to continue fighting.

Without a way to free her arms, Mira decided to use her legs.

(This can't be good.) I saw that Mira backed up her leg, before striking out with her knee, aimed right at my crotch.

Seeing her strike, I abandoned any thought about counter attacking, and used my right leg to block her attack.

Thankfully, I was able to defend myself, but while doing so my leg got tangled with Mira's, which resulted in us falling to the ground.

Right away, I noticed the inappropriate position we fell in.

Our faces were so close, that we could feel each other's breaths, but that wasn't the end. I was still holding Mira's wrists, pining her to the ground, and my knee landed betwen Mira's thights, rubbing up against her crotch.

This state of things continued for some time, until I broke the silence.

I lowered my lips, whispering into Mira's ear. "I won."

"Aaaa..And?" Mira could only stutter, not knowing what to do.

Her words made me back up, and look into her nervous eyes. "It's time for you to grant me my wish."

"Your wish?" Because of our clossnes, I wasn't sure if Mira even understood what I was saying.

"You didn't think you were the only person that could've win a wish, did you?....But, that is not important."

I looked up, as if thinking about something "What to choose?Hmm..How about I tell you to clean my room? Naa, too easy...Hmm.. I know, I want a kiss."

With reward in mind, I gazed at Mira who was frantically moving her lips.

"Kkkkkkiiisss?"

After the word finally left her mouth, she closed her eyes, blushing even more.

(Why do I see smoke coming out from her head?)

Mira layed there, occasionally nodding her head, as if agreeing to something. I on the other hand just stared at her, wanting for her next move.

Eventually, I saw that Mira made a one big nod, before pushing her lips out.

This gave me a clear sign to act, so I started lowering my head.

With my lips only moments away from her, I asked one last question "Are you sure?"

Mira replied, nodding again.

Her answer was the last thing preventing me from reaching the final stretch, and with nothing in my way I lowered my lips, until...