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The door to the room slammed shut with two people walking in. One was visually pissed off, scowling with his arms crossed. The other was more calm but he still had a look of mild annoyance. The one one who looked pissed turned to look at the other. He inhaled slowly and exhaled at the same speed.
“What the hell was that, Phantom?” Natemare asked. Phantom only shrugged nonchalantly. He leaned against the door, looking at Mare.
“I only did what I needed to do. And news flash, it worked. I checked the views on the video while you were steaming away. People are eating it up and I’m pretty sure it’s because of me.” Mare’s eyes narrowed, his anger rising a little more.
“It was a two person video! Or it would have been if someone wasn’t such a goddamn show off. If you’re gonna add actual magic, warn someone first, you dipshit!” Mare pointed an accusatory finger as Phantom who rolled his eyes in response.
“If you had better awareness of your surroundings, you would’ve known I was setting up magic. And sorry if I was just trying to spice up the video. It was more than anything you could ever do anyways. You should be thanking me.”
“Thanking you?! I could have gotten injured because of that little fire stunt you pulled! Not to mention the camera could’ve been hit too. I’m the one that’s supposed to be reckless! Not you!” For some reason, this finally made Phantom abandon his calm and neutral expression. He was now slipping into aggravation.
“Oh, so I can’t be a bit flashy for once in my existence? Give me a break, Natemare. You of all people should have no room to lecture me about being reckless.” Mare, at this point, was intruding Phantom’s space, for this whole time he was walking towards said demon.
“That wasn’t being “flashy”! That was trying to burn my goddamn skin off with a fireball!” Mare was only a foot away from the other. Phantom was actually started to get visibly mad, which was rare for Mare to see. He must’ve struck some kind of nerve at some point.
“You’re lucky I wasn’t aiming for you on purpose. Otherwise you wouldn’t be standing right now.” Mare didn’t dare move in closer but he did snarl once a again.
“Is that a fucking threat, Red?” He said in a deadly tone. It was Phantom, however, that took that one step that brought them even closer to each other. Mare was tempted to step away, for little to no space between them mixed with the unyielding tension in the room made for a dangerous combination. But he didn’t want to make it seem like Phantom intimidated him. So he stood his ground.
“No. It’s the truth..” Phantom almost whispered those words, his crimson eyes flashing. Mare must’ve forgotten how to breath because he exhaled heavily once he realized he wasn’t. Okay. He needed to create some space or else this was going to go some place unwarranted fast. With a huff, he took a few steps back.
“Whatever…” He mumbled under his breath. Phantom grinned smugly, taking him backing off as a victory. There was a moment of silence and Phantom didn’t fail to notice that there was a slight pink to Mare’s face.
Was….was he…?
Gears began to turn in the demon’s brain. Was Mare…blushing? It really didn’t take long for Phantom to connect the dots. He wasn’t stupid. He knew for a long while Mare had a thing for him even if he didn’t want to admit it. It was present in the way he always picked fights with him to cover it up, the lingering stares when Mare thought Phantom wasn’t aware, the loss of words (for the most part) whenever he tried to go after his looks. It was obvious Mare harbored feelings that weren’t just negative. Plus he was an incubus. Mare’s mission to hide his true feelings was flawed from the start.
And Phantom would’ve been lying if he didn’t hold some attraction towards the entity too. Hell, he would have told him sooner if Mare wasn’t so stubborn about hiding his own feelings. So, Phantom had to wait it out. But now…now his chance was clear as day and he wasn’t about to let it slip through his fingers.
“So,” Phantom started, his nerves were back to their calm and collected state. “Videos aside…..can we talk about what just happened?” Phantom questioned pointedly. Mare’s brows furrowed in confusion.
“What? We just had an argument and you decided to come into my personal space. That’s all.” Phantom had to snicker. Of course Mare would deny it. But he didn’t mind playing this little game.
“First of all, you technically came into my space first. And secondly do you really expect me to just ignore that little blush you made a few seconds ago after said argument?” Phantom could see the red creep back onto Mare’s face with a vengeance.
“I…..nope. Shut up. I’m not dealing with this.” Mare steered for the door and was about to turn the handle. Phantom went into a slight panic. If he didn’t do something quick, Mare would disappear and his chance will go with him.
“So, you’re just going to run away and hide then?”
Phantom spoke up at the last moment. To his relief, Mare stopped dead in his tracks. His hand still on the knob though.
“What…did you just say?” Mare nearly growled through his teeth. He turned to look at Phantom who had a present smile on his face. Oh how badly he wanted to wipe that smile off of him.
“You heard me. I said…are you just gonna run away? Because it seems like that’s exactly what you’re doing.” Phantom found himself smiling even harder. It doesn’t take much to rile Mare up. And he was going to that to both of their advantages.
“I’m not running away.” Mare spoke, though his eyes turned away from the demon.
“Oh really? Then say it.”
The bait was set.
Mare stepped away from the door but didn’t look back at Phantom. “Say what?”
“You know what I’m talking about, Mare. Do I really need to spell it out for you?” Phantom challenged. Mare finally faced Phantom again, a scowl clear on his face.
“I really don’t know what the hell you’re talking about..” The fiend murmured, his initial annoyance was starting to fade away. It was slowly being replaced with….something else.
“Damn….you’re really gonna make me say it, hm?” Phantom sighed. He was secretly hoping it would come to this.
The bastard.
He started to walk towards the other. Mare sensed a change in the atmosphere. Not just from the lack of blatant animosity in himself but the sudden shift in mannerisms in Phantom. As he walked, Mare noticed there was an added sway to his hips. His eyes were glazed over, an almost predatory look to them. And then his smile. That damned smile. Well, this certainly spelled trouble.
“Y’know…when I was first met you, I actually thought you were obnoxious and a try hard..”
That makes two of us then. Mare wanted to shoot back but he was getting way too focused on how low Phantom’s voice had gotten.
“I mean…you keep trying to insult me…and argue with me only to leave when you know you lost,” Mare exhaled at the small jab and rolled his eyes.
“Where is this going, Phantom?” Mare sighed impatiently. Phantom started to close the gap between them but Mare refused to step back. Phantom stopped in front of him and Mare waited for a response, his arms crossing over his chest as if he was physically trying to create a barrier between him and the demon. As if that would protect him from whatever bullshit Phantom was about to spew.
Phantom’s cocky smiled turned down right evil. “Then I started to think about it. And it really didn’t take long to figure it out but….the truth is, Mare, that you have a little crush on me.” Phantom waited for any response from Mare who stood there silent for a moment like he was trying to think of a decent reaction. And then he snorted.
Mare snorted in Phantom’s face.
“You…you really think I have a crush on you?! That’s fucking stupid! Why would I ever have a crush on a pompous, annoying and self absorbed prick like you?” Mare snarked with his own smirk and if Phantom didn’t know better, he would have left it there, only slightly humiliated. But Mare’s mocking snickering faded when he saw that Phantom wasn’t fazed in the slightest.
“Oh, I don’t think you have a crush. I know you do. And I can prove it right now.” Mare could only assume this was a challenge. And so he steeled himself for what’s going to come.
“Okay, Crimson. Go on. Prove it.” Phantom backed up a little, putting his two hands on the crystal ball part of his cane.
“Well first the fights were a dead give away. You go on and on about my personality, which I’ll get back to in a bit, but you can’t say anything about my physical appearance.” Phantom’s voice lost whatever teasing edge it had before and went back to conversational.
“Well, it just so happens that I couldn’t give a shit about what you look like, because your personality sucks.” Mare shot back at him, thinking he won that round. But the deep chuckle that erupted from the demon said otherwise.
“You say that and yet, I can remember numerous times I either caught or sensed you staring at me when you think I didn’t know.”
Mare’s eyes widened slightly for a second before going back to the usual slight scowl. Unfortunately, Phantom seemed to pick up on it, letting out a quiet hum in acknowledgement to Mare’s dismay. Hypothetically, Phantom could stop arguing there, but he knew if he didn’t clear all bases, Mare would still find some way to deny it.
He had to make sure it was impossible for that to happen. And so the game continues. “And then there was was insults I brung up earlier. I chalked up the loss of insults on my looks to pure jealousy but the unnecessary complaining about my personality to multiple people in this mansion. That…was interesting to me…” Mare’s hands involuntarily tightened around his arms, leading to the conclusion Phantom had hit a major point.
“How….how do you know that?”
Phantom turned his gaze to the nearest wall and Mare’s eyes followed. “These walls aren’t that thick, Natemare. Anyone could hear anything if given enough concentration.” Phantom said all of this with a casual tone, but the sly glance back to the entity mixed with the knowing grin suggested an entirely different situation. Mare couldn’t stop the growing heat in his face, but that heat was also starting to flood to other parts in his body that he didn’t want to disclose.
“Are….are you done yet?” Mare snarled, though his voice didn’t hold the bite he wanted. Phantom only chucked and shook his head.
“We still need to go over one more thing.” Phantom stated and he started to slowly walk around Mare, still holding eye contact with him. This suddenly felt more than just a simple character study or a questioning. This now felt like a prey being sized up by a predator. Mare had to fight off another shiver.
“Which is?” Footsteps echoed through the room around Mare as he waited for the last argument.
“The arguments I mentioned earlier. I neglected to mention something about them that I noticed over the years. You see, almost everytime we’d argue, it would always go the same way. You fire something at me, I fire back. We go back and forth, getting closer and closer to each until…”Phantom trailed off, stopping directly in front of Mare again. “You back off and walk away….why is that, hm?” This was rhetorical and they both knew it. It wasn’t going to stop Mare from answering. Especially when he was feeling a lot less confident then a few minuets ago.
“I walked away when I realized I was wasting time with you.” Mare retorted. He was aware his voice wasn’t as strong as he wanted it to.
“Really? That’s what you’re going with? May I recall what happened earlier?” Phantom continued to walk around him, slower than before, until he stood behind Mare. “We were so close to each other, and I’m pretty sure you started blushing. If you really felt nothing towards me….that wouldn’t happen.” Phantom whispered those last words into the entity’s ear. Mare failed miserably at hiding any reaction, gasping softly at the abrupt closeness.
“Phan…I..that’s not-“ Mare mentally cursed at himself as tried to think of any counter. But nothing was coming to mind. Phantom had won this but pride wasn’t going to let him admit it. Phantom ignored his stutters, continuing to whisper in that infuriatingly smooth tone.
“What were you thinking about, hm? Were they the same thoughts your were thinking about during our other fights? Wanting nothing more than to shut me up? I bet you thought of a lot of ways to do that.” I know I did…Phantom thought to himself. At this point, he was this close to giving in to his own wants. But he needed Mare to agree to it. It was one thing to know when someone desired something. It’s another to vocalize it.
“Okay, so w-what if I have a damn crush on you? You gonna use it against me for blackmail? Tell everyone in the mansion?” Phantom chucked deeply, walking back to Mare’s front. His eyes meet his for the first time in a little bit.
“First, I don’t even know what I would blackmail you for. And second, I’m pretty sure everyone here probably knows already.” Mare’s face grew more red.
“God damn it. So…why…why are you doing this?” Phantom walked closer into Mare’s space, his now half-lidded eyes poured into his own.
“Isn’t it obvious, Mare? Why else would I try so hard to get you to admit these feelings of yours? I feel the same way.” Phantom finally said. It could have been the use of his nickname in this way or the fact that his rival just admitted he…liked him…but his heartbeat started to get so loud in his ear.
“You….you like…me? But I-“
“You were never any good at hiding it. I felt your desire for me long ago…and I still do. I can feel it radiating off you in waves as we speak. But I wanted you to accept it yourself. And now…” Phantom leaned in to whisper once more. “Are you still gonna deny it? Or are you gonna do something about these…troublesome feelings that have been swirling inside you for long?”
Phantom leaned back waiting for a response. Despite it all, he could still sense hesitance within Mare, but his lust, his arousal was growing as well.
“I…” Mare wanted to..he wanted to so damn badly. But whatever last bit of pride that was clinging onto him was holding him back.
“It’s just us here, y’know? There’s nothing that should hold us back anymore..and I know you want this just as much as I do…” The two were so close to each other, if either one of them stepped one more time…
“I won’t do anything else unless you say so…but let it be known…that I want you so fucking badly, Mare. I have been for years.” Phantom’s voice took on the same breathy, almost desperate tone. He was no longer playing coy with the entity. He wanted him. Mare just needed to do something…
Anything….
“Give into what you want…to what we both want…lemme make you feel good, Darling…”
As if a switch was flipped in Mare’s mind, he grabbed Phantom’s tie and pulled him into a rough kiss. Finally…finally it was happening. The kiss was messy, their lips basically trying to out do one another. Mare slipped in his tongue with haste and Phantom gladly accepted it, intertwining his own silver tongue with the entity’s. A soft groan or two emitted from them as their hands explored what little of each other’s bodies they had access to in this position.
Eventually they had to break the kiss. Panting mildly heavily, they let the slim string of saliva between their tongues break. Phantom chuckled deeply.
“Been waiting a long time for that, haven’t you?” He purred, that wicked, seductive tone sent more shivers down Mare’s spine. Phantom felt another wave of arousal that shot into Mare and he gave Mare a knowing look.
“..Shut up…” Was all Mare could say, but Phantom only shook his head, tsk-ing him.
“Is that really all you can say anymore?”
Phantom playfully taunted him before he leaned into his ear. “But no…I don’t think I will. I think you like my voice..” Phantom whispered before giving Mare’s ear a quick bite. This shot a jolt of pleasure through Mare and an abrupt moan came out of him. He immediately bit his lip to fight back any more loud noises.
Well, that wouldn’t do at all. Phantom backed Mare up until they fell onto the bed with Phantom landing on top of him. Mare made a small “oof!’ as he landed. Looking up he saw Phantom hovering over him, his eyes gleaming in devilish delight.
“Don’t bother trying to stifle any of those cute noises. I soundproofed the room.”
“Oh, of course you fucking did, you cheeky bastard.” Mare sneered, but his usual bite wasn’t as present.
“Always a few steps ahead, Darling.” Phantom mused with a sly wink that made Mare’s face burn more than it already did. The demon placed a quick kiss to Mare’s cheek before sitting up. He looked to be pondering something. Mare’s head tilted in confusion.
“What?” He asked Phantom who looked at him with consideration. After a few admittedly awkward moments, the demon spoke up.
“How far do you wanna take this?”
The question was simple on surface level but the more Mare thought about it, the less simple it got. He wasn’t sure if he was ready to go the whole nine yards..
Yet.
“U-Um…I guess we could…you could…” Mare started. Phantom noticed that Mare’s eye flickered to his mouth for a split second. Very interesting…
“You can give me a hand-job.” Mare said after what looked another quick but fierce internal battle of some sorts. Phantom tilted his head as if he was studying him. Mare glanced away from Phantom’s eyes until he spoke yet again. Phantom then smiled at him and nodded.
“Yes, that I can do.” Curse Phantom for actually caring about limitations and boundaries. Of course, Phantom suspected Mare wanted more than this but he wasn’t going to push. Not yet anyways.
Leaning back down, Phantom started to kiss at Mare’s neck making him let out a shaky curse. Phantom made his way lower, unbuttoning the finest few buttons on Mare’s shirt before he stopped him.
“Wh-What are you doing? I thought-“
“What do you mean? We can’t just skip to the main event so suddenly. Especially when I’ve been waiting to see how you look without your clothes on.” Mare huffed in annoyance. He REALLY didn’t want this to go on more than it needed to…
“You really don’t have to. We could just save that for next ti-I MEAN-“ But it was too late. The words already fell from his lips and that damn cheeky grin formed on the demon’s face.
“Oh? Are you suggesting this won’t be the last time?” Mare grumbled out loud. Damn his Freudian Slip habits.
“N-Never…Never mind…” Phantom snickered.
“Well….if you ARE serious about this “next time”, I guess I could savior you then…” Phantom begrudgingly skipped Mare’s torso and started to undo Mare’s jeans. To his delight, he helped the demon pull down his jeans and a slightly damp bulge was visible through his boxers.
Phantom took his hand and lightly traced down the bulge with his fingers, eliciting a more vocal gasp from Mare. Phantom couldn’t stop grinning. It was amusing to know that he was able to cause so much with even the lightest of touches. He covered the tent with his full hand and started to palm Mare through his boxers.
“Shit…” Mare panted out, a moan following soon after and Phantom absorbed the spark of desire that came off of Mare from that one action. Mare had to refrain himself from moving his hips. He already looked so desperate and he wasn’t about to give Phantom even more fuel to tease him. Mare gave him an impatient look, or as impatient as he could look, and Phantom got the message. Hooking his fingers, he pulled down the boxers to finally reveal Mare’s hardened cock. It was already throbbing, tiny droplets of pre erupted from the head.
“Well, well,” Phantom taunted. “Looks like I did a number on you, huh? I didn’t even do much and you’re already so hard for me.” Mare put on a defensive scowl.
“I-It’s not my damn fault! I wasn’t even trying to get t-this hard. Just shut up and get on wi-AH!” Phantom cut off Mare’s rant by gripping Mare’s shaft.
“What was that, Darling? You’re not talking clearly.” The demon purred. He slowly moved his hand along Mare’s cock, watching him struggle even more to talk.
“F-Fuck y-you..” Mare finally managed to get out. Another thing that amused Phantom was just how far their bickering could go. Even when they were in this intimate state, their back-and-forth quips didn’t stop.
But Phantom could feel Mare was using this as a way to skirt pass something else. He remembered the quick gaze Mare gave his lips. How wanting he looked. Mare wanted something more. And maybe….just maybe…Phantom could convince him to tell him.
Phantom continued to stroke Mare’s cock as he spoke up, letting his voice dip to that impish tone he knew Mare liked.
“I CAN do more than this…Y’know that, right? I do aim to please after all.” Phantom started gaining the attention of the entity.
“Y-Yeah…I-ah-I know. What’s…that gotta do with…with anything?” This….this felt like a trap. Phantom leaned in a little closer to Mare’s cock, his breath hitting his sensitive head. It made Mare’s cock twitch with excitement.
“Well, you seem to be enjoying this a lot. You’re throbbing in my hands at the seems. But I can’t help but feel like you want just a little bit…more?” Phantom made sure that last spoken word came a breathy purr. Mare gasped and jerked, his own breathing got that much more labored.
“A-And what-oh fuck-do you…th-think I want?” Mare managed to say. Phantom slowly licked his upper lip, not missing how captivated Mare was from that one action.
Phantom pretended to ponder this, as if it wasn’t obvious. “I think it’s a safe bet that you want me to suck you. I mean, why else would you look at my lips so often?” Okay, so that was kind of an overstatement, but it did happen.
“I…I…” Mare would definitely blame the slowly increasing pace of Phantom’s stroking, but Mare was really struggling to find any excuse to this. Phantom pressed on, leaning back up to Mare’s eye level.
“Think about it for a second. Wouldn’t it feel so good to have my lips wrapped around your dick? Feeling that wet heat going up and down and swallowing all you have for me until you can’t take it?”
Mare audibly moaned again. He could feel his cock throb harder at Phantom’s sinful musings. He wondered if he could cum just from them alone one day.
“It would feel a hell of a lot better than my hand, that’s for sure..” Phantom’s voice was barely above a whisper as he backed away from Mare a little. “So…what shall it be?”
Mare leveled out his breathing eventually. He sighed, conceding in Phantom’s….probable temptation. “Fine…j-just don’t tease me….”
Phantom gave him a toothy smile as he made his way back down to his cock.
“Wouldn’t dream of it, Baby…” He planted a soft kiss on the tip of Mare’s cock, making him shiver in anticipation. He had JUST told Phantom to not tease him, but then again, they rarely ever listened to each other.
The kisses turned into long licks as Phantom trailed his tongue from base to tip and back down. All the while he was maintaining eye contact with Mare, watching how he shuttered and breathed out with each lick. Taking it up a notch, Phantom wrapped his lips around Mare’s head and started to suck. A wave of pleasure shot through the entity and his hips bucked every so slightly. Phantom wanted more of that. He started to bob his head, gradually taking more and more of Mare into his mouth, letting out all kinds of sounds from himself that vibrated on Mare’s dick.
“Holy f—fuck…Phan..A-ah….feels fucking incredible. Please…don’t stop..” Mare managed to say in between moans and gasps. If he didn’t know better, he’d be asking himself why the hell Phantom was so good at this. It was a pattern with the demon that’d he’d often leave him speechless, but now he couldn’t for the life of him manage to be quiet.
Phantom managed to get his mouth all the way down to Mare’s base before letting himself go back up and then back down. He was building a rhythm, having his tongue lap away at the sensitive head and even playing with the slit that lied on the tip. This alone drove Mare to another level, his shallow breaths and low moans turning into longer ragged moans and near yells. More lustful aura washed off of him for Phantom to consume. His hips started to buck more, making his cock go even deeper into Phantom’s mouth which caused a chain reaction of Phantom moaning around him. And the chain became a cycle of pleasure.
Yes…this was exactly what Phantom wanted. He was seeing Mare fall apart for him bit by bit, no longer caring if he looked desperate or vulnerable. All that mattered were the feelings that were happening to him and hearing his pleasured sounds was half of the enjoyment. The sight of him grasping at the sheets, his eyes nearly rolled back, and his mouth agape was a treasure to behold. It made Phantom acutely aware of his own growing arousal.
Shifting a little so that he was more on his knees, he undid his pants and underwear and pulled out his cock. He stroked himself to the rhythm he set, making himself a lot more vocal than he already was.
Mare was no better than him, his whole body was feeling hot and the pressure in his groin was rising up and up. It wouldn’t be too long before he reached his limits. In the heat of the moment, he took a hand and ran it through Phantom’s hair. A shiver ran through the demon but was disappointed at the lack of contact a few seconds later.
Phantom immediately pulled his lips from Mare’s shaft, which forced a whine of sorts from him. But it was cut off by Phantom’s fast stroking. “Go….ahed. Pull m-my hair. Make me fucking gag on you, Darling..” He urged, as soon as he stopped, he got back to it. Mare obliged surprisingly quickly, gripping Phantom’s hair and guiding him up and down while bucking his hips harder.
‘Yes, use me….fucking use me…’
This repeated over and over in Phantom’s head as he was face fucked, helpless to do anything other than take it. His eyes closed and his hand matched his dick pumping with Mare’s thrusts He was practically bucking into his own hand at this point. Mare’s mannerisms we’re getting more and more unhinged and the pressure built up and up…
And up…
“Oh f-fuck…I’m gonna cum, Phan! Nnnng!” Mare warned the demon in front of him. Said demon sucked even harder than before, desperately wanting to feel Mare shoot down his throat. His eyes quickly opened to look back up at Mare, looking at him through his lashes.
‘That’s it, Baby…that’s it. Cum for me. Scream for me..’
As If on command, Mare’s back arched as a final wave of hot desire burst from Mare’s body and spurts of cum shot into Phantom’s mouth. A scream ripped through him as all of this happened and Phantom forced himself not to pull away as his senses were overwhelmed with Mare’s climax. The taste was mostly bitter but he had that hint of salty-sweetness that Phantom found himself getting quickly addicted to.
Long and slightly stifled moans erupted from Phantom as he too reached his peak, his own spurts shooting from his cock and onto the bed below. His hips slowed as his orgasm subsided. After a few more bobs to get any remaining amounts of cum from Mare, Phantom withdrew his mouth from Mare’s cock, panting heavily with the entity. He sat back up as glanced down at him, smirking with satisfaction.
”So, how….was that’s that, Darling?” Phantom asked while wiping his mouth. Mare perked up as he realized through his gaze that Phantom had asked him something. He sat himself up right and managed to say with light breaths.
“It was….it was nice. I had fun.” To Phantom’s disappointment, Mare’s response wasn’t as enthusiastic as he wanted to to be but yet again, that could all be from that stupid mask he had just managed to remove temporarily.
“Good. Glad you enjoyed our time.” Phantom said. He snapped his fingers and the mess below him as well as the sweat on their clothes disappeared and the bed was good to sleep in yet again. Phantom moved to sit beside Mare to which he glanced at him, confused.
“Wait. You didn’t…did you?” Phantom laughed lightly and Mare found himself blushing a bit.
“Yes, Natemare, I did. You don’t have to worry.” Mare nodded and relaxed a little. “Though, I am flattered you’re still thinking about me.” He teased, eyeing the being smugly. And there goes the relaxation. Mare rolled his eyes and grabbed his jeans.
“Whatever, Crimson.” Mare scoffed while putting on his jeans. He was starting to get up from the bed when a hand stopped him. Mare glanced back at Phantom who cleared his throat.
“If….if you want to do this again…or maybe do something else…just ask me, okay?” Phantom spoke, none of the smugness was present. He was being genuine again. Phantom waited for an answer and for a moment, it really looked like Mare was considering it.
“I…..We’ll see.” With a sigh, Phantom let Mare’s arm go. He knew this was the most he was going to get out of Mare for now. It wasn’t a flat out “no” like he was expecting despite earlier. Maybe Mare was tired of the back and forth games they’ve been playing for the past few years. Or maybe his fatigue from a few moments ago was influencing his thoughts. Natemare was just as much of an enigma to Phantom as he knew he was to Mare.
Finally Mare was out and Phantom sat in his room alone. Only his thoughts, and a pesky feeling in his chest remained. He understood desire and lust…but this pain he felt. This was unfamiliar. And for the first time in a while, Phantom couldn’t understand what he wanted or needed.