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Mob hid in the bushes, camera ready in his hand as he waited to see the precious perfect little thing, ready to take a picture that he was going to adore
Ever since Mob laid eyes on the thing, he knew he felt this emotion he hadn't felt before seeing anything else before, this craving and wanting. Consuming his mind.
Mob couldn't help himself, he needed to have the pretty thing, needed to take pictures of it, needed to cover his room with them. All of his walls.
He wondered how the pretty little prey would think about such a sweet gesture, little thing would be very happy about it, right?
Still, Mob knew the thing would be so happy knowing how much he loves his precious.
Mob heard footsteps, which means his precious little thing was close by, he raised up his camera and looked through, his smile widening as he saw it.
A boy, blond hair that shone so prettily in the sun, the cute uniform covering his body and the cute backpack on his back, his hands holding it tightly.
The boy, who was named the most prettiest name in the world, Reigen Arataka, turned his head to the side, so his beautiful face came into view, his eyes has tears in his eyes, his eyes full of fear and paranoia, sweat on his face that ran down his cheeks.
It was so perfect
Mob raised up his camera, looking through the lens and took a picture, luckily his camera didn't make any sounds, so Reigen wouldn’t run away after hearing it
Unfortunately, Reigen still felt something looking at him, so he ran away before the esper could take any more pictures of him, but it didn’t bother Mob too much
He already took a perfect picture.
The esper lowered his camera, hiding it away in his pocket as he walked out of the bush, brushing off the leaves that fell on him and began to walk the direction Reigen was running towards. His mind wandered the pretty picture he took again, how gorgeous his prey looked. So consumable, biteable. All the things Mob would loved to do as his boy looked at him like-
His phone rang, he picked it out from his pocket and answered the call, pressing against his ear
‘’Hello?’’
A softer smile spread on his face as he heard the familiar voice ‘’Don’t worry, I will come to you as fast as I can, I promise. Do you want to still talk to me as I go?’’ He waited. ‘’Of course, don’t worry, I will always be here for you..
Reigen..’’
My prey
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Reigen was walking home from school, it was an ok day, luckily enough, and he was glad that it was over now so he could get to relax like he was looking forward to all day.
Or well, the thing he looked most forward to was chatting with Mob or getting to hang out with him, if the esper had free time to do so
Well, it's a good thing that for Reigen, Mob always had free time.
Reigen was deep in his thoughts of what fun things he wanted to do with Mob. Maybe they should try to go out on ghost hunting, go to their favorite restaurant, share some ramen or takoyaki? Maybe watch a movie together? Maybe go to a new place they haven’t been to before? Maybe-
The boy snapped out his thoughts when his body began to suddenly feel very very cold.
It was weird...it was a hot day, it wouldn’t make sense why he felt so..cold.
Then, his stomach churned, body feeling a sense of dread and panic, he began to sweat and grabbed the shoulder straps of his backpack tighter.
Oh..no..no…
Oh no no no no no…
He looked around the place he was, but he could only see rock walls and bushes on top of them, and of course the road he walked on.
No no no no no!
He couldn’t see anyone..but he could feel like someone was looking at him..staring at him like he was some kind of prey, ready to be eaten, be devoured.
He didn’t want to know why he was going to be devoured.
(And what it meant)
He tried to swallow, but it was so hard and his breath felt like it was stuck in his throat. He began to look around more, more panic and dread filled up which felt too much for his little body.
Was..was he gonna be..?
No no, it can’t! It wouldn't happen right? It's not like…
Even if Reigen tried to convince himself, tried to relax, his paranoia would only worsen and the tears he fought hard against filled his eyes.
He was gonna get kidnapped! He..he had to get away, he had to run before..before…
As soon as Reigen heard rustling in the bushes, he didn’t take a minute to think it was an animal, the wind or a…
He ran away as fast as his little feet could take him.
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Reigen panted as he ran, looking behind him to see if there was anyone following him. Luckily, he didn’t see anyone doing what he feared
Thank God…
Reigen took in a breather, using his spit as water as he tried to swallow away his thirst after running so fast, wiping the sweat on his forehead, if it was due to him running or how terrified he was…he didn’t know..
But he knew what was more important..
The boy picked up his phone, taking in air as he called Mob, hoping he would answer.
Praying he would
Reigen looked around him to see the person, his heart beating so much in his chest the noises and people around him were muffled
Reigen held his phone tighter
Please..please…please…Mob pick up…please…please..please…
What if they are here and he dont know that? What if they get to him before Mob can come here and..and..
‘’Hello?’’
‘’Mob! There is someone stalking me! I felt their eyes on me! I think..I think I’m gonna be kidnapped! Can you please come here and…’’
Reigen began to tear up more, damn how scared he must have sounded, how pathetic.
But as Reigen heard Mob going to meet him and asked if still wanted to talk to him, the boy felt relieved, the fear consuming him going away a little.
‘’I still want to talk to you, please! I..I’ll feel safer that way…’’
Reigen smiled at Mob saying of course he would and will always be there for him.
‘’I’m..glad...to hear that’’
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Reigen walked to Mob’s home as he was told and talking to his friend made him less frightened.
It actually made him calmer, like his heart wasn’t going to explode by all the beating and didn’t feel like he was going to puke.
Still, Reigen glanced behind him to see anyone, but fortunately no one was following.
He felt so relieved.
And more he felt when he saw Mob walking on the road he was, going in his direction. The esper holding the phone to his ear.
Both of them smiled when they saw each other, Mob hung up and placed his phone in his pocket. Reigen was quick to drop it on the ground if the esper didn’t use his power and put it in the boy’s pocket.
Reigen ran to Mob as fast as his little legs could run and the esper ran to him too. As soon as Reigen got close to him, he hugged around the esper’s waist, hiding his face. He felt something hard pressed against his arm, but he didn’t care about that, Mob was here!
Mob put on a cornered voice as he placed his hand on the boy’s head.
‘’Are you okay, Reigen? The person isn't here looking for you are they?’’
The boy shook his head, God, his snot and tears must have gotten everywhere, but Mob didn’t mind.
He never did.
‘’That’s good, I’m glad you are safe. You did such a good job running away from them.’’ The esper praised him.
Mob petted Reigen’s head a bit ‘’You must be so tired from running so much, aren’t you? How about I give you some orange soda and let you rest? Don’t that sound good?’’
Reigen nodded, always loved being spoiled by his shishou
The esper smiled, picking Reigen up, letting the boy hide his face and clinging to him as Mob walked back to his place.
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As they got to Mob’s home, the esper held his promise to give the boy a glass of orange soda, the dread now gone as he felt so safe with Mob, knowing his friend would protect and never hurt him.
Reigen talked about how terrified he was, the dread of being taken away and never getting to see his master again.
How horrible that would have been.
Of course, Mob promised the boy he would never be kidnaped by anyone, he wouldn’t allow it, no one was going to take his Reigen away from him.
Reigen smiled at that.
As soon as the boy was done drinking, Mob picked the boy up and cuddled with him until he fell asleep, put him on the bed and covered his sleeping body with the duvet. Mob gave his boy a kiss on the forehead before he went out of the bedroom and to another room that only he knew of.
He went inside, turning the light on.
A dark room, for photography.
He took out the chemicals he needed and put them in the trays.
After that, the esper took out a camera from his hand pocket, opening it to take out the negative roll. He looked at the negatives with a magnifying glass, choosing the perfect negative strip which he put in the negative carrier.
He placed the carrier in the enlarger project and switched to the safe lights, now the room was red.
He projected it on a light sensitive silver halide paper and moved the enlarger to make sure the picture was perfect.
When he got what he wanted in the focus, he printed it out.
After it was done, he took the picture and placed it in the chemicals and smiled softly when he saw the pretty thing becoming more clearly
Perfect..
He hung it up on the string with a pinch so the picture would hang to dry, excited to hang it with the other pictures he hung around the walls.
He looked at them, his heart beating softly and felt so warm
Everything was covered with Reigen, doing various things.
Sleeping, eating, running, cute poses…
changing his clothes…showing off his pretty naked body that only Mob was allowed, deserved, to see.
Mob's smile widened, his newest picture would fit perfectly with the others, Reigen with his head turned to the side, his beautiful face came into view, his eyes filled with tears, full of fear and paranoia, sweat on his face that ran down his cheeks.
So so perfect
It felt like this type of look was made just for Reigen to be...oh how much Mob wanted to do things to his boy while looking like this, but he wouldn’t mind showing that type of affection to Reigen when he would look at Mob like he is his whole world.
Mob chuckled, he wondered how Reigen would feel about if he ever were to see this room, but he would be happy about it wouldn’t he?
So grateful to know how precious he was to the esper
The esper could imagine the boy’s smile seeing this room..
And the bigger one when he tells his boy that he can stay here with him forever and never have to go back to those filthy places that don’t treat him like he deserve to be treated, that they don't spoil him enough, or well...would Reigen ever want to leave again with what happened?
Mob looked at the pictures for a few more minutes before he went out of the room and back to where Reigen was sleeping, his heart melted how soft and peaceful his boy looked, Mob’s smile became softer
The man took up the duvet and laid on the bed beside his boy, holding his arm around him and gave him a soft kiss
My sweet little precious Arataka, Mob thought to himself as he stroke his boy’s chin
My prey