LOGIN"Dammit! I said stop! “He grabbed my arm, grinding me to a sudden halt. When I turned around, his lips were pulled into a thin line stretching all the way to the edges. The playfulness was gone from his eyes, aggravation slipping in its place. "Why should I stop Tan? So you can try to get me into your bed like those girls you sleep with every day?" I questioned, pulling my bare arms around myself to shield myself from the cold chills. "Because I don't want you here Holly. I want you gone, far away from RCU. I don’t want to see your face or be anywhere near you," he blatantly pointed out, no hint of remorse in his voice. "Excuse me?" Was he being serious right now?
View More穂乃果はただその場に立ち尽くすしかなかった。
熱い視線に絡め取られ、身動きひとつ出来ない。息が詰まって喉が窄む、声を出すことも出来ない。一枚、また一枚と白い花びらが捥がれてゆく。白いキャミソールに彼女の輪郭が浮かび上がる。拓海はキャミソールの紐をその薄い唇で喰み、ゆっくりと滑らせた。触れた肌が熱を持ち、呼吸が浅くなる。衣擦れの音が床へと落ち、白桃の胸が露わになった。穂乃果はゴクリと息を飲み、ギュッと目を閉じた。
心臓の鼓動が耳元で響く。怖い。なのに、どこかでこの瞬間を求めていた自分もいる。拓海の吐息が首筋に触れ、穂乃果の身体は微かに震えた。こんな自分、知らない。いつもなら逃げ出していたはずなのに、今夜は違う。この非日常の熱が、彼女の凍てついた心を溶かし始めていた。拓海の手が彼女の肩にそっと触れる。穂乃果は目を開け、彼の瞳を見た。その中に、彼女が忘れていた何か……温もり、欲望、繋がり………が宿っている気がした。
「震えてる、やめておく?」
穂乃果は声にならない掠れた呟きで「やめないで」と首を横に振った。「わかった。いいんだね?」拓海の唇がゆっくりと近づき、頬に軽く触れた。それは突然、現実になった。しっとりとした唇の感触が穂乃果の唇に重なり、息継ぎが出来ないくらい何度も繰り返される。
「……んつ、ふ」
彼女は自分の声に頬を赤らめながら、拓海の口付けを受け入れ続けた。それはやがて首筋へと落ち、白い肌に赤い花びらが散る。二人はそのまま、シーツの海へと崩れ落ちた。穂乃果の瞳には煌めく夜景が広がり、重なりあう鼓動に耳を澄ませる。窓の外、ネオンの光が揺らめき、部屋の中を淡く照らす。拓海の指が彼女の髪をそっと梳き、穂乃果は自分の心臓の音が彼と共鳴していることに気づいた。
怖かった。こんなにも誰かと近くにいること、こんなにも自分をさらけ出すこと。なのに、穂乃果の心は不思議な安堵に包まれていた。拓海の吐息が彼女の耳元で囁く。「穂乃果、きれいだよ」。その言葉は、彼女の凍てついた心を溶かし、かつて忘れていた感情を呼び覚ました。恋。温もり。繋がり........この瞬間、彼女は確かに生きていると感じた。 シーツの柔らかな波に身を任せながら、穂乃果は思った。この夜がどんな結末を迎えるのか、明日にはまた色褪せた日常が待っているのかもしれない。でも、今この瞬間、彼女は非日常の輝きの中にいた。
Chapter 6"Holly stop," Tan shouted behind me but I walked on, furiously blinking the tears trying to find their way out of my eyes. He didn’t deserve and a drop of them. Bastard."Dammit! I said stop! “He grabbed my arm, grinding me to a sudden halt.When I turned around, his lips were pulled into a thin line stretching all the way to the edges. The playfulness was gone from his eyes, aggravation slipping in its place. So what could possibly be the reason he had that look on his face when I was the one who got hurt by him? He couldn’t even pretend he was sorry for a damn second."Why should I stop Tan? So you can try to get me into your bed like those girls you sleep with every day?" I questioned, pulling my exposed arms around myself to shield myself from the cold chills."Because I don't want you here Holly. I want you gone, far away from RCU. I don’t want to see your face or be anywhere near you," he blatantly pointed out, no hint of remorse in his voice."Excuse me?" Was he being
CHAPTER FIVEThe wind pushed my hair back as I struggled not to grind my jaw. I was not sure if it was from the chills of the unforgivingly cold night or the chills from knowing Tan was sitting by the bar, the space between us filled by a few drunk couples grinding to the loud hip-hop music."It's okay if you don't want to do this today," I felt Alex's hand grab my arm.She was absolutely right but I had already postponed this once. I could have confronted him yesterday after calling Joon but I had cowered away like a little scared rat. The thought of seeing had been outrightly overwhelming then, freezing my insides with no mercy whatsoever. Today it had taken me every ounce of willpower to show up here and I was not about to let myself chicken out again."I'm fine. Besides we are just going to talk and hopefully I'll never have to speak to him or feel on edge when he is around," I smiled just to keep her off the fact that I was beyond being nervous. Every fiber in my body was screami
CHAPTER FOURIt has been three days since my encounter with Tan and honestly I was pretty much nervous every time I stepped in class. He never once met my gaze or batted an eyelid towards me. It should not have bothered me but the fact that even Joon had stop paying attention to me was nagging a bit. Should I just have talked to him when he showed up at my room?"Derek has been staring at you the entire class and he is kind of cute," she added wiggling her eyebrows rather mischievously."Who is Derek again?" I probed pushing my books into my back along with my laptop. The lecturer had just walked out and right now all I could think of was some spicy steak."The blonde sitting just in front of Tan," She whispered.Tan. I hated how that very name could easily make me freeze in place. It affected me in ways that nothing else could. I risked a glance at the said boy but almost regretted it when my gaze connected with Tan's instead. His eyes pierced right through me, sending a series of ti
CHAPTER THREEJoon was friends with Tan? If they were friends where had they been for the past one week since I reported and why didn’t Sarah ever mention a thing about this to me? I needed to avoid Joon if I really wanted a drama free school year. The Tan I used to be friends with was somebody different to the Tan here. Four years ago it was impossible to imagine Tan using any type of cuss word when talking to somebody older than him and yet he did boldly talked to the lecturer like that today. I was disrupted from my train of thinking by the shrill ringing of my phone. I picked it up without checking the caller ID because I assumed it was my mother.“Hello,”“Hey Holly. Its Joon,” My attention was suddenly sparked.“H-How did you get my number?” The stuttering had not been intentional.“My sister,”“Of course,” Very predictable.“You seemed to be in a hurry when you left class this morning,” He said in an easy tone.“Yeah. I had an emergency that I had to take care of immediately,”






Late Nights With The Demon King is a paranormal novel by Star Night that tells the story of the complicated relationship of two main characters, Tan, and Holly. Tan ends up leaving Holly and continues distancing himself from her because it's dangerous for him to be around her. Holly thinks Tan is doing this because he hates her, but even after he explains the situation to her and the fact that his father may harm her if he stays close to her, she still doesn't believe him. Are you wondering how the story continues? Read the novel to discover.