Inside the office, there was a bathroom to the right of where the desk was. I looked at myself in the mirror, seeing the brown icing all over my ivory skin. Sighing, I grabbed napkins and wet them under the faucet.

I had no idea why he did that, but I'm sure he was just having a shitty day.No need to make my day shitty though.

Bending over, I splashed water on my cheek. When I came back up, my eyes connected with my shadow demon behind me, pressed so close I could feel his warmth. My heart jumped as I spun around.

But nothing was behind me.

I let out the breath I was holding, swallowing hard. I took a few deep breaths, trying to calm myself down.I’ve never seen him when I wasn’t sleeping. What the fuck is going on?

I finished in a hurry and hurried back out to my bakery. I was scared I would see him more if I spent another minute alone.

As the day went on, I just felt more and more exhausted. By the end of the day, I wanted to collapse on the floor and just sleep for years.

After packing up the leftovers, I locked up Starlight Bakery and left, going to the same area where I always found many homeless people. I sat there, letting them pick out the ones they wanted.

Near the end of the crowd, I asked a familiar woman, “Where’s Frank? I don’t think I saw him yet.”

She looked at me with sad eyes. “He overdosed last night. He’s gone.”

Hot tears welled in my eyes as she walked away. I wasn’t close to Frank, though I knew his story. It hurt to know that yesterday was the last day I would ever see him. I sighed, feeling the weight of today heavy on my shoulders.

Once home, I tossed my bag to the side and went straight up the stairs. Toebean followed, toes pattering against the wood. She sat on the bed while I changed into pjs and just collapsed on the bed. I rolled onto my back, feeling her cuddle up to my side.

My eyes fell closed, feeling heavy. A few deep breaths and sleep took a hold of me. I wanted to sleep so badly.

But then my body jolted me awake, not feeling safe enough to sleep.

I groaned, pulling the blankets up under my chin. “Do whatever you want to me, sleep demon. Kill me if you want to so badly. Just let me get some fucking sleep.”

I wasn’t sure I meant that. I didn’t want to die, but the tiredness outweighed the fear right now. I’d spent nights trying to stay up and losing so much sleep. I just wanted today to end with sleep, even if it ended with the monster hurting me more.

Sleep fell over me so quickly that I couldn’t stop it, even if I wanted to.

Kage

Anything I wanted? Finally…

I watched the beautiful pink-haired beauty sleeping in one of her “moo moos” as she called it. It was a dress falling on her thighs. I saw the bandage wrapped down there. I hurt her yesterday, though it wasn’t my intention. She moved so quickly that I scratched her before I could pull back.

“Kill me if you want to so bad,” her angelic voice repeated in my head.Is that what she thought I wanted to do with her? Couldn’t she tell what I wanted? I had no bloodthirst for her…

I was pissed at myself for hurting her. I never wanted to hurt her or see her hurt.

Now, I watched her sleep in the almost pitch dark. The moon peeked through the blackout curtains, and I could see her chest rising and falling steadily.

She really didn’t like me, and that hurt. She did everything to fight sleep and stay away from me. While I did everything to get close to her. I just wanted to touch her, taste her,worshipher.

She snored softly, the little furry creature cuddling up next to her.

Once I stepped from the shadows, the small thing ran from the room. I didn’t know if it was supposed to protect her or not; it was doing a shit job of it.

My eyes dropped to her thighs as my darkness surrounded me like smoke.

I got it. I was pretty scary, but did she have to act so petrified of me? Didn’t she see I adored her?I wasn’t trying to scare her, though it made my cock hard sometimes.

Just looking at my beautiful Goddess made me hard. I ached to show her how much I wanted her.

“Do whatever you want to me,” she said before she slept, and that was all I needed.Consent.