Ethereal Connection ♡ ⌇ Sukuna x Reader ⌇ ♡

Chapter 38

"Wtf"

She frowned in disbelief, but before she could protest, he silenced her.

"Shut up, slut."

She made a ಠ_ಠ face. She sighed and shook her head as she knew disobeying this King would displease him. She didn't want that right now at least, cause he had just helped her reach early, she wasn't a bad person after all.

She thought, the possibilities of what she could do. She didn't want to lie to her Sensei, not after what had happened between them. But she wasn't ready to elucidate anything to him for certain reasons. So hiding or lying were the only options, for now.

Her gaze swept over the place, scanning the area, she noticed that there were a couple of benches a few blocks away, aligned at the edge of the forest; the place where they were currently standing.

After 1 minute and 17 seconds, an idea formed in her mind, but she wasn't about to give him a straight answer. She knew they were short on time. But the urge the subtly irritate him was too strong to resist.

She looked back at him with a confident expression.

"Follow me," she said, her voice laced with confidence.

Sukuna arched an eyebrow in response to her tone. However, there was a hint of curiosity in his eyes as he watched her confidence. He crossed his arms across his chest and replied with his usual arrogant tone.

"I didn't give you permission to order me around. Speak up, woman."

"You "ordered" me to form an idea and that's merely what I am doing," she retorted, her voice slightly frustrated.

Sukuna smirked at her response, amused by her frustration. He couldn't deny that her confidence in his presence was something. He was tempted to laugh at her ridiculous idea after listening to her, which pushed him to give in.

"Very well then, lead the way." he uncrossed his arms, his eyes narrowing slightly and his tone commanding.

Glad, she relaxed slightly and gazed at him a moment longer before heading towards the bench, he leisurely followed her. She sat down on the bench occupying the corner as she looked up at Sukuna who stood in front of her.

"Put your head on my lap,"

Sukuna raised an eyebrow in surprise at her words. He was caught off guard by her unexpected request. He narrowed his eyes slightly. For a moment, he simply stared down at her, contemplating her words.

"Are you trying to take this chance to humiliate me, brat?" he chuckled slyly and spoke in an arrogant tone.

"No, I am not, just do it,"

Sukuna felt like he had dug the hole for her but he fell in there instead. He knew that if he wanted, he could easily deny this in his own ways but, he found ridiculing the weak woman before him more tempting than denying her request.

"Very well, I suppose I have no choice but to indulge your foolish request."

He sat on the other corner of the bench, lied down and adjusted, placing his head on her lap. He felt her soft legs beneath his head, his eyes fixed on her face.

"This is quite a humiliating position," he thought.

"What's the excuse you came up with, brat?" he questioned, his voice betraying a tiny bit of curiosity.

She took a moment before replying.

"Okay, so I'm pretty sure Yuji has no idea what's going on when you're in control of his body. So, here's what I came up with, you switch back to Yuji, and then I'll just pretend like I was sleeping. Then, when he wakes me up, I'll tell him that he passed out while we were walking through this area, so I decided to settle down here. Since he didn't wake up, I ended up falling asleep too. Oh, and I turned on silent mode already, so it will make sense on why I didn't pick up the phone!" she explained, her confident unwavering.

After listening, Sukuna closed his eyes and turned his head towards the street with a slight pout on his face. He knew what the mistake was in her idea. But he was bewildered at the fact that she could come up with something like this, given how unsophisticated her actions has been in the past. But what made him more pouty was the fact that her idea was similar to the one he thought to get her away from her Sensei's questions, one of the change being that their roles were inverted.

Before Sukuna could turn and speak, he suddenly felt her soft touch on his chin, her thumb gently tracing one of the symmetrical tattoos on either side of his chin.

Sukuna's eyes snapped open in surprise. He wasn't expecting her to touch his face, especially not so boldly. He turned his gaze back towards her, his eyes meeting hers, a hint of irritation and surprise flickered in his expression for a moment which was then replaced by confusion.

She looked down at him with a soft expression and a gentle smile on her face. Her eyes shining something that he believes is worthless.

Sukuna's confusion grew as he noticed her expression. He has never seen anyone gaze at him like that. Her touch and the tenderness in her eyes were foreign to him.

For a split second, he was lost in her gaze, his usual demeanour momentarily replaced by something he couldn't name. Snapping out of it, he studied her face for a moment, trying to understand the reason and emotions behind that smile.

Y/N was aware of what she was doing, but she couldn't bring herself pull away or look away. Her mind demanding her to pull away, to speak, but her body involuntarily did that and now she was lost, unable to snap out of it. It was like, as if she was drunk, her body acting against her will.

He pushed all thoughts aside, he frowned slightly and looked at her with his usual bored and uninterested expression.

"Why are you looking at me like that, brat?" he asked, his voice firm.

His deep voice snapped her out of it. She pulled her hand away instantly, her tension evident.

"I-I— Im sorry, I-I didn't mean to..." she choked out.

Sukuna observed her, he knew that she wasn't the type to fake something like this. But what made him so sure about her was her emotions, her reactions, it betrayed everything he had to know. Her awkward and stammering apology confirmed his suspicions that she had been lost in thought.

"I-I..I.. Sukuna, I don't know how it happened, I mean I was aware but, I..I couldn't stop myself.." she stammered, her overwhelming mix of emotions evident.

Before she could continue her explanation, Sukuna's hand reached up, he placed his palm on her forehead, which resulted in her passing out.