Board Thread:What Would You Do?/@comment-35836714-20190529193716/@comment-43741305-20190923123318

More out of curiosity than out of real need, I push the "play" button and wait. The stylized wheel on the screen turns slower and slower until it stops on what looks like... a small log?

''Friggin' typical. I huff as I let the phone fall onto the pillow next to me, Not even insta-wife apps can get me a decent date. Thanks, Mother, for giving me a face that only you could love.''

I roll on my side with a grunt....only to come face to face with somebody who looks like she popped out of a Taimanin Asagi episode. With a long, spade-tipped tail lazily swishing back and forth as she removes her face mask slowly and deliberately.

"Good evening, Danna-sama. I'm Yukio."

Her voice is...bewitching. Not as a siren would be - there's no supernatural quality to it. It's the tone, the subtle posture, the glimmer in her eyes as she lowers them in a display of bashfulness that's nothing but a screaming come-hither.

My blood is literally starting to boil, and yet my brain jogs up memories of a book I read some time ago, Memoirs of a Geisha. Of course a kunoichi (or what looks like a demonic cosplay of it) would have oiran training for infiltration purposes...

Her small, delicate hand traces patterns on my chest. "My apologies for the suddenness. I was...so eager to finally reveal myself after all these years...it was so torturous to watch you without interfering..."

"Wait." I murmur, dumbfounded "You're saying you've been stalking me for....how long? I-I thought the selection from the app was random....how..."

She lets out a small giggle as she presses herserf against me, rubbing oh-so-slightly.... "Oh, no, Danna-sama. I must again apologize for the deception. You see, I have been sent by the clan three years ago on unrelated matters and happened to catch glimpses of you. I...could not get you out of my mind. The clan elders thus gave me permission to watch over you until the time was right....in truth, you never had the app that your friend used. Just a clever mockup of it that I made and used to seize the occasion. I ask for your forgiveness for deceiving you. It was..." she pauses, blushing a little "...done out of love."

I tilt my head, my arms wrapping around her waist and pulling her even closer. "Love?"

She nods. "Yes. I've been in love with you since I saw you. Would you....accept me as your bride? I will dedicate my life to your happiness - I swear...."

I don't care anymore at this point - I press my lips against hers and we melt into each other's arms.

Apparently, I have to send an apology to Mom later on.