Without further ado~

"W-wait, Yuuka, I can explain!" Alice pleaded, before realization hit her. 'Oh crap, wait! Like hell I can tell her the reason was because I was with Marisa and Reimu all day!'

"Oh? I'm listening~" Somehow, Yuuka's smile seemed to have become a little more dangerous, if that were even possible. Her face was just mere inches away from Alice's.

Alice gulped. A single bead of sweat trickled down the side of her face and all the way down to her neck, before getting caught in the small crevice of her exposed collarbone– all of which did not go unnoticed by Yuuka's observant eyes.

"A- A present!" Alice blurted out, in a desperate attempt to pacify the beast whose hungry gaze was now fixated on her collarbone. "Yes, I was planning to give it to you today but something came up and-and I didn't finish preparing it in time!" 'Huuuh!? What am I saying!? Oh but it's too late now! Uuu~'

Despite being an obvious lie, it seemed to have surprised Yuuka enough to bring her gaze back up to Alice's face.

"Oh, is that so? That's rather thoughtful of you, Alice. But you know there's no need to trouble yourself with giving me a present."

Then suddenly, a devious smirk appeared on Yuuka's face.

"On second thought… there is one thing that I want." She leaned in closer and grabbed Alice by the chin, tilting her head upwards so that their eyes met.

"U-um, w-what is it? I'll go get it right away, s-so please just forgive me, okay?" Alice looked like she was about to cry.

Yuuka, on the other hand, was savoring every drop of Alice's fear. Her excitement had reached dangerous levels. Her eyes had glazed over with lust, and a deep crimson blush spread across her cheeks. She had also started panting like a wild animal that was about to devour its prey.

"Oh, Alice. Just what am I going to do with you? My present is already right here," said Yuuka, using her thumb to part Alice's quivering lips. She licked her own lips in anticipation for the treat that she was about to partake in.

By the time it finally dawned on Alice what Yuuka was about to do, it was already too late.

"Hiii…! W-Wait, Y-Yuuka– mmph!"

Yuuka slid her tongue into Alice's opening.

"Mmn… mphf… mng…!"

And ravaged every single crevice in her mouth.

Hearing Alice's cute little moans and whimpers only fueled Yuuka's sadistic side. It wasn't enough. She wanted to hear more of her cries.

Without warning, Yuuka pinched Alice's nose while smothering her mouth with a deep kiss that prevented the helpless girl from taking in any air.

"Mph…mn..!?...MMNNNMMNNNGH!" Realizing this, Alice tried to push Yuuka away, but Yuuka simply used her free hand to grab both her wrists and hold them together in place above her head.

Alice just remembered how powerful a youkai Kazami Yuuka truly was.

Her mind was going blank. She started to feel lightheaded from the lack of oxygen. Just when she was on the verge of losing consciousness…

SLAM!

"Yo Alice, about that rare mushroom I showed you ear… li… er?"

A frozen Kirisame Marisa stood in the doorway, a basket of mushrooms in one hand and her broom in the other.

Today, too, she forgot to knock.

The sudden interruption forced Yuuka to break the kiss, giving Alice a chance to gasp for air.

The three of them stared at each other in awkward silence.

Alice gave a look that screamed 'help me!'.

Yuuka just smiled.

The expression on Marisa's face was too complicated to describe.

"…"

"….."

"…."

Alice finally decided to break the silence, "Ma-"

"UWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! ALICE IS BEING EATEEEEEEEEEENNN!"

"NO… WAIT! DON'T LEAVE, HELP M-"

SLAM.

"–me... Ah."

Marisa ran away screaming with tears in her eyes, also taking with her what little sliver of hope Alice had left. Well, at least she had the decency to close the door this time.

"Now then, where were we?" Yuuka turned her attention back to Alice like nothing happened.

"EH!? Y-You're still going to continue!? No wait, did you just try to kill me!?"

"Huh? Silly Alice, you won't die from simply holding your breath. You just faint~"

Alice gave the youkai above her a perplexed look.

"Hmm, I wanted to knock you out so I could have my way with you without problems… But I guess having Alice resist will be a lot more fun, no?"

"Y-You're kidding, right…?" Alice hoped she was, but the smile on Yuuka's face said so otherwise.

"Urk…!" 'S-She's serious… I-I'm scared! I'm going to get eaten (in more ways than one)! Someone, save meeee~!'

And as if on cue, even though not more than a minute had passed since the encounter with Marisa,

CRASH!

A big gaping hole appeared on the wall just a few inches away from the door which, by the way, wasn't even locked.

"Tch. It seems that uninvited guests just keep coming. How troublesome, indeed." This time, Yuuka was evidently annoyed.

The smoke slowly dissipated, revealing a miko in red and white standing amid the debris. Behind her was the black and white witch who had apparently called for backup.

"Yuukaaaa…" Reimu called out in a menacing growl. The killing intent behind the piercing glare she directed towards Yuuka gave the youkai in turn a surge of adrenaline.

"Hakurei Reimu," Yuuka couldn't help suppress the maniacal smile forming on her face. "Just what good reason must you have for interrupting us, I wonder?" She matched her glare with one that was filled with just as much malice.

Unfazed by the bloodlust emanating from the youkai before her, Reimu continued, "No one has the right to take away Alice's precious thing..."

Alice's eyes suddenly shone with newfound hope.

"R-Reimu! Thank y-"

"…EXCEPT ME!"

Reimu's eyes were dead serious.

"–OOOOIIII!?"

And just as sudden, all hope had vanished in that instant.

Oops, I almost went borderline ero over there.

I'm sorry, Alice! You're just too cute! *pant pant* Ahuehuehue- /shot.