Darkness. Wherever Yuuto looked, there was a black void as far as the eye could see, that and the loneliness that permeated through him in this dark space. He desperately looked for any sign of life, but he found none. He was all alone.
"Hello?" He called out, his voice echoing into the void, but he received no response.
As he turned around, his arm got caught on something sticky and he suddenly jumped back from it, finding a long thick stand of spider's silk in front of him. Where it came from, he didn't know, but all he knew that it had seemingly appeared out of nowhere. He heard a sound behind him and spun around to find another strand of silk, similar to the last.
"Rachnera?" Yuuto called out once more in a slightly panicked tone.
As if in response, many more strands of webbing shot out in all directions around him. The blonde rushed through a gap to escape the prison of silk and started running like his life depended on it. As he sprinted, more silk shot out from the void from either side of him, as if corralling him towards some unknown destination.
"Seriously Rachnera, cut it out! This isn't funny!" He shouted out of both annoyance and worry, but the arachne didn't respond.
The webs at his sides stopped shooting out from the void suddenly, and the human slowly came to a halt as he was left in the pitch-black space again. Just as he thought he was safe, he saw webbing being shot around him in the distance. He looked all around him to see the dark void slowly being replaced by silk wherever he looked until finally he was encompassed within a large sphere of webs. He then heard the sinister laughter of the spider woman that had been tormenting him thus far.
"My oh my, Yuuto. It seems you have nowhere left to run." Rachnera said in a teasingly sadistic tone, but the blonde couldn't discern where her voice was coming from.
"Rachnera, just stop already!" He shouted in a panic. "Can't we just talk about this?!"
"It's too late for talk. It's time to receive your punishment."
With that, the sphere of webs started to close in on him at an incredible speed. There was nowhere left to run, and nowhere to hide. His face contorted into a look of fear as the webs were mere feet from ensnaring him.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-!"
Yuuto's eyes shot wide open as he found himself lying in Kimihito's bed with Lala's body cuddling up to him on his left, and her head resting against his to the right of him. He then glanced up to see several strands of silk crisscrossing above the pair by only a few feet. He shut his eyes tight as he let out a groan of frustration.
"Goddammit, Rachnera…" He muttered to himself out of annoyance.
The dullahan started stirring from her slumber as her eyes flickered open and her body slowly wrapped her arms around his chest, pressing her mounds against his side. "Me Love, are ye well?" She asked groggily in a concerned tone.
The human looked to his side to see his girlfriend's face filled with worry for him. "Morning Babe." He replied before he wrapped an arm around her head and pressed his lips to hers for a quick kiss, pulling back soon after as he gave her a loving smile. "Yeah, I just had a bad dream, that's all."
Lala gave a loving smile back as her body sat itself up and went to retrieve her head. "Do nay worry, Yuuto. What happens in the realm o' Morpheus stays within his domain." She replied as placed her head back onto her shoulders and made sure it was on right.
Yuuto smirked at her as he sat himself up straight before the young reaper snuggled up to his side once more, placing a hand on his chest as she rested her head against his shoulder. "Not if Rachnera keeps trying to trap me. I honestly can't believe how persistent she's been about it so far." He said as he placed a hand on top of her own and started stroking her white locks with the other.
"Aye, Rachnera seems oath-bound tae fulfil her goal o' bringing ye tae justice over yer joint transgression with the Shapeshifter."
"Hey, Doppel asked for my help, and she made an offer I couldn't refuse."
She looked up at him quizzically at his statement. "And what deal did ye make with her?"
The blonde merely smirked back at her as he rested his forehead against hers. "That's for me to know and you to find out." He teased before pressing his lips to hers once more.
Their lips glossed over each other softly as the dullahan slowly wrapped her arms around her neck and shifted herself, so she was now straddling him. She pressed her chest against his, pinning him against the headrest as they deepened their kiss. Lala let out quiet moans as their tongues caressed each other in their fit of passion. Their lips soon parted as they needed to catch their breath, resting their foreheads against each other as they stared longingly into the other's eyes.
"Yuuto, ye canna fathom how much I want us tae combine our life energies right now." She said to him in a needy tone as she gently ground her hips against his, eliciting a pleasurable moan from her lips.
"Yeah, I'm just as frustrated as you are," Yuuto replied as he placed his hands on the sides of her hips to halt her thrusting. "but we need to play it cool for now. I don't want us to get caught doing something we're not supposed to be doing." He continued dejectedly, trying his best to suppress his carnal desires for the time being.
Lala loosened her grip on her boyfriend and placed her hands on his shoulders as she rested her head in the crook of his neck. "Then I shall look forward tae the day we're able tae unleash our full passion upon each other." She said with a hint of optimism before she started to kiss and nip at his collarbone affectionately.
The human looked down at his girlfriend with a warm smile on his lips as he gently caressed her back with one hand and stroked her hair with the other. "Me too, Lala. Me too." The pair continued to do this for a few moments before the blonde shifted his girlfriend to one side to free himself. "As much I want to do this all day, I've got stuff that needs doing, like clearing up all this silk for example." He said before reaching a hand under the pillows. After a few seconds of searching, he pulled out Black Lotus from under the pillows and soon after unsheathed the blade from its sheath.
"It would be my pleasure tae assist ye in this task, me Love." The young reaper replied as she materialised Crescent Shadow in her hands.
Outside Kimihito's bedroom, Rachnera was standing by the door as she heard the couple let out what sounded like battle cries as well as the slashing of their blades through her webbing. The arachne let out a defeated sigh at having another one of her traps disarmed so easily.
"Seems like trapping the bedroom will be a waste of time seeing that little reaper refuses to budge from his side." She muttered to herself as she was already in the midst of planning her next trap. "Perhaps I should go for a subtler approach…" She continued as she stroked her chin in thought.
Just then, Centorea came out of her room and started heading for the stairs before she noticed her housemate's scheming. "Rachnera, what foul trickery hast thou wrought upon our caretaker this time?" The centaur asked in an accusing tone.
She glanced at her equestrian housemate as a mischievous grin graced her lips. "Oh, nothing that Yuuto can't handle it seems, so there's nothing to worry about." She replied with a dismissive wave of her hand.
"Thou art aware that thy schemes are affecting not just Yuuto, but the rest of the household also, or art thou past caring about such things?" Centorea said as her tone became more aggravated.
"Come on now, Horse Flesh. You know as well as I do that this is typical of itsy bitsy me." With that, Rachnera skittered over the railing by the stairs and started crawling down the wall. "Now, if you excuse me, I need to set up my next surprise for our dear caretaker."
With the arachne gone, Centorea sighed to herself in frustration at how her eight-legged housemate was behaving. "I wish thou wouldst put an end to this pointless vendetta already…"
Later on, Yuuto was carrying a basket of dirty laundry with some difficulty towards the washroom. On his way there, he ran into Miia, who was in the middle of humming to herself joyously, until she noticed the blonde agent walking towards her.
"Hey, Yuuto-kun. Here, let me sort that out for you." She said with a bright smile as she took the basket from him with her tail and made her way to the washroom.
"Thanks, Miia, it would be a really big help." He replied with an appreciative smile.
"No problem!" She replied ecstatically as she opened the door to the washroom and was about to make her way in.
Suddenly, his eyes widened in realisation as he thought about what could be waiting for the poor lamia. "Miia, don't go-!"
"AAAHHH!"
The redhead let out a high-pitched scream as her front half entered the washroom, soon followed by her dropping the dirty washing from her tail. Yuuto rushed to the door frame to see what had happened. He found Miia caught in many strands of sticky spider's silk as she frantically struggled to free herself from the webs.
"Goddammit! That's the third time this week!" The lamia exclaimed in frustration as she continued her pointless struggle.
As this was happening, the blonde heard the faint sound of skittering to his right, barely seeing her legs disappear upstairs out of the corner of his eye. "Rachnera!" He shouted in an annoyed tone as he was about to confront the arachne but was prevented from leaving as the tip of Miia's tail wrapped around his waist, stopping him in place.
"Yuuto-kun, I'd really appreciate it if you help me out here! I feel all sticky and gross right now!" Miia whined as if she was on the verge of tears.
*Sigh* "Alright, just hold still while I cut you out." He answered as he freed himself from her tail before unsheathing Black Lotus from its sheath, soon making his way into the washroom to free the poor lamia.
"Hey! Watch where you point that thing!"
It was nearly lunchtime by the time he cleared out the washroom and sorted out the dirty laundry. He was on his way downstairs with Lala after they hung up the laundry and were making their way to the kitchen to sort out lunch. As they made their way into the living room, they saw that the whole room was covered in webbing as Miia, Centorea, and Mero struggled to clear it up with a broom, sword and duster respectively, while Papi, Suu, and Vee were swinging around joyously in swings made of spider's silk.
"Seriously, what the hell is Rachnee's problem?! This is really starting to piss me off!" Miia exclaimed as she struggled to pull the broom free from the webbing.
"I am unsure, though she does not show any signs of relenting anytime soon." Centorea responded in an annoyed tone as she was slicing through silk with her blade.
"I must say that it has been some time since lady Rachnera has caused such a disturbance, though I do not recall her having any caffeine as of late." She added with a hint of worry in her voice.
"Whee! This is so much fun!" Papi exclaimed as she swung from side to side.
"Spin, spin, spin!" Suu shouted as she spun her swing around.
"Spin me too, Suu!" Vee exclaimed excitedly to her slime friend.
"You three! Stop being useless and help out already!" The redhead shouted in annoyance.
Yuuto merely placed a hand over his face as he let out a groan of frustration. Lala placed a hand on his back and rubbed it gently in an attempt to comfort him.
Miia caught sight of him and quickly slithered her way towards him. "Yuuto-kun, you really need to talk to Rachnee about this! This is getting out of hand!" She exclaimed, letting out her frustrations.
"I have to agree," Centorea added as she sheathed her sword. "it has only gotten this bad since thou hast come to stay here."
The human looked up at the young knight and furrowed his eyebrows at her. "Cerea, if I confront her, she'll capture me in an instant."
"And she'll stop making such a mess of the place!" Miia interjected as her temper flared up. "I know how unpleasant it is to be tied up in her webs, but she won't stop until she has you!"
"I hate to admit it, but Miss Miia has a point." Mero chimed in hesitantly with her hands held together on her lap. "Sometimes sacrifices have to be made for the good of the people."
The dullahan of the group soon stepped in front of her boyfriend and held her arms wide, putting herself between him and the girls. "I canna allow ye tae sacrifice me Love tae her! Yuuto has done all within his power tae protect us from her traps!" She exclaimed, angered that the others would think such a thing.
"And a valiant effort he has made, but you know Rachnera won't stop until she has what she wants." Centorea explained to her begrudgingly.
Yuuto let out a loud sigh that caught the attention of the girls. "Girls let's just focus on cleaning up this mess for now." He said out loud in a stern tone. "I'll have to have a word with Rachnera later, but first I'm going to check out if she's made a mess of outside too. I wouldn't put it past her at this point."
"But me Love," Lala said as she grabbed a hold of his hand. "ye'll be by yerself. She'll have her way with ye if ye go out there." She continued as she looked up at him with pleading eyes.
"That's a risk I'll have to take. Worst case scenario, she catches me, and all this hassle stops, hopefully…" He replied dejectedly before he pulled his hand from her and started making his way to the porch outside.
The girls were left in the living room as the mood turned gloomy. Miia, Mero, and Centorea couldn't help but feel guilty for practically making Yuuto Rachnera's plaything for however long it would be, while Lala threated over his wellbeing. Papi, Suu, and Vee just hung in their swings as they let what happened sink in.
"Is Rachnee is big trouble?" The harpy asked, worried that something bad might happen to the arachne.
"Mayhap, but Yuuto has shown a great deal of compassion and leniency during his time here," Centorea replied as she resumed her cleaning. "I am far more worried for him, though I doubt Rachnera will take things too far."
"Yuuto…" Vee muttered to herself as she worried about what would happen to the man that had taken such good care of her so far.
The rest of the group stayed quiet as they resumed their cleaning. The upcoming events in the Kurusu household were out of their hands now.
Yuuto said that he wanted to make sure that outside was alright, but in reality, he just wanted some time to himself. Over the few days he stayed at the Kurusu residence, the stress had been slowly mounting upon him, and this latest issue with Rachnera was about to tip him over the edge. He just wanted to be alone for a moment, so he could take a breather and collect his thoughts, though what he would find would only add to the stress. As he stepped out onto the porch and shut the door behind him, he was greeted by the sight of the area being covered in spider silk crisscrossing in every direction. Even out here he wouldn't be free from the arachne's torment.
"GODDAMMIT!" He shouted from the top of his lungs, loud enough for the whole neighbourhood to hear.
Without thinking he unsheathed Black Lotus and started swinging at the webbing in frustration. He hoped that the act would help relieve his stress, but it only added to it. He grunted and yelled as he sliced through the silk, but the more he swung, the more webbing he'd be confronted with, and it started to feel like an endless cycle of torment for the human. He stopped his swinging as he took a moment to catch his breath, frustrated that he was seemingly getting nowhere with the situation he found himself in. He tried to think of the best way to deal with Rachnera without having to subject himself to her bindings, but he was brought from his thoughts as he heard someone call for help.
"Hello, Yuuto?! We require your assistance!" The voice called out in a familiar French accent.
The blonde's eyes widened in realisation as he turned to face where the voice was coming from. "Mireille?! Is that you?!" He shouted back, not quite believing it was her.
"Oui! Kasumi is here too, but we've gotten ourselves into a bind here!" She replied with a hint of distress.
Yuuto composed himself and readied his Katana once more. "Hold on, I'm on my way!"
The MON agent started making his way to them as he sliced through the silk that stood in his way. After doing this for a moment, he turned the corner of the house and found the two insectoid liminals trapped within the sticky threads. Mireille was suspended with her arms stuck outstretched to her sides and her wings unable to flaps due to the tension of the silk sticking to them. Kasumi found herself in a direr situation as she was hanging upside-down in her sticky prison, her arms and sickles were stuck to her chest, and some silk had even stuck itself over her mouth as she was only able to make muffled sounds of distress as she saw her captain approach them.
"Seriously, what are you two even doing here?" The human questioned.
Kasumi tried to explain despite her current inability to do so, and only came out with muffled grunts.
"My Sweet was worried about your wellbeing and decided to check up on you, and I came along to make sure she didn't get into any trouble, though as you can see, I wasn't much help…" The papillion answered in an embarrassed tone.
Yuuto couldn't help but smile at the pair as he walked up to the empusa and locked eyes with her. "Kasumi, you wouldn't happen to have any kunai on you by any chance?"
She nodded in response, unable to do anything else.
He smirked back at her and found her belt with all her shinobi equipment on hand. He pulled out one of the kunai and used it to cut free the silk that covered her mouth. "Didn't Raia tell you I'd call if I needed help?" He chided her playfully as he pulled the silk off her face.
"We all know how stubborn you can be, Senpai, so I wished to investigate how you were truly coping with the situation." She said flatly, though the human could barely detect a hint of worry in her tone of voice.
"Yeah and look where that got you." He replied as he playfully poked her forehead. "C'mon, let's get you two down from there."
Yuuto continued to cut her free, starting by cutting through the silk that bound her arms and sickles to her chest. Once they were free, he stepped back and put the kunai in his back pocket before unsheathing Black Lotus once more. "I'm going to need you to hold still for a second." He said in warning, to which the empusa nodded in reply. He then proceeded to slash at either side of her, cutting her free of the trap and causing her to fall to the ground with a grunt of pain.
"Kasumi, you alright?" He asked as he knelt down and extended a hand to her.
"I believe so." She replied as she sat herself up and rubbed the side of her head with one of her sickles. She then reached out a hand and grasped his, and the blonde proceeded to pull her up onto her feet.
"Well, that's one down," He started as he turned his attention towards the still trapped papillion. "and one to go."
"Please, do hurry Yuuto. It is getting rather uncomfortable up here." Mireille whined as she tried to pull herself free from the webbing.
"Don't worry, this shouldn't take long." Yuuto replied as he readied his katana. He effortlessly cut the silk from around the girl, freeing her arms, legs, and wings from the trap. She was still dangling from a strand of silk stuck to her back, but it was too high up for the human to reach. "This might be a problem." He said to himself as he tried to think of a way of getting her down safely.
"Don't worry, Senpai, I can handle this." Kasumi said as she stuck a hand down the back pocket of Yuuto's jeans to retrieve the kunai he had, causing him to flinch as she nonchalantly pulled it out.
"Geez, warn a guy when you do that, will you?!" He said to her in an annoyed tone.
"Was that not sufficient warning?" The empusa asked as she tilted her head to one side, giving him a questioning look.
"No, it was not." He replied, furrowing his eyebrows at her.
She nodded back at him before returning her attention to her currently suspended girlfriend, reading her kunai as she took aim at the webbing stuck to the papillion's back. "Mireille, I need you to stay very still for me."
Mireille's eyes widened in realisation of what the shinobi had planned. "Kasumi, I do hope you don't plan to-" She started in a worried tone, but she was cut off as the kunai flew past the back of her head, cutting the silk from her back effortlessly, and she let out a yelp of surprise as she started to fall.
"I've got you!" Yuuto shouted as he readied himself to catch the papillion.
She fell into his arms, but the sudden shift in weight knocked the blonde off balance, and the pair toppled to the ground. He landed hard on his back as Mireille landed on top of him, now resting on his chest as she tried to regain her bearings.
She propped herself up and looked down at him to see the dazed look on his face. "Oh my, are you alright, Yuuto?" She said in a worried tone.
Yuuto shook some sense back into himself as he propped himself onto his elbows and looked up at the concerned papillion. "Don't worry, I'm good." He replied, giving the girl a reassuring smile.
Mireille smiled back at him before she wrapped her top pair of arms around his neck and her bottom pair around his chest as she pulled him into a hug. "Thank you for helping me."
The human's cheeks went red at the sudden act of affection, but he smiled to himself as he gently patted the girl's back. "It's no problem."
After a moment, Mireille got off of him and helped him to his feet as Kasumi made her way to the papillion's side. "Mireille, are you hurt?" She asked with visible concern.
The blue-haired girl looked at her girlfriend before she furrowed her eyebrows at the empusa and puffed out her cheeks in annoyance. "I am fine, no thanks to you…" She whined in an attempt to guilt-trip the shinobi.
Kasumi averted her gaze from hers as she started rubbing her sickles together, looking very much like a scolded puppy.
Mireille couldn't help but smile back at the empusa and pulled her into a loving hug. "Oh, my Sweet. You know I can't stay mad at you." She said, her voice filled with care and affection.
The shinobi smiled to herself as she clasped her sickles around the papillion's shoulder and her arms around her waist before giving her girlfriend a peck on the check. "I'm sorry." She replied as she nuzzled he check against Mireille's.
"It's alright, I know you meant well." She said as she nuzzled back before she pulled back and gave the empusa a chaste kiss on the lips, which Kasumi happily reciprocated.
While the pair were sharing in their affections, Yuuto sighed to himself as he leant his back against the side of the house, still frustrated with the whole Rachnera situation. He was agonising over how he would deal with the troublesome arachne, but with every solution he came up with, there was no way for him to avoid falling into her clutches. He couldn't just ignore the problem either due to her persistence, and there seemed to be no easy way out of this mess. The more he thought about it, the more stressed out he got, he just didn't know what to do.
"Senpai?"
He snapped back into reality and looked up to see Kasumi standing in front of him with a worried look on her face. He felt bad for making her worry though, and he didn't like feeling that he was a burden to anyone.
"I'm sorry, Kasumi." He started as he broke his gaze from hers. "This place has just got me stressed out, and I don't know what to do about it."
Without warning, the empusa pressed herself up against him, clasping her sickles around his shoulders and wrapping her arms around his chest as she started nuzzling up against him. "I'm not sure what's bothering you, but I'm sure everything will be fine. I'm always here for you if you need me." She said in a comforting tone as she tightened her grip on him.
The blonde looked down at her and couldn't help by smile to himself as he hugged her back tightly, letting his emotions take hold for a moment as he rested the side of his head on top of hers. "Thanks, I really needed this." He replied as he wept to himself.
"Happy to help." Kasumi said as she let a warm slime creep onto her lips, glad that she was able to help her captain to some degree.
They stayed like this for some time as Yuuto recomposed himself after the emotional moment. Eventually, they separated and Yuuto stood up straight while Mireille moved to her girlfriend's side once more. "Is there anything we can do to help while we're here?" The papillion asked.
"Well, I was going to make a start on lunch soon. You're welcome to help with that if you want." The blonde answered as he started to make his way back inside, now accompanied by the two insectoid liminals.
"Oh, it would be my pleasure, Yuuto." She replied in a joyous tone.
Some time had passed, and lunch was ready. Rachnera hadn't come down so Yuuto used it as an excuse to take it up to her by himself. Lala had desperately offered to accompany him, but he refused, not wanting her to get caught up in what was about to happen. He used a spare broom to knock at the hatch to the attic that was the arachne's abode in the house, though he had failed to get a response from her so far.
"Rachnera, I've got sandwiches for you!" He shouted to get her attention.
Still no response.
The human sighed to himself as he put the broom to one side and put the plate of sandwiches down as he looked up at the hatch. "Rachnera, I'm done with this little game of yours, you win. So, if you want to punish me so badly, then get it over with. I'm not going to inconvenience everyone else over this anymore."
He waited for a reply of any sort, but he received none. With a defeated sigh he turned around to start making his leave, but he stopped as soon as he heard the hatch open. Before he could even turn around, he found his mouth covered in webbing and a strand of silk stuck to his back. He let out a muffled yelp as he was quickly and silently hauled up into the attic. Within seconds he was hung upside down with his arms bound behind his back and his legs wrapped together by the sticky threads. He looked up to see Rachnera retrieving her lunch with a line of webbing, placing it in her hands as she shut the hatch with one of her legs. She took a bite from one of the slices and let out a satisfied hum as she chewed on it. She soon swallowed it, which was followed by a sigh of satisfaction.
"Not bad, Yuuto. They're not as good as Honey's, but still quite delectable." She said as she placed them on the armrest of her couch before skittering back to him, now with a sadistic smirk on her lips and an equally sadistic look in her six crimson eyes. "Now that I've got you here, let's see how much you can endure before to succumb to my bindings." She added in a sinister tone.
Yuuto just let out a defeated sigh into the gag as he locked eyes with her, giving the arachne an annoyed look.
"Great." She said in a more joyous tone as she closed the distance and ripped the gag from his mouth. "Now, I've got a few positions I want to use on Honey, but I wanted to test them out on you first. Luckily you two are a similar build, so this will be just perfect."
"Just get it over with…" The blonde replied as he furrowed his eyebrow at her.
"You asked for it." She answered as she winked at him with her right eyes. She started putting him in the first binding, which involved arching his back with his legs bent back and tied together while pulling his arms back and tying his wrists to his ankles. "I call this one the 'Reverse Cradle', though the name is a work in progress."
Yuuto just hung there and shut his eyes tight as he slowed his breathing, not wanting to give her a reaction.
"Hmm, nothing, huh?" Rachnera puzzled as she stroked her chin in thought. "Okay, let's try this one." She continued as her face took on a sadistic look once more. She repositioned him once more, hanging him upside down by the waist this time, spreading his legs out so his feet were dangling from either side of his head, and his arms bound together and tied next to his crotch. "I haven't got a good name for this one yet, but I have to say it's quite erotic, don't you agree?" She said as her cheeks went a light tint of red, just imagining doing it to her Honey.
The human's cheeks were also going red, but he kept his eyes shut, refusing to show her any emotion.
The arachne smirked to herself as she just thought of a great idea. "You are quite the tough nut to crack, but I will get a reaction from you, one way or another."
Yuuto kept his eyes shut tight, but he could hear the rustling of clothes from where Rachnera was standing. Shortly after he felt something soft hit him in the face before dropping to the floor. He opened his eyes and looked down to see the top she was wearing just moments ago lying underneath him. He then shot his eyes up at her once more to see her standing only a few feet from him with only a purple-lace bra covering her voluptuous breasts. He shut his eyes tight like a vice as his whole face went bright red.
"A little dullahan told me that you have a fetish for girls prancing around in lingerie." She said to him in a suggestive tone as she took off her loincloth, revealing purple-lace panties. "Let's see how long you'll last against this."
Rachnera soon closed the distance again and without warning pulled his head to her breasts. She pressed his face in between them as she let out a slight chuckle, her cheeks going red as a result. Yuuto initially flinched as his face pressed against her soft mounds, but he tried to steady his breathing despite how difficult it was in his current position. He shut his eyes again and tried his best not to react, but the redness of his face did little to hide his embarrassment.
"Oh, Yuuto, you dirty boy." She said in a seductive tone as she rubbed her breasts up and down against his face. "What would Lala think if she saw you do such lewd things with another girl? I don't think her heart could take it." She teased as her own cheeks went red.
The blonde knew that she wasn't actually trying to seduce him, but merely doing whatever it would take to get a reaction out of him, to embarrass him to the point where he'd want to crawl into a hole and die or to anger him so he would lose his temper with her. Despite the problematic situation he found himself in, he couldn't allow himself to fall into her trap and give her what she wanted, so he continued to hold out against her tormenting behaviour, keeping himself as still and as calm as possible. After a moment, Rachnera let go of his head and allowed him to freely swing back and forth in his current binding. She looked down at him, clearly aggravated by his lack of response since his capture. After a moment, she swiped a claw through the thread that was currently suspending Yuuto in the air, causing him to crash to the ground with a grunt of pain.
"Stubborn fool." She said in a disapproving tone. "Do you think you'll get anywhere by staying silent?"
Yuuto sat himself up before standing to his feet to face the arachne with some difficulty, due to his arms still being bound. "It got you to let me down, didn't it?" He said as he smirked back at her.
"Don't be a smartass." Rachnera retorted sternly as she skittered up to him and leant down so she was at eye level with him. "You're only here because the others asked you to confront me. If you don't have the common decency to follow through with your decision, then you might as well get out my sight."
The human's face turned grim as he furrowed his eyebrows at her. "It's obvious you're still pissed about the prank Doppel and I pulled the other day, yet you're more concerned about tormenting us than talking it over. Granted, her prank was a little extreme and I apologise for that, but you're just as guilty if you think making life difficult for the others just so you can get at me is reasonable."
The arachne just stared back at him for a moment before she gave him a smirk. "It's only a bit of harmless fun." She replied as she used one of her claws to cut the blonde's arms free from their bindings before leaning down to pick up her top. "Besides, no one got hurt." She added as she skittered towards the couch, putting her top and loincloth back on as she did so.
"That's not the point." He said sternly as he made his way to the couch as well. "We're not going to get anywhere unless I find out why you want to get back at me and Doppel so badly."
Rachnera's face went bright red as she sat on the couch, facing away from him. "Well, did you not think that you could've traumatised the little ones by subjecting them to that… that monstrosity?" She said in a slightly shaky tone.
Yuuto quirked an eyebrow at her as he took a seat next to her. "That 'monstrosity' is Doppel, and somehow I don't think this is just about Papi and Suu."
She flinched before slowly turning to face him with an embarrassed look on her face. "What… gave you that idea? I'm just looking out for them, that's all…"
The human chimed in on her sudden fit of embarrassment, and his eyes widened in realisation of why she was so mad at him and Doppel. He then furrowed his eyebrows at her and gave her a smug look. "Holy crap, you were terrified too, weren't you?" He said in a teasing tone.
"I was not! I was merely caught off guard!" Rachnera exclaimed as her whole face went red.
"Aww, did the itsy bitsy spider get scaredy waredy of the big bad Doppel?" Yuuto said in a cutesy tone as he continued to tease the arachne. "There's no need to get all embarrassed."
"I'm not embarrassed!" She shouted as she attempted to grab hold of him, but the blonde jumped to his feet and avoided her entirely, now standing to face her.
The teasing look on his face was soon replaced with a warm smile. "It's alright, Rachnera. To be honest, I nearly pissed myself in terror when I first saw that form of hers. I still get chills just thinking about it."
Rachnera just huffed at him before she crossed her arms over her chest and broke eye contact with him as she pouted to herself. "Well, it wasn't funny. What would you have done if Lala was there with us?"
"I wouldn't have gone through with it." He answered sincerely. "And I'm really sorry for letting it happen to begin with, it was kind of naïve of me to think that there'd be no repercussions for it."
"The arachne locked eyes with him once more before a smirk appeared on her lips. "You really would do anything for her, wouldn't you?"
"…Well, it's the reason I helped Doppel in the first place…" He answered in an embarrassed tone as his own cheeks went red.
"What, did the little troublemaker blackmail you or something?"
"…It was more of an offer to help me and Lala out…"
Rachnera started giggling to herself as a teasing grin appeared on her face. "Oh my, Yuuto, you dirty boy. I knew you weren't a 'by the book' kind of guy, but this is shameful behaviour, even from you." She said, figuring out why the human went to such great lengths for his girlfriend.
Yuuto couldn't help but smirk back at the arachne. "You know that I love Lala, and I'd do just about anything for her."
"Well, I hope that doesn't include dying." She responded as her tone grew serious. "She'd never forgive you if you let that happen."
"Honestly, I'd think she'd do everything in her power to stop that from happening anyway."
Rachnera quirked an eyebrow at him. "Oh, is there something the two of you are hiding?" She asked in an accusative tone.
"Well, let's just say that there's more to her than her chuunibyou nature lets on." He answered, trying to be as vague as possible for Lala's sake.
She eventually smiled back at him, seemingly satisfied with his answer for the time being. "Very interesting. Well, seeing you did what you did for your precious girlfriend, then I guess I can accept your apology." She replied as she skittered up to him with her hands on her hips.
The human smirked at her before he raised his arm towards her, holding out a clutched fist in front of her. "So, we're still friends, right?"
Rachnera stayed silent for a moment, but she eventually smirked back at him and bumped his fist with her own. "Sure, why not. Also, you're free to call me Rachnee if you want. Everyone else seems to do so anyway."
He couldn't help but give her a warm smile at that response. "Thanks, Rachnee." He answered before turning around to start making his way back downstairs. "Well, I guess I'll leave you in peace now. The other girls are probably wondering where I've-"
He was cut short as he felt the arachne's clawed hands pressed down on top of his shoulders to prevent his escape. He looked back at her with a worried look on his face as she rested her chin on his shoulder, giving him a sadistic smirk. "And where do you think you're going? We still need to carry out your punishment."
"Rachnee, I think I've been through enouAAAAHHHH! HEY! QUIT IT ALREADY!" He shouted as she started to bind him in her silk once more.
"That's more like it." Rachnera said, pleased with the human's reaction. "Now, where did we leave things off? I've got so many positions to try out on you." She continued as she started to get giddy with anticipation.
"I would cease yer transgression if I were ye."
Rachnera froze for a moment as she heard the voice of her dullahan housemate behind her, and she was clearly displeased with what was happening to her boyfriend. "If ye continue tae follow this path, then I have nay choice but tae unleash the wrath o' a thousand Hells upon-"
Lala was quickly cut short as the arachne made short work of tying the chuunibyou up in her silk, even going as far as making sure her head and neck were bound together nice and tight. "Well, look at what we have here. A servant of Death has graced us with her presence." Rachnera said teasingly as she marvelled at her handiwork.
"Spider! What is the meaning o' this?!" The Chuunihan exclaimed in a panicked tone.
"Oh, I have something special planned for you and your Love over there." She answered as her tone grew sadistic once more.
The arachne quickly and easily picked the pair up and bound them together before suspending them mid-air with her webbing. Yuuto and Lala were tied together with their chests pressed against one another as they looked in horror at the woman smirking at them.
"Rachnee?" He asked in a worried tone. "What do you plan to-?"
"Oh, I should be thanking the two of you." She cut him off in a tone that was both teasing and sadistic. "I've never had a chance to do couple's bindings before, this will be so much fun." She continued with a devious glint in her crimson eyes.
Back on the landing, just underneath the hatch to the attic, Kasumi and Mireille looked up in worry at the somewhat lewd noises coming from above them.
"My Sweet? Shouldn't we do something to help them? They seem to be in some sort of trouble." The papillion said with concern in her voice.
"I am sure they'll be fine. I think they might even be enjoying themselves from what I can hear." The shinobi answered flatly. "Besides, as far as I am concerned, your safety comes first."
Mireille couldn't help but give her girlfriend a loving smile as she wrapped her into a tight hug, which Kasumi happily reciprocated. "You are always so over-protective, but I just love that about you." She replied before giving the empusa a chaste kiss on the lips. "At the very least we should keep an eye on the others while Yuuto and Lala deal with Rachnera's needs, so to say."
Kasumi smiled back at the papillion before she affectionately rubbed her nose against hers. "I'd be happy to." She said as the pair started making their way back downstairs, sickle in hand.
Eventually, everyone has to own up to their mistakes and face the consequences of their actions. Luckily for Yuuto, the consequences of his actions ended up being a lot more pleasant than he anticipated with his girlfriend being caught up in the mess, though he doubted Lala would ever let him live down the embarrassment they were about to go through.
A/N: Well, that happened. I'll let you all imagine what kind of erotic positions Rachnee is putting poor Yuuto and Lala through.
Speaking of, it's the big date you've all been looking forward to for all the Yuuto x Lala fans, though I might need help with suggestions for date locations and activities for the next chapter. Haven't really planned much, other than how to end it though, big things are about to happen soon.
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