My Dear Parasyte
Chapter 13
Decisions…. Decisions
It started up her leg that night. It was warm but not slimy. Something that looked like a fleshy cord of some sort was in bed with Sonia. There were two of them and as they drew closer she recognized them to be tentacles. The first one is wiggling up her inner thigh and the other slithered smoothly under her bottom and went up wrapping tightly around her waist. The first tentacle stops immediately at her sex feeling around the sensitive spot there. No, it begins pulling lightly on the spot. Sonia was beginning to feel tingly. Then the tentacles stop suddenly. Straining her eyes in the darkness Sonia sees a tall dark shadow at the end of the bed. She can't make out the face or anything about the identity but there's something ominous about it. Everything about it feels wrong. The long tentacles recoil as she stares at the figure wanting to speak but too afraid. A knot forms in the pit of her stomach.
The alarm clock buzzes then blares the most annoying song startling Sonia from her slumber. After turning off the alarm it takes her brain a few minutes to remove the fog. She was dreaming. There was someone in her room, something fondling her body with weird tentacles. She was violated then ashamed because it was enjoyable for a few minutes. It was all a dream, but it felt so real and weird. After massaging her temples to relax Sonia goes for a shower. She had spoken to Mister Takeshi yesterday in his vehicle about a job. He wanted to relocate her to a better apartment that was in his main building. Free room and board was what he proposed. It sounded too good to be true. That means it usually wasn't. Was Mister Takeshi interested in more than business like a personal fling? It seemed irrational to go through the trouble of relocating her for that though. Sonia had agreed to work for him throughout the summer. He wanted her to come to his office today to look over the job agreement and go over her responsibilities. After the news she broke about the book he seemed more than calm. Come to think of it he seemed happy about it. That was a very shocking first. Sonia feel silent after that because she didn't know what to say to him. She listened to him about the job in total awe. Then nodded agreeing to take the job before getting out of the car and going back inside her place. The surprise outweighed the fear.
The shower was brisk and finished waking her up. She dresses in a stripped blouse with a lacey blue skirt. Fixing her watch on her wrist she realizes she has time for a cappuccino before work. She switches on the tv and hits the button on the maker. There isn't any news about Mister Takeshi not even a mention of her book. She knew better. The witch hunt wasn't over yet. Good thing Mister Takeshi was really on her side and didn't turn her over to the authorities. Sonia shutters as she quickly finishes her cappuccino. There was still time for him to change his mind. Sonia laughs aloud awkwardly. What if no one got her? What if she went stark raving mad first? She laughs again. With her luck that was most likely. She cleans her cup then heads out to catch the train. She hadn't been to work in a week. She had used most of her sick days so unless she really had serious plans to move right this second, she couldn't afford to get fired. She had legitimately been sick and that was her story. Maybe more like mentally sick but she did make a speedy recovery.
Sonia smiles to herself about that as she gets on the train with the other passengers. Then she frowns. Some guys on the train could be just plain awful. If you weren't vigilant some of the perverts would try to rub up against you. It made Sonia gag that's why she always tried to be alert. She had to knee a guy once because he wouldn't leave her alone. Actually, it was during her first train ride to work. She was wearing a beautiful yellow sundress. There wasn't even anything provocative about it. The guy just made up his mind that he wanted to grind her and wouldn't stop. Why should she feel bad about finally defending herself? She shouldn't but deep down she sort of felt bad about the whole situation. That's when she knew she needed to stand up for herself more. Be a stronger person and this stuff won't happen. So much for that though she was still a nobody. Maybe this job offer was her chance to be someone and do important things with her life. Teaching sure wasn't opening any new doors. Not even here in Japan.
She gets off the train and heads to school. To her surprise Reiko is starting up the stairs about to enter through the front doors. She was usually there before Sonia but not today. Where did Reiko live? She wasn't picked up on any of the stops on the train Sonia took. What if she lived on the nicer side of town? She had cash for those expensive gowns. What if she was secretly well off? That didn't matter to Sonia she liked Reiko. Running to catch up she feels a wave of shame again as she eyes Reiko's rear on the way up. Her body was so perfect. She'd love to have Reiko's perfectly round orbs in her hands and mouth. No! she didn't, and she shouldn't be thinking that way about Reiko who was her friend. Mortified at her own thoughts Sonia falls behind Reiko in the hallway and decides not to speak. She hoped Reiko considered her a friend too. There was never anyway of reading her. She never made any faces that Sonia could see.
