“I met her earlier today.” Imya blushed. “She’s kind of cute.”

“Everyone loves tiny things.”

“Have you met SCP-106? He’s like, twenty times my age and half my height.”

“The only reason Itsuki’s a Keter is that she’s immortal. She has a nice containment chamber with beautiful furniture, as opposed to a box.” Edward continued, “A lot of people she dated have left her because she either comes on too strong or refuses to admit that she likes them. The rest of them have left her because they were worried, she’d hurt them.”

“I’m not worried that she’d hurt me. Even if she did, I’m immortal, so it’s not like she’d kill me.”

“You two would be perfect together.

“Do you know her?”

“No, I don’t. However, I know how to access classified government websites, so I did some researching.”

As they ordered their food, Imya and Edward looked away from each other, blushing. Edward looked at Imya and smiled kindly. Imya looked at the ground, holding Edward’s hand tightly. “I’m sorry, I’m not usually this shy around people I like.”

Edward hugged Imya tightly. “I like shy guys.”

“Make sure SCP-096 knows that.”

Edward laughed, “You’re funny, Imya.”

“T-Thanks…”

The barista gave them their food. “Alright, move it, lovebirds.”

Imya sat down at a nearby table, looking down at her lap. Edward put his hand on her shoulder. “What’s wrong?”

Imya smiled. “I’m just feeling kind of overwhelmed with a new school, having to find a new friend group, all of that.”

Meanwhile, back at Imya’s house, Natsumi heard a knock at the door. She got up and opened the door. A woman with short brown hair and a black dress walked in. “Hi, I’m Sarah. Is Imya around right now?”

“No, she’s out on a date.”

“She’ll do anything to get away from Christian, won’t she?”

Callie looked over. “What did Christian do?”

“About a month after we adopted Imya from Russia when she was only thirteen, Christian was sixteen. And Imya’s father must have told Christian to do something bad to Imya because right after I left for work, Christian chains Imya to the wall, undresses her, and begins, like, doing sexual and downright sadomasochistic things to her.” She looked away. “Christian threatened to kill Imya if she told anyone. And he did those things every night. He sometimes still does. But please, don’t confront him. It’ll only make things worse for Imya.”

“Holy fu-”

Natsumi interrupted, “Callie, don’t swear.”

“But this is a swear-worthy moment!”

“Callie, no.”

“Fine.”

Christian ran into the kitchen and took a bowl of pasta out of the fridge. He put it into the microwave and looked back at Natsumi and Callie. “Who the fuck are you guys?”

Sarah cleared her throat. “Language, Christian.”

“Sorry. Who the heck are you guys?”

“Imya’s friends.”

“Heh. I’m surprised that loser has friends.”

“Christian!”

“Let’s face it.” Christian took the pasta out of the microwave and took a bite. “Imya’s just a perverted sex demon who has these silly fantasies of ruling Russia to make himself feel better about his pathetic life.” Christian looked away. “If only she knew I loved her…” He clenched his fists. “What am I thinking? Like she would ever love me after what I did.”

About half an hour later, Imya and Edward walked through the open front door. Christian smiled. “Who’s your friend, Imya?”

Imya rolled her eyes. “Just shut up for once, Christian.” She muttered, “Your name may be Christian, but you’ve done so many unholy things. Just die.”

“What was that? I didn’t quite get that last part.”

“That’s none of your business.” Imya turned to walk away. Christian ran over and hugged Imya from behind her.

“Oh, is it?”

“Jeez… Stop that.”

Christian slid his hand into Imya’s skirt.

“Mmm… I said stop…”

“No.” Christian kissed Imya on top of the head. He began gently stroking Imya between her legs.

“A-Ah! Seriously, Christian, c-cut it out.”

Christian rolled up Imya’s sleeve. “You should know pretty well how to do that.”

Embarrassed, Imya hastily rolled her sleeve back down.

Natsumi turned towards Sarah. “Are they supposed to do that, Sarah?”

Sarah looked over at Christian. Her voice quiet, she explained, “Imya told me that she likes Christian, like, she likes him. She’s never seen him as a brother and insisted to keep her original surname, Vasilyevich, instead of changing it to Henders while we took care of her.”

Imya nudged Christian off her. “Quit it!”

Christian pulled away. “Fine.”

Natsumi glanced at a bookshelf in the corner. She ran over and began looking at the titles of the books. Smiling, she took out one of the books. “Is this yours, Imya?”

“Hmm?” Imya peered over at Natsumi. Her face turned red. “I- That’s not-”

Christian smirked. “It’s Imya’s. She’s super into erotic romance. It arouses her.” He continued, “Especially-”

Imya blushed. “Shut up, Christian!” She covered her face in her hands. “I’m so screwed…”

Christian lightly brushed Imya’s cheek. Imya looked up into Christian’s eyes, then looked away. “Christian… S-Stop…”

“You’re cute when you’re flustered.” Christian brought Imya’s lips to his.

“Mmphh!” Imya pulled away. “Christian, seriously, stop…”

“You don’t want me to stop…”

“Shut up.”

“No.” Christian kissed Imya again.

Imya pulled away. “Christian, I’m a horrible person. You deserve way better…”