I am Succubus! Chapter 228

"SAEEKOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Mio roared my na first thing in the morning and kicked my door open.

"WHAT?" Rudely awakened, I snapped to the upright position.

"Get the fuck up, bitch. It's party ti!" She dragged out of bed still in my pajamas.

Today was the day of our Secret Santa party. We were holding it two days before Christmas in case people had plans to spend it with family or a significant other. Since Mio and I were among those contributing to a potluck, we agreed to wake up early and start making so food. This might be the first I ever saw her so energetic in the morning. I usually had to baby her.

Once I got changed, we headed downstairs into the kitchen. Last night, Hatsumi had pitched in to help by preparing the dough and stuffing. All we had to do was pack them into gyoza and boil.

"Morning, you two…" Hatsumi entered the kitchen, eyes still closed shut and dressed in her business suit.

"Here's your coffee, sis." I brought her a thermos filled to the top.

"Hehe… having my sweet little sister make coffee in the morning… I… am… alive!" she exclaid and raised both fists above her head. "By the way, do you two still need help? Will you be alright?"

Mio was hyper-focused on making gyoza, but her succubus strength squeezed the filling out as she closed the wrapper. The second and third were no better. She got so frustrated, fire burst from her hand and burned the gyoza into charcoal.

"I-I'm sure we'll be fine!" I assured my sister.

"If you say so… Mio, the key is being gentle! Also, dip your fingers in water to wet the wrap. Don't mind for dinner, but I'll be a happy camper if you leave so gyoza behind make by your hands." Hatsumi pecked on the lips, hugged Mio, and hurried out of the house.

Ever the busy worker. I just hoped Hatsumi didn't work herself to the bone and turn into our parents.

"Maybe I'm just not cut out for this." Mio sulked.

"Just watch . You'll get it in no ti!" I positioned myself next to Mio and urged her to watch carefully.

Eventually, she did catch on. We got a good rhythm going in making the gyoza. Things… took a turn for bad when an idea hatched in her mind. Mio threw open the fridge door and grabbed a hot sauce of nuclear proportions.

"Mio…" I tried eyeing her down.

"Oh, lighten up! It'll be a fun little gamble! Pleeeeaase?" Mio pleaded with .

"The problem is, I might fall victim! Okay, fine. Just one. ONE!"

While giggling, the prankster squeezed a fat helping of hot sauce into one gyoza. My eyes stung and watered just looking at it. Try as I might to commit to mory that particular dumpling, but they all looked the sa. It was up to chance now. I had no say in it anymore.

"So, how's your hitchhiker? There gonna be any problems with him around?" Mio asked.

"I hope not. I strongly explained to Shuuto that this was a very important party to . He's asleep right now. We're just going to have to trust he doesn't fuck during it…" I sighed heavily, hoping he heard.

"I dunno. Sounds like fun if it turned into an orgy." She shrugged.

I shot Mio the side-eye, because the last thing I needed was for the spirit to get any ideas.

We spent half the morning wrapping gyoza, boiling them in batches, and then finding a catering container large enough to hold them all. With that out of the way, we changed into sothing more festive. Mio had bought us so ugly knitted sweaters. Mine had a reindeer, and she wore one with a poorly-stitched Santa on it. After double-checking our gifts, the two of us drove across downtown Tsukiji for Yumi's place.

"Ara, ara! rry Christmas, you two!" Yumi bear hugged and lifted us both off the ground. "Oooh, I was so happy to hear you wanted to make use of my place for your party. You know I'm always happy to be of help."

"Thanks, Yumi." I smiled.

Yumi was in the festive spirits, too. She wore a reindeer antler band on her head. The place was also more decorated than I expected. A tree sat smack dab in the middle of the living room. Large cotton sheets had been spread around it to look like snow. Paper snowflakes hung from strings attached to the ceiling. On one side of the room was a cardboard cutout of Santa on his sleigh being pulled by reindeers.

"Damn. You put in work! I'm kinda jealous we didn't do this for our apartnt," Mio said, entering in awe of it all.

"Ufufu~ Christmas is one of my most favorite holidays. I like putting up decorations because when my sweet children beco all misty-eyed over them," Yumi explained.

Thunk! Thunk!

We turned our heads in the direction of the balcony. Hana, dressed in a full red Santa get-up with the hat, beard, and all, carried a giant sack slung over her back.

"Ho, ho, ho! rry Christmas! Now let in! It's s-s-so cold outside…" Hana pleaded, shivering intensely from the other side.

As soon as Yumi let Hana in, the pink-haired Santa dropped the bag and ran right over to the electric fireplace.

"What the hell did you bring, Hana?" I gave the bag a little kick and realized it was pretty hefty.

"Whaddya an what the hell did I bring? I brought my Secret Santa a Christmas gift!" Hana exclaid.

Mio and I stared blankly at the bag, fighting the urge to check what was inside. Either Hana's Secret Santa was going to be the luckiest elf, or they were going to get the worst gift ever. I shifted uncomfortably with the gift I bought for Hana in my hands. In the end, I couldn't co up with what to get her, so I went with Mio's first suggestion the other day.

We brought our presents and Hana's sack over to the Christmas tree. They were going to be opened much later.

"I'll start making so hot chocolate for you, so make yourselves comfortable. You're here earlier. The others might be for a few hours," Yumi said, heading into the kitchen.

"Do you need a hand?" I offered.

"No need to trouble yourself! I… Hm? Ara. How silly of . It must have slipped my mind that I've run out of chocolate blocks." She put a hand to her cheek and sighed.

Mio, Hana, and I entered the kitchen to check on Yumi. She was staring into an empty tin can with sars of chocolate on the side.

"Does that an no hot chocolate?" Mio frowned.

"I think I used them all up for my little boys during the last sleepover. No worries. I'll go out to buy so right now," Yumi said.

"Let !" I insisted. "You can probably make preparations in the anti. We'll save ti that way."

"Hmmm. In that case, can you buy this brand for and a few other ingredients?" She jotted down and handed a shopping list.

Hana and Mio ca with. I left my car in the parking lot, because it would be a lot faster flying there and back instead. We arrived to a packed supermarket, brimming with more people than groceries they had in stock. Luckily for us, the chocolate blocks Yumi wanted us to buy were still plenty, including the other stuff on the list.

Festivities were in full force though. Christmas-thed baked goods lined the bakery. Green, red, and white was a common color the across every aisle. The employees were even dressed as elves.

"Hehe… You know what would be funny? If I chard all these elves to start obeying . Then I'd truly beco the feared Santa Clause of Christmas!" Hana cackled.

"Bringing you anywhere is always a bad idea…" I rolled my eyes.

"Yo, guys! Look who I found." Mio ca around the corner with an arm around Koga's shoulders, appearing all buddy-buddy. "It's your fuck buddy, Saeko!"

That made everyone who was nearby turn heads.

"SHHH! Why would you shout that out loud?!" I panicked.

"Hey… Saeko. I kinda ca out to buy so bento when Mio spotted ," Koga said, rubbing the back of his head out of embarassnt. He was holding three bentos: a sushi one, a chicken curry katsu, and a grilled salmon over noodles. A lot of food for one guy, but Koga was a big guy.

In more ways than one…

"My bad about Mio. As you know from school, she's like a golden retriever mixed with a chihuahua," I chided my girlfriend.

"Hah? Wait… Is that a good thing?" Mio swapped glances between the two of us.

"It's fine. Seeing old faces again is always nice. Oh, yeah! How was your vacation in Rusutsu?" Koga asked.

"What the… You guys ain't gonna chitter-chatter while we're at the supermarket, are ya? We got a party to go back to!" Hana exclaid.

The look on Koga's face took a somber turn.

"Don't let keep you guys from your party! I have, uh… plans of my own. Kind of." Koga tried to slink away until—

"Wait," I said. "You want to co? We're doing a Secret Santa, but no need to bring a gift at this point. It's also a party for friends."

"I'd feel bad intruding…"

"Co on, dude." Mio slapped him on the back. "You gonna turn down an invite from Saeko? What if you get a chance to bang her later?"

"Mio, damn it!" I pouted and went red in the face.

Sothing stirred within . The spirit, Shuuto, awakened and hovered above Koga with a spiteful look.

"Who's this? Let guess: your boyfriend. Of course, soone like him has a girlfriend as hot as you!" Shuuto growled.

"Koga's not my boyfriend!" I retorted, not realizing how loudly that ca out.

Mio, Hana, and Koga stared at weird.

"W-Where did that co from?" Koga asked.

"Nothing! Do you want to co to the party or not?" I changed up the conversation before it got more awkward.

"Yes, sure! I'd love to!" he exclaid hastily.

Shuuto didn't seem convinced even though it was the truth. Well, Koga and I did have a strange relationship going…

The four of us paid for our stuff and headed back to Yumi's place. Koga caught up in his car. By the ti we returned, Kana had arrived while we were out and was helping Yumi move furniture around. That was when it hit , Shuuto being awake might not turn out so well in a bit.

"Nah. No way. That guy can't possibly be your boyfriend," Shuuto said with extre confidence.

"rry Christmas, Kana!" Mio flew into the room and slamd into him for a bear hug.

"Haha. Hey, Mio. rry Christmas to you, too." Kana returned the embrace, followed by a smooch.

That made Shuuto uncomfortable, and his form shimr a little.

"I guess a succubus will date anyone with sexual energy," Shuuto remarked coldly.

After the two had their reunion, Kana ca to for the sa treatnt. We kissed deeply, but he didn't sense the raging spirit behind .

"I see you brought a friend," Kana said, his eyes suspiciously trained on the only person behind — Shuuto.

"Wait, you can see him?" I asked.

"Uhh… You an no one else can? Must be because of that ti I got possessed, but yeah. I can see the ghost alright. I also see you guys brought Koga. Running into my girlfriend often now, do you?" he teased with defensive and joking intent.

"They insisted! I'm not here to get between you guys, I swear!" Koga exclaid.

The seemingly tense stand-off vanished when Kana nudged Koga in the ribs and gestured him over to the television. Mio was waving to them to play so Mario Kart, and they gladly went to join. I breathed a sigh of relief that they were okay. A certain ghost, however…

"Kuh… You're telling that average-looking guy has two succubus girlfriends?" Shuuto asked angrily.

"Get over yourself. Maybe you wouldn't have died a virgin if you weren't so douchey," I said.

"I can just turn into a vibrating dildo inside you for the rest of the night," he threatened seriously.

"You can do whatever you want, and I don't care anymore. It's a matter of ti before we find a way to exorcise you. That leaves you with two choices: keep getting in my pants for the rest of your ti left, or try to experience youth the way you never had."

To my surprise, Shuuto clamd up.

Maybe it wasn't fair to send him to the burn unit like that, but it was the truth he needed to hear. If sex really was the key to happiness, then it would have been a simple problem to solve. Or deal with. Unfortunately, he wasn't a succubus. Neither was he alive anymore. Having been human before, I knew firsthand how difficult it was to find aning as a teenager.

I went to join my friends in playing Mario Kart for a few rounds. Kaede, Hacchan, Rika, and Hitomi were next to arrive. Since people were starting to drop by, Mio and I tossed our controllers to the newcors so we could recook the gyoza. Taira, Kotori, and Aya arrived not longer after.

"How much longer you think it's gonna take?" Mio asked, gazing into the frying pan of our first gyoza batch.

"I wanna say… ten minutes?" I answered with uncertainty.

"About three to four minutes," Shuuto chid in. "At least until the bottom is crispy brown. Trust ."

When I relayed that to Mio, she was more than happy to follow the new directions. After four minutes, we plated the first batch. It slled so good, my mouth watered more than my pussy for once. If only I wasn't cursed with the knowledge that there was a nuclear gyoza sowhere…

"Oooh! Chef Saecchi and Chef Miochin, making use of their culinary skills from Isekai Gohan?" Taira sidled over and put an arm around our shoulders, then took a deep whiff of the dumplings.

"Perfect timing, Taira. Want to be the first to dig in?" Mio picked one up with a pair of chopsticks and raised it up to our senpai's mouth.

Taira chomped the morsel in a single bite. The gyoza we made wasn't small by any ans, we stuffed the crap out of it.

"MMMMH! Holy shit, you guys. This is phenonal. I need a plate. Kotori, Ayacchi. Get your asses over here!" Taira roared with her mouth still full.

They absolutely loved it. I backed away to let Mio soak in the praise, and she was clearly enjoying the attention.

"Are you going to tell you were actually a gyoza chef?" I joked to the ghost.

"Psh. Gyoza was just a comfort food. Easy to make. Goes great with a lot of different sauces. I eventually got really good at cooking them. It's… kind of nostalgic watching it sizzle in the pan," Shuuto said softly.

The final two to arrive were Selene and Mikami. They had their gifts in hand, and it was at last ti to trade presents.

As everyone went to give their gifts to their Secret Santas, I grabbed mine from the tree to give to Hana. The pink-haired helion was over by the kitchen. When I flagged her down, she flashed a grin.

"Uwehehe! I had a feeling my Secret Santa was gonna be you! Whatcha get ? Whatcha get ?" Hana bounced so much that the beard taped to her face was coming off.

"Well… you're going to have to find out yourself." I handed the gift over, and she went right to tearing into the wrapping paper. "Honestly, I had a really hard ti figuring out what you liked… so, uh…"

Hana gasped so loudly, I thought she must have swallowed her tongue. She lifted out not just a pizza cutter, but a whole pizza cooking set. Because I had no clue what to buy, I took Mio's suggestion. However, I didn't want to just get her a asely pizza cutter. I splurged on a set that included a bamboo wood tray, stainless steel pan, peel, tongs, cutter, and cookbook.

"Saeko, I LOVE it!" Hana exclaid.

"I'm sorry! I had a feeling this was a stupid— er… wait, you do?" I raised a brow.

"Look at this thing!" She wielded the pan like it was a weapon. "You know what this ans? It's ti for moi to beco the greatest pizza chef in the world! Mama mia!"

"Okay… first of all, 'moi' is french and Italians don't really go around saying 'mama mia'..."

On the plus side, it seed like Hana liked the gift. Mio turned out to be right after all. Though, I almost wished she wasn't… Good chance we were going to be taste testers for Hana's pizzas very soon.

"Looks like your Secret Santa is here! Excuse while I give mine a present!" Hana skipped away with her giant sack.

Mio replaced her, appearing all bashful which was completely unlike her. In the distance, I saw Hana surprising Kana as his Secret Santa.

"Ho, ho, ho! Surprise, Kana. It was !" Hana plopped the sack in front of him.

"What in God's na did you get ? I'm kind of scared…" Kana backed away slowly.

My eyes traveled back to Mio who was working up the courage to give a gift.

"Were you always this shy?" I teased.

"Fuck, I dunno. I keep thinking, what if you don't like it? When I asked Hacchan for help, she said to get you sothing that I'd be happy receiving. I'm a simple succ. I'm happy with a good fuck, but I ain't exactly going to gift you a free pass to fuck . We do that almost every night!" Mio went on a spiel that lasted a lot longer than I expected, and by the end of it, she was out of breath and not one step closer to handing over the gift.

"Must be nice having soone worry so much about what to give you. It doesn't take a genius to know, you'd probably like anything if it ca from her, huh?" Shuuto mumbled dejectedly from off to the side.

"What? That ghost talking to you again?" she asked.

"Heh. He hit the nail on the head. Mio, you're overthinking it. Whatever gift you ca up with, I'll love it. What's important is that you thought of when you bought it," I said.

Mio gripped the present so hard, part of the wrapping paper tore. She handed it over, and urged to open it. I did, though not as violently as Hana did with hers. The first thing I pulled out was a giant hoodie, a sort of gag gift that was supposed to fit two people. A couple's gift. Imdiately, I had a feeling Mio wanted us to put it on together.

"There's one more gift in there!" Mio implored to look again.

I reached into the bag and pulled out— a double-sided dildo. Before anyone saw, I shoved it back inside.

"Sothing I'd be happy to receive, too! It's for us to use when Kana ain't around. Thoughtful, right? rry Christmas, Saeko." Mio smirked.

"rry Christmas to you, too. And don't you ever change." I let out an exasperated sigh and smiled.