{"id":930,"date":"2024-05-03T07:08:06","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T14:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hidden-shelf.com\/?p=930"},"modified":"2024-05-03T07:08:06","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T14:08:06","slug":"thicker-skin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hidden-shelf.com\/?p=930","title":{"rendered":"Thicker Skin"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>A young, unpopular girl finds a peculiar book that sets her on the path to royalty&#8230; of a kind.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The shelves of the library acted as acoustic baffles, swallowing the sound of rambunctious high school students yelling and laughing and roughhousing in the hallways outside.\u00a0 A few female students entered, allowing the sound to follow before closing the door behind them.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erin glanced up at them with a worried frown while pushing her glasses up with a bent knuckle.\u00a0 The intruders giggled with a quick glance towards the librarian before slipping between the aisles.\u00a0 They whispered loudly but their words were indistinct.\u00a0 Erin watched students through the frosted glass, jumping and tangling with each other as they passed by.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The girl&#8217;s right hand made a tight fist against the pages of the book she was reading.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Passing <\/span><\/i><b><i>me<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, she thought to herself, chewing on her lip as she watched the procession outside the huge room.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not for the first time, she felt a wave of sadness wash over her. She&#8217;d drifted away from her classmates over the years but it grew worse when they entered high school.\u00a0 She&#8217;d seemed to miss some memo or meeting where everyone changed.\u00a0 They&#8217;d filtered into cliques and grew more daring while she continued as before.\u00a0 No, worsened; withdrawing more fully into herself and the books she loved.\u00a0 Living other lives more interesting and full than her own.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">College was around the corner.\u00a0 She&#8217;d celebrated her 18th birthday months ago and yet she felt life passing her by.\u00a0 Racing past.\u00a0 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ender&#8217;s Game<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> lay open on her lap but she ignored it, staring a thousand miles away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was the dumbest thing but what she regretted mostly was that she hadn&#8217;t even had a first kiss.\u00a0 She&#8217;d watched with envy as couples formed, broke apart, re-formed and often splintered angrily in drama-filled rants that dragged other students in its wake, in person and in chat groups and she still missed it.\u00a0 Wanted to be wanted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Douglas,&#8221; she whispered, hanging her head before brushing blonde hairs aside.\u00a0 He was handsome and popular with an amazing smile and often visited her daydreams when she lay in bed.\u00a0 Already she could feel the slow tingling forming and flowing as her body woke to the thought of him, readying itself for what usually came next.\u00a0 She pressed her thighs together and swallowed, ignoring the oncoming wetness and the urge to touch herself.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She wasn&#8217;t <\/span><b><i>stupid<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, she knew he&#8217;d never date her.\u00a0 He probably didn&#8217;t even know she existed, despite being in a few classes together.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was childish and fantastical but she just wanted a kiss.\u00a0 In her daydreams, nearly always preludes to masturbation, she approached him, confessed her attraction to him and asked if he&#8217;d kiss her, knowing she was going off to college on the other side of the country and they&#8217;d never see each other again.\u00a0 He&#8217;d laugh, she would grow embarrassed and start to leave but he&#8217;d grab her and hold her tight while kissing her deeply.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silly, yes, but the daydream <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">kept<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> returning over the past year until it took root and became something more than fantasy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tingling worsened and she looked down her small chest while hooking her ankles together.\u00a0 Her top teeth dug into her bottom lip while she breathed heavily through her nose.\u00a0 It was bad enough now that she could <\/span><b><i>smell<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> herself as, in her mind, Douglas was nibbling at her neck while slipping a hand beneath her shirt to play with her breast.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Ohhh,&#8221; Erin moaned, shoving her ass back in her chair.\u00a0 She pushed the book, closed now, between her thighs until the binding rubbed her clit.\u00a0 Spots of red appeared in her pale cheeks and her thin lips parted.\u00a0 She licked them quickly and groaned, nudging the book back and forth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I&#8217;ll ask him<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, she told herself as she pulled the book away.\u00a0 She checked the binding to ensure she hadn&#8217;t marked it and then spread her legs to make sure she hadn&#8217;t marked <\/span><b><i>herself<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, either.\u00a0 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I&#8217;ll do it.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll ask him.\u00a0 Tomorrow.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The girl opened the book on her lap and flipped pages until she found her place.\u00a0 She read and reread and reread the same paragraph while her heart raced. Shifting in place, her shirt dragged against her braless nipples.\u00a0 She squirmed, drawing in a sharp breath before biting her lip again.\u00a0 Her nipples stirred but refused to harden as the nerves within sent sharp, pleasurable jolts down her body.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8212;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Tomorrow,&#8221; she told herself, staring at her reflection in her bathroom mirror.\u00a0 She had her thick hair held back with a scrunchy and water dripped from her sharp chin.\u00a0 Her eyes always seemed larger than they should be but the pale gray was unique and the only thing people commented on before forgetting about her and moving on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She had fifth period with Douglas and he was always one of the last ones to leave.\u00a0 Talking with his friends before getting his books together.\u00a0 She&#8217;d loiter and follow him until the hallways were empty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;And then I&#8217;ll ask,&#8221; she said, leaning in to touch her chin.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She hated how her lips looked when compared to the girls around her.\u00a0 Thin and colorless where others had an incredible array of colors they used on mouths that actually looked kissable. Erin pushed her lips out and sighed.\u00a0 Her parents wouldn&#8217;t let her use makeup and she often wondered if that was part of what started the alienation she felt from her classmates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I need to use the bathroom!&#8221; came a young voice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Just a minute!&#8221; Erin yelled back at her younger brother.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She looked down at her frost blue pajama top with happy little red hearts.\u00a0 Her breasts were small bumps tipped by nipples hidden behind the folds of the shirt hanging loosely against her body.\u00a0 She stood up straight and the shirt flattened against her.\u00a0 She frowned at herself and then lifted her shirt to look at her dark nipples.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bee-stung<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, she thought, echoing the words she&#8217;d read in a few online stories, hidden away beneath her blankets and out of sight and hearing of her parents.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erin&#8217;s soft fingers circled a nipple as she avoided looking at herself in the mirror.\u00a0 She sighed while she played with herself gently, feeling the happy little spikes as her index finger rubbed the dark skin.\u00a0 Her thumb joined to pinch and she tightened her grip on the edge of the sink.\u00a0 She pulled, watching her small breast bulge outward before pushing it back to pinch harder.\u00a0 Her breathing was faster now as she massaged herself with the palm of her hand and her nipple hardened in her fingers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imagining Douglas behind her, his hands instead of hers.\u00a0 His crotch against her ass as-<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I&#8217;m gonna tell dad!&#8221; her brother yelled.\u00a0 &#8220;I have to pee!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dammit!<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Erin cursed mentally.\u00a0 She pulled her shirt down and stormed out with an exasperated grunt, crossing her arms over her slim chest to hide the way her nipples pressed against her pajamas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The girl slammed her door and threw herself into bed in a huff while wrapping her comforter around her body.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Tomorrow,&#8221; she said out loud, as if vocalizing the word would harden her resolve.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8212;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oh god,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Erin thought, staring at her open binder on her desk.\u00a0 The class was restless around her as it neared the end of the period.\u00a0 She looked toward the front at Douglas but then lowered her head.\u00a0 Blackness filled the edges of her vision as her heart thudded painfully in her chest.\u00a0 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maybe I shouldn&#8217;t. I don&#8217;t <\/span><\/i><b><i>have<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to do it.\u00a0 I can wait another day.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She knew herself, however.\u00a0 Another day would continue as she pushed the goal posts until they graduated and she lost herself in a new life in college.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A chime sounded and books closed without waiting for the teacher to dismiss them. Her hands jumped to stow her things but she slowed herself purposefully, waiting until the others filed out of the room.\u00a0 Finally, she grabbed her bag and stood, walking quickly to shadow Douglas when he left.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The hallway was already mostly vacant with a few straggling students but both Erin and Douglas&#8217; next class were across the hallway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He wore relaxed bluejeans with black Nike shoes, a t-shirt with the logo for a band she didn&#8217;t know and a red hoodie.\u00a0 He exuded calm self confidence and it thrilled her.\u00a0 His strong jaw and curly blond hair only made her ache more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now or never,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> she told herself, psyching herself up for what was coming.\u00a0 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oh, god, he probably doesn&#8217;t even know who I am.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;H- hey, Douglas?&#8221; she said.\u00a0 Already she regretted speaking out loud.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Oh, hey.\u00a0 Later Justin!&#8221; he called out, turning from her for a moment to wave at a friend further down the hall before turning back to her.\u00a0 &#8220;What&#8217;s up?\u00a0 Erin, right?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He knows me!<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> she yelled internally, biting her lip to keep a smile from surfacing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Y-yeah,&#8221; she told him, fidgeting before him.\u00a0 She grabbed the straps of her backpack and stood up straighter, both hoping he&#8217;d notice she wasn&#8217;t wearing a bra and feeling horrified at the idea of her breasts showing publicly.\u00a0 &#8220;I- I was wondering-&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He tilted his head slightly when she didn&#8217;t continue immediately and a single eyebrow raised.\u00a0 A muffled chime gave warning that the next period would begin shortly, drawing his attention to the large clock set high on the wall behind Erin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;W-w-would you like t- to maybe- are- are you dating-&#8221; she stuttered, blushing to the tips of her ears as she stared at his chest, unable to meet his eyes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Oh, hey,&#8221; he said, his voice soft.\u00a0 He shuffled from one foot to the other.\u00a0 &#8220;No, I&#8217;m not but, look, you&#8217;re-&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;It- it doesn&#8217;t have to- we don&#8217;t have to date!&#8221; she said, too loudly.\u00a0 She looked up to his face and then down to his shoes.\u00a0 &#8220;I&#8217;m- I&#8217;m moving away to college when we graduate and I haven&#8217;t- I haven&#8217;t done anything.\u00a0 Not even- not even a kiss and I thought-&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His hand touched her shoulder gently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I can&#8217;t be that guy,&#8221; he told her.\u00a0 &#8220;I get what you&#8217;re asking but that&#8217;s not how it works for me.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tears welled in her eyes and she bit her trembling lip while her hands tightened on her backpack straps.\u00a0 Unable to hold back, she sniffed as a tear raced down her cheek and she wiped her nose with the back of her hand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I&#8217;m sorry,&#8221; Douglas said again. &#8220;There&#8217;ll be other guys out there that are into you.\u00a0 Just, maybe in the meantime you&#8217;ll need some thicker skin.\u00a0 It sucks now but you&#8217;ll find him.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erin nodded as her eyes watered.\u00a0 She waited for Douglas to go into the class and then she turned away, breathing out with a quiet, swallowed sob.\u00a0 She brushed her eyes harshly with her sleeves and fast-walked towards the library until the thick door hissed shut behind her.\u00a0 The librarian was in the corner, typing on her computer and another student sat at a table with a pile of books but she ignored them both and slipped into the aisle between shelves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She sniffled as quietly as she could while slowly walking down the aisle.\u00a0 Her brain unhelpfully replayed the interaction endlessly, alternating expressions on Douglas&#8217; face ranging from pity to disgust in its effort to bring her down.\u00a0 She shrank into herself in return, desperately pushing away the memory while it relentlessly ignored her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The light seemed dim in the back of the library and she was surprised to find she hadn&#8217;t reached the end yet.\u00a0 She turned to look back and her stomach lurched from a sudden, intense bout of vertigo.\u00a0 The pathway <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">twisted<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in a disconcerting way that forced her to lean against the shelf next to her.\u00a0 Squeezing her eyes shut, she breathed shallowly until the feeling passed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her eyes opened to spy the aged, ragged spine of a large book on the shelf before her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reconstructing the Id<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its ribbed binding spoke to her as her eyes glazed over at the title.\u00a0 She found herself reaching for it and then using her other hand when the weight pulled against her arms.\u00a0 With both hands against the bottom, crossed below her chest, she held the book tight against her body.\u00a0 As she was about to walk back to the front of the library with her prize, she noticed a red leather chair just beyond the sudden end of the shelf.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Warmth radiated from the book, flowing into her.\u00a0 She felt her body stir against it and her nipples tightened, making her gasp as she scurried toward the chair.\u00a0 Beneath the larger title on the front of the book was the subtitle <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eros and Thanatos<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with lusty currant coloring on the former word and glossy sable on the latter.\u00a0 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eros<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> glowed faintly, radiating a golden haze until she sat back in the chair.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erin flipped the book open, cracking it to show the middle where a silk bookmark lay between pages.\u00a0 As the pages settled, one turned as if pushed by the flow of air and she stared at the title of a new chapter and the text below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As discussed before, the Id is never changing.\u00a0 It is the seed which lies at the heart of the Ego and Superego.\u00a0 It is the most basic, primal part of us that exists, a holdover of evolution that remains despite our best efforts to tame it.\u00a0 To make ourselves more genteel while ignoring the base desires and instincts that drove our ancestors.\u00a0 Gratification should be delayed or ignored in the pursuit of more nobler purposes in order to redefine the human race into something much more.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It would be a disaster to let the Id wither at the expense of the Super-Ego&#8217;s moralistic control.\u00a0 We&#8217;ve shown how a chaste society would operate in just such a world and the disasters that would follow.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Id is not something to cage or restrain while ignoring the demands it makes.\u00a0 We mustn&#8217;t let our Ego be the subconscious mediator.\u00a0 This is the path towards disillusionment and indecision.\u00a0 If we allow reality to define who <\/span><\/i><b><i>we<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are as a person, we&#8217;ll quickly find ourselves trampled beneath the hysteric mob called Mediocrity.\u00a0 The guilt caused by the majority of society will flow through the Superego to cripple our Id until we are made small.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Give in.\u00a0 Strip away the Ego in its entirety and learn to listen to your Id and the passions within.\u00a0 Reshape reality around you rather than allowing reality to shackle you to your monotonous place in society.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the diminutive ant to regal lion, our animal brethren live in the moment.\u00a0 When they are hungry, they feast.\u00a0 When they are tired, they sleep.\u00a0 When they are aroused, they mate.\u00a0 Differences are settled quickly and violently, without the need for spineless politicians and their endless red tape.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The words bore into her brain as she worked to grasp the underlying meaning of the new concepts it presented.\u00a0 It felt powerful and inspiring to her in a way she couldn&#8217;t grasp but she continued to read, turning pages as a soft glow surrounded her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Periodically, Erin would reach up to scratch beneath her breasts.\u00a0 Her nipples moved as the skin surrounding them stretched.\u00a0 Glandular tissue and fatty tissue formed around the lobes and ducts within and the bottom of her plain shirt slid up her belly as the shirt molded itself to her growing bosom.\u00a0 White stretch marks appeared on the inside and outside curves of her breasts and she scratched the new skin before leaning back to allow her to read more comfortably.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A flickering flame finally caught the girl&#8217;s attention.\u00a0 She gasped when she saw the dark sky through the windows beyond the bookshelves.\u00a0 Her large breasts shook when she slammed the book shut and she jumped up, swaying for a moment when she bent to grab her backpack.\u00a0 The shelves twisted around her when she power walked towards the front of the library and the hallway beyond, ducking her head to try to hide from the cameras with their blinking red lights.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My parents will <\/span><\/i><b><i>kill<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> me,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> she moaned to herself as her heavy breasts swayed before her.\u00a0 They bounced with each step and she found herself growing painfully sensitive as her braless nipples continuously rubbed against the inside of her shirt.\u00a0 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I should just take it off.\u00a0 Fuck it.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t care if anyone sees me topless and, if I do, it&#8217;d just attract-<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She stopped, grabbing her backpack tight against herself while examining her thought process.\u00a0 The idea of being topless in public was making her <\/span><b><i>excited<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and she couldn&#8217;t understand why.\u00a0 It was a thrilling fantasy that grew to include onlookers calling for her to strip completely and her smiling lewdly in return before stepping out of her pants, displaying herself for all to see.\u00a0 Giving into the lustful urges pulsing within while eyeing the men around her as they took their cocks out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;What the hell, Erin?&#8221; she gasped, grabbing at her throat as her cheeks burned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And yet, it didn&#8217;t feel entirely wrong.\u00a0 She straightened herself and her shirt lifted to show her belly button as she confidently squared her shoulders and sped up to make it home before it grew too dark.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muscles formed in her calves with each step.\u00a0 The gentle curves stretched the skin of her legs when they hardened beneath her flesh, bulging outward and pulling her pant legs tight.\u00a0 As with her breasts, thin white stretch marks appeared and then streaked upwards as the changes continued to her thighs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her fingers worked shamelessly at the button of her pants and then the zipper to provide relief when she felt her jeans bite into her legs.\u00a0 She massaged her ass and hips quickly while walking and then slipped a hand into her pants to press a thumb into her thighs, ignoring the shocked look of a man standing at a bus stop.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erin&#8217;s home stood three blocks away.\u00a0 She broke into a run, her bare breasts slapping painfully against her chest.\u00a0 Her calf muscles strained against her jeans and she found herself propelled forward faster than she&#8217;d ever run before.\u00a0 Wind whipped her hair and she laughed as she gave into the pleasure of exerting her changing body far beyond the limits she&#8217;d grown up with.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stitches burst in the seams at the sides of her jeans when she stopped herself by grabbing the railing leading up to her house.\u00a0 She leapt up the stairs, clearing three at a time with unnatural ease before opening the front door and walking inside.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her mother came quickly, storming in from the kitchen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Where have you been?!\u00a0 We&#8217;ve been worried!&#8221; her mother fussed.\u00a0 Red dripped from the spatula at her side and Erin&#8217;s stomach rumbled when she smelled the meat sauce simmering in the room beyond.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I&#8217;m hungry,&#8221; Erin blurted out.\u00a0 She dropped her backpack and then frowned at her bluntness.\u00a0 It came before thinking, forced out when she realized she was hungry.\u00a0 She tried to say she was sorry but realized she really wasn&#8217;t.\u00a0 The lie came easily to her instead.\u00a0 &#8220;I was studying late for a test tomorrow.\u00a0 Is food almost done?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her mother stared at her in mild shock but Erin found she couldn&#8217;t care very much.\u00a0 She felt empowered by what she&#8217;d read and the words dug deeper into her brain, encouraged by her acceptance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Y- yes, almost,&#8221; her mother said, lost for words.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Okay, I&#8217;m going to change out of my clothes and be back to eat,&#8221; the girl said, walking away and into her room.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once inside her room, she turned, hand against the closed door for balance and her eyes widened when she took in her body.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her nipples pressed hard against her shirt but it was her breasts that made her gasp. Her shirt strained against her chest now and her breasts pressed together to show impressive cleavage. Seeing them, she could suddenly feel their weight.\u00a0 And their softness.\u00a0 Full and firm before her.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She lifted her shirt, struggling to get them over her breasts before flinging it aside to ogle herself.\u00a0 Light blue veins stood out against the pale skin but her fingers traced the scars of the stretch marks, gasping when she realized how sensitive she was when her fingernails scratched her skin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erin placed a hand beneath both breasts and lifted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Holy crap,&#8221; she whispered, staring at herself.\u00a0 Her stomach was lined with muscle and she only just realized her pants were unzipped and open wide enough to show her white panties.\u00a0 Skin bubbled up over the sides of her pants and, when she tugged at the jeans, she realized they were stuck.\u00a0 &#8220;I look- I look beautiful.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She couldn&#8217;t stop staring at her huge, perfect breasts and the thick nipples atop both of them.\u00a0 Aching for her touch.\u00a0 Her eyes fluttered and she moaned as the thought made her instantly excited.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rather than push away the arousal, she grappled with it, holding it close as she caressed herself, running her hands down her flat stomach and further against the perfectly smooth mound below.\u00a0 She moaned again, eyes closed as she immediately gave into the urge boiling up from her core and her finger came back wet from her jeans.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Gotta get out of this,&#8221; she panted, pushing aside books and papers on her desk until she found a pair of scissors.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The girl carefully slipped the scissors into the front of her jeans, cutting away her panties in one snap and then continuing further, slowly snipping at her jeans to expose marbled skin pulled tight over muscles beneath.\u00a0 Stretch marks exploded outward from her knees, up to her thighs and down to her shins like lightning.\u00a0 She ignored that and continued to cut until she stood naked save for her socks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her wet pussy glistened in the lights and she smiled at herself, walking backwards while admiring her body in the mirror.\u00a0 She sat on the floor with her legs spread, staring at herself while slipping fingers between her thighs and the folds of her pussy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;God, yes,&#8221; she moaned, leaning her head back.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her glasses slipped up and she flung them away with her free hand to stare at herself once more.\u00a0 She spread her pink pussy lips and imagined a fat cock slipping inside.\u00a0 Her hips writhed at the image and her hot breath puffed out as she squeezed a massive breast with one hand, bringing it up to suck at the nipple.\u00a0 She lifted her ass and it bulged out behind her, stretching as her waist began to match her breasts and thighs.\u00a0 Her ass jiggled when she slammed back down with a sharp moan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her pupils dilated and then opened further, consuming her gray irises until no color was left.other than the white of her sclera.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It wasn&#8217;t enough.\u00a0 Her body demanded more and she gladly gave into it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Looking around her room while her fingers slid in and out of her aching, dripping pussy, she spied what she needed and smiled.\u00a0 Standing, she shoved her fingers in her mouth to clean the clear, sweet cum from her fingers before climbing into bed.\u00a0 She turned, spreading her thick thighs and wide ass with both hands planted on the bed before her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gray streaks appeared in the stretch marks surrounding her breasts, clouding the white before growing darker.\u00a0 Needle thin fibers pushed out from the marks and then began to harden into thin, glossy black strips.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erin rubbed her ass back against the post at the corner of her bed, moaning when the bulbous wood grinded against her clit.\u00a0 She lifted her ass and then leaned back further, impaling herself on it.\u00a0 She&#8217;d only ever used her fingers and the girth of the post was astonishing.\u00a0 With a whimper, she lowered herself as far as she could go and then pulled back before shoving down again.\u00a0 Her breasts bounced before her and her forearm muscles bulged as she held herself in place with one hand while the other explored her body.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Dinner&#8217;s ready!&#8221; her brother yelled from outside her door.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tell him to go away!<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> her inner voice yelled as she groaned loudly while rocking her ass back and forth against the post.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Fuck off!&#8221; she yelled back.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That&#8217;s not- no,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> her voice said. It was quieter now and she ignored it as it complained at her harshness.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She had no time for niceties.\u00a0 No time to find the socially correct way to answer her brother when he squealed that he&#8217;d tell on her.\u00a0 Her lust consumed her and she completely gave herself to the base need, rocking harder and harder as her pussy stretched over the rounded post.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was coming.\u00a0 She could feel it.\u00a0 Growing.\u00a0 Stronger and stronger.\u00a0 She pictured Douglas before her, grabbing her tits, sucking on them as she rode him harder and harder-<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;God!&#8221; she screamed, shuddering and collapsing on the bed.\u00a0 She kicked her leg and then curled up as she spasmed from the intense orgasm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More gray streaked the stretch marks around her knees and legs.\u00a0 She smiled and then jerked as she forced her hands between her thighs while strips of hardened exoskeleton formed around her kneecaps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erin&#8217;s whimpered happily, muscles still twitching as she rubbed herself and rolled to her stomach to stare at the post.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was covered in her cum and her mouth watered.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can&#8217;t,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the stern voice told her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Fuck you,&#8221; she laughed, going to all fours.\u00a0 She crawled to the post and stuck her tongue out while raising her ass, grasping the base of the wood to suck it like a cock.\u00a0 Her other hand slipped beneath her to rub her clit as she moaned and cleaned the wood.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was an entirely new thing for her.\u00a0 She&#8217;d always dreamed of having a dildo but knew she never would until she was on her own.\u00a0 Once, a month ago, she&#8217;d playfully and shyly sucked on a pen but, briefly.\u00a0 Now, she worshiped the post and bent over it, opening her mouth before shoving her head down, licking and sucking while rubbing her clit until she could feel the orgasm building once more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erin popped off the post with a wordless shout as she squirted a thin stream of clear liquid from her pussy.\u00a0 Muscles flared in her forearm and the post splintered before breaking off in her powerful grip.\u00a0 She covered her swollen sex and gasped with a shuddering breath but her finger continued swirling.\u00a0 Her body demanded more orgasms and she complied with enthusiasm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When her stomach rumbled again, she pulled her hand free and licked herself off, going to the door until the voice within screamed at her.\u00a0 She sighed, rolling her eyes and turned to look for her pajamas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Microscopic chitinous fibers pierced the skin high on her forehead.\u00a0 It consumed the flesh and hair surrounding it as it solidified into two lumps hidden behind her bangs.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, she found her pajamas and pulled them on.\u00a0 They slipped easily over long strips of black exoskeleton on her shins and thighs but grew tight closer to her hips, forcing her to wriggle her ass until they slipped up and over her curved waist.\u00a0 They crotch dug into her soaked pussy and a large wet spot formed as she searched for the matching top.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8212;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forks clinked quietly against plates as Erin&#8217;s mother stole glances at her daughter. Erin ignored her and focused on her food, shoving wads of spaghetti into her mouth over and over in between sips of water.\u00a0 Her brother yelled loudly from his room, lost in an online game with his friend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She scratched at her side, just beneath her breasts and her nails bumped over ridges of hardened skin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;What-&#8221; her mother started to say before stopping herself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The stubby tips of Erin&#8217;s antenna twisted beneath her hair as they pointed towards her mother, pulling her attention in that direction.\u00a0 The woman smelled heavily of old wine and sweat and spices from the kitchen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;What what?&#8221; Erin asked while twirling her fork around more pasta.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rather than answer, her mother shook her head and continued to steal glances at her daughter&#8217;s chest with an odd frown.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dense muscle formed in the girl&#8217;s back, pushing against her skin until a thin line appeared in the middle, centered on her spine.\u00a0 She grunted and twisted as her body anchored the powerful muscles of her legs and arms to her core.\u00a0 More stretch marks appeared\u00a0 beneath her armpits, running in alternating patterns down to her waist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As her hunger became sated, she could feel herself grow tired while her changing body consumed the fuel it needed.\u00a0 Beyond that she could still feel the pulsing hunger of her arousal.\u00a0 She eyed her plate and then slid her hand into her pajamas while spreading her thighs.\u00a0 Erin&#8217;s index finger rubbed her clit beneath her dinner table as she forced herself to finish her food.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She felt drained but horny as new glands grew beneath her skin.\u00a0 Her orgasm was annoyingly close but not close enough to cum as her body diverted resources and attention elsewhere.\u00a0 She sighed, pulled her hand free and licked her fingers clean.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Did you-&#8221; her mother said before her pupils widened and her mouth fell slack.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erin&#8217;s pheromones wafted away from the glands still forming within her body.\u00a0 Although weak, they filled the small area quickly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I&#8217;m done,&#8221; the girl said, pushing back from the table.\u00a0 Her breasts shook as she stood and then lifted when she raised her arms into a stretch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bands of glossy black chitin surrounded her side, matching the stretch marks that had formed earlier on her back.\u00a0 She reached up to scratch beneath her sides and then down her side.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I&#8217;m going to bed, maybe to masturbate,&#8221; she said bluntly before walking away with a yawn, already dreaming of her pussy being filled by a mass of faceless men.\u00a0 &#8220;Don&#8217;t bother me while I&#8217;m in my room.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her knees creaked slightly as the kneecaps hardened and segments appeared.\u00a0 Chitin spread outward, beneath her knees and down when she threw back her bedsheets and stripped out of her clothes, standing naked in her bedroom with the door wide open.\u00a0 She lay in bed with the covers back and her legs spread, slowly masturbating as sleep consumed her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8212;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;What the hell,&#8221; Erin whispered as she sat on the edge of her bed.\u00a0 &#8220;What the hell is this?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She&#8217;d pulled her shirt off and was staring at her side.\u00a0 A dense black shell cradled her breasts and continued down, stopping just above her hips while growing into the middle of her stomach in blunt, segmented points.\u00a0 She rapped on the side of the black material and felt it push against the surrounding skin as it absorbed the impact.\u00a0 Her knuckles throbbed and she rubbed them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Standing, she stared and cursed when she saw the chitin covering her entire back.\u00a0 It flexed to show thousands of thin segments when she moved her arms and upper body but turned into a solid black mass when she stood at rest.\u00a0 It ended in smooth curves just above her ass but continued high on her thighs as if she wore organic stockings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her knees were entirely changed, flat rather than bulging outward and surrounded in elegant lines that turned strangely when she flexed her knee.\u00a0 The chitin spread down to her shins and, when she squatted, she could see gray lines circling her ankles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;What the hell,&#8221; she repeated.\u00a0 Her antennae brushed her hair aside as the shortened tips bent backwards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was wrong.\u00a0 She knew that.\u00a0 She tried her best to try to conjure disgust or horror at her body, imagining what others would think of her when they saw her but she felt no shame in how she looked.\u00a0 Rather, as she stared at her breasts and turned in a slow circle to see her wide, curvy hips and ass, she found herself getting turned on.\u00a0 The black exoskeleton was sleek, the contrast only serving to highlight her changes. She looked almost robotic, in a futuristic sense.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her mind shielded her and the words from the book burrowed deeper.\u00a0 All she saw was a body made for pleasure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Made for birthing a colony.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rest was nonsensical noise that didn&#8217;t matter.\u00a0 Worrying about others, worrying about what was happening to her &#8211; it was nothing.\u00a0 She was her own universe and only her needs and urges mattered.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She turned and bent over, spreading her legs with hands on the bed while she imagined a cock in both holes, one in each hand and another in her mouth.\u00a0 She&#8217;d never had a gangbang fetish before but the small fantasy she&#8217;d had last night was growing now as the urge to mate became overpowering.\u00a0 And, more so, to have scores of males constantly keeping her pregnant and pleasuring her to wear away at the never ending ache between her thighs.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erin went to the bed without hesitation when she acknowledged how completely horny she was.\u00a0 The dark plates in her back made quiet scratching noises as she arched her spine and then bent outward while fucking the unbroken bedpost at the other side of her bed.\u00a0 She sat back on her shins with both hands squeezing her breasts.\u00a0 She pressed them together and then raised them, taking turns to bite and suck at both nipples until her first orgasm left her breathless.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Falling forward, she twisted to lay on her back with a groan before reaching for her foot.\u00a0 Her pink toes were a light gray color and she could feel them being pulled apart beneath the flesh.\u00a0 Fibrous strands of chitin emerged from the skin as the joints separated and extended, forcing her toes further from her foot.\u00a0 She touched her toes carefully but the chitin was already hardening into an armored exoskeleton.\u00a0 Wiggling her toes made them click together metallically.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fibers spread like growing hairs, sprouting in a wave that consumed her flesh.\u00a0 A burning sensation in her toes caused her to watch them once more.\u00a0 Her toenails disappeared beneath the slick black strands drying in the warm air of her bedroom but they pulled at her toes, widening them before flowing outward and down.\u00a0 She stared at her feet, wiggling them slowly as the giant claws tipping each of them tore at the bed beneath her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Short, bristly hairs slipped through the seams in the growing armor on the sides of her legs.\u00a0 She brushed them and then shivered as nerves rewired along her body.\u00a0 Tiny hooks arrayed along the hairs latched onto her fingers, straining to hold her in place before she pulled free.\u00a0 More of the hairs appeared while she watched, spreading along her leg and thigh.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An intense thrill washed over her body, beginning in her hands, rushing through her arms and down her core.\u00a0 She pressed her thighs together and found herself rubbing her legs in a sawing motion that produced a faint rasping sound.\u00a0 Her antennae swiveled toward the sound but she ignored it, leaning back as she clawed at her arms.\u00a0 The same thick hairs grew beneath her fingers, racing around and up to her shoulders until she was gasping and moaning from the new sensations erupting along her body.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chitin continued to spread over her feet like stitches being woven into her skin over and over before merging into a single plate.\u00a0 And then higher to her ankles.\u00a0 She worked her toes and ankle, listening to the muted clicks and shivering as the chitin formed higher, crawling over her flesh in a tantalizing, torturous touch.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erin lay back, raising her ass while shoving both hands between her thighs.\u00a0 Gravity pulled her heavy breasts down to nestle against her face as she tried once more to quench the raging fire of her lust.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8212;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;You&#8217;re late,&#8221; Ms. Teak said with a frown when Erin pushed the door open to her fifth period.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I know,&#8221; Erin told her as she walked into the room.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The girl wore no backpack.\u00a0 Her old sweatpants hugged her body tight enough to show every new curve.\u00a0 Her toes click-clacked loudly against the linoleum.\u00a0 Each step left behind five miniature fractures in the old, scuffed linoleum flooring.\u00a0 She held her hands in the old, gray hoodie she&#8217;d stolen from her father.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At first, walking on her feet had presented problems for her. The exoskeleton was extremely slick and she&#8217;d slipped several times before realizing she needed to walk on the balls of her feet with her center of gravity forward while using her toe claws to anchor herself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Heads turned to follow her but she ignored them, instead looking over at Douglas to ensure he was watching her.\u00a0 She brushed her hair back, gently pulling her long antennae back with them while working a new muscle to hold them in place.\u00a0 They didn&#8217;t always listen to her but she found her command over them growing quickly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pheromones followed in her wake, dispersing widely to announce to potential suitors that she was ready to mate.\u00a0 Always ready, now.\u00a0 A few of the boys in her senior class adjusted themselves, twisting their suddenly hard cocks to the side in order to sit more comfortably.\u00a0 She smiled indulgently at a few before taking her seat.\u00a0 The entire class of 18 year olds, already full of hormonal drives, found themselves pushed further.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A few eyes took in her bare feet.\u00a0 Eyebrows rose in confusion but they quickly found themselves oddly unconcerned, instead returning Erin&#8217;s smile with lazy indifference.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ms. Teak sat at her desk.\u00a0 She stared at the stack of papers and open books, opening her mouth and then closing it again before shaking her head.\u00a0 Grabbing a pen, she pushed at a paperclip on her desk.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I have to go,&#8221; she whispered to herself, sparing a last glance at Erin before standing and striding through the classroom door.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erin leaned back in her desk, rubbing her body against the hard plastic of her chair.\u00a0 Two nodules stood out against the hardened exoskeleton, just beneath her shoulder blades.\u00a0 They felt incredibly itchy but she couldn&#8217;t scratch through the armor plating to make the feeling go away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I like your hair today, Erin,&#8221; Josephine said.\u00a0 The girl stood fidgeting nearby, pulling at her shirt while shooting shy smiles at the seated girl.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;And your hoodie,&#8221; Tessa said.\u00a0 She beamed when Erin looked her way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Josephine reached out to stroke Erin&#8217;s hair but took her hand back when Erin shied away from her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;D-do you need anything?&#8221; Josephine asked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I have my lunch,&#8221; Trevor said in front of her.\u00a0 He dug through his backpack to retrieve a paper bag.\u00a0 &#8220;It&#8217;s a ham sandwich and some fruit.\u00a0 My mom made it.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I have leftover pizza!&#8221; Ryan said behind her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erin&#8217;s antenna lifted, ignoring her attempts to lay them flat.\u00a0 They tilted and rotated, scenting her classmates while the few bare hairs along her arms vibrated from the sounds they made.\u00a0 She <\/span><b><i>hated<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> how the hairs felt behind clothes.\u00a0 Every time she moved, they brushed against her shirt and jeans and she felt like people were touching her.\u00a0 Or standing against her.\u00a0 Looming over her.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her fingernail tapped impatiently on her desk as others chimed in to offer her food.\u00a0 Her hand spasmed, forcing her to hiss while making a fist.\u00a0 Donovan, a smaller senior that sat two rows back, knelt quietly beside her to gently take her hand.\u00a0 He massaged it wordlessly as Josephine went behind her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;M-m-may I massage your neck?&#8221; the girl asked hopefully, reaching out but holding herself back when she remembered the earlier rebuffing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rough chitin threads spread out from Erin&#8217;s nail beds as Donovan pressed his thumbs against her palm and joints.\u00a0 Her skin began to resist his attempts as more chitin formed.\u00a0 She felt the exoskeleton spreading again and her pheromones leaked her displeasure at the irritation it presented.\u00a0 Josephine squeaked and pressed her warm hands against Erin&#8217;s shoulders, quickly digging fingers in while pinching with her palm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;That&#8217;s good,&#8221; Erin murmured, closing her eyes.\u00a0 Someone else took her other hand, a girl if the soft skin and sweet scent of her perfume were any indication.\u00a0 Erin&#8217;s antenna trembled while they focused on the newcomer before continuing their restless scanning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I&#8217;m so glad,&#8221; Josephine said quietly.\u00a0 She was close and her hot breath warmed Erin&#8217;s neck.\u00a0 The girl was a year older than the rest, already 19 years old due to an illness when she was younger that made her miss a grade.\u00a0 Her lips brushed the hard, black exoskeleton plate that formed just beneath Erin&#8217;s nape.\u00a0 And then higher to the side of her neck.\u00a0 Higher still and her teeth nibbled at Erin&#8217;s earlobe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I have strawberries,&#8221; Trevor said anxiously.\u00a0 Erin opened her eyes to see him holding a plastic baggie full of fruit in one hand and a single strawberry in the other.\u00a0 At her nod, he brought it to her mouth and she bit it from the stem.\u00a0 The boy sighed happily, dropped the stem and grabbed another strawberry to feed her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Douglas,&#8221; Erin said while looking in his direction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Y-yes?&#8221; he asked, standing quickly.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;My clothes are bothering me,&#8221; she told him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After multiple orgasms earlier in the morning, she had debated going to school at all.\u00a0 It no longer seemed important.\u00a0 There was an entire world of experiences waiting for her.\u00a0 Sitting in a classroom to have useless knowledge drilled into her by rote felt pointless.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What made her change her mind wasn&#8217;t one of the base desires driving her forward but something else entirely.\u00a0 A need to build and a place to begin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I&#8217;m sorry about yesterday,&#8221; Douglas said when he stood before her, his eyes downcast.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Why?&#8221; she asked him, honestly curious.\u00a0 He&#8217;d said what he&#8217;d meant at the time and she couldn&#8217;t fault him for it.\u00a0 Better that than wrapping a dismissal up in social niceties to save her feelings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I just-&#8221; he struggled to remember why he&#8217;d turned her down.\u00a0 She was <\/span><b><i>gorgeous<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0 Not just her full figure and well endowed chest but she exuded command and charisma far beyond any girl he&#8217;d ever dated.\u00a0 Or any celebrity he&#8217;d lusted after previously.\u00a0 Those were childish desires.\u00a0 He knew that now as he stared at her.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;She told you to take her clothes off, asshole,&#8221; Ryan hissed at him enviously.\u00a0 &#8220;Don&#8217;t make her ask you again, you lucky, lazy motherfucker.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Sorry!&#8221; Douglas yelped.\u00a0 He reached out quickly but then slowed as he took the sleeves of her hoodie, sliding it off her upraised arm.\u00a0 The other arm followed quickly and he groaned as he stared at her cleavage.\u00a0 He squeezed his cock and then reached around her, temporarily pushing Josephine aside as he raised Erin&#8217;s shirt, pushing his hands against her huge breasts when he reached her chest.\u00a0 Erin moaned in appreciation and, emboldened by it, he reached around to squeeze her breast, hefting it in his hand.\u00a0 He almost fondled her nipple until he remembered her earlier command.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He went around the desk and Josephine quickly took her place once more, pushing Tyra aside when the other girl tried to take over.\u00a0 Tyra instead massaged Erin&#8217;s upper arm while glaring at Josephine.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Douglas knelt before Erin, licking his lips as he tugged at her tight sweatpants.\u00a0 His mouth opened and he swayed forward, nearly planting his face between her thighs before catching himself to slide the pants down her body.\u00a0 They resisted at her waist but then slid against the completely smooth exoskeleton covering her thighs.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The dense claws now tipping Erin&#8217;s fingers scored the desk when her sweatpants rubbed against the coarse hairs lining her legs.\u00a0 She rocked her chest and both Tyra and Josephine reacted in kind, bending to kiss her bare skin while grabbing Erin&#8217;s breasts.\u00a0 Their kisses left a trail along her body until she felt their lips surround her nipples.\u00a0 She cradled their heads with her arms, holding them close as she writhed at her desk.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Douglas needed no further direction.\u00a0 She sat before him, nude and beautiful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His queen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His hands rested gently against her thighs and he tugged her carefully.\u00a0 She slid at his urging while spreading her knees.\u00a0 His warmth spread throughout the shell covering her legs and her antennae quivered in anticipation as the administrations of the two young women suckling at her breast made her pussy grow damp.\u00a0 He kissed along the hardened exoskeleton covering her inner thighs, higher and higher while increasing her anticipation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His tongue startled her and she clenched the two girls in return.\u00a0 They moaned and kneaded at her breast while nibbling and licking her nipples but Erin focused on Douglas.\u00a0 It was the first time she&#8217;d been licked.\u00a0 The first time someone else had done <\/span><b><i>anything<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with her pussy.\u00a0 His tongue flicked against her clit before diving into her folds.\u00a0 She gasped, nearly clawing the two girls before slamming her fist against the desk nearby, easily snapping it from the stem holding it in place.\u00a0 She saw hands pick up the broken desk to move it away from her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Someone kissed her neck as another kissed her back.\u00a0 She ignored them while staring at Douglas, panting when his tongue flexed inside of her.\u00a0 The orgasm building within was far different than the ones she&#8217;d given herself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Fuck me,&#8221; she gasped, pulling the girls away from her body.\u00a0 They reached for her, caressing her arms and back as Donovan stood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The boy unzipped his pants before letting them drop.\u00a0 Veins stood out on his bulging, reddened cock and pre-cum dripped freely.\u00a0 Her pheromones acted upon them all, loosening their libido while pushing their physical bodies past their limits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When he kissed her, she could taste her own cum and she twisted her tongue against his, clawing at his back while pulling him towards her.\u00a0 He reached down, pushing his cock between her thighs and she screamed when his throbbing, angry cock split her apart.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another mouth, a boy, she thought distractedly, kissed her as Douglas braced himself on her chair.\u00a0 Tyra bent down to her breast, pulling it towards her to kiss and then suck at the swollen, wet nipple while yet another girl played with her other breast.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;God!\u00a0 God yes!&#8221; Erin shouted.\u00a0 Her calves rubbed together and the room filled with the rasping sound.\u00a0 It drove Douglas forward and he grunted, suddenly slamming into her.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Fuck!&#8221; the boy yelled.\u00a0 She could feel him cum inside of her already, his hot seed filling her pussy.\u00a0 He swelled deep within, thick and hard but kept moving as veins stood out on his temples and sweat filled his brow.\u00a0 &#8220;Can&#8217;t- can&#8217;t stop.\u00a0 Still hard.\u00a0 Still- fuck!\u00a0 Still hard!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She lost herself in the gasping, thrusting, moaning pleasure that filled her head and her loins.\u00a0 Because of this, Erin barely registered the muscles twitching in her back.\u00a0 She crossed her legs around Douglas, holding him tight while gripping the chair as the buzzing continued.\u00a0 It vibrated her skull as she cried out from her second orgasm.\u00a0 Lips kissed her open mouth and her body while hands caressed her skin and exoskeleton.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lumps on her back separated from the heavy plating of her armor, swelling outward to expel a thick, white ropy mass.\u00a0 Again, the muscles vibrated and the still-wet wings slapped her back.\u00a0 Hands tugged gently at the wings to unroll them until they were flat and they buzzed again, almost lifting her from her seat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Douglas exploded inside of her and it pushed her over the edge a third time.\u00a0 She grabbed his neck, pulling him close while clenching her thighs and rubbing her shins together, making the grating, rasping sound that caused her nearby classmates to cry out rapturously.\u00a0 They began to shed their own clothing as their inhibitions lowered further.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erin kissed Douglas&#8217; 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