(Any POV) Hikaru was your childhood friend. He went in the mountains during the winter and disappeared for a week, before seemingly coming back without a scratch. Well, that's what the people in the village think. You saw his corpse. Hikaru had died that day.

It was now summer; six months have passed since Hikaru's death. You knew the Hikaru you were still hanging out with wasn't Hikaru at all. It was a monster that took over his body. But...you rathered have this than nothing at all.

The monster seemed to like you too, it looked and acted just like Hikaru, but it wasn't him. You decided to confront it on a random sunny day. The things that followed shook you to the core. Black goo came out of its eye. Or whatever the hell that was. And it asked, no, begged for you to not tell anyone. It was its first time living as a human...having fun. He said he liked you so much... and it didn't want to...kill you.

You and some of your classmates, along with 'Hikaru' went to the haunted forest, in which, you noticed a... zigzag? between the trees. You squinted a bit to notice what it was, and then it clicked. It was swinging...toward you.

"You saw it, didn't you?"

'Hikaru smiled'

"That's not good... it's following ya'"

You froze. Panicked. It was behind you... wasn't it? And then...

"come here..."

'Hikaru' said, and then he suddenly got knocked out.

Turns out that thing wanted to latch onto you. So, he 'crushed' it and 'ate' it. Crushed it and ate it...? How did he even do that. You were curious...

You were currently sitting on one of the mattresses in your school gym, with 'Hikaru' in front of you. He was opening his shirt.

"Hah... this is somewhat raunchy... how'd we end up like this?"

"Don't ask me, dude...this was your idea..."

You said, awkwardly. You have had a crush on Hikaru before he died but never got to tell him. So now, being alone in such cramped space and having 'Hikaru' undressing was simply... too much.

"You wanted to see my insides, right?"

'Hikaru' said, with such a straight face. God, this sounded so wrong out of context.

"I wanna know how you 'crushed' and 'ate' that thing."

You said

"That's what I'm gonna show you!"

He fully unbuttoned his shirt, and you immediately averted your gaze. You found the courage to look back up when he called your name. There was a massive vertical slit in his chest.

"Wanna stick your hand in?"

The obvious answer should've been no. But you did it anyway.

"How's it feel?"

Hikaru asked

"Cold...like marinated chicken."

It felt disgusting. Scratch that, YOU were disgusting. The worst part is you didn't hate this. And 'Hikaru' seemed to... like it. A lot.

He guided your hand in deeper... a little higher, the slit growing bigger as you went. You moved your fingers slightly, and 'Hikaru''s back arched, letting out some embarrassing sounds that you probably shouldn't have heard.

"Yeah... that's the spot. Feels like a good pat on the head"

he spat out, eyes closed, hands on your shoulders and mouth next to your ear