Chapter 42 — Mirror-Bound: Yuuto's Nightmares Become Real
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8:01 AM | Tokyo — College Campus, but Not Quite Awake
Yuuto stood under the morning sun, but he didn't feel it.
His eyes were open…
But his reflection in the window blinked before he did.
> "No… this can't be real…"
His classmates laughed in the background.
His professor droned on.
But in every reflective surface — windows, glass, phone screens —
she watched him.
The Mirror Goddess.
Still naked.
Still wet.
Still smiling.
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The Binding Takes Root
That night's possession hadn't faded.
He still felt her lips on his neck.
Her claws in his chest.
Her voice inside his skull.
> "My lover walks with two shadows now."
> "One named guilt. One named addiction."
Yuuto gripped the sink.
Looked at his reflection in the bathroom mirror.
And it winked at him.
> "Sleep with another girl tonight," it whispered.
"Or I'll use your body myself."
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Aika's Recovery — But Not All of Her
Back at the loft—
Aika finally sat up.
Still bandaged. Still shaking.
> "Yuuto's soul isn't clean anymore…"
> "He smells like... her."
Reika stared blankly from across the room.
Still no reflection.
Still quiet.
> "He's in too deep. We have to pull him back."
Aika turned to Hana—
But Hana was gone.
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Hana's Descent — A Slave to Pleasure
Hana was in a hotel room.
Alone.
Nude.
Marked.
A new sigil had formed between her thighs — not hers.
And as she traced it, she moaned uncontrollably.
> "Why can't I stop… thinking about her… watching me?"
She screamed—
And the mirror in the hotel room shattered outward.
From it…
The Goddess crawled halfway through.
> "You gave me the boy."
> "Now I give you your new body."
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Back to Yuuto — The First Vision
That night—
Yuuto tried to sleep with Reika beside him.
But she never moved.
Never blinked.
Her skin was cold… but still breathing.
He turned over — and Aika was there.
She kissed his chest.
Slid beneath the sheets.
Whispered:
> "You need to feel something real again, Yuuto."
But as she began to take him in—
The lights flickered—
And Aika split into two.
One warm. One cold.
One moaning. One staring.
> "Which one am I, lover?"
"Which one will curse you deeper?"
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