“Come away with me.” He implored her as he held out his hand. “I’ll give you everything you want.”
“I already have everything I want.” She said sternly while clutching her engagement ring.
Mikhail’s eyes began to smolder with resentment. He hated his best friend for taking Rianne away from him. At the same time he hated her as well, thinking that she knew about his emotions for her and yet she chose another man to hurt him intentionally.
He awoke, several hours into their long drive to the coastline. His best friend, Chris, yawned loudly before putting his eyes back on the road.
“Want me to take over the wheel for you?” He asked the man he had known for more than two decades. “You look tired.”
“I’m fine. We’re almost there anyway.” Chris managed to say between the yawns.
Mikhail couldn’t believe that he actually felt a stab of affection for the very man that took the only girl he ever loved away from him. As much as he wanted to hit Chris, he
couldn’t. For the first time in his lives, Mikhail saw him as a human being.
The urge to sleep was no longer bearable. Mikhail closed his eyes once more. He hasn’t had a sufficient amount of rest for weeks, as if something haunted him each time he would lay in bed at night.
He held a small tin container in his arms, caressing it as if it were an infant before slipping into the void.
He was walking towards the long queue to the cashier’s window inside the college campus. Several girls, clad in tight mini skirts, walked past him catching his attention.
“Hey!” A girl called out from behind him. He turned around to see who it was. “You’re Mikhail, right?”
He made a face, ogling stupidly at her. “Uhm…” He squinted.
“We were classmates back in high school.” She grinned slightly,
“Ahh… Rianne!” The name finally rang a bell. It had been years since the last time he saw her. The last encounter had not been very nice; they were engaged in a fistfight because of some forgotten reason.
“You look…” Mikhail almost said cute but decided against it. “Different.”
“I’m a mutant.” She said, shyly. “So, uhm… What brings you here?”
“Same reason as everyone else’s.” He held out his registration form.
She giggled, high-pitched and child like. It was odd that her voice seemed soft and sophisticated. But then, everything about her was a contradiction. Though she was the embodiment of everything feminine, seemingly mild-mannered, she was the only girl he knew who challenged him to a battle of brawns.
He saw little of her for several years. Throughout college, he’d met and fell in love with scores of girls. Each time he thought he’d found the “one”, but each time it ended in heartache. His thoughts would return to Rianne whenever he broke his heart, infatuated with her despite the fact that Chris, who had been her classmate in some subjects, had begun courting her.
“Mikhail, wake up, buddy!” Chris said, trying to wake him up. “Let’s eat first. I’m starving, man!”
He laid down the small container on the seat. After getting out of the car, he aimed for the restroom to relieve himself as Chris looked for a table inside the small restaurant.
“You need a shave” Mikhail whispered to himself, standing in front of a mirror.
“Unaesthetic”, he said, as Rianne would refer to it. He gawked at his reflection for a moment. Unwillingly, his thoughts returned to her. Damn you, Rianne.
She fell in love with Chris after two years of courtship. And her affections were reciprocated. Each time they were together, Chris would seem to take notice of the world around him, he seemed more alive than he ever was.
One fateful night, just before the wedding day, Mikhail paid her a visit when Chris was away on business. It was around 2 am, Rianne stood outside her flat, clad only in her sheer nightgown. Mikhail asked her to leave his best friend for him, but she
pushed him away. He burned with envy and hatred. He wanted her more than
anything, but his love was unrequited. Rianne thrashed as he held her in his
arms, kissing her forcibly. Her lips, her skin, tasted even sweeter as she
tried to fight him off. Getting one arm free of his grip, she slapped him hard
across the face.
“Leave!” She screamed. Her eyes enlarged with disgust at the man before her. The way she looked at him made him feel like a freak.
He knew that she would definitely tell someone about what he did. Thinking fast, he punched her on the belly, knocking her on the ground. As Rianne squirmed in pain, he knelt down hit her hard at the back of her head, knocking her out cold.
Mikhail carried her unconscious body to her room. He looked
around for something to restrain her before ripping bed sheets into ropes. He
tied her arms and legs to the bed posts. He crumpled some pieces of fabric and
stuffed it into her mouth, securing it with a strip of cloth which he wound
around her head.
He felt her body tense up. Upon waking up, Rianne flailed but she was helpless. Mikhail ripped off her flimsy nightie with his strong hands. She lay still as he took in her naked form.
“I’m going to make you mine.” He whispered softly in her ear. “Whether you like it or not, you will be mine.” He straddled on top of her.
Rianne tried to scream as Mikhail caressed her skin with his fingers, but the gag
muffled her cries. He teased her body, and was pleased when he saw the
glistening evidence that she was getting aroused. He got up and began to take
off his clothes. His genitalia throbbed with anticipation. Getting on the bed,
he undid the restraints on her legs. Rianne seized the chance and began to
thrash about once more before Mikhail punched her yet again.
Tears welled from Rianne’s eyes, as Mikhail positioned himself.
“My, my, my…” Mikhail chuckled at his astounding discovery. “You’re a
virgin?” He suddenly plunged himself inside her. What excited him even more was Rianne’s thrashing and screams of pain as he embedded himself deeper. She bucked as she refused to surrender.
Without stopping his in and out movements inside her, he took her as deeply as he possibly could. A few moments later, he felt the click within her body as she gave in completely. Rianne’s body bowed upwards and shook violently as her first orgasm with him possessed her. At the same time, he felt the urge to explode his seed inside her. Mikhail pounded her even harder until he reached a mind-blowing climax.
Mikhail let his shriveled manhood slip out. Without a moment’s hesitation, he wrapped his hands around her neck and began to tighten his grip. Her eyes widened in terror as he cut off her airway. This time, he did not intend to just render her unconscious. He continued to strangle her minutes after her body went limp, and soon, Rianne was dead.
Horrified yet blissful about his deed, he left. He did not even make an effort to cover or
hide her body. No, he wanted Chris to see her naked and besmirched corpse, but still careful not to leave evidence that would point to him.
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He came out of the lavatory and found that Chris had already ordered some food. After a meal that tasted like rhubarb, they resumed their journey, reaching their destination just a couple of hours later.
Chris parked the vehicle just a few feet from the barrier. The two men got
out and walked towards the edge. In front of them was a ravine, its depths
ending in huge boulders that were being perpetually mauled by strong waves.
Mikhail took out the small tin container but before he got the urge to hand it to Chris, he broke down on the ground and cried. He told his best friend everything he did to Rianne, his reasons and motives behind the heinous crime. Chris was left slack-jawed, not knowing what to do or say, he stood there silently with eyes wide and moist. Rianne’s murderer had been beside him all this time, the very man he vowed to kill if he were given the chance. But all he could do was weep in shock and disgust.
Mikhail apologized before getting on his feet. With Rianne’s ashes still at hand, he jumped over the balustrade, plunging to certain death.
The names and events that had transpired in these pages are purely fictional. The author of this story is undoubtedly a sick and demented person.