Kyle struggled to keep his eyes open during the lecture. Sitting in his desk near the back of the classroom his head started to droop but he caught himself and righted his head again. He rubbed his eyes, then rubbed his face with his open hands. He hadn't slept well last night. The dreams were messing with him. If you could call it a dream. To him it felt like a vision. He was no Empath like his mother, but every once in a long while he had dreams that were amazingly vivid. When he had dreams like that, his senses were enhanced. It made the beautiful part of the dream that much more pleasurable... and the terrifying part that much more horrible.
The dream was of his Mother, beautiful and radiant, in her ceremonial garb. They were together in a small spring, warm water up to their thighs. He could feel the soft sand around his toes. The front of her ceremonial robe was open and pushed to the sides, exposing her naked body, framing her huge breasts. She was reaching out to him. Beckoning. He embraces her, innocently at first. Then the feeling of her velvety soft arms wrapping around him combined with the soft squish of her breasts against him causes his member to grow hard. On its way up the head of his cock grazes her belly. Both she and him push their pelvises together and moan softly. His now rock hard cock and balls mashing against her soft belly. One of his hands drops to her fleshy butt cheek and gives it a squeeze. His other hand pushes up on one of her heavy breasts, bringing her nipple to his mouth. Licking at her areola he surrenders to his lust, and his whole body is occupied by all the pleasurable sensations. His body and heart are reeling in ecstasy. It all feels so good he neglects to see the hidden attack from the trees. A dark and cold tentacle reaches out of the shadows at such unreal speed all he can do is to blurt out a quick "No!" and watch her be whisked away by the dark essense.
A sharp shocking pain in his side made him flinch in his seat. His friend, Ryu had lightly jabbed him in the ribs with a single knuckle, ripping him back into the real world. He had lost his little struggle to wake up and had instantly fell into a sleep deep enough to start dreaming and of course it was the same dream. Why was it he couldn't sleep at night in his comfortable bed but here in the afternoon on this shitty little desk sleep was constantly beckoning to him. It was probably the topic of the class. To satisfy his degree he needed to take a minimum of 2 terms in General Mysticism. Since both his parents were both high ranked Magi in their respective Orders, he was exposed to the mystic arts since he was a child, so the topic was boring to him. Even if he wasn't very good at performing magic himself, he was pretty well versed in all it's theories, which is all this class entailed.
"Seriously?" His friend, Ryu, whispered as loudly as he dared. The tone of his friend's voice helped Kyle gain a little more focus and he had an easier time clearing the fog in his mind. His focus shifted to the pain in his butt from sitting on the hard plastic seat of the shitty little desk. He winced a little as he shifted his weight. He dared a glance up and thankfully saw Mr. Grenelsky had his back to the class, drawing on the dry erase board as he spoke. He was explaining Multiverse Theory, or at least the version that The Academy officially acknowledges, and wasn't paying him any attention.
"So if we consider the nature of magic and it's level of saturation in our world compared to the ones travelers have told us about-"
The bell rang. Indicating that it was 3 o'clock. Time to go home. Finally. The small, seated crowd of about 30 students of varying ages and cultures all stood up unanimously and began shuffling towards the door, forcing poor Mr. Grenelsky to stop mid-sentence in his lecture. "Fine... fine... have a nice weekend everybody..." He waved a hand dismissively at them and went to his desk at the front of the classroom.
When Kyle got to the hallway, his friend Ryu was right beside him. Both were headed to the same parking lot, so they had a few minutes to chat before they parted ways for the weekend.
Kyle was a handsome young white man with pale complexion. He had bright blue eyes and brown hair. He wore his hair short and combed it up in a style that was popular at the time. He was a bit shorter than most of his peers at about 5'9" and had a thin build with some muscle definition. His friend Ryu was even skinnier by comparison; bony. He was similar in height. He kept his head shaved, but a bit of black stubble was starting to show on his scalp today.
"So what are your plans this weekend, man? Your big two-oh is finally here!", Ryu had a big grin on his face. "You finally gonna give it up to her? Oh man, please tell me you finally got over that shit and you're gonna let her take your cherry, right?!"
"I... I dunno man. I mean I'm sure we will eventually... But I'm not sure I want to right now. I mean, I'm working through some stuff right now, Ryu. It's not that simple."
"What do you
mean
not that simple?!" Ryu exclaimed. After seeing the look on Kyle's face he sighed and took a calmer tone. "Look, I know you've been having some weird dreams... but they're just dreams, man. Your not a psychic. I think you're just stressed. I mean, we all have bad dreams sometimes. But you can't let shit like that get in the way of your life! You're the envy of just about every guy AND girl here on campus! Even the girls have hard-ons for your Mom!"
"Hey!" Kyle shot Ryu a look to tell him to cool it or he would make him regret it.
"Sorry... sorry... It's just you know how much I look up to her. She's amazing."
"Yeah I know. It's just that I feel this sense of foreboding every time I see her now. Like the Gods are telling me that I need to stay away. So I need to stay away from her, for our own good."
"I can see why you'd feel that way... But these feelings aside, what could possibly happen? Even if some super horror comes around. What chance would it have against her? I mean, she's like a real life superhero! She's a Legend of the Goddess' Order! People like her and your Dad are the ones they call in when the locals can't handle it. The Cult fears people like her. I think your dream has a deeper meaning to it. You can't take that shit at face value, man. Dreams are weird like that."
Kyle scoffed. He knew Ryu could very well be right. But what did it mean then? Symbolic or not, he couldn't deny the intense feelings the dream gave him. The truth was he didn't tell anyone the whole dream. Whenever he told the narrative he always stopped after the point where she's taken away. It was easier to stop telling the story after this point and say that's all there was to the dream. The truth was that after his mother gets taken away, he gives chase through the forest for a ways and finally finds her, or her dead body at least. Her lifeless body is laid in a small clearing in the forest. He runs as fast as he can to her. As he runs he can see her body dissolving into ash. He runs for what seems like forever, and when he finally reaches her she is nothing more than a cloud of dust in the wind. Sorrow takes over and he feels nothing but that terrible sadness and loss for a time. Eventually the psychic pain subsides and he notices a cave nearby. The entrance somewhat disguised by the shadows of the trees and brush. He heads into the cave, and here is where the dream actually ends... waiting to be rewound and relived another night. He was getting tired of it. It was a puzzle he needed to solve before he could move on with anything in his life, and he felt that part of the solution was to postpone his Coming of Age celebration. The sexual nature of the dream's beginning had to be a sign pointing to the loss of his virginity... and going through with it would lead to some catastrophe. One that could be avoided if he just stayed away from her for at least long enough to figure this out.
"Well... I'm just gonna head straight home. We already went out to eat yesterday for my Birthday. That's good enough for me. I'm probably just gonna hang out at home this weekend. Nothing special." He could see his car now, so he disarmed it with his key-chain remote. It responded with a sharp double chirp. "I've already talked with Mom about it. I told her about the dream and she said she could tell it was bugging me, and that she didn't need to read my feelings to know. She and Dad said we could just chill out at home, or go out to eat again if I wanted." Kyle sighed, "At least that's what they said last night. I got a text a little bit ago from Dad saying something had come up and he had to go. He said he'd make it up to me when he got back."
He paused for a moment before he got into to his car and looked Ryu directly in the eye. "I really don't deserve them. A High Priestess and a decorated war veteran, and they have a kid like me... I can barely pull off a simple Mind Sense spell. I can't wield a Qatana properly... I don't even know computers very well. Not like Meg anyways. Dad and Mom must be so ashamed of me."
"You're freaking weird, man." Ryu laughed and gave his friend a firm bop on the shoulder. "How the hell can you say something like that. I've met your Mom & Dad. I think you're the only one holding yourself to an unreasonable standard. I think they're just happy you made it into The Academy. I know I'm glad you did! I never would've met you if you hadn't! Your family... and Ken's family... You all treat me like family! I've never had that growing up! You gotta get over yourself, man. Be grateful for your opportunities! Lighten up! Living that Zen life is fine and all, but you gotta listen to your instincts at least a little bit! Just do it!" That was a favorite go-to line for Ryu, but lately he'd been overdoing it. Kyle rolled his eyes, and Ryu knew that he was about to get tuned out. "You're a masochist. Gotta be..." Ryu said, shaking his head.
Kyle ignored him and waved him away, "Whatever, man. I'm outta here. I'll catch you later."
"See you Monday."
Kyle got into his very practical navy blue compact car, and drove home.
"Hey Mom! I'm back!", Meg greeted cheerfully as she walked into the kitchen and grabbed an apple from the fruit basket before sitting down at the dining room table. She just returned from yoga class and was still in her sports bra and tights. Meg was a natural brunette that bleached her hair only somewhat regularly, her dark roots revealing her true hair color. Her eyes were icey blue like her Mom and brother. She had a thin and petite build with smooth and blemish free skin, light but not pale. Her perky breasts complimented her delicate stature. In recent years, Meg's backside had started to plump up, giving her a nice bubble butt that got a lot of appreciative looks when she wore her tights or her jeans.