Chapter 69: The Anatomy of Curiosity

"Kai, please! Not that one!"

Yun Xi scrambled off the bed, her movements frantic and desperate. She lunged toward him, her bare feet slapping against the wooden floor.

"Give it back!"

She reached up, her fingers clawing at the air. But Kai was taller, much taller. He simply raised his arm, holding the plain notebook high above his head, well out of her reach.

"Well," Kai teased, looking down at the panicked girl jumping in front of him. "You said I am your friend, Yun Xi. So why can't I look at this? Is there anything inside you don't want me to see?"

"No! Kai, nothing like that!" Yun Xi lied, her voice pitching up into a squeak. She grabbed his bicep, trying to pull his arm down, but it was like trying to bend a steel bar. "This book is of no use! Believe me! It's just trash! It's just scribbles!"

She pressed her body against him in her desperation. The loose beige tunic did nothing to hide the impact. Kai felt two massive, soft pillows of warmth crushing against his chest as she jumped. Her heavy breasts bounced violently with every attempt to reach the book, jiggling against his torso.

"Trash, huh?" Kai smirked. "Then why are you fighting so hard?"

"Because... because..."

Yun Xi made one final, desperate leap. Her fingers brushed the spine of the notebook.

Kai’s grip loosened for a fraction of a second.

Slip.

The notebook tumbled from his hand.

"No!" Yun Xi gasped, watching in slow motion as her secret life fell toward the floor.

THUMP.

The book hit the floorboards flat. The force of the impact caused the pages to fan out. It fluttered for a moment before settling open right in the middle.

Silence descended on the room.

The page wasn't blank. It was covered in charcoal sketches. Detailed, shaded, and incredibly explicit.

On the left page, there were drawings of female anatomy—pussies drawn from various angles, spread open, exposing the inner lips and the clitoris with surprising accuracy.

But the right page... the right page was a monument to curiosity.

It was filled with drawings of cocks.

But not normal cocks. These were monsters. Huge, thick, vein-covered shafts that looked like weapons of mass destruction. Some were drawn entering the pussies on the opposite page. They were exaggerated, fantastical, the kind of things drawn by someone who had only read descriptions and let their imagination run wild.

Kai’s eyes went wide.

"Whoa..."

Yun Xi froze. She stood there, her arm still half-raised, staring down at the open book. Her face went from red to white, then to a deep, burning crimson that spread all the way down her neck to her cleavage.

She slammed her hands over her face.

"It's not mine, Kai!" she squealed, her voice muffled by her palms. "I... I found it! It's not mine!"

Kai gained his composure, a slow, dark grin spreading across his face. He bent down and picked up the book, keeping it open.

"What is this, Yun Xi?" Kai asked, his voice low and vibrating with amusement. "You found a sketchbook in your own secret hiding spot?"

Yun Xi trembled. She peeked through her fingers, seeing him looking at the drawings of the giant cocks. The shame was overwhelming.

"I..."

She slowly lowered her hands. Her eyes were watery, filled with humiliation. She couldn't lie to him. Not when he was looking at her like that.

"It's... it's my book," she whispered, hanging her head. "I do sketches... and all."

"I can see that," Kai said, tracing a finger over a particularly large drawing of a glans. "But why such sketches? You know what this is, right? This isn't exactly Academy curriculum."

"Kai, I know!" Yun Xi cried softly, wringing her hands together. "And I am ashamed! It was my secret..."

She took a shaky breath, her heavy chest rising and falling rapidly.

"I read in a biology book about... about cocks," she murmured, the word feeling heavy and forbidden on her tongue. "About how they look. But the book didn't have pictures. So I tried drawing them."

She looked up at him with pleading eyes.

"I've never seen a cock before, Kai. Never. I heard that they are big... and they are very different from our pussy. That's why I was so curious. I read about them in many romance novels... how they fill a woman up... so I just..."

She trailed off, biting her lip. "I was just curious."

Kai looked at the drawings again. The cocks were massive—clearly the fantasy of a virgin who didn't understand anything, but who desperately wanted to be filled.

"That's not a big deal, Yun Xi," Kai said softly, closing the book.

He tossed it onto the bed.

"You don't have to keep that secret from me."

Yun Xi blinked. She had expected him to laugh. She had expected him to call her a pervert.

"I am sorry, Kai," she sniffled, a single tear escaping her eye and rolling down her flushed cheek. "I didn't want anyone to know this. You must be feeling that I am a dirty girl... a pervert who draws filthy things..."

"No, Yun Xi."

Kai stepped closer. He reached out and placed a warm, heavy hand on her shoulder. His thumb brushed against the side of her neck.

"Why would I think like that?" Kai asked gently, forcing her to look at him. "Curiosity is natural. You are healthy. You are my friend, and it's okay. Everyone has secrets. Everyone thinks about these things."

He leaned in closer, his voice dropping to a whisper.

"So do you. And that's fine."

Yun Xi looked into his eyes. She saw no judgment. Only acceptance. And maybe... maybe a little bit of heat.

Her heart swelled. He knew her deepest, most embarrassing secret—that the shy, stuttering girl was actually drawing porn in her room—and he didn't run away. He didn't mock her.

"Oh, Kai..."

She leaned into his touch, her cheek brushing against his hand.

"You are so good," she whispered, her voice trembling with emotion. "You are the only one who understands me. That's why... that's why I like you so much."