Page 46 of Pills and Potions: Kase
“I ain’t never been called corny in my life.”
“Well,” I said, leaning on the doorframe, “Maybe she saw through the act. Maybe the smooth talk don’t hit the same when the universe is tryna humble you.”
He stared at me like I just hit him with a spiritual awakening.
I shrugged. “Sometimes being ‘corny’ just means you’re human. Vulnerable. Relatable.Real.”
“I don’t like that,” he muttered.
“Good,” I said, walking past him to grab a towel. “Growth starts where your ego ends.”
“You supposed to be helping me,” he sighed. “This ‘cause I told you I tried to talk to a girl?”
I gave him a look. “Come on, Kase. You got a wholestarting lineupin your phone. Not adding another one and being called corny, ain’t the end of the world.”
He huffed like I kicked his sneakers. But I didn’t stop. “If you’d stop being foolish, you’d realize the girl who wanted you all along… was me.”
“Ilikeyou. I told you that,” he said, dragging a hand down his face. “I’m just… a dog.”
“Yup,” I replied flatly. “And I’m not wasting my time on a man with fleas.”
He winced, but pushed through. “No, seriously. I wasn’t tryin’ to talk to that girl ‘cause I wanted her. I just, I needed tosee if something was off with me. And I think… it is. I don’t know what’s wrong. I’m not used to people lookin’ at me and saying stuff that cuts. Like, smart shit that hits your ribs.”
I went quiet. Not because I didn’t have anything to say. I had plenty.
However, I wanted his words to sit in the air first. Because the truth was,
I’d been living in that space he was describing foryears.
People looked at me funny. Called me names. Treated me like I was a background character in their main story. I didn’twantto be awkward or different. I justwas. Nowhefinally knew how that felt.
After shaking his feelings, we went to chill. Kase was scrolling his phone, and I was pretending not to care that he was here looking like a walking thirst trap in joggers. Then it hit. The potion I’d taken earlier? Yeah, it finally kicked in. I didn’t know if it was the way the TV flashed, the bassline humming low in the background, or just the way his mouth curved when he chewed, but suddenly, I felt hot. I stood up slow, letting the moment breathe. My body felt electric, like it knew something I didn’t. Kase glanced up, his brows pulling together.
“You good?”
I didn’t answer. I just started swaying, hips rolling like I had a playlist in my bloodstream.
His eyes widened.
“Why you dancin’ like a... like a seductive Final Fantasy boss?”
I turned toward him, letting my hands glide down my thighs, voice low. “That’s a bad thing?”
He shook his head too fast. “No. No-no. It’s just—damn. I think my blood pressure spiked. You—you always had that arch? Like, naturally? That’s not even... okay. Okay.”
I laughed, walking toward him slow.
He sat up, clearly panicking and horny at the same time. “Blyss, wait—uh—I didn’t bring, like, the proper... equipment. And I don’t know if you, uh... I mean, not that I wouldn’t want to?—”
“Kase.”
I straddled him, knees on either side of his thighs. The room felt hazy, charged, like the air was holding its breath. My body was on fire, and it wasn’t just the heat between my thighs; it was confidence. That slow, simmering certainty the potion promised. My nerves weren’t gone, but they weren’t in control anymore. I was. Kase sat stiff on the couch, blinking up at me like I was a goddess he accidentally summoned from a Dungeons & Dragons campaign.
“Touch me,” I whispered. “It’s okay.”
He groaned under his breath like the word alone broke something in him. His touch was cautious but eager, thumbs sliding along my bare skin like he was mapping constellations. His hoodie hit the floor. I unclasped my bra and let it fall. Kase looked like he’d seen the face of God.
“Whoa. Okay. That’s... wow. Those are beautiful. Like mathematically balanced. The symmetry? Top tier.”
