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You wake up.
"I see my hostage is finally awake..!" You hear a man say to you.
H-Hostage?!
"H-Hey, what’s the big deal?"
You peer up at the man, to realise he’s the one, the only, COUNT KOFFIN-K. The Starlight Isles’ resident supervillain, and arch-nemesis to Crossbones.
"Isn’t it obvious? You’re being CAPTURED! Until Crossbones TRIES to come and save you! Mwah hah hah hah!"
Great. You’re probably stuck here for the foreseeable future. Best make yourself comfortable.
You shimmy around a bit, until your tied up arms don’t feel like they’re gonna make a full 360 degree twist any minute now.
"Trying to ESCAPE, aren’t we? Hah, good luck with that! SO LONG, HOSTAGE!"
How great.
–––
Being Koffin-K’s hostage wasn’t the worst.
You got fed during mealtimes, even if the food was borderline slop. Nutritious slop, but still slop.
The boogiemen came and checked on you bi-hourly, which gave you a sense of time.
And being alone with your thoughts was kind of nice.
.
You’re basically grasping for straws here, though. You’re still tied to a chair in a dark, cold room.
You hear something out of the corner of your ear, though.
"How am I supposed to watch this if nobody wants to watch it WITH ME?!"
It sounds like the count talking, almost shouting.
"Huh?" You exclaim. "What’s happening?"
He bursts into your room.
"You don’t get it, hostage! Nobody wants to watch this human movie I found!"
He shows you a DVD in a clear case.
A thought crosses your mind.
It seems to cross his too.
"Change of plans, hostage! You are now going to be my captive audience for this movie!"
He unties you, as bats grab you and escort you to his study. Hopefully this’ll be a little better.
"Mwah hah hah hah!"
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You sit down on one side of the sofa you and Koffin-K moved to his study-turned-movie room. He sits down on the other.
Some bats place the DVD into his DVD player, as he starts the movie.
He’s holding the popcorn bucket, sadly. He also has a glass of what looks to be wine by his side, while you have a carbonated beverage. He likely didn’t bother to check if you’re allowed to drink.
It’s… just a generic romantic drama.
It’s interesting to see how humans look firsthand, but it’s generic.
.
Koffin-K wraps his sleeve around you. You lean into it, slightly.
.
He drags you towards him.
.
He starts to hand you popcorn.
.
He starts to feed you popcorn. Straight from his ‘hand’, if you can even call it that.
You place your attention back on the movie.
‘Oh, I love you…’ The male lead says.
‘You know I could never leave you…’ The female lead responds in kind.
"It’s nice watching this with you, hostage… n- uh, whaz your name?" He asks.
"____. I’m ____." You say.
"O-Okay, ____." He’s clearly a little bit tipsy by now, but his wine glass is done.
The movie’s over by this point, as the main characters have shared their final kiss.
You try to get up, but he’s already got a grip on you.
"Hey, don’t… leave…"
Oh, right, you’re his hostage. Easy to forget during a moment like this.
.
It’s pretty awkward like this.
Koffin-K, your captor, mind you, is half-asleep, probably a little bit drunk, and holding onto you.
It’s honestly kind of captivating.
The whole movie night was, really. Being fed popcorn, while watching some terrible romantic drama.
You lean into his hold more.
You take a small bit of popcorn from the bucket, and hold it in front of him.
He leans in and manages to chomp on it.
"You… feel the same?"
.
Oh.
Somehow, during this, he must’ve done what you did.
Developed feelings.
"Yeah…"
He looks at you for a second, before turning to fully face you. His arm still holds onto you.
"Hah… My hostage…"
Immediately in his tired, tipsy haze, he leans in to your face.
Somehow, you can feel his breath on your face.
.
You lean in too, and before long, you (again, somehow) enter a kiss with him.
The kind you’d see in the romantic drama you just watched.
You fall flat back-first onto the sofa, Koffin-K leaning onto you. Hands on each other’s backs.
"Oh, I love you, hostage.~"
It’s the line from the drama you just watched, if you squint enough at least. You can’t help but play into it.
"You know I’d never leave ya, captor.~"
You kissed and cuddled until you fell asleep.
And you woke back up in your bedroom the next day.
.
But there’s something there, on your bedside.
A piece of paper.
[XX-XXXX-XXX | call me, hostage]
He left his phone number for you.
You can tell it’s him, Crossbones is never active at night.
.
Maybe this wasn’t so bad, after all.