A Secret Exposed

Moving to another place is always accompanied with some stress. It doesn't really matter if you finally move out of your parents' house or if your entire family is forced to move because of a parents' work.

That's the only conclusion Michael could come to when he saw the little girl, probably just his age, and her family move into the house just next to his. She was shivering, nervously looking around in every direction while her parents were moving the boxes from the van into their new home.

His parents, who were also watching from beyond their properties' hedge, approached him.

"Micheal, don't you want to join us in greeting our new neighbours? I'm sure their daughter would love to meet you as well!", asked his mother.

"Sure thing, mom! But she seems a bit nervous, I'm afraid she'd just run away if I get closer..."

"Nonsense, I'm sure you'll get along perfectly fine."

With these words, his father gently pushed him towards their neighbours estate, closely following behind with his wife in tow. The other family noticed them relatively soon, as their were currently looking about the luggage and deciding which box was to be moved into the house next. A small 'eep' escaped the girl's mouth as she saw the strangers approach and quickly got to hiding behind her father's legs, but all the while curiously peeking out.

"Well, good day to you.", called the father with a friendly smile, "I assume you're our new neighbours? It's a pleasure to meet you, I'm James, this is my wife Natsuki and my daughter Nami. We're the Johnsons."

"Hello to you too, James. If I may introduce ourselves: I'm Rick, my wife's name is Diana and my son's Michael.", Michael's father replied. "With that out of the way, can we assist you in any way? You seem to have quite a lot of luggage to move, and no helpers."

"That would be very much appreciated, thank you. Yes, we do indeed still have this entire van of boxes and cases to move... and the fact that it's rented and we need to empty it by this evening doesn't help."

"Alright, you heard it folks, let the men start moving, women can go inside and pack out.", Rick replied with a hearty laugh, that quickly ended in astonishment when he saw Natsuki picking up a box that was nearly as large as her, and made out of wood to boot. James only grinned and turned to Rick.

"Don't underestimate my wife, she may look slim, but sure can carry her weight, heh. Just a second, honey, I'm joining!"

"Are you now, husband.", she responded with a sultry smile as she made her way to the house, "I do hope you don't fall behind."

"Aw, what's that supposed to mean... I did carry most of the stuff into the house yet."

"Just teasing you, darling~."

"Wahaha, your wife's quite the number isn't she, James?" Rick's signature full-body laugh was sounding out again and with a clap on James' back he moved towards the van. "Come on, neighbour, can't be outdone by the women that easily!"

Watching this unfold with big eyes, Michael was soon fixated on the now sort of lonely standing girl that was looking after her parents. His mother then put her hand on his shoulder and whispered:

"Hey, why don't you ask Nami to play with you?"

"Ok, mom."

Slowly stepping in her direction to not startle her, he greeted her with a polite and friendly smile.

"Hey, your name is Nami right? Do you want to play while the adults are unpacking?"

Looking at him for a short moment, then towards her parents, she answered.

"Uhm, ok. What do you want to play?"

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"So you came over the ocean with a plane right? I wanna fly somewhere as well sometime..."

"Yeah, we came from Zipangu. You didn't fly anywhere yet?"

"No, my parents always said that we had more than enough to explore here, and won't need to leave this continent whenever we went on holiday. Especially because there are so many more monsters in other places. Not sure why they said that though."

Nami flinched as he said that, but Michael didn't notice. "What do you think about monsters then? There were quite a lot in Zipangu, so you could say I know a lot about them."

"Uhh, I've never met any apart from the weresheep in the city who owns a pillow manufacture. But I don't think they're that different from other people, apart from the appearance."

"That's what I think as well. They're also people trying to make a living!"

"My parents and others here just keep saying they're filthy demons here to drag humanity down to destruction... but I think they inherited that from the old Order ways."

"Hmm, ok. Never thought there were that many people left who still think like that."

"Uurgh, you should hear them sometimes, Chief God this, Order that. Sometimes I think they're overdoing it a bit."

"Hehe, maybe."

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Back in his house, Michael and his parents talked about the day. The adults managed to completely empty the van before the evening, so James could drive the van back to the rental station without having to pay for another day.

"So yeah, apparently Natsuki is a seamstress, and a skilled one at that.", Diana said. "I've seen some of the dresses and other clothes she made and they were top-notch quality. If she sells those, no wonder they could afford moving here."

Michael's father finished his portion of steak and spoke up as well: "James is her manager from what I've heard, he chooses sale partners acts, as he called it, as 'her muse'. Quite the interesting people that showed up here."

"And how was your day sweetie? Did you get along well with Nami?"

"Yup! We played all day and I showed here some of my favourite spots near here and in the forest! She also said that she wanted to play again tomorrow!"

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Over the next couple of years Michael and Nami met a lot, played and deepened their friendship. This eventually let to an interesting situation during a lunch break in high school.

"You don't have to drag so much, I'm coming!", shouted Nami, as she was being dragged through the relatively dense forest behind their school. After a while, he deemed them far enough away from school continue with his plan.

"Alright then... Nami, I brought you here for a specific reason..."

"Are we gonna play a game again? Don't you think we're a little bit old for that now?", she giggled.

"Nope, no games today, this is serious.", he replied with a grin and reached into his pocket.

"What are you...", was all that Nami could say before a rose was thrust before her face.

"Nami, I love you. Do you want to go out with me? We've known each other for so long, but I could never really get a chance to confess this to you." he smiled at her with slightly reddened cheeks. "I just really wanted to-"

He stopped as he saw her hands covering her mouth and some tears dripping down her now red cheeks.

"You i-idiot..."

Aw crap. Did he screw it up? He just wanted to confess to her, and was even ready for rejection. But didn't expect her to start crying in front of him. Should he instead-

"Why did you take so long?!"

What.

"Yes, we've known each other for so long! Why did you wait until now?!", she nearly yelled at him and dragged him towards her with surprising strength to start kissing him. After releasing him, she rubbed her still teary eyes dry.

"Of course I want to go out with you. I love you too."

"Heh, I must be kind of dense then... never really noticed anything.", he said as she hugged him again.

The school day finished normally, expect for them holding hands as they were walking back home. Both their parents' looked at them with knowing glances as they arrived.

"Finally got around to confessing, eh buddy? Took you long enough."

"Ach, shut up dad."

"Dear, don't bully him too much. I clearly remember someone here stumbling over his own words when he told me he loved me for the first time."

"Come on, Diana, he doesn't need to know that..."

Michael rolled his eyes and walked up the stairs to his room, smiling to himself. He'll text her soon and would sort out their first date.

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Even close to graduation, their relationship was still blossoming it seemed like. While they did go on dates frequently, Nami always denied him when he asked her to stay over night, or when he wanted to the same. It didn't seem like she did it out of joy or just to annoy him, however. Whenever she had to reject him, she had a pained look on her face, almost apologetic about something he didn't know. After consulting multiple friends about the issue, his came up with an idea: Invite her to a trip. They both liked the outdoors when they were kids, playing around in the woods, so why not relive these moments?

To his surprise, Nami gleefully accepted this proposition, although with a condition: They'd sleep in separate tents over the multiple nights in the trip. Fair enough, he thought, better than nothing.

Far before the next holidays arrived, he planned out their trip. With his newly acquired driving license and a rented car, they made off into the distance to enjoy a week in the woods and get to sightseeing some landscapes close by they looked for online beforehand.

All seemed perfect... until he saw the amount of luggage his girlfriend wanted to take with her.

"Nami... this is never going to fit in the car. What is all that anyway?"

"Important... girl stuff. Secret."

"Secret...", he replied with a raised eyebrow. "Really now? We've known each other for ten years and dated two of them and you don't want to tell me what's in this massive luggage-mountain, because it's 'secret'?"

"Yep."

Michael stared at her.

She stared back.

He stared harder.

She made puppy-dog eyes. Damn. She was reaaaaally good at making those.

After a full minute of puppy sight, he relented. "*sigh* Fine. But seriously, you have to leave some of this stuff at home. It really doesn't fit in the car, and I've already rented a pretty big pickup."

"Uhm... ok. Then I'll have to ask mom to help me. Dad's out of town currently. I should be done in two hour or so, can you come back then?"

"Yeah ok. But please make sure it fits inside, alongside my own stuff. I'll just leave the pickup open. Here's the key, don't lose it!"

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Two hours later, Michael left his house again to see, or rather, not see the luggage, as it was already stuffed into the pickup. Nami and her mother were standing next to it, talking to each other as Michael got closer.

"... and don't forget sweetie, they will last. And even if not, he'll understand.", finished Natsuki.

"Hey, you two. All done?"

Nami turned to him a smiled. "Yes, we just finished getting ready. Thanks again mom. For this and... you know."

"No problem pumpkin, you two have a wonderful week out there.", Natsuki said with a wink towards her daughter and walked back towards her house while waving.

"Everything alright?", Michael asked with a frown. "You seemed a bit out of it just there."

"Yeah, yeah. Just a bit nervous I guess. Kinda silly if you think about it, we've been on loads of dates already and now I'm getting nervous before a trip."

"Hmm, ok. Well, if there's anything I can do, just say so. But we really have to get going now before it gets too dark when we arrive.", he said and leaned in for a kiss.

Returning the kiss, she smiled again and they both got in the car and drove off.

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After several hours of driving, they finally arrived at the remote car pack next to the forest they chose as their holiday location. Loading their backpacks with the required luggage and tents, they set off into the forest. Once they chose a good enough spot that was close enough to the car, they came back to get the rest of it. When setting up the tents, Michael noticed how much larger Nami's tent was than his. Girl needs her space I guess, he thought and got to setting up his own tent.

Nearly being he finished, he got startled by a loud "Oh NO!!" from a very familiar sounding source. Stopping, turning around and looking at his girlfriend unpacking her backpack, he asked with a smirk, "What's wrong? Snake in your backpack?"

"Haha, very funny", she responded with the largest amount of sarcasm he ever heard in her voice. "No, I just noticed that I'm missing something I thought I packed in."

"Oh. Something important? Do we have to drive back just after getting here?"

"No, I... it should be fine. It shouldn't cause too many issues... I hope."

"You don't sound too convinced."

"No, I want to enjoy this first holiday with you", she said with a small smile. "I won't let it get ruined by something like this."

"Ok... I'm nearly done with the tents by the way. Need any help with the unpacking?"

"Should be fine, I'm almost done as well."

Looking up, both of them noticed the beautiful sunset through the trunks of the trees on the cliff. "Wow."

"Yeah, it looks amazing. But that also means it's getting kind of late." Hammering the last tent peg into the ground, he wiped his forehead. "Good that I'm done with the tents."

Handing over his sleeping bag to him, Nami took her own and shoved it inside her tent, before turning to her boyfriend and smiling.

"Alright then... good night. To a good holiday."

"Yeah... good night. I love you."

"Love you too!" She blew him a kiss before her head disappeared inside the tent.

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Laying awake inside his tent for two hours now, Michael couldn't find it in him to snore away so easily. His beautiful girlfriend is lying in another tent just a few meters away from his, and he's supposed to sleep? Screw that. He really didn't see why she never wanted to be with him during night, be it at home or even here, on a trip. They've been dating for over two years now, damn it! Shouldn't there be a bit more action between the two apart from hand-holding, kissing and cuddling? Definitely.

Quietly as he could, he got up and opened his tent flap. Tip-toeing over to her tent, he noticed something. A sound, coming from within, a quiet, barely audible... moaning? It certainly didn't sound like crying to him. Could she seriously be masturbating? Ok, enough was enough.

Opening her much larger tent flap, and poking his head inside, he barely managed to suppress a gasp when he saw what was inside. It was his girlfriend... to an extent. While her upper body and head were still as beautiful as ever, with flowing black hair that extended past her shoulders, her lower body was definitely different from what he last remembered. Just where her hips began, a green and yellow striped spider body extended, with two pedipalps and six longer legs that were curled underneath her body. Her ears were also longer and pointed - like an elf's.

"N-Nami? Is... is that you?", was all that Michael managed to stammer out after gazing over her body.

With a startle, her upper body turned to him. "Michael?! Why are you...?"

Before he could answer, she dragged him inside and set her now a lot larger body on top of him. Panting, she looked down on him. "I'm sorry it had to happen like this, I can't resist right now."

Feeling his boxers being sliced up, presumably by the sharp talons at the end of her six legs, he started panicking. As he tried to move, he noticed that his arms or his legs were stuck in their current position. Looking above his head, he noticed a sticky, white webbing around his entire hand and ankle. With a scared frown, he turned back towards Nami who was now lovingly looking down at him with a heavy blush and still heavy panting.

"W-what are you going to do...?"

"Don't worry darling, it won't hurt, rather, it will feel amazing for both of us", she replied between pants, while moving down to kiss him.

The only way he could describe what happened next was pure bliss. Looking down after she released him from the kiss, he saw that she impaled herself on his now very erect penis. While a grunt escaped his mouth, it was nothing compared to the moan that Nami let out, nearly shaking the whole tent. Binding more and more of his body, she nearly had him completely covered in her webbing before he even noticed.

Moving herself up and down his lower body, her moaning didn't stop, rather it only got louder. Michael had to strain himself not to join in on her love-concert and tried to get a few words out. Or he wanted to, before noticing Nami tense up and start shuddering after stopping her movement.

"Mmmhnnaaaahh~!" Another loader than usual moan escaped her mouth as she collapsed on top of his body which was still covered in Nami's webbing. With glazed-over pupils she turned her face towards him and started hugging him - a very special sensation, considering her additional limbs all curling up around him.

"T-that felt amazing... ", she panted out. "But that was just the start... and you're yet to come as well it seems. Good to see you enduring for this long though~."

Panted heavily himself, Michael looked in her face with a pleading expression. "Could you... at least... remove the bindings on my hands?"

"Mmh~ I guess that's a well-earned reward..." Nami said as she reached out above his head and cut through the webs with her... hands? Fingernails? Claws? He couldn't really tell, as he was too entranced by her beautiful, yet chilling predatory smile. As soon as the restrictions were gone though, his arms virtually flew around Nami's upper, human body to return the hug - even if with less limbs. Sniffling in her embrace, he spoke up again.

"It's... it's really you isn't it Nami? What happened to you? Are you really...?"

A finger on his lips silenced him, as Nami's upper body slightly backed up to allow for this movement.

"Ssssshh... We still have a long night ahead to enjoy ourselves. Let's leave the talking for tomorrow... tonight I want to hear you scream. My name that is." She emphasized her last sentence with a squeeze on his still erect dick.

After that followed a night of a lot of intimate bonding, both in the way of webbing and intercourse between the two lovers. Most animals in the area probably got repelled by the Nami's moans and Michael's grunts and screams that echoed through the clearing. After several orgasms they both collapsed (more her than him, considering she was still laying above him) and sounds of pleasure gave way to soft snoring as the sun starting announce her appearance on the horizon by letting the first rays of sunlight through the thicket of trees.

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Waking up after a refreshing and desperately needed night (or rather morning) of sleep, Michael's eyes soon snapped open as he noticed a quiet sobbing on his side. Turning his head towards the sound, he spotted Nami, back in her human form, crying as she hugged herself and had herself turned away from him.

Trying to get up, he noticed that his legs were still bound to the floor of the tent, and that he therefore wasn't able to move them around much. Still, he managed to turn his upper body towards her and set a hand on her shoulder.

"Nami? Why are you crying? What happened?"

Just as when he he first entered her tent, she startled and slowly turned her tear-stained face towards him.

"W-what happened you ask? *sniff* Oh, I don't know, maybe I RAPED YOU?! Oh goddess, I'm... I'm so sorry. It's all because I forgot that damn medicine at home..."

"What are you talking about...?"

"I-I can't control my u-urges or my form at night... I need medicine to suppress them. But of course, the one night you sneak in my tent I forgot them at home..."

Nami started sobbing again, constantly whispering "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Oh goddess, I love you, I'm sorry..."

"So what I saw last night... that was your real... you? Your real body?"

"... Yes." After a short pause, she continued with a sad smile. "You probably hate me now. I was lying to you since the start of our relationship. I'm not someone you or your parents would approve of... with this disgusting spider body..."

While she wasn't able to look him in the eyes, merely casting her sad expression towards the floor of the tent, Michael was watching her intently. Not missing a beat, he shot back.

"Why would you say that?"

Twisting her head quickly towards him, she could only start stammering. "Wha- But-"

"No. No buts. You're not disgusting. As far as I can tell, you're still the same Nami I fell in love back then. While your... way of approaching was maybe a little... unusual, I don't see why you would beat yourself down like that. Please don't do that."

Halfway through Michael's words, Nami's tears started flowing again. "But... but I raped you. Bound you to the floor and had my way with you. Lied to you the entire time we were together-"

"Stop. Why do you assume that our relationship is already over? As I said before, in my opinion, you're still you. There's no way you just lied to me for the sake of it. That's not how you are. You must have had some other motive for that."

Casting a sad glance to the side again, Nami replied after a short pause.

"I... No... I guess you're right. I was so afraid of exactly this happening. Me losing control while you were close enough for my instincts to run wild. I... I was so afraid of hurting you... and losing you. I thought there was no way you'd forgive me if you found out after all this time."

Finally managing to break out of his sticky, white prison, Michael crept closer to Nami and started hugging her from the front.

"I don't see anything that needs to be forgiven. If anything, it felt amazing for me too. I still love you. You're still you for me. I'd be just as hurt as you if we were to break off this relationship."

Hearing these words, the tears starting flowing out of her eyes again, but this time they were tears of joy. "However, I have one condition."

Gasping, she backed up from the hug, so she could look him straight into his face. "Anything! Oh goddess, thank you. I'd do anything!"

Smiling at her sincere expression, Michael continued. "I want to see your real you again. No more hiding."

Nodding and motioning to him to back up a bit, her legs and lower body starting transforming into the spider-like limbs and the larger body he saw last night. Blushing and looking away after her transformation was complete she held her arms behind her back and waited for her boyfriends' reaction. Much to her delight, he didn't wait around long, came closer again and turned her face towards him.

"You're beautiful no matter the form you're in." he said, and before Nami could respond to it, he gave her the most loving kiss they've shared so far. Shedding a single tear of joy, she embraced him with all her limbs as he did the same. Even if it was just with his arms, as those were all he could move under her body-engulfing eight-limbed hug.

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