Mr Tsaboo

Originally, I was a piece of candy. I vaguely remember being grape-flavored, and I had been forgotten somewhere. After being left there for an unknown amount of time, I gradually developed a consciousness of my own. I could hear the sounds around me and see the darkness surrounding me. One day, I suddenly felt my body becoming lighter. I began to... develop human-like qualities, and, as if I had unlocked an ability in a game, I gained the ability to float and move around. It seemed that I had become a tsukumogami, and I even acquired a human form. Anyway, although I had no idea why this had happened to me, now that I could finally leave the little corner where I had spent who-knows-how-long, of course I wanted to see what was out there! And so, I embarked on a journey to discover myself.

I thought for a long time about my nature and my most primitive desire. At my core, I was a piece of candy, and my most primitive desire was to be eaten or more accurately, to be licked. I longed for the sensation of slowly melting as a tongue licked me and covered me in saliva.

I began searching everywhere for a tongue that could captivate me. I realized that whenever I saw an animal lick its lips, my entire body would tingle. After seeing the tongues of all kinds of animals, I discovered that human tongues fascinated me the most. I also realized that summer was when my desires became the strongest. The high temperatures of the season caused the sugar on my body to slowly melt, just like beads of sweat, and every drop seemed to long to be licked. The more tongues I saw, the less satisfied I became with merely looking at them. I became increasingly certain that my deepest desire was to be licked.

So I started working part-time at ice cream shops on various beaches, all so I could search for that one uniquely perfect tongue whenever customers licked their ice cream. Then, one hot summer day, just as I was beginning to give up on finding the perfect tongue, a female customer with twin tails came in to buy a grape-flavored ice cream. As I handed the ice cream to her, I accidentally touched her hand. She shyly took the ice cream, and under the scorching sun, it began to melt slightly. A drop ran down the cone, and the twin-tailed customer hurriedly stuck out her tongue to catch the melting ice cream.

My heart was struck in an instant. I knew she was the person I had been searching for, and I stared at her in astonishment. When she noticed my expression, she suddenly blushed and lowered her head in embarrassment.

I thought to myself, “Oh no, this girl’s tongue is so beautiful!”

She thought to herself, “Oh no, he’s so handsome, but he saw me licking my ice cream! How embarrassing!”

This must be love at first sight!

After that, we became a couple. She often said that I gave off a sweet aroma and that smelling me made her want to eat me because she loved sweets. I would often conjure up candy for her out of thin air, buy ice cream for us to share, or feed her treats myself. Sometimes, I would even smear cream onto her lips. What I craved was the moment she stuck out her tongue. That single moment always left me completely captivated.

Until one day, she smeared ice cream onto my face and leaned closer to lick it off. With a mischievous smile, she said, “Huh? Why does it taste like grapes?”

At that moment, the desire I had been suppressing for so long was suddenly unleashed. I gathered my courage and moved my lips toward hers. She reached out with her tongue first, meeting mine, and our tongues intertwined.

“Is this what kissing is? Is this what being licked feels like?” I wondered.

We enjoyed the moment our tongues intertwined, but the longer we kissed, the hotter my mind became, as though my circuits were short-circuiting. My consciousness grew increasingly hazy... more and more hazy...

Until, right in front of her, I melted into a puddle of syrup.

The ice cream in her hand fell to the ground and melted together with me. Show more