Not in the way he expects her to.

Before she could cum, the two were interrupted by a beeping noise emanating from Pandora’s discarded clothes on the ground.

“- and I’m done.” Casually, Pandora suddenly stopped fucking Shuichi and pushed him away. Shuichi landed ass-first onto the ground, his dick still wet with Pandora’s juices, with a soft thud.

“Wait, what? What’s going on?” Shuichi asked, confused as Pandora turned off her timer and began to peel off the stickers on her face. “Did I do something wrong?”

“No, you just ran out of time is all,” Pandora replied. “I only got paid for two hours, after all.”

Shuichi felt his heart sink like cement shoes in a sea of darkness. “P-paid?”

“Oh, you mean you haven’t figured it out yet?” Pandora smiled wickedly as she pretended to be surprised. “Yes, I was paid, because I’m a sex worker! One of your friends at work felt sad that you’re too pathetic to get a girlfriend, so they hired me out of pity to make you feel better about yourself.”

“So… everything we just did together… every single moment… was a lie?” Shuichi’s voice was soft, but not because he was trying to be quiet. It felt like there was a massive weight on his chest, and he could barely breathe. He was praying that this really was a dream now, but despite his best efforts he couldn’t seem to wake up.

“Well, yeah, of course it was!” Pandora explained without remorse. “As if your pathetic dick could ever make a woman actually feel good!”

“Th-that’s not true…” Shuichi could feel tears start to form in his eyes as he argued on his knees. “I’ve had sex with women before, a-and they… liked it…”

“Are you sure about that, little boy? How do you know they all weren’t just like me?” Pandora asked mockingly. “I may have fessed up to you, but I wouldn’t have been surprised at all if this wasn’t the first time your friend hired a woman like me for you. And trust me, faking orgasms isn’t hard – it’s what we do.”

“No, that’s…“ Shuichi cut himself off as he felt a pit form in the middle of his stomach. He knew that what Pandora said didn’t make any sense, not even in the slightest. But he still had doubt, and that one irrational thought was enough to make him fall onto his hands. “Th-that can’t… it’s imp… no!” The tears were flowing freely now.

“You don't think I’m right? Wow, then I guess you’re even dumber than you look; and you look very, very dumb right now~” Pandora smirked as she stood over Shuichi. “Though, I really shouldn’t have expected much for intelligence from someone who trusted a woman named Pandora!”

“But… they can’t all be like that…” Shuichi sniffled. “N-not all of them at least…”

“Oh, it’s probably not just the women you fucked,” Pandora continued, getting even closer to Shuichi. “Everyone you think likes you probably only acts that way out of pity or money too. In fact, that’s probably why your parents sent you to a university that’s so far away; they wanted to get rid of you as soon as possible!”

“Why… why are you doing this to me?” The tears were flowing down Shuichi’s face freely now, causing the stickers that were still there to dampen and fall off.

“Because, Shuichi; I’m the Ultimate Despair~” Pandora explained, her face twisted into a manic grin. “And taking losers like you down a peg is what I do best!”

Pandora burst out laughing as Shuichi sobbed on the ground, feeling more pathetic and miserable by the second. He was about to run out of the stall right then and there, clothes or no clothes, when suddenly… he began to remember.

He remembered Maki showed him that shed from her childhood even though she didn’t have to. He remembered how happy Komaru was to have sex with him, the way Kaito pat him on the back, how Kirumi made him that coffee when she didn’t have to, and the way Kae smiled so sweetly whenever he made her laugh.

“I… I don’t believe you,” Shuichi whispered, the tears slowing.

Pandora stopped laughing. “What was that?”

“I s-said, I don’t believe you.” Shuichi began to stand back up, wiping the snot and tears from his face. “I know my friends like me… a-and so do the other women I’ve been with too.”

“Yeah, but you thought the same thing about me just a minute ago, didn’t you?” Pandora’s face twisted into a snarl of annoyance. “How can you be so sure about everyone else too? How can you tell the difference between what’s truth and what’s fiction?”

“Well… I guess maybe I can’t. But even if everything I did with them was a lie, even if none of them liked me in even the slightest… I still wouldn’t regret the time we spent together.” Wiping his face one last time, Shuichi smiled and looked the blonde escort right in the eye. “And to be honest, Pandora, I don’t regret spending time with you either. You can be pretty fun to be around when you want.”

“…” Pandora paused with a stunned look on her face for a few moments before recoiling like she had just found a rat in her food. “Augh!? Oh my god… that has got to be the most saccharine, bullshit hopey thing I’ve ever heard! Just thinking about it makes my head want to explode!”

Pandora grunted angrily and began to pull violently at her hair, causing Shuichi to recoil in fear.

“I… I… I… I love it!” Within an instant, Pandora’s mood switched back to kind and friendly. “Say, do you want to go out on a date for real sometime?”

“Wait… what?” Shuichi lowered his hands from their protective position in front of his face. “Weren’t you angry at me a moment ago?”

“Yeah, and I still am, but I’ve got to admit that your disgusting hope fills me with so much despair that it’s kind of a turn on,” she casually explained.

“But, what makes you think that I’d want to go on a date with you after all this?” Shuichi asked, still taken aback. “It could just be a trap to build me up and tear me down again.”

“Oh, it definitely could be, but does that really matter?” Pandora shot Shuichi a mischievous grin. “You said it yourself; it doesn’t matter if its fake as long as you have a good time, right?”

“Oh… I guess I did say that didn’t I?” Shuichi began to think that maybe he should have thought that little speech out more. “I’d still rather spend time with someone else, though.”

“Really? You’re still having trouble trusting me, even after I put an alien sticker on you?” Pandora began to sob even harder than Shuichi had been a moment ago. “How could you, Shuichi? You’re breaking my heart! Whaaaaooh well.” And just as soon as the crying started, it had stopped without even smudging her mascara. “I know you won’t resist the chance to feel my warm fabric around you again forever.”

Pandora then snapped her fingers and the door to the room flew open, revealing a woman with black hair, a plain white shirt, freckles, and plain black pants.

“Are you ready to go now, Pandora?” the new woman asked stoically while Shuichi hurriedly covered himself with his discarded shirt.

“Yeah, just let me clean myself up a little and get my clothes back on,” Pandora replied before doing just that.

“W-wait, hold on a second!” Shuichi pointed towards the new girl. “Who’s that!?”

“Oh, this is just my sister, Geneva, the Ultimate Soldier,” Pandora explained like a schoolteacher speaking to a child. “She’s a sex worker too, but she mostly just models for me and helps keep me safe when I’m working. She’s also great for keeping people away from your hiding spot when you’re trying to have sex!”

“So… does that mean you were watching me have sex with your sister this whole time!?” Shuichi gasped.

“No, of course not,” Geneva replied. “I was only listening.”

“S-still!” Shuichi blushed, his dick throbbing back to life again at the thought of being spied on.

“Alright, I’m ready to go, sis!” Pandora said as she slipped on her panties and brushed off her skirt. She then took out a small chard with her phone number on it and handed it to Shuichi. “Here you go; for when you want to spend some more time with the real me~” She made her way towards the door but paused right as she was about to leave. “Oh, and one more thing, Shuichi.”

“Yeah?” Shuichi asked.

“Sorry I didn’t let you finish, but it’s probably for the best. Remember earlier when I said I was on birth control?” Pandora smiled wickedly again. “I lied about that too~”

Shuichi’s heart skipped a beat before adrenaline shot through his body. His dick throbbed one more time before spraying it began to spray his thick jizz all over the back of the shirt he was using to keep himself decent. He couldn’t help but moan as the powerful orgasm shook his body to its core.

“Pahaha! Wow, you actually believed me just now!? God, you really are an idiot. Lucky for you, you’ve got your other clothes.” Pandora laughed hysterically before turning around to leave once more. “Goodbye for now, my little Elpis~”

“Goodbye as well, Mr. Saihara.” Geneva bowed respectfully and turned to leave as well.

“W-wait, hold on!” Shuichi called out at the last second.

“Hm?” Geneva stopped and turned back. “What is it?”

“I’m sorry, it’s just… uh… are you okay?” Shuichi asked, concerned. “I don’t mean to be rude or anything, but your sister seems like a… handful to live with.”

“She doesn’t **** me, if that’s what you’re asking,” Geneva replied, cutting to the chase like a knife to a trachea. “I know my sister’s definition of fun can seem a bit odd, but she really isn’t as bad of a person as she seems. Despair really does bring her joy, so she just tries to make other people happy by spreading that despair.”

“Uh… how does that make any sense?” Shuichi asked.

“The same way that people like horror movies or roller coasters. The adrenaline is addictive,” Geneva explained. “And if she was so determined to make you feel despair today, that means she must have really liked you even from the start.”

“W-what!? Y-you’re joking, right?” Shuichi asked, though Geneva didn’t break into a smile for even an instant.

“Hey, Geneva! Let’s get a move on already!” Pandora called from out in the store.

“I’ll be right there.” Geneva moved to leave but hesitated at the door. “… thanks for asking about me, by the way.”

With that, Mukuro left Shuichi and walked out to the parking lot, where she found her sister sitting behind the wheel of her black car playing loud music.

“I don’t remember giving you my keys,” Mukuro observed.

“You didn’t; you were taking too long, so I picked the lock and hotwired the car,” Junko replied, her voice suave like a super spy’s. “It was child’s play, really.”

“And yet you still don’t have a driver’s license,” Mukuro said as she scooted her sister out of the driver’s seat.

“Hmph! You always have to rub that in, don’t you?” Junko huffed, arms crossed.

“I’m simply stating the truth,” Mukuro replied. “So, what do we have on the agenda for the rest of the night?”

“Well, I’m probably just going to watch that new ghost flick that just came out… and then mayor’s paying me to step on him around midnight,” Junko replied, counting 2 on her fingers.

“So, a normal Monday night then?” Mukuro asked.

“Yep!” Junko smiled again. “Do you think our little sis managed to actually finish making dinner this time?”

“I think she wrote enough notes to herself to remember,” Mukuro replied. “But I suppose we’ll find out when we get back home.”

“Oooh, such drama! How will this thrilling saga come to an end?” Junko rubbed her hands together as she did her best announcer voice. “Well then, onward to the thrilling conclusion!”

Back inside the mall, Shuichi had just finished putting his old clothes back on when he received a text from Maki on his phone.

“Hey, are we still on for working out together tonight?” her message read.

“Yeah, of course,” Shuichi texted back before adding “I could really use something simple to take my mind off things.”

“Long day?” she asked.

“I guess you could say that…”