She can come with me

"Only if you promise not to tease me." I replied, blushing slightly.

She leaned on my shoulder and held my hand. "I won't. I know how hard this situation is for you, Ed."

I patted her head and smiled. "Thanks."

We spent a bit of time playing more of Tekken. This time, now that I was fighting the real Claire, it was far harder for me to win. I improved a lot since my high-school days, but she could still beat me most of the time. Then, we went to sleep. I was anxious and cold, but managed to drift off despite that.

The next day, Claire and I got ready. We hung out more during the morning, watched some shows, and then, when it was time, we both walked to Dahlia's apartment. I was growing increasingly nervous as we got closer, but the excitement of my skinwalker side was balancing things out.

I can't believe I'm going to be Laura again...

I still had Dahlia's spare key so I let ourselves in after knocking on the door.

"We're here, Dahlia."

"Ah, give me a moment, Ed!" we heard coming from one of the bedrooms.

I led Claire to the living room and we sat on the couch in the meantime. She was observing the decorations and I did the same; last time I was here, I wasn't in the right state of mind to pay attention. Dahlia had a variety of potted plants scattered around the house, plants that she seemed to take great care of. She also had a fairly nice TV and I even spotted a Switch dock next to it, with about a dozen games underneath, neatly organized on the TV stand's shelf.

Huh, so she does play some games at least.

"Sorry for the wait, I didn't expect you so soon. Oh, and hi Claire." Dahlia greeted us with a warm smile.

She was wearing a tracksuit and her hair was messier than usual. I noticed some dirt on her clothes. She also seemed tired, as she was breathing more heavily and was washing off some sweat on her forehead.

"I was busy doing some organizing, especially if you move in with me soon. I have a spare bedroom that I've been using to grow more plants, so I've slowly been moving them somewhere else."

"Would you like us to help? I imagine that some of those must be pretty heavy?" I offered, smiling back at her.

"I'll gladly take you up on your offer. We still have about an hour before Laura should arrive anyway."

And so, we spent some time helping Dahlia move her bigger plant pots in the living room and the entrance. I was surprised by how many of those she had. She really loved plants, apparently, something I didn't expect from her.

After some time, the sound of a text message interrupted us. I gulped, knowing what it most likely meant.

"Laura is here." Dahlia announced, confirming my fears.

Knowing that Claire would see me skin her was making me so much more anxious than even the first time I did it.

"Go hide in the kitchen, Ed, we'll do it like last time. Claire, just act natural, alright? What is going to happen might surprise and scare you, but Laura will be fine."

Claire nodded while I went to hide, waiting.

"Hi Laura!" I heard Dahlia say as she opened the front door.

"Hey Dahl." the familiar husky voice replied as they got closer.

"This is Claire, a friend."

"Ah, Ed's sister, right?"

"Y-Yes. Nice to meet you, Laura." Claire nervously answered.

The three of them started to chat, Laura asking Claire about what she was doing in life. I slowly crept up on her, spines ready, my skinwalker side hungrily encouraging me. It was such a stressful situation with Claire here...

I swallowed and plunged my spines into Laura's neck, making Claire gasp in surprise alongside Laura's yelp of pain. She may have been told how the process worked, but she never saw it in action until now. I was closing my eyes the entire time, unable to face Claire while I was absorbing Laura's soul.

Finally, I felt her soul comfortably resting inside me. I opened my eyes and took a long breath to calm myself down before looking at Claire. She was in shock, observing Laura's deflated skin.

"Are you okay, Claire? Dahlia told you it'd be freaky..." I asked her, worried.

"It's so crazy... You're... really going to wear her?" she wondered as she held Laura's deflated arm.

I shyly nodded. "Y-yeah... I'll, huh, go do that in the bathroom. I'll be right back." I said as I grabbed Laura's skin and clothes.

Claire nodded back, but I could easily see that she was still stunned by what happened. Not that I didn't understand her, the process was extremely disturbing to witness. I quickly went to the bathroom and locked the door behind me.

I observed Laura's deflated skin in my hands, the urge to burrow inside coming back in full **** now that I wasn't repressing my desires as strongly as I did before.

Sorry, Laura, I didn't want to do this to you again. I'll be careful with your body while I'm borrowing it.

I stripped, opened her back, and started the process again, sliding my legs inside hers. They quickly became mine, the skin almost hungrily attaching itself to me. I breathed in and out a few times before getting to the next step; I knew what would happen this time but it didn't make me dread it any less. I pulled her skin up to the stomach and almost immediately felt the **** pressure flaring up, my penis reverting back deep within me, and, in its stead, Laura's womb and vagina replacing it...

I grit my teeth, leaning against the door, trying my best to not fall despite how intense this process was.

"Fuck..."

I pressed my hand against my lower abdomen, it was warming up already, my new vagina getting wet as arousal was building up within me...

I need... to finish it..

I continued, putting my arms along hers, getting Laura's B breasts sitting on top of my chest, perking up due to my increased horniness, until it was time to stuff my head inside hers. The overwhelming pressure was back, my vision whitening out for a moment as I felt her skin tightening all around me, and her memories and personality flowing into my mind yet again.

When I opened my eyes, a sense of relief washed over my whole body, as if I was back where I belonged. The depression, the cold, it was like all the bad things I had been through vanished instantly as soon as I wore her. I looked down, seeing Laura's naked figure. My figure for the time being. Everything felt so natural, especially now that I wasn't constantly fighting my instincts anymore.

I tried to ignore my arousal and dressed. I didn't want to do anything bad in Laura's skin, and definitely not here and not now. This time, Laura wore a pair of denim shorts with a punk t-shirt and a pair of sneakers. Her underwear were fairly basic, consisting of a sports bra and panties. I looked into the mirror and smiled; for some reason, it felt so satisfying to see Laura's tomboyish reflection and knowing it was in fact mine.

Although, I quickly became apprehensive again when I remembered that Claire was here...

After making sure that everything was fine, I opened the door and walked back to the living room, Dahlia and Claire facing me as soon as I stepped in.

"E-Ed?" Claire timidly asked.

I sat next to her but looked away, blushing and rubbing my legs together. "Y-yeah... It's me..."

"Wow..." she leaned closer, observing me in details. "You... really completely became her..."

"I did, yes..."

Claire and I didn't speak more, I was just staring at my legs, not wanting to meet her gaze. Laura's legs were so smooth compared to mine. She was a tomboy, but she still took great care of shaving them regularly.

"Be honest, Eddy, how do you feel right now?" Dahlia asked, standing in front of me.

I didn't see the point in lying this time, she already perfectly knew how I felt anyway.

"I'm feeling... good..." I sheepishly replied, clenching my fists tightly.

Part of me was still ashamed of these feelings, especially with Claire present. Despite what she said, I was still so afraid of her judging me, of her hating me... But she just leaned on my shoulder and took my hand in hers.

"It's fine, Ed... You're allowed to feel this way... I love you..."

I smiled weakly. "Thanks."

Dahlia switched on the TV and took out three game controllers from a drawer. "Want to play some Mario Kart?"

I saw what she was trying to do. She was trying to ease the tense atmosphere by changing the subject. But I wasn't against it.

"Yeah, it sounds good." I replied as I grabbed the controller she was handing me.

Claire did the same, smiling at me and giggling. "It's been a while since we've last played Mario Kart together. We used to play it so much when we were kids."

Dahlia clapped her hands. "Perfect, then~" She sat next to us and booted up the game. "Let's see how you both fare against me."

During the character selection, I felt drawned towards picking Wario, so I did just that. Dahlia picked Daisy, unsurprisingly, and Claire picked a character she often used before, Luigi.

The first race started, Dahlia and I going ahead pretty fast while Claire was struggling a bit with the controls. She was a quick learner, so I wasn't worried, though.

It was a tough race between me and Dahlia, but I could somehow predict some of her actions and used that to my advantage to secure a win. In the end, I finished first, Dahlia second, and Claire fourth.

Dahlia smiled at me. "Making good use of your new skills, huh?"

I tilted my head in confusion.

"You didn't notice? The character you picked, the way you analysed how I played and countered it... It was exactly like Laura's. She and I played this game a lot, both here and at college during breaks."

"Huh..." I paused.

I was so focused on the game that I actually didn't realize that until she pointed it out. Again, it seemed so natural for me to pick Wario and play like I did... But now that I was thinking about it, I could see all the memories of Laura and Dahlia playing Mario Kart together, a few times even during a lecture hiding at the back of the lecture hall.

Claire poked my arm playfully. "You cheater! That's unfair, I want to get good at a game so fast too!"

"That's not the only thing he should now be good at." Dahlia said as she stood up and went towards the entrance.

"What are you doing?" Claire asked.

She didn't need an answer as Dahlia shortly returned with a skateboard in hand.

"That's yours, Laura. You came here on it, right?"

"A skateboard? Wait, I can... use it?" I wondered.

I never rode a skateboard before, but when my eyes landed on it, I felt like I could do awesome tricks with it.

"Yup. You're even a pro at it."

Indeed, I saw flashes of Laura's memories, learning how to use a skateboard, playing mainly with guys, and even entering a few small competitions in the region more recently. It was making me excited to ride it on the way back to Laura's dorm.

"These powers are even freakier than I thought..." I spoke out loud.

Dahlia shrugged as she handed me my skateboard. "I mean, it's part of the skinwalker package. You can't properly replace someone without their skills and knowledge, after all."

"Makes sense." I said as I examined the board.

There were some stickers Laura put underneath, and it had a cool blue flame design on top. I could recall Laura wanting it so badly when she saw it in store and Dahlia lending her some money to buy it. She was so ecstatic afterwards. Remembering that made me feel warm.

I smiled at Dahlia. "She really loves your gift, you know?"

"I know." she simply said, smiling back at me.

I put down the skateboard and we got back to playing a few rounds of Mario Kart. I was feeling so much better, all the anxiety I had gone as I saw Claire giggling and smiling like usual, as if nothing had changed.