✔Snow White and the Seven Deadly Sins [Books 1&2]

QOS: TRES

Tick-tok... Tick-tok...

Snow White can faintly hear the sound of clocks. Hindi niya maiwasan ang mga alalang bumabalik sa kanya. Ang maliit niyang kulungan sa loob ng Clockwork Shop at ang isandaang orasang para bang nakamasid sa kanya mula sa mga pader. Vintage frames, polished wood, grosteque black hands. Snow could vividly remember the feeling of being watched by those creepy wallclocks with every passing second.

Tick-tok... Tick-tok...

Palakas nang palakas ang tunog. Para siyang hinahatak pabalik sa masikip at marumi niyang kulungan. Sa hindi malamang dahilan, Snow can feel the air escaping her lungs.

Namayani ulit ang takot sa kanyang dibdib.

Her deepest and darkest fear.

It was haunting her again.

"STOP! P-Please don't... NO!"

Napabalikwas ng bangon si Snow. Cold sweat dripped down the sides of her face like a river passing through a barren land. Nang mapagtanto niyang nasa loob pa rin siya ng kwarto niya sa mansyon, bahagyang kumalma ang dalaga. 'It was all just a dream.. imposibleng hindi ito---'

"Why woud you want me to stop, baby? I'm just getting to the climax."

Snow spun around, just in time to see Lust's mischievous smile. His naughtly eyes scanned her chest area. Suddenly, Snow was aware she was only wearing her nightgown. Isang masamang tingin ang ipinukol niya sa kasalanan.

"LUST! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING IN MY ROOM?! At bakit ka may hawak na...paintbrush?" Lalong naguluhan si Snow nang mapansin ang hawak ng prinsipe ng kamanyakan. She rubbed her eyes. Baka naman nananaginip pa rin siya?

Lust chuckled sexily and inched closer to her. He raised the paintbrush and smirked, "I thought it would be good to start a new hobby. Suportahan mo na lang ako, baby. Can't you see? For once in my sexually exciting life I'm being productive!"

"Mahirap paniwalaan---"

"Na may 'sexually exciting life' ako? Want a demonstration?" His eyes twinkled in delight.

She sighed, "---na nasa bokabularyo mo ang pagiging 'productive'. No offense, but even Sloth is more productive than you are."

Lust dramatically sighed, "Oh, baby! You're hurting me! At dahil sinaktan mo ako, can I get my good morning kiss now?"

Walang emosyong tinakpan ni Snow ang dibdib niya't sinipa ang kamay ni Lust na akmang hahaplusin na sana ang hita niya. 

'Hindi na talaga siya magbabago.'

Kaya't bago pa man siya mai-sexual assault ng prinsipe sa loob pa mismo ng kwarto niya, Snow White let her curiosity win. "Ano bang hobby ang sinasabi mo?"

Mukha namang na-distract si Lust sa tanong at buong pagmamalaking kinuha ang isang malaking canvass at color palette sa sahig.

"This hobby!"

Kamuntikan nang lumuwa ang mga mata ni Snow nang makita nang maigi canvass. Surprising enough, it was an oil painting. Vibrant colors professionally brushed against the expensive surface. Kamuntikan nang mapagkamalan ni Snow na ninakaw lang ito ni Lust sa mga art museum sa Eastwood kung hindi lang sa katotohanang kilala niya ang nakaguhit doon.

Kilalang-kilala.

"A-Ako 'yan...?"

Lust smiled innocently. His sharp eyes softened at her expression. Hindi na nagkumento si Snow na nakasuot lang ng boxer shorts ang kasalanan.

"Kapag nabo-bore ako noon sa mga babae at nagsasawa sa sex, I transform into a hot painter. Actually, the last time I did this, World War I was happening behind me." Lust laughed and wiggled his eyebrows, "Ang ipinipinta ko lang ay ang mga bagay na nagugustuhan ko. Consider yourself lucky, baby. Do you like it?"