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Finding a host
🕑 Added 2024-08-20 17:09:20 +0000 UTCYawning, you rub your weary eyes and continue to walk down the dimly lit park to get back home as the sun starts to set behind the trees. Glancing at your phone, you briefly wonder what you’ll have for dinner later, but you stop in your tracks after hearing a nearby bush rustling. “Wha…” you mumble with slight curiosity and hesitation as you peer into the dark undergrowth half expecting a tiny animal to jump out and scamper away. Slowly moving closer for a better look, the leaves continue to shake with activity before abruptly stopping and a dark puddle ooze out onto the soil.
Confused, you lean down and reach for your phone’s torch to see it clearer as a strange buzzing sound starts to emanate from it. “Whaaa… ommphh” you gasp in surprise as the mysterious substance suddenly launches itself towards your face. Before you can react, your vision blacks out as the dark liquid covers your eyes and quickly stretches itself over your face. Initially feeling cold, the sticky sludge starts to feel increasingly warm as it covers your ears until you can’t hear anything at all. “Huh… heel—aaahh” you shout, but the moment you open your mouth, the substance rushes inside and forces its way down your throat, making you gag.
Arms flailing in a panic, you try to tear the strange substance off your face, but it remains wrapped around your head without budging. “Gaah… mmphh” you gurgle breathlessly as you feel the warm slime pushing itself up your nostrils and into your ears as if it has a life of its own. Unable to breathe, you start to feel increasingly nauseous and numb before collapsing unconsciously onto the ground as the last trace of slime slips into your agape mouth.
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“We found another one… about 30 minutes ago” Professor Shaw says as he inspects data on the computer screens. Gathered in a small and clean white lab room, a few other scientists in matching white lab coats await orders for the newly acquired specimen in the room next door. Through the camera recording, Professor Shaw watches a nude man lie unconsciously on a bed surrounded by typical furnishing of a bedroom. “Ah… he’s waking up” the experienced scientists mumbles with slight excitement as he begins to take notes on his creased notepad.
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“Wha… where am I…?” you mumble wearily as you squint from the bright ceiling lights shining into your blurry eyes. Slowly sitting upright, you look around and realize that you’re in the middle of an unfamiliar bedroom too furnished to be a hotel. Furrowing your brows in thought, you try to remember the last thing that happened and only remember suffocating at the local park from an unknown substance. “Oh shit!” you splutter in a panic as you touch your face and look at your body for any signs of the slime again only to realize that you’re completely naked.
Your fear slowly turns to curiosity as you explore the bedroom and notice a huge mirror facing the bed you were on. “Hello?” you ask as you try to leave the room only to find out that the door is locked, and the bedroom feels increasingly abnormal without any photos or personal belongings. “Hello? Anyone?” you ask repeatedly as you hammer on the door, but no one answers for a while.
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“So… the alien is inside him?!” Chen asks in disbelief as he continues to observe the naked man wander around the room and knock on the door. Everything seems completely normal, and he starts to wonder if they picked up the right person off the ground based on Professor Shaw’s orders.
“Yes, the species are only female, and they merge with other host organisms to find adequate male seed to fuel their reproduction” Professor Shaw says to the new intern on the team as he explains months of research he conducted and observed. Glancing at a few screens displaying the test subject heart rate and body temperature, he notices it slightly increasing as the other scientists records the data eagerly. “At this stage, the alien would’ve fully integrated itself with its host and resistance would be pointless” he says flatly, pointing at the video recording of the man starting to twitch uncomfortably on the bed.
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“Ah… what the fuck?” you mumble in confusion as you look down at yourself and notice yourself sweating profusely with a slight headache like you caught a flu. Grimacing in pain, you feel the cells in your body trying to fight off the infection as something squirms inside you, making you jump up in a panic. Hammering on the door for help, your body spasms as you feel something creep up your neck and into your brain, making your eyes roll back from the sensations. “It… It’s inside me… get it out!” you splutter, clutching your head in horror, expecting it to explode like in the movies.
Instead, you suddenly feel weak, and you slump to the ground with your eyes glazed as your mind becomes foggy. Everything in your mind feels strangely normal but slow like it takes extra effort to think properly and remember things. “What did it do to me…” you mumble in a daze, trying to identify any injuries or changes to yourself, as you disregard a fleeting thought in your head. Sitting on the bed to think properly and devise a plan to escape, the uncomfortable silence in the fake looking bedroom makes your head throb. The once faint and absurd thought start to repeat itself and become louder in your head with every passing minute despite trying to ignore it. “B-breed…” you mutter unconsciously as you wonder if you’ll ever see your friends again.
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“D-did he say breed?!” Chen asks in surprise, seeing the test subject sit motionless on the bed deep in thought. Still doubtful about the existence of aliens, he wonders if the man was just drugged and hallucinating things despite looking completely normal. “This is just bullshi---” Chen chuckles awkwardly, but the other scientists glare at him angrily.
“Stand in front of the glass” Professor Shaw snaps back angrily, pointing at a pane of glass acting as a two-way mirror for the man in the fake bedroom. Intimidated by the outburst, Chen begrudgingly walks to the glass and stares at the test subject inside completely oblivious to him only a few feet away. “Like I said… to reproduce, the alien would find the best way to obtain large amounts of male seed from other species to fertilize their eggs” Professor Shaw says as he reads off his notes.
“And how would they do that?” Chen replies mockingly, not believing a word about aliens anymore.
“Becoming their prey’s ideal partner” Professor Shaw replies with a smirk as he presses a button and two-way mirror flickers before reverting into a normal glass window. The Asian intern scientist gasps and stumbles back in shock, but it’s too late as a gate closes around him and locks him in front of the clear window.
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Hearing a buzz, it breaks your train of thought as you look up to see the mirror in the bedroom flicker before becoming transparent to reveal an Asian man in a white lab coat with a surprised expression. Within a split second, your gaze meets, and you find yourself staring intensely into his brown eyes almost hypnotically. Voices you can only presume to be his starts to fill your mind as you remain transfixed and begin to hear his deepest thoughts and desires, causing your body to tingle. “Y-yes… Breed...” you growl inhumanly without realizing as your stomach gurgles and you find yourself starting to drool. After a few seconds, you blink and look away, but the foreign thoughts and voices remain in your head and slowly becomes louder every time you glance at him. Looking down to see yourself completely drenched in sweat, you quickly tear off your clothes to cool down only to see all your bodily hair plucked away, leaving your skin smooth and sensitive with a creamy hue.
“Wha… what the fuck?! Who are you?” you splutter at the man on the other side of the window, but your head throbs and you arch your back sharply in pain. Sounds of bone popping fills the room as your spine cracks curvier and shorter into a new posture forcing your chest forward. Stumbling off the bed, you rush towards the door and signal to the Asian scientist to open it, but your feet crunch a few sizes smaller with dainty pedicured toes suitable for high heels. “Chen… o-open it” you blurt out, despite not knowing at all.
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“Huh?” Chen gasps to himself, wondering how the stranger knows his name despite waking up mere minutes ago. Clutching his head, he feels a little nauseous after staring into the man’s eyes as if an invisible hand dipped into his brain for a few seconds. Ignoring the dizziness, he notices the test subject stumble as their calves cramp up and become slimmer while their thighs start to pulsate uncontrollably. “The door’s locked” Chen shouts helplessly from his side of the glass as the man staggers to the window to face each other.
“I… I’ll find a way to help you” Chen stammers, placing his hand on the glass to show that he cares as he looks for a way to unlock the door.
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Seeing the scientist place his hand on the glass, you suddenly feel the urge to do the same with the need to grow closer towards him. Aligning your palm and fingers with him, memories of going to nail salons for manicures and holding his hand form in your mind. “What the…” you gasp in confusion as your hand spasms uncontrollably and crunches smaller with slender fingers and glossy nails. The changes speed up your arms as your wrists become narrower and your biceps melt into a thin layer of fat around your fragile limbs. Staring at your feminine hands in disbelief, you feel much weaker than before after becoming a few inches shorter. “Wha… what’s happening to me?!” you shout at the bewildered scientist, showing him your hands, but you feel a strange sensation in your thighs.
“Ohhh… god…” you groan as you feel your skin tightening from the influx of fat flooding into your thighs. Your entire petite body trembles from the sudden changes as you touch your thighs only to flinch back in shock from your slender fingers brushing along your sensitive skin. Squeezing your thighs, you feel fat continuing to pulsate into them as they grow thicker than your own head and become orgasmic sensitive down the soft insides. “Nmph… fuuckk...” you grimace in pain as an image of a curvaceous woman flashes in your mind. As if in cue, your hips finally crack wider with a bone splintering snap int child-bearing proportions to match your increasingly larger lower body.
Glancing up with beads of sweat pouring down your forehead, you see the Asian scientist staring at you with a horrified expression, but you feel strangely connected to him. Gazing into his eyes again, you can almost hear his thoughts as a clearer picture of a woman forms in your mind and a smile twitch on the corner of your lip. “A-Aria…” you wheeze breathlessly as your diaphragm and ribs contracts rapidly to match your smaller frame.
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“What?” Chen splutters in confusion as he watches the man struggle against the changes spreading through his body. Hearing the test subject utter his girlfriend’s name only freaks him out even more as his head still throbs from staring into the man’s eyes recently. Nothing seems to make sense as he notices the man’s stomach progressively becoming flatter and toned while his waist sucks in to create an hourglass figure he secretly ogles at the local gym. “Prof—Professor Shaw… You need to help him!” Chen shouts at the other scientists chuckling at his reaction.
“Oh, it’s too late for that…” Professor Shaw replies calmly with a smirk as he flips through his scientific notes without batting an eye. The monitors displaying the test subject’s health conditions start to beep louder and warning lights start to flash. Other scientists eagerly take notes and records the data before murmuring among themselves about an ideal girl for the Asian intern. “I suggest that you avoid looking into the test subject’s eye” Professor Shaw says bluntly without emotion.
“Why does that matt--- what the fuck?!” Chen screams in horror and stumbles back as he glances back at the man in the room with his face twisting and contorting like clay.
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Flinching from the scientist’s abrupt reaction upon glancing at your face, you touch it in confusion only for your blood to run cold in fear as you feel the bone and contours shift underneath your skin. “My… My face!” you scream in a panic from the numbness spreading as you don’t feel the pain of your jawline softening and cheekbones popping higher to form a rounder and more feminine complexion. Sneezing, your nose crunches narrower into a cute button nose while a layer of make-up slowly forms over your smoothening and sensitive facial skin. “S-someone… h-help!” you shout, hearing your voice cracking higher into a cute and girly feminine tone with a developing Japanese accent. Covering your mouth in shock, your lips plump up with pink lipstick while your neck becomes slimmer without your Adams apple.
Blinking your eyes from the sudden blurry vision, they quickly widen into a slanted almond complexion with dark irises reflecting your evolving Japanese ethnicity. Squinting through the tears stuck onto your long eyelashes, you see the Asian scientist staring at you with his jaw hanging open in disbelief. “Aria… babe? Is that you?!” Chen splutters from his side of the glass as he recognizes your feminine Asian face and girly voice. Scratching your itchy scalp, your short hair rapidly grows down to your lower body, turning jet black and silky smooth with a fringe over your forehead.
Hearing her name, you instantly realize that she is his girlfriend as memories of them dating and holding hands fill your mind. To your surprise, emotions of intense anger and envy rushes through your mind as you develop the urge to become better than her and win the scientist’s love. “M-must… be selected…” you groan in a daze as your mind spins uncontrollably and fragments of Chen’s private thoughts fill your head.
“C-Chen… Chen…” you slur, hearing your Japanese accent becoming thicker as your cute feminine voice develops into a sultry purr. Licking your lips, your tongue grows a little longer and more flexible while your lips rapidly plump up into pillowy cock sleeves to perfectly seal in his dick. Your eyes roll back as you hear his deepest desires echo through your mind and you allow your body to match his every fantasy. “H-How… me… look?” you ask with a thick broken English accent as it becomes increasingly harder to think in English with Japanese vocabulary flooding your mind.
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“Y-you look… better” Chen admits shamefully, feeling guilty of ogling a sexier version of his girlfriend. He loved Aria for years and was planning on proposing to her soon, but the Asian girl standing in front of him is like the ideal girlfriend he secretly wanted. Her cute fuckable lips would guarantee the perfect blowjob every morning as part of his secret fantasies. On top of that, he always wanted his girlfriend to know more Japanese to live with him in Tokyo and raise a family, and the girl in front of him seems more proficient. “I… um… w-who are you?” Chen stammers in shock, trying to avoid staring at her, but she’s just too perfect for him not to.
“I… name… Aiko” the girl replies slightly hesitantly with a cute smile spreading across her lips. Hearing her angelic voice, Chen’s heart beats faster and he looks down to see a boner forming in his pants from the wave of arousal. Fluttering her long eyelashes, Aiko’s personality shifts into a shyer and submissive tone just like what Chen always wanted as she slowly approaches the glass. “私を愛していますか [do you love me]?” she asks timidly as her face becomes smother without any blemishes and slightly shifts rounder.
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Gazing at Chen with your wide slanted eyes, you feel your face tingle slightly as it changes into his ideal girlfriend. You can’t believe you blurted out a Japanese name seconds ago, but it feels so natural to say in your fluent Japanese. You can still remember your old name, but Aiko feels more suitable for your current body as you succumb to the urge to charm and flirt with Chen at all costs. “M-Maybe… you… riiike this?” you slur seductively as you feel your ass cheeks starting to vibrate with activity from the scientist’s memory of playfully groping his girlfriend’s ass at times. Biting your plump lower lip and arching your back sharply, you feel your ass rapidly inflating with fat to fill the wide space provided by your thick hips. Morning softly, you turn around to show off your bubble butt protruding from behind supported by your juicy thighs as you can read his mind imagining spreading your ass cheeks apart before fucking you raw.
“N-No… No… I won’t cheat on Aria” Chen stammers from the other side of the glass as he shakes his head to clear his thoughts and look away from your hypnotic doe-like eyes. Hearing his rejection, anger and jealousy fills your mind as the thought of losing to a mere human for Chen feels so insulting. Fear and confusion from the changes no longer remain in your mind as you succumb to the sole desire to win the scientist’s heart.
Grunting, you feel the bones in your broad shoulder crunch narrower into a rounder and smaller frame with sharp collarbones around your slender neck. A shiver runs through your petite body as you notice your smooth skin develop an oriental hue while your nipples harden, and your areolas darken. “Me… better than… Aria…” you mumble with envy as you picture her modest breasts from Chen’s memories. Your chest pulsates with energy and reacts accordingly as you feel rolls of fat slowly move under your breasts as they perk up into budding A-cups. Breathing heavily, you feel your tender chest tingle from all the fat accumulating in your breasts as they push out into identical B-cups as Chen’s girlfriend. “私を見て [look at me]” you coo in fluent Japanese as you show off your breasts to the Asian scientist.
Surprised by your sultry and angelic voice, Chen accidentally gazes into your eyes again and feels his mind being pry open for information. A sheepish smile spreads across your face as you read his fantasies and desires and feel your breasts tingle with activity. Moaning softly, your eyes roll back with pleasure as more fat immediately floods into your breasts, causing them to balloon into round C-cups within seconds. “Mmphh… you like?” you ask with a smirk, feeling your skin stretch to contain the influx of mammary fat as you cup your tits in your hands and squeeze them in front of Chen. Knowing his secret fetish for big titties, you grope them in front of him, feeling their weight and softness as your slender fingers sink into the flesh. Compared to Aria’s small breasts, you’re practically irresistible to him, meeting every fetish and preferences as his perfect girlfriend. To prove a point, you shiver as your tits finally swell into round E-cups hanging from your chest like udders jiggling from every movement. “Want to play… with them?” you slur teasingly, pressing your heavy breasts together to form a deeper cleavage under your chin.
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“I… um… uh…” Chen stammers as he ogles the petite Japanese girl’s breasts begging to be groped. Unable to hide his raging boner, the bulge protrudes from his white lab coat as he starts to imaging a life with his ideal girlfriend standing in front of him. “T-This is so… w-wrong…” Chen mumbles hesitantly with his face blushing with arousal, but his heart races with excitement.
He notices Aiko’s eyes glaze as she notices the bulge in his pants and starts to breathe heavily too. Attracted to her busty body and shy personality, he shuffles closer towards the window to have a better look at her as she does the same. Her cute Asian face is perfect while her huge breasts and wide hips matches the thought of his ideal girlfriend he’ll be fucking every night in bed and raising a family with. “This is… impossible…” Chen mumbles in disbelief, standing only a few feet away from the girl of his dreams.
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As you look through the glass at Chen, you can feel his arousal and lust as it starts to turn you on even more. Biting your lower lip, you look down to see your dick painfully erect dripping with pre-cum as your body twitches with primal sexual urges unlocked in your mind. Instinctively stroking your dick shamelessly to release the tension, the thought of holding and playing with thick girthy cocks no longer disgusts you. “Mmpph… ahhh…” you squeal in a girly tone as your dainty feminine fingers slide along your shaft until you blow your load all over the floor. Within seconds, the salty stench of your cum becomes intoxicating and you start to drool from the thought of it deep inside you. Moaning, you feel all your cum get pumped out as your empty and shrunken balls slurp into your crotch before reforming into a pair of fertile ovaries pumping estrogen throughout your body.
“Mmm... children…” you slur as your human ovaries suddenly shift and swell larger into a foreign set of organs filled with thousands of eggs within your crotch ready to be fertilized. Intense sexual urges and the developing obsession for Chen’s dick in your mind overrides any confusion and fear of your transforming body. Too horny to care, you giggle playfully as you stroke your shrinking cock until it inverts into your crotch and leaves a tight slit in its place. Feeling weak from all the sensations, you sit on the bed as pink and moist flaps push out from your pussy lips. “Haah… me… so… horny…” you wheeze breathlessly, as you spread your legs apart to reveal your shaven and tight pussy to Chen. Your insides gurgle as your vagina deepens to become the perfect size for Chen’s cock while the tip of your dick shifts into a trembling clitoris. Your mind feels so empty, and you cannot think logically, as you act mindlessly on your burning sexual urges. “がまんできない [I can’t wait any longer]” you coo in fluent Japanese as you start to rub your pussy lips with your fingers.
As if on cue, the bedroom door buzzes and you hear the lock click signalling an opportunity to escape, but you orgasm for the first time as a woman. Instead, you notice the door swing open with Chen standing at the entrance with a huge boner. You suddenly feel nauseous from the intense urge to procreate with him repeating in your mind as your crotch heats up. Overcome with arousal, you rush up to the Asian man and tear off his clothes to reveal his throbbing boner. “Give me… cum” you slur as you eagerly stroke his dick with your hands, but your pussy becomes unbearably hungry to filled.
Pushing Chen to the ground, you hastily straddle him between your thick thighs as he gazes at your perfect face in admiration. His erect cock pulsates against your belly as you inch closer and rub your moist pussy slit along the base of his balls playfully. Acting on your uninhibited desires, you lower yourself onto his huge dick, feeling your tight pussy lips spread apart. “Ahhnn… mmmm” you moan loudly as you continue to impale yourself onto his cock and feel it slide deeper into you. Your moist pussy lubricates his cock with juices while you feel his stiff veiny dick grind against your clitoris, making your petite body shiver with pleasure. Aching your back, you start to gyrate your hips and slowly bounce on his cock, feeling his shaft slide in and out of your pussy as your warm vaginal walls clench his dick for more. “がまんして [don’t cum yet]” you coo, enjoying it too much as he gropes your E-cups, making you squeal with happiness.
“F-fuck… I’m going to…” Chen grunts, but it’s too late as he blows his load into your pussy within minutes. You feel his hot cum blast your insides full of his seed before getting absorbed into your ovaries. Gasping breathlessly, he slides his dick out of your pussy before gazing lovingly into your eyes, imagining a life with you as his submissive girlfriend. Looking back at him with your breasts heaving up with down, you don’t feel intimacy and affection at all, but a constant urge to breed and collect cum into your body. Dipping your slender finger into your pussy, you realize that you need a lot more human cum to fertilize your eggs. “A-Aiko… I love you” Chen mumbles as he strokes your face, but you gaze at him blankly and wonder when he can cum in you again.
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Breaking the awkward silence, sounds of laughter and clapping of scientists echoes from the open bedroom door two strangers in hazmat suits and tinted masks walk in. “How do you like the alien?” one of the scientists asks mockingly with a muffled voice through the suit. Chen only wheezes for breath after the intense sex as he tries to protect you from the intruders holding a syringe. Gazing at them, you can’t see their faces behind the strong tint as inch away for protection. “Come here… you little shapeshifting slut” the hazmat suited scientist snarls as he lunges at you with the syringe.
To your surprise, Chen pushes him away and slams him against the wall with rage as the other scientist manages to inject him with a sedative. “Don’t touch my girlfriend” Chen growls, but instantly feels weak as the toxins enter his bloodstream. The force of crashing into the bedroom wall causes one of the scientist’s mask to fall off as he drops his syringe onto the floor.
“Oh shi---” the man splutters, but it’s too late as he accidently gazes in your eyes, and you feel your body tingle all over. Waves of nausea fills his head as you instantly scan through his mind and hear your bones pop.
“M-Michael…” you mumble, hearing your Japanese voice shift into a deeper and sultry French accent. Within seconds, the contours in your face reshape into a higher cheekbone and higher nose while your slanted Asian eyes become foxy with alluring grey irises. Your lips become fuller, and you lose your gag reflex as you remember sucking on Michael’s dick twice a day to keep him happy. “What’s so surprising?” you giggle with a thick French accent as your silky black hair turns blonde and wavy covering your slender neck.
Realizing the severity of the problem, the other scientist rushes back out of the bedroom and locks it, leaving Michael stuck with you. Multiple bones in your body cracks louder as you feel a little vertigo from growing an inch taller, but most of your body remains similar to before. “Wait… no… don’t…” Michael stammers as he looks away and tries to escape, but the door remains locked.
“Don’t what?” you giggle teasingly as you squeeze your E-cups, feeling them becoming heavier as they slowly fill with substance. Moaning softly, your skin stretches to accommodate your F-cups hanging from your chest as your puffy nipples suddenly tingles and a stream of breast milk squirts out. “Don’t you love these?” you ask, groping your lactating breasts and feeling the warm sweet milk drip down your body. Hesitantly glancing at you, Michael’s jaw drops in shock to see your huge breasts uncontrollably leaking milk like his deepest fetish.
“N-No… you’re just an alien…” Michael mumbles repeatedly to himself to distract himself, but his dick says otherwise as it becomes painfully stiff in his hazmat suit. Closing his eyes, he tries to make his way to the door, but you hug him and press your milky breasts against his back, making him pause in surprise. “I… I don’t even like you” he lies, despite his dream girlfriend hugging him tightly.
A smile spreads across your plump lips as you slide your hand over your crotch, feeling it tingle from the changes. Without warning, your knees buckle from immense pleasure emanating from your pussy as it becomes twice as sensitive and puffy with a camel-toe visible against any clothing. “Ahhn… Michael… I need you…” you moan into his ear as a Brazilian wax appears on your crotch and warm vaginal juices drip out uncontrollably. Glancing at your pussy, he realizes that his secret desire for a crazy wet and sensitive girlfriend has come true as you moan from the slightest touch along your pussy lips. “F-Fuck me… please…” you coo, but he closes his eyes and tries to ignore you.
Leaning forward, you press your lips against him and kiss him passionately, making him momentarily dazed as your tongues twirl with each other. Faling to your knees, you quickly tear off his hazmat suit to reveal his huge cock in front of your face before opening your mouth and wrapping your lips around his dick. “Mmhmm… mm... guuh…” you gurgle with his dick in your mouth as you slide your face further and feel his dick ram against the back of your throat Twisting your tongue around his dick, you expertly bob your head from memories of him watching videos until you can taste his salty pre-cum.
Entranced by your perfect body, Michael only manages to grunt as you stop sucking his dick and lie on the bed with your legs spread apart invitingly. “Mmhmm... do it…” you smile as Michael eagerly mounts you and thrusts his dick deep inside, making you inhale sharply in surprise. Your lactating breasts start to bounce with every thrust as he pounds your body with his cock and gropes your tits. After a while, he finally blows his load too and splatters cum all over your pussy before getting absorbed into your ovaries. “Mmm… must breed…” you moan and pat your crotch as you feel something inside gurgle.
Sliding off Michael’s cock, you rub your belly and feel a slight bump as a few eggs inside become fertilized and slightly grow larger. Waves of motherly instincts fill your mind as you feel protective of the eggs inside and you begin to wonder where you can safely lay the first batch of offspring. The gurgle from your crotch reminds you that you need a lot more cum to fertilize all your eggs as you gaze at Michael with a hungry smile.
