#prefect

You had only yourself to blame for ever daring to confide in Jade Leech about anything. Least of all, certain 'interests' you had. Why you felt something as mundane as being the merman's lover would, in any way, make him kinder about the subject was something only psychiatric professionals could ever answer.

Nevertheless, here you were in the library, trying to study for an alchemy exam, and there, Jade was, being a conniving bastard like always.

The young merman in disguise was sitting right besides you, reading from his book as well, with that oh so “innocent” smile on his smooth, handsome face. He knew you was glaring at him, yet, he didn't say a word or so much as shift in his seat. Instead, he was simply studying like any good student would ahead of an exam. You knew it was coming. You knew him. So you waited expectingly.

After a minute or so, though, nothing did. It wasn't that you thought it passed, but you knew that he wasn't going to do anything so long as you were staring. So, against your better judgement, you turned your eyes back towards the book, trying to memorize the quantity of ingredients for a stamina enhancing elixir.

The measurements were critical, so knowing them off the back of your hand was going to be important to correctly brewing the elixir come exam day. Unfortunately, it was a little hard to memorize when, sure as the sky was blue, yet another thick, rumbling sound erupted from behind Jade's lips. One that puffed out his soft cheeks slightly.

...For the umpteenth time, Jade had just burped. A thick, forceful sound that he stifled behind his clenched lips. Even muffled, they were so heavy and deep-sounding. You wouldn't have even needed to be sitting next to him to hear it rumbling in his mouth within the quiet library.

Sighing to yourself, you glanced back at Jade, who gave an airy chuckle and daintily covered his mouth with his gloved hand.

“Fufufu, excuse me,” Jade said in his sweet, innocent tone of voice. “Truly, I don't know what's wrong with me this afternoon.”

In the most deadpanned voice imaginable, you remarked that it most certainly couldn't have been all those fancy sodas he guzzled down during lunch. Nope. Absolutely not.

Again, Jade chuckled. “Well, I'll certainly admit. I do still feel a bit bloated,” he remarked, leaning back and slowly rubbing his stomach up and down with one hand. You swallowed thickly as you saw his normally concave midsection pressing out noticeably against his school blazer.

He saw your cheeks redden some more and smirked just enough to show off a bit of his pearly white fangs. “Perhaps, you could do something about that?” he asked with a hint of wickedness in his voice as he grabbed your hand and rested it against his stomach. You shuddered as you felt how bloated he was. Even behind his blazer and shirt, you could feel Jade's belly pressing out by a good few inches, and how drum-tight his gut was. The button holding the blazer in place was straining a bit from the extent of Jade's bloat.

To say nothing of the bubbling you could feel from just how much carbonation Jade had sucked down. For a moment, you instinctively let your hand roam Jade's belly, lost in your obvious kinks, so eager to unbutton that blazer and unbutton his dress shirt to get your hands on his bare belly. But you were in public, and despite how Jade behaved, even he didn't long to make a scene in public. He just knew he could be subtle enough to rile you up without drawing any eyes to himself.

What didn't help matters was the way Jade took another deep breath, pushed a fist against his mouth, and intentionally held back an especially raunchy belch, one that rumbled pretty forcefully behind his lips. You could literally feel his stomach muscles clenched as he stifled that eructation.

“Hahhh...excuse me,” Jade repeated insincerely, before grimacing, taking a breath, and just barely muffling another, bigger burp that rumbled in his mouth for a few forceful seconds and ended with him huffing and once again muttering, “oof, hehe, excuse me again. It's a good thing I can hold those in, else the entire library would hear those...”

Ohhh, you hated him so damn much...

You sharply reminded him that the exam was in a few days and you still have to catch up on getting a few more formulas memorized. Jade smiled and bowed his head “respectfully.”

“Of course, putting studies first is the kind of exemplary example befitting such a prestigious academy,” Jade said, beaming at you in that “polite” way of his.

Yeaaaah, he wasn't going to let up...

“Here, I'm a touch more well-versed on these specific formulas. As your upper classman, I'd be delighted to assist you,” Jade insisted, scooting closer to you as he leaned towards you and pointed towards the formula with about a dozen different ingredients. “Now, the trick with this formula is that nearly every ingredient is as minimal as possible, due to how potent each one is, so-” Jade paused, took a breath, and gave yet another thick, closed mouth belch that reverberated heavily behind his lips. He pushed a fist against his mouth and let rip another even heavier one that sounded like he could barely hold it in.

When it ended, he huffed wearily and blew his soda-scented stomach gasses aside...

...And by aside, of course, that meant right in your f&#king face because of course it did...

“Mph...talk about potent,” Jade remarked, chuckling with self-amusement at his own joke, aaaaand at how cherry-red your cheeks got. “Now, where were we?”

On the verge of slamming your heavy alchemy book right in Jade's face?

Again, Jade chuckled before playfully patting the top of your head a few times. “Now, now,” Jade assured “sweetly,” adding, “that was an accident. Honest. Is it my fault that you react in a certain way when my stomach is, shall we say...a little more active than usual?”

...Yes.

“Fufufu, come on. We need to make sure you get this one right, as it will be crucial come Friday.”

At this point, if you wanted any hope of even passing your exam, you were best left studying as far away from Jade as humanly possible.

“Simply reading the ingredients, of course, is one thing. Professor Crewel is going to expect to see you brew with confidence. If you'd like, we can stop by Sam's shop later on and buy some ingredients for some trial runs, just to make sure you get the hang of it,” Jade offered.

Seemed a bit pricy an option, but you had a way of getting a few extra Thumund. After all, you DID need to pass this one. You reviewed the ingredients needed, just so you could run the numbers in your head, since you'd probably need a few extra, knowing how badly you'd probably screw up the first few attempts.

And you got JUST lost in your head enough to not catch Jade taking a deeper breath, leaning closer, and muffling one of the thickest belches you'd ever heard...RIGHT in your ear. The gas rumbled intensely behind Jade's lips, puffing his cheeks out a bit more as he seemed to genuinely struggle holding that monster in. Worse yet, it lasted a solid five seconds. When it ended, he breezily blew his gas right in your face again with a weary little laugh.

“Haaaahhh...goodness, that one was building up for a while, it seems,” Jade muttered with a none-too-subtle hint of relief in his voice.

Your face was so red that you started resembling Riddle any time he was about half a second away from blowing a gasket.

Though, in your defense, you WERE about to blow a gasket, with how riled up the cruel, handsome, evil, and handsome bastard was making you.

Still, riled up or not, what you'd learned a long time ago during your stay in Night Raven College was never get mad...get even...

So, clearing your throat, you smiled back at Jade, not even bothering trying to hide how red your cheeks were. You remarked that all that extra bubbly soda really did have to be doing a number on his stomach. And before Jade could make some remark scientifically designed to rile you in ways you didn't believe possible, you rested your hand against Jade's stomach.

Your cheeks reddened some more...obviously, but you held it together and added that it was no wonder Jade was burping so much. After all, you could practically feel all the bubbles stirring in Jade's belly. The poor guy must have beens struggling to hold back an absolute monster.

Jade's eyes immediately widened as he quickly deduced what you were up to.

And before the young merman could even open his mouth to protest, you pressed down on his taut gut firmly.

You could hear a thick, ominous gurgle, that quickly rose from Jade's belly up his chest and throat. About half a second later, Jade hastily tried to cover his mouth, but it did absolutely no good whatsoever for what was going to force its way out...

“BRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUURRRRAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUURRRRRRRPH!!!!!!!!!”

Out from Jade's fang-filled maw exploded forth an absolutely MONSTROUS belch, one that bellowed with such force that you could feel the table itself reverberate in its wake. It was a brassy, forceful sound; fueled by way too much carbonation that had been festering in Jade's gut since lunch.

The boorish, decidedly ungentlemanly sound drew the eyes of the few other students studying or reading away, and lasted an embarrassingly long time, clocking in at over six seconds.

When it finally ended, Jade quickly covered his mouth in shock; his own pale cheeks had grown a good shade red for once.

“Good grief, kid! This is a LIBRARY! Y'tryin' to wake the dead here?!” angrily barked a school ghost, ironically enough.

“...E-Excuse me...my apologies...” Jade remarked in a genuinely embarrassed tone of voice, still covering his mouth behind his gloved hand.

Slowly, his eyes turned to you as you smirked victoriously back at him. You remarked that he can rile you up all he wanted in private. But if he does that sort of thing in public? Then you'd show him that two can play at the public embarrassment game.

After a few seconds, Jade cleared his throat and managed a smirk of his own. “Hmph, well, well...seems I underestimated how sharp your fangs could really be, Prefect. Fufufu...well played...”

You flashed him a wink and patted his belly teasingly.

At which point, Jade's grin widened a bit more to show off his fangs yet again before he leaned down and whispered, “Though, before you get too big a head on your shoulders, I'd remind you that my fangs are much sharper...and should you be compelled to do that again...? Then I might just be compelled to swallow you whole...” As he spoke, he slowly ran his tongue across his fangs in a decidedly predatory manner.

Your confident smile wavered a bit at that as you smiled a bit more modestly and promised to be good.

Once again, Jade's placid, “friendly” smile returned to his face as he beamed and said, “Good! Now then, where were we...oh! That's right, we were riiiiiight here...”

You were confused for a moment which page 'here' was on.

Unfortunately, 'here' was Jade pulling you close, leaning down, taking a deep breath, and parting his lips subtly as a slow, quiet burp rolled out of his maw and right into your ear. It was a muted eruption, but one Jade had complete control of, stretching it out for a staggering eight seconds as it maintained the same volume right until the very end, where it hitched louder, but not loud enough for anyone else to hear and be distracted by.

When it ended, he smiled fiendishly and in a far more ill-intentioned voice than usual, said, “Hehehe...excuse me...”