When she awoke, Nadia opened her eyes and saw... nothing. The only thing that surrounded her was darkness.

"W-where am I? Why is everything so dark?"

Her mind immediately turned to the thought that she had eaten while unconscious, and a scream came from her throat at the thought of such a thing.

Moments later, the sky parted, revealing the light outside.

She was about to rejoice, but her happiness faded when she saw the monster's face staring down at her.

"Oh... I totally forgot about you, little bug! Good thing you called out to me, or I would have forgotten you even existed!" she said, with a sickening grin, "But now you're awake, which means we can play together. Are you ready?"

Nadia began to hyperventilate with fear, thinking about her previous happiness and whether it wouldn't have been better for her to be eaten in her sleep…

The monster was silent for a moment, probably contemplating what to do with her, before reaching out to grab her. She tried to escape her grasp, but the place she was in was too small for any kind of hiding or escape.

Nadia was carried out of the place where she had been, and then laid down on a large, flat, but soft surface.

She briefly considered running away as she watched the monster walk away. But a quick glance at the distance she had to cover and the memory of the height at which she found herself stifled any thoughts of escape.

Soon the monster returned and sat before her, smiling as if to mock her, "Any ideas you want to suggest, hm?"

Nadia had no idea what she was talking about, nor did she care. All she could think was, "Let me go..."

Nadia could feel her heart pounding with excitement as the monster gave her a curious look before she looked to the side in a thoughtful manner, ‘Is she really considering this?!’

Unfortunately, her hope was dashed once again by the monster, who looked at her with one of her cursed grins, "Letmego? Uh... No, sorry, never heard of that game. How about-”

She didn't care what she said anymore, she was tired of playing this game, "W-What will you do to me? Are you going to... k-kill me? P-Please... just tell me..."

"Aww! Why would I want to kill you?" the monster said in an obviously fake cute voice before looking at her with disgusted eyes, "It would be a waste, since you are my only toy right now! But as soon as I have more of them, you will join the other bug in my stomach!"

Nadia gasped at the reminder that her master was inside the monster's stomach, being digested alive, but that only made the monster chuckle, "Well, that probably won't be the case, as I'm already in the process of digesting it. I'll have expelled it long before it's your turn..."

Nadia felt horrified and sickened by her behavior. Not only had she brutally killed her beloved big brother and devoured her master alive, but she didn't feel any remorse! Actually, she seemed proud of it!

Master Sean had told her stories about humans who, instead of helping them or simply ignoring them, were utterly cruel and enjoyed doing the worst things to them... but she didn't really believe it back then.

She believed that they were just stories made up to scare the children... but she had been proven wrong... and in the worst possible way.

And now, though her mind could understand why he'd sacrificed himself, her heart couldn't help but hate him for the life he'd condemned her to.

A life of uncertainty and horror, all alone, at the mercy of a monster born out of her worst nightmares... she would rather die!

With these thoughts swirling around in her head, Nadia fell to her knees and cried her eyes out.

Sobbing over the situation that had brought her here, Nadia paid no attention to what was happening around her and was surprised when the monster grabbed her and lifted her up.

"This will be your companion for the next while. Would you like to get acquainted?" the monster said, holding a wiggling something in front of her.

Nadia, terrified and with her eyes clouded with tears, screamed at the sight of the wobbly creature, her mind instantly conjuring up the memory of one of the many creeping creatures that often hunted Little Folk like her.

As the monster threw her into its mouth, the horror in her mind grew exponentially.

Shrieking in fear upon landing in the creature's mouth, Nadia immediately rose to her feet and tried to escape, but the creature sealed its jaws shut, leaving her in the dark.

Desperately, she pounded her small fists against its lips, trying to force it to open its mouth, or at least get a small opening to get out... 

But the only answer she got was that the beast had lifted up its head and swallowed her whole, sending her down its gullet.

With a bloodcurdling scream, Nadia was on her way down the creature's throat to her final destination.

The belly of the creature.

When she reached the bottom of the belly, she felt the dampness beneath her, and she knew immediately that it must be the digestive fluids of the creature preparing to consume its meal... her.

Moreover, no doubt due to the digested remains of the creature's former prey, the air was thick, musty, and foul-smelling.

Nadia was dazed for a moment by the fast pace of events, but soon her fear set in and she screamed and writhed in terror, trying to escape.

But when she heard the monster's slightly nasal voice from outside the creature's stomach, her behavior changed completely.

Just the sound of the monster's happy voice was enough to make Nadia angry, even though she couldn't understand the words.

But after being used as live food to feed her pet, it turned into pure hatred!

The monster must have been enjoying the fact that she was holding up her end of the bargain, while still leaving her to die a horrible death!

No longer crying, Nadia began moving, furious at the unfairness she was experiencing and determined to fight for her life rather than let herself die.

With all the strength she could muster, she began the arduous task of climbing up the wall of the beast's belly. She was going to escape, or die trying.

"I am no longer going to be a bystander in the face of things! I don't want to die, but if I have to, I'm going to go out with my head held high!" she shouted, angry and full of determination.

Meanwhile, Suki couldn't help but smile at the bug's pep talk, holding the sock to her ear to listen to it ‘What a feisty little bug! This toy is going to be so much fun to play with!’

Suki was really beginning to enjoy her toy's little antics.

She now understood why some kids liked to mess around with ants... or at least she thought she did.

She had never seen anyone actually do it. In fact, she had never set foot outside of her house until she was 14 years old, as she was home-schooled by private tutors.

Her experience of the outside world was through movies and cartoons... which she had to watch in secret, because her relatives thought those things would mislead her and put a veto on them...

Still, if someone did think of it, it's safe to say that someone out there did, isn't it?

Shaking off such thoughts, she focused on her bug and heard it climbing her sock.

Waiting for her toy to pop out, she moved the sock in front of her face.

As she climbed up the beast's throat, Nadia finally saw a glimmer of light coming from its mouth. It was a sign that she was close to her goal and, luckily for her, the creature had left its mouth open, giving her a way to get out of there.

Encouraged by this, she redoubled her efforts, her desire to live to see another day leading her in the direction of the light on the outside.

Grasping the beast's lips with her hands, she used them as leverage to pull herself out of its jaws and towards freedom... or at least survival.

With one last leap, she threw herself out of the beast and into the void. It did not matter if she fell to her death, it was better than being digested as food anyway.

Seeing the little bug live up to its name with a cricket-worthy leap, Suki let go of the sock and grabbed it from the air.

"Hey, watch it! You're all I got to play with for now! I can't even eat you if you get squashed!" Suki warned it with a stern look.

Nadia's attempts to free herself were desperate, but it was obvious that it was a fool's errand in the first place. The monster was infinitely more powerful than she could ever hope to be.

Even now, what the monster must have thought was a light grip was more than enough to give Nadia the feeling of being crushed to death.

Giving up on the idea of freeing herself, Nadia looked the monster straight in the eye "Can't you just kill me?! Why do you need to make me suffer like this?"

"Because now you are mine to play with, you silly little bug. You really should be thanking the big bug for giving me the idea to do this. If it hadn't been for it, you'd be in my belly as well, like the little snack that you are." the monster replied with a smile on her face. It was as if she did not see anything strange or horrible in what she was doing.

Then, with a giggle, she rubbed her hand over her stomach "Not that it matters anymore, though. It's probably long since digested by now. Not that I have a problem with it, it was an amazing experience!"

"But I have to admit that I am starting to get a little fond of the idea. I still prefer the thought of eating you, knowing that my stomach will digest you alive. But it's undoubtedly a good way to pass the time when I'm stuffed, or when I don't have a huge supply of little snacks like you, like now." she said thoughtfully, rubbing her chin.

Not knowing how to react, Nadia remained motionless and silent.

Was she sickened by her lack of respect for the lives of those like her? Was she horrified by the casual way in which she would take them? Was she happy to know that the one who had condemned her to this hell had suffered a horrible death? Was she appalled at her thinking this of the man who had practically adopted her and her brother after their parents were killed?

Thousands of thoughts crowded into her mind, and the spark that had once been there faded away, leaving her sad and despondent.

When she saw that her toy had no energy left, Suki sulked and shook it a little.

"Hey, why did you shut down? Did your batteries run out?" she said playfully before turning it over and removing a bit of cloth from between its legs, as if she was looking for the battery compartment, but found something else instead "Oh, what do we got here?"

Before her eyes was a scaled-down version of something she saw every day. A vagina.

As the insect rocked back and forth, trying unsuccessfully to push itself up, Suki found herself studying it intently for some strange reason.

There was a thick bush of curly hair between its legs, and Suki found herself strangely attracted to it.

Unconsciously, she lifted a finger and ran it curiously over it, as if she wanted to test its texture, ignoring the startled squeals of the insect.

When she felt a wet sensation, Suki lifted her finger to her nose and gave it a quick sniff before pulling her head back with a sound of disgust "Did you just pee yourself?"

Despite all the pride she felt at escaping the beast's stomach, Nadia couldn't help but feel humiliated and ashamed at how she had reacted to being held by the monster, biting her lips to keep from crying, not wanting to give the monster that satisfaction.

Suki rolled her eyes and sighed when she saw that there was no reaction from the insect "What a nasty little thing you are... But since I don't like my toys to be dirty, I'm going to give you a bath. Be grateful for that."

Holding the toy in her hand, but keeping it at a certain distance from her body so that no dirt would stain her body or clothes. Suki approached the door. She opened it slightly to have a look if there was anyone else there.

As she expected, the rest of the dorm was empty, but she didn't want to risk getting caught by the others while holding a tiny... especially the stupid blonde and the Kusogaki...

With her path clear, she made her way to the bathroom.

Once inside, she walked over to the sink and turned on the faucet for some lukewarm water.

Placing the bug at the bottom of the sink, Suki soaped her hands before washing, splashing soapy water onto the bug's form below.

She shook her hands to get rid of the excess water, then grabbed her personal towel and dried them off thoroughly.

Looking at what the bug was doing, Suki saw that it was trying to climb up the slope of the sink to escape, but without success as it kept sliding down.

"I see you can keep yourself amused..." Suki said with a laugh, closing the drain plug and then gazing thoughtfully at the bug as the water continued to rise.

After a few seconds of thought, Suki nodded before leaving the bathroom, having come to some sort of agreement with herself "Stay where you are, OK? I'd be heartbroken if I had to eat you before we actually got to enjoy ourselves."

When she heard the monster walk away and leave her alone, Nadia redoubled her efforts to escape her slippery, flooded prison. But all she managed to do was slide down twice as many times.

In resignation, she let herself fall into the water and tried to forget, at least for a few seconds, the horrors she had experienced, and to enjoy the pleasure of swimming in water that was not frozen or full of beasts that were waiting to eat her.

"After all, I do not have any beasts, but only a monster that wants to eat me..." she reminded herself bitterly, before she submerged herself completely and swam around.

After a few minutes, Suki returned holding a bottle of her preferred body wash.

The label said, ‘Moisturizing Anti-Aging Body and Face Shower Gel for ultra-sensitive skin with Papaya and Mango Fragrance.’

She was not really sure about what that meant, but it was expensive and she enjoyed the fragrance, so she went and purchased it anyway.

As she looked for her little bug, she saw it swimming carelessly around the sink, taking a quick dip before it popped back up and continued on its way.

Suki briefly found it cute, but quickly got back to work.

"Hey, little bug, look what I brought you!" she sang happily, showing what she was holding "This is coming straight out of my own private stash of stuff. Nobody has ever been allowed to use it except me, you know? Only you!"

The look of horror, despair and dismay was not exactly what she had imagined it would react to. But then again, she should not have expected an insect to understand how lucky they were.

Suki plucked her little bug out of the water and placed it in the palm of her right hand. Then she covered it with a generous amount of body wash and rubbed it all over.

Finished, Suki looked at the white mess in her hand with satisfaction before grabbing her little bug by the legs and dipping it into the water to rinse.

Looking at her little bug again, Suki saw that it was gasping for breath, its chest swelling and deflating quickly.

"You look like a drowned rat..." Suki commented, tilting her head to get a better look at it before she set it down on her towel and began to dry it off.

"And there you go! All clean-up!" Suki said with satisfaction, bringing it to her nose and taking a deep sniff, "Uhmm... it smells good too..."

She looked proud of her work. However, her smile soon turned into a frown.

"Hey, hold on a second! Now that you're clean, I can't play with you!" she realized a little too late, "Damn it... I even used the good stuff to wash you. I can't just ignore that and use you anyway..."

Suki crossed her arms and looked away, muttering "Damn you, you little bugs... you keep screwing me over and over again..."

Sighing, she put one hand on her hip while her other arm dangled over her side before turning back to her bug "What am I supposed to do with you now...?"

The answer came in the form of a stomach growling... coming from her bug.

"...are you kidding me?! You are the snack food here! You're supposed to satisfy my stomach, not the other way around!" Suki said in annoyance to the bug, who at least had the decency to act mortified.

Suki rubbed her forehead and tried to compose herself "Okay...let's look at it positively. You'll make a better snack if I fatten you up a bit. Right now, you're too small and scrawny to be as filling as the other one..."

Sighing, Suki picked up her little bug and said, "Come on. Let's go feed you." and then began to walk towards the kitchen.