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I lay there, curled up in the back of the my sleeping cavern, and at the center, was Y/N, sleeping peacefully, wrapped up in my tail. Earlier before I had spat out his sleeping form, and I had spent a little bit cleaning the saliva off him, as he was covered in it. I knew I should have woke him, but he looked so adorable sleeping in the way he was, so I couldn't resist curling up next to him, keeping him safe warm, although, this I did do, but just without keeping him in my stomach like before. 

I also, knew that I had to apologize for eating him, and for teasing him like the way I did before. However, soon he would understand, that he belonged to me now, and nobody else. 

He's mine. I thought happily. All mine. My little morsal. 

I glanced back down at Y/N's sleeping form, and was temped to gobble him up again. He just looked so small, and cute, he was much safer hidden deep in my gurgling gut, as he was not just a human, but one I had a great liking for, but decided against it. 

It was about time I woke him up. I reached over to him, with one claw, and light ruffled his hair, as I tried to wake him. 

"Wakey wakey little Y/N." I whispered to him softly, as smiled as his eyes, slowed flicked open, waking up from sleep. 

"W-wha? Where am I? W-what happened-" Suddenly, I saw his eyes grow wide as he spotted me, and abruptly stood up, only to fall backwards, but I managed to catch him in time. Carefully, I picked him up, as he began struggling, shaking in fear as I brought him over to my head. 

"Shhhh, calm down little Y/N... I am not going to hurt you." I said to him, in a soothing voice, he stopped struggling for a moment and stared at me. 

"Not going to hurt me!? You ATE me!!" He yelled at me, some fear in his voice. "Besides, how am I alive!? Didn't you digest me? Am I dead already?" 

I shook my head at him. "No Y/N. You are not dead, and no I also didn't digest you. I ate you yes, but there's nothing to be afraid of." I reassured him, trying to get him to calm down. 

"B-but-" he protested, clearly struggling to think before I a put a claw to his mouth, making him go silent, as he stared up at me with those beautiful eyes of his. 

"Hush Y/N, here's what happened, I did eat you. Yes, but I didn't digest you. I have control over my stomach, so when I ate you, there were no acids. You are completely safe in my belly, little one." I told him, as he thought over this. 

"Not to mention,' I added,' why one earth would I kill you Y/N? I would never do that. No. After all, you are very special to me~" I told him, a hint of affection and seductiveness in my voice. 

"Wait,' Y/N stuttered,' What do you mean by special?" I thought for a moment, thinking of how to respond. 

"Think about it this way, Y/N... I want you Y/N. For me. All to myself. I will take good care of you. For the time being, you will live with me." I declared. Looking down at Y/N. 

"Not that you have a choice." 

He met my gaze, his eyes filled with some fear of me, but that didn't matter. He would come to accept the fact he was mine eventually, and accept the face that I was never letting him go. 

For the first time, I noticed Y/N was shivering slightly. I wasn't cold at all, as being a dragon made me accustomed to most regular temperatures, including the ones in my cave, but I knew that humans were a little more delicate then dragons. More fragile. It also happened to be the middle of winter, so I guess I could understand why he was feeling a bit cold. 

"Awww, what's wrong Y/N? Are you cold?" I asked him, as in nodded in response. 

"Come here little one, let me warm you a bit, as I wrapped my trail around Y/N's small body and curled my body around him once more. Keeping him warm, and safe. I decided to tease him a bit. 

"You know, if your still cold, I could always eat you again~ But then again, that's only if you wanted me too." I teased, enjoying the look on Y/N's face, as he protested when I said that, however, I didn't miss the small blush appearing slightly on his face. 

I smirked. "Heh, you enjoyed being in my stomach, just admit it. You liked it." 

Y/N's blush deepened. "Wha- no that's n-not what I meant!" He said, sounding flustered. 

"Oh come on,' I said.' If you enjoyed, you might as well tell me, as you are going to be spending a lot of time in my belly. Especially in this cold weather." I said, continuing to tease him. 

"Fine then.' he said, as he turned around to face me.' I admit it. It was terrifying, cramped, and wet, but...' he sighed' it was also warm, and kinda comfy." I giggled. 

"See! Told you, you would enjoy it." I said to him, nuzzling him, as I cuddled him. Showing him my affection. And to my surprise, he didn't move away, or look terrified by my sudden action. In fact, I even he even smiled. 

"Um. Well, Sapphire was your name wasn't it?" He asked, and I nodded. "Yes, so you were listening." I added teasingly. 

He lay back against me. Feeling, somewhat relaxed, as he no longer felt tense, whenever I talked or interacted with him. He seemed slightly happy. 

"Uh, Sapphire, perhaps your not so bad? Mabey, I misjudged you, just don't take offence, but please, I'm asking this once more. Just let me go. I don't want to be a dragon's pet, or whatever you plan to do with me. I have people I care about, back home, a-and, I'm not sure if I can spend the rest of my life with a dragon, just forgetting about the people I left behind. Please, can I just go?" 

Hearing that Y/N wanted to go made me feel sad inside, but also angry. Even though I had showed him affection the moment I took him under my wing, I had loved him, and wanted him. Also, I knew the queen needed to meet Y/N as soon as possible. Capturing a human like Y/N, especially, when they were so obedient, he could reveal so much to us about our enemy, the other humans, before we invaded.  And now, he wanted to go back. Well no. He was mine. Mine forever, and I loved him. 

He would never leave me, he would belong to me and only me. I would love him like nobody else ever had. He just needed to understand that. 

I looked down at him, coldness in my eyes. "No. I won't let you leave me. Not now, not ever. I love you Y/N. I would shower you with love everyday, and now you want to leave?" I asked him. As, I pinned him to the ground, gently. He began to struggle slightly, trembling once more in fear as he looked up at me. But I won't let Y/N, go. 

He needed to understand that he belonged to me now. 

"I think I need to show you how much I really love you. 'I said to him,' in exactly the way I mean~" 

And with that said, I wrapped my tail around him, and brought him to my chest where I began cuddling and squishing him. I heard Y/N let out a yelp of surprise, as this was clearly not what he expected. 

Well, this is his new life now. He more important to me than all the treasure and gold in the world. I will love him forever and ever, I thought to myself fearsomely, and nothing is going to change that... I thought, as I cuddled him against my chest. 

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This day kept getting stranger and stranger. First I had met mythical creature that shouldn't even exist after being lost in the woods, then it had proceeded to eat me, only to let me out later, without a scratch on me, to confess it's love for me, and now it was showering me with affection through cuddles and squishes. 

Honestly, it wasn't so bad. I mean, still being near a dragon was kind of scary, but at least she, was a caring dragon who was affectionate towards me. Despite her eating me, at least it was clear that she had no intentions to hurt me. 

She had said her name was Sapphire. I guess it sort of suited her green but also bluish scales. 

However, one thought kept bugging me. Sapphire clearly had no intentions on letting me go, so I wasn't sure how I was going to escape, if I wanted to. I knew that snuggling with a beautiful dragoness was something that many people would fantasize about, but I didn't have many interests on that. However, even though I was still afraid of Sapphire, I did trust her slightly, and also, I admit it. I was enjoying her affection. Nobody had ever shown affection to me before. Especially not my parents, as they had just been plain horrible to me.

It was warm, wrapped up close to her chest. I could hear Sapphire's massive heartbeat, loud, but soothing. I also heard a slight purring, within her chest, clearly enjoying the moment. 

However, the second thing that was bothering me, was, The Queen. Very ominous. Sapphire told me that the queen would love to meet me, as I could be useful. I wasn't sure what she meant about that, but it gave me a bad feeling regardless. 

Finally, Sapphire stopped cuddling me, and brought me back over to her face. She looked rather happy, and thoroughly pleased with the fact that I was accepting it, and probably was also related to the fact that I wasn't looking terrified of her for once. Because, strangely, I wasn't anymore. In fact, I actually felt like I even trusted her a little bit more? Not by a lot. But still, I trusted her enough to at least sit in front of her. 

She smiled down at me. "Do you enjoy that little cuddle? Y/N?" I tried to smile back, and gave a half nod, but she seemed to take that as a yes good enough for her. 

"Good, cuz that's only a hint of the love I'm going to show you~" She said, as she gave me a teasing lick on the forehead. I tried to hide a small blush appearing on my face, but it was hide from her and clearly saw it because she smirked and said,

"You must be tired after all the events that have happened so far. After everything I've told you." Her tail twined around me, lifting me up. "Your poor little brain must be exhausted..." She teased as she tucked me into the curve of her stomach, and wrapped her body around me. 

I didn't feel tired at all, but I knew she was just making an excuse to cuddle me again, not mention I knew by now that saying no to her wouldn't do anything. Especially as she considered herself dominant to me. 

However, I could at least make one request. I thought, as I looked over to her. 

"H-hey, um, Sapphire? Fine, I will sleep next to you, but could I perhaps sleep outside of your stomach this time, instead of inside it this time? You asked, hoping for reassurance. 

To your fears, she only grinned once more, "Nope! Like that's ever going to happen!" Sapphire said happily, as she quickly picked me up, before I could even process what she said, and tossed me straight into her mouth. I let out a shriek as she snapped it shut, not even bothering to lick me, but simply gulped me down into her wet throat, before I finally arrived back in her cramped warm gut. 

The stomach folded around me once more, turning into something like a warm, wet, sleeping bag, as I heard Sapphire let out a belch from the outside, before giggling an "excuse me." as I felt her rubbing her gut, with me inside it. I squirmed around, trying to get into a comfy position. I whined at Sapphire to let me out, while the stomach whined happily to be full of struggling prey. Me. It was very wet, cramped, and warm, but at least it was slightly comfortable, I did hate to admit that to myself as I settled down. I sighed as I felt myself going to sleep. I couldn't help it. I could hear her massive rhythmic heart beat all around me, as the stomach groaned around me. It was sort of relaxing. 

This is my new life now. I just needed to get used to for the time being...I guess I just need to accept that. And with that thought, I slipped into a deep comfortable sleep, inside Sapphire's belly once more.