**The Stmbiotes' Dark Secret**

Part 9

As I gazed into Mei's eyes, I suddenly snapped out of my trance-like state and looked around the room. The other girls in the class were all staring at me, their faces expressionless. But it was what happened next that made my blood run cold. Slowly, they began to open their mouths and extend their tongues. At first, I thought it was some kind of bizarre exercise, but then I saw the seams form on their tongues. They split into three long, slender tentacles that seemed to be made of a dark, almost translucent material. I felt a shiver run down my spine as I stared at the grotesque sight. Mei seemed to notice my shock and followed my gaze to the other girls. Her expression changed from one of pleasure to one of surprise. "Oh, you don't know about the stmbiotes," she said, her voice barely above a whisper. I shook my head, still trying to process what I was seeing. Mei's eyes seemed to glaze over as she began to explain. "They started after you went into the coma. They eat our tongues and attach to the stumps, replacing them. We give them nutrients and they let us taste so much more!" Her voice was filled with a mix of excitement and a hint of sadness. I felt a wave of horror wash over me. "You do them young now because there are no painkillers during the embedding process," Mei continued, her words spilling out in a rush. "You should hear the screams in the hospital nurseries after a child is born." Her eyes locked onto mine, and I could see a deep-seated pain there, a pain that I couldn't quite understand. The room seemed to spin around me as I tried to process the implications of what Mei was telling me. The girls around us were still standing, their tongues transformed into strange, alien-like appendages. I felt a sense of revulsion mixed with fear. What had I gotten myself into? And what were these stmbiotes, really? Mei seemed to sense my distress and reached out to me, her hand wrapping around my cock. But I didn't feel the same excitement that I had just moments before. Instead, I felt a sense of unease, a sense that I was trapped in a world that was completely foreign to me. I looked at Mei, and she smiled, her eyes sparkling with a mixture of excitement and something else - something that looked almost like a warning.