A hungover friend.

I wake up in bed, Robin wrapped around me, trying to keep me close. His morning wood presents and tries to escape his pants. I rub my eyes with my one free hand before trying to escape. I delicately remove his arms before lifting his leg off me. Now free, I head to the kitchen to make us breakfast. Simple, fresh bread, eggs, bacon and some tomatoes. Simple for me, at least. Whilst cooking, I give another look at the app. A pop-up with a warning appears.

Warning: Please, do not discuss the QuestMaster app with others. Should you discuss it with others again, you will be punished. Due to your friends' drunkenness, they will not remember the details from yesterday. You can inform targets once they meet requirements. The QuestMaster app will give notice.

I look at it and read it over. Well, I might not be able to talk about it directly, but asking them what they like/dislike as quests is likely safe. I did that with Madelon indirectly, so those types of questions I am sure about. I need to give her a nice morning quest.

Madelon will receive the following quest:

• Tell [my number] about your current relationship.
• Tell [my number] about your current living situation.
• Tell [my number] about your job history and status.

Reward: a fix for one of these.

So one or all of them aren't great. Well, if I play my cards right, I might solve more than one. But the app might be taking my actions into account when generating these rewards. I really need to just get Recommended Reward II and potentially Reward Designer I. Currently, the rewards have been too vague.

The answers start flowing in as Robin enters the dining area. I can look at them later; it is not like I can fix things for her now or give her a new quest. I hand them a glass of tomato juice with some extra salt as a home-brew ORS. "Hello, you guys went pretty hard on the drinks last night."

"Don't talk so loudly. I hardly remember anything about it. Do you remember who put this on my phone?" They show me their phone screen, pointing to LifeQuest.

"Not fully, but I think I might have put it on there," I say, guessing it might be a companion/receiver app for QuestMaster.

"Did you put in the quest as well?"

"Do you think I am the QuestMaster?"

"No... and the app says I received it from the QuestMaster. Do you know who it is or what it is?"

"Nope."

"Do you know my quest?"

"No, but I know you owe me a conversation whilst not drunk," I say with a bit of sass.

As they finish their juice, and they have less of a headache. "Okay, yes, I am still attracted to you and would like to start dating, getting that elephant out of the way. I am attracted to men. I have no idea what or who you are attracted to. So if you feel like you aren't interested in me as I am, that is good to know. Not that I will necessarily change for you. That picture, the memories of that summer, mean more than you could imagine. You were the first and maybe the only person who saw me as me. I feel better when I dress and act more feminine. So if you would like that, at least when it is the two of us, I am more than fine with that. Sorry for the rant and not letting you interject." Instead of giving a verbal answer, I lean in for a kiss, which gets reciprocated. "So, you are okay with me as a partner?"

"Yes, but eventually you need to come out to both your parents, our friends, and the rest of the world. I would prefer it if you dressed more femme, but I leave it to you how you want to fill that in to you. If you need help with clothes, tell me I know a good seamstress, or if you would prefer to keep it private, I am decent at modifying my own clothes." I look through my drawers to find a spare key to the place. I hand it to them. "Stay as long as you need to before you are mentally ready to go home. You don't need to come out to them now or even today, but you will need to. But seeing how your sister is a lesbian, she might be a good start. Play some more with your gender if you feel uncomfortable with it. I will likely just call you he when referring to you in the third person until I know you are out to people or forget. I will likely call you they/them part of the time anyway."

"Yeah, you are right. Thanks for the trust. I will stay here for a bit longer, but you need to go to work now, I guess." I nod and head to work, giving him another kiss on the forehead.