Adapting to Emily's body.

..I've possessed Emily...

......I've possessed Emily...

...I've possessed Emily...

I keep repeating this piece of information over and over, allowing it to echo through my head, a resonance of realization to completely grasp the scope of what I just did.

I slowly raise one hand, then the other. Even though they are both close to my face they still appear blurry, as if I'm looking at them through a damped glass. Ah yes, Emily uses glasses... right? And since I'm using her eyes to see, it's logic that I also need to-

"..hic..." A strange noise interrupts my thoughts. "...hic... hahh..."

Ah... It looks like I'm the one making that noise. It kinda sounds like a hiccup. But why is my face so hot all of a sudden? And what is this pressure around my nose? Ugh... Bot some reason, my eyes are becoming even foggier, and it's getting even harder to see.

"...hic, hic... aauuuhhh..."

I suddenly get a ticklish feeling from the corners of my eyes sliding through my temples and leaving a wet trail of moisture that ends up inside my ears. It feels like water... wait, am I crying?

Yes, I am definitely crying. But why is that?

It takes me a few moments to realize the truth.
I'm crying because I'm happy. The moment I woke up to find myself back in a human body, back to being a person, I felt a relief so overwhelming that it would be almost impossible to convey to anyone who hasn't been condemned to live the rest of his miserable life as a terrorized slug in a jar.

I cover my eyes with Emily's thin hands. By now my tears are streaming down my borrowed face and my sobs have turned into bawls.
I feel like I've been reborn, and I'm indeed crying like a newborn baby. It's like I've been picked back up from hell and given a new opportunity amongst the living. I'm so relieved... so, so relieved... oh god...

My hands keep moving almost compulsively, touching my new features while unintentionally spreading the tears all over.

"Ueeeehhhh...! ...heh... heheheheh..." My cries slowly shift into laughter.

A human face, after so long. I don't even care that it belongs to none other than Emily. Actually... I'm even glad it's her. After all, what could be a better way to settle my grudge for what she has done to me other than taking over her body and life? This is almost too perfect. I'm scared to think that this could just be a dream I'm having while still trapped in that cursed jar.

"Hahahaha-ack!! cough, cough...!" This time, my laughter turns into violent coughing.

Just now I'm realizing how dry my throat is. And it's not only my throat. I'm suddenly feeling it everywhere: a general sense of discomfort, so extense and complex that my sluggish mind can't clearly pinpoint its sources. However, there are two things that I absolutely can't ignore: I'm... very thirsty, and hungry. Painfully so. This body is starving to such a degree that it feels like I have a hole in my stomach.

How did I miss this? Was this dreadful void there the whole time? May this have some relation with the fact that I'm parasiting Emily brain and I needed nourishment for my growth? I don't care, not now at least. I don't have the luxury for pointless thoughts! I only need to fill this hole! I need to fill it!! FILL IT NOW!!!

I spring forward, making Emily's body sit up over the bed.

"Ack!! Gah... uuuggghhhh..." The sudden shift in perspective makes me nauseous, and I can't help but gag. However, 'lucky' for me, Emily's stomach is completely empty.

This brief pause allows me to notice the wet stain extending around the blanket and mattress from Emily's pajama pants, showing how she must've wet herself due to the trauma of me taking over her body last night. However, I'm too hungry and thirsty to care right now, and as soon as the retching stops, I do my best to move my new legs and get over the bed.

I'm successful at moving Emily's legs, but I'm not so successful at making her body stand up. Instead, I end up falling head first over the carpet.

"Ough!" I grunt. Even though my coordination has been evolving fairly quick, I still have a long way until I can move this body normally. 5 weeks of existing as a slug has taken a toll.

I do my best to move forward, crawling in a way that reminds of a sloth crossing a road. Do I have an idea of where I'm going? Somehow, I do.

After getting out from the room I've been locked into for more than a month, I make my way to the kitchen sink from the student house Emily lives in. Luckily, there is no one there. But even it there was, I wouldn't care. My blurry eyes are fixated on a single point.

"Ahh... Agaahh..." My tongue is out while I look up. I've finally reached the sink.

With a titanic effort, I grab the corner of the cabinet and raise my whole frame until I'm face to face with the tap, which I immediately open completely, allowing that fresh absurdly delicious water to fall into my open mouth.

"_glug...ack!... glug..... glug... glug..._"

I drink like I've never drank in my whole life, eager and ****, filling my stomach without caring about decor, or the fact that a good chunk of the water is falling over my hair and pajama t-shirt.

After almost a minute of drinking nonstop, I start opening the cabinets without bothering to close the water tap. And that is when I turn into a savage.
It's like a frenzy. I keep opening cans of lentils, baked beans and fruit cocktails while gobbling them up at astonishing speeds. At some point I run out of cans, but I'm still desperately hungry, so I open the fridge, attacking the yogurts, milk, wiener packages, raw vegetables, a random taper with prepared food that someone left there...

It is not until I've consumed almost half of the contents from the fridge that I finally stop with a surprised face, almost like I snapped out of it.

When I look down, I notice that Emily's belly is bloated like a balloon and that I'm finally standing all by myself.

Well, who cares now... I'm so sleepy...

I return to the room with an absent expression, moving like a drunk zombie. Then, I move back into the bed, not even caring about the wet stain or my own hygiene. I fall asleep almost instantly.

This second slumber goes on for even longer than the first one. After all, Emily's body has to digest the vast ammounts of food it has consumed. It needs to replenish its reserves... and I have to develop even further. Making sure all the complex biological processes and changes I'm unconsciously forcing upon her body requires both time and nourishment.

The very next day...

"toc, toc, toc..."

The sound makes me furrow my eyes in displeasure. Is that coming from the door?

"toc, toc, toc..." Again.

I rub my eyes while slowly sitting on the bed.

"......Emily?" A weak voice comes from behind the doorframe.

Emily...
I suddenly open my eyes wide. Emily?!
That name makes me freeze for an instant. But then I remember... I remember, and smile...

"Emily..." I say, proverly savouring the name. And this time, my voice sounds perfectly clear and well articulated. The same voice I've been hearing all this time from behind that jar now effectively belongs to me. And I raise that voice in order to address whoever is knocking on the door. "You can come in!"

The door knob turns and a tall girl comes in right after. She has a pointy nose, straight blonde hair and a worried expression on her serious face.

"Emily. Last night we, uhm... we found that someone made a mess in the kitchen. Most of the food is gone, and he didn't even bother to close the tap. Do you know anything about it?"

"I have no idea what you're talking about" I say while making the most clueless face I'm currently capable of.

"I'd guess so." The tall girl says with a sigh. "Samantha thinks some guys sneaked in our block and did it. We still don't know if that's true, but we might need to set some cameras."

"Yeah, you do that." I say with an innocent smile.

After exchanging a few more words, she finally walks out and closes the door behind. It's then when I finally get out from the bed and grab the round glasses from the corner. I used to wear glasses in my original body, so I'm fairly used to these.

"Let's see..."

Once I carefully put on the glasses, my whole world becomes clearer, the shapes become more defined and that annoying blur completely disappears. Now this is how things should be!

I look around for a moment, suddenly noticing a mirror near the table where I used to be. And I eagerly situate myself in front of it.

"W-Woah...... hahah..." I chuckle, amused by how Emily's reflex seems to be as fascinated as I am. "This is actually crazy..."

So this is now my body. It's... so hard to believe. But it's actually happening, it's happening for real. And a girl's body nevertheless.

"H-Hey, Emily." I say in a soft voice, addressing my reflection. "I hope you had your fun with me, because I'll surely have my fun with you... as you."