Once more unto the breach

Here we go, you thought as you exited the bathroom with a deep breath. The first steps out of the bathroom looked like a fawn learning to walk once again. You were compensating for the extra power as your muscles had clearly shifted towards your glutes and thighs, and the fact that your shoes were slightly too large for your feet.

In what was a harder than it should've been task, you eventually made your way back to the table. Kevin had his back turned to you, engaged in conversation with one of the guys from the group. It was that friend's speechless jaw drop that made Kevin turn around. He mimicked his friend in speechlessness and a similar jaw drop facial expression.

"...Eric...is that really you?" Kevin mustered up after he found his voice again.

"Actually...let's go with Erika while I'm a girl" You replied cheekily, surprising yourself with your newfound confidence.

You sit back down next to Kevin, sensing an obvious change in the mood, an almost sexual tension building in the air. The guys in the group started to notice you in a much more charged way, different from when you went almost unnoticed as a guy.

And you secretly liked the attention.