Accept David's suggestion and head home for dinner, excited for private time together

You lean into David, your body responding to his touch with a delicious warmth that radiates outward from where his fingers rest against your thigh. "Dinner at home sounds perfect," you murmur, your voice dropping to match his intimate tone.

You turn to Clara and Ryan, who are deep in conversation, their heads tilted toward each other with unmistakable chemistry. "We're going to head out," you announce. "David made dinner before coming here, and..." You trail off, blushing as Clara's eyebrows shoot upward with knowing amusement.

"Don't let it get cold," Clara says with a wink, her crimson lips curving into a smirk. "And text me tomorrow with all the details."

Ryan raises his glass in a small salute. "Nice meeting you both. Enjoy your evening."

David's hand settles at the small of your back as you stand, guiding you toward the exit with a gentle pressure that feels oddly thrilling. His touch is familiar yet entirely new—the same hand that once passed you beers during flatmate movie nights now sending electric currents through your transformed body.

"Sorry about Clara's matchmaking disaster," you say once you're outside in the cool evening air. "That whole Jamie thing was so awkward."

David hails a taxi with practiced ease, his other hand never leaving your waist. "Actually, I should thank her," he replies as a black cab pulls to the curb. "Got me to the bar faster when she texted you were there alone."

Inside the taxi, the atmosphere shifts. David gives the driver your address, then settles back, his thigh pressing against yours in the darkness. The confined space amplifies everything—his cologne, the sound of his breathing, the heat radiating between your bodies.

"You know," he says quietly as London slides past the windows, "when you called me your boyfriend earlier..."

Your heart races as his sentence hangs unfinished. "Yes?"

"It felt right." His fingers find yours in the darkness, intertwining with deliberate slowness. "Which is crazy, considering everything. Two days ago, you were..."

"Different," you finish for him, unable to say more with the driver present.

"Very." He laughs softly, squeezing your hand. "But this feels real. More real than I expected."

The taxi pulls up outside your flat, and David pays before you can even reach for your purse. As you stand on the pavement, shopping bags at your feet and the night stretching before you, a sudden wave of nervous anticipation washes over you.

"I hope you're hungry," David says, unlocking the front door and holding it open for you. "I made carbonara before I left. Just needs reheating."

The familiar hallway of your flat looks different somehow—more intimate, charged with possibility. You slip off your heels with a sigh of relief, immediately losing several inches of height. David watches you with undisguised fascination.

"What?" you ask, suddenly self-conscious under his gaze.

"Just..." He steps closer, towering over your petite frame. "I'm still getting used to this version of you. The way you move, your voice, how small you are next to me."

His hands come to rest on your shoulders, warm and steady. The apartment is quiet around you, the air thick with tension and promise.

"Is that...okay?" you ask, your voice barely above a whisper.

David's response is to lower his head slowly, deliberately, giving you every chance to pull away. Instead, you rise on tiptoes, meeting his lips halfway in a kiss that starts gentle but quickly deepens with hunger. His arms encircle your waist, lifting you slightly as your bodies press together.

"Dinner might have to wait," he murmurs against your mouth, and you feel yourself melting into him, your newly feminine body responding with an intensity that both thrills and terrifies you.

22:00 | Sunday 3 August 2025 | Your flat, Putney, London

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