The man catches up to me and offers me something

I had made it to the park, but before I could step foot in it, I felt a heaviness on my shoulder. It felt like a hand and thinking it was some kind of danger; I weaseled my shoulder down and about face to look at whose hand it could be. It was that man. I assume that he only looked at me, thinking I was following him to his house, then when I diverted my route, he walked back into his house. I did not expect to see him right behind me. And he must have run up to me to catch up to me, though I did not hear any footsteps behind me.

“Sorry, man. I did not mean to startle you. Seeing you near my house made me think you were following me, but I figured that was maybe your route all along,” he explained. “We just happened to be walking the same way. Did you want some water?” He had a cold bottle of water in his hand, and he offered it up to me.

Home was just a few blocks away and I could easily get some water there, so I kindly said, “No thanks.”

“Then, how about this?” he asked, producing a single packaged pink pill.

“Is that X? Or something like Tums or Pepto-Bismol?” I asked, surprised that a black man was offering me **** out in the open, in the afternoon.

“It’s X-Change. It’s a genderswap ****. This one will turn you from a man into a woman,” he explained. Intrigued, I held out my hand and he placed the pill in my palm. “Try it out. Should last for four hours, then you’ll change back. To be safe, try it at home.”

“Okay,” I simply say, and he rams back to his house. I make my way back home, carrying the pink pill with me, wondering what it will do. I had heard of X-Change before, but it wasn’t as popular as it is in the present day. I mostly thought it was tall tales or too far-fetched to be real. And I didn’t really consider myself to swing that way. He seemed attractive, even though he was older, but coming from a guy like me, very improbable.

I get back home, finding it empty. Of course, my parents are still working, and my older brother is at his job and they all won’t be back until later. I would have the house all to myself for the next… four hours.