Robin confesses!

Author's note: Pieter got level 10 last chapter, so this will be a small chapter to make it easy to have multiple options without having to rewrite earlier chapters. This Pieter only has the basic options. He has not met any hidden condition.

I look at him as he leaves and ask: "Does my bike fit in the back of your car? I want to take a shower."

He smiles. "Even if it did, I wouldn't let you drive home in the dark after yesterday."

He cares about me, he really does. We walk to his car. "Pieter, what do you see me as?"

He sits down and gets awkward. "Why do you ask?"

A crooked smile forms as we start to leave. "What if I asked if a feeling was mutual?"

His eyes widen. He focuses on the road and says: "Please don't ask such suggestive questions whilst I am driving"

I respond, knowing this means he likes me: "I love you, Pieter. I might always have you are one of the most supportive, caring people I know. You were there for all my lows and highs. We have been through thick and thin."

He remains quiet as he drives us to his place. As we arrive, he speaks up. "Robin, I don't know how to respond. I have been reviewing the times we have been together, like a movie in my head, using things I learned in therapy. I know some of those feelings are present, but I don't know how to place them. I am willing to start dating and see where it goes. I think we have been flirting all weekend anyway."

At that comment, I blush. I hadn't realised until now. I had asked him on a date, gave him keys to ostensibly a sextoy. And the way we had been sewing wasn't something a normal pair of friends would have. He pulls me close and kisses me on the mouth. My face must be coloured beet-red. "If you want to stay the night, I can drop you off at home before work." He suddenly suggests.

"Sure, I will let my parents know so they don't worry them," I say, getting out of the car, slowly walking up to his apartment, holding his hand. I am a 'Boss Babe' but also his horny subby-girlfriend.

As he opens the door, he says: "Ladies first." And let me go in. Why does this feel so good? Why do I feel like I could get drunk on this?

Wait, I need to let Pieter in on a secret. I explain to him LifeQuest, how it has been affecting me and that I got a quest to find out who the QuestMaster is. Most of it, he seemed surprised, but the QuestMaster revelation quest surprised him the most. I get a mild headache. But tell him about the conditions and that I had completed two and can easily complete the other 3. Level just 2 more, living full-time as a woman and telling all my friends and family is the same as making an announcement.

He dares me to do it together with an announcement that we are dating. I freeze. "You need to tell everyone; otherwise, you have not chosen to do it." He pushes gently. I know for sure I want this. I post on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, all of it, that I am dating Pieter and will be referred to with 'she/her' pronouns. Some nincompoops come out of the woodwork to make a fuss, but most people are wishing us luck with our relationship. Anne and Roos do as well as Bart.

I check my phone, and it isn't checking friends and family. Why? Chantal isn't connected to me online to avoid mom and dad! I call her. She surprisingly answers. "Hey, Chantal, with Robin, how are you doing?"

She responds: "Good, I watched your last few streams. I saw you dressed up as a girl. Please tell me you ran away from home cause you are trans, and during the stream, you had been testing the waters."

"Two-thirds correct and missing a part. I am trans, was testing the response on stream and came out to mom and dad even before that. They accepted me for who I was, surprisingly." That last bit is a lie. With LifeQuest, it was guaranteed. "On top of all of that, I have a boyfriend. Want to meet up to meet him?"

I hear a glass drop. "Those bigots accepted you? Those overbearing assholes that were harassing me accept this?"

I wait a moment and say: "Yep."

With indignation, she says: "Nice to rub it in my face, Sis. Sure, I want you to meet my girlfriend anyway. Saturday okay?"

"Sure, want us to come to Wijchen? Or do you want to meet up elsewhere?"

"City centre Nijmegen okay?"

"Sure, but we can carpool if you want. Pieter has his own car; it is on the route anyway." I hear her scratch her head. "No is a valid answer. If you are afraid of the awkwardness. Do you want to meet up at the museum?"

"Sure, Robin. Good plan. See you Saturday. See you at the museum." And she hangs up.

Pieter is doing something on his phone whilst I make the call.