"I knew I'd find you here." A familiar voice spoke from behind me as they circled an arm about my neck. The alcohol hadn't hit me hard enough to make me forget about keeping my booze out of their reach.

    "Mine." Was all that I had to say.

    "Come on, Aoi-kun..." Came her soft reply beside my ear. "This isn't going to do you any good."

    "It's doing me lots of good." I answered, a bit irritated about not being able to drink without risking said drink being taken away. "I don't have to worry about bothering you, and I don't have to worry about my body bothering me."

    "You don't bother me." She told me.

    I snorted and said, "Ha! You were singing a different tune the other night."

    "You were drunk and jumped to conclusions." She told me with the same kind of tone that a mother would use to instruct their child. "I told you that I'd think about it."

    "And what do you think?" I grumbled, a tense knot forming in my stomach while I prepared for her answer.

    "I think I want you back." She whispered into my ear. "I want to be together just like we were before you got changed."

    "But... My body... I..." I trailed off, unable to express my thoughts.

    "You're special because you'll be my only exception." She told me with more than a hint of tenderness. "So are you going to let it stop you?"

    I sat quietly for a moment while I stared at my glass, as I tried to make sense of the thoughts racing through my fuzzy brain. Seiko was willing to be intimate with a girl for me, that much I understood. But could I enjoy this alien body of mine?

    While giving her a sidelong glance, I finally asked, "Will you really? For me?"

    "Mm-hm!" She readily replied.

    I took another time out before I decided to put my bottle down.

    Seiko, upon seeing that, kissed my cheek and gave me a full embrace before saying, "Come on... We need some quality time together. I missed you."