Note: Sirina wakes up to find out her dream to be human come true. When she goes out to celebrate she bumps into Ansa, who just recently moved into the same apartment building and they decide to explore the city together, getting real close when evening comes. Close enough to let him tie her up with yarn in their carnal desires and believe they will stay together. But then the next day comes.
Characters are human adults in this fairy tale, of course. ;-)
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Dawn slowly lit up the bedroom, and the first rays of the sun peeked through the slit between the bedroom curtains, touching Sirina's body. Like a gentle lover they caressed and warmed her up until she woke up slowly from her slumber.
"Just a little longer." she thought and turned around, snuggling the pillow. The gentle lover persisted in caressing her back, and eventually she yawned and stretched her whole body, hitting the headboard with her hands. She touched the wood with her fingers, and something felt wrong. Carefully opening her eyes, blinking to get used to the light, she looked up at the headboard, then left and right. 'What?' She kept perfectly still. 'Ehm?' she said. She looked left and right, then up again. 'Hel-lo?' This time she was certain something was different from the normal way she woke up at first light. She moved her arms back, then held still, looking at them. She moved her right arm once, then her left arm, then sat up in shock.
'This is unreal..' she said to herself, then looked down at her firm legs. 'This is not..' She looked around the room and found a tall mirror leaning against the wall in a corner. She jumped up from the bed, almost stumbling on the floor, then moved in front of the mirror.
'No way..' she said, waving her arms, moving her legs one by one, then turned around to watch the slightly plump body in the mirror. 'No way!' she shouted and laughed. She took a closer look at herself, admiring her smooth curves and feeling her firm breasts. Her black hair reached down to her shoulders and leaning closer she could see her dark blue eyes.
'I'm human!' she kept shouting as she danced around the room before falling down on her back on the bed. 'I'm human..' she whispered. She sat upright at once. 'If this is a dream, I'm going to enjoy it.' she said and opened the closets, checking out the contents. 'I have to wear clothes. That is what humans do.'
Pulling out everything, examining it closely and tossing it on the bed, she emptied the closets until she found a combination of blue dress, black socks and white shoes to her liking. She opened the curtains and window to sniff the fresh morning air and watched the street coming alive. Birds lined some of the red and greenish roofs, singing their morning calls. She wanted to go out and see what the city looked like from her new perspective.
She opened her front door and bumped into a young, slender man. 'I'm so sorry!' she said as he got up from the floor.
He brushed off his jeans and white shirt and smiled gently. 'It's okay.'
'I'm just in a good mood today and got a little too carried away.'
'Well, I've been in a good mood myself this morning, so I understand.'
She remembered it was polite to greet others and extended her hand. 'I'm Sirina. I..,' she needed to think of an excuse of why she just appeared here. 'I., just recently moved in.'
'Oh.' he said and shook her hand. 'What a coincidence, I also just moved in. I'm Ansa.' he said and she hid her relief of him believing her.
She liked his brown eyes and taller stature. 'Nice to meet you.'
'Very nice to meet you too, Sirina.'
'You were just on your way out too?'
'Yes, I thought I'd go and have a look around today. It's such nice weather. You?'
'Same idea. I wanted to see what the city looks like.'
He looked at her for a moment, then smiled. 'Would you like to join me? We could go together?'
She hadn't expected that, but nodded happily. 'I'd like that.'
They went down the marble stairs to the ground floor and stood outside the entrance to the old building, looking right and left down the small street while a few cars and several people went by.
'I think there's a market that way.' she said, looking to the left, remembering the neighbourhood.
'A good start as any.' he said, and they walked down the street, observing the people and looking closely at the shop's displays and merchandise.
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At the market they were greeted by the smell of fresh baked bread from a stall at the corner. Her stomach growled, invoking a chuckle from him until his stomach growled too.
'I didn't think of eating before I left.' she said, fiddling with her dress.
'Hang on.' he said and checked his pockets. 'Ah.' he said as he found money. 'Shall we get something?'
'I don't have any money with me.' she said looking down.
'I'll pay.'
She didn't want to take advantage of her first friend and shook her head. 'I couldn't.'
'No worries.' he said and grabbed her hand. 'It's in return for spending the time with me.'
He pulled her to the stall before she could say anything and checked out the selection of bread, cakes, cookies and pastries.
'What would you like?' he asked her.
'Really?' she asked, looking at his smiling face.
'I told you, it's on me.'
She looked at all the tasty things, taking in the sweet smell of fruits and bitter of chocolate, unsure what to pick. 'I don't know.. It all looks so good.'
The baker chuckled. 'Thank you.'
She looked at the baker who took a paper bag. 'May I recommend the cherry jam filled mini buns? They're a favourite for the mornings.'
She looked at the brown buns with light sugary coating, then nodded.
'How many would you like?'
She looked at Ansa, who turned to the baker. 'Make it four. I think she couldn't settle for less after tasting one.' he said. 'And for me four croissants with ham and cheese.'
The baker filled two paper bags and put them in front of them. 'Four cherry buns and four ham and cheese croissants for the handsome man and his lovely girlfriend.'
'Girl-?' they said, then looked at each other.
She blushed. 'I'm not really his girlfriend.'
'Yeah, we only met this morning.' Ansa said, feeling a little awkward.
