*Opens gift from you as you smile, knowing I’ll love the gift you got me*
“Oh?” I think. “It’s vodka” I say wasn’t sounding to disappointed. You smile and bring out a shot glass. “I don’t really drink” I whisper. “One shot” I tell you as you nod your head yes. I pour the clear liquid into the shot glass. I stare and think about how gross it’s going to taste.

“You ABSOL-utely love it” you say. Putting an emphasis on the word Absol for some reason. I drink it chugging it as quickly down my throat as I possibly could within chocking. The taste is bitter and awful. I try not to cough as I put on a smile. Something feels off.

Why did I get so lightheaded. I know I don’t drink but jeez this hit me fast. Now I notice you’re staring. “Huh”? I say. “What’s wrong?” I ask you. You say nothing. My fingers start to feel numb as my vision becomes blurred and I find it hard to focus. I look at my hands. They start morphing into something new. My fingers fuse and instead of soft skin they became hard. My fingers slowly become darker too. I look at them as hard as I can. My vision can’t tell reality from fiction. “This can’t be happening” I tell you. “Oh but it is” you reply.

My head is pounding now as I place one of my clawed hands on my face. My face feels smooth. My hair grows and then the sharp piercing pain of a horn like shape coming out from on side of my head. I moan. I’ve never felt so uncomfortable before.

A tail quickly pops out my pants. I quickly feel the new sensation of having a tail. My toes fuse and the new claws rip my sneakers apart. I feel so hot as I get covered in fur. Fur that covered me from head to toe…or claw. I use the claws on my hands to rip and tear away at my clothes until they’re nothing but torn fabric on the floor.

I’m still dizzy. I look at you. *hiccup!* “What did you do to me” I struggle to stand on two legs. I fall onto all four. I look at you. You start laughing. “Told you, you’ll ABSOL_utely love it”

( NEXT *SKETCH* )