Drink some water, M

From Create Your Own Story

You can tell he's struggling to keep his composure, and the same anxious energy is building inside you. You nod, following him through to the kitchen as you both fill up two glasses of water.

As soon as Nathan drinks his down in one gulp, you both realize the truth - this wasn't a potion of just happiness. Suddenly everything starts to make sense - the heat, the desire for each other. Nathan looks away from you quickly, taking a step back.

"I think I understand what this is now" He breathes out slowly, putting down his glass on the counter and crossing his arms over himself protectively. "I'm sorry for not realizing sooner - I knew that it wasn't a good idea".

The water tastes like copper after the sweet potions' tangy taste, making you grimace faintly. But as bad as the taste is, you can't deny that you can feel the heat in your body cooling down, restoring some sanity to your nearly feral mind.

"What was it then?"

"I - well we must have put the wrong thing in or something. It's a good job we washed it down sooner than later either way. Another five minutes and we probably wouldn't have been able to shake it unless .... anyway thank - thankfully it didn't come to that" Nathan swallowed, a blush creeping up his face.

The two of you spend a small time talking about what a bullet you just dodged. By the time the two of you are ready to leave the safety of the house it's about time for Nathans class. He'll have a lot of explaining to do when he gets there, he knows that, but at least he won't get a mark for a missed assignment altogether.

"Hey, listen, if potions were easy to make everyone would be running around doped up on ... well dopamine"

Your reassurance is met by grumbles of dissatisfaction, ones that make you chuckle, feeling some tendrils of normalcy already settling back between the both of you.

Sheepishly head to your next class

After that fiasco, you feel like you earned an afternoon off