AUTHORS NOTE:
This is one of my older stories: my take on a gender transformation combined with a gender swap. I hope you enjoy it!
BL Quick (BQNK)
There's No Going Back
Chapter 1
Nick and his wife had tried everything โ every herbal remedy, position, and treatmentโat least it felt that way. But years passed to no avail. It afflicted their hearts and, as a result, their marriage. Nick was at his wit's end. Sick of disappointing Samantha. Desperate for any solution โ no matter how ridiculous.
Cho, a fellow engineer at work, had recommended the shop. The owner was, in his words, Nick's best hope. In fact, scattered conversations over several weeks and Cho's relentless insistence that Nick make the trip to the shop (that it would be well worth it and a sure fire way to impregnating his wife and ending his problems) had filled his heart with renewed confidence.
Nick went. The shop, as if satisfying a clichรฉ or Nick's worst nightmares, was located deep down a gritty alleyway in Chinatown, and when he stepped in, he was far from impressed. It was a dim clutter of trinkets and jars โ some filled with roots, others with parts of animals. They sat, barely illuminated by the red lanterns above, on black lacquered wooden cabinets detailed with ornate pearl dragons and cranes. The shop smelled like someone had let Chinese take out sit in their car overnight โ along with 14 pairs of old shoes, an open bottle of nail polish, stale tea, and a scattering of moth balls.
The old man had a hoary beard, long eyebrows, and leaned from his chair beneath a green light. Over tea the shop owner listened closely to Nick's explanation, nodding occasionally. Then, without explanation, walked to the back of the shop. Nick could hear him rummaging around. The clinking of jars. The sound of a lighter. A burning smell.
Eventually he creaked back smoking a cigarette with something in his hand. A golden necklace with a crooked golden pendant stuffed with a tangle of brown stuff. It looked organic. Roots? Herbs? The man cleared his throat and explained the process, repeating himself continually, opening his eyes wide. Nick grew bored rather quickly, his thoughts straying to observe the strange man in front of him. The man was articulate, a Chinese accent hardly discernible. Nick rolled his eyes at himself for expecting one. The man kept repeating "the necklace seeks balance" always with wide eyes while shaking a wrinkled finger his way. However bored Nick was, however inattentive, he grew more and more sure the method would work--and more impatient to get on with it.
"The entire success of the necklace is dependent on your ability to concentrate, which means when you decide to use it, you have to do everything you can to limit any outside stimuli that could interrupt your focus on what you desire. Complete concentration. No people. No noise. No-"
"No interruptions. I get it. Now take my money and give me the necklace."
The man eyed him sternly for a moment then snorted. "I also need to stress that you will get what you want sooner than later. Things tend to happen quickly."
"Sooner than later. Great. Now take my money and give me the necklace!" Nick gritted his teeth in a feigned smile and shrugged.
The man spit on the table in disgust. "Ugh. You know what, forget it. You're just a customer. I've told you what you need to know. You don't seem to realize how much of a favor I am doing you by taking time to reiterate." He snatched the money from Nick's right hand and shoved the necklace into his left. "Here. Be careful. Use your head."
"Thank yoโ"
"Don't thank me! Just leave. And be very careful. The necklace-"
"Seeks balance. I got it." Nick put the necklace in his pocket, turned for the door and headed back out into the snow.
Nick turned and looked at the shopโwhat a jerk that guy wasโsuch fuss over a silly necklace. He twirled the necklace in his pocket.
"No more tests, no more regimens. Work is on my way home and everyone has gone home for the day. I'll just swing in there, lock myself in the bathroom, get this done then go straight home and fuck my wife so full of cum she will have quintuplets."