Paiway was still deep in thought about what she’d seen Parfet doing on the bridge. The sight of her mouth and throat wrapped around Rabat’s body had made her feel strange, almost giddy. The way all of him had been forced into her belly to form a nearly perfect round protrusion had made her gasp and when she felt the stretch out flesh and the man inside her, a warm feeling had spread through out her young body. She wanted to stay with Parfet, massage her belly, rest her head on the gut and hear how it felt for the geeky engineer. But it was not to be. She’d been called to sick bay to look over Hibiki. They’d something about a ‘pill’ and ‘change’, but Paiway was still dazed after seeing her first meal so she didn’t listen. It didn’t matter anyway, whatever it was, she could handle it.

Pulling out her frog puppet, she stuck it out towards the table without looking at Hibiki. “Ribbit, what seems to be the problem?”

“What the hell do you think?” Paiway frowned, Hibiki’s voice was sounding high pitched. She looked past her puppet to see what was wrong with him. Her puppet fell to the floor at the sight of the tiny male sitting on the desk, legs crossed in an attempt to hide his ‘antenna’ and looking to the side with a big fat scowl. Paiway’s mouth twitched several time, until it broke into a big smile.

“Cute!” She screamed. Hibiki wasn’t given time to even let out a squeak before Paiway plucked him up off the table and brought him closer to her face. Hibiki swore and kicked as he neared the young girls face. His eyes found themselves drawn to his mouth, which once looked so small, now seemed so big. She was smiling, so all he saw was a row of white teeth, but he knew behind them was her mouth. Knowing that he was bite size, made him much warier of that small orifice now. Paiway pushed his head against her cheek and rubbed him against her skin, in much the same way a friendly cat would. She pulled him away and looked at him in her hands, her eyes sparkled with excitement.

“I’ve always wanted a small male to play with. Well actually, I wanted one to eat, but I won’t do that to you. You’re too cool to be eaten. This is so great. It’s amazing. Now we can play everyday, now that you can’t pilot your Vanguard!”

She spoke fast, but Hibiki picked up most of it. He gawked at her, confused at why she was so excited. Paiway was hyperventilating, taking deep breaths as she clutched at Hibiki. Seeing the giant of a girl spaz out like this made Hibiki feel very nervous, so he didn’t start swearing or shouting like he often did. Calmly, he asked, “What’s with you, I’m small what’s the big deal?”

Paiway giggled and brought her finger to Hibiki’s chin, she stroked him like a cat, earning an angry growl from Hibiki. He hated being carried around and he hated being treated like a pet. Paiway continued petting him with her finger, delighting in the feel of the tiny man in her hand. “Don’t you know? Every little girls dream on Mejare dreams about owning a tiny man. Most just want to eat them, but others, like me, think you make the cutest pets. When men are big, their smelly and bossy, but at this size I can keep you clean and tell you what to do. You’ll make the best pet,” Paiway said dreamily.

“Not a pet!” Hibiki growled. He was already treated like second-class citizen by most of the crew. He’d be damned if he let even one of them treat him as a pet.

Paiway pouted. “Don’t be like that. You aren’t just my pet, you’re my friend too.”

“I can’t be both!” Hibiki screamed, then took a moment to pause. Had Paiway really called him her friend? The girl was a bit mean to her and had started a mutiny against him a few months back. However, lately she’d been spending time with him, mostly following him around and writing things down. He always felt like she was studying him, but maybe she was just doing that to spend time with him.

“Listen Paiway, I’m here for an examination. The old hag, aka the captain, wants to make sure nothing went wrong with my body when I shrunk. Personally, I think a lot went wrong, namely the fact I freaking shrunk. However, just look me over and I’ll be on my way.” Paiway nodded and began looking him over. He was again brought close to her face, only this time it was so she could get a closer look. She held his arm between two of her fingers and gave it a small tug to test how the joints were working. She checked the other arm and then ran her finger down his torso, feeling for any unusual bumps under the skin. Hibiki shifted uncomfortably, the feel of her soft, smooth fingertip over his chest and back. He didn’t complain though, that is until she started to wiggle around his manhood.

“What the hell are you doing?” He screeched, wrenching himself away from her. Her tiny touch had caused a strange reaction. His body had been filled with this unbelievably happy feeling that he couldn’t explain. When he looked down, he also saw that his limp organ had started to rise.

“I was just moving your antenna aside so I could find your vagina,” Paiway explained, expecting it to be obvious.

“Huh?” Hibiki grunted, unfamiliar with the word ‘vagina’. He forgot about it a second later, whatever this vagina was, it didn’t concern him. getting the hell out of here with some of his pride remaining was more important.

“If there’s nothing wrong with me, can I leave. Meia wants my help in setting up a place for me to sleep in her room.”

“What?” Paiway squealed. She leaned closer in, bringing Hibiki only a few inches from her nose. She looked worried as she stared at the tiny man. “Why are you staying with her and not me? I like you more and have dolls for you to play with. We can have so much fun, please?” Paiway pleaded, she may never get another chance to have her own shrunken man. And besides, having Hibiki would be much cooler then having any other tiny male. He was different.

“Psst, no way. Your just a kid,” Hibiki said, completely blowing off Paiway. He kept his cool exterior that is until the waterworks started. Tears formed in Paiway’s eyes and she tried to brush them away before they fell, but failed.

“You don’t like me, you think I’m just a kid. I know I can take care of you, for just one night. Please, just give me a chance?” Hibiki shuddered under the assault of tears. Something about female tears made his male machismo fade away. He wanted those tears to go away, not only because Paiway was his friend, but also because it was freaking him out.