The astronaut was still sleeping peacefully, the injured shoulder was placed in a sling and Dr. Yamanak curiously examined the patient's bare legs.

"Hm, so many scars, inside and out. Everything will not be repaired," he thought, crossed his arms in front of his chest and scanned every single muscle with his trained eye. He took his time. He thought the Russian was a wonderful test subject and finally patted Hichan proudly on the shoulder.

"You did your job really well, good boy." The marks of the alien hands were still visible on Torio's thighs.

"I tried to do everything by your instructions, but... ma te lo giuro, the body changes were more strenuous than you predicted. "Mama mia, I thought my last hour had come for me in Luigi."

"Yes, human instincts are not to be underestimated, ... but neither, apparently, should the pretty blonde. How the astronaut could stand up to her is a mystery to me. "How ignorant do you have to be to ignore a woman like that?"

"He's different... innocent... like Mori. Me amore. They are like Romeo and Juliet." The doctor laughed broadly, which made him look like a grinning frog, and scratched Hichan's head.

"Oh, how romantic and you purr so sweetly. I hope the side effects on your media don't fade too quickly. The trick with the Italian cat is sensational. In any case, you'll stay on teaching. I could use a go-getter like you."

Nobody knew about the training the redhead had received at Takuyan. Not even Shinji Kazmi. He had only invented the excuse for the internship to get out of the predicament in Torio's apartment.

"If your father knew that I was introducing you to the art of laying on hands, he would not have been so kind to me. He's okay, but his views are sometimes outdated." Takuyan walked around the sleeping Russian, tapped here and there on specially selected acupuncture points and closed his big eyes every time.

"What was his reaction to the male side of our patient?" he then wanted to know. The smaller alien smiled dreamily.

"Amazingly good, when I think about it, he was very calm and immediately looked for a solution for the due amanti. If only we had let you in on it earlier, we would have been spared a lot, davvero fastidioso (really annoying). But at least our plan was well thought out, until bella donna April decided to make another attempt to get to the human being. Now Hichan also put his palms on Torio's thighs and began his therapy.

"Oh man, the hot blonde. . . Before I brainwash her, we should test her, what do you think?" His eyebrows raised expectantly, but the redhead shook his head.

"No grazie, no need, she devours me with skin and hair. But feel free, il corpo da lei is wonderfully soft and she likes just about anything male, including il gatto rosso. Meow!" A rollicking laugh followed and the doctor and his student tried to release all blockages, to relax the muscles, to make the astronaut as agile as possible.

They allowed the sleeping man one hour, then the time had finally come.

Meanwhile Mori was also lying in a kind of regeneration chamber. After the operation he was very vulnerable, but with the help of this special device, his body recovered very quickly. And the newly operated one would need all his strength to get to that particular place he had chosen for her first time. It had to be perfect. The secret place was on the skull planet. Only Mori knew about this vault, which lay far inside, deeply hidden and undiscovered. During his lonely travels, he encountered this bare celestial body again and again and searched all the nooks and crannies until he came across his self-described "secret place". Often he had hidden there for days and built his own little kingdom from the things he found there and took with him from everywhere. A little paradise, one might think, for Mori it was definitely like that and he firmly believed that this would make Torio happy, too.

If only the time had finally come.

After the conversation with his mother, the curly-haired man was confident again. She always found the right words when she held him in her arms and gently stroked his feelers. All that, the tender touches, the soothing words, her warmth, everything had been so long ago. She didn't ask why or how, just rejoiced with him and smiled at the confession of his love for Torio.

The minutes crept by like hours and Mori couldn't stand it in the human power bank any longer. He was charged over the limit and wanted to relax his tingly body a little more. So Mori strolled to the healing springs that the nice young doctor had recommended and combed his hair carefully with his long fingers. It felt strange not being able to foresee anything anymore, not being able to recognize any strange vibrations, just wallowing in his indescribably beautiful dreams and singing a love song very quietly.

"I am telling you, softly whisper,

tonight, yes, tonight,

you are my angel.

I love you and we will come together,

tonight, yes, tonight.

I'm just saying:

Wherever you are, I'll make you smile.

Wherever you are, I will always be by your side.

Whatever you say, you're always in my thoughts.

I promise you that, forever, right here, right now."

Honest and touching, the words sounded effortlessly from his mouth. His father was right: everything changed, only love remained and was even stronger than before.

Takuyan promised him not to have any more problems with the heat, because everything changed by itself when his feelers were removed.

A journey in space was now only possible for him with very special shields and only one atmosphere without using these camouflage shells freely. Only oxygen, like on earth.

Yes, Mori changed to a human being, there was practically no choice for him, since an unfulfilled mating within the bloom caused the death of these ingenious sense organs. And since in this case no proper mating was possible, I am sorry to say, and even the doctor would have been overwhelmed with such a rapid transformation of the astronaut into an alien, the curly-haired man decided to be decapitated. His future was thus predestined,

So the couple had one more day before they had to separate again. 24 hours, then the future of the two would finally take its course. The journey back to earth they had to master alone. Mori did not want to think about that yet. The most beautiful time lay ahead of him now and every second with his love should give him so much strength to accomplish everything else. With Takuyan's inventions they should reach the place, the hidden cave, quickly and the former alien could finally reveal his surprise. To do so, they would also need these camouflage covers, a combination of different layers, coatings and covers to be able to travel as humans so comfortably and unencumbered. The shields could be worn together, like the fat eyes on the beef soup. Everything that was inside this bubble and touched was protected and filled with the appropriate medium to breathe. If you separated from each other by more than a meter, the bubbles popped apart again. Enormously practical! Really amazing that the young doctor developed a suitable tool for every situation.

On the 4th level of the clinic building where they were currently located, there was currently a human atmosphere to make it easier to treat the visitors and Mori. For the aliens it was not important anyway, because their feelers could handle everything.

Mori reached the bathroom and got rid of his clothes. Silently he slipped through the door, into the hall and slid into the bubbling, warm water. A wonderful feeling spread over his delicate skin as the slim man dived down to his neck and sighed in relief. His thoughts of Torio ignited another warmth in his body. A bittersweet pain that made his heart beat violently and irritated every nerve to the extreme. He was so ready, so ... excited, unmistakable, if it weren't for the many small air bubbles that were directed into the pool through the nozzles, which clouded the water.

Breathing heavily, he leaned against the edge of the pool.

"I cannot believe ... I am a human being ...", he breathed into the thick fog, let his hands slide down and closed his eyes. He was happy to be so close to his goal, to have achieved everything and to know his love in safety, that he felt liberated and relieved.

He only wanted to allow himself a few minutes to get ready, ... pretty for Torio.

"Oh, yeah... Torio," he moaned and bit his lower lip. The accelerated blood flow in his veins, booming in his ears and making him deaf to the sounds around him.

A dull thud at the door went unheard and suddenly Mori was no longer alone ...