The effects of Ty's residual power surge on Dustin were fading. His ability to change himself had only been due to an excess of emotion and willpower his step brother had applied to him, and now it was wearing off slowly, returning him to what Ty had changed him into in the first place. A simple non-morphic rat.
Although he was just a little shorter at that point, Dustin didn't notice. He knew what he wanted to do and gulped nervously as he rustled around and rose from his carpet bedding. The sight of sweet dark skinned Lily sleeping peacefully made his heart ache for her companionship.
The last of old Dustin suddenly snapped back, calling the shrinking rat a gay little bitch for feeling anything so emotional, and then just as quickly as it came it vanished. Perhaps forever. Dustin the shrinking rat boy climbed onto Lily's bed carefully, and wormed his way under her covers.
The girl moaned, turned, and opened her eyes to see a giant rat lying next to her in bed. She smiled warmly, took Dustin in an embrace, and kissed his nose. "I knew you'd like it better up here."
Together, they both fell into a warm sleep, Dustin shrinking all the while as night wore on into dawn.