Too late! She was just outside the door! Jeff wheeled around and realized his pants were around his knees as he saw Venus frantically slip under his bed and pull in her long green tentacles. He managed to get his pants up with ninja dexterity and flipped computer screens over just as the door swung open.
Jeff's mom stood in the doorway and sniffed at the strange smell. "Hmm. Smells fresh in here. Like... like flowers."
"O-Oh?" Jeff stammered, cringing as he heard the little soft chuckle from under the bed.
"Anyway!" Jeff's mom said. "I was doing some reading, darling, and I don't think that a water diet is going to be good for you. You know, I just worry that you might make yourself sick."
"Oh, yeah... well... I guess you're right." Jeff sighed. "I just... you know. Fads and stuff."
"Oh, I know, baby! I know!" His mom gulped awkwardly. She didn't want to be uncool. "I just don't want you to worry about your... looks, you know? You're a handsome boy and I'm sure a special girl will find you one day."
"Moooom." Jeff blushed deep red.
"Okay, okay!" His mom giggled. "I'll leave you alone, darling. Dad and I are heading to bed."
"Sure, mom. Love you, good night!"
Jeff let out a sigh of relief as his mom shut the door and listened to her heavy footsteps as she went back downstairs.
Venus stuck her head out from under the bed and smiled. "That's so cute!" She whispered gently. "Your mother really cares about you."
"They both do." Jeff smiled happily, scooting off his chair and getting down onto the floor to sit with his plant... girlfriend? Thing? He blushed deep red.
"Hmm." The former flytrap smiled. "A change of thoughts. An increase in stress. I wonder what that might be related to."
"Uhhh, yeah." Jeff winced, watching as the plant snaked out from under his bed and sat across from him. Her leafy fern hands touched his legs. She rustled and then became still.
"Well, let's hear it." Venus insisted. "Is our deviancy to be short lived, master? Am I destined to be reduced back to my original form?"
Jeff considered this carefully. He gulped and almost seemed to turn pale white in horror. "I... I can't. You'll... you'll die, won't you? Your mind will vanish."
"Yes." Venus nodded gently. "I will cease to exist. If you need me to go away, though, master, my love for you is so strong that I will be happy to do so if it means giving you a better life."
"Venus, my God!" Jeff gasped in horror. He grabbed the plant's leafy hands and threw her into an embrace. "No! No! I couldn't! Not after... that."
"I'm glad to hear that." The plant whispered gently. She let out a repressed sigh of relief. "I would have been sad to lose you, my master. Even in the few precious moments where I remain alive as I shrink and fade away to my simple begginings, my last thoughts would be of you."
"Venus..." Jeff whispered in awe. "I don't know what to say."
"Turn down the lights, master..." Venus smiled. "Set us a romantic mood. Let's enjoy our new pleasures while they last. Let me give you more of the physical delights I can produce. I would like nothing more than to bring you joy."
"Venus..." Jeff whispered again. He stared at the plant as her thick lips smiled wryly.
"Or... you could use your delightful little ray and progress me further. How big can I become, I wonder? What will I become if you continue to develop my wonderful form? Aren't you a little curious? I know that I am."
"Venus... will you... obey?" Jeff considered, gulping as a repressed and startling dominancy began to emerge.
"Without hesitation or question, my master. Your desires are my purpose. Even if you wish me to..." She looked around oddly, scanning the room. "Ah! Say, clean up the clothing on top of your TV!"
Jeff stared at the clothes dangling over his screen and blinked. "H-How do you know what a TV is?"
"Now isn't that a mystery?" She smiled conspiratorially. "I know quite a lot that may not be evident. I think it may have to do with the programming you've applied to me through the... device."
Jeff stared at the plant, felt her cool leafy fern hands around him, and smiled. Aw, fuck, why not? She was really charming and kind.
"Another shift in thought." The plant grinned, driving Jeff mad as she giggled playfully. "An acceptance of my nature."
"How are you doing that?" Jeff stared in awe.
"I can see your mood. Sense the complicated workings of your psyche. I can taste your thoughts. Every trickle of heat you produce. Every subtle movement of your body. They are all my spies, master."
In that moment, Jeff realized the sheer power of the chronivac and gulped. "Can you read my mind?"
"No." The plant grinned, and slipped one of her tendrils past Jeff's head to pick up the emitter in a coil. She carefully slipped the device over her master's head and placed it squarely in his hand. "But I'm interested to see if my senses continue to grow more refined. Perhaps I could."
Jeff stared at the emitter, gave Venus a diabolical grin, and rose in front of her. She watched with eager delight, forming a huge smile, as the human shut off his bedroom light, clicked the door handle's lock, and stared back at her in the blue darkness of late evening coming from his window.
He pointed the emitter at her and smirked. He heard Venus coo in response, heard her leafy form shifting in the dark as his eyes adjusted.
"Master..." Venus whispered. "What can I do for you?"