Ethan spent the rest of the evening either pacing the floor wishing he had set the time earlier or trying to watch TV to take his mind off it.
He eventually fell asleep in front of some old movie.
Slowly waking up due to the light beaming in to his face he started to adjust to being conscious again. And then it hit him... oh fuck he'd changed reality! He wanted to message Rajesh immediately but he might then know it was him... that would open up a can of worms. Instead he staggered over to the book on the desk and yawned. It was still open on the page from last night and smiling wanly he looked down at his edit. It looked a little different now...
'At midnight GMT on the 14th August 2021 all males of South Asian descent experienced a sudden growth in their genitals. Universally all received a growth that resulted in their penises being 4 inches longer than they were before the stated time.' The colour drained from Ethan's face.
"Oh my god..." He felt like he was going to faint. All males of South Asian descent?! That was 100s of millions of people! Suddenly gaining 4 inches... all at the same time.
He ran back to the TV and switched to the news. Scanning it for the next 20 minutes he didn't see anything out of the ordinary.
'Hmm, maybe it's being treated like it's normal? Or no one has admitted it to each other yet?'
He suddenly felt extremely thirsty. Grabbing his coat he headed out to the nearby corner shop to get something cold.
Walking in the door he was met by the shopkeeper he saw practically every day. Mr. Devi and his son Zayne were always super friendly and helpful, they knew he was gay after seeing him with the occassional boyfriend, even joing with him that he had a 'type' and they sort of approved. Today however... they had the biggest smiles he'd ever seen on them. Mr. Devi was stood behind the counter, Zayne out in the rear of the shop. And that's when he spotted it.
Zayne was sporting a phenomenal bulge and an even bigger smile. Ethan's eyes rose from staring at the bulge to be met by Zayne's cheeky grin. The kid was 14! And he looked like he'd smuggled a courgette in his trousers. Walking over to near the drinks he stood next to Zayne.
"Hi..." He croaked, his eyes darting down and back up again.
"Hey Eth" Zayne chirruped back "How are you?"
"Good... erm, yea good thanks... you" He lowered his gaze a moment again and back up.
"Oh... pretty amazing actually Eth. Doing really really good." He patted his bulge for a split second. "Need anything?"
"Um? Wha?" He responded incoherently.
"I said do you... neeeeed anything?" Zayne asked stepping closer, Ethan's eyes were locked on that bulge now. "Ha, you seem like you really need something?" Another step closer.
"Zayne..." Ethan croaked again. "I mean..."
"I know what you're thinking." He whispered. "It's real and all me."
He gulped looking up into his eyes. 'Oh fuck...what did I do...'