The Discovery

Noura and Jessica had been friends for two years. They studied together at the University of Chicago and Noura was not afraid to accept Jessica's invitation to go to the restaurant "In the Dark" for the weekend. When making the reservation, it was explained that dinner would take place in total darkness and that the menu would only be released the next day and after dinner there would be a sensory game.

Dinner night came and they had a great time trying to identify what they were eating and drinking. They also talked with other people because the darkness was liberating — thought Noura — it uninhibits and lays bare the soul, it is being before appearance. She was delighted with the experience so far.

After dinner it was announced that they were going to another room—the back room—and everyone was offered the opportunity to leave. However, if they continued there, it would be at their own risk and that from that moment on, in addition to the darkness, there would be one more rule: silence.

Noura was nervous, which was natural. She'd had too much to drink, was in a dark environment and didn't know what was coming, but the promise that her identity would not be revealed, as well as anyone else's, gave her the comfort she needed.

The customers who remained then went in the dark to the back room and Noura and Jessica split. Noura sat down and a few minutes later someone approached her and felt her face, caressed her ears and neck and started to take off her dress. On impulse, Noura touched the person back and realized it was a naked man and the game began to be revealed, but she didn't hesitate to continue. She stood up and let the dress fall. Would he have the gall to go on? She didn't have time to finish the thought and she was already braless and her tight breasts were being touched by the stranger's hands.

The same thing was repeated with a few more men until a woman approached her. As they caressed, Noura noticed a scent that was familiar to her. How did Jessica find her in the dark? And did Jessica know who she was? Was it coincidence or something premeditated? Noura didn't expect answers, she was just glad it was her. After whispering a few words in Jessica's ear, they left the restaurant and went to Noura's apartment and that night she discovered herself as a woman, with a woman.

When Noura woke up, she looked at the dinner menu on the restaurant's website and found that she had committed yet another haram—the name for sin in her Islamic religion: melon and prosciutto had been served for starters. In the face of everything that had happened, he didn't care anymore. If she would burn in hell, as described in Al Noor, the dreaded book of penances in the Al Koran, she would, but she was determined to live her new life in America. The main course was lobster ravioli and the dessert red velvet cake. To drink, wine and as a digestive, Amarula, with aphrodisiac properties.