Making friends with an affini as an independent was hard. You had to make sure not to give off the impression that you're a seed, and even so, it's hard not to get the impression that your new friend is thinking about making you a pet. But after a while, you find one who can treat you almost like an equal.
The real problem came when you introduced this affini to your other independent friends. Most of them didn't feel comfortable around an affini, which you understood, and they wanted most of your hangouts to be terran only.
One friend though, seemed a little too comfortable. Maybe she was just too trusting of the affini you had called your friend, but she would let the affini pet her, and never felt the need to insist on her independence the way you did.
Your breaking point came when one day, you were all hanging out, and she ended up sitting in the affini's lap. You're not really sure how it happened, but you looked over, and there she was, looking like a floret. The sight made your stomach twist in anxiety for her, and afterwards, you invited her back to your hab and sat her down.
You explained that just because this affini was your friend didn't mean her independence wasn't threatened. If she didn't start acting differently, she'd end up a floret. Instead of being horrified, like you expected, she blushed and looked away.
She was embarrassed, but not nearly as ashamed as you would have been if you were the one admitting to having already been considering walking into the domestication office. She tells you how nice your affini friend is, which you obviously knew, because you're friends, and is actually happy at the suggestion that she's being viewed as a potential pet.
You're horrified, but not as horrified as you are in the coming weeks, when you realize that your affini spends less and less time with you, and more with her. The realization that you were only ever seen as a terran to be domesticated, not a real friend, and that you've now been replaced, is humiliating.
You feel sick when she talks about how excited she is to get her implant, and describes in uncomfortable detail how good the xenodrugs make her feel during sex. You try inviting her to something, and she asks if her affini (that's how she says it too) is invited, because if not, she can't go.
She invites you to a party to celebrate her getting her implant, and you blow up at her, insulting her, and calling her names. You expect her to burst into tears, but instead, she's totally calm, and tells you that it's okay to be jealous.
Every time you think of the two of them, you're revolted, and then you remember her accusation that you're jealous, and get angry. You don't want to hang out with your other friends, who are way too accepting of her becoming a floret. They're probably talking about how they're also going to be domesticated.
The doorbell rings, and you're told it's a wellness check. You thought your next one was a few days away, but apparently you lost track of time. You open the door, but instead of the usual affini, it's the one who domesticated your friend, and she's there too. "No need to be jealous anymore!" she says, "once we fail you on this wellness check, we'll be a connivent!"
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