I was lying awake and couldn't sleep. I had been for hours. I was far too horny to fall asleep, and NOTHING I did could shift it. My arm was tired, my pussy was raw and red and numb, but I hadn't been able to cum and my head was still full of...
 
...Of looking down past my breasts and my legs to see a pair of full supple lips and an inviting pink tunnel of flesh beyond, framed by teeth. Warm, wet, slick all around me. First suction and then muscular pressure, drawing me in, squeezing me from every angle, pushing me down. Body heat, the thump of a heart, the gurgle of a stomach. Blackness...
 
I did a silly, girly thing I'd done from the first day I ever fantasized about being eaten and inched the covers up and up over my body, pretending they were a mouth closing over me. If I shut my eyes and imagined hard, I could almost believe it.
 
I lay in the dark and wondered whether I should fight what my soul was telling me: I wanted to be eaten. I wanted it so bad my whole body ached with need for it, my head refused to contain any other thought...and I knew perfectly well exactly how I could make it happen.
 
All I had to do was get out of bed. I didn't even have to get dressed, public nudity was made legal years ago. I'd never gone out naked in public before because it was basically an open invitation to anybody you walked past to eat you. They still had to ask permission, but everybody knew that if you were nude on the street, you weren't going to say no.
 
It was the middle of the night. Some of the alien species big enough to eat a human are nocturnal and others never evolved sleep, but the city never really sleeps anyway. There would be lots of people out there. Lots of potential diners.
 
But if nobody picked me, it was only a three mile walk to Sapient Snacks, down on Tenth Street. I could be there in an hour at a brisk walk.
 
All I had to do was get out of bed...and I could make my fantasy come true, so easily.
 
But was I brave enough to actually DO it? To walk out the door KNOWING I'd never come back?
 
...An idea came to me. What if I walked out the door and only MAYBE never came back?
 
I bit my lip in the dark and thought about it. Maybe I could...take a stroll. Clear my head. Except I could do it in the nude. And if...
 
Just the thought of doing something so daring did things to me that my fingers and my vibrator hadn't achieved in over an hour of trying to pleasure myself. It made my heart beat faster.
 
I swore, threw the blankets off and launched myself out of bed. I didn't turn the lights on, just stumbled through my midnight apartment. I grabbed my beach sandals, slipped my feet into them. I didn't need a key or anything-all the apartments in my building use fingerprint scanners.
 
I stood in front of the full-length mirror in the hallway and looked myself in the eye.
 
'I can do this,' I told myself, and planned my route.
 
I'd be daring. I'd...go for a walk. Not a jog, or a run...a walk. I'd walk calmly, confidently, at a steady pace. Two blocks south, three blocks west, come back through the park, around the south-west side of the lake. That was about a mile.
 
And if anybody saw me...they'd know what I wanted. What I was eager for. And if I met an alien who could eat me...and if they asked to eat me...
 
I looked my reflection in the eye. 'I WILL say yes,' I commanded myself.
 
God, I was so turned on. I gulped hard, turned away from the mirror, opened the door and stepped out of my apartment. My sandals made a hollow slap-slap-slap noise as I took the stairs, the squeak of the front door echoed up the stairwell, and then...
 
The night air kissed my skin, and it felt WONDERFUL. It was a warm night with a light wind up and the breeze caressed me like silk. But the even better feeling was a heady blend of liberation and exposure. I had made myself vulnerable by choice, which paradoxically made me feel strong and empowered.
 
I grinned to myself, pleased at this journey of discovery I had put myself on, and started walking south, calmly, confidently and with my head held high.
 
The occasional car slid past. One of them honked at me and I giggled and waved while inside my heart rate shot up as I imagined that car pulling over. It was a huge black SUV, easily big enough for a Torvarian or a Sadeth.
 
It didn't, though. I made it my two blocks south and congratulated myself, pleased that I hadn't chickened out and sprinted for home. I was out here, I was really doing this! I was in mortal danger, and loving every second of it.
 
I took a deep breath and headed west.
 
The next three blocks were uneventful. It was 4am and I didn't see a soul, except for a single taxi cab that slid by without incident. My sense of adventure was undiminished but I was actually kind of feeling disappointed that the most I'd encountered so far had been a car.
 
Still. I was being Brave, and I crossed the road into the park which was the real test. People hung out in parks looking for food...or to be food. Even at 4am, maybe there was somebody...
 
My footsteps echoed as I walked through the park gates and then...saw him.
 
There was a Solastan in my path, walking toward me. A big, strong S-Male with long dreadlocks and his knuckles hung far below his knees, nearly scraping the floor with each step. Just the right size to devour a healthy young woman,
 
My heart was immediately in my mouth and hammering to be let out. Oh god, I'd really done it, I'd really...this was really going to happen. He was going to talk to me, smile at me, and politely ask to swallow me whole and digest my body. This was it!
 
I didn't slow down or speed up, or anything, though. I just kept walking, kept my back straight and my head up, tried to project confidence and comfort and total indifference to whatever the future held. Inside I was THIS close to an orgasm, but outside I hopefully looked entirely calm.
 
He was only thirty yards away. Then twenty. Then ten, then five and he looked at me and oh god this was it oh fuck...
 
'Nice night,' he grunted, and walked past me.
 
'Uh...yes.' I agreed and turned to watch him go. He waved over his shoulder and vanished into the dark.
 
I let out my breath and gulped, while my hammering heart started to slow down. God, that was it. I'd walked past an alien, naked. I'd actually really just done the most daring thing of my life and effectively invited a predator species to eat me.
 
People would walk through that park in the morning and they'd still be able to smell how turned on I was...and I was only half-way through my walk.
 
I bit my lip and took the paved path around the lake. The city lights and the park lamps made lines of orange and off-white on the rippling black surface. I realized that I was enjoying this walk for more than just the erotic thrill and danger...it was genuinely pleasant to just be outdoors and connecting with the world. I felt free and unencumbered in a way I'd never known I was missing, like I was truly comfortable in my skin for the first time in my life.
 
I was about halfway round the lake when the sound of quiet conversation and giggling reached my ears. It sounded like a group of humans were just around the corner, a large group.
 
I'd never been naked in front of anybody but my boyfriends and doctor before, but I'd promised myself. I knew my route and I was going to stick to it come what may. If that meant blundering around the corner into a party of fifty nuns and having to smile at them and carry on my way buck-bare, I was going to do it.
 
That didn't stop me from getting nervous though. Hopefully in the dark my blush wouldn't show.
 
I thought I was ready for anything. I wasn't. I never imagined that I'd turn the corner and run into a group of thirty or forty people, all just as nude as me. They were lounging around a fountain at the water's edge, cooking up some burgers on a portable grill, standing around chatting. One was playing a guitar while somebody else sang. Their clothes were in neat piles at the edge of the party.
 
'Oh! Hey! We weren't expecting anybody new tonight!'
 
A tiny, bubbling brunette chick with freckles that I could plainly see went ALL the way down bounced up to me wearing a huge welcoming smile and absolutely nothing else. She was trailed by a big, strong, sexy guy with that kind of dad-hot body that was mostly muscular with a little bit of healthy fat to soften him out and make him look friendly.
 
'I...wasn't expecting to find something like this,' I replied.
 
'Oh wow, so, this is an accident?' She beamed.
 
'Uh, yeah. I was...well, just out for a walk.'
 
'Uh-huh. A clothes-free walk,' she gave me a knowing, filthy smile, cocked a hip and rested her hand on it. 'SOMEBODY wants to be a snack.'
 
She laughed with me about my obvious embarrassment, and immediately dispelled it.
 
'That makes two of us?' I suggested, grinning.
 
'Uh-huh!' she nodded. 'So...wow, you walked down here in the nude? You dont have any clothes with you at all?'
 
'Nope. I live...about a quarter mile that way,' I said, pointing.
 
'but...you came from...' she turned around and gestured. '...So you went the long way?'
 
'yup.'
 
'That is SO COOL. I wish I had your confidence!'
 
I shrugged, trying to seem modest. 'So...what is this?'
 
'We do this every week. Hang out, have fun, do whatever...'
 
'And not everybody goes home?' I guessed. She nodded.
 
'M-hmm! We're here for the Administrator.'
 
I must have seemed confused, because the big man who'd followed her spoke up.
 
'The CIVIC Administrator?' He asked 'It's an ELF. The one that keeps the whole city running smoothly.'
 
'Ohhh!' I nodded. ELF meant Engineered Life Form. They were intelligent creatures printed or grown for the specific purpose of running things. Some were the pilots of huge starships, others handled air traffic control, or hospitals, or emergency services dispatch. Even the smallest types were as big as a semi truck, but they had efficient metabolisms and didn't need much feeding.
 
One big meal a week would do it.
 
'So...it's here?'
 
'It likes to swim in the lake,' my new friend told me. 'And it hangs out, gets to know people and then-'
 
'Hello, Miss,' a deep, ponderous voice said. Something wet dripped onto my shoulder.
 
We turned, and looked up. The ELF had rubbery dark skin like an orca, with a weird silvery sheen. Three of its eyes looked down at me and creased into what I could have sworn was a benevolent smile, and it waved a tentacle languidly at me.
 
'I Don't Believe You Have Attended Before,' it said.
 
I gulped and gave a nervous little curtsey without thinking about it. 'Uh...no. I didn't even know about this, I just...decided to go for a stroll.'
 
'And If You Had Encountered A Would-Be Predator?' The ELF asked.
 
'Well...it's not really daring unless you maybe get caught, is it?' I asked, and laughed. 'So you're our civic administrator?'
 
'Yes. I See To The Smooth Operation Of The Whole City. Fortunately, That Is a Simple Task At This Hour And I Am Able To Take A Break.'
 
'So...do you know who I am?'
 
'I Have Memorized The Details Of Every Permanent Resident Of This City, Miss. But Only As Addresses, Social Security Numbers And So On.'
 
'Oh.' I paused, then shrugged and told it my name and address.
 
'Ah. Yes. Hello. I Trust The Issue With Your Biometric Locks Was Properly Repaired?'
 
'Yeah! They work great now!' I told it.
 
'I Am Pleased. Please, Enjoy Yourself. I Will Feed In An Hour. I Think You Will Enjoy This Gathering.'
 
'Thanks!' I told it. The huge creature dipped its body in something like a bow, and slipped backwards into the water while making a surprisingly small splash for something so big.
 
'...Yeah, that's the Administrator,' the big guy told me. 'If you're wondering, it doesn't usually eat first-timers.'
 
'Oh. Okay.' I wasn't sure if I was relieved or disappointed. He grinned at me.
 
'Usually,' he repeated.
 
I nodded, bit my lip, and decided to abandon my plan. It meant staying out for much longer than I'd planned and if I walked home just before dawn that put me in more danger...but this just seemed like too much fun to pass up.
 
'Well...why don't you introduce me to people?' I asked.
 
They did. I spent an hour talking with people, ate a fantastic burger, drank a sublime home-brewed ginger beer, talked with people about careers, families passions and stuff and made thirty-six instant new friends.
 
The sky was beginning to go that dull gray-blue before dawn when the lake rippled and the ELF heaved itself out of it. Water cascaded off its body as it reared up on two huge thick tree-trunk legs and sighed happily.
 
It certainly didn't look like anything human. Something with that many eyes and tentacles should have looked horrifying, but it stood slightly hunched over like an apologetic dopey T-Rex and its eyes were expressive and kind. The whole group immediately finished their conversations, hugged, kissed, joked, said warm and loving things to each other and I was drawn with them to gather around it.
 
'My Friends,' it said, and I could hear it smiling even though it couldn't actually smile. 'We Have Been Doing This For Two Years As Of Tonight, And I Cannot Tell You How Much It Means To Me. You Have Transformed One Of My Weekly Chores Into A Pleasure, And Your Dedication And Love Truly Give Me The Strength To Face Each Week Anew. I Want You All To Know That I Appreciate You Deeply.'
 
There were 'aww's and jokes and compliments all around in return, until somebody - a man, I couldn't see who - piped up from the other side of the crowd.
 
'Enough with the mushy stuff!'
 
There was laughter, and the ELF's huge body rocked from side to side. I got the strange feeling like it was shaking its head.
 
'I Shall Choose My Meal, Then,' it said, and straightened up.
 
Funny how the moment it stopped making itself small, it became the exact opposite. It loomed over us and all my other encounters tonight suddenly seemed small and stupid. Here I was, with a huge hungry mouth literally hovering over me looking for something to eat, and by being here I was definitely volunteering.
 
Looking around though, I could see that all the others felt the same way. Nervous - scared, even - but ALIVE. And aroused, and torn between hoping that this time they'd be the prey, and hoping that this time they wouldn't.
 
Its body swept away from us, tentacles writhing beneath it. Then it swept back, until it was directly overhead...and paused.
 
Its tentacles stopped moving for a second, and then reached down...towards ME. I gasped and couldn't stop myself from shutting my eyes because I came, right then and there.
 
There was a squeak from my immediate right. I opened my eyes, and made eye contact with the tiny freckled brunette as the ELF's tentacles coiled gently around her waist, legs and arms and picked her up. Everybody else - including me - made a soft sound, something like a sigh and I honestly didn't know if it was awe, relief or disappointment that I was voicing.
 
Freckles herself just squeaked again, but squeaked words this time. Something like 'Omigod' or 'Ohfuck'. It was hard to tell.
 
I licked my suddenly dry lips and watched as the big tentacles carried her into the reach of a dozen smaller, thinner ones which intricately wove themselves delicately under her body and cradled her as the big ones let go. She was suspended below a pinkish slit in the ELF's belly which was, I realized, its mouth.
 
Freed, her left hand pinched savagely at her nipple while the other plunged between her legs. She gasped and whined as the ELF's mouth parted softly, and I got a glimpse into its belly. There was light in there, a kind of strange soft bioluminescence that pulsed pink and blue in a way that I found truly mesmerising. I wanted to see that light closer to and lose myself in it.
 
Slowly, the tentacles lifted her toward the light, until she was close enough for the lips to nibble downwards, scoop her up and pull her in. She threw her head back and moaned ecstatically as they did, and we got one last look at the expression on her face...
 
Then, with a slurp, she was gone. Eaten. And I knew instantly that I was going to come back here every week until that was me.
 
There was a rush of gentle conversation, some exhaled breaths, a few jokes. Somebody laughed, and then people were heading for their clothes, putting them on.
 
Big Sexy Guy was one of the last to move. He took a deep breath through his nose, licked his lips and turned to me.
 
'...So. That's...how was it?' he asked.
 
I cleared my throat and looked him up and down. It wasn't difficult to see how the sight had affected him.
 
'...Are you seeing anybody?' I asked.
 
'I was,' he said and nodded meaningfully toward the ELF, which was now plodding heavily off toward downtown.
 
'...Oh. Well...would you like to come back to my place?' I offered. 'I think...I think it would be good for both of us.'
 
He nodded, and handed me his t-shirt. It was big enough to almost be a summer dress on me. I hesitated, then put it on while he wriggled into his jeans and buckled his belt. My time would come, later: Right now, I had other needs. For a start, I'd been horny literally all night and I NEEDED cock.
 
He took my hand, and I took him home.
 I knew we'd be back next week.