Quick warning: mild self harm.
*Clickclickclick!*
"Ah crap. There's only one person left?!"
-"Yeah, you better lock the f*ck in dude."
I suddenly felt nervous and I couldn't think properly anymore.
*Step.*
With only the sound of my footsteps I slowly approached the last safe zone.
-"B- …. Care- …. A-"
My friend's voice disappeared gradually and it was only me and the enemy left.
"There."
I quickly pulled up a sniper and aimed in.
*Bang!*
*Ding!*
"Let's go! We did it! The win streak is alive!"
With the sound of my friend's celebration, the tension was released and I sank into my chair.
"Huff, damn I really thought I would've lost."
I looked at my mouse while sighing. It looked quite gross since I was sweating a lot.
"Alright, that's all for today. It's already past 4 man."
"Huh? Ah shoot, you're right! Alright good night!"
"Yeah, good night bro."
*Click!*
I closed the voice call and took off my headset while slowly gravitating towards my bed.
*Thud.*
I felt like a brick right now.
'Ah, I have school tomorrow huh? Crap, I guess I won't be sleeping for long.'
I slowly reached for my phone and set an alarm- correction, multiple alarms.
'Ughhh.'
My brain was filled with empty noise and my body felt like a stone.
Soon enough I fell asleep.
Eventually I came to a realization.
'Did I have homework to do? Shit~, I guess I'll just make an excuse.'
I sighed internally before I felt itchy.
'Ugh.'
I scratched myself for a while but nothing changed.
"Should I buy some lotion or something?"
I said out loud.
'Huh?'
*Chirp! Chirp!*
It was morning.
"Ugh, my eyes."
'I forgot to cover the windows. It feels like I have weights on my chest. Goodness gracious, do I always sound like that in the morning? What is this?'
I got up slowly and was surprised.
'Huh? My balance?'
Did I really have weights there?
I scratched my chest and flinched.
'Huh?'
I knew instinctively what was wrong but I didn't understand.
"What the f*ck?"
I backed up but that didn't help.
'Why do I have boobs?!'
Fortunately I had a shirt on, however that made me even more confused.
"What the hell is going on?!"
I yelled involuntarily as I picked up my phone to open the camera.
'Huh? Who?'
*Rattle!*
My face turned red and I immediately dropped my phone.
I looked like a cute girl?? What the hell happened last night?????
'I went to sleep at four… how did this happen in two hours??'
My pathetic sleeping schedule aside, why was I like this?!
*Rattle!*
I heard noises from the other room and flinched again.
"Jade Pelagius!"
The voice of my sister quickly approached my room, and I instinctively took a pillow to hide behind.
*Bam!*
"Why are you waki-!"
"Eeek!"
Silence….
After stealing my soul, my sister spoke.
"Who are you?! Are you his girlfriend?! Pelagius has a girlfriend?!"
'I'm going to die!'
I felt embarrassment only rivaled by what happened in my first theatre class.
'But is the idea of me having a girlfriend that shocking?'
I put thought on hold and answered.
"N-no."
The words were difficult to say, and my heart was pounding so fast that I thought it could be a heart attack.
"Huh? So who are you? Wait a second, where is Pelagius?"
I raised my hand while fearing for my life.
'How much verbal abuse will I have to go through this time?!'
"Huh…."
Fortunately or unfortunately she just silently examined me with her all seeing eye, capable of catching every lie I've ever told.
"I'm… Pelagius."
I said in a subdued voice.
*Creak!*
"Yawwnn…."
I heard my parents' voice from the other side of the open door and I quickly closed it.
*Click.*
"Sis…. please."
'I'm not prepared yet!'
I went on my knees, feeling like a beggar in front of a king.
And the king had a death sentence ready.
"Damn, are you really Pelagius?"
She asked doubtfully and I desperately nodded in panic as she examined my face.
She silently looked at me.
"How many?"
A test, no, a sacrifice was needed.
"Te- no, twenty. Is that enough?"
She nodded slowly. It seems that it was enough.
"You seem to know huh…. Fine, I'll keep it a secret for now. Since you look so…. Whatever, just give me my money next week."
The judge spoke words of pity. And she closed the door behind her as well.
"Huff, I was almost filleted just now. What the hell?"
With my red face I quickly turned on my camera to look at myself again.
"..."
I decided to press record.
"Haahh, why did this happen? What even happened?"
And stopped recording and turned on the video.
-"Haahh, why did this happen? What even happened?"
It was undoubtedly the sound of a girl, along with the face and the body of a girl.
'I'm a girl??'
It would've been fine if it was voluntary, however this just happened out of nowhere.
"My face, body and I have longer hair?"
The full package with nothing left out…. Except for clothes.
My clothes didn't properly fit this new body.
My stupid self always wore relatively tight clothes for some ungodly reason and now I was being punished.
'I'm losing my sanity rapidly, should I just sleep and hope I wake up normal?'
This all happened after I fell asleep..... was this a dream?
I felt relief after coming to that conclusion, there was a problem though.
'I'm not waking up.'
I pinched myself, hit myself, used the corner of my table to scratch myself.
"Shit, school is going to be such a pain."
I felt the pain and I saw my lightly scratched arm. I knew my brain wasn't advanced enough to show that much detail.
'My lightly scratched arm aside, how am I going to live from now on?'
I touched my arm lightly and looked at the window.
'Thank god it's covered.'
The only real reason why I survived meeting my sister was due to our relationship. I was royally screwed when it came to other people, especially my friends and parents.
'I wonder how it'll turn out.'
I wanted it to be normal, all sunshine and rainbows you 'know. I get accepted, I continue my life, maybe some things like improve my relationships.
'I'm still tired.'
I had just woken up and now I was worried about the future.
I silently went up to my computer and turned it on.
*Click.*
In little time a game launched and I started playing.
It was fun, the screen lit up and the numbers and sounds made it satisfying.
'What am I doing?'
My mouse moved swiftly and accurately.
*Ding!*
The game ended in my victory.
*Click!*
I waited in the queue….
'Why am I doing this? This can't go on forever.'
*Ding! Match found!*
It took a while but eventually I got into a game.
"It took a while….."
'How…. Do I stop?'
*Bling!*
A message.
PixelBoy5002: Bro, why are you not at school?
"Oh."
Time had passed by mercilessly.
'Alt F4 tab!'
*Click! Click click!*
The game closed and now there were only messages on the screen.
'F*ck.'
I quickly sent a response and turned off my computer.
I needed to do something, anything but stare at this soul sucking computer!
I stood up and looked at the time.
'No.'
I threw my phone on my bed and walked around my room.
'My sister's room, I'll get clothes from there now, since my parents are working.'
I left my room and quickly entered my sister's room.
'She had all her clothes in this drawer right?'
*Shuffle!*
I found some clothes and quickly ran back into my room.
*Click!*
I had taken a shirt and pants.
'Curse you, past me. Why did you wear tight clothes!'
It was a struggle to change but it worked out eventually.
'Alright! This is progress!'
I sighed loudly and sat down on my bed.
'Next step…. I'll have to tell my parents.'
Fortunately or unfortunately I knew when they were coming back. I had ample time to mentally prepare myself.
'Time to prepare!'
There was an issue though. I had no idea 'how' to prepare.
"Crap. Is it really alright to just say what happened?"
My confidence lowered slightly just by hearing my own voice so I bit my lips.
'Would I even be able to?'
Not to mention that I would have to explain it at school as well!
I decided on how to prepare eventually.
*Click.*
I closed the door and looked at my sister's mirror.
'I'll have to get used to it somehow.'
So I decided to look at myself through a mirror.
"Huff."
'Blue eyes, long silver hair and a cute face.'
"Ugh."
'Did I really just think that about myself??'
To compare, I previously had short silver hair, brown eyes and practically no muscle.
'No no, I have to think about the present.'
I had to prepare myself.
*******
The door opened gently, and in came Pelagius' parents.
"We're home."
They removed their jackets and shoes.
"I hope Pelagius got better."
"Yeah, I'm worried as well. I feel like we haven't paid enough attention to him. He also sounded very sick this morning."
His father said while picking up his glasses.
"Yeah, I'll talk to him. We still can't forget Alya."
After a small conversation they entered the kitchen, noticing something odd.
"Alya? What are you doing?"
Pelagius's sister leaning against a door.
"Oh, here they are. Hi, Jade has something to tell you."
"Isn't that a bit rude? You know he doesn't like that name."
Jade's dad said while crossing his arms.
"Don't worry a-about that."
A voice was heard behind the door Alya stood in front of.
"Huh? Who's tha-?"
Jade's dad asked confused but Jade's mom seemed to notice something and stopped him.
"Are you ready?"
Alya asked the air casually.
"Y-yeah."
*Slide~*
The door opened smoothly and a girl in her late teens appeared.
"H-hi, I'm Jade Pelagius. Y-your son."
Jade's dad quickly closed his mouth and simply observed while his mother went towards the dining table.
"Honey, let's sit down. It seems we have a lot to talk about. Alya,sweetie, can you make tea please?"
Alya nodded and started making tea as Jade sat down.
Now it was time to talk.
Talking was never his strong suit. But sometimes it goes well, and sometimes it doesn't.
However that didn't matter. What mattered was that he said what he wanted to say.