Disclaimer: I wish I own the characters of PoT

"Echizen!?"

Yuuri called out but the unconscious body's eyes remained closed.

Doctors rushed inside the room after Yuuri called about the patient's sudden condition. She watched as they checked all the vital signs of the patient.

"Can I help you with something?" Yuuri turned to the source of the familiar voice. "Oh, you're the boy from the other night." Nana's gentle eyes peered at the boy.

"I-I was just visiting."

"Are you the guardian?" The doctor cut in their conversation.

"Yes." Nana replied.

"It seems her consciousness is returning. We still need to observe her though but her recovery is faster than we anticipated."

When the doctors left, Yuuri decided to stay and watch over her unconscious body.

"Where did those flowers came from?" Yuuri asked as Nana replaced the flowers on the vase on the bedside.

"These were sent by her brother."

Nii-san?

"Did he come to see her yet?"

"Yes. He was here yesterday." A sweet smile appeared on her lips but then, her expression changed like she just saw a ghost. "Yuuri!"

Yuuri turned to the body lying on the bed and saw the person's eyes open.

Echizen!

Echizen stared at the two persons looking his way. One of them is an old lady while the other looks exactly like him. Why is that?

He tried to raise his arm but strength seemed to drain from them. He can feel his feet but his energy is not enough to even bend them.

"Who are you?"

Yuuri stood frozen on the spot. She did not know how to respond.

"He's your classmate, Yuuri. Ryoma Echizen." It was Nana who answered for her.

"Ryoma… Echizen? But—"

"Um, Nana, I think the doctor is calling for you."

"Is that so?" Nana hesitated. "Look after Yuuri for me okay?"

Yuuri only nodded.

The two were left alone after Nana walked out of the room.

"Echizen-kun, is that really you?" Yuuri asked as soon as the door closed.

"What are you saying? Of course it's me. Who are you? Why do you look a lot like me?"

"I'm Yuuri Tanaka. We're classmates." Yuuri sighed. She did not know where to start explaining things. "For some reason, I ended inside your body and… you're inside mine."

"I don't have time for jokes."

"It's the truth. Look." Yuuri showed Echizen a mirror. Blood drained from Echizen's face when he saw another person in the mirror. Green round eyes are staring back at him. Strands of brown hair fall to his face. He wanted to snatch the mirror in the other person's hand. "If you still don't believe me, listen to your voice. You sound like a girl."

"But how?"

"I don't know. There was an accident. When I woke up, I'm you."

Echizen remembered the accident she was talking about. Everything played on his mind like a movie playing on his head.

"I feel relieved that you're awake now. It's really hard living as you."

"What? You pretended to be… me!?" Echizen's eyebrows furrowed.

"What do you want me to do? It's not like someone will believe me if I tell them that I'm not you."

Echizen stayed silent. He felt like a migraine is kicking in. This must be how Tezuka-buchou always felt.

"Sorry. I—"

"How are you doing?"

"Hn?"

"You said you're pretending as me."

"Well," Yuuri fidgeted.

"Don't do that."

"Eh?"

"I don't fidget like that. It looks stupid."

"Oh." Yuuri returned her hands to her sides. Her shoulders slumped down as she heaved a sigh. "Um, I'm not doing well."

"What do you mean?"

"I can manage in class but…" Yuuri inhaled a deep breath before she continued, "I don't play tennis."

Yuuri read the notes she wrote down while she sat on the backyard. It contains all information about Echizen. This was all she could get from the conversation she had with him.

Something furry played at her feet followed by a soft 'meow'.

"How are you? So, your name is Karupin." She patted the feline's head.

"Seishounen, care to be defeated again?"

"Not today. I have something to do." Yuuri stood up. I guess that sounded more of Echizen-kun. She smiled at herself.

The days rolled by with Yuuri skipping every tennis practice and visiting the hospital where Echizen is confined.

One day, when Yuuri arrived, she saw no one in bed.

"Oh, it's you." She almost jumped when she heard a voice behind her.

"Echizen, where have you been?"

"To the restroom. Didn't you just see me exited the door?"

"You used the restroom!?"

"What? Is it a crime to use the restroom nowadays?"

"B-but—y-you're—inside—my body!" Horror reflected in Yuuri's face.

"So?"

"Then you saw?"

"Saw what?"

"My—!" Yuuri cheeks grew red. She cannot continue what she wanted to say but her shaking finger pointed at him. He realized what she is referring to. He smirked which made Yuuri blushed further.

"Of course I saw everything. What do you expect?"

"Y-you perv!" Yuuri threw a pillow in Echizen's direction but the latter dodged it.

"Don't tell me you didn't see mine?"

Blood rushed to Yuuri's face.

"Then we're even. It's not like there's anything good to see anyway."

"What did you say?"

"These here," Echizen patted his chest, "are small."

"Don't touch that!"

"Why are you angry? These are mine now." Echizen pointed at his butt "And this—"

"Stop it! Don't want to hear it! I'm still growing you know!" Yuuri cannot do anything but crossed her arms and look the other way. "And since when did you get interested with a girl's figure?"

"I'm just stating my observation." Echizen remembered something when he saw the bag Nana brought for him. "I have a question." Echizen rummage inside the bag. "How do I use this?"

Yuuri turned beet red when she saw a strawberry-designed clothing Echizen is holding.

"T-that's a bra."

"I know, but how do I wear this thing?" Echizen spin it around his fingers like it is a common thing to do.

"Stop that!" She snatched it from his hand. "Wait, you mean you're not wearing this right now?"

"No."

She sighed.

"Take off your shirt."

After a few tries

"How can you breathe with this on?" Echizen is feeling uncomfortable with the thing he is wearing around his chest.

"You'll get use to it. Let's see what else you got here." Yuuri started searched the other contents of the bag. "I guess you could figure out everything else in here." But then, she stopped when she saw a pack of something. Shoot! She turned to Echizen. "You. You're not wearing napkins now are you?"

"What for?"

"It's your period today."

"Period? What are you talking about?" Echizen felt a striking pain in his lower stomach. He twisted in his bed in pain. "My stomach… it hurts."

"I think it's dysmenorrhoea."

"Isn't that only for girls?"

"Well, you are a girl now. Wait, I think I saw your medicine for that in the bag."

Class just finished. Yuuri got her things and ran to the door when a hand stopped her.

"Horio."

"Echizen, where do you think you're going?"

"To the hospital."

"You have been skipping practice." Mizuno pointed out to him.

Yuuri scratched her head, "that's because—"

"Come on." The freshmen trio dragged Yuuri to the court. The moment they arrived, everyone was called out for an announcement.

"Echizen, are you okay now?" Oishi asked.

Yuuri nodded while keeping her head low.

"Everyone, listen. In a few weeks there will be a Junior Invitational Match between Japan and America. In preparation for it, there will be a training camp composing of selected players from schools who participated in the Kanto Regional Tournament. The good news is, as the champion of the tournament, all of our regular members get to join the camp."

Yuuri's eyes widen in shock.

"This can't be happening."

That's all… for now

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