A/N: Hey! I'm back with chapter 2! First of all, I'd like to thank all of the people who had supported this fic on its very first chapter and of course, my beta reader too. Hi jan! Sorry for the wait since I had to deal with my writer's block and so far I had only come up with this. So, read on!
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Day 2
He knew that running wouldn't solve any of the problems he is undertaking now. But in fact he never really knew what to do. After all, he had never been in this kind of situation before. Fifteen minutes of staring at the mirror would completely leave him with the conclusion that he's really in Chishio Akai's body.
He maybe in a different body, but he's in the same old house. Tezuka wasn't stupid enough to let his relatives see him in a different body. They wouldn't even believe that it is their Kunimitsu even if he tries to explain. He really can't imagine what would happen if they see an unfamiliar girl wandering around their house.
And so, he acted quickly. He slowly exited the bathroom and went back to his room.
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A loud scream filled the air of the Chishio residence as a man of about fourteen years of age came out of the bathroom holding his tight pants and a roll of toilet paper.
"This is wrong! This is all wrong!" Akai screamed at the top of her lungs, and her face was pale white at the horror she had seen. Just hearing her "new" manly voice had given her chills. It was miserable enough just being with Tezuka but being Tezuka was way beyond reality, stranger than fiction.
"Who's there?" a familiar but enraged voice was heard throughout the hallway and Akai knew it was her mother's. She knew she couldn't be seen, or it'll be total chaos. She swiftly hid in her room.
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Tezuka was still running. Of course towards the only destination he sees Akai, Seishun Gakuen. Along the way he was drawing attention from the by passers. It may have been the clothes he was wearing, but they will never know that it was him in the girl's body they're seeing at that time. He reached the school and much to his delight, no one was there since by this time, the students were still at their houses, sleeping. The school was the only place he knows he sees Akai and by going there, they can solve the problem they're having.
He reached their classroom and went inside to seek refuge. He waited only for a few moments before someone opened the door and entered.
"Tezuka!" Akai growled angrily through his low baritone voice. "What is that?!" pointing at the clothing her body was wearing. Even when her eyesight was a little blurred, she could still see what Tezuka had made her body wear.
"The tennis club uniform," Tezuka answered briefly. The uniform looked good in the regulars but in Akai's body it had looked like some loose clothing just thrown at her. To tell the truth, he really wanted to find a more decent clothing for Akai's body. But that was the only one suitable for her, and he felt guilty stealing clothes from her mother's closet.
He looked at Akai, who had dressed him up in some jogging clothes. And by the looks of it, she had found difficulty wearing it in his body. Since Akai is shorter and thinner than he is.
"Don't blame me. There are no men in our house except for my little brother who's only a five-year-old plus this is the only one in my closet that can also be worn by men," Akai defended.
Tezuka didn't help but sigh and took out his school uniform from his bag. "You should wear this."
"This would be my first time wearing the boys' uniform," Akai took out her school uniform in her bag. "And I'm sure this would be your first time wearing the girls' as well."
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It took both of them a long time before they manage to change into their new clothes since they both found difficulty wearing them without looking at the foreign body they're in right now. Who would stand a chance to look in the body of the opposite sex you barely knew?
"I feel so free!" Akai laughed since she was now wearing clothes that were actually right for her new body. She jumped around the hallway while she did some happy dancing. It was good that no one was still inside the school premises except for the two of them, seeing Akai dance out of Tezuka's body would be way awkward.
He never understood the thought of making the girls wear short skirts as part of the school uniform. And it made him more curious how the girls manage to survive the everyday life wearing them. Not that he cared about it. It was just inevitable to avoid those facts since he is now wearing one. Tezuka found difficulty walking back to the classroom. Wearing a skirt left him feeling open, and just one move made him feel that the dreadful piece of clothing would be flown away by the wind. It was just willpower that drove him to ignore the awkward feeling and walk back to the classroom.
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7:25 A.M.
There were signs of life in the academy as a few more students came. But Akai and Tezuka were the only ones in classroom 3-1. There they were, in the deafening silence, ignoring each other. Akai was busy looking at the window, waiting for her friends and classmates to come while Tezuka was busy reading a book.
"Oh it's Yumi!" Akai said happily seeing one of her classmates heading to the building. "Oh wait it's not her."
"Oh it's-!" she said once more. "Oh it's not him."
"Hey it's! Oh it's not him"
Tezuka resisted the urge to rub his temples. Akai has been doing her "sightseeing" for fifteen minutes now. And hearing what was supposed to be his voice saying "oh!" and "hey!" in a girlish manner had somehow irritated him. He had just ignored her and focused on reading.
But a mass of hair had restrained him from doing the only thing that gives him relaxation. Tezuka noticed that it was the hair of the body he's in. He flipped the outgrowth of protein away from his eyesight. Unfortunately, it would always fall back every time he'd look down and read. At the verge of losing his patience, he grabbed all of his hair and held it while he read.
"I'm tired of this," Akai went back to her seat, which is located beside Tezuka. She noticed Tezuka using her eyes to read a book. "Don't pollute my head with your literature!"
Tezuka gave her a quizzical look. "I prefer the term studying."
"I don't study, Tezuka Kunimitsu!" Akai snorted. "And I think that this switch bodies thing is going to last for a while."
She received no response.
"And since this switch thing is going to last for a while you and I have to act like one another," Akai continued. "And I repeat, since you have to act like me, don't study!"
Tezuka turned his gaze away from the book to face Akai. He knew that he had to act like her before she even said that to him. But there was one problem- he doesn't know how to act like Akai. Tezuka sighed and closed the book.
"Now, that's what I'm talking about!" Akai smiled.
But Tezuka's actions didn't end there. He picked the book up and gave it to Akai.
"What is this for?" Akai eyed the book suspiciously.
"Study," Tezuka turned away from her and faced the front.
Akai looked dumbfounded for a moment. And now she had to act like him, which means she had to study like him. "Oh no!!" Akai screamed.
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She felt uncomfortable at that moment. She kept fidgeting, and her mouth went dry. She can't stand a minute without talking, much more when she can't talk and she had to read. She focused her sight on the book but her eyeglasses, which was supposed to be an aid for reading, was distracting her since it kept on falling.
Stupid eyeglasses, Akai adjusted the wretched object. Through the corner of her eye, she looked at Tezuka, who's quietly sitting there.
How can he stand that?!
She looked at the clock and scowled. "It's only been four minutes?!"
Tezuka looked at her.
"That's it!" Akai stood up. "I can't stand this thing, I can't stand being YOU! Give me my body back!" And she grabbed her own body that was now inhabited by Tezuka, by the collar of the uniform.
"I would if I could," Tezuka released himself from her. It was hard to admit but he also can't stand sitting there and just do nothing. He used to do a lot. And now he has nothing.
"Here," Akai handed Tezuka his book. "You can have your book back. Heck. I don't even understand what's in that thing!"
Tezuka took the book from her.
"Do you think this thing would take long?" Akai asked, pertaining to their switch of bodies.
"Hn," Tezuka answered.
Akai sighed. "I guess we're going to cover each other from now on. Should we tell people about this?"
Tezuka gave her an odd look, "We shouldn't."
"Yeah. You're right. Just imagine, if my mom finds out I'm in your body she would freak out," Akai laughed.
Tezuka didn't know what to answer in what she had said.
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Time passed and the room was soon filled up with students, who are clueless of what the two of their classmates have been going through. No one even noticed. Except, when classes started.
It was their mathematics class and everyone was focused on a really hard lesson their sensei was teaching. The classroom was in a serious atmosphere, so one student decided to crack a joke.
The joke was effective, and everyone laughed, except for Akai and Tezuka. Akai felt her head ache from forcing herself not to laugh. She knew Tezuka had this cold and emotionless character, and she had to act like that in order for her to be Tezuka.
Tears were forming in the sides of her eyes. The joke wasn't really a funny one, but for a person like Akai, it is. At the corner of her eye, she saw Tezuka, as serious as ever. And she wonders how he does that.
The class had calmed down afterwards, except for one. Everyone stared in shock at their classmate Tezuka Kunimitsu laughing his heart out. They had never seen him smile, and now there he was, laughing. Akai didn't manage to hold her laughter and had burst it out.
And after laughing, Akai soon noticed that all of her classmates were staring at her, even Tezuka. She felt small in her classmates' stares. Even when she's in Tezuka's body, she still felt embarassed.
Somehow, acting like Tezuka isn't as easy as it may seem to be.
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A/N: How was it? I know there wasn't much action in it. But wait for chapter 3. XP. So don't hesitate to push the review button, ne?
