Yuu groaned as he rolled his body to stare at the ceiling. Not only had he learned several new chords, he managed to fall asleep on the floor. However, as soon as he turned his head to the side, his face brightened in joy almost at once.
Snuggling on his arm, her head on his chest, was none other than Azusa. The poor guitarist was knocked out completely from their practicing session last night. He smiled sweetly, as she stirred a bit, before promptly going back to sleep.
Looking back up at the ceiling, he put his mind back to work, rethinking about one of his previous thoughts. 'Azu-nyan, likes guys who can play electric guitar.' Yuu checked. He played guitar, he wasn't that good at it, but he still played in a band. 'She also likes short brown hair...' He felt his head with his other hand. Yep, he had brown hair. He was halfway there! 'She likes... Guys with adorable smiles!' He remembered, furrowing his brow. 'Do I have an adorable smile?' Pouting, he thought about it. No ones ever told him that, so does it mean his smile is average?
The only other boy he knew that had short brown hair, was Rikkun. 'But Rikkun likes Mio-chan doesn't he?' Suddenly his eyes widened. 'Does Azu-nyan like Rikkun, but Rikkun likes Mio-chan?! Is that a Love triangle?!' Yuu panicked. 'N-no! That can't be right! ... But I once heard Mio mention that Rikku had an adorable smile...but he doesn't play guitar!'
Taking a deep breath, Yuu pouted. Maybe he was just overthinking this...
Looking ba
ck at the girl laying next to him, he stared at her lovingly. "...I wonder if she likes me?" He spoke aloud to himself.
He jumped as he felt Azusa stir next to him. Snuggling her face into his chest, she spoke softly. "Good morning Yuu-senpai." Azusa murmured, her arms wrapped loosely around his waist.
Yuu's heartbeat pounded against his chest, and he was sure Azusa could feel it. His face was heating up, as he tried to form a comprehensible answer. 'Did she hear?'
"G-Good morning Azu-nyan. Did you sleep well?"
Azusa groaned, before sitting up and looking around, blinking sleep out of her eyes. Yuu followed, sitting up as well, but saw her tense, before she turned around to look at Yuu. Her face was bright red, and she seemed to be fully awake now. Yuu smiled, giving her a nerv
ous look.
"A-ah!" She gasped, looking away from Yuu. Her brain was working frantically on how she ended up here in his arms. Turns out, they didn't leave the music room to sleep back in their room. They fell asleep together, once they decided to take a quick break.
'That means... We were alone... All night!?' She mentally panicked.
Meanwhile, Yui looked on from behind her. He tilted his head as he watched her squeal, red-faced. Sighing in relief, he wiped his forhead. 'Good, she didn't hear.'
Yuu then saw Azusa go rigid once more, before she slowly turned around, giving Yuu the most adorable flushed face. "W-What did you say earlier...?" She asked slowly.
It was Yuu's turn to freak out. "N-N-Nothing!" He stammered.
"No! You said something!" Azusa insisted, crawling towards Yuu.
"No! I said... Um... I wonder if you liked... Meh-manga!" He panicked.
"You're lying!" Azusa persisted, pushing Yuu down, and straddling him, completely unaware of her own actions. Gripping his shoulders, she gave him a determined, flustered expression.
Yuu, however, was well aware of what Azusa was doing. Blushing profusely, he tried to keep a firm gaze on Azusa, but was failing horribly.
"I'm not lying!" Yuu lied.
Just before Azusa could do anything else, the door opened, revealing Rikku and Mio. Standing awkwardly in the doorway, they watched as the battle came to an end.
Rikku laughed as he saw steam physically coming from Azusa's flushed face. Finally coming to her senses, she flew off of Yuu's body, and huddled into a ball of embarrasement, gathering her wits.
Yuu, still on the floor shocked, looked over to the newcomers. Just as his mouth opened to say something, the faint smell of wonderful cooking abruptly stopped him. Mio and Rikku watched in amazement, as Yuu walked, zombie-like, to the kitchen, somehow completely forgetting about what had just transpired in the room.
Smelling the food themselves, Mio immediately knew who it was. Patting Rikku on the shoulder, she nodded her head torwards Yuu. "I'm going to help Mugi in the kitchen." Mio said, gesturing for Rikku to follow her.
Azusa watched as everyone left the room, leaving her to her thoughts.
/
"Thanks for the food!" Rikku and Yuu said at the same time, digging into their plates. Mio and Tsumugi watched with smiling faces.
Azusa watched curiously. 'I'm pretty sure Yuu asked if I liked him when he thought I was still asleep.' Azusa pondered. 'Did he really not get the hints?'
"Are you okay, Azusa-chan?" Tsumugi asked from across the table, startling Azusa.
"A-Ah, yeah." She responded, giving Tsumugi a reassuring smile, before distracting herself with food.
30 minutes later, once everyone was full, they cleaned up. Well, at least all the girls cleaned up. Yuu and Rikku, was laying on the floor, rolling around lazily.
"Ahhhhh, I could take a nap right now." Yuu groaned, before laying down on his stomach, resting his head on his hands.
"I totally agree, lets take a nap." Rikku copied.
"Guys! We. Need. To. Practice!" Mio yelled, very clearly agitated. Tsumugi nodded next to her.
"Ehh! But Mio-" Rikku started, but was interrupted by a very scary glare from the bassist. Getting up obediently, Rikku trudged towards the Music room, head hanging.
"Mio-chan doesn't scare me!" Yuu announced valiantly, still rolling obnoxiously on the floor.
Mio rolled her eyes. They couldn't practice without their lead guitarist. How else would she convince him... Her eyes averted to Azusa. Mio nudged the younger girls shoulder, catching her attention.
"Azusa, convince Yuu." Mio asked.
Azusa looked at her incredulously. "W-what? How would I do that?"
"You know..." Mio hinted. Azusa looked at her curiously. Giving up, Mio facepalmed, desperate to practice, an idea popped up in her head.
"Yuu, if you practice, Azusa will give you a kiss."
Immediately the boy sprung up, before dashing over to the music room, body suddenly full of energy. Azusa looked mortified. "M-M-Mio-senpai!" She yelled.
"I never said where you would have to kiss him." Mio explained.
"Still!" Azusa argued. Any form of contact with the other guitarist made her want to faint.
"Sorry Azusa, but that was the only way Yuu was going to get up."
Azusa sighed, knowing that it was partially true. She could've bribed him with cake, but she couldn't help feel elated. Following Mio and Tsumugi, Azusa practiced along with them. Yuu was full of energy, hopping around the room with his heavy guitar, despite how tired he seemed to be earlier. Azusa couldn't help but notice the blush faintly on his cheeks everytime he would look at her. It made her heart flutter.
Finally, after hours long of practice, everyone flopped onto the couch in the living room, exhausted. Yuu, was probably the least tired out of all of them, probably because he was beaming at Azusa as if he was waiting for something. In Azusa's eyes, he looked like an adorable puppy waiting to be fed a treat.
Azusa couldn't help but admit, the practice went very well, so Yuu must've really tried. All the stuff he had trouble on last night, he played perfectly. In other words, Azusa had to kiss him as a reward.
Azusa flinched, as she felt Yuu take her hand, throwing her out of her thoughts. Blushing profusely, Azusa stared incredulously at Yuu.
"Reward?" He asked, tilting his head cutely.
Sighing, Azusa leaned forward and braced herself. Closing her eyes tightly, she brought her lips...
To his cheek.
After realizing what Azusa did, Yuu whined. He wanted to kiss her on the lips! Pouting he looked away. Azusa seemed to take this wrong way, and thought Yuu was mad at her.
Panicking, the younger girl frantically tried to get Yuu's attention. Taking his hand, she shot up and dragged him to another room, desperate to make it up to him somehow. Confused, he only just went along. Picking one of the many bare rooms, she gently pushed Yuu inside, and closed the door.
Now, it was only her and Yuu.
/
"Huh... Where do you think Azusa's bringing Yuu?" Rikku asked Mio, as the two guitarists dissapeared down the hall. Mio shrugged, finally happy that they managed to squeeze time for practice into their schedule. Content, she sat back in the couch, slightly more closer next to Rikku.
Tsumugi watched the two with interest from across the couch, before a sudden spark ignited in her mind. 'Follow Yuu and Azusa!' Her mind screamed, her romance senses were tingling. 'But I need a distraction... I can't use the bathroom excuse, since the restroom is in the opposite direction...' Tsumugi thought long and hard, all the while, keeping her eyes peeled for Rikku and Mio, who were currently having a pleasant conversation about their favorite bands.
"What now?" Rikku asked, deliberately draping his arm behind Mio, though the girl didn't seem to mind.
"Hmm." Mio hummed, a slight blush tinting her cheeks. They had to leave tonight, so that they could go back to school tomorrow. But there was still plenty of time until then. "We could-"
"Test of courage!" Tsumugi yelled from across the room. Mio and Rikku looked at her strangely. How did she get all the way over there? Wasn't she sitting right in front of Rikku?
"No!" Mio yelled, suddenly pale. "No way!"
"Mio, it's not that scary." Rikku reassured, "And we can't even do it now, its three in the afternoon."
"We're still not doing it!"
Rikku chuckled, before the room got quiet again.
"I wonder what it would be like, if we were all genderbent." Rikku spoke up once again, once he noticed Mio's face return to its natural color.
"Genderbent?" Tsumugi asked curiously.
"Yeah, you know... If we all switched genders." Rikku explained.
"Hmmm." Tsumugi hummed."What would our names be?"
The three of them thought for a while, before Rikku grinned.
"Yuu would be... Yui!" Rikku replied happily, quite pleased with himself.
"Rikku would be Ritsu." Mio said next to him, after getting the gist of the conversation. "Or Ricchan." She added.
"Oh! What would me and Azusa-chan be?" Tsumugi wondered.
"Azusa would be... Azuka? And you would be... Tsumuji." Rikku answered, before slowly rubbing his chin. "What would Mio's name be though..."
"Mikio." Tsumugi suggested.
"Yeah! Mikio!" Rikku agreed, elbowing Mio gently. Mio huffed, before smiling. "Would our personalities be different?" She asked, deciding to go along with the topic.
"No..." Rikku thought. "It wouldn't be us if we had different personalities." Rikku sighed, and laid back into the couch, before he shot up with another idea. "We should refer to each other as our genderbent names for the rest of the day!" He suggested, looking at Tsumugi for approval.
The blonde nodded her head, giving him an excited smile. "We should act more like our opposite genders too!"
At this, Mio chuckled. "I'd love to see you try and act like a girl, Ritsu." She smirked.
"Oh trust me, Mikio-kun. I'll be the girliest girl there ever was!" Rikku pranced around, making Tsumugi giggle.
"Tsumuji!" Rikku called suddenly.
"Yes!" Tsumugi responded, trying to deepen her voice.
"Lets find Yui and Azuka!"
"Yes!" She repeated, before shooting up, and sprinting down the hallway. The three friends sprinted down the hallway. Mio, being the most serious out of all of them, let loose, and goofed off as well. Turning the corner, Rikku yelled, laughing hysterically.
"Yuiiiiii! Azukaaaa!"
/
Azusa blushed, as Yuu waited patiently, smiling ever so goofily. She was trying bravely, to avoid his gaze. Why she brought him in another room was beyond her, it was kind of like a spur-in-the-moment type of thing. But staying in front of the others, while Yuu begged her for a kiss was embarrassing.
And kissing him alone was even more embarrassing.
"Azu-nyan." Yuu spoke up, startling the girl from her thoughts.
"You don't have to kiss me if you don't want to." He said, looking slightly disappointed, but smiling nonetheless. "If it makes you uncomfortable, another kiss on the cheek is fine."
She shook her head, looking down. She loved Yuu, very much... But she had to make sure he felt the same way. "Yuu-senpai." She asked, looking up at him, gathering all the courage she had in her tiny body.
"Hmm?" He responded.
"D-Do you like someone?" She asked, very embarrased.
"Yes." He responded quickly. "In fact, I love her very much."
"...Who?"
Yuu smiled softly. "Tell me who you love, and i'll tell you mine." He asked. "Fair?"
Azusa blushed harder, but nodded, she hoped their relationship wasn't platonic. Counting down with his fingers, Yuu grinned when he reached one. Taking a deep breath, the two of them spoke at the same time.
"You."
Azusa and Yui stared at each other, their eyes wide.
"Wha-"
"Y-you-"
They gaped at each other, but before they could finish their sentences, they were interrupted by the sound of three people yelling in the hallway.
"Yuiiiii! Azukaaaa!"
They looked at each other incredulously one last time, before sliding the door open, and peeking their heads out. The last thing they saw was three people running towards them, before they felt pain all over.
/
"Owieee." Rikku whined, opening his eyes, only to find Mio's face directly above his. Blushing profusely, Rikku tensed, as Mio opened her eyes.
"M-Mio..."
Mio's eyes widened, before she scrambled off of Rikku. "Sorry." She muttered.
Yuu and Azusa stood up, brushing themselves off, before offering a hand to Tsumugi. Smiling gratefully the blonde took their hand, and pulled herself up. Yuu heard Tsumugi gasp.
"Mikio-kun! Your ankle's all better!" Tsumugi pointed out happily.
Mio looked at her foot, before wiggling it around. "I guess it got better overnight?"
"Mikio-kun?" Yuu asked, confused." Who's that?"
Rikku and Mio looked at each other, uncharacteristically mischevious. "Well, if you must know, Yui..." They giggled as Yuu gave them a bemused 'huh?'.
"We now refer to each other as our genderbended names, until we get home." Tsumugi coughed in her hand, trying to make her voice sound manlier.
Rikku pointed to Azusa. "You're Azuka." He said in a high pitched voice, before gesturing to Tsumugi, Mio and himself.
"And we're Tsumuji, Mikio, and Ricchan."
"Ooohhh!" Yuu squealed, immediately playing along. "Ricchan! Ricchan!"
"Yes, Yui?"
Azusa looked at the two boys in confusion, as they continued to roleplay being opposite genders—that really weren't different than how they usually act. Well, this explained why Rikku and Tsumugi were yelling 'Yui and Azuka' in the halls. She turned to look at Mio to see how the usually strict bassist would react, but found that she was having a 'manly' conversation with Tsumugi. She chuckled, she was in a good mood from what happened earlier; she peeked at Yuu, before Looking at her goofy friends. She happily joined them, only referring to herself as Azuka for the rest of the day.
A/N: Hmm... Genderbent characters, talking about genderbending themselves...
Genderbentception? XD