THE PERFECT CRIME: A GHOST HUNT DRABBLE COLLECTION PRESENTS:
Crossdressing AU/Usotsuki Lily
Prompt: AU in the style of Usotsuki Lily: crossdressing, confessions, misandry, contemplating sanity, dating, two-for-one deals, and ghosts –because why not? Its Thursday after all!
Fandom: Ghost Hunt; Mai x Naru x Gene
This is not what I expected. That is basically the only thought going through Mai's brain right now. Yup, that's it, Mai thinks to herself –no more horror flicks for me. Nope. Can't do it anymore. I'M SO, SO, SORRY MY FIRST LOVE! I WILL REMEMBER YOU FOREVER!
"Mai-Chan? Are you okay?" the husky but light voice ask as the crushing hug releases me.
Looking once more at the long black school skirt, long-sleeve button down cream shirt, and bright red bow on luminous pale skin and long black hair braided down the side of her head Mai has a single thought as she looking face to face with something that might actually mentally break her.
Or maybe not, sorry horror flicks.
/Yesterday/
I can remember it like it was yesterday, the first day of high school. The day was going more or less like I imagined it would: I got to enjoy the early spring morning and the streets full with bright pink and white and red cherry blossoms, I met Michiru and Keiko outside the school building, I went to homeroom 1B slightly sad about my two friends being in 1C but also excited about us finding a classroom to use for telling horror stories together and to hang out during lunch. But what I didn't expect to happen at the end of the day…
"Mai is that!" Michiru exclaimed quietly.
"It is," Keiko covers her wide smile with one hand, clearly failing.
There sitting in my shoe locker was the one thing that would change my life –of course I didn't know it at the time, especially for how it would change my life, but I digress. There on top of my simple black tennis shoes was a crisp white envelope.
"Open it!" Keiko shakes my arm in excitement. Michiru has moved herself to my other side so she can lean over my shoulder hope to read the message.
"Okay, okay!" I whisper with what I can only imagine to have been a bright red blush on my face.
Flipping it over I saw there was no writing on the outside of the envelope at all and it wasn't even sealed shut with anything. Flipping it open I can pull out a simple sheet of lined paper that has been folded over to fit within the envelope inside however I find something that I had not been expecting: simple and crisp writing done of all things in English!
"EH!" My two friends whine knowing from our history together only one of the three of us can read it –me. Having lived with an English teacher for almost three years did have its perks for me.
"What's it say?" Michiru whines shaking my arm lightly.
"Let me read it," I teased right back with a bright face before looking over the crisp black text. At least it's not in cursive, I probably thought now knowing how bad his cursive can be.
'Dear Sweet Lady under the Cheery Blossoms,
I do not know your name, and it is the first day of the year –but since I saw you this morning under the clouds of pink, with your smile as bright as the spring sky –I could not get you out of my head. I know that though we have not formally met that you are a special young lady and I would be honored if you would offer me a chance to formally introduce myself to you and tell you my feeling in person.
I will be waiting by the large cherry blossom trees at the back of the school after school until about 4:30. I do hope that you will come –even if to just turn my down.
Sincerely, Your Secret Admirer'
"Aw! That's so, so sweet! You have to go Mai!"
"Yes! Yes! Now!" Keiko seconds.
Before Mai can even sweat-drop her friend's collective energy, much less protest, she finds herself suddenly out the door with her school shoes magically in her locker and a wave a soft pink flower petals falling from the group of trees behind the school. Alone. Yes, that is very important. "How the hell?" Mai whispers.
Shaking her head she walks overs through the patches of trees and finds herself in basically every teen-romances-stereotypical-romantic fantasy-some-bullshit-or-another setting. Yeah… don't ask Mai about shit like that –she still believes that a perfectly normal date is visiting supposedly haunted locations and having a picnic while discussing ghost stories. Because that is clearly what every high school couple does for a first, second, third, infinity date. Maybe even the wedding. Maybe…
But that's getting a little ahead of Mai's current plans.
"Hello?" Mai calls out still not seeing anyone.
"Hi."
Jumping with a small shriek, Mai turns around and sees…
The freaking prince of all every teen-romances-stereotypical-romantic fantasy-some-bullshit-or-another story. Deep dark black hair, a slightly European face with clear Asian roots, wide dark blue eyes, pale but pearly soft skin, and a smile that probably could kill fangirls with a unintentional heart attacks.
"Uh…" Mai can't stop her face from blushing bright red –can you blame a girl? This is her first time having anything to do with a romantic confession! Going with her first instinct she bows and decided introducing herself is the best choice. "My name is Taniyama Mai, I am a first year in class 1B."
With a soft smile the prince returned the gesture and bows for her. "So Taniyama Mai is the name of my dear sweet lady under the cherry blossoms. I am Eugene Davis an exchange students from the UK, I am a first year as well and my class is 1A. I asked you here to see if you would like to go out with me. So…" Blushing Eugene gives a shy smile, "…will you go out with me? I –I mean just on one date at least!"
So the prince is actually human. Good. Mai doesn't think she could deal with a classical era Disney prince. "Yes!" Mai bows again. "Please take care of me!"
/Present/
"Uh… Davis-San?" Please no. Just no.
"Are you alright Mai-Chan?" She asks. No not she. He.
"Does she even have a brain?" A vice cold voice asks from behind Mai's new boyfriend. Looking up Mai is meet with a vision of even greater horror than her first boyfriend being dressed in the school's girl uniform –and looking great while doing it. Because rather than one beautiful girl there are two –both completely identical from head to toe.
Except their smiles. Eugene has a bright smile, one that makes Mai's heart flutter. This evil twin though… she –he –has a smile that mocks. Soft on the surface like the vice biting Mai, this twins eyes are cold like steel and enjoying Mai's shock. This smile makes Mai's heart plummet.
"Who?" Mai whispers.
"Oh! This," Eugene grabs the other "girl", "is my younger twin brother Oliver! Although I tend to call him Noll! And by the way since were dating you can call me Gene-Chan! Kay!"
Closing her eyes Mai says her internal farewell to horror films forever.
"Also Mai-Chan," he coos, "I might have forgotten to mention this yesterday –but Noll and I: we're a two for one deal! So technically you're dating both of us! Isn't that great!"
Crossdressing AU –Mai's life in a Haunted Version of Usotsuki Lily!
AN: So… what's Usotsuki Lily? It is the manga this AU is based on of course! Basically the premise is almost entirely the same with the main female lead getting tricked into dating a really cute boy –only to discover afterwards that he is a misandry that adores women so much he dresses and passes completely as female hence their strange three [time paradox of the author's choice making it technically four] years of dating up to their graduation. Essentially it is a series of breaking the fourth wall, following a multiplied of strange and unusual couples, and hooking up the female leads younger straight brother with her boyfriend's younger gay brother. Oh, yeah –her misandry of a boyfriend also only lives with his dad and three other brothers! This romance is going to go swell –isn't it!
And in this version of that universe, which already has creepy twins, we get more ghosts and adventures! Let me know if you like and don't forget to review and request!
In my real life –school is killing me, Irma was a bitch, I'm super behind on everything and very glad I had this done beforehand.
Good luck and see you all next month!
