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Chapter 13:

Eyes fluttering open groggily, she found that she was in her bed and sat up. And apparently, her movement caught the eye of the other person in the room who was standing beside her. Upon seeing her roommate, she let out a mumble, "oh Krad, thank god it's you. I had this crazy dream where you were a boy and I caught you changing and, and…" Her eyes widened at the memory of 'the incident', and without thinking, she reached out and groped the other's chest, extracting a yelp of surprise from the other. And when she realized that there was nothing there, she felt herself lose consciousness again.

Krad blinked as the girl fainted again, and furled his brows.

Maybe I should leave for now.

He walked towards the door then turned back.

Maybe I should change first, just incase she gropes me again.

Pacing out into the hallway, he sighed, running out of energy to properly panic. As he walked around, his thoughts began to drift off into random directions.

I wonder what would happen if she told everyone?

He shuddered.

Maybe if I tell her that…no, that won't work…damn.

It's almost time for dinner, I feel like tempura…

Oh man, Sex Ed's going to be so awkward.

He lost track of how long he paced around for but suddenly, the door opened a notch. "…Krad?" The blond turned around and stood in front of the door, "…I wasn't dreaming, was I?" He shook his head, and she frowned, "I thought so."

Rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly, he asked, "Do you think we can discuss this inside the room where the world isn't listening? I mean, if you're going to faint again, then I guess it's fine if we talked like this."

"…I guess I can let you in." The door opened and he stepped inside only to be asked, "So you're really a guy?" He gave a slow nod but the alarms were sounding in his head. Something was definitely off, Towa was being too calm. That usually meant something bad was going to happen. What he didn't expect was her next question, "How long have you been a guy now?"

Golden eyes blinked and the tension in the room melted away, "…my whole life now? What do you mean how long? It's not like I can turn into a guy on cue or something."

She dipped her head, "alright, I guess that makes sense, but you're going to have to explain to me in detail why you're here-wait, you're not an okama, are you?"

His face reddened as he let out a yell, "No!"

"Then tell me what happened."

So he told her the story.

And she laughed.

"It's not funny!"

"Yes it is! Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

He raised a brow sarcastically, "…hm, well, let me think…"

"Towa can I talk to you?"

"Just a minute, Krad. Some guy snuck into the building, so we're going to go pour soap into his eyes and beat him with sticks!"

"…never mind."

"Towa, you free right now?"

"In a second. We're trying to figure out a way to squeeze motion sensors in to our budget, those stupid guys keep trying to sneak in here."

"…oh…forget about it then."

"Towa-"

"There he is! Go get him! What is it, Krad?"

"…it's nothing important."

"Towa, what are you doing with that stapler?"

"There's a guy in here somewhere and-"

"Never mind, I get it."

The girl gave a laugh, "okay, you may have a point there. But it's the guys' fault for trying to constantly sneak into this place. I mean, if they went up to the door like Dark does, then there'd be no problems! It's always the guys' fault! They're all stupid, excluding you, I mean, since you're more of a girl anyways."

He felt a twinge of annoyance, "what's that supposed to mean?"

Towa shrugged, "It means I wouldn't have believed you were a guy if that didn't happen."

"…so you're fine with this?"

"Yea, why not? I've read enough manga to know that this kind of stuff happens."

Krad paused and tried to intake what his roommate just said. "You're basing your judgment on manga that you've read? Alright…what kind of manga do you read anyways? Wait, does that mean you're not going to tell anyone?"

She gave him a cheerful pat on the back, "don't worry about it Krad-chan! As far as I'm concerned, you're just a girl with a washboard for a chest!"

He wasn't exactly sure how to respond to that, "…thanks?"

His roommate smiled, "oh, just one question though, what about Dark?"

Krad raised a brow, "what about Dark?"

"You do like him, right? I mean, you're not just using him as a cover. How's he going to react if he ever finds out that you're not a girl? Is he going to freak out? Is he going to accept it? Do you care? You do care, don't you! Oh my god this is just like in the manga, how exciting!"

The blond paused and looked up, chewing on his lower lip as he did so, "oh yea, Dark…how would he react?"

Towa smiled happily at him, "well, since you're clearly worried about this, I'll find out for you. And by find out, I mean I'll ask in a discreet manner. Just leave it to me! I'll even get it done before Sex Ed day!"

The next day, the two of them managed to catch Dark in the practice room of the boy's dorm. Towa walked up to him casually and tried to strike up a conversation, "Say, Dark…" both Dark and Krad looked over at her, "how would you feel if, theoretically speaking, Krad was not a girl?"

There was a pause.

Krad gaped. He felt like running over to the nearest hard surface and bashing his head into it.

Dark on the other hand, remained unfazed. He blinked and shrugged, "I don't think it'd matter," then a slow grin emerged, "as long as I'm seme."

Towa's jaw dropped while the other looked confused.

A minute later, the blond found himself dragging his roommate out of room with her nose bleeding profusely.

"…well that answers that question."

His brows furled, "I guess. But I have another question: what's a seme?"

There was a long pause.

The girl gave a small smile, "don't worry, you'll probably learn on Sex Ed day."

"Towa, your nose is bleeding again."

"It's finally sexed day!"

Dark raised a brow, "why are you so excited? I remember last year, your face was red through the whole thing."

Aku rolled his eyes, "that's not the point. The point is that we get to skip school and listen to awkward questions being answered in an equally awkward manner."

Krad looked at the two, "how awkward can these questions get?"

Cass shook his head, "it gets more awkward every year, and they've started answering the questions very thoroughly. If you don't understand something, they'll make sure you understand it by the end."

"…oh."

And so, the two schools were herded into the auditorium where everyone took their seats and the lessons began. The teacher in front had an indifferent look on his face as he began rather monotonically, "good morning children. As you all know, today is Sex Ed day, where you will all be learning about Sex Ed to ensure that you will all be having relatively safe sex from here on out though it would be preferable if you did not have sex until you're all of age to be having sex. Remember, safe sex is no sex. To start off, we will be going through heterosexual sex, or sex between a male and female. Then we will go through homosexual sex, or sex between a male and male or a female and female. Then we will go through STIs, or sexually transmitted infections…"

Krad felt goosebumps go up his arms. Despite how monotonic the guy was, for some reason, he felt wide awake, maybe it was because he'd never heard the word 'sex' used so many times within a minute. Looking up, he chewed on his lower lip, why the hell did the guy keep putting emphasis on the word 'sex' anyways? Tapping his fingers on the armrest, he looked around, and judging by the others' faces, they weren't faring any better.

As the presentation continued, the blond frowned, why were there so many visual aids? Wasn't the monotonic man's overly descriptive words enough? Beside him, Aku and Dark cringed at something he missed. He looked up and gave a shaky sigh.

Only two hours left…

"And so when the seme…"

Golden eyes widened at the description the lecturer gave and slouched in his seat, he looked over at Towa who spared him a glance and raised her brows as though to ask 'get it now?' He merely pursed his lips and continued listening.

…at least he knew what a seme was now…

"…and that concludes today's Sex Ed day lecture, are there any questions? Yes?"

"Why do girls like boy on boy action and why do boys like girl on girl action?"

Equally monotonic, the man answered, "an excellent question, this is because when it comes to homosexual sex…"

Out of the corner of his eyes, he could see several people hiding their faces in embarrassment and some giggling at how awkward the whole situation was. He sighed, wondering, how could anyone want to have any kind of sex after having Sex Ed?

"What about positions?"

Oh god…

The five of them walked outside, feeling thoroughly traumatized. Towa was the first to speak, "So…I believe we've all been educated thoroughly about the birds and the bees and the birds and the birds and the bees and the bees and whatever other variation there may be, right?"

Krad nodded, "thoroughly educated indeed. That was more traumatizing than anything I've been through before. I can't believe they even handed out Sex Ed bags…damn, that guy got to me, now I'm starting to put emphasis on that word too."

Aku looked over, "is there anything good in them?"

Dark raised a brow, "…what would you consider good? Your face's still red by the way."

The boy shrugged and dug through the bag, "I'm surprised yours isn't. Let's see, pamphlets, more pamphlets and…oh my god…" he looked back up, face even more flushed, "they've really thought of everything possible, haven't they?"

The rest of the group looked down at their bags for a moment, then Dark thrusted his towards his friend, "…here Aku, you can have mine."

"What! I don't want it! Take it back! Take it back!"

"Just take it tomato head!"

"No! You keep it!"

Daisuke suddenly looked over, "hey…" everyone stopped for a moment, "doesn't that mean between Aku and Cass, Aku's the uke?"

Aku's face lit up even more while the rest of the group burst into laughter. Towa patted Krad on the back, "looks like you're not the only slow one around here. How adorable! Dai-chan's so innocent!"

"Oh my god Dai-chan, I love you. No one else could've done that better, right Aki-chan?"

"Shut up!"

The redhead merely furled his brows, "but…I guess I shouldn't ask…"

Cass raised a brow, unfazed by the boy's earlier comment, possibly due to previous years of experience. "You might as well ask since you've got everyone's attention."

The younger boy continued looking deep in thought, "You wouldn't mind? Oh…I was just wondering if you can apply this scenario to a kiss…I mean the other day Dark and Aku-kun kissed, right? Who was the seme there?"

Towa blinked, "it's amazing how you can ask all this with that innocent tone of yours, Dai-chan."

Dark huffed and stuck his nose up, "well obviously I'd be the seme!"

His friend snarled and gave the other a whack on the head, "what are you talking about! It'd be me! I'm taller than you by like a mile!"

"But I'm manlier, Aki-chan!"

"In your dreams!"

"Hey, who calls who 'boss man'!"

"I'm not the one who overreacts like a jealous girl over unnecessary things!"

"That was only because I was upset that you went and told Towa first instead of me!"

"Because everyone knew you'd overreact like a jealous girl!"

"You already made that point!"

Just then they walked past a group of girls who looked over at the two and frowned anxiously, "Oh no, why are Dark-sama and Aku-sama fighting?"

Cass smiled, "don't mind them, they're just fighting over who's seme. Maybe they should just take turns, hm?"

A moment later, half the girls ended up squealing excitedly to themselves and half of them ended up unconscious, and among them were quite a few were sporting nosebleeds. Krad glanced over at the older boy, "you're actually really sadistic, aren't you? Deep down inside, you're probably enjoying this in your own subtle way…" Then he noticed something, "Those girls, they remind me of someone…oh! They remind me of you!" He pointed a finger at Towa, "It's like when you had that nosebleed the other day when Dark said…oh-my-god don't tell me you were-phmphmtzph!"

Towa clamped a hand over his mouth and laughed loudly, "Don't be silly Krad-chan! Of course I wasn't whatever you were about to say."

"Mmmph!"

"You guys still haven't answered my question!"

"I'd be seme!"

"No, I'd be seme!"

"Towa, Krad-chan, you're girls! And all girls are experts on judging who tops and who bottoms, right? So tell us! Who'd top who?"

"Mmph!"

"W-w-w-what! You're asking us to choose!"

"Yea! Is it me or him?"

"…"

"Are you okay? Towa-chan, your nose is bleeding!"

"…"

"What'd you guys do to her! She's not even conscious anymore!"

"Our question still hasn't been answered! Krad-chan, since Towa's down, you have to give us an answer!"

"How should I know? Shouldn't this be something that's decided between the two of you?"

"…she's right! I'll prove to you that I'm manlier!"

"Bring it on!"

"First test will be endurance! Let's see who can run the longest before running out of breath! Ready set go!"

"Hey wait! That's not fair! Where are we running to anyways!"

"Don't just run off you two! You, stop laughing and get them back here! And you, help me find a bench for Towa! She's getting blood all over me!"

Satoshi watched the scene unfold before him. There was Dark and Aku running off with Cass chasing after them while Daisuke helped Krad carry Towa towards a bench nearby. He stood there and sighed, thinking to himself about how he only had to put up with this for a few more years…

Nya~

And so I lied about updating quickly as I was swept away for a month this summer. Where'd I go? I went on my amazingly magical overseas vacation, that's where I went. Back to Japan along with several other nearby countries including Taiwan and Hong Kong where I pulled through and haggled with my crooked Mandarin and Cantonese. I never realized how much I missed Asia until now...sitting here with no cheap but amazing food or UFO catchers and purikura (Jap) or really cool and affordable clothes (more so in TW and HK). I mostly miss the food and the clubs but the people were awesome too-and enough of my ranting and excuses. Here's an update! Again, I'm hoping that my fics aren't taking a dive for the crappy. I'm also hoping my English hasn't deteriorated after not having spoken it for a month. But anyways, hope you'll enjoy this!