Oftentimes people found out things about themselves through a role. Mei Fan discovered that the hard way. This thing being discovered was not exactly something imagined before.

Mei Fan determined he was a boy. This wasn't the first time he questioned his gender. He had since he was a little kid. But, this time, he knew it for certain. And that... was intimidating.

He had to tell them. Well, he didn't have to. But he should tell them. They all deserved to know. But... what about his girlfriend?

He knew that she'd accept him. There was no doubt in his mind. It was a matter of getting the courage to do it.

He found the time to do it later on. He found her in the common room. He took a seat beside her.

"Hey, um... Shiori? Do you have a minute? I uh... want to talk to you."

"Sure. What's up?"

"Well... I... I um..." Mei Fan was struggling to find the right way to phrase it.

"Is everything okay?" It seemed his hesitation was making Shiori worried.

Mei Fan let out a deep sigh, "I don't know..."

"What's wrong?" Shiori frowned and pressed herself against their side.

"I... I'm not a girl."

"Hm?" Shiori didn't seem to understand.

"I... I've figured out that I um... I'm a boy. I'm not a girl." Mei Fan mumbled nervously.

"Oh. That's okay!" Shiori offered a reassuring smile, "I'll support you."

"I... I know... I'm really glad to have you as my girlfriend." Mei Fan offered her a shakey smile.

"So... is there anything else?"

"Well... I guess I should tell the others..." Mei Fan sighed, "I'm scared."

"Don't be! I'm sure it'll be okay." Shiori stated.

"I hope so..."

"I'll be right by your side when you tell them, okay? I'll be there if they are mean. But I doubt they'll have a problem."

"You have a lot of confidence..."

"Because I know it'll be alright."

"I wish I felt that confident..."

"Do you want to cuddle? Take your mind off of things for a bit?"

"Y-yeah... that'd be nice."

Mei Fan didn't approach the subject with anyone else for a few days. He was hesitant to do it. He was scared. He didn't know why, though. They didn't seem like they would hate him for something like this.

"You doing it today, right?"

"Yeah..."

Shiori had kept pestering him to tell them. Eventually he caved and agreed. They were planning to spring it on them before practice today. And that was where they were currently heading.

"Hey! Wait up!"

They paused. Yachiyo had spotted them and came over to join them.

"Sorry to butt in. I'm walking with you guys now."

"Sure."

As they walked, Mei Fan debated telling her now. Would that be better? Or would that be worse?

"Yachiyo? Before we go in, could I talk to you?" Mei Fan decided it was something he was going to do.

"Sure~" Yachiyo agreed quite easily.

"You can go on without us, Shiori." Mei Fan nudged her away, "We'll catch up."

Shiori gave Mei Fan a worried look, but obliged and left them alone.

"So, what do you need to tell me?" Yachiyo asked.

"I'm trans. I'm a boy. I'm not a girl." Mei Fan closed his eyes as he waited for the response.

"Hmm... okay. Let's go before they get mad at us." Yachiyo didn't seem too concerned by the confession.

"That's it?" Mei Fan was surprised.

Yachiyo shrugged, "What more do I need to say? Do you need me to say I support you and that this hasn't changed anything about how I see you?"

"No. I don't know what I was expecting."

"Come on. Let's go."

They made their way into the practice room. Now was the harder part. Yachiyo was not scary. Mei Fan was at ease telling her this. However, Akira and Michiru were a different story. They were definitely more intimidating.

"Ready to begin?" Michiru asked after they entered.

"Um... I need to say something first..." Mei Fan stated nervously.

"What is it?"

"U-um... I..." Mei Fan couldn't find his voice to finish the sentence.

All eyes were on him. Shiori was watching with concern. Yachiyo was willing him on. The other two were waiting for the rest.

"I..." Mei Fan realized he couldn't do it, "I... I can't..."

He backed away, before running out of the room. Shiori ran off after him, worriedly calling out for him to stop.

"What was that all about?" Michiru asked.

"Uh..." Yachiyo wasn't sure if she was allowed to tell them, "I guess it was just too hard to say whatever it was?"

"You know what that was about, don't you?" Michiru questioned.

"Um... no?"

"Yachiyo, you know. Tell us."

"I'm not sure that'd be appreciated." Yachiyo replied, "It's not my place to tell you."

"Come on, just tell us."

Yachiyo sighed, "Fine. He's decided he isn't a girl and is a guy. That's it."

"And she- he couldn't tell us that?"

"You're scary?"

"Yachiyo!"

...

"Mei Fan..."

Mei Fan had run into the bathroom, collapsing to the floor and curling up. He was crying.

"Hey... it's okay..." Shiori dropped down beside him and pulled him into a hug, "Shh..."

"I'm sorry... I'm sorry I couldn't do it..."

"Shh... I'm sorry too. I shouldn't have pushed you to do it if you weren't ready."

"Now I've screwed everything up... they're gonna be even more suspicious now..."

"Actually... I told them."

Yachiyo entered the room. She knelt down beside them both.

"I know it wasn't my place too... but they pressured me into it. They were worried about you." Yachiyo said.

"So... they're fine?"

"Yep. They have no problem with you. Well, aside from being concerned you ran out crying trying to tell them."

"Yeah... not my finest moment..."

"Shall we go back? They're waiting for us to return."

Mei Fan took a few deep breaths, "I just... need a minute to collect myself."

"Take your time."