Ryo was emotionally distraught after he found out what had happened to him overnight. He ran over to Kento's house to break the news to him.
"Kento! Kento! It's Ryo! Open up!"
"I'm comin', I'm comin'. Hmm, he can't know what I look like, I'll just turn around and open the door."
When Kento finally opened the door, Ryo rushed in and fell to the ground.
"My...my body...it's...not my body!"
"Hold up, man! The same thing happened to you?"
"What?" asked a surprised Ryo.
"Do you have a cup size?"
"Oh my...this is terrible."
"So you do. So do I, and Cye too."
"The same thing happened to Rowan, but he went to the library to get some books so he didn't have to leave his apartment during the vacation."
"Smart man. So what are we going to do. Cye went to the park, and it's relatively safe there."
"Hmm, do you want to go to the mall?" asked Ryo.
"Huh?"
"Not...for...clothing. I...wanted to pick up...some things that I need. Not...a dress, although there is a really nice red one I saw in the sale flyer this morning! Hold on, what am I saying?"
"I don't know, you're going loopy man!"
"I guess somehow we lost some testosterone, or we gained some estrogen!"
"But how the hell...?"
"I don't know, we'd better just play it cool."
"Well, we'd better get going before someone else comes knocking at our door. I don't want anyone I know to see me like this!" said Kento.
"I know what you mean, Kento."
* * *
Sage was cruising through the town, winking at every girl who turned to gawk at him. He put on some shades for effect.
"Hmm," he thought to himself, "I have the smart and sweet. What should I track down now?"
When he stopped at a traffic light, he noticed a guy and a girl sitting on a bench. The guy was trying to make out with the girl and stick his hand up her dress. She just blushed and turned away.
"Aha! I'll go for the bashful type!" he though. He called out to the perverted guy on the bench, "Thank you man!"
The man flicked of Sage and told him to go to hell, but sage did not see or hear because he had already sped off to go track down his next lucky lady.
He pulled up into the city mall. "There's sure to be a few bashful dames in her. I'll go walk around in the female clothing section and tell them how good they'll look. That always makes 'em blush!"
He got out of the car and pulled down his shades to the bridge of his nose so that he could see better.
"A sale? I'll have a bunch to choose from," Sage said so carelessly as he walked through the doors.
* * *
"Hey, Ryo?"
"Yeah Kento?"
"I'm hungry. Do you mind if I go grab a bite to eat, I haven't eaten since we left my house."
"Sure Kento-chan. If you can get a burger for me too, that would be really nice."
"Sure, hon, I'll buy one for you."
"Um, Kento? Why are you calling me hon?"
"I think the vocabulary comes with the package."
"Oh, I see. Now that you mention it, I have been speaking oddly today. Man, I can't wait till it's all over."
"Me too, chica, uh, chico."
Kento left Ryo to go search for the food court while Ryo went shopping.
Ryo wandered around the mall, passing by many different stores; some specialized in sport equipment, some in toys, some in videos, some in male clothing, and some in female clothing. Whenever Ryo passed by the women's' clothes, he turned his head to see what was inside. He would normally do this because he wanted to see the women inside shopping, or if he was lucky, a woman that was buying lingerie. This time though, he was really paying attention to the merchandise inside. He tried to look away, but he couldn't control himself.
When he reached the department store, he looked desperately for the electronic section, so that he couldn't have a chance to look through clothing. But today was his unlucky day. The lingerie section of the department store was strategically placed near the electronics. When he passed the department, he suddenly jerked into the aisle. He stopped when he came up to the sales clerk.
"Um, excuse me, I was wondering where the electronics section is?" Ryo asked the sales clerk.
"Oh, it's just down that way a bit, ma'am," she replied.
"Hmm, thank you. And while I'm here, I saw that there's a sale on panties. Where might that rack be?"
"Over that way," the clerk said as she pointed in a northerly direction.
"What the hell am I doing? Why would I want panties? Unless I had some good looking dame over my house..., then I could- No! Bad ideas! Leave my head now!" Ryo thought to himself as he slapped his head.
"Um, excuse me, ma'am?"
"Yes?"
"The panties are over there."
"Oh, yes. Ahahahaha!" Ryo said, blushing with a sweatdrop on his forehead.
He strolled over into the section and just stood there for a while. He held up some lingerie and stared at it.
"My god! How are you supposed to put this thing on?"
He walked over to the panty section and looked through some red silk underwear. He reached out to pick one up.
"No!...mustn't pick up...pretty silk underwear! Must...resist! But it's so soft...and lovely..."
When he had finally picked up the underwear, he walked back over to the cashier. She took the item and rang it up.
Ryo, even though he looked like a girl and mostly acted like one and spoke like one, he still had his male tendencies. He couldn't help but look down the sales clerk's blouse. As he was gawking at her cleavage with strong eyes, the clerk looked up to see a woman staring down her shirt.
"That will be five...um, excuse me, miss?"
"Huh?"
"Your eyes are wandering," said the clerk with a sweatdrop on her forehead.
"Oh! Hahahahaha! Sorry! I'll be going now!"
As Ryo turned to leave, Sage came up to the cashier. Just as Ryo had done, he too looked down the cashier's shirt. She became furious and stormed away.
"Hmm, I wonder what her problem was. I was just about to ask her out! Well, her loss," Sage said with confidence.
When Ryo got a good look, he realized that this man was Sage! He began to tiptoe away so that Sage wouldn't notice, but it was too late. Sage had already caught a glimpse of him, or her.
"Hey...where do you think you're going, sweet cheeks?" Sage asked.
"Oh, hahaha! Over there to the electronics section."
"May I accompany you on your journey?"
"Why? Why me? Just because I'm Ryo doesn't mean that everything bad in the world has to happen to me!" Ryo though to himself.
"Well?"
Ryo finally spoke, "Why yes dear, I believe you may." He blushed a bit as Sage walked next to him. It wasn't that he liked Sage, in fact, at times he despised Sage, but his feminine "instincts" made him red in the face.
"I see that you're the bashful type...just what I was looking for."
"Oh, hee hee, you're cute!" Ryo turned away to the side.
"Hey baby, what's your name?"
"Ry-ananne...uh, Riananne."
"Mmm, a lovely name...it suits you perfectly."
"Whacha got in the bag. Anything for me?" Sage said with a wink.
"No..."
"Can I see? Just a little peek?"
"Stop it! You're making me blush, you fiend!"
"Aw yeah! And she's saucy too! Hey love, would you come over tonight?"
"But I don't even know you!"
"The name's Sage. See, now we know each other. Come over at nine. Here's the directions."
Sage winked at...Riananne, and strolled away with a slight swivel in his hips because a Latino song was being played in the music section.
"Oh dear...Ryo, what have you done now?" Ryo asked himself as he picked up his bag and walked over to the electronics section.
To be continued...