Chapter Four- Adapting

"Grandpa, I'm home," she called.

Solomon entered the hall and paused at seeing the bags. He put on a mock stern face as he said, "What did you do, young lady? Buy the whole store?"

Yugi laughed as she pulled out the card and handed it over which Solomon took with a smile. "Only a few clothes and essentials."

"Speaking of clothes, I spoke with the school concerning your records. The gender's been changed but they need to know what size uniform to send."

"Oh. Here." She reached into her clothes bag and brought out the measurement sheet.

"Oh, perfect." He took the sheet and nodded. "Yes, this will answer their questions and then some."

"I'll, uh, put everything away and grab a shower." Yugi took the bags upstairs, a little weirded out by Solomon's ogling of her body's numbers.

She got to her room and was removing her old clothes when Atem knocked. "Can I come in?"

"Sure." She turned back to her closet as Atem sat on the bed. His eyes moved up and down her back and he felt happy that her hair hadn't changed, though it looked softer.

"Did you have fun?" he finally asked.

"Kind of," she answered. "I found I like shoe shopping."

"Oh?" Atem's lips curled up in amusement. "Buy a lot of shoes?"

"No. Just three. I found boots in my size." She pointed to the pair now sitting on the closet floor. "I also got sneakers and a pair of flats." She pulled out the boxes and showed the contents.

"Did you buy a dress to go with those?" He nodded at the flats.

"Not yet. Later I probably will."

"It sounds like you like being a woman."

"It's not bad." Yugi turned away from the closet and smiled. "I like that no one talks to me like I'm a kid. I was called miss a couple of times and it felt good."

"I suspected that would happen. You should know, I will be speaking to Bakura about this."

Yugi actually giggled. "I was thinking of doing the same thing."

Atem joined in on Yugi's laughter. "We clearly still think alike. All right, we'll both talk to him."

"Good. Well, I'm going to take a shower."

"Go ahead. We'll talk later." Atem left and Yugi wasted no time in hiding the charm and taking her essentials into the bathroom along with clean panties and a nightgown she had bought with her other clothes. She closed the door, fished out the cream and read the directions. My legs have to be wet first. Makes sense. All right. She got out a razor and set it and the can on the tub's edge before completely stripping. She looked at her bare legs and saw black hairs on them. Yeah, those will have to go. I wonder how often I have to shave. Well, I'll eventually find out. She filled the tub with some water before sitting in it. She hit on the idea of using the cream's cap to wet her legs before spraying cream into her hand and spreading it over her legs. She carefully removed the razor's cover and slowly exhaled before moving the razor as Tea had instructed.

It wasn't perfect for her first time. She grimaced when she nicked the back of her left ankle and the front of the right calf. While the tub drained, she stepped out, gently dabbed the nicks and put band aids on them before taking her shower. It wasn't until she was drying off that she felt her smooth legs.

Oh, that feels weird, but good too. She got dressed and giggled as her gown brushed over her legs. She exited and saw Atem look up as she past. "You took a while," he stated.

"I was shaving," she explained.

Atem looked at her gown which ended just past her knees. "You're hurt," he said when he saw the band aid.

"Yeah, I nicked myself a couple of times. But I like how they feel even though it feels weird too."

"I can only imagine. So, you and Tea going to join the rest of us tomorrow?"

"Definitely." Yugi continued to her room and Atem smiled. It's only been one day but Yugi seems used to being a girl. It's clear that she is not going to give Bakura the satisfaction of her being embarrassed by being female. I know I would do the same thing.

Yugi ran a hand up her hair. It was a little damp still, but it definitely felt softer and little more flexible. I like this. If Bakura thought I would be embarrassed and hide, he seriously misjudged me. Atem was right: I can't avoid the public and the school already knows I've undergone a gender change. I will not hide. The city will know and adjust to the fact that Yugi Moto is a woman now. Grandpa and my friends know and soon the city will know. I will need to get a new ID card and that will spread the word that I'm female now. An amused smiled graced her lips. She still had her title as the top duelist in the world. The thing is, is that I'm now the Queen of Games while Atem is the king. We both share the top spot as we always have but now as queen and king.

Hmm, maybe I should tell Atem how I feel tomorrow while we're out. Once we're alone, I'll tell him. Yugi ran a brush through her hair and tilted her head as she looked in the mirror. Maybe I'll put some lip gloss on tomorrow. I want to experiment with some makeup and the gloss would be a good test.

"It's good that you helped her out, Tea."

"I was happy to do it. She did surprise me with her knowledge of shaving, though."

"She did nick herself."

"That does happen, even to experienced shavers."

"It seems like you spent a lot of time for just clothes, shoes, razors, and cream."

"Well, shoe shopping can take time, but we bought a little more than that. We looked at makeup before calling it a day."

"Makeup? Did Yugi buy makeup?"

"Just a little. Some lip gloss, a basic kit, and one bottle of nails polish. Plus, she suggested looking at it."

"All right. It is clear that she is handling her change quite well."

"I'll say. If I didn't know better, I would think Yugi has always been a girl."

"Yes and maybe tomorrow will be the day."

"The day? The day for what?"

Atem shifted on his feet, realizing that he had spoken out loud. It was a leftover thing from when he was sharing Yugi's body. The two sometimes talked out loud whenever they were alone and sometimes they used telepathy. I need to think my thoughts rather than speak them.

"Tea, don't tell anyone but I've loved Yugi for a long while and I had planned to tell her today but I chose to wait until she had adjusted."

"You love her? I promise not to tell, but you should. Wait until you're alone and then tell her."

"Of course. Good night." He hung up and stared thoughtfully into space. Tea had seemed excited about him loving Yugi…perhaps too excited. Is it possible that Yugi loves me and told Tea with the promise to not say anything? She probably did as it would explain Tea's insistence that I tell Yugi how I feel tomorrow.

His thoughts turned to his talk with Tea. Yugi seems to be rather accepting of her change. I'm not sure if I would accept as quickly. For one thing, she plans to wear dresses outside of school. I would fight that notion as well as makeup. I wonder…will she wear any of it tomorrow?