Chapter Four

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Kuon sat opposite the president in his office with her shoulders sagging and her energy at a low. She gave a weak smile to the man who had been a second-father to him…her…them? As she saw the tea in front of her, she looked up at Sebastian who didn't appear to notice any change in this. So there were only a few who knew about how he used to be a guy. She sipped on the tea and bowed her head as she set it down.

"You know that -" she began already starting to get used to the angelic flowing voice that also carried in it a lot of glamor.

Lory nodded, "How Ren Tsuruga went to Kuon Hizuri and now you're Yuuko Hizuri, at least Shuuhei should be happy you still have his name in your own." Lory looked her over. "You're extremely beautiful and I'm not afraid to tell you that." Yuuko rolled her eyes whilst Kuon was feeling a bit mortified at that. "So, I take it that you want to continue your acting and modeling work and the contracts seem to have changed a bit to go with your now newly established body of work."

"Guess I couldn't have played Cain Heel," she laughed and Lory raised an eyebrow.

"Okay. You didn't play Cain Heel but you were still Black Jack but Black Jack was a woman in the film and you went under the name Cassandra Heel who wouldn't go anywhere with her younger sister, Setsuka Heel. The drama was still given the same praise and recognition with you acting as a deranged female homicidal psychopath."

Lory found a file containing article clippings within Kuon's main file and Yuuko looked at it before seeing the pictures of herself and how she looked just like a female version of those characters. That had been layer upon layer upon layer but it all seemed to still work.

"Kyoko did tell me that you were the one who taught her how to be more like a female model. I think that I'd feel confident allowing you to just continue those lessons and teach yourself. However, do you think that you need some time away from the industry to resettle?" Lory asked her and Yuuko stared at him.

Inside Kuon was trying to hold back the flurry of questions which entered his mind as he stared at Lory. Was he being serious about this? He opened his mouth as if to protest but instead smiled and nodded already falling into the character of Yuuko as much as he might not have wanted to.

"I do have one question that I feel I need to have answered right away," she said and Lory sat back with a smug smile. "Maybe two."

"I'm looking at this because I can see all of your mannerisms from both Kuon and Ren but on a female face and it's making me realize that a body is just a body no matter what they look like. How we best feel about our bodies is more important than what it looks like. As long as we are comfortable in our own bodies then that should be all that matters. To accept the inner self."

Kuon sighed and looked at Lory as if waiting for him to finish offering his opinion. She bowed her head again and then brought it up so she could make eye contact with the man in front of her. "Why are you acting like this is natural?" she finally asked him and he chuckled.

"Kuon, Yuuko," he told her and Yuuko tilted her head to the side, eyes narrowing as she studied him. "Do you know how often this happens in dating simulation games and it's not only body switching that happens but some characters are changed into animals, their ages change, they are turned into household appliances, one game I played recently had a young girl change into a pigeon and you had to have the man fall in love with the pigeon form. It took a lot of calculations."

"This isn't a video game," Yuuko sighed and Lory leaned forwards.

"It's funny how often simulation games get it right," he said before sighing, "but you're right, this isn't a simulation game and I know that you're very scared about this. But, I do have to admit that I'm glad that it's you this is happening to, many of the other actors here wouldn't be able to cope so well and their families wouldn't be so open minded, not to mention their wives or girlfriends."

Yuuko laughed remembering how much love Kyoko had shown her that morning. Yes, she was Kuon in the inside but the pronouns were so messy right now. He was starting to want to use female pronouns but did that mean the curse was worsening. Still, the important thing was how Kuon's parents were supportive and caring and Kyoko had the same unconditional love and support despite her change.

"I don't understand how Kyoko can be so….how she can ace-"

"You're an idiot," Lory said bluntly and Yuuko stared at him in shock at what he had just called her. "You love Kyoko, right?" he asked and Yuuko nodded. "How would you react to Kyoko becoming…" Lory waved his hand in the air as he tried to think," Ken or somebody."

Yuuko looked down, "I'm not gay. I mean I'm not attracted to men," she said before looking down with her cheeks turning red. "However, if it was Kyoko…or Ken…then…then I'd love him openly and proudly because I love him, her but when you ask me my thoughts on any other man then I'm sorry. I'm not attracted to non-Kyoko men."

"And so I think that might be the same with Kyoko but she might have been open to a female relationship in the past, I'm not sure what her relationship with Kotonami-san was," he mused and Yuuko's eyes widened.

"Friends, those two were just friends, it was an obsession with finally being able to claim a female friendship, it wasn't love," Yuuko said quickly and Lory hummed as if he had to think it over. Yes, Kyoko had become obsessed with Kanae but that was only because she had never had female friends when younger because of Fuwa.

"Nevertheless," Lory waved this off, "I think that it took a while for Kyoko-chan to be able to fall in love with you as a man, well not the falling in love part but the accepting that she loved you and how much she loves you even now. Kyoko is not one who would freely give that love and so for her it is special and significant and maybe even unconditional."

"We're still married, you know," Yuuko said avoiding eye contact as she stared at her hands and the wedding ring on her finger. She put a finger along her wrist. It was a lot thinner and daintier now, the watch might have slipped off easily. "Are you sure that it's okay for you to be representing a lesbian couple."

Lory frowned and looked away, "You're not going to be the only lesbian couple or even the first that LME has supported. Love is Love. I am more than happy to help the two of you however I can. I do think that you should try on a lot of different clothes, who knows what you'll feel most comfortable in when you do."

Yuuko stared at him, "My mother and Kyoko both want to take me clothes shopping," she said before sighing. "I'll let them pick it out."

"Choose a few things for yourself too especially if you start to think Tsuruga Ren would never wear this, Hizuri Kuon would never wear this," Lory said and Yuuko sighed.

"Well they don't really exist any longer but if you want to draw me a picture of Tsuruga Ren in a dress then I suggest you do before you forget what he looks like," Yuuko said. "So, I'll go to the work jobs that I have scheduled and I'll do my best in the roles. I feel as if I remember them in my head but I do need to have some support when it comes to my marriage."

"Of course," Lory said, "I'd like to speak to Kyoko about all of this as well. It was good to see you and helped me figure out some things."

"Great, have a good day, glad you were able to figure out some things by seeing me," Yuuko said before bowing deeply and went to the elevator and sighed as she rode it down to the garage level. She let her head rest on the side of the elevator near the mirror and ignored the crowds of people also in there. As she got to the garage level, she stepped out after everyone else and froze as she saw Kyoko sitting there with a couple of bentos wrapped in a cloth.

"Hey," she smiled coming over to her. "I wasn't expecting to see you this early on today."

"I was a little nervous about how your meeting went," Kyoko told her before jumping up and walking over to her, giving her a huge hug and noticing the change in Yuuko's body and Kuon's body. It was strange and as much as she missed feeling those abs and those strong muscles and Kuon's godlike Adonnis body, she could feel the same loving warmth, the same beat and timing of her heart, her protectiveness and all those emotions that were the best part of being held by either him or her.

"It was fine," Yuuko whispered as she cupped Kyoko's cheek and brought her chin up a little. She froze and Kyoko's eyes blinked curiously, "Can I kiss you?" she asked and Kyoko laughed.

"I'd be saddened if you didn't," she replied before they kissed and Kyoko felt the same emotions, the same way that they could kiss one another with the placement of their lips, the softness. As the kiss ended Yuuko looked at her and Kyoko smiled with a soft laugh.

"We discussed you actually," Yuuko told Kyoko honestly and Kyoko stared at her. "You do still love me, right?"

"Idiot," Kyoko laughed, "Do you think that my love is so fickle that I'm just going to change it. I love you. I love you. I never thought I'd feel this way about a girl but I love you because you're still the same person, you're still my person, my fairy person."

Yuuko held her lovingly, "And Kotonami-san?"

"Maybe, Moko would be a fun experience but that's not the same love," Kyoko explained. "I love you and I know you love me and I love Moko but in a very different way. I like being yours because those thoughts you have, those feelings, those characteristics they're not mutually female or male but they are you. Didn't you know how stubborn I can be?" she asked before holding onto Yuuko's hand. "I want you. I'm not saying goodbye to you. Never."

"Same," Yuuko said as she kissed the top of her head and just held her. There were a few people who glanced at them, a few nervous smiles even at this time but it didn't matter. Love mattered and when you truly did find your person then you could change with them. Maybe having a relationship with a random man would be weird but Kuon could see himself promising Ken a forever with him just as Kyoko had seemed to promise Yuuko the same thing.

End of Chapter Four

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