Misaki looked through the contents of the box, feeling a piece of him die with each 'torture device'. At one point he finally lost it and turned to the man responsible.

"USAGI-SAN! WHAT THE HELL IS THIS!", he yelled, flinging it at his face.

Akihiko removed them and inspected it silently. "A thong."

"Don't say that with such a straight face! There's no way I'd ever wear that! And I don't even know how this is sexy", Misaki said, holding up something else.

He could see Akihiko grinning. "What? It's just panties with a hole in it. It must've gotten torn during shipping or something", Misaki reasoned.

"Actually, they're crotchless panties", Akihiko said.

Misaki's eyes widened in realization, and he threw this pair into Akihiko's face, before running upstairs.

"Pervert!", he yelled before slamming a door.

-o-Egoist-o-

Hiroki yelled out rejections as Nowaki pulled him down the sidewalk.

"Idiot! Where are you taking me?"

"Home."

"What the hell do you think is going to happen there?"

"You'll let me touch you", Nowaki grinned goofily.

"I said I'd be more willing to in the privacy of our home! I never said I'd actually do it!"

'This body is new, it's probably a virgin too. I don't think my pride will even allow me to acknowledge THAT part of me. Goddamn this vagina! And I'm on my fuckin' period too! Why me?'

Nowaki stopped walking and turned toward Hiroki.

"Hiro-san, you won't let me-"

"Not yet I won't! This body is giving me another chance. You're not gonna have me so easily this time. I'm making you work for it!"

"Work for it?", Nowaki asked, confused.

"That's right! Woo me like I'm a woman! Come with me full force! Romance me or don't try at all! I'm serious you big idiot, sweep me off my feet!"

Nowaki stood there for a moment, before his eyes lit up. Hiroki recognized that look. 'Oh crap.'

"I'm so happy! I get to romance you! Just wait Hiro-san! I'll take you out on dates, to restaurants and vacations, and-"

"Calm down! It's late enough already, let's just go home!", Hiroki yelled.

"Alright", Nowaki complied, picking up his lover bridal-style.

Hiroki was about to bite his head off, when he saw Nowaki's bright smile. So instead, he just blushed and asked in a small voice, "W-what do you think you're doing?"

"Sweeping you off your feet."

"I didn't mean literally, you idiot! Put me down!"

"It's so weird to hear your voice this way Hiro-san. I guess I'll just have to get used to it."

"Don't get used to it! I'm not gonna be this way forever!"

"But, how will you change back?", Nowaki asked seriously.

Hiroki froze in his struggling. It wasn't that he hadn't thought about it. In fact, his mind was consumed by it. But it came up blank.

"I don't know how I'll change back. But I won't be a woman forever! I can't imaginr if my parents were to find out, or Akihiko for that matter. He'd probably turn this into one of his BL books!"

Nowaki just watched his lover silently through his rant. It was better for him to let it all out anyway, and Nowaki figured that since Hiroki was on his period, he might actually be a little more crankier than usual.

'Not that I mind. Hiro-san is so cute when he's angry. He's cute no matter what he does. Even as a girl.'

"Hey! What's that goofy grin for? I already told you, we're not having sex until I'm back to normal!"

Nowaki nodded. "I know Hiro-san. And I'd never do anything to make you uncomfortable", he said as he kissed Hiroki's head. He noted how he had to lean down even lower than before.

-o-Romantica-o-

"Misaki. . . . Misaki. . . . Misa-"

"You've been calling me for an hour! What do you want?"

"I want you to unlock the door. . . and then put on this-"

"I'm not putting on that thing! It's too embarassing! I'm still a man!"

Akihiko sat outside Misaki's bedroom door trying to coax him out. So far, he had yet to get any closer than he was an hour ago. "If I didn't know that you were a man, I'd find that hard to believe, considering your voice", Akihiko teased.

"I still have my manhood. No matter what, I'll always have a manly spirit!", Misaki yelled back.

"Misaki, don't you think you've hidden long enough? I know that you really want to wear all the stuff that I bought, but you're just being shy."

Misaki swung the door open and poked a finger into the older man's chest. "I am NOT shy! I just don't want to wear them! Why do you always think I'm as perverted as you! How can you even be attracted to me like this? I'm not me at all! I'm just some girl now!"

As he finished his rant, his eyes began to well up with tears. "-sniff- I'm someone totally different. How can you like me-sniff- when I'm not me?"

Akihiko wrapped his arms around Misaki, and brushed a few tears away. "It doesn't matter to me what gender you are. You may not see it, but you're still my Misaki."

"Idiot, who said I was yours", Misaki said through tears.

"Even if you turned into a cat, I'd still be with you."

"Gross! Are you saying that you'd still have sex with me?"

"I'm not saying that. I'm saying that I would still love you, no matter what you are."

"Thank you, Usagi-san. I really needed to hear that", Misaki said, hugging him back.

"Anything for you. So. . . would you like to try on those crotchless panties from before?"

-o-o-o-o-o-o-