The Banquet's near. The first step was already done, the ballroom. Next…is… haah… the worst obstacle since I know my dad'll be there.
And you-
"Yukina, it's a dress, why are you so scared?"
That's what it is. A damn dress. And you know, as a former guy… this is the last thing I want. I've done pretty well staving this off, y'know? Had to give a few burns to people.
"Yukina, you know it's important for you to, right? It's… not really an option."
Should I just burn people?
I should definitely cause more burns….
"That look is scaring me- is a dress that important to her?"
I felt my attention be pulled to the other people in the room. Allisa, Melinda and Lora were in the room. Both Melinda and Allisa already had their dresses picked out.
Allisa had a terrified look, same with Melinda. Did I scare them that badly? I wondered as they backed away.
"Miss Melinda and Miss Allisa, I'll need to get Yukina's sizes for a dress… I keep forgetting… we don't have the sizes for her."
They nodded in unison before whispering obvious warnings into Lora's ears.
"A-Alright- Yukina… I'll give you room to undress…."
E-Eh? Why do I need to undress? I tilted my head at her words. I couldn't help but swallow at that.
"I-Is this your first time getting fitted?"
"... Why do I need to get naked?"
Is Lora actually into girls?
"Yukina, I need to measure your bust, waist, hips… I just need to get your sizes so the dress would fit you."
… Why do I need to get nake-
"I can only get accurate measurements without clothes…" Lora leaned and whispered into my ear. "It'll help with finding undergarments that fit. It's obvious you don't wear a bra."
"... How the-"
"I'll let you figure that out yourself…." Lora averted her eyes and kept a finger to her lips. "Hint, it's highly obvious when you walk."
Yet again my face got hot at her words. I covered my chest with my arms and turned away. "They hurt my back, that's why I don't wear them."
"Duh, you always have the wrong size then."
"... They still hurt to wear."
The topic ended pretty quickly as we both realized it would go nowhere. She left the room and I eventually undressed myself.
After a while and calming myself down, I called Lora in.
"..." Lora was staring at me with gigantic eyes. She wants to ask so many questions. Her mouth kept quivering when she saw my body. "We… don't need to then.."
"I can't get out of being in a dress… just do it." I stated whilst rolling my eyes.
I can't change how my actual body looks. I thought as I looked ahead. I just hope I won't get the memories that created these scars.
Lora was hesitant. Eventually she started to measure my sizes for the dress I so whole heartedly did not want.
But learning them might help… I guess. She had a rustic looking measuring tape. Of course… I was feeling highly embarrassed myself. I tried avoiding being naked in front of anyone else. Even another girl.
"This… makes me jealous…" I heard Lora whisper to herself.
"Makes you jealous?"
"Your bust, I'm so much smaller!"
…
"Don't give me that look!" Lora stared into my good eye and continued to rant about… my bust. Apparently… it's big for this world— frankly embarrassing I had to keep myself from covering my face.
"Then on top of that Yukina, you have really wide hips for someone your age and older! If I make you a dress that fits tightly, you'll be the most popular girl at the banquet!"
"I don't want to be the most popular girl!" I exclaimed before taking a few steps back. "Lora I don't even want to wear a-"
Lora waved my comments away and caused my frustrations to grow. "Yeah, yeah I have heard this before! And about the story of your previous life— You're extremely pretty!"
"Then why do you keep pushing it?! If you know all of that, why do that?!"
"By the way I have a question." Lora ignored everything! Her change of expression made me nervous. "What did you do in your past? I'm asking that due to all the marks on your body… and what happened to your tail?"
I don't know either.
"Do your parents know?"
I'm starting to feel nervous. I couldn't get dressed again, I was backed into a corner. Backed into questions I cannot even fathom to answer or know.
"Yukina, if some-"
"They're birthmarks…" I mumbled under my breath. "My mom and grandmother have them. Nothing happened, nothing has happened to me."
Lora stepped back and looked down at my body again. Unintentionally I covered my chest, and now my face was feeling warm.
"That sucks… It might scare your future partner."
If I get one…Dissuades me a lot… A short while later I was able to get dressed. Lora came back in with Melinda and Allisa.
The dress would be done just before the banquet; frankly though I ignored what Lora was talking about. I heard one thing from Melinda's mouth and I ignored all sounds.
The next month is going to be rough… I could hear the compliments and words from everyone in the future. Why do I have to lose all the man dignity I've had?
I could feel the tears in my heart stream when we left Lora's shop.
"Yukina, dresses are super comfortable! Why do you look so sad?!" Allisa bombarded my eye with a grin. "I bet you'll look pretty in one!"
"They don't look that comfortable."
"Trust me, they are!"
Do they keep forgetting that? The thing that Shen exposed! Ugh!
I shook my head at Allisa and pushed past her. I want to go home. I don't want to be near them.
Throughout the damn walk, Allisa kept pestering me. Over and over, and over she asked me, and frankly I wanted to smack her on her head. I'm already disturbed by what Lora said about my sizes.
She described them… abnormal in this world. Especially about my hips for my age
And… This body's mother wasn't that big from the memories I gained so far. She was average.
I didn't give a chance for the rest of my adopted family to talk to me. I ran straight to my room and ignored them all.
"This is so embarrassing." I muttered as the ceiling of my room caught my eyes. "Did the thing that reincarnated me wanted to ruin my life as Mathew?"
I chuckled when a certain someone entered my mind… "At least I'm not Shen, I mean…. I'm still interested in women, huh? I'm not that unfortunate."
I'm really used to her being in here…I wonder how my dad looks, mom… sister…. That's one thing to look forward to.