"Yukin- Ow?! S-Stop!"
Ain't no way I'm being put in a dress! It's the last bit of dignity I have!
"Okay! Okay! Stop with the fire!"
"Hmph!"
Now time to get this damn thin-! Before I could attempt to take this damn thing off I felt myself be tackled.
"Ge- Get off!"
"Nope! Zephy get her other arm!"
"G-Got it!"
"LET ME-"
"NO YOU DON'T!"
"JAMES! GET READY TO HEAL BURNS!"
No matter how hard I tried to fight, these three wouldn't stop! They held my arms down; I couldn't focus on using my magic; I-
Before I knew it they forced me into a dress. They didn't fucking care about the burns I caused on them; hell… James helped them heal it. That fucking-!
I was basically their doll; they tightened this shit so much I couldn't breathe; my ribs were creaking and I could swear they were cracking! To save you the graphic imagery, just imagine a bundle of sticks getting crushed by rubberbands.
"Hm… A corset's not a good idea. Yukina, you need to eat more." Melinda said as she released the pressure. She finally stood in front of me; I could see burn ointment on her cheeks.
"...Get this off me."
"Hm…"
"Melinda, this is really embarrassing." I said, but I couldn't find any way to fight them. And frankly, it's embarrassing as a former guy to wear a dress like this!
"You look good in it…" Melinda said whilst squinting at me. "First dress… My parents will be satisfie-"
"Did you forget I was a guy?" I remarked as I took a step back from her.
Any outfit really looks good on this body… For some reason I felt in awe staring at myself. They forced me into a tight fitting black dress. It covered my shoulders, arms and sleeves that are so loose it covered my hands and nails. The only part it didn't cover was my neck scars. Is it bec-
Melinda wagged her finger in my eye and continued. "I didn't forget. However, you're a girl now… plus my family is difficult about having certain things. You'll hear a lot of nagging if you don't put one on."
Dresses and etiquette. I groaned internally. Yatta yatta! You've already said it all before. Man rich people who focus on these things too much suck!
And I'm sure if they heard about my status it'd be obvious! An eighteen year old was reincarnated into a girl's body! Ugh!
"You need- Oh- Okay! We'll leave… just make sure-"
"Make sure to wear something nice?" I replied whilst a huge fireball was in my hand. I increased the heat whilst glaring at her. "Get out!"
"Al- alright! Everyone! Um- We'll-"
"Out!"
At my voice everyone scrambled outside the room; once they were gone I quelled the fireball and quickly got myself out of this deathtrap of clothing. Something nice my ass!
The dress crumpled onto my bed and I went through my clothing rack whilst squinting my good eye. What kind of crap would they even accept?
After a bit, I finally found what might be acceptable; a button white shirt— it seemed like they did think of me. The collar was high enough to hide my neck marks. Thanks I guess.
Unfortunately not the top of Shen's bite.. Anyways, it was nice to wear— it wasn't tight, even around the chest area. Hm…
Ignore the skirts. Definitely ignore the skirts
***
When I was near the front door I could hear Melinda and James talking.
"We need to get her used to dresses!"
"I don't think Yukina'd allow it…" James let out an exasperated sigh.
"Doesn't matter!"
Before I opened the front doors I shook my head. I am never wearing dresses! When I opened the door, Melinda was leaning hard towards James— the burns she suffered in her attempt at forcing me into a dress were gone.
It wasn't a moment later when she twirled her head to stare at me. Her eyes quickly navigated to my chest.
"What are you wearing?"
"...Something nice?"
"...We'll need to get you a bra."
"..."
What the hell is wrong with her today…?! My face immediately went hot and she shook her head. Why does she have to do this to me…?
I don't even have bras that fit me; and there was no underwear in that clothing rack… Um…
Without any other words we started walking towards the giant towers to the right. Zephy, Steph and Vershun were with us.
What're they like? I wondered to myself… Melinda's parents, they must be super strict like she said.
Melinda was highly energetic today, kind of like how Allisa is usually. Like mother like daughter… Rare to see that.
Large manors similar to ours quickly passed by— then it quickly turned into these old European buildings; to put it bluntly these were the commoner buildings.
I have no idea what's inside of them- but they were homes. Despite the size, the families we passed seem super happy unlike Untergrant.
Although— weird, people were staring at me pretty clearly. I could hear whispering, mainly pointing out my eye and my appearance.
Urk… Ignore it… Over the next course of time, I had to focus on the ground. The stares got worse and so did the voices.
"Yukina, what's wrong?" Allisa asked me in a hushed tone. The stares didn't seem to bother her.
"People keep staring at me…" I responded honestly— they were really bugging me. It left a crawling feeling in my back.
"Hm…" Allisa let out before grabbing my hand. "Close your eyes, we're almost at grandma and grandpa's place."
"O-Okay…"
My heart was racing; but I listened to her and closed my eyes— even in the darkness I could feel their piercing gazes. If it wasn't for the warmth of Allisa's hand I would feel my throat close like I'm drowning.
It kept the imaginary water from shutting my throat.
"Here we are."
"Hm?"
"Yukina!" Allisa exclaimed before squeezing my hand. "You can open your eyes!"
"A-Alright…"
When I opened my eyes, a rather modest home entered my view. "Modest" in terms of the other manors. It was nearly half the size, but it was immensely well maintained— Spotless, the roof parts I could see had nothing sticking to it.
Heck! Even the other similar homes around weren't as clean. Up the steps and onto the porch, next to the front door had a gold plate. On it the names, Melissa and Derek was written on it.
James let out an obvious fearful sigh; his shoulders slumped and his head hung.
"Honey?"
"I don't want to get into an argument with them again…" James mumbled. His words caused Melinda to elbow his side. "Ow-?! Hey! What was that about?!"
"My parents aren't like that anymore." Melinda let out a "hmph!" While she did this her arms were crossed and she turned to Allisa and I. "Don't worry you two, mom and dad are excited."
"Why do I feel like I'm in danger?"
One loud slap later, Melinda scolded James heavily whilst bringing him down to his knees. As a result, I heard loud and quick footsteps coming from inside the home.
In just a few seconds the front door burst open. Everyone including me jumped back; James was the odd one out; he crawled back further than anyone.
"Mel mel?! You're back so soon!" A catkin with dark blonde hair that was beginning to grey exclaimed. There were slight wrinkles, but she barely looked older than Melinda. "Come here!"
"Mom!" Melinda jumped into the catkin's arms. Mom?
Hold on-
That's Melinda's mom? My mouth hung slightly; her mom was obviously a catkin— she was rubbing her cheek against Melinda's. If Melinda had wrinkles, she'd look exactly like her. Well aside from the animal ears…and the tail..
Melinda's mom had floppy big cat ears that flopped forward; connected to her tailbone was a wooshing fluffy tail.
"Oh- oh god…" James backed up even further. What's he-
"Now where are the-" Melinda's mom started pushing Melinda away whilst scanning the group. "There you are!"
She-
"Gotcha!"