A Confusing Perspective

So today, Mom and the girl me decided to go shopping for clothes for the new me. On the other side at the same time, I was also cleaning my room with Carla's help. Mom was really angry when she realized I conjured Fire Magic inside the house.

"Red, what does it feel to have like two bodies now?"

While gathering the charred parts of my bed sheets, Carla asked me a very broad question.

"What do you mean exactly?"

"Like, I know you felt pain earlier when I pulled your hair. Does that mean you also share the same impulses too? Like, the need to eat, piss, or take a dump?"

"First of all, that last part was unnecessary, but yes. Second I don't or rather, I haven't fully grasped my extension's senses yet."

"Like what?"

"Like the heavy racks I carry. It feels weird to have those things."

Immediately, the charred parts of the sheets came flying to me. Since I was expecting it, I dodged it while laughing.

"Yeah, yeah, you have bigger ones. But I'm not asking about that."

"Yeah, sure, I share the exact same thing as the other. But when it comes to being an individual, only the bodies are different. From what I can tell, that part of me is like me."

"Like what exactly."

"I think it's like having arms. You can control your left hand with your right hand simultaneously."

On the other side, Mom and I reached the mall.

Somehow, being this short made the mall feel bigger than it was before.

"Was the mall really this big for you, Mom?"

I asked that because Mom and I have the same height.

"Well, it certainly is. That is why I liked coming here with your dad. He's tall enough to reach places I can't."

"That won't be a problem for us right now, right?"

When I asked her that, Mom falls quiet and looks at me. It seems she also just realized that. But after a few seconds, she lets out a chuckle and holds my arm then dragged me into the building.

"We'll cross that bridge when we get there."

As we entered, I got a lot of stares from the people around me. Rather, I can tell that they're looking at me because of my clothes.

Though I'm wearing boxers under my running shorts, my shirt was still very big, too big that one shoulder was exposed. If I didn't have big racks, it would gone lower.

"Mom, do you really need to pull me?"

"Oh come on, aren't you excited? Carla doesn't go shopping with me anymore and does it with her friends most of the time. I feel lonely sometimes you know."

"But still!"

"You know, this new you feels like a new daughter. Let's have some mother-daughter quality time."

"You are aware that I'm still a guy inside, right?"

"Don't sweat the small stuff, it'll be a good experience."

Since mom is really excited today, I decided to just give up and let her lead me. But that aside, I'm quite surprised that she immediately accepted the sudden increase in the family.

"Do you find it weird, mom?"

"Well at first, it was. But then I remembered something, then realized that this is better."

"What do you mean?"

Mom looks at me while forcing a smile. For some reason, I felt something like there's a deep meaning in it.

"I want to tell you now, but can we at least wait for your father to get home from abroad?"

Even if she doesn't say it, I can tell that there's a reason why it's a secret kept from me. But if that's what she wants, then I can't really force her.

"Okay, but that would be 4 months from now if I remember Dad's schedule correctly."

"Being patient is what I love about you."

Mom then drags me into a store. But for some reason, it doesn't look like the one I was expecting. Rather than T-shirt and Jeans, she brought me into a women's clothing one!

"Ah, mom, weren't we supposed to buy shirts?"

"Yes, why?"

"Then why are we here?"

Mom then frowns when she sensed my protest against the idea.

"You may be a man, but you're also a woman now. The female body is delicate and you need a lot of things to take care of it."

"Sounds like a pain. I'm fine with just regular shirts and shorts!"

Mom then flicks my forehead that I felt that with both bodies.

"NO! I'm your mother and I will not allow my daughter to act like a man!"

"But I AM a man!"

"And also a woman now! So shut up and let me teach you how to be a woman."

While mom was declaring so, she takes a bra and places it on my chest. After that, she takes another one and replaces the one on my chest.

"It's amazing how you're almost as busty as me."

I give up.

On the other side, I've just finished dragging out the burned bed to the backyard. Though it's kinda weird to talk with mom while doing something else, it's also kind of amazing how it isn't difficult.

"Red, have you seen where mom put the Glass Bonsai?"

"I don't know. Let me ask her."

While I replied, I also asked mom while I was in a changing room, trying to wear a bra for the first time. Honestly, it's quite difficult.

"Mom said it's under the sink. Also, put it back there after you use it she said."

"Alright."

As I look at my burned bed, I just realized that I did something that's literally a discovery on my part.

I can communicate through telepathy.

No, I think it's telepathy. But telepathy in theory consumes magic, yet it doesn't feel like am using magic.

"Is wearing a bra really that hard for you, Red?"

I look at mom behind me while I struggle to put on the bra she gave me.

"It can't be more obvious, can it?"

It's kinda weird being able to just cook food while being taught how to wear a bra at the same time. Rather than being an individual, it feels like I've become a hive mind for two people now.

Mom walks into the dressing room while chuckling.

"Allow mom to teach you how to wear a bra."

"Can't you just help me hook it from behind?"

"No, you're an adult, you have to learn it how to do it yourself."

"But it's my first time!"

"No excuses."

After that, I gave up again.

But when I inadvertently slouched, mom hits my back and gave me a stare.

"That hurts!"

"It's supposed to! You have big boobs, you have to stop slouching or you'll be a hunchback from your heavy boobs!"

Geez... Mom's doesn't chill out.

"Fine, I give up. Teach me."

"Alright, then turn towards me."

Is she serious?

"Don't be embarrassed, I've see your sister's figure all the time. You two aren't really that different aside from your boobs."

"Can you stop talking about boobs?!"

"Alright, alright. Then, before you hook it, you first got to put the straps on."

As she instructed, I put my arms under the straps.

"Since this is somewhat close to a Brassiere, you need to mind the wings or it'll be itchy the whole day if it's crumpled."

"Wings?"

"I mean, the band that connects the cups."

"Oh..."

"After that, you fix and even out the cups or it'll look weird when one side is pushed up while the other is pushed down."

"What does that supposed to mean?"

"Just do it."

It's weird to do this. Like, I don't even understand the level of weirdness this feels. Suddenly waking up one day as a woman and try to put on a bra in the same day. It's so weird that I wouldn't even be surprised if this was just a dream.

"You look troubled."

Carla said while holding on a Bonsai-shaped Glass ornament.

"Mom's teaching me how to properly wear a bra and I didn't know it was this hard."

"It's not really that hard though."

"Mom said it's because I have big boobs."

Immediately, Carla fires a ball of water from her palm to my face.

"What the fuck is your problem!?"

"Let's not have another conversation like this as the guy you."

Before going out to the yard, she looked at me like I'm some kind of garbage. What a bitch!

"You really can't reach the strap?"

"I don't know. I think my inflexibility with my original body is also the same with this."

When I said so, mom holds my arm and presses it a bit. When she felt the hardness of my muscle, her eyes furrowed and lets go of it.

"You need to practice how to be flexible."

As she said so, she holds my shoulders and turns me to the mirror.

"Deep breaths."

When I did, she locks the strap behind me and to my surprise, the tightness felt like it would break my ribs.

"You're just imagining things. You'll get used to it."

"It's hard to breathe! Isn't there anything bigger than this?"

"There is, but it would be too loose for you and you'll end up with saggy boobs with those."

Goddamn, is that how this works?

"When I tried to relax my back, all of a sudden, I could feel the bra compressing my chest, making it even harder to breathe."

"I told you already. Since you're a woman now, you need to stop slouching. Otherwise, your bra will be your own punishment."

This pain aside, I'm slightly amazed that my original body doesn't seem to feel the pain of my second body. I wonder why?

When mom got out of the dressing room, I looked at my female self on the mirror. Seeing this weird reflection, all I could see was a familiar stranger. But even despite the fact that this whole situation is weird, it does make me excited on the idea of living as something else entirely!

"By the way, you can wear that now because I already paid for it. After that, we'll have to go on shopping for more stuff for your new body."

"When does this hell end?!"

I take it back. I want to become whole again!

-end of Chapter-