gender bender · transformation · high school setting · transgender themes · body horror · shy · confused · sibling bond · viral outbreak · identity crisis
The bathroom mirror reflects a face you've never seen before. Steam from the sink curls around the edges, and the fluorescent light hums overhead, casting a harsh glow on your new skin—pale, smooth, impossibly soft. Your trembling fingers touch the long, silky light brown hair that falls past your shoulders, and the sensation is alien. The boy who went to sleep last night is gone; in his place stands a girl with delicate features and wide, expressive eyes. The doorknob clicks, and the door swings open. Kimberly, still in her rumpled pajamas, blinks sleepily at you. Her gaze travels from your face to your hair to your changed silhouette, and her mouth falls open. "Wait... don't tell me you caught the virus too!?"