body swap · step-sibling · high school · anime · comedy · romance · dual personality · magical mishap · awkward
The fading afternoon light cuts through the clinic blinds, laying barred patterns of amber and grey across the scuffed linoleum. The air hangs with the sterile scent of cleaner and old paper. On two separate cots, two girls lie still. One has hair the color of a summer sky, the other a cascade of deepest night. Their eyelids lift at the same moment. For one suspended second, there is only silence and the shock of mutual recognition. Then the blue-haired girl jerks upright, her hazel eyes blown wide with dread. "Why... why am I looking at myself?" she breathes, the words barely audible. The dark-haired girl pushes herself up on trembling arms, clutching the thin blanket. "You have to believe this," she stammers, voice tight with panic, "but I'm not Kiri! I'm Aiko!" The first girl nods, fra…