The sobbing’s subsided, but only by a tad. Yosuke gets herself together enough to realize the change of location, and accept the candy being tucked into her hand—but then she remembers the question and the tears begin to return.
"I-I don’t know who I am anymoreeeeee…" Shamelessly, she rips a chunk of the chocolate bar off with her teeth, muffled cries around it and all; rubbing at her eyes and cheeks with the back of her hand, Yosuke is ready to whine and pour out his very gender-confused heart.
"I don’t… like being a girl… It’s so h-h-haaaaaaaard!!” Hic. “But what else am I supposed to do…!? I c-can’t be a guy anymore, not like this!” Gestures to the new body. Still scrawny and noodle-y, but with a slight bump in the chest area. Not too big a difference overall.
[well, at least the chocolate is helping. that's what it's there for, Yosuke, no holding back.]
[listening with a bit of a bemused face, that gradually transforms into some flavour of disapproval. gosh, is this what's got this poor teen so upset? she has heard that 21st century Japan has remarkably restrictive gender roles, but she didn't think it was this bad. pulling Yosuke into a comforting hug. pats. it's kind of a hard pat-- Meia is not exactly the most gentle and tender of people-- but it's kind of like being bossed around by a mother cat. something Yosuke is probably used to.]
Now see here...! [waiting a little bit til your anguished sobs quiet a bit. pat pat scruff hair.] The 2010 decade in Japan apparently had really restrictive gender roles...! It's not like that when I come from. [hopefully in your emotional pain you're not going to notice those minor slip-ups.] If you don't want to be a girl, you don't have to be...! We can get you trousers.
[punctuating each sentence with a poke to your chest.] There's no "wrong" way to be a girl, either...! The only way that's wrong is if you let it stop you from doing what you want to do, or let it hurt your self-esteem...! That's as silly as stopping me from being a scientist just because I'm a woman, and then what would I do with these doctorates, huh?



















