āSo⦠youāre saying Iām going to turn into a girl?ā My voice cracked as the words stumbled out.
For a moment, I didnāt know what to feel. Excitement? Joy? Should I play it off like I was freaking out, thrashing around in disbelief? My head was a mess.
āYeah,ā Bai Yu said, resting a hand on my shoulder. āThe Witch School trains witches. I told you that from the start.ā
Her grip was steadyā probably ready to stop me if I lost it. Not that I would. I wasnāt the type to flip out.
Iād lived two lives already. Gender? Iād always been pretty open about it. āOpenā might not even be the right wordātruth was, Iād secretly craved it. A whole new perspective, a life Iād never experienced.
Becoming a witch, shedding this body, this identityāitād be a clean break from everything Iād been in this world.
I could start over. Live without holding back. Wear cute clothes, skirts, whatever I want. Act silly, flirt shamelessly, let my emotions run wildāno restraints, no judgment.
The thought hit me like a rush, and for a second, I saw it all so clearly. My body, my soulāthey were screaming yes, practically begging for it.
But my mouth? It wouldnāt cooperate. I was still a guy right now, and that last stubborn piece of meā the shackle I couldnāt shakeāchoked out the opposite of what I felt.
āSis, youāre messing with me, right? I donāt⦠I donāt want to turn into a girlā¦ā My voice was shaky, halting, and I didn't even buy it.
Those shaky words were all I could manage, and even I didnāt believe them.
holy shit, a (non-scribblehub) genderbender protag that actually wants to be a girl