Chapter 1: Change and Awakening

Change and Awakening

The morning sun shone through the gap in the curtains and onto my eyelids. It was so bright that I closed my eyes tightly, turned my face away, and tried to escape the sunlight, but I woke up.

My eyes still feel a little stingy, so this isn't a good way to wake up.

My name is Sena Rui, a second-year high school boy.

It's now the end of April and Golden Week starts next weekend.

Today is Saturday, so I wanted to sleep in, but I thought I might as well get up and have some breakfast, but when I sat up, I felt something strange.

Looking around, I feel like my viewpoint is a little lower when I sit up, and overall the bed and room seem a little wider and bigger.

I suddenly looked at my hands and they were somehow thin and white... Hmm?

Looking a little further down, I see.... breasts, or more accurate to be called boobs?

"Huh??"

When I spoke, I noticed that my voice was clearly higher than usual.

"Huh?! Huh?! Huh?!"

I felt a slight panic and looked around my body, realizing that although I was wearing the baggy T-shirt and large trunks I had worn before going to bed (I prefer loose underwear), my body still looked like a girl's.

White, smooth skin, slender arms and legs, and shoulder-length hair...blonde!?

I'm sure I originally had beautiful black hair, which means I should have had a man's body to begin with.

My breasts weren't huge, but they were still big enough, and when I looked at them from the gap over my T-shirt I could see my cherry-colored nipples and slightly large areolas.

As for the crotch area, I couldn't see what was there, and I was so shocked that I couldn't see anything more because my vision was blocked by my breasts.

"Hmm. Am I turning into a girl...?"

Still reeling from the shock, I got up and looked at my reflection in the mirror in my room, and saw the image of an incredibly cute, blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl. My heart leaped, and it couldn't stop beating.

It took me a while to realize that it was indeed me.

After about five minutes, I calmed down and felt the urge to check my appearance. Well, I'm a guy, so it's only natural to be interested in a beautiful girl's naked body. I tried to make excuses to myself, but when I rolled up my T-shirt and raised my arms, I was shocked to see how sexy I looked in the mirror. What is this beautiful girl? I don't even have armpit hair, I'm too perfect!?

I then took off my trunks and looked closely at my crotch, staring at it, and saw that I had a little golden hair growing there.

When it's gold, it looks like it's not growing at first glance.

There is almost no unwanted hair or downy hair on the arms or legs. What is this ideal body hair?

The only thing that wasn't blonde was my eyebrows, which had a slight brown tint.

My apparent age is still the same, probably around 16, but my original height was 176 cm, so I have lost about 20cm, so I'm probably in around around 159 to 155 cm.

While I was doing that, I felt the urge to go to the toilet, so I ran to the bathroom and took care of it, thinking that I'd have to wipe it up with tissue.

As I sat there, calming myself down, the reality dawned on me.

"Oh, I guess I've contracted TS syndrome..."

I let out a sigh.

About 20 years ago, a worldwide outbreak occurred in which men transformed into women and women into men overnight. The condition primarily occurred in developed countries, with a male:female ratio of 9:1.

In Japan today, the disease affects one in every 5,000 people, or roughly 30,000 people.

Incidentally, there are no confirmed cases of an individual with TS syndrome reverting to their original gender, and once the condition develops, it cannot be reversed.

And currently, there are no children of individuals with TS syndrome who have developed the condition.

Based on the above and subsequent research, the current understanding is that gender cannot be reversed back, the condition is not inherited or transmitted to children, and it is not contagious. Therefore, there is no official discrimination against TS syndrome itself.

"My life plan has gone haywire!"

Even though I'd never thought about it before, saying it out loud made me feel anxious.

Having lived as a man until now, I will now live as a girl.

Whether I can continue my current relationships or build new ones.

Other indescribable anxieties are starting to creep up on me.

My mother died of illness when I was in the first year of junior high school, so I was raised by a single father.

My father has been working away from home since last year and only comes home occasionally, so I essentially live alone.

My next door neighbor is a childhood friend who was in my class, and as a result we're on friendly terms with each other's families, so in that aspect, I don't seem too worried. They seems to treat me like their own son.

That childhood friend is my best friend, Ueno Ryo. We've been friends since kindergarten and through high school, and I can confidently say that I'll never have a better friend in my life.

So I left the bathroom and went back to my room, deciding to talk to Ryo. If I talked to him, he'd talk to his family too, which would make it easier for me to talk to Maya too.

Maya is Ryo's mother, a very beautiful and kind woman; I really like her.

I put my T-shirt and underwear back on, sat on my bed, and called Ryo on my smartphone...

As the ringtone rang, I realized something and hung up.

My voice was that of a girl's voice now, and I knew he wouldn't believe me if I told him it was me.

I decided to stop calling and send a message instead.

"Something terrible has happened, come right away!" I said.

Ryo called me back immediately, but I hung up immediately because I wanted to meet him first and talk about it.

I sent him another message asking him to come right away, and he replied, "Okay, I'll be right there."

It was a relief that things got done so quickly; if he had called me so many times, it would have been a real hassle.

The intercom immediately rang, and after confirming that Ryo had arrived, I unlocked the front door and opened it.

I was nervous and excited about how he would react.

"Come in, Ryo! Something terrible has happened!"

I called out to him, trying to invite him into the house, but he froze up when he saw me.

"Why are you frozen? Come inside first."

I grabbed Ryo's hand and forced him through the front door and locked it.

Once again at the entrance

"Welcome, Ryo. I'm Rui. Do you know me?"

"...Are you really Rui?"

Ryo seemed to be carefully examining me from head to toe.

I was a little embarrassed.

"Hey, hey! Don't stare at me too closely!"

For some reason, I started moving my hands in front of me like I was pantomiming something.

"I feel like there's still a little bit of Rui's presence left..."

He put his hand to his chin and looked at my face, then looked at my whole body again.

"Certainly a normal girl wouldn't dress like that, Rui."

As expected of a childhood friend and best friend, he understood, but when he said that, I remembered how I was dressed.

The T-shirt is fine, but the problem is the underwear, the trunks.

It's true that there are no girls who would appear in front of a man dressed like that, and even if there are, they are extremely rare, but...

"What are you talking about? I always wake up looking like this."

"Well, that's true..."

"If you understand that I am Rui, please come to my room to discuss our future plans."

I went ahead and started climbing the stairs, but Ryo just stared at me, seemingly lost in thought.

I returned to my room and sat in a chair waiting for Ryo, but he didn't come in, so I called out to him.

"Ryo, what's wrong?"

A little while later, Ryo came into the room, but he still seemed to be deep in thought.

When Ryo is thinking, he places his right hand on his chin and his left hand supporting his right elbow.

As I sat in my chair watching Ryo as he thought deeply, he suddenly relaxed his pose and his expression changed. It seemed he had made up his mind about something.

Ryo stood in front of me with a look of slight tension and determination on his face.

Apart from wondering what was going on, I felt a slight thrill. To Ryo? Seriously?

Ryo suddenly spoke up.

"Rui, I love you! Let's be lovers!"