The next morning, Mizuha and Eri went to school together after bumping into each other at the road junction.
"The weather’s getting hot, isn’t it?"
"You're right. We're already at the end of spring, and we're heading into summer next week."
"Next week, we'll switch to our summer uniforms. I can't wait to see how I look in them."
Oh, I haven't even looked at how my summer uniform looks yet, Mizuha thought.
Then, they heard Shimizu calling them from behind.
"Mizuha-chan, Eri-chan, good morning."
"Oh, Shimizu, good morni—"
Mizuha froze, seeing Shimizu approaching in a feminine, polite manner, dressed just like in her dream yesterday.
"Eri-chan, can you slap my face?"
Eri hesitated. "Umm... okay..."
Slap!!
Mizuha touched her own cheeks. "Thanks...!!"
So, this isn’t a dream... but why has she changed like this? She wondered.
"Eri-chan, is that really Shimizu?"
"Yes, it is, but why is she dressed like that?"
Shimizu approached them with a polite, feminine charm.
"Good morning, both of you. Seems like it’s slightly hotter today, right?"
Eri then approached Shimizu and suddenly pulled her cheek. "Stretch,"
"Ah, it hurts, Eri-chan, it hurts."
Mizuha was surprised, not expecting to see Eri doing that. "Eh, wait, Eri-chan...!?"
Mizuha smirked and said, "Oh, this seems interesting."
"Eri-chan, not that way, try pulling her cheek this way instead.”
Mizuha suddenly pulled her cheek harder than Eri had.
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"What's wrong, Shimizu? You suddenly dressed up and are acting so polite. I thought I was still dreaming—like yesterday, you know.472Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOM3ppU3xzY
Shimizu sighed. "Well, actually..."
The previous day, her mom went to talk to her.
"Ayumi, sit properly and close your legs. You act like a boy. I'm worried about you. You lack feminine charm."
At home, Shimizu was called by her given name, 'Ayumi', unlike at school.
"But Mom, this is how I always act."
"No, you weren't this boyish before. You used to be a good girl until you suddenly changed."
"Really? I don't remember that."
"You need to act like a proper lady sometimes. Stay this boyish and you won't get a boyfriend when you're an adult."
Shimizu was clueless. "But how do I act like a proper lady?"
"I have an idea. Why don't you try being polite and feminine at school tomorrow? I'm sure you'll get used to it bit by bit."
"Huh!? No way! If I act like that at school, my friends will laugh at me and think something's wrong with me."
"Do it, or your allowance tomorrow gets cut in half."
"Alright, I'll do it... just don't cut my allowance."
Her mother had smirked. "Okay, it's settled then. We have a deal."
She was mumbled. "This old hag, threatening to cut my allowance. If you weren’t my mother, I’d beat you up."
Her mother turned to her with a bitter smile. “Did you say something, honey? Beat, what?”
Shimizu stammered before running to her room.
"I didn’t actually say anything... You just heard wrong. I promise I'll do it tomorrow?"
How do I act polite and feminine? Should I copy how Eri behaves every day and speak politely using honorifics? She wondered on her bed.
Suddenly, she remembered how she had been polite in Mizuha’s dream earlier.
Do I need to act like I did in her dream?
"Alright, I'll act like both Eri and the polite, feminine version of me from Mizuha's dream."
She let her hair down, adjusted her speaking style to be polite, and practiced walking femininely. She repeated this over and over, training herself until midnight.
That morning, Shimizu's mom had finished preparing breakfast for her children and called both her daughter and son down to the kitchen from below: "Ayumi, Takumi, breakfast is ready."
"Yes, I'm coming."
Shimizu came down from her room and greeted her mother in a polite, feminine tone. "Good morning, my dear mother."
Her mother was shocked, dropping the chopsticks she was holding. "Huh!? Who are you?"
"What are you saying, Mom? It's me, your daughter Ayumi-chan."
"Eh...!!! Really, are you really Ayumi?" her mother hadn't believed it was Shimizu.
"Yes, it's me, Ayumi," while thinking, Ah, this is so annoying.
She was amazed by Shimizu’s change. "That's it... that's it... Ayumi..." I didn't recognize you at first when I saw you."
She took out her phone and started taking photos of Shimizu from every angle.
Shimizu felt annoyed and reverted to her usual tone. "What are you doing, Mom?"
Her mother felt blessed. "Finally, finally, I have a daughter..."
"Hey, have you seen me as your son all this time?"
Her brother had come kitchen. "Oh, good morning."
Who is this cutie? Is she one of my sister's friends? He wondered.
"Are you my big sister's friend? I'm Takumi, her little brother."
Both his mother and Shimizu laughed. "Hahaha..."
Shimizu had confused. "Why are both of you laughing? What's so funny?"
"What are you talking about, Takumi? That's your older sister."
"Huh!? You mean this cute girl is my tomboy big sis?"
Shimizu stood up and immediately grabbed his neck with her arm. "Who are you calling a tomboy, huh, Taku-chan?"
Takumi was trying to release himself. "It hurts... I give up, I give up!"
This is really her. I've been deceived, damn it, he thought.
Takumi began eating his breakfast. "You're so mean, big sis. How dare you deceive me this morning? I almost fell for you."
Shimizu held her little brother's arm. "Eh, you almost fell for me, huh, Taku-chan? Then how about you go out with me, Takumi?"
Takumi pushed Shimizu aside. "Ah, shut up! I'll never fall for the same trick again."
"Both of you, eat your breakfast quickly, or you’ll be late for school."
"Ah, you're right. This is your fault, big sis, for playing around like this."
"Ayumi, don't forget what I asked you to do yesterday, or you know what will happen to your allowance if you don't."
Shimizu was about to leave the house. "Alright, I'll do it."
"That's why I'm acting like this today—to save my allowance from being cut in half."
Ah, she's actually worried about her allowance being cut, both Eri and Mizuha thought, looking weirdly at Shimizu.
Meanwhile, Hikaru walked with Zul while eating bread after bumping into him earlier.
"I can't believe I woke up late today."
"It's so rare to see you late; you usually get to school earlier than mine."
Then, both of them saw Mizuha and her friends in front of them and approached them.
"Good morning, you guys."
Mizuha and her friends turned around to greet them.
Shimizu approached them with her polite and feminine style.
"Ah, you guys, good morning~ Hikaru-kun, Zul-kun, tee-hee."
Both Hikaru and Zul stopped, shocked at what they saw. Hikaru even dropped the bread he was holding.
Zul turned to Hikaru. "Hey, Hikaru, you dropped your bread."
Hikaru still froze. "Yeah, I know."
Hikaru asked Zul to slap his face to make sure he wasn't dreaming.
Zul immediately slapped Hikaru's face. "Sure."
Slap!
"Thanks, even though it hurt my face so much."
Who is that person? Don't tell me that... I hope it's not her... Hikaru thought, feeling goosebumps.
Zul finished Hikaru's trailing thought.
"Calm down, dude. It’s just Shimizu being polite and feminine."
Hikaru muttered under his breath. "I knew it."
"Ara~ Ara~ why are you two so stunned?"
Shimizu approached them wearing a fake smile while speaking politely despite her hidden anger. "Do you want to say something to my face?"
Ah, she seems angry, Hikaru thought.
"No, no, we're just shocked to see you like this. It's unusual, right, Zul?"
Zul just nodded his head in agreement with Hikaru.
"I see, then I forgive you guys for that, tee-hee."
Hikaru whispered to Mizuha. "What happened to her? Did she hit her head somewhere?"
Mizuha let out a small laugh.
"Well, we were shocked too earlier." Mizuha then explained everything about Shimizu to both Hikaru and Zul.
Hikaru laughed when he heard the truth.
"Haha... you became like this to save your allowance. That's so hilarious, Shimizu."
"Ah, shut up. It’s none of your business. Do you have a problem with it?"
"No, it's nothing, but it feels off seeing you like this. You somehow look cute like this."
Shimizu blushed. "Ah, cute, you said? I don't want to hear that from someone like you."
She pushed Hikaru away from Mizuha and took his place instead.
"Let's go, Mizuha-chan. Let's ignore this pervert."
Mizuha also glared at Hikaru while pouting. "Hmph!"
Is Mizuha jealous because I called Shimizu cute? Hikaru thought.
"Umm, Mizuha... are you jealous?"
"No, it's nothing... I'm not jealous at all."
Hikaru chased after her. "Ah, please wait for me, Mizuha."
"I feel weird after seeing Shimizu turn out like that."
Eri just chuckled, hearing Zul complain like that.
Eri gave a slightly scary smile
"Zul, do you want to call her cute too, like Hikaru?" Zul could feel jealousy from Eri.
"Eri, what are you doing? Release your hand; everyone is watching."
Afterward, the five of them arrived at school and entered their own classes.
Shimizu enters the classroom, walking as if she were a lady of high society.
All her classmates looked at her and wondered:
"Who is that?"
"Do we have someone this beautiful in our class?"
"Is she a new transfer student?"
"But why is she sitting at Shimizu-san's seat?"
Seriously, they don't notice that's Shimizu, Mizuha thought.
Seeing Mizuha walking behind Shimizu, some of her classmates stopped her for a moment.
They approached her. "Hey, Yuki-san, who is that? I saw you and Sakamoto-san walking with her earlier."
"Huh? You guys didn't notice? That's Shimizu, you know."
Her classmates shouted in shock, realizing that the beautiful girl they had seen earlier was actually Shimizu. "Eh...!!!! Seriously, is that you, Shimizu-san?"
"How did you turn into someone this cute?"
"What happened to you? Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, thanks for your concern."
The male classmates started talking among themselves. "Wow, she looks so cute today."
"Do you think she'll agree if I ask her out?"
"Let's ask her to hang out with us."
They approached Shimizu. "Hey, Shimizu-san, do you want to hang out with us today?"
"Yeah, we're planning to go to karaoke after school. Do you want to join us?"
"Shimizu-san, please go out with me."
Ah, they are so annoying, Shimizu thought.
Shimizu pretended to be shy. "Umm.... actually.... I.... I...."
"Wow, it's so cute..." they said.
Ah, this has gotten more annoying. They really like me when I look like this. It's so irritating. I'd better make them go away, Shimizu thought.
This.... this is really similar to my dream yesterday.... fu... Mizuha tried to hold back her laughter.
Shimizu noticed Mizuha holding back her laughter and thought, Mizuha, damn you, you want to laugh at me, huh?
She dropped the shy act but maintained her polite and feminine style as she replied to the guys who had approached her, "Sorry, guys, I'm not interested. I can't join you."
"Don’t say that. Just hang out with us for today," they said.
She rejected them with a polite and feminine style.
"Didn't you hear what I said? I said I'm not interested. Do you want me to beat you up? Tee-hee~"
"Oh no, she's upset. Let's get back to our seats now, guys," they said, scared of Shimizu's words.
She sighed, feeling a bit tired of acting this way.
Ah, acting like this is so tiring. I just hope this day passes quickly.
It's that old hag's fault. If she hadn't threatened me earlier, I wouldn't be so tired right now, Shimizu thought, a bit upset with her mother.
Oh, she needs some pictures as proof too, that I acted like this at school, Shimizu suddenly remembered.
"Mizuha-chan!!" Shimizu called, approaching her.
"Yes, Shimizu-chan~?" Mizuha responded, deliberately playing along with the act.
"You see, that old hag at my house wants a photo as proof that I acted like this today. Can you take my photo, please?"
"Oh, why didn't you tell me earlier? Leave it to me, okay, Shimizu-chan."
"Hey, why are you acting like me too? Are you trying to mock me?" Shimizu whispered in her normal tone into Mizuha's ear.
Mizuha chuckled."Because It's so funny to see you like this, Shimizu-chan."
"You're so mean, Mizuha-chan, how dare you do this to your close friend, sob... sob," Shimizu pretended to cry.
"Stop it, Shimizu. I... I can't hold it in anymore..." Mizuha said, about to burst into laughter.
Shimizu interacted with her female classmates politely and femininely while Mizuha photographed everything.
"I think this is enough," Mizuha said after taking so many photos of Shimizu.
"Yes, this is it. These are really nice photos to show that old hag," Shimizu said.
"Thank you, Mizuha-chan," Shimizu said, still acting that way.
Mizuha sighed, no longer having the energy to laugh.
"Ah, enough with it, Shimizu."
After lunch, Shimizu said, "You guys go back first; I need to use the toilet for a moment."
"Could you bring my bento box back to class too, Mizuha-chan?"
"Yes, I'll bring it," Mizuha said lazily.
Shimizu went to the toilet after that. After using the toilet, she heard a lot of noise and chaos from inside the toilet.
What's that noise coming from?
She took a peek and saw a group of girls ganging up on one girl.
"You just brought this to us, but it's not enough. You should bring more money for us," the group leader said.
"But this is all I have for now. I don't have more than that."
Shimizu sighed.
Is it the group that bullied Eri earlier? Geez, they haven’t changed and now have a new victim.
"Because you failed, you'll be given a penalty for this," the bully leader said again.
This is bad. I need to save that girl before things get worse.
Shimizu rushed toward the group and walked in front of the girl being bullied, acting feminine.
"Ara~ what do we have here? A group of seniors ganging up on one girl? That's unfair, you know."
"This isn't a good thing to do, you know, senpai. What would happen if teachers knew about this?"
Shimizu whispered.
"Get out of here. Let me handle this, okay?"
"But, you..." the girl said, worried about Shimizu.
"Don't worry, I will be okay, just leave now."
The girl understood what Shimizu was asking and ran out of the toilet.
"Hey, who are you? How dare you suddenly interrupt our business!"
"As a replacement, you'll take that girl's place instead of her."
"Do what we ask, or we'll beat you up," the bullies said, trying to threaten Shimizu.
Shimizu acted helpless and shouted.
"Kyaa, so scary! Someone, please save me!!"
"Look, she's shouting like that, hahaha," the bullies laughed at Shimizu.
"If you want to be safe, just give us the money you have now, and we'll leave you untouched," the bullies' leader said.
"Alright, alright, please do not hurt me. I'll give you my money. Please wait a moment."
"Eh.... oops, I forgot I already used my money, tee-hee. All that's left in my pocket is this hair rubber band. Do you want it?" Shimizu said, showing her usual rubber band that she always used to tie her hair.
"Hey, please be serious with us, or you'll taste this punch from me," the bullies' leader said.
Shimizu suddenly laughed. "Hahaha, serious... with you guys? What's that?"
"What's so funny?" the bullies said, angry with her.
Shimizu tied her hair back with the rubber band, unbuttoned her blazer, and dropped her feminine expression for her usual tomboyish look.
"Hey, hey, with just a few weeks passed, you guys already forgot about me? That's so mean, you know."
Shimizu stood in her usual tomboyish style.
"Did you miss me already, senpai? With me acting like that today, you didn't recognize me? That's so pathetic."
"Wait, you're...!!"
"Ah, it's her, the first-year tomboyish girl that beat us up earlier."
"Yes, I remember her. It's so bad to meet her again."
"Still haven't changed? Maybe you need another lesson."
"Wait, please don't..." But it was too late, and Shimizu beat them up.
"Do this again, and you know what happens."
The bullies ran out of the toilet, watched by the girl from earlier.
Why are they running away? The girl wondered.
After a few minutes, Shimizu left the toilet, untying her hair and changing back to her feminine style for today’s act.
Shimizu walked to her. "You're still here? Are you okay? Did they hurt you?"
"I'm okay. Thank you so much for saving me," the girl said before leaving.
After she left, Shimizu thought, If my mother hears how I acted, she'll cut my allowance without mercy.
I'd better return to my class and end this annoying act quickly.
Time passed, and the school day had ended. Shimizu arrived home with a tired expression.
"I'm home..." She tossed her bag aside and collapsed onto the sofa.
"Ah, welcome back! How was school? Did you do what I asked you to do?"
"Today was the worst. Everyone thinks I've lost my mind."
Her mother chuckled.
"Really, that's hilarious... haha."
"Hey, this isn't funny, okay..."
Her mother held herself back from laughing further.
"Okay, okay... relax, I'm just teasing you."
She handed her phone to her mom.
"Here's the proof that I acted feminine at school today."
Her mother looked at the photo, feeling happy.
"Ah, my cute daughter at school."
"Hey, I'm really your daughter, you know."
"Good, that's good. I see you actually did what I asked. Here's your allowance for this month. As I promised, I won't cut it in half. Instead, I'll give you extra for your hard work today."
"Oh, the thing I was waiting for, finally!"
"Thanks, Mom."
"That's no problem."
Extra amount, yes! Shimizu thought to herself.
"Hey, hey, how about you act like that again tomorrow? Please, Ayumi, do it again."
"Please give me a break, Mom. I never want to do that again."
"Don't worry, I'm just joking with you, tee-hee."
"Oh, Mom!!!"
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