Chili expected Cress to be bothered by this. He was tense before, and now he melted down and fell back into Cress's hug. What was the matter with this school and weird curses, anyway?!
It felt weird to have his brother hugging him with long, long locks of hair tied to the sides in two twintails on the sides of his head. It felt weird to wrap his arms around his waist and be able to cling onto with his fingertips around someone that felt a tad smaller than he remembered. And it didn't help much that Cress chose to wear a dress, which made it feel real, real that Cress was a girl. He could feel that Cress was bothered by this, and he was too.
"Even if you're like this forever," started Chili, smiling against Cress's shoulder; "You'll still always be our triplet. It's weird seeing you like this, but I recognized you almost instantly! You're still you, right? So no matter what you look like, you're still going to be Cress!" The redhead could tell his new sister was getting emotional, so he tried his best to stave off her tears and her worries with his words. He tightened his hug.
"So don't worry! If you ask me, I bet this will be gone in a bit." At least, he hoped. "Wouldn't everyone else be pitching a fit if this were permanent? They'd never let this place live it down! And even if it were... I know for a fact that Cilan and I wouldn't mind one bit!"
His mind felt hazy. What matter of magic was this? How could they make it go away? He wanted to be strong for Cress, but inside, his worries started bubbling up. He was finally feeling it, how daunting this was. That Cress was a girl, and if this was forever... He'd never see Cress as his brother, but rather, his sister. Was that going to be really, really different? Chili couldn't tell. He never had a sister before. Just barely, he trembled. He wasn't sure, he wasn't sure.
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It felt weird to have his brother hugging him with long, long locks of hair tied to the sides in two twintails on the sides of his head. It felt weird to wrap his arms around his waist and be able to cling onto with his fingertips around someone that felt a tad smaller than he remembered. And it didn't help much that Cress chose to wear a dress, which made it feel real, real that Cress was a girl. He could feel that Cress was bothered by this, and he was too.
"Even if you're like this forever," started Chili, smiling against Cress's shoulder; "You'll still always be our triplet. It's weird seeing you like this, but I recognized you almost instantly! You're still you, right? So no matter what you look like, you're still going to be Cress!" The redhead could tell his new sister was getting emotional, so he tried his best to stave off her tears and her worries with his words. He tightened his hug.
"So don't worry! If you ask me, I bet this will be gone in a bit." At least, he hoped. "Wouldn't everyone else be pitching a fit if this were permanent? They'd never let this place live it down! And even if it were... I know for a fact that Cilan and I wouldn't mind one bit!"
His mind felt hazy. What matter of magic was this? How could they make it go away? He wanted to be strong for Cress, but inside, his worries started bubbling up. He was finally feeling it, how daunting this was. That Cress was a girl, and if this was forever... He'd never see Cress as his brother, but rather, his sister. Was that going to be really, really different? Chili couldn't tell. He never had a sister before. Just barely, he trembled. He wasn't sure, he wasn't sure.