Upside Down 3 Chapter 01: Who's That?

"Of course I didn't, he's my best friend!"

"Chinatsu, you mean she don't you? You are going to have to say that from now on and the sooner you get into the habit the better."

"Anyway, Sora, you needn't worry, the director here is a friend of the family, so nothing of this will leak out. Ah, yes, do you want to take a look at yourself?"

I don't really trust my voice right now to answer Aunt Haruka, so I merely nod again.

She takes my hand and leads me to mirror on the door of the bathroom.

When I look in the mirror, I see a girl standing there looking at me. All I can think is, 'Wow! Who is this? She's beautiful!'

She has waist-length, red hair that flows down her back like a waterfall. Large, emerald-green eyes flecked with gold. A small, perky nose, pink full, soft looking lips, a slim waist, slender arms, long, shapely legs, a small, yet plump b.u.t.t, and lightly tanned skin. She doesn't have large b.r.e.a.s.t.s, but they seem to perfectly suit her pet.i.te figure.

I'm stunned, all I can do is stare at the beautiful girl in the mirror.

"Sora?... Sora, are you okay?"

Chinatsu worriedly asks me. It takes me a few moments to realize she had spoken to me.

When I manage to tear my eyes away from the image of the girl, I look at Chinatsu.

"Y-yes, ~ahem~ I'm fine. Who's the girl?"

Chinatsu's mouth falls open, then she begins laughing.

"You're so silly, that's you of course!"

"Eh? Of course it isn't, I'm a boy."

When I say that, Chinatsu stops laughing and looks at me with an odd expression. Then she reaches out and cups my b.r.e.a.s.t.s in her hands and says with a smirk…

"Since when do boys have b.o.o.bs like these?"

For the second time in less than five minutes, I'm stunned. Although I want to argue with her, she's got the proof right in her small hands.

"Can you let go of those? I really need to lay down."

The two of them lead me back to the bed and help me get comfortable.

[Kon~][Kon~]

Aunt Haruka, who had sat down beside me, to begin talking again, looks at the door with an irritated expression.

"Pardon my intrusion."

A male doctor came into the room, smiling and nodding at everyone.

"I'm glad to see you are finally awake Ms. Ito. How are you feeling? Any pain?"

Ms.? Ah, right, I suppose I'm a girl now. Simply thinking about this is depressing me.

"Umm… Fine I guess, other than my chest being a little tender, I don't hurt anywhere."

"Hmm… Good, good… Okay, open your gown, so I can take a look please."

"EH?! Who the…"

Aunt Haruka never lets me finish what I was trying to say because she covers my mouth with her hand and shakes her head.

"The sooner we get all of this over with and confirm you are well enough to leave, the sooner you can go home."

She then reaches down and starts open my gown, which I block her from doing.

"Sora, stop this. The doctor is a good person; he isn't trying to be a pervert. He needs to make sure there are no problems, your b.r.e.a.s.t.s developed in less than a month after all."

She says sternly. All I know is I don't want someone to see that I have b.r.e.a.s.t.s now, but I release my hold on my top and close my eyes. I guess I'm thinking 'if I don't see it, it isn't happening.'

He palpitates my b.r.e.a.s.t.s gently, even so, it's still somewhat uncomfortable. After he sticks a thermometer under my arm, he checks my blood pressure, listens to my heart, looks in my ears, and has me open my eyes so he can check them as well. Then he gestures that I can close my gown.

"Although I can't feel any abnormalities with her b.r.e.a.s.t.s, we can do a breast scan if you wish. However, I don't feel one is necessary at this point. Her blood pressure, temperature, eyes, ears and heart are all fine. If everything remains stable, she can go home tomorrow. Ah, yes, she will be weak and tire easily for a while, so you might want to consider physical therapy to help regain some of the muscle strength she lost. Do you have any questions for me?"

After we shake our heads no, he smiles, bobs his head at us and leaves the room.

I looked at Aunt Haruka feeling a little bewildered and lost and she smiles at me rea.s.suringly.

"Don't worry Sora. We are all here for you. I hate to bring it up at a time like this, but Eiji and I are your guardians now. We had planned on asking you about it the day all this happened, but… Well, anyway, we needed to do something to legally be able to take care of you and if we hadn't the government would have placed you in an orphanage or one of your relatives would have been given custody. We didn't want to see that happen. I'm sorry we did it without asking."

She's sorry for caring enough for me to adopt me? How in the world can she be sorry for something like that? Simply the thought of this makes my heart a little lighter. I catch a view of Chinatsu out of the corner of my eye and turn to look at her. Why does it look as if she's about to cry again? I don't understand. I think this is a good thing. I reach out and stroke her hair softly and smile at her. Although her eyes are still damp with tears, she smiles for me. I turn my attention back to Aunt Haruka.

"Thank you Aunt Haruka, you're right, I wouldn't have wanted that. I would have agreed with you adopting me had I been given the chance, but either way, I'm happy you did it."

It still hurts that I lost Mom and Dad, but at the very least I don't have to worry about that anymore and I do love Aunt Haruka and Uncle Eiji after all.

"Sora, we need to go soon, visiting hours are almost over. We will be back tomorrow morning to pick you up. Okay?"

"Alright, I'll see you then. Umm… What do I call you now? Do I still call you Aunt Haruka? Or?"

Aunt Haruka's face lights up with a smile that could rival the noon day sun…

"Sora, you can continue to call me Aunt Haruka or you can call me Mom. Whichever you feel is right for you."

I think about it for a moment or two, but I'm pretty sure I already knew what I wanted to do before I even asked.

"Thanks Mom, I'll see you tomorrow."

She leans in and kisses me on the cheek and stands up while gesturing for Chinatsu to get up as well.

"Let's go Chinatsu, we have to buy some things for tomorrow before we go home."

Chinatsu leans over, hugs me, and quietly says,

"See you tomorrow morning Onee-chan."