Maverick Mayhem

Lovely In Red (Lumine)

Lumine - Sissyfication
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What seemed like a normal day inside the residence of the Maverick Family, there was something odd going on in Berkana's room, whereas something - or someone - was in the closet rummaging through the Maverick witch's clothes. Lumine had been searching for minutes looking for the perfect fit for him.
The only thing he happened to be wearing at this time were pink/white striped stockings and a small lavender skirt with the logo of a black poodle on the far bottom end.

While the adolescent Maverick didn't really think of the possibilities of being found by Berkana herself, Lumine had also been paranoid of the rest of the Maverick house members to know of his secret as well.
He kept digging until he found the right shirt that adorned his attire, which was nothing but a purple crop top with a small heart on the upper left portion of the cloth.
He slipped it on with ease, thankful for his lithe body to have made it easy for him to wear it.

Lumine, now finished with his searching, looked at his skirt from behind and smiled gratefully. His affinity for wearing girls' clothes was only a secret thing to him and preferred it to be in closed doors.
He assumed that if anyone in the entire house found out, he would immediately get pummeled with fists for being this way.

Although, this does make up for the fact that I get mistaken as female he thought to himself as he stretched the top of his stocking and let it slap against his Maverick leg, giving him a small sense of comfort.
Lumine had never been this relieved since his attempt to restart the world with the use of Sigma bodies, which failed with him being defeated as a result.

Now that he had been placed inside the walls of the rehabilitation center that Dr. Horace Lee had built for them, Lumine finally tackled the opportunity to discover who he truly was.
He took in a deep intake of breath, appreciating every small moment he had of dressing up like a girl and even smiled a bit too, debating or not rather to leave the room dressed like this.

"...Lumine?" The Maverick heard a voice say from behind him, causing him to freeze in time and slowly turned his head to check who it was. As he checked, he realized that Berkana had just returned from her afternoon stroll across the lake.
With the Maverick witch staring intently at Lumine's new look, she had been wanting to speak this entire time, but no words came out.

The adolescent Maverick started rethinking his choices of looking feminine while also having the appearance of a porcelain doll. Inside his mind, he could tell that Berkana would spill the entire tea to everyone in the house - Sigma and Vile included.
Lumine wasn't ready for this endeavor to play out badly as he hoped, but just looking on with scared paranoia, he couldn't take it anymore and stood up straight to talk it out.

"Why were you in my closet just now?" Berkana asked curiously while also holding her purse. "What's all this?"

Lumine looked down at his outfit and wanted to explain deeply, but no words would come out as he felt somewhat humiliated at the sight of one of his family members finding out - a girl no less.
Rubbing his arm uncomfortably, he said, "b-because I wanted to see... what it feels like."

"Wearing my clothes!?" The Witch snapped angrily, raising her hand up as if to give Lumine a very hard slap across the face. "You pervert!!"

The feminine looking Maverick held his hands up to shield himself away from the blow until he began to stammer out a few words, which prevented Berkana from striking him.
"L-L-Look, I-I wanted to wear these for so long, not that I would've planned to, of course!" He spoke, trembling in his own boots.

"Besides, I'm not doing this just to see what it's like. I've been doing this for a long time, and I never told anyone because it would look demeaning." He sat down on Berkana's bed next to her and continued explaining.
"Besides, I already look like a girl."

As the silence carried on, Lumine looked down in embarrassment, hoping for a negative reaction from his housemate. This entire time, he had been keeping this hidden since he first came into the Maverick house, in hopes that he'll finally feel accepted for doing so.
He also hoped for Berkana to laugh at him or even punch him in the face for thinking that way, but what actually happened was that she simply wrapped him into a big hug.

Confusion swept over Lumine as he felt the Maverick Witch's warm embrace, wondering why there was no insults or punches thrown. Finally, Berkana released him from her hug and then said, "how come you never told me, though? I could've helped you."

"Because you're not the best at helping people, to be honest," Lumine replied. "Besides, why would you care, though?"

Berkana simply smiled and got up from her spot on the bed, walked over to the drawers and dug through them. "Well, you see, not many people are too shy about themselves. Look at Dr. Lee for instance - he's not afraid of being open about his relationship with Dr. Doppler."

Berkana continued browsing through the endless cavalcade of items in her drawer until she was able to spot a flashy red item from underneath the endless piles of endless headbands and accessories inside.
She walked up to Lumine to present the item to him, which was a red bow with a heart in the middle and white frills with red spots on it from behind the red frills.

She gently placed it on top of Lumine's lavender robotic hair, adorning it from the side. Berkana lifted him off the bed and then said, "you look great, kid. Now do you feel better?"

After a long time of thinking, Lumine nodded and smiled brightly, for the first time in his life.

Is this what it feels like? He thought happily, hugging Berkana and chuckling slightly from happiness.
"Ready to show the others the new and improved Lumine?" She asked once more, to which the adolescent Maverick nodded his head reluctantly and grabbed onto Berkana's hand, skipping along while she followed.