GenderSwitchs Vol. 4 (English)

Chapter 1: "Unexpected Preparations"

The time passed, and the winter vacations were only a couple days away to arrive. It was December 22nd, and the cold weather was very noticeable. It was so cold that it was impossible not to wear extra layers of clothing on top of the uniforms; a scarf, gloves, and even some snow earmuffs, but that's just in case I couldn't stand the cold at all. When you think about winter, you think about spend that time with your family, your friends, your partner, and in the most common cases, alone. However, I really didn't have any ideas of what I was going to do on this time. It was something that I never had in mind to begin with. As the days went by, now that Christmas is near, I didn't know what I could do. It was like my brain wasn't even trying to see or look for something entertaining to do.

For a moment, the possibility of the school having a Christmas party crossed my mind, but, thanks to Haruhi-sensei, we knew that wouldn't be possible this year, because the gym will be under repair during this short vacations. For one side, I was glad to hear that, since the idea of do a Christmas party on the school didn't sound so good, at least for me. In other way, it wasn't so good, because it left me with nothing better to do.

I guess I'll stay at home while I listen to music.

I thought as I looked out of the window of my class.

It was a few minutes before the class was over, but I really stopped paying attention to the class about 15 minutes ago. Looking out the window, I notice that the clouds looked thicker and bigger than the previous days, so I suspected that it would snow soon. I was kinda happy to know that it would snow soon, because I really like snow; however, on the other hand, I resented the idea of moving the snow from the front entrance of the house while being exposed to the hellish cold of this time of year.

I hate this.

I thought.

When I realized about it, the class was already over, and, lunchtime started. It was around 12:10 P.M., and when I noticed that it was time to eat my lunch, I went to my bag to pick up my food. While I tried to extend my hand to my bag, my sight was kinda lost, and as result, I accidently hit my forehead with the desk.

It hurts...

I touched my forehead with my left hand, as I sighed, and felt the cold air settle on my hand, which felt quite icy.

So cold...! I think I'll put my gloves on...

I thought while I showed a disgusted face because of the weather. Despite feeling that cold, I actually had lots of clothes on.

Let's see: I was wearing my usual long-sleeved white shirt, now wearing my summer uniform shirt, the white coat that Atsushi gave me –since it's really warm—, my dark navyblue jacket over it, my light blue scarf with a dark blue and white striped pattern, some black gloves, and stockings, which covered me from the waist down to protect me from the cold. I had recently been looking for stockings that could protect me from the cold, as wearing conventional ones that go down to the bottom of the knee didn't help me much. Especially since I couldn't stand the cold. In my research for something that was comfortable to wear, I found lots of types. There were too many to name them all. While looking for something on the big list, I found those stockings, which cover from your waist to the tips of your toes. They looked like what ballet dancers wore, but these were black. I assumed it was the usual. But being totally honest, I really had no idea at all. Before going to buy thosestockings, I consulted it with my mother, who was surprisingly at home at the time.

"You want to buy stockings?"

"Yeah... I knew they're good to wear when it's winter, and I thought it would be a pain in the ass if I had to endure the rest of the winter with these socks." I said as I showed a disgusted face because of the cold, but determined to go buy them.