Connected by the Stage | One-Shot Collection |

You (Mei Fan x Akira)

Synopsis: After being threatened by some bullies, Mei Fan has no choice but to tell Akira before they do. However... this wasn't the outcome she (or Akira) had expected.

Rating: G

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It was just another normal day. Classes had ended a while ago. Mostly everyone had left the school already. Akira remained still. She had opted to get some extra work done before going back to the dorms. It was just her in the student council room. Everyone else was long gone.

At least, she had thought so until the door opened and Mei Fan entered the room. She seemed nervous, Akira noted. Did something happen? Had someone done something wrong and they sent Mei Fan to tell her? There were many possibilities for why Mei Fan could be here. Most weren't good possibilities.

"H-hi..." Mei Fan greeted her, "Can I join you?"

Akira nodded. Mei Fan wordlessly took a seat next to her. She refused to make eye contact and started playing with her hands below the desk. She must have something to say then. That was all Akira could assume. She was here to tell her something. Now the question was just what exactly did Mei Fan have to tell her.

Akira went back to her work as she waited to see if Mei Fan would say anything more. She didn't want to force it out of her. It didn't tend to end well when she had before with others. Hopefully Mei Fan would talk soon. It was a little distracting knowing there was a conversation coming soon.

"C-can we talk?" Mei Fan asked quietly.

"Sure." Akira set down her pen and gave Mei Fan her attention.

Mei Fan didn't speak for a while still. She was trying. Her mouth opened, but then nothing would come out and she would close it again. Akira waited silently. She wished this would go faster. She had things to do. She didn't have time to play this game. But, at the same time it was apparent Mei Fan was under some distress and pushing her aside would only make matters worse.

"I... I'm trans..."

That was not what she had expected to hear. But now she had to figure out a response. Did she offer support? Was she supposed to just accept it and move on? What would Mei Fan want her to do? Akira had a lot of questions as well about this. Did she ask them first?

"So... are you not a girl?"

Mei Fan's eyes lit up in panic, "N-no! No... I... I am a girl..."

Akira realized her mistake now. That probably was not going to help her case. She had accidently hurt her by questioning that.

"Sorry..." Akira mumbled, "Um..."

"I... I'm sorry too. I should've clarified." Mei Fan replied.

"Why are you telling me this?" Akira questioned. She was also curious about that. Had Mei Fan told the others too? Or was it just her?

Mei Fan stared down at the table, "Some other students found out and... threatened to out me to you. I... needed to tell you first. Before they did."

Akira scowled, "Who?"

She did not take lightly to that. No one was getting away with that type of behavior on her watch. She wouldn't allow it.

Mei Fan whispered the names of the students to her. Akira noted them down. She would give their names to Michiru. Michiru would handle the rest.

"Are you alright?" Akira asked, "I assume you weren't ready to tell me."

"I... I'll live. But yeah I... I didn't plan to tell anyone so soon." Mei Fan replied.