TG short stories (M2F)

Rebalanced Part 2

Spring went by quickly. Miles didn't have very hard classes that semester. On several of his classes, he bummed out on assignments, only to study hard for tests, and get good grades anyway.

Following this school philosophy gave him a lot of free time with his friends.

In the background of things however, Miles changed slightly. He decided that his weird, self determined hairstyle looked bad. So, instead, he'd begun letting his hair grow out, and just combing it to look nice.

Along with that, Miles had liked how Mom had cleaned up his nails. So he'd kept them nicely trimmed, and would discreetly polish them from time to time.

The day after Mom took the rest of Sander's old girl clothes to goodwill, Miles noticed something.

After his little diversion with Mom, he'd tossed the outfit in his closet when he'd gone to bed. She'd hadn't taken it with the other clothes.

He kept telling himself that he should mention it to Mom, but he either kept forgetting to, or Mom was around Dad or Sander.

One day, when he was home alone, he noticed the skirt and shirt again while trying to find a book on the shelf in his closet.

He'd grown his hair out longer. He wondered how he'd look now wearing the skirt.

He put the outfit on again.

When he walked into the bathroom and looked into the mirror, a smile crept onto his face. Now, his hair looked more convincing. It hung down to the bottom of his ears. He got out the brush, and made it look more neat.

If he kind of squinted, he actually looked a bit like a girl.

He looked over himself. He started to wonder what he'd look like if he wore earrings, or if he let his fingernails get a bit longer.

And that's what he did. As the school year drew to a close, he grew out his nails until they were reasonable long. When he was alone, he would every so often put on the girly outfit again.

It was just a fun little diversion to him. Until summer came.

*****

Miles woke up one morning, after they were a few days into summer. The house was kind of quiet. Dad usually had the news on, and Sander would be at the table eating his breakfast.

Not so now. Dad was doing some work for his job that was going to last a few months across the country. At the same time, family in another state had offered Miles and Sander a summer job working on their farm.

Miles had politely declined. But Sander had agreed in earnest. At first, Mom and Dad had been a little unsure of him going. Perhaps it was because they knew why he wanted to go - Mom's sister's family was one place that Sander felt more comfortable. They weren't sure why. They just took his transition better for some reason.

That left Miles and Mom alone.

Miles shambled around the kitchen, feeling groggy. He made himself some toast, and watched something on his phone as he ate.

"Good morning sweetie," Mom said, walking into the room.

"Morning Mom."

He popped the last piece of toast in his mouth.

"Enjoying summer so far?"

"I guess," Miles said. "My friends and I haven't done much since Kent moved away. He kind of was the one that got everyone together, and now we aren't really doing much with him gone."

"I'm sorry sweetie," she said. 

"It's fine," Miles said. "We still play games online and stuff, we just don't do much in person."