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Weird. Almost everyone calls me a boy, when I was born as a girl? Is that even possible?
"Don't hang out with that boy."
"A girl who never wore dresses."
"A boy with disgusting hands."
"The daughter of a murderer."
Growing up, I just go along with their insults and whatever they call me. During puberty, weird changes happened to my body.
Like how my chest began to curve slowly, how my voice became really high pitched like Chiwa's but people still see me as a boy, even though how feminine I look...
And like the color of my ruby red eyes... Similar to, when it's that time of the month.
Back then, I used to have a long hair. But the kids decided to cut it off since they thought it looked scary and terrifying. Even if I tried... To resist them.
I never tried growing it out again; well, at least I did.
Regto told me to be who I am, who I want to be. I never liked dresses and stayed on comfortable baggy clothes. Which Chiwa always bragged about, telling me to wear 'em instead of trash taking.
"If you don't feel like wearing dresses, at least let me know. I want you to be comfortable."
But when Regto asked me, "Kiddo, do you want to be a boy?" I shook my head and declined, wanting to stay who I am.
I'm glad to have Regto and Chiwa by my side, even though people despised and hated me.
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Salty sweat drops slide across the young one's pale skin, it was so hot that Rudo woke up from the sudden heat.
Well, she rarely had some sleep because of her insomnia or so, due to her... nightmares.
Blinking her red-wine eyes, her lashes fluttered slowly. Making sense of her vision, Rudo stared at the ceiling. Moving her head towards her room, she noticed the morning sun shines through her window.
Shining the trash objects she bought from her travels with the cleaners. Her room may look dirty and messy according to the trash and the smell of metal—but if you could just look closer and see the small details? Yes, it's just organized properly. Some were untouched as other were used to be built into something more...
Soulful.
Lively.
A chance to be used.
Giving every each one of them life once again, or perhaps a well-deserved and a thank you gift to those who meant dearly to her.
To those who gifted her a lot of sweets, she ate it after breakfast, lunch and dinner at all times... Speaking of which, Rudo got up to get ready for the day, if there's work to clean up or just do whatever her unorganized routine is.
As soon as the female sat up, goodness she could already feel something... Wet that made her feel dirty.
Rudo groaned in despair, realizing that her period came after a few months before she fell from the Sphere—yes, her irregular menstruation.
Thanks to puberty from 1 to 2 years ago, she only had menstruation once in a while. She went to clean herself up, not waiting long to ask Eisha about it.
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A white with black-tips haired female looked both sides of the outside of her room. Seeing that there was none, she hurried through the corridors into the hospital rooms.
Steadily opening the door knob, the room shows Eisha who was doing something—possibly cleaning up medical things.
Rudo hesitated as she closed the door behind her, which made the 17 year-old notice her now.
Shifting her attention towards the 15 year-old. "O-Oh!... Good morning, Rudo.. what brings you here?" Eisha shyly questioned, her both hands now holding each other in front as a gesture of politeness and patience.
"U-... Um, I know it's early but... Do you got anything that I could use for my—period...?"
Period? As in... Menstruation? Was Eisha hearing this right? Like... right, right? She nearly screamed out; "RUDO, YOU'RE A GIRL?!" good thing she didn't. Maybe it was a good thing she was never energetic like the others, especially her own wild brother.
Snapping back to reality, the 'boy' she assumed was turned out to be a girl. August, Eisha's older brother, knew about it yet never spread the word despite the fact that he's the most energetic and expected-to-be-letting-out-of-any-secret person. That being said; Rudo existing as a girl.
Calming down after a bit, the 17 year-old led l younger one to sit down in one of the beds—to ask questions and reassurance.
Eisha wanted to know about the 15 year-old's gender and menstruation. As unexpected, Rudo answered with, "I just... Have irregular periods. Back then, I thought being a girl who's able to fight, would be placed in somewhere.. like if they find out... I-I mean, I don't know! Maybe they'll place me to where in, I don't fight at all and stay doing whatever??!"
The younger Stilza sibling deadpanned at her statement before getting back to her gentle look as she began speaking, "Ah.. th-then, your puberty must have started two years ago? It's normal; that having periods irregularly, although I'm.. we're not sure when it'll become regularly."
"Oh. Uh... Actually, I don't mind recycling trash if I were to be placed in.. someplace. And I, I never tried telling Enjin or whoever." The red-wine eyed girl admitted hesitantly. As the other girl never expected Rudo to open up like that.
A moment of silence occurs between the two, thoughts racing through their heads.
"OH! I almost forgot... Here." Rudo was shaken suddenly at the noise Eisha made, she was grabbing a few stuff from the drawers and placing it inside a black-bag.
Realizing what she was putting, Rudo shyly stated almost as if she wanted to dig out of a hole underground out of embarrassment; "Can... can you teach me how to use those?"
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Feeling a lot better than before, Rudo went by her room to leave the stuff that Eisha gave her before heading to the dining room of the Cleaners Headquarters.
Her attention shifted to the noise that the people was creating and yes, the smell of food especially the sweets and desserts.
Immediately going inside of the dining to get breakfast and her sweet tooth needing to taste the lovely sugar of a delicious sweet.
Sitting in a isolated place, one by one or two went and sat down beside her and in front. Each saying good mornings and each saying eat wells together.
Follo sat at Rudo's right while Zanka in her left. While Riyou, Enjin and Gris was at the other side of the table.
Yet the red-wine eyed one seemed to not notice her own companions, seemingly in a deep thought as well as feeling a pain that disturbed her in a moment.
"Heyy~Ruudooo!" The red head tried to get the young one into sense of reality as she ate her sweets after a meal.
Being weirdly quiet and unbothered, Follo attempted, at least. Still resulting in no-response.
...
Yeah, Follo would began overthinking again.
And now, Enjin questioned, "Yo kiddo, are you feeling well?" "Or are you sick?" Zanka added.
The younger one snapped back to reality when the older 17 year-old poked her cheek. "Hey. Are you ignoring us or are you still dreaming about trash?"—it was Zanka who awoke her from the thoughts... And the stressful period cramps.
Rudo blinked a few times before taking in on her surroundings, the five eyed her curiously as concern draw their faces. "Rudo.. if something is hurting or bothering you, you can tell us." The older man, Gris, comforted.
Confused, the 15 year-old shrugged it off by saying she's fine... But of course, with her obvious facial expression; they stayed quiet and pretended to go along with what she said.
After breakfast, usual routine happens. Some were at their personal rooms while others in the Common Room.
As for Rudo, she's alone in the training area with a certain person who seemed a bit too curious about what's wrong.