The next day, when I woke up, I immediately wanted to go back to sleep. I had been dreading this day the whole week and now it's here I just want to drown in my duvet covers and never rise out of bed ever again.

I already said a few reasons why I really don't want to do PE yesterday but I've thought of more since then. For example, if I get another makeover from IA and then have to wear the boys' PE kit, what will the teacher and my classmates think?

Will my teacher ignore my uniform and still let me be with the girls or will it be really obvious and then they'll make me take off my makeup and hairbands and I'll have to play with the boys? And even if I would make it past the former decision, would one of the girls tell on me? Would my teacher's be concerned and tell my mother about this?

I'm probably overthinking about this way too hard but, I'm just really scared.

I eventually got up and did my usual routine. I remembered that I did have one thing to look forward to today which was getting another makeover so that was a positive thought.

I was quick to leave because my mother kept on going on and on about how PE would be a good way to make friends with other boys. That and the fact that statement just isn't true. No boy would want to be friends with a girl stuck in a boy's body who is no way near as sporty as himself.

I went to collect Rin and Len from their house but when they came up to me, Rin looked anxious too.

"I'm really worried about what is going to happen with you..." She mumbled, "I really hope you'll be allowed to do PE with me and the girls, but I'm not sure..."

"Me too but, all we can really do is hope," I replied.

"That or I can fight the teacher until they let you play with us," The blonde haired girl smiled smugly, "I would even swap uniforms with you and then I can play with the boys, I'm just as good as them-"

"Oh Rin..." I sighed and smiled.

We walked to school and luckily IA and Yukari were already there and waiting for us so I was able to get my makeover done straight away. I wondered where One was but decided not to bother asking as she was getting on my nerves anyway.

After that it was time to go to our homeroom classes so I split up from the others to go to mine. While I was waiting outside of mine, Miss Megurine came out but rather than telling the whole class to come in like she usually does, she walked up to me.

"Is it okay if we could talk in my classroom?" She asked.

Everyone then turned towards me and the boys of my class cooed as if I was in trouble, like I thought I was during the moment, and they sniggered too.

"O-o-okay..." I stuttered as I blushed with embarrassment and followed behind her and into the classroom.

Once we were inside and she closed the door, my breathing became heavy and I started sweating.

"Please don't worry Mikuo, you're not in trouble!" The pink haired woman reassured me.

I sighed with relief.

"That's good, but then why have you called me in here?" I asked.

"You've just looked very sad recently and I wanted to make sure you're okay," She explained, "Are the students bullying you?"

I was very suprised that she had noticed my sadness as my past teachers were so focused on teaching they didn't care for the students' emotions. That was never a problem fir me as I was never bullied back then but others had and I felt sorry for them.

"A little... but I'm okay!" I answered, "I've got friends backing me up!"

"That's good," Miss Megurine replied, "One more thing though, is there anything else you want to say?"

"Well, if it's okay, could you call me Miku instead, I prefer that name better," I suggested.

"That's perfectly fine, I'll remember to call you that from now on, Miku," She replied, smiling.

"Thank you," I said and smiled back.

Miss Megurine then walked over to the door to let her other students in but before she opened the door, she finally said, "If you ever have anymore problems, just let me know."

I nodded and then she opened the door. Everyone stared at me as they walked in and sat down but they didn't speak about me or my hair or makeup which was good and helped me feel more relaxed.

It felt nice knowing I now had a teacher on my side. Miss Megurine is a really nice teacher and probably my favourite that I've had so far at this school so I did feel comfortable in telling her if I ever had any issues, which is another good thing.

All of these positive things numbed my worry over PE although during break, the anxiety all came rushing back. My next lesson was PE and no matter how hard Rin, IA and Yukari tried to comfort me, I just couldn't get over it.

This worry only continued once break was over and we went into the changing rooms. I snuck into the girls' changing room and no one really said anything as no one really noticed that I wasn't like them.

I really like the colour blue but I felt really uncomfortable in my PE kit which had blue on it because the girls had pink and it just made it a lot more obvious that I'm actually a boy. I did get stares from the girls after I got changed into my kit and I also did from the boys once we were all huddled together, waiting for our teacher, but I just ignored them and held hands with Rin.

The PE teacher then arrived. He had long purple hair in a ponytail and I did feel a sense of comfort knowing he would probably understand me and let me stay with the girls.

I heard lots of whispers and giggles from my classmates as they talked about his choice of fashion but then there was a loud shout from Gumi.

"Hello, Big Cuz!" She exclaimed.

"Hello, Little Cousin!" He replied and gave her a hug.

She's related to him?! Oh no...

She then walked back over to her friends and they gathered around her.

"He's your cousin?" Galaco asked, unamused as she was probably the person making the most fun of him.

"Yes! He's so cute, right?" The green haired girl answered, beaming with joy.

"Did you just call your cousin cute?" Cul questioned.

"Uhhhhhh..." Gumi mumbled.

Me and Rin both laughed under our breaths over that.

"Hello, my name is Mr Kamui and I am your PE teacher," The teacher introduced himself, "I will be teaching both boys and girls but they will each be on separate teams, please split into your gender's team."

We all did as he said. I stayed with Rin and joined the girls team. I was quite suprised when I looked over at the boys team and saw VFlower there with a purple stripe kit.

Galaco turned to look at me and her jaw dropped when she saw me. She quickly whispered to Gumi, Lily and Cul about this and then called over Mr Kamui.

"Mr Kamui! Mr Kamui!" She had shouted.

"What is it?" He asked.

"There is a boy in our team!" She cried dramatically, pointing over at me.

All of the girls gasped and then turned to look at me. I started to sweat and blush from embarrassment. I looked up at Mr Kamui and grinned awkwardly.

"I'm actually a girl, it's just-" I tried to defend myself.

"He's a boy pretending to be a girl!" Galaco interrupted, "Surely he deserves detention for that!"

Mr Kamui then turned to Galaco and gave her a hard stare.

"If she chooses to identify as a girl, she deserves to be on this girls team just as much as you," He argued.

I smiled but then that quickly went away as Gumi jumped into the conversation.

"But Big Cuz, it's a well known fact that boys are so much stronger and athletic than girls, he'll knock us all out!" Gumi cried.

"More like an infamous stereotype. It's a well known fact that I was the fastest runner at our elementary school, and I'm a girl!" Rin retorted and crossed her arms

The girls continued to argue with each other until Mr Kamui commanded for silence.

"What I'm going to try and do is put Miku with the boys for now but if that doesn't work, she can go with the girls," He decided.

"So unfair..." Rin muttered under her breath as she glared up at him.

"It's fine, this is better than me having to permanently stay on the boys team," I whispered, trying to make things more positive.

"I guess so," She sighed, "But if you have to stay with the boys I swear to-"

"Miku, please join the boys team," The purple haired man ordered.

I nodded and walked over to the boys team. I made my way over to the Meme Squad and stood between Len and VFlower. I knew they would both have my back during this and, they did.

We were told that the boys team would be playing soccer for this lesson. I was quite good at soccer back in elementary school so I thought I would be okay but no, I wasn't.

The boys absolutely smashed soccer. I know I haven't really done much sports in a while due to being off school in the holidays but all of the boys were just too good at it.

I felt so out of breath from all of the running and I could see most of the girls team laughing at me. I can't believe I've become such a failure...

"It's okay," Len and VFlower had tried to reassure me, but it wasn't, none of this was okay.

At the end of the lesson, I was the first to get dressed back into my uniform so I quickly left the girls changing room. I was crying as I left because Galaco kept on making horrible comments about me and Rin and there's only so much I can take anymore. Having to be a boy again has really knocked out all of my confidence and self-esteem.

As I was about to speed walk to my next lesson with my mascara dripping down my cheeks, Mr Kamui stopped me.

"I'm sorry about what happened today," He apologised.

"I-it's f-fine, you were just trying to do the right thing..." I replied as I tried to put up a fake smile but it was very weak, just like me.

"It wasn't though, the right thing would have been to just let you stay on the girls team," The purple haired man sighed, "So I've now decided that you can join the girls team."

"Really?" I questioned.

"Yes, you can hand in your boys' kit and I'll trade it for the gender neutral one you might have seen VFlower wearing," He explained, "It will let any teacher that might have to stand in for me if I get ill know that you have the option to choose which gender team you want to go on."

"Thank you, but, my mother would be absolutely furious if I brought home a gender neutral kit as she isn't accepting of me..." I muttered.

"Okay, you can hang onto the boys' kit and I'll give you the gender neutral kit for each lesson." He decided.

"Thank you," I smiled genuinely.

He smiled back and then waved me off as I went to my next lesson. As I was walking I could hear fast running coming from behind me and I turned around to see Rin.

"I just heard everything!" She exclaimed while grinning.

"I get to be on the girls team!" I exclaimed and grinned back.

We both hugged each other and jumped up and down with excitement.

"It's annoying though that you have to wear the gender neutral kit though and not the girls one..." The blonde haired girl muttered.

"It's fine, I think that one will be better for me," I replied, putting my hand on her shoulder to reassure her that everything is okay.

Sure the day wasn't as great as I would have hoped for it to be but, I've now been accepted for who I really am by two teachers today! I hope one day more people will too...