'You can't laugh, Kousuke. You must not laugh, less you exposed yourself to Motohama—her, pfft. No, you must stay strong!'
The moment he saw 'Motohama' walks into his room, the corner of his lips twitched uncontrollably. How couldn't he not laugh? The girl in front of him used to be called pervert four-eyed, yet here she is, looking embarrassed and fidgeting like a girl. Oh wait, she is a girl now.
"Cough, so Motohama, what kind of help are you asking of me exactly? I sure hope it wasn't anything like 'How to get girls 101' because I'm not giving you my cheat sheet."
After calming down the little turmoil in his mind, Kousuke finally asked with a neutral expression. Belfast suddenly walks in and places two cup of hot tea on the table, each in front of them, before standing back next to him like the dutiful maid she is. 'Motohama' reached out her fair arm to pick up the cup and took a sip. When the warm drink smoothly slipped down her throat, her tense shoulders visibly relaxed.
"I... I may have run into a bit of a pickle, and please don't laugh." She said with her real feminine voice. It was a rather peculiar feeling to her. It should be her voice, yet she feels a strange sense of disharmony upon hearing it. Like someone listening to the recording of their actual voice for the first time.
Then as if finally deciding to come clean about it, 'Motohama' flipped over the hood, revealing her rather cute face that's tainted with slight hint of blush across her cheeks.
"...Wow, okay. I see what you mean."
"Right? Isn't this crazy? I mean—"
"So you're Motohama's long lost sister? It would make sense if you just learned about it, I mean knowing how Motohama acts, anyone would be shocked if they learned they had such 'endearing' family member like that."
She was about to let out a sigh of relief when Kousuke completely flipped the script to 160. Her mouth agap in a stunned silence, 'No, that's not necessarily wrong. I can see it from his point of view, as much as I hate it. It would be even crazier if he actually believes me'.
"Uhh... Yeah, I'm reluctant to admit but yes, I'm Motohama's long lost sister, ahaha..."
She had no choice but to accept the made-up background on the spot. After all, this is so much better than Kousuke finding out the real Motohama had been turned into this cute girl. At least that's what she wanted to believe. Unfortunately, the person before him had already knew the truth from the beginning and was simply playing along.
"Alright then, so Motohama's Sis, what can I do for you? Did he finally commit a crime or something? I might looks wealth because I have a beautiful maid by my side, but hiring a good lawyer is entirely different genre I'm not used to~"
"Why do you always assumed I would-cough, I mean, why do you think that? Is he such a revolting person in others views... or something? Just asking, ahaha..." She said, skillfully covered up her mistake with a good excuse.
"Why you ask? Well, for one, he's not very popular at school. In fact, most girls even despise him. If there's a list of who they dislike the most, he would be amongst the top three, admirable isn't it? Oh yeah, his friends will fill in the rest of that top two." Kousuke said musedly. What he said weren't wrong, but it sure as hell hit her like a brick smashing at the back of her head. What was even more painful to 'Motohama' was the fact that she couldn't even rebuke it.
"I-Is that so, I see..."
"There's more!"
'There is?! Please stop, my weak heart can't bear this humiliation any longer!' She thought tearfully, but she didn't have good reason to make it stop.
"I heard this from a girl, but he had been caught..." He said in a low voice, the corner of his lips twitched slightly yet his face remained firm. Seeing 'Motahama' sucking her breath, he gleefully continues. "...sniffing on a girl's panties in the changing room once!"
"I NEVER DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT AT ALL! STOP LYING!"
She suddenly screams her lung out, as if she had been wrongfully accused of crime she didn't commit. No, she knew for a fact he was wrong. She is Motohama after all, despite the change in appearance, she doesn't remembered doing anything like that. Nor does she even have the courage to even slipped into the changing room. After all, if she got caught, her school life would be truly over.
"Who is it?! Who was the girl spreading that rumors around!"
'Motohama' clings to his collar while she asked him with bloodshot eyes. Now that she is physically different, she could technically punish the girl without being called sexist. It is merely an act of justice, she justified it in her mind as strong determination rooted in her heart. Instead of answering her, Kousuke suddenly started laughing.
"Hahahaha! I can't believe this!"
"W-What are you laughing at?"
"Ahaha, phew~ Wow, Motohama, you really completely transformed to a girl huh?" Kousuke said with a grin. "I couldn't even see a glimpse of your previous self there. Why don't you just remain a girl yeah? At least you looks rather cute like this."
'Motohama' slowly stepped back until she dropped her butt to the chair, countless emotions went through her face until it stopped at acceptance.
"...So you knew all along."
"It's pretty obvious, I'd be stupid as Issei to not notice Motohama had becomes Mizuhana pfft-ahahaha! Oh god, my stomach is hurting!"
"Don't just change my name like that! I am still Motohama inside this cursed body!"
She gritted her teeth in indignant when faced with his laughter. She was on the verge of losing her mind, yet he was laughing at her distress. She could never tell him that she finds the name Mizuhana somehow nice, otherwise she would never stop hearing his laughter even deep in her sleep.
[Author Note: Click her to see what Mizuhana looks like. Basically Motohama but reversed and no glasses.]