Upside Down 13 Chapter 11: My First Part 2

"No Mom, thank you though. Chinatsu and I talked about it last night, so I know pretty much what I want to get."

"Okay, just make sure you two don't get anything too adult. I'm going to go look at some swimsuits for myself then since you don't need me." She tells us, then heads off toward the adults' section.

After 40 minutes of digging through the bikinis in my size, I have found five I want to try on to see how they look. There would have been more, but they fell into the far too s.e.xy and revealing category as far as I am concerned. Wearing a bikini is revealing enough, thank you very much. I look over at Chinatsu, who is still looking through swimsuits.

"Chinatsu, I'm going to head to the fitting room to try these on."

"You don't want to wait for me?"

"Umm… It's not that far away, I should be fine."

I walk to the fitting room, step into an open one and undress. I have 2 white ones, a black one, a dark green one and a purple one. Trying them on one-by-one I turn around several times with each one to get a good view of how they look on me.

The black is a definite no, even though it says it's my size, more of my b.o.o.bs and b.u.t.t show than are covered. One of the white ones is the same way, the other white one I didn't realize how little there was to the bottom, but the top was made like a bow tie and that's why I picked it. Oh well, no again.

The green one's bra is the most risque of them, being it's a strapless top. It fits well, but I'm afraid if I move quickly in it it will come off. Sadly, no again, even though I thought the color would be great.

The last one is purple. It's really cute with about 3cm of lace trim along the bottom of the bra and along the waist of the bottom. The bottom is cut a little high for what I want, but overall, I think this is going to be the one I choose. I still want to ask Chinatsu's opinion though.

Stepping out, I look around for Chinatsu. I don't see her anywhere. Could she have gone into a fitting room?

"Ch-Chinatsu?" I say apprehensively.

After she replies, "I'm in here." I feel a rush of relief.

"Chinatsu, can you take a look and tell me what do you think? Does it suit me?"

"I'll be out in a second. I'm getting dressed again."

Wow. That was fast. She had far more picked out to try on than I did. A couple of minutes later she steps out and looks me over.

"Oh, wow Nee-chan! That looks fabulous on you. You should get that one."

"That is what I had planned, if you liked it too. I tried others on, but didn't like them for one reason or another. Which one did you pick?"

She holds up a white bikini a lot like the black one I decided not to get.

"Isn't that a little, uh, skimpy?"

"Hardly. I've seen girls our age with far smaller swimsuits. Although, I do have to say I wouldn't wear anything like that, this is about as small as I'm willing to go."

"If you say so. I couldn't wear anything like that. Anyway, let me get changed and we can track down Mom. Be right back."

I head into the fitting room and change back into my clothes. Then pick up all of the swimsuits and step out. We take back the ones we decided not to buy to the rack to hang up and then head off in the direction Mom went in.

"Well, now that we have our swimsuits, when do you want to go to the waterpark at Playland?"

"How about tomorrow after your checkup? As long as you aren't too tired and we have our phones with us it shouldn't be a problem."

"You are coming with me?"

"Of course I am. You should have known that already."

I was hoping she would, but I wouldn't try to force her to if she didn't want to. I'm a lot more at ease when she is with me and that makes everything easier to deal with. When we find Mom, she is idly browsing through some swimsuits.

"Hi Mom, we found our swimsuits, so we're ready when you are."

She looks at us, then the swimsuits we are carrying. "Sora, did Chinatsu pick that out for you?"

"No, I picked it out myself. Chinatsu and I talked a lot last night about how I should be dressing. Why, don't you like it?"

"It's not that, I just wouldn't have thought you would pick out a bikini that's all. A really cute one at that. I think the color is perfect for you too." Mom glances at her watch. "Well it's past lunchtime, so let's check out and go home to eat. I don't know about you girls, but I'm a bit hungry."

"Sounds good to me, I'm hungry too." I tell Mom. Actually, I've been hungry for a little while now. No idea why, I ate plenty at breakfast.

"Great, I'm starved Mom!" Chinatsu tells her.

Mom nods and motions for us to lead the way.

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Back at home, Chinatsu and I are cooking lunch, while Mom supervises. It's another western dish, but one everyone loves. Hamburgers and french fries. Besides, they are quick and easy to make.

"Are you tired Sora?"

"Yes, so I wouldn't mind taking a nap, but I know you want to get the rest of the things I need ordered and I'd like to help choose them."

She seems a little surprised that I want to help pick them out. Since I've decided to be girly, then I should be girly. I have somewhat of an idea of what will look good on me after Mom picked out those clothes for me and I tried them on, but that's just a start. I still have a lot to learn as to what it is to be a girl. What they normally enjoy, what they talk about, and all that. I've barely begun to scratch the surface. Taking all of that into consideration, I think I should be involved in choosing the clothes I'll be wearing.

"I'm happy you want to do that. After all, they are for you. Go ahead and lay down after lunch, I'll wake you up in a little while."

"Sounds good to me. Although, honestly, I'll be glad when I get to where I don't have to take naps because I get so tired."

"You will get there Sora. Your body has been through a lot, so it's just going to take some time. Trying to rush it will only make things worse. Come on, let's sit down and eat."

After eating and cleaning up, Chinatsu heads to the bathroom and I head upstairs to my room to lay down. A few moments after I sat down on my bed, Chinatsu pokes her head in.

"You don't want me to lay down with you?"

I smile and shake my head. "You know that isn't true. I knew you would come up once you finished in the bathroom. You know very well I love snuggling with you as much as you do with me. Plus, I sleep better when you are with me."

Smiling, she steps in, closes the door, walks over to the bed and crawls across me. Pushing me down, she snuggles up against me and, as usual, lays her head on one of my b.o.o.bs. It takes just a few minutes and she is asleep, I drift off soon after.

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[Kon~][Kon~]

"Girls, it's time to get up. Sora, when you are more awake come down and let's start ordering what you need."

"Okay Mom. I'll be down in a few minutes."

I glance at the clock, it's 4 in the afternoon. It wasn't a long nap, but I feel a lot better than I did earlier. While sitting up and stretching, I feel Chinatsu slip her arms around my waist and buries her face in my hair.

"Sornee smells good." She tells me. I must be getting used to her saying things like this, I didn't even blush this time.

"I use the same body wash, shampoo, and conditioner you do."

"I know, but it's different. I don't know how to explain it. You just smell good."

I don't know how it could be different, but I'm glad I smell good, I guess. "Whatever. I'm happy you like how I smell, but let me go. I need to go help Mom order my clothes. Are you going to help?"

"Do you want me to?"

"Do I even have to say? You know I do. You have good taste, so I want your opinion."

"Okay, let's go then." She tells me as she stands up, takes my hand to help me up and we walk down to Dad's office where the computer is.

I won't go into all the details of everything we ordered for me, but suffice it to say the next two hours flew by for me. It wasn't because I just stood there and let the two of them pick everything out for me either. There were colors and styles I didn't much care for and told them so. It wasn't because I thought they were too girly, usually it was quite the opposite or I simply thought it wouldn't look good on me. Surprisingly, more often than not, my opinion decided whether we ordered it or not.

I did manage to convince Mom to allow me to buy a couple of pair of shorts, but what she called shorts I soon found out are called hot pants. If they fit me like they did the girls in the pictures they will be quite snug and very short. We ended up pairing them with some blouses that fell below my b.u.t.t. They aren't quite what I had in mind when I brought the subject up. Nevertheless, I think the result will be quite cute.

Mom also ordered me a couple more dresses, which she called party dresses. One of them is a short, dark green linen wrap dress, which I chose for obvious reasons. The other Mom chose for me. This one is a lavender silk off the shoulder cape dress, which I think I'll look good in too. She also ordered me two more pairs of 7.5cm ankle strap heels to match the dresses. Apparently, all of us will be attending business related parties that Dad has to go fairly often. I'm simply going to say I don't look forward to it and leave it at that.

Other than that, we ordered several more blouses, skirts, dresses, bras and panty sets, and some more shoes for me. I was even allowed some sport shoes to wear (although, I'm still not allowed to wear them until I'm used to walking in heels).

We also placed the order for my school uniform. Of course, I've seen it before. It's a black jumper skirt with suspenders. A white sailor collar blouse with the collar being colored. The color of the collar depends on what year you are in. Green for first year, blue for second year, and red for third year. It also has a bow tie type ribbon that's the same color as your collar. It's a cute uniform. I'm not saying that just because I'm a girl now, I thought the same thing when I was a boy.

Thankfully, we now have everything I need, at least until fall. I ran the total up in my head for this and the other shopping trips and my jaw just about hit the floor. I knew girls clothing was expensive, more so since Mom orders a lot of silk, satin, and linen items, but this was outrageous as far as I was concerned. We spent over ¥603,000 simply for clothing and shoes for me. I'm not even going to take the furniture in my room into account. This is already enough to make my head spin.

I glance at the clock on the wall, it's 6:15 already. Dad should be getting home soon.

"Mom, shouldn't we start dinner? Dad will be back soon won't he?"

"It's fine, I made a cream stew. It's been simmering this whole time, so it should be ready."

I've had her cream stew many times before, simply saying it's delicious is quite an understatement. She usually makes a loaf of homemade bread to go with it. It's one of the things I want her to teach me how to make. I'll leave it to your imagination as to why.

"Before I forget. Sora you have your check up tomorrow morning at 9. Make sure you two are ready by 8, okay?"

"Oh, that also reminds me Mom. Sornee and I want to go to Playland tomorrow after her appointment. Is that alright?"

"If your father says it's okay, then I will too. Just be sure to stay with Sora the whole time and I do mean the whole time. You are not to leave her alone to even go to the restroom." Mom tells Chinatsu, then turns to look at me. "The same goes for you. You are not to leave your sister for any reason. Oh, keep your cell phones with you. I don't want you to leave them in the dressing room."

"Of course. I wouldn't do that after Dad told us to keep them on us at all times."

"Okay, let's set the table for dinner. Your father should be home any minute. You can ask him about Playland after dinner."

We leave the office and go to the dining room to complete preparations for dinner. While we are just finishing setting the table I hear the front door open and close.

"I'm home!" Dad calls out to us. He walks into the dining room with a smile. "Ah, one of my favorites, cream stew and fresh bread."

"Welcome home." The three of us tell Dad.

Mom walks over and kisses Dad on the cheek. Chinatsu and I give him a quick hug. If you can't tell, our family is a little different than you would normally see for a j.a.panese family. Hugs and other small signs of affection are openly given in the house. My parents neither hugged or kissed each other in front me nor did they hug or kiss me once I got into elementary school. That is not to say they didn't love each other or me, it just wasn't done in my house.

"Go ahead and sit down. Dinner is ready."

We eat while telling Dad about our day. When I tell him what I did to the boys at the cell phone store and how they reacted, I thought he would fall off his chair because he was laughing so hard. After he was able to regain his composure, he told me, "Be careful doing that. Some boys will take that as an invitation." and dropped the subject. I'm still not sure what he meant by that. I'll have to remember to ask Chinatsu about it when we are alone.

Dad never really talks in detail about his work I found out. A lot of it is private or sensitive information. Understandable in my opinion.

After we finish dinner and clean up, we move to the living room with Mom and Dad on the couch and Chinatsu and me on a large cushion on the floor.

When we explain what we want to do tomorrow after my appointment, Dad nods his head. "Chinatsu, go get my briefcase please."

Chinatsu says, "Okay." and gets up to go get it. She hands it to him when she returns and sits back down beside me. He sets it on the coffee table, opens it and takes out two small boxes.

"These are for you two." He hands a box to each of us. When we get them open, they contain a pair of very stylish matching watches with each of our names engraved on the back. "Those are to be worn by you two at all times. They are waterproof to 300m, so don't worry about getting them wet. They are a little special, they have trackers built into them as well as a panic b.u.t.ton feature. If you press the upper and lower right side b.u.t.tons for two seconds then press the upper left b.u.t.ton once. It sends out an emergency signal that not only I get, but the police as well. I know this might seem a little paranoid, but I'd rather be safe than sorry here."

I have no idea what to say about it, so I just nod and say "Thank you." It reminds me of when I overheard Mom last night. I want to ask about who this company is and what they want, but I still have the feeling my questions wouldn't be answered. Although, if it's something they think I should know about, I'm sure they will tell me.

"You two can go to Playland tomorrow, just make sure you take your phones and you are not to take off your watches. Chinatsu, if Sora gets overly tired, I don't want you two to try to take the train home. Call me or your mother and we will pick you two up. Alright?"

"Okay Dad. Thank you for letting us go."

"Thank you. I'm really looking forward to tomorrow. I think it will be a lot of fun." I tell them with a smile so big my cheeks hurt a little. Even the thought of them taking blood tomorrow isn't enough to dampen my enthusiasm.