Lydia missed the days where she was carefree and imaginative. She'd been recently diagnosed with depression and anxiety and life felt overwhelming to her. She also wasn't very pretty or popular, and was overweight, and her dream was to be cute and magical.
She had heard news reports about the virus having spread across the world, but she was skeptical. A virus that could make you into an anime character? If only.
One day Lydia was walking home from school, as usual, when she felt a strange sensation overcome her. Her eyes began to sting.
"What the hell?"
She rushed home, stumbling into the bathroom and threw cold water on her eyes. When she looked in the mirror to see if there was any redness, she was startled. Her eyes had become larger, bluer, wider, and cuter. She also began to notice a slight bubble-gum pink pigment in her dirty-blonde hair.
"What's going on? Is this the virus? Is it real?" she panicked.
And that's when she heard it. Her voice was getting softer, higher in pitch, and cuter. Her nose also was beginning to shrink a bit, but still kept its cute button nose shape. Then there was an aching in her jaw as her face became younger, but still feminine, keeping the chubbiness of her cheeks. Her eyelashes became longer and slightly thicker, giving her a more innocent look. Her lips were also getting slightly smaller.
Then she felt her boobs shrinking until her roughly C cups had shrunk down to a size A. Her body also thinned out, but still kept a cute mound of flesh on the stomach to give her some cute pudginess.
Then she felt lightheaded and charged to her room. The second she closed the door, Lydia passed out.