Today was not going well for me. I got my math test back and flunked, I forgot my wallet and had to go ask mom (a teacher at the school) for lunch money, and on my walk back home a big guy bumped into me so I dropped my phone onto the street which got crunched by a car. On one hand the phone was insured so when mom got back they could get another one, but I got a giant earful from mom.
"...John seriously you are 18! You need to be more responsible!" mom said as she continued to berate me.
I complained "It's just one bad day... We all have our off days."
Mother just sighed and said "I don't even have time for this... I need to get dinner started, papers graded... I can't always be bailing you out now."
"I know that, I'm trying! Why don't I look after little Nami tonight? Take something off your plate."
Mom was nibbling on her lip a little bit then said "Fine, she complains to me though and you're in hot water young man."
About ten minutes later the doorbell rang and I got it while Mom was busy in the kitchen. Opening the door was Ms. Yami and little Nami. Ms. Yami and mom and been friends for a long time so when Ms. Yami's husband kind of abandoned them mom agreed to help take care of Nami. Especially as her Nami's older sister Yuri was too busy studying and doing her extracurriculars...
I said "Hello Ms. Yami, how are you two doing today?"
Little Nami excitedly said "Great! We're doing our multiplication tables now an-"
Ms. Yami patted Nami's head and said "Now now, you'll have time to tell them in a bit." Nami groaned a little then Ms. Yami continued "Going to be under crunch time tonight. Would it be too much if I asked if she stayed the night?"
I said "Don't worry, we're all like one big family." Ms. Yami handed me a bag and then thanked me before leaving.
Nami and I setup in the living room as we both started doing our homework. About on hour later of me struggling and assisting Nami when I could we decided to take a break as Mom called us into the dining room for diner. It was a quiet dinner mostly... Mom was exhausted, Nami was just busy eating, I wasn't interested in talking right now, and my older sister Haley was... a little weird right now and just took her dinner to her room. When I finished I excused myself to go finish my homework... It was hard but I managed to get it finished before Mom or Nami finished dinner... definitely got some wrong, but I think I'd feel bad if I just ignored Nami while doing my homework.
Nami came walking in and asked "Mr. Mavis? Can I play some of those games with you now?"
I thought about it and said "I'll need to get set up. Can you clean up for me while I get ready?" Nami excitedly nodded. The faster she cleaned up the faster she probably would get to play a game. Meanwhile I got my Wintendo console ready, put my dirty clothes away in the hamper, and generally stuffed messes away in the closest or behind my bed... After a quick double check there didn't seem to be much obvious. I opened my door to grab Nami to find that she was outside just finishing putting our stuff outside. "Let me help get everything inside."
Nami nodded and said "Thanks John." After bringing everything in the two of us played a kid friendly co-op game for awhile. At some point I checked the clock and it was 10:00 p.m. Man time flies and it's probably past Nami's bed time by an hour... Could be worse.
I yawned and said "I think this is a good stopping point. It's time for bed anyways."
Nami said "No! Let's keep playing!" acting a little bratty for once.
I said "This was the highlight of the day, but we need to get ready for bed."
"Easy for you to say! You get to play video games all the time!"
"Come on Nami, We need to go to sleep. If we wake up early enough maybe we can continue before scho-" Nami still looked upset with a red face, but she seemed quiet. "... Nami, do you want to talk about something?"
"...its not fair..." she squeaked out
"what isn't?"
"you all get to make the rules... get the most food... get to play all the games you want..." I chuckled a little "What? What's so funny Meanie?!"
"It must seem so simple to you but it really isn-"
"Yes it is! You get to make all the rules!"
"Well we do most of the wo-"
"I do work too!"
A third more ominous voice said "Ah, this is looking like a neat jealousy wish. I bet you wish you were in John's roll aren't you Nami?"
Nami looked around and said "Yeah, that would be amazing!"
I looked around for the voice and kind of saw an ethereal somewhat feminine form and asked "Who are you and how do you know our names?"
The voice said "Just a mystical being looking for... Shall we say entertainment. I have one bet going already, but hey how about two? Nami wants more power, and John looks like you want a break of sorts. How about I switch you two around a little?"
I said "I'd rather not have her messing up my life... thank you very much..."
Nami said "No I wouldn't! I'd be the best you ever!"
the voice said "Here's the deal. I don't swap your bodies. I'll swap your roles. John gets to be the youngest daughter of the Yami family, and oh let's say Nami gets to be the youngest daughter of the Mavis family? You'll gain and lose knowledge, skills, and some memories temporarily to fit your roles... and I'll switch you back only when both of you truly want to switch back. Deal?"
Nami said "Yes!"
I was about to ask why I was the only one changing gender here, but the voice said "It's a deal then." and suddenly I felt reality crush into me all of a sudden. I looked back to where that Ethereal thing was, but couldn't see anything. I then looked at myself and... I knew that this wasn't right, but being in this tiny adorable body cloaked in a cute pink dress felt right.
I looked over to Nami and saw a teenage girl with short hair lounging around in shorts and a tank top who said "Alright then Jane, let's continue. You do worse than me and you'll have to tell me any crushes you have!"
I blushed a bit and said "Ah! Wait! I need to get my controller again!" and I rushed to get to it as Nami continued on gaining more and more points.