“Now or never,” she said.
She entered the house. In the hall there were two extra pairs of shoes. A clear sign that her parents were back home.
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“Ciao!” she heard her parents from the living room. They must have been resting after the trip.
Giovanna went to the room. Her mother was sitting on a plush chair by the coffee table and drinking bck tea. And her father was lying down on a sofa and reading a newspaper.
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Giovanna felt she needed to do something about her secret. She really wanted to admit to her parents that she was transgender. Now that she knew that they were going to stay in Oftenhides for a whole week she found it the perfect occasion. But she still didn’t know how to do it. Or how they would react. But it seemed she had to do it sooner or ter.
Suddenly Giovanna came up with an idea. What if she had someone to help her with the talk? Someone to help her understand what her parents think about the topic? And she knew exactly who that should be.
“I have to visit Ursu tomorrow,” Giovanna thought.
Angelo went on a short walk around Oftenhides. He really needed to talk to someone about what he should do about Lord Alfred’s request. He felt that he didn’t want to do it, but what else could he do about it?
He wanted to talk to the one person he loved, Giovanna. But unfortunately she wasn’t home. And there was no way he would talk to her parents about the hierarchical issues of the cait sith society.
Instead Angelo decided to talk to someone who would for sure be at home at this hour. So he took a tram from Giovanna’s home and went south. Ursu for sure was home. She had no pns to meet with her friends nor to go manga shopping. Maybe she could help him make the decision somehow.
Ursu was sitting in her room by her computer and pying Dread and Starvation. She was nearing the end of a difficult run. Her party has just saved The Lost Knight, but their health bars were almost empty. It was not the time to go into the Underdungeon. Ursu was simply sprinting back to the entrance. With the st bits of strength remaining in her party Ursu left the dungeon and walked to the city. She has seen this ending multiple times, but every time she got any ending in which she managed to save The Lost Knight and not die she felt nice. And any run where she finished with just a scrap of health felt better than one where she finished with full bars.
“That was a nice run,” she thought. “What time is it… Six… Maybe I could do one more run?”
But before she could start she heard a doorbell.
Ursu went out of the room to see who came to her home. Her mom was already at the door.
“Oh, Angelo! Hello, come in!”
“Good morning Ms. Dickens,” said Angelo. “Is Ursu home?”
“Yes, she should be in her room.”
“Yo, Angelo!” said Ursu from her room.
Angelo looked into the home and noticed his friend leaning from behind the door frame.
“Oh, hi, Ursu! I was looking for you,” Angelo said. “I want to discuss something with you.”
“Why don’t you come in then?” said Ms. Dickens. “I could make some tea for you.”
“Yeah, why not?” said Angelo.
He went inside, took his shoes and jacket off and walked to Ursu’s room. He sat on her bed and looked around. He saw that Ursu’s computer was turned on and her favourite game was running.
“Dread and Starvation? How’s it going tely?” he asked Ursu.
“Fairly good, but I have not visited the Underdungeon in quite some time,” said Ursu.
“I’ll make tea and bring it to you,” said Ms. Dickens.
Ursu entered her room, closed the door and sat in her chair with her legs wrapped around the backrest.
“So you said that you wanted to talk with me about something,” said Ursu.
“Yes, that’s true,” said Angelo.
Ursu thought for a second.
“And it must be something important, but difficult since you do not want to talk through the phone.”
“Well… You’ve got me there.”