L*ck Me If You Can

The room was still. So quiet, in fact, that Koi feared he might hear the faint drip of medication from Ashley’s IV. The silence stretched so long that even his own breathing felt too loud. He sat motionless, staring down at Ashley.

In his mind, the secretary’s words wouldn’t stop echoing.

Why are you unaffected?

You’re still a beta. No signs of secondary gender manifestation at all.

Maybe you don’t actually like Ashley Miller.

That’s not true.

Tears welled up in Koi’s eyes again. What do you know? What could you possibly know?

That’s why your body is rejecting it—because you don’t really want Ashley Miller.

No. That’s not it.

Ashley Miller is the only one who’s ever liked you.

That’s not why. I like Ash.

I really do—because he’s Ashley.