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Ever since Rudo started wearing bra's her cleaners uniform is kinda tight around her chest area. She had no problems with her normal clothes since she wears baggy clothes most of the time so it doesn't really change much for her. Though her cleaners uniform is a different story. She might need to ask August for adjustments...she isn't fully looking forward to that with how loud of a person August is. Not that she has anything against August is just he overwhelms Rudo sometimes. Frankly everyone in the Ground overwhelms Rudo because of how loud they are. She figured it has something to do with their culture because it seems like everyone she meets is loud one way or another. Frankly Rudo is loud too but generally shes soft spoken when she doesn't feel intense emotions.
Right now though shes looking at herself in the mirror in her bathroom because thats the only one she owns and plus she doesn't really like looking at herself all that much so she doesn't feel the need to get another one. She's in her cleaners uniform as she just got back from her mission. She noticed how stretched her uniform is around her chest though it wasn't obvious to anyone else its obvious to Rudo herself. She then changes into her common clothes, her dusty cleaner uniform is now off her body. She sighed as she mentally prepared herself to speak to August.
**okay Rudo just knock on his door and ask for a little adjustments! No need to be nervous! Its just August! Hes nice! A bit loud but hes nice-**
Before Rudo knew it, she was outside August's door. She feels like a pit growing in her stomach with how nervous she was. She could hear the loud music from outside the door. She hesitantly reached out to knock the doors.
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Does he not hear her..? Gee, how loud is that musi-
"WHOS KNOCKING AT MY DOOR YO?!" August practically yelled in Rudo's face. Her eyes widened as she stumbled back and fell on her bum with how unexpected it was.
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A awkward silence fell between them, you could hear August's music blast in the background be somehow louder than before in the silence. They had a stare off before broken by August...who else would it be? Not rudo obviously... (my goat is very polite okay😒)
"YO RUDO MY MAN!! WHATS UP???" August yelled as he stared at Rudo who was on the floor because he scared the living daylights out of her.
".....uhm..can I ask for adjustments on my uniform..?" Rudo asked timidly as she got off the floor and back onto her feet, her cheeks already tinted red due to the embarrassment of asking and the embarrassment of falling on her ass.
"OH?! YOU ALREADY GROWING MY MAN?? SURE!! COME IN AND LET ME MAKE ADJUSTMENTS YO!!" August practically screamed as he stepped back into his room expecting Rudo to follow.
Rudo sighed as she mentally prepared for ringing in her ears after shes done with this. She hesitantly steps into the messy room.
There was fabric everywhere piled into corners of August's room. There was papers of various sketches and such on the floor, the walls and his work table. Crumbled paper of designs or discarded fabrics piled up in his rubbish bin to the point it was overflowing. Rudo tried her best not to step on anything in here because, One she felt bad for the objects and two, she doesn't know if its important for August and she would rather not find out how much louder August can be when scolding someone.
"ALRIGHT WHERE DO YOU NEED ADJUSTMENTS LITTLE MAN?!" August yelled despite Rudo being fairly close distance where he could have speak normally. But its August what can you expect?
Rudo winced at the volume but complied anyway
"..uhm my chest area..Its kinda tight and its a bit uncomfortable.." Rudo mumbled out, his cheeks and ears tinting red because oh my god how embarrassing she felt right now...if her boobs weren't a thing this could have all been avoided...
"OKAYY!! LET ME TAKE MEASUREMENTS!! STRIP OFF YOUR SHIRT FOR ME DUDE!!" August yelled as he grabbed his measuring tape in the pile of fabric in some corner of his room.
"...right..okay.." Rudo answered after a while as she did exactly what August asked.
August paused as he noticed what Rudo is wearing on his (her?) chest but then shruged it off like it wasn't a big deal as he continued doing the measurements.
"ALRIGHT ALL DONE RUDO MY GAL!! PROBABLY WOULD BE DONE WITH THE ADJUSTMENTS IN A FEW WEEKS OR SO!! OR NOT!!"
Rudo nodded as she handed her uniform to him, it takes a bit for her to process that August called her a "gal" ah..she supposed it was kind of obvious now that shes wearing a bra..but its kind of embarrassing.. her cheeks and ears already tinting red again out of embarrassment.
She supposed she should head back to her room now that she had done what she needed to do.
Time passes as she asked for an adjustment for her uniform, she wears her normal clothes to the job for now, she has her treasured blue hoodie, the first peice of clothing she had ever gotten on the ground, she treasures it alot.
Currently shes in some unknown town with the rest of team Akuta, it was right after a job and Semiu had asked them to get a few supplies. So the team split up to get the items faster. Rudo was grouped up with Zanka and Riyo, they had already gotten most of the items on the list, Zanka had let the others know on what they bought using his choker so that the others won't buy the same things.
Then something caught Rudo's eye, it was a skirt.. but she had never seen anything like it. It got her captivated. It was an asymmetrical skirt features a layered patchwork design with multiple plaid patterns. It was 50% off too..it seems like the shop was having a huge sale discount
"You want it girl?"
Riyo asked Rudo with a cheeky yet excited smile as she nudged Rudo's side with her elbow. Rudo flushed as she tried to stammer out an excuse but Riyo did not let her finish, as she pushed Rudo into the store against her will.
"Zanka!! Ill be back real quick!! Little Rudo here wants something!!" Riyo called out as she pushed Rudo into the shop who was trying to fight her way out of Riyo's grip yet not seriously struggling despite her obvious complaints.
"Wha-?! Hey!! Riyo!! Dont get off track!!" Zanka yelled following them inside.
Zanka looked around, the place was full of stuff that would be considered "girly" he doesn't get why Rudo out of all people would want to buy something here. Unless Rudo is buying a gift for someone, its not uncommon for him to gift people things he made or bought or perhaps Riyo is using Rudo as a cover up to buy on what she wants.. Zanka sighed and hoped it was the first option. The abrupt change of plans threw Zanka off of balance and he had lost sight of both Riyo and Rudo
Rudo and Riyo had gone deeper in the shop, because Zanka genuinely could not find them anywhere...this shop felt like a maze! How big was this god damn shop?!
"Rudo!! You look adorable!! You might wanna grow your hair out a little bit you know??" Zanka heard Riyo from not so far away, he turned around expecting to find Riyo in one of the outfits in the shop but to his surprise, it was Rudo in a skirt. He was red as a tomato..did Riyo set him up for this? She probably did..
Zanka has no words honestly, it was kind of funny seeing the brat be so embarrassed but he could see that Rudo looked like he enjoyed wearing it too. Its kind of weird but Zanka is not one to judge clothing styles. He doesn't care if the kid wears a dress, Rudo is still a snot nosed brat to him.
"You should totally get it! Its not like we're spending our money anyway!" Riyo said with a giggle temping Rudo to want to buy the skirt even more.
In the end they walked out of the store with that skirt Rudo tried out and a few items that Riyo picked out, and since they had kind of completed the list they needed to buy, this was a treat to them!
Zanka sighed as he watched Riyo happily skipped along, whatever she bought sure made her happy. Zanka noticed Rudo looked somewhat pleased with himself too. Huh. He must really liked that skirt.
Riyo giggles to herself as she noticed that Zanka doesn't notice the obvious signs that Rudo was a girl. How fun! She gets to tease him relentlessly when he finds out!! She honestly expected Zanka to at least question Rudo or something or perhaps think Rudo is trans, which to be fair is quite a reasonable theory. But she does suppose that clothes don't indicate gender, maybe thats why Zanka isnt questioning Rudo.
Soon enough they saw the others waiting for them in the car. They must have made them wait for a bit if all of them were here already..
"Did you had fun shopping?" Gris asked as he spotted the bags Riyo was holding. He was a bit surprised that Rudo had a bag too from the same brand. But he figured Riyo probably made him carry one of her bags or perhaps Rudo bought something for someone.
"Obviously!! I bought sick ass clothes!! And accessories!!" Riyo flaunted with a cheeky smirk as she showed off on what she bought.
"Rudo? Did you buy something too?" Follo asked appearing almost out of nowhere. Rudo humed in response, gripping the bag close to her.
"You know its kinda abnormal for you to buy something other than candy" Follo joked, Rudo huffed because yes that was true but she couldn't turn down the skirt she saw. Besides she has her own candy money..so she didn't need to use the money Semiu gave them.
"What did you buy Rudo?" Follo asked as he peered into the bag. Rudo pulled the bag close to herself glaring at Follo for even thinking on peaking. Though it didn't last for long since Rudo lowered the bag and let Follo look inside.
"Skirt i saw." Rudo mumbled as she watched Follo's reaction. Follo brought his head up to look at Rudo and with the most straightest face ever he asked, "Are you trans?"
There was an awkward silence, Rudo was bewildered because does she look trans?? But she cant deny that she doesn't mind being a boy either. Actually she feels like she wouldn't mind being any gender, she would still be Rudo either way. Nothing would change about her.
"...I dont mind being any gender honestly, im still Rudo in the end of the day. But im biologicaly a girl." Rudo answered after a long silence, Follo nodded seemingly taking it all in.
"So your kind of Genderfluid???" Follo asked her, Rudo tilted her head in confusion at the unfamiliar word.
"Whats that mean?" Rudo asked, the word is new to him, probably a Ground thing since he never heard it before up in the Sphere.
"Oh! It means someone who fluctuates between genders! Like uh one day they want to be a girl, and then the next their a boy, and then next week their neither! You know?" Follo tried to explain to the best of his abilities, Rudo nodded taking the information in. Huh..people can do that? Thats kind cool..
"Thats cool.." Rudo mumbled loud enough to be heard by Follo who was next to him. "I dunno actually, I dont mind being any gender but I also dont really do labels like that." Rudo said with a shrug.
Follo nodded in acceptance at Rudo's words. "Well lets get going before everyone leaves us!" Follo said, with a chuckle as he ruffled Rudo's hair playfully before dashing to the car. Rudo tried to slap Follo's hand away but Follo fled before she could hit him. She hurriedly caught up with the rest, climbed into the backseat as always, squished next to Zanka and the door. Rudo could feel familiar hands fondly raking through her hair, She quickly relaxed under Riyo's touch.
The ride to HQ was chaotic, Every now and then the car would go flying and Rudo's head would hit the roof of the car, she swears to god she is lucky she doesn't have a concession..
When they reached HQ, the moment Rudo stepped through the front door of HQ, Rudo saw August talking with Semiu, August took notice of Rudo and perked up.
"RUDO!! YOUR UNIFORM IS FINISHED!!!" August basically yelled as he shoved the folded uniform in Rudo's arms.
Rudo staggered back slightly with how forceful and sudden the action was.
"Thanks.." Rudo squeaked out.
"Oh! You got adjustments on your uniform kid?" Enjin asked as he ruffled Rudo's hair
"Got a bit tight." Rudo answered as he ducked slightly from the head pat, but didn't fully pull away.
"Great that means your gaining the weight you need! Your practically like skin and bones when you came down here" Enjin said with that playful smirk.
Rudo let out a incoherent annoyed mumble in response as she made her way to her room