FE Trans Week Day 1: Firsts, Euphoria, Modern AU

Yunaka gets taken to do some clothes shopping by Goldmary. The first sight of herself in a dress has a major impact on her.

Author's note: I kind of did this hastily on the night of Day 1, so I didn't actually write a lot of story. And I didn't really write much the rest of the week, either. Here's the AU worldbuilding I did for the story before settling in to writing:

Modern AU: Yunaka getting taken shopping by Goldmary and putting on a dress for the first time and crying

Yunaka had chosen a feminine name as a pseudonym when she was working as a hacker

She'd destroy people's lives (financially) and people would respond to her as if she were a woman, and she found that she loved that

It was Alear who turned her over to the right side of things; she was getting ready to scam Alear with a sob story under the name Yunaka, and Alear responded with such genuine love and compassion that she couldn't do it anymore

It was Alear who helped protect the girl who would be Yunaka long enough for them to, together, shut down the hacker group she had worked with before they destroyed her too

Now Yunaka's part of the chat group of Alear's friends, and she's come clean with the group about her gender... or so she thinks.

Goldmary sees an opportunity to create a new worshipper and decides to take Yunaka shopping and let her wear dresses and so on for the first time. Referring to her as Yunaka she/her despite Yunaka's revelation and seeing Yunaka's delight at someone who knows her and how she looks and still calls her that

"It's nice to have a girlfriend who's into this, you know?" Goldmary sits outside the dressing room, checking her makeup in a hand mirror. "I mean, Etie's sweet, but she'd rather be at the gym than the mall. And like, I get it, but also, the gym's only going to do so much for you cutie, you really need to work on getting a bigger wardrobe. Or at least a different one."

There's no verbal response from the dressing room. Just soft hitches of breath.

"Are you crying in there by yourself?" Goldmary asks, incredulous. "Oh my God."

"Sorry," Yunaka mumbles, a small sniffle escaping. "I know you're used to me being all... not like this. I'm fine. Everything's zappy, haha!"

"I'm not mad at you, Yunaka. Let me in. Let me see!"

There's a long, considering silence, then the sound of the bolt sliding over. Goldmary reaches for the handle, turning it and stepping into the small cubicle.

"What are you crying about? You're gorgeous."

The words make Yunaka go from weeping to sobbing. "I-... I..."

"I mean, yeah, you're not gonna be able to pull off the big boob stuff until later, but like, who cares." Goldmary puts her hands on her hips. "I picked you a good set that's fitting for your current... eh... size."

"I know," Yunaka whimpers. "You did. You really did... I... I've never... been happy about looking into a mirror before. But this... I... I don't even know what to... I've always hated myself so much, but- I-"

Goldmary hushes Yunaka with a single finger to her lips. "You can thank me later. Just enjoy it now."

The ridiculousness of Goldmary's self-centeredness makes Yunaka laugh through the tears. "You're really weird, Goldmary..."

"No. What I am is not weird, which I agree makes me stand out among the rest of you freaks." Goldmary winks. "(Affectionate.)"