A few days after becoming a waitress, one morning, she felt something strange in her lower body. Then, a shocking event happened.
"Ngigigigigi?!"
Stomach pain. Anyway, my lower body started to hurt. Deep inside my stomach. The pain was in a different place from my intestines. A place that was slightly higher than the place when I was a child was very sore. The sore spot was throbbing with so much heat that I could feel it throbbing.
"It hurts!"
Sticky
Feeling the moisture on her lower body, she pushed the mattress aside with her foot. The mattress was completely red. Shocked by the amount of blood that came out, her blood went cold and her body temperature dropped.
"What? There's no way... Blood?!"
I wondered if I had a disease, but blood was overflowing from my lower body. The amount was so large that it scared me. Blood came out as if I had been stabbed. Black and red liquid.
"Nefia!!! It's already morning!!! Wake up!"
"Elmia..."
"Ahh... that."
"What should I do?! I'm sick... I've lost so much blood and I feel sick... I'm in pain... I'm scared."
"...huh, chuckle."
"Wh, why are you laughing?! Ahh... I feel dizzy."
Holding his head, he glared at Elmia. She laughed while covering her mouth. Though this was not the time for that.
"Well, you know, Nefia-chan."
"What? Please introduce me to the doctor as soon as possible..."
"This is a physiological phenomenon."
"Physiological phenomenon?"
"Don't worry, you won't die. I'll provide bathing and sanitary products. You really are a woman, aren't you?"
"Even now!! Repeatedly with a man!! Ahh... I get dizzy when I scream."
"That's not convincing at all. I mean, Nefia-chan... too heavy!"
"Heavy
?"
What exactly does heavy mean?
"Come on, clean yourself up in the bathroom. I'll explain."
*
She took the trouble to heat the water just for me. I washed the bloody lower half of my body. A hole appeared in my crotch where something used to be, and it seemed like blood was coming out of there. After I came out, Elmia prepared an object like a belt and cloth, which I put on. It seemed to be something to cover the hole. It was apparently called a "bloodstained object."
"Then, please come to my room."
I went to the room as instructed. When I got there, there was a black board prepared for me. It had the word "physiological phenomenon" written on it.
"What's that?"
"A blackboard. A wonderful tool for communication. Have you ever seen one?"
"No."
"You can write letters like this and then erase them quickly."
"Wow!! Amazing!!"
I was amazed at the wonderful way of communicating information. The dizziness had subsided thanks to the medicine I was given. I opened my mouth wide to express my surprise.
"Fufu, right? It wasn't around in the old days."
Erase the words "physiological phenomenon."
"Now let me teach you about the female body."
"Ehhh... I don't need it."
"And blood is spurting out again... wouldn't it be bad if you didn't know the cause? Bleeding without knowing the cause."
"...…surely"
It's kind of creepy. I feel relieved because they told me I won't die.
"So, this is for women."
An inverted triangle is drawn on the board.
"It's on a man's lower body. Do you know what it is?"
"The medal of a man... I no longer have it..."
"Oh, you have no knowledge?! You don't know how to have a baby?"
"A big belly? Eggs?"
The stories and books I had read said that they were born by storks or from eggs.
"Well, um, what should I do...? Let me start by explaining this picture."
Draw circles and sticks on the pictures. Write words as well.
"These are the ovaries, this is the uterus, and this is the vagina. These are the parts that are in your body right now."
"There is. Hmm."
"Men don't have them, but women do. And the ovaries are where the eggs are made. The uterus is where the baby is made and raised. The vagina is where the man is received. They're here."
Elmia touched her stomach. She was surprised to find such a thing inside her. And it made her sad. It was something that should belong to a woman, and should not belong to a man.
"I'm sorry, but... what does blood have to do with this?"
"Nefia-chan, the womb is a bed that is like a water bag and holds newborn babies. The womb uses blood instead of water. And if you keep using it, it will get old, right? That's why you have to throw it away to make a new bed."
"Hmm... I see, wow... wow..."
I realized. That was quite a shock. I never thought that there was something inside my stomach that could carry a child. And then I asked the forbidden question.
"Maybe I'll have a child?"
"Of course. Menstruation is the act of preparing to become pregnant at any time. It is a characteristic of an adult woman who can become pregnant."
"Ah, ahh... ah..."
I knelt down and put my hands on the floor. I was completely devastated at being called a woman. I learned the fear of getting pregnant. It seemed that if I did what I saw in Elmia's dream, it would happen naturally.
"My period happens once a month. I just have to accept it for the rest of my life. My body."
"Once a month... this is... the rest of my life."
"Your symptoms are very severe, so it must be hard for you. Some people are fine."
I felt like I'd been dealt a crushing blow. I hated that this had to happen every month.
"So I have to explain this to Tokiya-dono and make him understand that there will be days when I don't feel well."
"No... I don't want him to know..."
I wanted to avoid having my pride crushed.
"Ahhh... I hate having this in my stomach..."
"Well, that's what I'm saying right now, but I'd be happy if I could."
"Of course!! I won't make it!!! Absolutely never!!! I won't make it!!"
I will definitely go back to being a man before I got pregnant.