Private Make me a real boy

Leo had a lot of time to consider his decision between his classes, listening to the other students talk as he often did. His entire life had served to reinforce one certainty: That he was in some way lesser to humanity, and despite his assertion that he hadn’t been conditioned in the same way his more...servile siblings had been, deep down he knew he believed it too. It wasn’t true, the academy’s therapist has been working hard to assure him, but the thought was always at the back of his mind.

So once he’d caught wind of a student who could potentially grant him a wish he couldn’t shake this idea. That maybe it was worth experiencing what he was missing. Maybe he could see if there was any truth to what he’d been taught to believe.

He’d seen Malicia in passing a few times during his remedial education, though once he was moved into 10 grade he encountered her significantly less. Once the school day had ended and most students were leaving their classes for the dorms or to the city, he set out to go find her. At least her appearance was distinctive enough to make the search easy.

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It might have taken her a moment given Leo's usually effort to blend into the background and look unassuming as possible, but the way he flinched a little at her sudden looking around gave him away.

"Uh...good afternoon," He started, unable to hide his own nerves. "You're Malicia, right? I was hoping to talk to you."

Evidently, despite them both being similar in size it was hard for him to not be at least a little intimidated by the red spikey girl in front of him. He managed to avoid shrinking back, however.

"Yeah, we had a couple of classes together." He buried his hands in his pockets, before deciding to be blunt. "I uh, I heard about how you can make deals with people. I wanted to talk to you about one."

"I'm not looking for something permanent." He said quickly. He definitely wasn't planning on committing to anything here, this was just to dip his feet for a while.

"I..." He glances around them a little, making sure they were largely out of earshot of everyone else, before slipping his hat off his head, cat ears twitching as he took a deep breath. "I want to be turned into a human. For a little while, just for today maybe."

That had him looking worried, he rubbed the sleeve of his jacket as his lips pulled into a small frown.

"...How, uh...how expensive, exactly?" He asked, clearly bracing himself for the worst.