Rain
Comic 1127 - This Time
Author Notes:
But there's a lot to talk about regarding these two. Firstly, it was up in the air regarding whether or not Drew would even attend prom. He was worried about how things would look to his classmates if he showed up to prom with another boy, tux and all, and the chance of Ky being in boy mode tonight was always a possibility. All that said, of course he was going to attend. This is getting a little meta, but the whole point of this chapter is that I wanted everyone there. So, just as Ky describes, they assumed they were in girl mode and figured it couldn't hurt to invite Drew after all at this point.
Of course, now we see Ky in a dress and deeply regretting it. It's been mentioned repeatedly throughout the story - and especially leading up to prom - that Ky has no control over their gender and how feels most correct to them at any given time. It's not something they can just predict. Therefore, this was almost an inevitability. If Ky had arrived in a tux tonight, there was always the chance they'd feel wrong with that too. So, what now? I'll say as much as that I promise this chapter won't be just Ky suffering the whole time. Nobody wants that for them. But I can't go into any further detail just yet. Please bear with me for now and read on.
As per usual, regarding outfits:
Drew's tux is probably one of the most standard. Black suit. White shirt. Only color being his tie, which I like to think he didn't pick out. There was never a scene planned for this or anything, but I always imagined that behind the scenes, his mother probably tried to insist on a wholly pink tux for him 'cause it makes him look like "such a sweet gentleman". Drew though, would just worry about how that looks to the other guys (as he does) and he goes for the plainest black tux he could find. The pink tie remains as probably a bit of a compromise between them. In hindsight, that probably should've been a scene; that sounds cute.
Ky's dress changed a lot, and was probably the one most recently still seeing changes. Even as far as their silhouette on the chapter cover not quite matching up with what they're wearing right now. Some earlier designs were just a bit too similar to other dresses worn this chapter. But I wanted Ky's dress to stand out, as though excitedly picked out as something they were really looking forward to wearing at one point...
Anyway, there's a lot to notice from looking at the other characters too, as we start seeing the first signs of a bit of drama this time (while still trying to keep it a little lighthearted). So where will things go from here?
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Is this the first time Ana and Ky have met?
Yeah, Holly's seen Ky a few times now, in fact, but I guess that hasn't clicked.
Ana has not met Ky yet to my memory. She might know they're a friend to the rest of the group, but she just learned about that fluidity right now.
This Ruby (me***) would not look so good in such a dress style since I cannot do open shoulders without looking hideous. Gotta have sleeves that cover my shoulders and at least upper arms, Sigh. I have to buy a nice dress to wear to a fancy awards presentation ceremony I'm attending in Hollywood California in a couple weeks and not having much luck findingbthe right dress, everything that really looks good on me in every other way, fitting well around my bust, waistline, and hips/thighs/butt to accentuate my curves really nicely.....unfortunately also exposes too much shoulder which completely ruins everything. I'd like to find something in green too, since the ceremony is being held on St. Patrick's Day.
(*** my birth middlename was Rudy so I blatantly stole Ruby as my new firstname and Ruth is my middlename. I've already completed legal name change too)
1] Drew's friends: "Drew is confirmed gey" and are jerks to him until they die.
2] Drew gets hit on by more people than just Ruby!Rudy
3] Reality ensues - Ky and Drew don't have matching or close clothing sizes.
BOOM
Boy mode.
Sometimes it happens like that.
Dig this scenario: Rudy and Ky do swap outfits just in time before some other teachers or school officials show up unexpectedly for some strange reason, and they do a quick scan over the guest list and spot check a few names. Calling out "Ryan Flaherty", Ky in a tux raises hand and pretends to be Ryan for a bit until they've checked a couple more students and leave satisfied
Working out great. I hope it doesn't wear on her.
Felt really bad, but we all backed out and said we couldn’t make it that day. Wasn’t gonna risk outing them, and we were not going to put ourselves back undercover.