The Body Swap (Completed ✔️)

7 // "We'll Get What We Want, Whether You Like It Or Not"

7.

It's been four days since his and Blessing's massive bust up and Nathan gazes down at Blessing's screen wearingly wondering what he should do. This wouldn't be the first time he's burned her but the first time was unintentional. Wriggling the neck back and forth, Nathan blows out a sigh, confusion and uncertainty writhing through the veins as he wonders whether this is a good idea. Luckily enough, Blessing had a good body so it wasn't hard for Nathan to find good lighting and the perfect angles. Now the pictures are sitting snugly in Blessing's camera roll ready to be uploaded -or deleted.

There's a sharp knock on the door startling Nathan. Before he can respond, the door opens and Lana pokes her head through before giving him a bright smile,

"You've been kind of quiet these last couple of days," Lana points out, opening the door wider. Nathan shrugs the shoulders before patting the empty side beside her on the bed. Bouncing to his side, Lana crosses her legs and places her hands on her knees. Out of all of Blessing's friends, Nathan finds Lana's presence most agreeable and quite enjoys their simple chats. Whenever it veers towards any deeper topics, Nathan swiftly changes the subject or makes an excuse to leave. He's now seeing things from Lana's perspective and it makes him uncomfortable to think his new best friend could've committed such a heinous act,

"I've just got a lot of things on my mind," Nathan answers locking the phone and placing it beneath the bum. Both of them attempt to make small talk but its strained and uncomfortable. After a couple of minutes, Nathan proclaims he's going to the gym which is cue for Lana to leave who does so reluctantly,

"Oh, just wanted to let you know, you-know-them-lot are back on campus," Lana says before shutting the door behind her. Furrowing the brow, Nathan wonders who she's talking about but chooses to ignore it. He quickly changes into Blessing's gym clothes and packs a bag before heading out into the sharp night air. The sky is clear and the stars are twinkling down on them and he realises he hasn't spoked to his mother in quite a while and hasn't been praying as religiously as before. It's so difficult to do so when Blessing's friends are always wanting his company and when her timetable just seems to fill up her entire day. The thought of Blessing stuffing pork down his precious beautiful body makes him nauseous.

In the distance, a group of hooded boys are sauntering loudly towards him, taking up the entire path which puts Nathan on edge. He doesn't want to appear as if he's intimidated, not because he's a female and worried about any altercations but because he's a male and doesn't want to appear like less of the alpha male he knows he is. However, it is rather hard when he realises that Blessing's height is making it a bit hard to assert himself as some form of an alpha male.

Raising the chin slightly, Nathan straightens his shoulders and begins walking with an air of superiority which is quickly diminished when the boys edge nearer and begin hollering at him. They call out Blessing's name rather excitedly and ferociously before whistling that she looks sexy in her gym gear. Darting the eyes back and forth, Nathan realises he can't turn off into a corner and turning around would most likely motivate them to continue yelling at him.

He draws nearer to the group of guys and pretends to ignore them but is blocked by two of them. In a loud voice that he can muster, he says excuse me but they simply laugh before asking how she is. There's five of them and they've now surrounded him,

"A little birdie has told me that you've blocked all of us and we're quite upset about that," one of the boys says stepping into Nathan's space but he can't move back. The last thing he wants to show is that he's intimidated or scared by their presence. He can barely hear the boys jeering at him over the lack of communication between them over the thundering heart beating inside the chest.

Blowing out a sigh, Nathan shoves past the two boys and they groan apparently upset but he power walks quickly away, the heat rising in the neck,

"Aye Blessing, remember we'll get what we want, whether you like it or not," one of the boys yell as he breaks into a small jog. He can feel their eyes burning into the back of the head and he gratefully throws himself into the light of the gym; grateful to be out of the foreboding night. Usually the gym calms him down but he can't remove what the boys said out of his brain.

At some point he gazes down at Blessing's trainers and realises that he has a vagina and a small lump forms in his throat. He can't let that happen to himself. He won't let that happen to himself. Now he realises why it's so important to keep the drinks in sight, call when you've reached the destination, not roam around at night, especially alone, to lie to boys about your actual name, be wary about going back to their place....

Closing the eyes, a memory pulsates in his brain and brings the hands onto the hips,

"Did you manage to show Lana a good time?" He asks in the morning while he's making breakfast for both him and Sam. Sam nods his head cautiously before shrugging his shoulders after,

"I guess she enjoyed it. You look like a guy who knows what he's doing," Nathan continues probing as he cracks some eggs into the hot sizzling pan. Again Sam simply shrugs his shoulders,

"Well I got what I wanted.... whether she liked it or not," Sam adds pouring himself a cold glass of water. He remembers pausing midway through cracking an egg but before he can question this statement, the other flatmates enter the kitchen groaning and moaning about their hangovers. He put the comment to the side and resolved to ask Sam what he meant later and he himself explained that "it wasn't like that". In fact, Sam "didn't know what it was" but all he knew was that, "he had done it". She'd neither said "no or yes," so he assumed it was fine and that, "she didn't scream or anything during or after, so surely it's not that bad."

Now, standing in the gym, Nathan gazes at the dumb bells on the floor in front of his feet and wonders for the first time whether he needs to properly talk to Lana and find out whether "it wasn't like that". As he heads back to the halls, he finds the same group of guys terrorising him from earlier loitering at the main entrance and he wonders whether he should take the back entrance. Instead he continues forwards and steps through the group but not before an exchange of simple words.

Back in Blessing's room, he strips down naked and enters the shower before putting on Blessing's pyjamas. An hour later there's a knock on the door and Lana comes in and he puts blandly the question,

"If I know someone or a group of people are going to rape me and I choose to have sex anyway with them to avoid that; it's definitely consensual sex yeah?" He asks furrowing the brow, hands on his hips. Lana steps forward and adjusts the silky headscarf wrapped around the head so it's tighter,

"People who have consented and said yes to having sex with one another to ask or think about what you're asking me. There's either sex or rape; look it up and you'll find your answer," Lana replies but Nathan isn't satisfied with that answer and huffs in response,

"So many blurred lines," Nathan mutters to himself as Lana tucks some stray hairs into the head scarf,

"There's no such thing as blurred lines," Lana says tucking one last tendril into the head scarf. She kisses Nathan on the nose before saying goodnight and leaving the room. Blessing's phone flashes shortly after and wishes that he'd never run into those boys. He quickly scrolls through the messages before turning off the phone. Nathan crawls into the bed and closes his eyes before he begins crying softly. He is no way competent enough to deal with whatever Blessing gets herself into.

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