The perfect date
Timothy stared at his reflection in the bedroom mirror, his stomach doing somersaults as he tried to process his transformation. Outside the cozy, familiar world of anime conventions, where wearing a long wig and elaborate makeup was simply part of an ordinary weekend, the raw reality of a high school graduation party carried a completely different weight. This wasn't a geek runway. This was the ultimate test of teenage social life. But the bet with the popular guys involved a substantial amount of money, enough to cover Timothy's first few months at design college. And the athletes had made one rule perfectly clear: neither of the two unlucky guys without dates could bring relatives or hire professional escorts. They needed a real date. Vance, his best friend and accomplice in this audacious plan, walked into the room holding two golden tickets. He stopped dead in the doorway, his mouth falling open. The ridiculous idea of using Timothy's cosplay skills to create the ...