Baby Drag Queen by C.A. Tanaka

Author:C.A. Tanaka [Tanaka, C.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Published: 2023-01-31T20:00:00+00:00

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Jia is waiting outside Value Thrift. Ichiro locks up his bike and walks over. “Hey, Jia!”

“Lexie just texted. She’s on her way. Why are you here, Ichiro? Can’t stay away from Lexie?” She laughs.

“Ha ha. Picking up a few things for Mom. Besides, I was invited.”

“That’s sweet,” says Jia just as Lexie arrives.

“Sorry I’m a bit late. Let’s have some fun!” Lexie loops her arms into Ichiro’s and Jia’s and leads them into the store. The girls head toward the sweaters and start looking through the racks.

Ichiro finds a rack labeled costumes and picks up a hot-pink jumpsuit. Would this work for drag? He looks around and then heads toward the mirror. He holds it up against his chest and looks at his reflection. Not bad. A couple of older women start to giggle. He ignores them. He moves the sleeves up and down and tries to imagine himself wearing this onstage. It needs something more. He grabs a curly blue wig from a nearby stand and loosely places it on his head. Hmmm. He could get used to this. He doesn’t look half-bad. He looks at the price tag. It’s just $15 for the jumpsuit, but the wig is $35. Plus he’d still need to buy makeup and do something about his shoes. He looks again at his reflection and knows he will figure out a way. He twirls around and sees Jia and Lexie watching him. They look puzzled.

“What are you doing, Ichiro?” asks Jia. “Is that something for Halloween? Because I don’t think your mom would wear that.” Lexie just giggles.

Ichiro’s face goes red, and he throws the jumpsuit and wig on the floor. “I thought it was funny. Just playing around, waiting for you two.”

“Look what we found.” Jia holds up a bulky, light-gray cardigan. “It’s so cool—it has pockets and a hood. Looks like it’s from the seventies. It will go nicely over a cool button-down.”

“What’d you find, Lexie?” Ichiro asks.

She holds up a knitted leaf-lace halter top in a light mauve. “I’m gonna try it on. Can you both come with me? I don’t know if the look is right for me or not.”

“Sure,” says Jia. Ichiro shifts around, keeping his eye on the items he tossed on the floor.

“What’s wrong with you?” Jia says when Lexie goes into one of the narrow changerooms.

“Nothing,” says Ichiro.

“You need to loosen up, man. This is supposed to be fun!”

“Yeah, I know. I’m a bit stressed.”

“Yeah, I get it,” says Jia. “But if you like Lexie, you’re going to have to chill out. Lexie is super cool, and a couple of other people at school have already asked her out.”

She pushes Ichiro toward the changeroom. “Get in there!”

“Yikes, not that close, Jia!” says Ichiro.

Jia laughs.

Lexie comes out of the changeroom. The halter top looks great on her—but Ichiro is shocked by how see-through it is. “I guess I should wear a tank underneath,” she says.

Ichiro doesn’t say anything.

“I love it,” says Jia. “You look hot.”

“What do you think, Ichiro?”

“Uh, it’s nice,” he says.

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