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Nicholas sighed as he stood with his lunch tray, staring around the cafeteria looking for a place to sit. In one corner was Aiden, Harvard, kally and tanner. Kally and Tanner were playing rock paper scissors. Aiden was sitting with one arm around Harvard's shoulders and the other hand rubbing over his chest as he whispered into his ear. In the other corner was Bobby, Dante, Eugene, and Seiji. Bobby was pointing to something in a magazine and tapping on Dante's shoulder. Eugene was talking with his mouth full to Seiji who looked to be hiding his complete disgust. Nicholas laughed to himself as he walked over to table number two. He sat down next to Seiji and immediately started eating.
“Hello Nicholas, hungry I see.”Seiji said, looking as though he was pleading for someone to save him.
“Oh hey nick, as i was saying Seiji, werewolves will never be able to fly but that's ok cause they can uh, run really fast i guess.” eugene said looking a little confused
“Oh, well vampires can run fast too and fly. So therefore they are the superior species. What does this have to do with fencing?” Seiji said, taking a sip from his cartoon of orange juice
“Wait Seiji, did you forget that werewolves can shapeshift into a massive wolf? So, they can shapeshift, run fast and fence really well.” Nicholas said and Seiji went off.
“First of all, neither of you are good at fencing. Not you, not Eugene, not even Bobby or Dante. And vampires can shapeshift as well and I'm way better at fencing. No one at this table is better at fencing than me and I'm no nowhere near as good as jes-” Seiji stopped. He lowered his head and stared at his juice carton. Then he stood abruptly and gathered his things.
“I'll see you all on the piste.” he mumbled and stormed off.
Later at practice as they were all doing laps Nicholas made sure to get a spot next to Seiji. There were six laps in when Seiji finally acknowledged Nicholas. Seiji had given Nicholas a sideways glance and rolled his eyes. Nicholas had been panting like a dog and sweating as though he had just been thrown into a lake.
“I'm not going to tell you who Jesse is.” Seiji said and Nicholas smiled.
“What, I don't care about your ex. I just wanted to know if you were ok, you seemed pretty upset.” he said panting heavily. Seiji faltered at the word ex and all Nick could think was ‘i knew it.’
“He's not my ex. He's my rival. He-I-we-.” Seiji began to slow and breath heavily.
“So the rumors aren't true then?” a different voice, Aiden off to Seiji's right butted in.
“No, we just grew up together, fencing together.”
“Oh so he never took you into the locker rooms and gave you a private fencing lesson.”Aiden said, voice hinting at something scandalous. Seiji started to blush. Nick wanted to defend Seiji but his curiosity got the better of him.
“I mean sword fighting isn't just a sport, but I'm sure you and Jesse know all about that dont you?” The whistle went off and Seiji stopped in his tracks. Seiji takes longer than he'd like to admit composing himself. Coach Williams noticed this and frowned.
"Alright team, I've noticed that there's been a lot of unwanted tension between some of you. So…" she held up her hand, in it was a small bag of candy. The candy appeared to be white and green striped taffy.
Coach pointed to the bag and was saying something about something but Nicholas was so famished that he didn't even care. He hadn't seen candy in what felt like a decade and taffy sounded really good right now to Nick. Even though Taffy was an old lady candy Nicholas didn't care at this moment he just wanted something sweet and sticky to chew on at practice.
Aiden rolled his eyes as the coach talked on and on about the dangers of the candy and that it's only being used to enhance team bonding or whatever. But Aiden couldn't care less, he watched as Harvard stretched which resulted in his shirt lifting a little and Aiden could see his stomach. Aiden stared and when the view was blocked by cotton again he looked up and met Harvard's gaze. Harvard smiled and Aiden did as well and averted his gaze.
"Are you all paying attention, Aiden what did I just say?" Shit, Aiden had no idea.
"Something about team bonding or whatever, honestly I have somewhere to be so I probably won't be participating in this." Aiden began to walk away until he saw Harvard's face sink a little. Then he stopped and stood with arms crossed.
He waited for the coach to pass out the candy. He took his piece, but didn't open it yet. He Stood and watched as Nicholas popped his in his mouth and licked his lips. Aiden glanced at Seiji who was angrily chewing on his taffy. As Aiden mindlessly unwrapped and began chewing his eyes on Harvard because of course, he closed his eyes.
Nick blinked and he looked down at himself. His skin was a little lighter, his body a little leaner. He ran a hand through his hair which was less greasy and parted differently. He looked around and saw himself. Nick was staring at his body, which looked even more confused and a little more disgusted as Nick was.
Nick soon began to realize as he looked around that Seiji was missing. He quickly looked at himself and looked at everyone around him. Nicholas was in Seiji's body.

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Aiden was not having fun. Once he realized what had happened to him and exactly who he had switched bodies with he felt weird. If he wasn't surrounded by his entire fencing team he would have run a hand down his own chest. Or ran to find the nearest mirror and gawk at his new body. Aiden had switched minds with Harvard. Aiden stared down at his body or Harvard's body now he looked up and saw how red Harvards face was.
It made Aiden want to run over to tell him a joke and make him smile. Aiden didn't because Harvard was in his body and it would be weird to flirt with himself. This made him think what would everyone else say to Harvard not knowing that he's switched bodies. Aiden knew only one thing at this moment as Harvard began to walk over to him, Aiden needed to find a mirror quickly.
After practice Seiji tried attending all his normal classes but was rejected every time. He was told to leave and when he tried to tell his teachers who he was they told him to 'stop playing games Nicholas get to class'. Seiji tried to remember what coach Williams said about the team bonding assignment.
"Live your life as though you are the other person. Live how you think the other person lives. Find out how other members on your team think and Live when not at practice or on the piste." Coach Williams had said.
Now Seiji wanders the halls looking in classrooms to see where Nicholas could possibly fit in. As he walked just before peeking into another classroom he saw Nicholas looking just as confused as Seiji.
Seiji watched as his body walked toward him. Nicholas was smiling, which was an unfamiliar expression on Seiji's face. Watching himself smile wide reminded Seiji of when he and Jesse were almost more than just fencing partners. More than just rivals.
Jesse and Seiji were closer than Seiji likes to acknowledge. After losing to Jesse at nationals Seiji has made it his mission to get better. To be so good at fencing that Jesse could never beat him again.
"Hey seiji, how is it living like me for the day." Nicholas said and Seiji furrowed his eyebrows.
"It's terrible I've missed all my classes and I have no idea what classes you even take. I've been wandering the halls all day." Seiji said.
"Yeah me to, but hey classes are almost over so did you want to go get some extra practice in-"
"I can't practice like this, in your body. I don't want to look like an absolute idiot on the piste. I'll just wait until this candy wears off in the morning, then I'll get up and practice." Seiji walked off leaving Nicholas confused and amused at the same time.
Harvard was not having a good day. He had no trouble attending Aiden's classes because they took most of the same ones. Harvard's trouble was with his fellow students. Because Harvard is now living in Aiden's body until further notice, he has been approached by many different students throughout the day. Everyone thinks he's Aiden. Harvard has never been approached by anyone potentially interested in him, because Aiden is always the one people gravitate towards.
"Hey Aiden, you never called me back after last night." A boy Harvard knew from science class said. Sadly Harvard could not remember his name at this moment.
"Um hey you, sorry I didn't text you or whatever I was busy with someone else probably." Harvard mumbled.
"What really, my name is Jake and who is this someone else you're talking about?" Jake said but Harvard had caught sight of Aiden and bolted for him.
Aiden was running a hand up his own chest and looking around. Harvard grabbed his hand startlingly Aiden.
"Are you ok?" Harvard said
"Yeah, my chest just feels a little sore from practice this morning." Aiden said.
"But we didn't even fence at practice this morning-"
"Anyways, how's your day been?"
"Well it's been-"
"Ugh mine's been terrible no one wants to make out later. I don't know why I look absolutely gorgeous right now and-" Aiden cut himself off this time and began to blush. Harvard looked at Aiden who was wearing the kings row uniform but the top few buttons were undone. His tie wasn't tucked into his shirt and his jacket was crumpled. Obviously Aiden hadn't found it that hard to find someone to make-out with. Harvard had never seen himself look so unkempt, but he should have known that Aiden couldn't keep his hands to himself all day.
"Did you attend any of my classes today?" Harvard asked and Aiden rolled his eyes.
"Sure Harvard, I know how much you care about your grades." Aiden replied.
"Harvard is the guy you're seeing instead of me!" Jake said and Aiden smiled.
"Yes, me and Aiden here have been seeing each other for a very long time. Last night was amazing." Aiden said in a mocking cherry voice. Aiden had moved in closer to Harvard and laid a hand on his chest.
"Uh yeah, totally me and Harvard have been committed to each other for quite some time now." Harvard said playing along. Jake threw his hands up, in the air, scoffed and stomped off. Aiden didn't let go of Harvard, not immediately anyway. Once Aiden realized he was just rubbing little circles on his chest he stared down at his hand. Aiden took a mental picture of Harvard's hands rubbing on Aidens chest. He pulled away.
"God I can't wait till tomorrow when we can get our old bodies back." Aiden said
"What do you mean?" Harvard chuckled.
"It'll change back tomorrow right?" Aiden said with a panicked look on his face.
"Didn't you hear what coach said we had to do? If you want to switch back before the week is up we have to convince at least two people that we've been mind swapped or we have to…" Harvard trailed off and looked down, stopping at Aiden's lips.
"To what, we have to what?" Aiden panicked.
"Or we have to kiss. Um I don't think the coach thought this one out clearly." Harvard said

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Seiji woke up the next day feeling inadequate. He woke up at five am today instead of three am. He only jogged for thirty five minutes instead of an hour and a half. Sieji hated being in Nick's body. It was sweaty and a little bulkier than Seiji's body. Nick's body was was heavy were seijis body was light. Nick's body was muscle were seijis body was bones.
Nick on the other hand was having a blast fencing with Seiji's body. As they practiced together, Seiji watched Nick closely. Even though seiji was at a disadvantage because he'd never fenced left handed before, he was still winning. Nick prioritized looks over skill and Seiji hated it. He hated how he would flourish and prance around the piste. Nicholas made Seiji's body look like a dolphin performing tricks.
"Nicholas, if you're not going to take this seriously then I can't practice with you." Seiji said. Nicholas frowned and then immediately smiled.
"Jesse would keep practicing with me no matter how weird I'm acting,"Nick said and Seiji took a deep breath.
"I'm not gonna let you gaslight me Nicholas. Fencing with you acting like this is not progressive." Nicholas had no idea what gaslighting meant, and without Bobby there to tell him what it meant, he just shrugged his shoulders. They kept fencing. Nicholas kept prancing around the piste and Seiji kept grumbling under his breath.
As coach Williams watched as the boys practiced she wondered if her team bonding idea was a good one. As she saw Nicholas begin to use the Saber as a lightsaber and make the slashing noises, she knew it wasn't her best idea.
Harvard woke up on the wrong side of the bed. He rubbed his eyes and stretched and stared down at his sleeping body. Aiden wasn't a morning person. He'd sleep all day if Harvard wasn't there to wake him.
"Ugh, could you be any louder? Some of us are trying to get our beauty sleep." Aiden said.
"I haven't even moved yet."Harvard said
"I've been awake for an hour. Why can't I get my ten hours of sleep in this body? How are you able to resist the urges of being in my body?" Aiden pouted.
"I'm just excited to start the day. Excited to see what the world has in store for me today."Harvard said and Aiden rolled his eyes. Harvard had never seen his face so tired. Obviously Aiden did need his ten hours.
"Plus I have a date later." Harvard mumbled and Aiden shot up from under the covers.
"You're not going on a date in my body. How's that fair, no one has asked me out on a date and I look astonishing in this body."Aiden winked and then blushed immediately after. Harvard knew he was only saying that because Aiden always thought of himself that way. Aiden definitely doesn't think Harvard is astonishing. Harvard takes good care of himself and tries to look presentable at all times but astonishing was never something he considered himself.
"I mean I'm happy for you I guess I just didn't think people would even want you?"Aiden said this slowly and didn't make eye contact with Harvard.
"Are you kidding, you're the only person in this school who has their own fan club. You're gorgeous Aiden in and out." Harvard said finding the sheets interesting to look at.
"I didn't tell him that you and I switched bodies. I just thought it would be fun to pretend to be you for a day." Harvard said. Aiden nodded then smiled slowly.
"Does that mean I can pretend to be you all day?" Aiden said
"Sure but I don't get into as much as you do everyday."Harvard shrugged on a shirt and pulled up his slacks. Buttoned the shirt leaving the top one open. He left, leaving Aiden to his own devices. Aiden laid in bed for a little while longer.
Once he realized he had morning wood he put a hand over his eyes and slid the other one in his pants. Harvard's dick was immaculate. It was at least nine inches and had a vein running up the side of it. The head of his dick Was like a flower bulb and Aiden jerked it and arched his back in pleasure. He quickened his pace and his head fell back into his pillow. He thought of Harvard and what it would be like if he were here. Right now watching Aiden do this to his body. Aiden came muffleing his moans with his hand as his eyes closed.
Harvard met his date at the football field. Harvard waved to him. Jake waved back and stood up. He walked down the stairs and met Harvard with a hug.
"I knew you'd come around to me eventually." Jake said
"How long would you have waited?" Harvard said, sounding concerned.
"Um as long as it takes I guess." Jake said, looking puzzled by the question. Jake was wearing his varsity jacket which reminded Harvard that he was a stereotypical jock. Jake probably had more brain damage than a woodpecker.
"So if I hadn't said yes to you the other day, you would have just waited for me to acknowledge you again?" Harvard questioned. Jake thought for a long time then smiled and nodded his head.
"Um yeah you're Aiden, the hottest guy in school. Like we talk in the locker room about you all the time." Jake rubbed a hand over his face then scratched the back of his head.
"I bet your roommate feels like he's on top of the world. I know I would." Jake says
"Yeah I guess Aidens pretty compelling." Harvard said and Jake nodded then scrunched up his face.
"Wait, did you just talk about yourself in third person?"Jake said. Harvard didn't think Jake even knew what third person even was.
"I um… do you wanna make out on the football field" Harvard pointed to it. Jake took hold of Harvard's hand and dragged him onto the field.
Jake's mouth tasted like protein shakes and granola bars. Harvard mindlessly sucked on Jake's lips thinking about what he'd said earlier. Aiden was something to be proud of. Aiden was a prize in most boys' minds. He was something to be won, something to fight over. But Harvard didn't have to fight. Harvard and Aiden had been friends for a long time. Aiden has always followed Harvard around and when things get too boring for him he finds someone to spend the night with. Harvard didn't have to try to get Aiden to spend the night with him.
"Woah dude," Jake said
"You want me to take care of that for you." Jake smiled and Harvard was confused. Until Jake lowered a hand down his torso. Jake sat up pushing Harvard onto his back. Jake lowered Harvard's pants then lowered his mouth over Harvard's dick. Harvard gasped at the sight of Aidens dick. It was smooth, and curved a little at the tip. Harvard let out soft moans as Jake continued to suck him off. Even though Jake was the one performing, Harvard wished it was Aiden. This thought surprised him so much he came to the idea of it.
"Pretend it's him." Harvard whispered
"Um, pretend it's who?" Jake said
"No one thank you, that was very good. I have to go now." Harvard stood up, and in one quick motion pulled his pants up and ran off the football field.
"Why are your nipples so dusky." Seiji said and Nicholas grinned.
"Because I'm a real man and I have hair on my chest." Nicholas said. Seiji rolled his eyes and pulled his shirt back down. Nick began to rub on his nipples. Seiji could feel his face turn red as Nick made eye contact and parted his lips. Seiji's eyes teared away from Nick's hands up to his lips. They vaguely reminded him of Jesse. Seiji shook his head and lowered his gaze to the ground.
"Wait, can you feel it when I rub on your nipples like this." Nick quickened his pace.
"No Nicholas, we switched minds so all of our sensory glands have mostly also switched." Seiji said, then shoved his way past Nicholas who looked sad.
"Put your shirt back on Nicholas, we have to go find someone and convince them that we've switched bodies." Seiji said, already out the door. Nicholas did as he was told. But he didn't follow after Seiji, not immediately anyway. Nick's unsuccessful attempt at cheering up Seiji disappointed him. Nick stared at the mirror as Seiji's face looked back at him. He smiled then jolted back as he had never seen an expression like that on Seiji's face.

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Seiji woke up to the sound of springs bouncing. Seiji looked over the shower curtain that divided the room and saw Nicholas bouncing on his mattress. Seiji blinked the sleep out of his eyes and rested his chin on the shower curtain. Nicholas bounced three more times before noticing Seiji.
"Hey, Seiji, I'm using my pent up energy in a positive way, like you said to me at practice yesterday." Nick said and Seiji just nodded and smiled softly.
"Do you wanna join me? It's really fun." Nick said but all Seiji could think about was Jesse. Jesse never would have woken Seiji up by bouncing on his bed. Jesse never would have rubbed on his own nipples in front of seiji. Jesse and Nick are polar opposites but somehow they still reminded Seiji of each other.
"How about we use that energy for something more productive." Seiji said, lowering his eyelids unconsciously. Nick stopped bouncing.
"Are you tired? Maybe you should get some sleep." Nick said, walking off to the bathroom.
The next time seiji opened his eyes, him and Nicholas were sitting across from Bobby and Dante.
"H-hey Nicholas, good morning." Bobby chuckled. Seiji waved at Bobby and Dante. Dante simply nodded his head and went back to eating his breakfast.
"So first things first, we have something to tell you two." Seiji began.
"Me and Nick have been going through a lot of changes recently. We've both got a glimpse of what it's like living in the other's shoes. We have both succeeded at team bonding and now we-"
"Are you two getting married?" Bobby blurted and Dante chuckled.
"What? No." Nick said and furrowed his eyebrows.
"We just- at practice the coach gave us an assignment to live in each other's bodies and see what it's like to be that person. She gave us some candies and we switched our minds." Nick rambled. They all just stared at nick. Seiji had never seen himself so worked up.
"Ok." Bobby said.
"We believe you, well I believe you. I thought it was weird when me and Nick or S-Sieji were talking about boys and painting each other's nails last night." Bobby said and Dante grunted in agreement. Nick felt weird and Seiji felt like he was about to throw up.
"Who did Seiji and you talk about- " Nick didn't finish his statement. He opened his eyes and a wave of calming washed over him. Seiji blinked and a familiar tingle ran up his spine. They both stared at each other. Nick smiled and Seiji lowered his eyebrows.
"We're back to normal!!" They said in unison.
Aiden woke up to a face full of Harvard paw. Harvard paw was Aiden's stuffed bear that he had since he was a child. Aiden stretched his arm out, the other arm was still wrapped around his stuffed bear. The real Harvard was nowhere to be seen. Aiden assumed he was out with his new boyfriend, Jake. Aiden had always known Harvard, even without his body, was the perfect date. Harvard is the perfect boyfriend for anyone and Aiden had made it his life's mission to make sure no one else knew it but him.
Aiden got up and made sure to put on Harvard's finest suit and nicest smelling cologne. Aiden brushed his hair and shaved his chin. Midway through shaving he started to think about what Harvard with a full beard would look like and nicked himself. Once he was all dressed up he set out to find someone willing to make out with him.
Harvard had spent his morning looking for kally and tanner. He made it to the cafeteria and found them sitting on the floor watching fencing videos on Kally's phone.
"Hey kally, tanner can you help me with something." Harvard asked.
"Yeah what's up Aiden?" Tanner said. Kally paused the video and they both gave Harvard their full attention.
"So basically me and Aiden have switched bodies and we need you to say that you believe that we actually switched bodies so that we can switch back." Harvard explains." Kally and Tanner look at each other confused.
"Aiden your pranks aren't gonna get us this time at least wait till April fools." Kally said
"What kind of drugs did you smoke this morning Aiden. Are you sure you didn't get roofied by one of your dates last night." Tanner says. Harvard, starstruck, slowly gets up.
"You really don't believe me do you." Harvard mumbled.
"No Aiden we don't, sorry." Kally pressed play and tanner huddle in closer to watch. Harvard stood there a little while longer then went to go find Aiden.
"H-harvard I didn't know you had it in you." John or Jacob or Marvin said as Aiden sucked on his neck. Aiden raised a hand to lead John's head down to his neck. Aiden wanted to be bruised and he wanted everyone (Harvard) to see. Aiden moaned as Jacob sucked oh his neck no doubt leaving a mark.
Marvin was hard but Aiden wasn't in the mood to get that dirty. So Aiden brought their lips together. Aiden closed his eyes and tried to imagine how Harvard would react to his new hickey's. Then aidens phone went off causing John Jacob Marvin to bite Aiden's lip.
"Oww, hello."
"Aiden, where are you? I've been looking for you and trying to convince people we've switched bodies."
"Harvard calm down, I'll find you tell me where you are."
"I'm in the library." Harvard mumbled then ended the call.
Aiden knew he was in trouble. Worse than that Harvard was frustrated. Aiden ran out of the janitor's closet, ignoring John's protest. Once he got to the library Harvard was there sitting at one of the tables with his head in his hands
"Hey are u ok?" Aiden said sitting next to Harvard.
"I've been trying to get us switched back to our bodies but everyone just thinks I'm lying." Harvard said. Harvard's eyes wandered down to Aidens neck and Aiden immediately regretted everything.
"I-is that a hickey, where have you been Aiden. I leave for a few hours and you go off and fool around with some guy." Harvard said and Aiden wished he could get it all back.
"Harvard i-"
"No, Aiden. I always make excuses for you but I can't do it anymore if you're not willing to try." Harvard said. He couldn't look Aiden in the eyes.
"I'm sorry Harvard, you're doing the most and I'm still just skipping out on everything. We can convince someone together." Aiden smiled and Harvard did as well but it didn't reach his eyes.
Nicholas sighed. Bobby looked over and saw he'd stopped playing Mario kart with Dante and was now just staring down at himself.
"I miss Seiji's body. I mean he was agile and light and I'm just clumsy and dumb." Nick said.
"Oh Nick, that's not true you're not that clumsy." Bobby said and Dante chuckled under his breath.
"But I was having so much fun in seiji's body even though he wasn't having that much fun in mine." Nick shook his head and picked up the controller again to play another round.
Meanwhile, Seiji found himself practicing on the piste. He thought about how terrible it was being in Nick's body and how everything was so much more unrefined than Seiji's own body. As he practiced his mind brought him back to when Bobby and him were painting each other's nails.
"Hey, so do you have any crushes you wanna talk about." Bobby said unprovoked.
"No, I don't have crushes or anything like that. I guess you could say I have a crush on the fencing piste-"
"Omg you have a crush on someone from the fencing team, i knew it, its seiji isn't it." Bobby blurted. Seiji, perplexed at Bobby's outburst, took a little longer to fully understand what Bobby was saying.
"Why would I have a crush on myself-or- I mean yeah Seiji's nice."
"He is, isn't he? He's one of the greatest fencing players in the world, how could you not have a crush on him." Seiji blinked.
"Do we always talk about Seiji and our crushes?" He asked
"Yeah Nick, what else is there to talk about? Remember last week when you were telling me that you could see Seiji's bulge through his fencing uniform." Bobby said and Seiji choked on his tongue.
"Yeah totally"
"Well you were telling me you're having dreams about rid-"
"I think we should talk about something else." Seiji pleaded. The rest of the night consisted of Bobby talking about the color pink and what kinds of skirts he wants to buy one day. Now as Seiji lunged at the fencing dummy he couldn't stop thinking about Nicholas and the supposed dreams he'd been having of Seiji. Seiji all at once was self conscious and and empowered all at the same time.

"Seiji." Nick said and Seiji was so startled by his sudden presence that he threw his eppe into the air.