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[francesminos-tt]

A beautiful duo created by my talented friend @stuckyhahaha

[francesminos-tt]

The thing Jannik finds most fascinating about Carlos is the absolute focus Carlos puts into every game. The way the Spaniard's hazel eyes narrow when the ball flies at him, the way his nostrils flare and the little bobbing of his throat indicates that he will return the ball, and it will be a winner. Jannik always gets a chill when he sees Carlos like this across the court, the hair on the back of his neck all standing up, like a helpless prey in front of a ruthless predator. Jannik, however, never surrenders easily. He tries to fight back, to struggle for his life, to put that annoyed frown on Carlos's face. The feeling is so addicting that it makes Jannik come back to court again and again.

Jannik would have never expected himself to compete in professional tennis for such a long time in his youth. He grew up hearing stories of Djokovic, but he never sees himself in the man's position. Playing high competitive tennis in his late 30s sounded like a dream back then, even though that's exactly what he is doing now. Jannik would never admit it, but Carlos is the reason why he keeps himself in this word for so long. He doesn't have the heart to retire because he can't live without the thrill of playing against Carlos.

That's why Jannik appears in the Laureus Award event this year, to witness another coronation of Carlos. It hasn't been officially announced yet, but Jannik knows that the winner will be Carlos this year. Again. The third time in the Spaniard's career. Jannik doesn't have to wait until finals to fight Carlos now, but he still sees himself as Carlos's only rival. It is their unspoken habit to witness each other's success, so of course Jannik will not let this time pass.

Things begin to feel strange when Carlos doesn't appear at the official start time. 10 minutes, 20 minutes, half an hour and finally an hour. Carlos is late for the ceremony, and the crowd starts to grow restless.

Jannik has a bad feeling about this. His stomach clenches without reason, his palm sweating and his heart beating so fast that it makes him dizzy. Finally, at 89th minute, a panicked looked man rushes in and delivers the bad news.

"There is an accident." The man says, his face distorting, "Mr. Alcaraz's car lost control and-"

Jannik is already at the door before the man can finish his sentence. Jannik doesn't know where he should go, but he knows he must leave.

"Is he alive?" Someone from the crowd says.

"Yes." The man nodded, "He's been rushed to the hospital."

Jannik doesn't know how he gets there, but he finds himself trying to push through the crowd gathered outside a hospital room. Thank God it's not the ICU, but a normal inpatient ward, indicating that the patient's life is not in immediate danger.

"Carlos!" Jannik shouts, his chest heaving, as if he just finished a marathon. Perhaps he did. It is highly likely that he ran all the way here.

The man on the bed is no doubt Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik's long-time rival. Carlos has bruises all over his body, but the one on his forehead stands out the most. It seemed that he hit his head in the accident.

"Carlos, are you all right?" Jannik heard himself ask as he rushes towards the bed. He longs to check that hazel eyes, to make sure the focus is still there. Someone is whispering something beside, but Jannik can't hear anything.

Carlos turned towards him. Jannik's heart sinks into his stomach when he sees only confusion in that mesmerizing hazel.

"I am sorry," Carlos says, "who are you?"

[firstservepercentage]

lmao the uwuification land (i.e. asia) swing starting extra early this year the shanghai masters already selling plushies of roger/ carlos/ jannik/ novak😭😭😭😭😭 and rafa gets left out bcs he does not have an animal in his chinese nick name poor him

[francesminos-tt]

If anyone is wondering, Roger is the cow, Jannik is the fox, Carlos is the duck and Nole is the chicken.

[francesminos-tt]

Fic idea:

Carlos runs a small barber shop in rural Spain. He isn’t very good at cutting people’s hair (as you can imagine), but he still has a pretty stable customer base. In fact, being a lame barber is just Carlos’s day job. This small hole-in-the-wall place is a safe haven for abuse victims, providing shelter for those who are lost in their lives.

It is a complete accident that Jannik finds this place. He’s going through an ugly breakup, and unfortunately, being a famous tennis player means he has paparazzi following him everywhere. That’s why Jannik came to this small town, to get away from the annoying reporters. To his surprise, some paparazzi managed to follow him here. How on earth did they know where Jannik was going? After a heated confrontation with one of the paparazzi, Jannik gets into a hide and seek with them. Jannik ends up in front of Carlos’s place. After a split second of hesitation, he decides to enter the wooden door.

This proves to be one of the most important decisions Jannik ever made in his life. He could argue, years later, that this is the most important decision, full stop.

“Hi,” Carlos greets the stranger who looks like he just ran a marathon under the sun, “can I help you? Looking for a new style?”

“No, sorry.” Jannik replies, wiping off the sweat on his forehead, “I am just, eh, can I stay here for a minute?”

“Sure.” Carlos says, “Can I offer you something to drink? Coffee, tea, or water?”

Jannik didn’t have time to look around the place until now. The interior design is quite modern compared to the classic southern Iberian door, but also cozy and classic. There is only one barber chair, but more than enough sofas and cushions. This place looks more like someone’s living room than an actual barbershop.

“I am fine.” Jannik says, “I will leave in just a minute.”

“Stay as long as you like.” Carlos tells the stranger, “I have a feeling that you won’t be leaving anytime soon.”

Carlos is proved right when the paparazzi guy knocks on the door, making Jannik jump in surprise.

“Ex-boyfriend?” Carlos asks, handing a bottle of sparkling water to Jannik as he walks to the door.

“No! For heaven’s sake, no.” Jannik doesn’t know if he is offended or relieved that Carlos doesn’t recognize him, “Just someone I try to stay away from.”

“Let me repel him for you, then.” Carlos flashes his signature smile, so confident and blinding that it stuns Jannik immediately.

“Do you help anyone who stumbles in?”

“Only if they need my help.”

“How can you tell that?”

“I am a very observant person.” Carlos smiles again, “Besides, I am told that the barber is the best therapist.”

Jannik can’t help but smile with the guy who he has known less than half an hour. His fans will be appalled that the emotionless tennis player would smile so warmly at a stranger. Jannik never expects himself to be so easily influenced by a stranger either.

“You sure you don’t want a little trim? I offer shaving course as well.”

“I can’t change my hairstyle without consulting my team.” Jannik replies, rubbing the back of his neck.

“You are not a celebrity, are you?”

“Kind of.”

“Tell me.” Carlos says.

[francesminos-tt]

Can I ask what kind of gowns does the Queen wear? 🫦🫦🫦 Imagining Carlos in an off shoulder corset dress with long dramatic sleeves and maybe some intricate diadem hidden in his grown curls, also headcanoning him switching to less revealing and more complicated clothing like tight corset dresses with layers that Jannik can't quite move of him as a silent statement of him not wanting to be a showpiece

Well, I am thinking something like early to mid medieval dress, with a belt and bell-shaped sleeves.

But you reminded me that corset is also a good idea, a more Tudor style dress will also look nice.

I added some examples of such outfit below. I am totally open to other ideas if you have any.

[francesminos-tt]

i adore the swapping au queen carlos 🥹 despite the world being quite cruel to him he's managed to preserve this softness within his heart. it's such a perfect contrast of him in ootw and in reclaim. in the modern world he's allowing himself to be more gentle and kind and soft because the modern jannik is treating him with care and respect, is protective and reassuring, contrary to how carlos is carrying himself in his world where his super closed off, burnt so many times he's refusing to let himself think he might be cared about.

him being naturally so defiant and proud (i love how he refuses to show even a hint of weakness to his own alpha and maesters) must have made what the king has put him though even more unbearable. it seems like even in the heats he was not quite enjoying himself.

also, regarding the flashback in the last chapter of ootw ☺️ was it the birth of lucas described? it is hinted that carlos had stopped feeling the baby moving and then its so bad they called for the king to make a decision or?... (also so inconsiderate of jannik to make his omega pregnant and leave him alone to deal with it and childbirth and everything that goes after, no wonder carlos does not believe him)

I absolutely love him as well. Just like you said, Queen Carlos is a natrually defiant soul, but he's also soft and kind in the core. In ootw, he is a more experienced character compared to modern Jannik, and he’s acting soft and gentle because modern Jannik is his ideal version of Jannik. He allows his guard down and the contrast to how he carries himself in the medieval world is quite interesting to write. In Reclaim, Carlos struggles to find his old self back, and repair the ruined trust between him and Jannik.

Yes, the birth giving scene is how Lucas was born. The King is not present because it’s not considered an alpha’s duty to accompany the childbirth, so Carlos has to deal with the pain, the fear and everything else all by himself. He had some complications but he managed to overcome them because he fears Jannik’s decision will not favor him. Jannik cares about him and the child of course, but Jannik doesn’t know how to think out of the rules. I can’t wait to depict how they find their way back to each other in Reclaim!

[alcarazscience]

Congratulations, Carlos! Congratulations, all players!

So much happiness to you all!

第十六个比赛日过去了，所有正赛选手已经决出最后一轮比赛的胜负。

After day16, the results of the 15th-round matches for all main draw players have been decided.

以下是lofter平台的胜者：

费德勒

德约科维奇

纳达尔

费雷罗

鲁内

鲁德

弗里茨

门希克

Below are the winners from Tumblr:

Jannik Sinner

Novak Djokovic

Rafael Nadal

Arthur Fils

Flavio Cobolli

Casper Ruud

Ben Shelton

Jakub Mensik

综合双平台实际投票数，最终积分排行榜如下（积分相同者根据双方单场比赛胜负排序）：

Combining the actual votes from both websites, the final point standings are listed below (players tied on points are ranked by the result of their single head-to-head match):

Jannik Sinner 15

Roger Federer 14

Jakub Mensik 13

Novak Djokovic 12

Flavio Cobolli 11

Arthur Fils 10

Casper Ruud 8

Rafael Nadal 7

Ben Shelton 7

Taylor Fritz 6

Juan Carlos Ferrero 6

Holger Rune 4

Frances Tiafoe 3

Tommy Paul 3

Lorenzo Musetti 1

感谢大家的参与，让我们有缘下次再见！

Thank you all for your participation. Let's meet again next time!

[francesminos-tt]

sooooo excited you decided to continue Out Of This World with the medieval au!!!! was even more excited to read the note and find out it's gonna have a GoT-esque vibe!!!!!

i wonder in which trap Carlos got himself into and whether it's a coincidente that Jannik seems to be out of castle when Carlos is alone in the dark dungeon with a dead body

absolutely obsessed with this medieval version of Carlos so disarmingly soft yet iron willed and even cruel when necessary. also cant believe how shit Jannik had been to him (had Jannik not got rid of the knights on their wedding night the whole ordeal might have been giving sth dangerously resembling the sansa horrors in GoT), Carlos not believing saying no was ever an option and Jannik openly tearing through his clothes is their norm oh ofc Carlos does not dare to trust him, Jannik has to sweat a lot gain this trust given his omega is not only hurt and cautios but also prideful and stubborn

Well thank you for the support! Actually I created the story with a GoT-like background setting in mind from the beginning. I don't have a very detailed map yet, but I will try to add more detail and geography to it as the story goes on.

Carlos will find a whole conspiracy loop going on in the shadows for years, but he doesn't just discover it. He finds out bit by bit until the whole picture is revealed, and in the process, he will have to redefine his enemies and alliances. You are very sharp at noticing that the first chapter ends with Carlos in a very delicate situation, and I wonder where Jannik has gone? Hopefully the plot will be a pleasant surprise for you.

I absolutely adore this version of Carlos as well. I think he's a soft person off court, like he's kind to everyone and always smiling, but he's totally dominating on court. I love to depict the difference between him on and off and explore how this trait evolves in a different alternate world setting is every interesting to me! I agree Jannik has a lot to do to regain Carlos's trust, not to mention among a political conspiracy around them. Very excited to dig into my headcanon.

[alcarazscience]

Congratulations, Carlitos!

You have a family loves you so much!

是的，这场我们恭喜狗狗www

yes, we congratulate him on this game.

第五个比赛日过去了，所有正赛选手已经决出第四轮比赛的胜负。

After day5, the results of the 4th-round matches for all main draw players have been decided.

以下是lofter平台的胜者：

鲁德

德约科维奇

费德勒

辛纳

门希克

谢尔顿

弗里茨

费雷罗

Below are the winners from Tumblr:

Casper Ruud

Novak Djokovic

Roger Federer

Jannik Sinner

Jakub Mensik

Ben Shelton

Taylor Fritz

Juan Carlos Ferrero

综合双平台实际投票数，过去几轮获得积分的选手如下（按照姓氏首字母排列）：

Combining the actual votes from both websites, the contestants who earned points in past rounds are listed below (sorted by the first letter of their surnames):

Roger Federer 4

Jakub Mensik 4

Jannik Sinner 4

Flavio Cobolli 3

Juan Carlos Ferrero 3

Arthur Fils 3

Taylor Fritz 3

Novak Djokovic 2

Casper Ruud 2

Ben Shelton 2

Holger Rune 1

Frances Tiafoe 1

[omegacaraz25]

It got bigger or is it just me?

[alcarazscience]

Congratulations, Spainish National Team!

You're the real husband of Carlos.

两个比赛日过去，所有正赛选手已经决出第一轮比赛的胜负。

After two days of competition, the results of the first-round matches for all main draw players have been decided.

以下是lofter平台的胜者：

费德勒

纳达尔

门希克

弗里茨

本谢尔顿

科博利

菲斯

辛纳

Below are the winners from Tumblr:

Roger Federer 

Casper Ruud

Jakub Mensik

Taylor Fritz

Frances Tiafoe

Flavio Cobolli

Arthur Fils

Jannik Sinner

综合双平台实际投票数，首轮获得积分的选手如下（按照姓氏首字母排列）：

Combining the actual votes from both websites, the contestants who earned points in the first round are listed below (sorted by the first letter of their surnames):

Flavio Cobolli 1

Roger Federer 1

Arthur Fils 1

Taylor Fritz 1

Jakub Mensik 1

Casper Ruud 1

Ben Shelton 1

Jannik Sinner 1

[francesminos-tt]

还是老师你严谨

[francesminos-tt]

Now that I'm watching HotD, I can't stop thinking about Out of This World... Have you ever considered writing a fanfic set in the world of Asoiaf???

In fact, I have considered the idea for quite some time now, but I can't make up my mind about which perspective to take. It could be heavily lore-linked. For example, Jannik can make a good Targaryen, perhaps something like Daeron the Young Dragon. He's very good at fighting and wants to maintain his house's authority. He learns that power can only be earned by cruelty and intimidation, until a Dornish prince showed him otherwise. Carlos is no doubt a Dornish, whose house has fended off the dragon lords for centuries. Dorne has never been conquered, and Carlos takes great pride in it. He puts honor above anything else, and he's extremely resilient and stubborn. They meet in battle as enemies. Perhaps they end up trapped in somewhere neutral and they have to put their difference aside to survive. They fall in love in the end, to the extent that they are willing to sacrifice what they have valued the most. Jannik fakes his death, and leaves the kingdom to his brother, while Carlos decides to leave Sunspear for Essos. It aligns with the lore in Blood and Fire, which is quite clever in my opinion.

It can also be something like OC building in the world. In this case, Carlos is from Dorne too, but Jannik has a lot of other potentials. He can be a Tully, for his red hair, or still a Targaryen, even a Targaryen bastard. They can meet in a tourney, and develops a rival relationship that carries on through the years.

Anyways, I do have a lot of ideas about this. Just not sure if people would like them😓

[fritzes]

in honor of their match tomorrow, @advantage-sinner and I present… a full timeline of the benflavio lore! (and it's constantly being updated with more hehe)

Miami practice (March 2024)

Our first documented benflavio interaction!!!! 

Flavio had two lefties in his draw. Ben has said people hit him up to practice when it looks like they’ll play lefties and otherwise they don’t like to practice with him

During the tournament, Ben had his second loss against Lorenzo Musetti (this’ll be important later)

2. Geneva Open (May 2024)

First ever match <3 

Round of 16

Ben lost in three after winning the first set and was up a break in the second before Flavio broke back on an insane point

4-6, 7-6, 6-2

Pretty friendly net interaction, if not a bit awkward

Flavio was not yet sponsored by ON at this point 

3. Flavio ON sponsorship (Summer 2024)

4. Wimbledon (July 2024)

They played a doubles match but there is no video record of it anywhere… and believe me, we’ve looked :(

Partnered with McDonald and Sonego

5. DC Open (August 2024)

Ben skipping the Olympics specifically to win this tournament

The lore post for this has already been written hehehe but in general it was SPICY AF and Ben was furious when he lost, to say the least

4-6 7-5 6-3

6. Ben’s comment on Flavio’s Instagram post (August 2024) tyyyyy tumblr user sixgamestolove for surfacing this

7. US Open event (August 2024)

NYC ON event you will always be famous

 It was SO flirty, there are tons of pictures 

They were doing all these drills and games and stuff with some wannabe influencers but tbh it was just an excuse to flirt with each other…

8. Laver Cup (September 2024)

Pre-tournament ON event

Flavio’s concern when Ben fell, the weird flirting interaction they had at the bench, THE ASS SLAP

9. “Good looking? American?” “Ben Shelton :D” (October 2024)

10. Flavio calling Ben his “big rival” for the year (February 2025 but probably filmed in January because Flavio had that horrible haircut)

11. Ben beating Musetti at AO from 0-2 in the H2H and bringing up the daddy thing (January 2025)

12. Acapulco Open (February 2025)

Ben won 7-6 7-6

Finally! 0-2, not 0-3 baby!!!

“This is one I wanted really bad” against an unseeded opponent on a losing streak in the first round of a 500

13. Ben does an ON event in Miami with Fonseca but not Flavio (March 2025)

14. Flavio listing his non-Italian besties in an interview post sunshine double and Ben is not on the list (April 2025)

He names Griekspoor, ADF, and Mensik

15. Benflavio Munich practice (April 2025)

16. Ben sneaking pictures of Flavio in Rome (May 2025)

Ben a little flirty and Flavio a little uhhh ignoring him

17. Wimbledon QFs (July 2025)

Ben’s increasingly lopsided H2H with Jannik and the way he doesn’t care as much as his record against Flavio

They were one match each away from playing each other but Ben lost to Jannik and Flavio lost to Novak

18. Almost playing in DC (August 2025)

Ben bringing up the possibility of playing Flavio when the comms just assumed it was gonna be Frances

19. Toronto Open!!!! (August 2025)

The match

6-4 4-6 7-6

Ben’s 100th career win but he didn’t care even a little bit 

The fight

The on-court interview

“He said it wasn’t towards me so we’re cool” are you though

The press conference

20. Ben doing another NY ON event… by himself (August 2025)

21. Flavio watching Ben’s match in Shanghai with Comesaña and Rinderknech (October 2025)

22. Paris <3 <3 <3 (October 2025)

7-6 6-3

A very subdued net hug

Ben did not celebrate the win at all and seemed kind of apologetic

23. Ben putting Flavio on the “nice cake” in this ATP video (December 2025)

24. “I played Cobolli, who I looked after and [he] was #24 in the world, but it felt on that day like, you know, he was a top 15 player…there’s just plenty of examples…what you’re going to get from a certain guy has nothing to do with the number next to his name.” - Ben at AO26 (January 2026)

25. The football video in Dallas (February 2026)

Flavio and Ben’s subsequent comments

26. Flavio watching Ben’s match in Dallas (February 2026)

27. “Shirt off, hair flowing” (March 2026)

28. The football date (April 2026)

Not there for any sponsor reasons, they just went to a football match together

Also Zv*rev want to the same match but they were NOT together

Ben filming Flavio and posting it on his Instagram story

29. First final in Munich!!!! (April 2026)

Giggling and goofing off at the net before the match

The hug

THE SPEECHES

Flavio’s speech: “Me and Ben, we started the week together cheering for Bayern Munich”

Ben’s speech

“I always cheer for you”

“Your match yesterday was a privilege to watch”

“Top 10 soon”

Ben commenting a red heart on Flavio’s Instagram post

30. Hanging out on the practice court in Madrid (May 2026)

31. Ben being annoyed that Flavio would call himself gluten-free (May? 2026)

32. Practice in Hamburg (May 2026)

33. Ben watching Flavio’s Halle match Challengers-style (June 2026)

34. HALLE DOUBLES!!! (June 2026)

The players’ party…

Boyfriends!

Oh Flavio, down bad

R1 versus Vavassori and Pavlasek

The hand feeding...

It was so gay that TENNIS CHANNEL made an edit with the benflavio ship name (!!!)

Flopping incredibly hard for the first half of the match but they somehow won

The flirtingggggg. No, seriously. The FLIRTING. Did we mention the flirting

Flavio making some gay ass stories about it

R2 versus Zverev and Melo

Why are you looking at him like that Ben

Whatever the hell this is

Post-match ass slap

R3 versus Fonseca and Altmaier

Stop this right now

Ben making a gesture oh Flavio what are you gonna do about this

Giggling and flirting and dancing and singing during change of ends yeah that’s what I thought 

What the fresh hell is this???? In PUBLIC? 

VAMOS!

Andddd ass slap part 2 electric boogaloo

35. Shirtless Wimbledon(?) practice because sure why not (June 2026)

[alcarazscience]

Bottom Carlos Cup

Day1

Roger Federer vs Novak Djokovic

单循环排位赛，公平公正😈

Round-robin Ranking, Fair Play!

pick the best husband for carlos!

roger federer

novak djokovic

Voting ended onJun 22

希望大家投下宝贵的一票

Please cast your valuable vote!

评论区可以提名下一比赛日想看的对决

Drop your desired matchups for the next game day in the comments.

[francesminos-tt]

May I ask if you'll be writing the sincaraz ABO fic? I am loving the world building, your AUs are always sooo good😍

Hi! As I wrote in the other ask, I will keep this one in mind as I finish other projects. The world building is definitely the most interesting part in my opinion. I draw inspirations from medieval history, as well as fictions like GoT or Asoiaf. I love to plan the power dynamic carefully and build the world with abo settings in mind. The end result might be darker and more gruesome than you imagined. Hope you will be ready for the ride then!

[francesminos-tt]

https://www.tumblr.com/francesminos-tt/819822787970678784/httpswwwtumblrcomfrancesminos-tt819650865613

I really love this! An alpha falling in love first—I find that fresh, new and really interesting. Though I do hope Carlos ends up loving him back, too, and that they can become a real power couple.

Are you going to write it?

I have some other projects at hand now, but I will definitely keep this one in mind. I think writing Carlos plotting against Jannik's back and potentially seeing him as a threat is really interesting and fresh. The process of him slowly falling in love, and probably trying to reject the feeling at first will also be fun. It's nice to have Jannik fall for Carlos first at least for once!

[francesminos-tt]

A snippet based on the gender swap prompt by @blackcurrantoolong

Carlos was shaken awake abruptly from his sleep. Carlos refused to open his eyes as he tried to fend off the intruder, but to no avail.

“Just a few more minutes, please, mami.” Carlos murmured, trying to bury his head into the sheets.

“No. Wake up, Carlos!” The intruder hissed, pulling the sheets off Carlos, “Wake the fuck up!”

The sudden chill was the final straw. He grunted, rolled over on the mattress, and opened his eyes. It took him a few seconds to realize that he was not in his home. The room was too large and too dark, the curtain tightly closed, leaving the space in a surreal darkness that made Carlos shiver. Carlos blinked, the initial disorientation replaced by panic as he got a clearer look at the person beside his bed.

It was a woman, which was already alarming. Carlos couldn’t see her face, but he could tell that she was tall, slender, and extremely fit. This didn’t sound good. Why there was a woman in his hotel room? What did she want? What had Carlos done to her?

“Finally. You sleep like a dead man.” She complained, flipping her long, wavy locks. “We have a problem.”

“Which is?” Carlos heard himself ask. He sounded funny. Unlike the familiar deep and resonating voice, he now sounded almost alien. Weird. The high pitch tone was so foreign that he almost didn’t recognize himself at first. However, Carlos didn’t have time to care about his weird voice. He had a more pressing issue to attend to.

“Is there anything wrong?” Carlos continued, swallowing as he sat up on the mattress.

“I don’t know.” She replied, “I was hoping you could tell me.”

“What did I do?” Carlos couldn’t help but shiver as a chill ran down his spine. How bad was it? Did he sleep with the woman? How could he not remember anything? What should he do now? Did he need to pay her to leave?

Carlos had so many questions in his head that he didn’t know which to ask first. Perhaps it was wiser to remain quiet, letting the lady speak first. Defend and strike, the technique Carlos was so good at.

“I have no fucking idea.” The woman said, crossing her arms, “Can you get off the bed, please? We need to talk, but not like this.”

Carlos blushed with embarrassment. He couldn’t imagine how messy and disheveled he must look now. He brought his hand up to try to smooth the unruly hair, and that was when he finally discovered that something was very, very wrong.

Carlos’s eyes widened in surprise as his hand touched something full and thick. The feeling was familiar, but everything else was just wrong. Carlos looked down at the thick locks cascading down his shoulder, almost touching his upper stomach. Since when did his hair become so long? Was this a joke?

“What happened?” Carlos asked, panicking, “Is this a prank?”

“I hope it is, but no, Carlos, no.” The woman replied, reaching her hand out for Carlos, “Come, let me show you something.”

Carlos had no choice but to take her hand. Her hand was calloused and rough, unlike those soft and refined hands typical of young ladies. Once he got off the bed, Carlos found out that the woman was taller than him, her grip firm and determined, and most importantly, she seemed to be stronger, that she was able to drag Carlos all the way across the hotel room and into the bathroom.

She dragged Carlos in front of the mirror and turned on the lights.

Carlos blinked from the sudden light, but once his vision cleared, he found himself looking into a foreign image inside the large mirror, and what scared him the most was that the image blinked back.

There was a young female starting back at him from the mirror, with long, thick hair, bushy brows, soft jaw, full lips, and a few pimples on her left cheek. She looked wild, but the pair of hazel eyes seemed shy and timid, as if she couldn’t believe how beautiful she was. She wore a baggy T-shirt, her breast hiding under the soft fabric. Carlos suddenly felt so self-conscious that he brought his hand up to cup the breast over the fabric, and found belatedly that he was not wearing a bra,

No. Wait. This isn’t right. Is he still a he?

“What is this?” Carlos asked. He finally realized that the reason why he found his own voice funny was that it was not his voice at all. It was a female voice, still relatedly deep, but no doubt belonged to a woman.

Carlos turned to look at the stranger beside him. Warm light painted her face yellow, but Carlos could tell that she had skin so pale that it almost looked translucent. Her hair was not as long and thick as Carlos, but the wavy curls framed her face nicely, the copper color a nice compliment to her fair skin. For some reason, she looked familiar.

“Do I know you?”

The woman didn’t answer. Instead, she rolled her sleeves up (for some reason, she was wearing the same T-shirt as Carlos) and revealed a small patch of darker skin around her shoulder. It was a birthmark, which in itself was nothing out of the ordinary, but the fact that Carlos knew this mark well truly shocked him to the core.

“Jannik?” Carlos couldn’t believe his eyes as he looked back up at those familiar green eyes, “How can it be? Why are you a girl?”

“I can ask you the same question.” The woman, Jannik, replied with a helpless sigh, “I woke up and found out I have grown tits.”

It took Carlos a few moments to find his voice gain, but surprisingly, the initial shock was followed by a strange relief instead of further panic. At least he didn’t have to face this situation alone, and he couldn’t think of a better person to go through this together other than Jannik.

“Why are you in my room?” Carlos finally asked the obvious question. He had noticed the tennis bags and rackets scattered around the room, so he could make an educated guess that he, or she, was still a tennis player. It was highly likely that Jannik was too, so why was Jannik in his room? Were they not rivals in this world?

“Because obviously we are girlfriends.” Jannik replied calmly, “No, it seemed that I just proposed to you and you said yes.”

Carlos was used to facing variable situations, whether it was the sudden change of course of his opponent’s return, or the unexpected question during the press conference, but what Jannik had said just now was too much to handle even for him.

“I think I need to lie down.” Carlos murmured.