KittE's Past

Story by KittanWolfe on SoFurry

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A back-story, my first REAL attempt at writing in a while.

Hope you like it ^^


WARNING: This story contains sex (M/M, M/F), transformations (male to female), and dramatic moments.Any resemblance to situations or persons past, present, or future are coincidental and completely unintentional on the part of the writer.That being said, please, continue...

Finishing his towel-off, KittE Knocked the majority of the water from his fur, feeling it still cling thickly to him as he swiped the towel over the mirror and dropped it to the bathroom floor, shaking himself vigorously from his shoulders to his tail.When the Wolf was done air-drying himself, he rested his white fore-paws on either side of the small, cracked sink and straightened his grey elbows, attempting to strike a "macho" pose as he flexed his tin-though-soft tummy briefly. He leaned forward and smirked at the mirror, raising an eyebrow before laughing softly at himself as he opened the door. He felt the cool seep into the damp bathroom as he bent to scoop up the towel, hanging it on a rod on the wall before stepping out into his studio apartment and glancing around the small interior at his private world.A twin-sized bed, with a non-descript black blanket and pillow, dominated the room, leaving enough room for a small space-heater next to the bed and a dresser under the window, with walking-space if he didn't open any of the drawers. Cramped? Yes, but it was his, in exchange for most of his check from the restaurant where he waited tables, leaving him his tips to live on.The damp Wolf moved to the space heater and checked that it was on full-blast before pressing play on the small boom-box on the dresser and flopping onto his back on the bed, where he propped his head up on a fore-paw and glanced down at the purple marks he'd allowed to be tattooed high on his stomach, before groaning and letting his head hit the pillow, his eyelids slowly closeing as his mind drifted back to that day, just a few years ago, when he'd met Natron...

He was a handsome guy, Natron, even though he was human, though he did have a bushy grey tail with black stripes he'd seemed more than proud of.KittE had known when he saw the hybrid at the bar of the dance club that he was trouble, in his leather jacket and pants and chain-laced boots, but the Wolf had always played it safe, keeping close to his friends and family, and this guy didn't have such a mean-looking face, when you ignored the green, spikey hair and the eye-brow piercings. Catching his eye on accident while he was staring, KittE hesitated for a split-second before raising his glass in a small toast to the leather-clad man, raising his eyebrow and patting the couch cushion next to him invitingly, half-hoping and half-dreading if the human would come over.He did, rising from his stool and sauntering over through the lights and music to plop down next to KittE, the Wolf's tail suddenly twitching from excitement. He'd never had a guy actually take him up on the offer to chat before!They introduced themselves and talked about non-sensical stuff to begin with, drinking slowly and ignoring the rest of the club as they began to lose themselves in eachother's conversation.Before they knew it, exactly, the club was closing, the house lights coming on and glaring off the shiny dresses of the females as they stopped dancing and grumbled their way to the door. KittE didn't want the party to end, but he couldn't invite the human back to his parent's house! He was saved the embarassent when Natron invited him to his own place, the two with their arms around eachother as they stepped in unison, their tails swishing in the same direction as they made their way to Natron's house, a small brick affair with little windows and two and a half stories. KittE stopped to admire the flowers growing out front, and was pulled to the door as Natron fumbled for his key, finally sliding it into the lock and twisting it to unlock the door. By the time he twisted the handle and the door opened, the two had begun groping eachother, hands and paws moving over fur and cloth and leather, searching for the tie to KittE's shorts, the buckle of Natron's belt...Giggling softly, KittE kicked the door shut when they were inside, reaching again for Natron and pulling him close to grope some more, putting his face close to the human's and closing his eyes, leaning forward to kiss Natron on his pouty, sensual lips, only to feel his hands on KittE's chest, pushing him back."I don't kiss guys." The man stated, his hands spread across KittE's chest firmly.Blinking, KittE absorbed this into his drunken mind, and smiled vaguely, his paws moving low to finish his work unclasping Natron's belt, giggling as he kneeled and reached into the human's pants, his paw searching the folds of boxer-fabric to find the warm member there, moving lower to cup Natron's balls as his other paw reached around Natron's waist, tugging at the tight

pants and whimpering softly at the back of his throat.Natron, for his part, was leaning against a wall, arms limply hanging as he watched KittE tug on his pants, finally freeing his ass and crotch from them, his now rock-hard cock bouncing as it came free, only to be caught by KittE's paw. The Wolf licked gingerly at the sensitive head, wondering why it looked so funny until he finally realized: Natron didn't have a sheath, or foreskin!KittE had fooled around before, his preference known to anyone who realized he walked with a bit more bounce than an average male, spoke with a few more hand-gestures, and even the fact that he couldn't help but studder when addressed by a larger male seemed to be a clue to everyone about who he was. He'd typically preferred other Animals, fantasizing they were their feral animal-species cousins, steering clear of humans and their body-modifications. He'd always heard that, since humans all looked so patently the same, they did things to themselves or their children, to differentiate them among themselves, piercing, burning, or cutting into the skin of their bodies, even going so far as to hack parts off!Dragging himself to the now, KittE rubbed the tip of his tongue along the slightly bulging veins down the shaft of the cock in front of him, slipping the human's peach-colored cock-head between the black lips of his white muzzle, savoring the faint musk he wasn't sure if he'd believed humans had, listening to the stories of his classmates as they told tall tales of adventures in the park, and secret affairs they were carrying-on behind their parent's backs with any number of Species.Murring softly to himself, KittE kept his paw at the base of Natron's cock and moved his free hand to pull the string at his waist, loosening the shorts he preferred and letting them fall to his knees on the floor as his paw rose to cup Natron's balls. The Wolf had made it all the way down the thick shaft, inhaling the thicker musk in the human's pubic hair before he felt Natron's hands pushing at his shoulders, urging him onto the floor where the human pulled KittE's shorts off fully, letting them fall to the entry-way floor next to his leather boots with their shiny chains before he kneeled between KittE's sprawled legs and bent down, his strangely-shaped nose prodding at the soft short white fur inder KittE's own ball-sack as he licked and prodded at the Wolf's tailhole, the same pink color as his penis as it poked out of its white sheath timidly, quickly catching up to Natron's level of arousal while the human spat and licked at KittE's hole, his tongue stretching the tight opening as he grunted softly.When he seemed satisfied, and KittE's head was swimming, Natron moved his body to cover the Wolf's, his mouth finding one of the Wolf's nipples as one of his hands fumbled between the grey furry thighs, his other searching the other side of KittE's chest for the soft pink mound of flesh that matched

the one he was already tongueing. KittE felt the thick head push against his ball sack softly before moving lower as Natron abandoned his clumbsy, drunken search for KittE's other nipple and pulled himself upright, lifting one of KittE's legs as he continued to fumble with his cock, pushing harder with each try as he missed the wet tailhole again and again before finally thrusting the right way.KittE's eyes widened as he felt Natron slide into him, his head reeling back and banging on the floor as he whimpered softly, concentrating on relaxing himself, feeling the warm flesh pushing deep, the human's cock thicker than Natron was used to for initial penetration, his usual partners being canids, though he had enjoyed exploring a feline cock once, giving the big cat a blow-job while his tongue explored the spines he'd heard so much about from his girlfriends.Another thrust from Natron brought KittE's drunken musings to an end, making the Wolf moan with desire as he felt the human's thick cock inside him sliding against his prostate, making KittE's head roll softly side-to-side, before Natron began pulling out again, feeling the shaft pull from inside him as he gasped, the tip of his tongue darting out as he licked at the air above.Natrol laughed softly and humped harder, thrusting roughly into the Wolf's tight tailhole as his other hand moved to lift KittE's other leg, resting both ankles on his shoulders before gripping the grey furry thighs over his stomach and ramming his cock into the Wolf's warm hole, his dick like a piston as he jack-hammered into KittE, his cock's new position jabbing at the Wolf's already teased prostate, making him ooze a few drops of pre-cum.The Wolf's fore-paws went to his own nipples, pinching the small pink nubs and rolling them between his paw-digits as he smiled up at the human looming over him. He could see Natron's grin in the shadows as the human continued to rut into him, driving them both toward the edge with his energetic thrusting, until he moaned loudly and began bucking viciously.KittE felt the cock inside him thicken as it stabbed at his prostate, making the Wolf moan and writhe as his cock began to spurt, thick gooey streams splashing onto his chest and stomach, one well-timed shot soaring in an arc to land over his head as the human above him let loose a groan so loud he was surprised the windows hadn't rattled, feeling him explode inside, thrusting a few times as he came, roughly slapping KittE's exposed rump as he finished.KittE lay panting where he was as he felt Natron pull out with a grunt, standing slowly and staring down at the Wolf, his face too far away for KittE to see in the dark, though he saw the shadowy arm reach toward the wall just before a bright flash made him close his eyes and rest his head on the floor as they adjusted.Natron, now illuminated by the entry-way light, smirked down at KittE and said, "Looking like that, I hope you're ready

to go again!" With his fluffy tail swishing sensuously as his dick, covered in spit and cum, began to rise again, chubbing-out at the sight of the Wolf on his floor...

They'd moved to what KittE assumed was the master-bedroom for the rest of the night, the two rolling around eachother in Natron's queen-sized bed until the birdsong outside made them realize it was the morning. Promising to call, KittE had gone home and had a shower, grateful his parents were night-people, his father a security-guard, his mother a night-school teacher, and both too tired after a full night to check that their son was in his bed, which he had learned the first time he'd stayed out too late and only gotten caught because he walked-in the door apologizing.A couple days later, KittE called Natron and made plans to meet-up again, this time for lunch at a little cafe near the park, where KittE was secretly hoping to end-up with the studly human-hybrid.This time, however, they talked about real things, politics and religion, real meaty topics while they ate salad and lasagna, the blue-plate special of the day. KittE felt true affection growing for the guy, which he'd never thought about before.Sure, he'd assumed he'd meet the man of his dreams, but that was far, far, FAR in the future, since he was having too much fun being flirtatious and a little bit of a hoe. But against KittE's "general guideline" (he hated calling anything a rule, since rules were made to be broken in his thinking), he made plans for another date, letting Natron drive him home and waving from the curb as he drove away, his grey four-door sedan sliding up the road like he had slid into KittE a few nights ago, only then reminding the Wolf that he'd hoped to get Natron over to the park. Damn! Well, there was always next time...

KittE was scared, and furious, and absolutely at a loss.He'd been dating Natron exclusively for three months now, and, finally deciding it was time the raccoon-hybrid met his parents, he invited Natron out to dinner with them, his parents agreeing off-handedly, since it wasn't the first time he'd brought friends to dinner, though they weren't quite ready for Natron's humanity, or for their son to come-out to them, reaching across the table to clasp Natron's all-too-human hand in his own as he announced he was in love.Natron had squeezed his hand back, just as his father found his voice, growling that he didn't have a son before standing to leave, his mother bursting into tears and staring at him with shame as she followed. KittE had watched them get into their car and leave.When Natron drove KittE home, the Wolf discovered all the lights in the house were dark and his clothes and other personal items strewn across the lawn. Picking through the rubble, he found not one stitch of his clothing was wearable anymore, someone having taken scissors or a knife to gouge holes in the fabrics. His CDs were mostly OK, the case just a little damp from the sprinklers, though his boom-box had smashed on the side of the dirve-way, along with his keep-sake glass from Senior Prom, when he'd gone "stag" and ended-up making goo-goo-eyes at the Prom-King all night.Almost everything he could think of that he owned, besides the large furniture, had apparently been flung from the front door of the house. Gathering up what he could, KittE clutched what he had left and cried on his parent's lawn, Natron putting his arm around the Wolf and leading him back to his car.They drove back to Natron's house, where the human tried to comfort the Wolf, to no avail, finally admitting something to try to shock the Wolf from apathy; Natron knew some magic.He wasn't a full mage or anything, but he'd been taking correspondence courses in potions and enchantments, and he'd mastered the gender-shift potion, which he found fascinating though was too scared to try it himself, and after mentioning such he trailed off.KittE saw where it was going, and sarcastically asked if Natron wanted him to drink it, having learned early-on of the human's bi-sexual nature from his gazes at females, and KittE could assume Natron hadn't had a female of any species for a while.Whether it was deliberate or accidental, Natron took KittE literally and produced a small phial of blue liquid, holding it by the neck and swinging it slowly infront of KittE's muzzle, offering if he wanted to try it, though it only lasted for so long, so he should drink the whole batch to get the full effect...KittE frowned at Natron and snatched the bottle irritably, snapping that the human was being so childish, trying to play games with him right now, as he yanked out the cork and gulped the contents of the phial, throwing the empty glass into the tiny, unused fireplace

before curling his legs up under him on the chair and sinking further into his depression as he stared into the distance, seeing his life falling apart around him.He wasn't sure when the warmth started, it might have been a few seconds, it might have been a few minutes, but while he'd sat staring into space, Natron had watched him, aware of when KittE's chest began to swell, the small mounds of his pecs expanding under his shirt as they began to bulge and plump, rounding out and finally drawing KittE's attention to whatever was pulling at his chest.When he looked down, he was shocked, leaping to his hind-legs and shoving a fore-paw down his shorts, howling when he realized his white-furred sheath and balls had....gone on vacation?!? In their place was a little slit, mounded on either side with white furry skin. Reaching down to check if maybe his family jewels had simply moved, he could find nothing by touch in front of his tailhole besides this new...thing.... And these breasts were not what he imagined when he'd been jealous of the blossoming girls back in grade-school, a few times thinking his life might be easier if he was female instead, though never going so far as to look into gender-reversal surgery, as it was so expensive...Natron's fingers toying with KittE's nipples over the now-too-tight T-shirt bringing him, er, HER back, pushing his hand away and glaring at him. "How could you think I would like this?!" She demanded, shoving him in the chest futilely as he moved to encircle her in his arms, embracing her now-smaller form and letting the wolf cry herself out on his shoulder, finally leading her to the bedroom where he tried to get into her now slightly-baggier shorts, his head nuzzling hers on his shoulder as his fingers toyed with her nipples. Eventually, despite her reluctance, she let him move a hand under her shirt, loving the heat of his furless hands on the short white fuzz of her new breasts. He used a finger under her chin to tip her head up towards him, his mouth meeting her muzzle as his tongue parted her black lips.Stunned, KittE pulled back, breaking the kiss to ask, "I thought you said didn't like kissing?""I said I don't kiss guys. You're not a guy, now, are you?" He replied, his hands moving lower on her body as she shivered, pushing her shorts down over her grey thighs as he knelt in front of her, tapping her ankles softly to make her step out of them before tossing them to the side. As she looked down at him, his hands rose to cup her buttocks, kneading the grey-covered globes under KittE's bushy tail, his fingers slowly working toward the thin strip of white between as he pulled her toward him by her rump. He had his mouth open slightly as his eyes locked onto the pinkness in the white fur between her legs, the tip of his tongue poking out as his face disappeared under her breasts.She had never imagined that something could feel so good, his mouth pressing against

her pink nether-lips as his tongue dipped between them as she gasped and rested her fore-paws on his head as his tongue probed her sensitive, new pussy.His fingers finally met between her rump-cheeks, pushing into the white strip of fur to probe at her tight tail-hole, popping the tip of a finger inside just as his tongue grazed her clitoris for the first time, making her gasp and lean on his shaggy brown hair as her legs shook beneath her. His tongue swirled around the small pink nub with its little hood, pushing at them as she panted and whined above him, slowly humping into his face as he wiggled the fingertip in her ass. He was driving her crazy!Finally, he pulled his head from her crotch and smiled up at her before lifting her in his arms and settling her on the bed, covering her muzzle with kisses as he removed his clothes. Stretching his body out over hers, he planted his hands outside her shoulders on the bed and let his tail droop to the side as he settled his knees between her legs, which she wrapped around his as she rested her fore-paws on his shoulders. He reached a hand down and rubbed the head of his cock up and down between her pink folds, pressing but not actually sliding in as he leaned down to kiss her, locking his mouth onto her muzzle and pressing his tongue and cock inside her at the same time.Shuddering, KittE felt herself slowly spread like she'd never been before, his cock continuing to slide into her as she felt the tightness inside her stretching, feeling like it was tearing a little and making her panic under him. Her eyes opened wide and she pushed at him, breaking the kiss and whining up into his face as she squirmed, telling him to stop as she pulled away from his still-thrusting hips. He put a hand on her grey hip and his other on her grey shoulder to hold her in place, his brow furrowing as he shushed her, putting his mouth close to her ear as he whispered calming things, finally giving up in the face of her struggle and thrusting into her in one smooth motion, grunting as he finally hilted. He felt her tight hole clench and gently gush around his length as her body arched up against his, her head rolling back on the pillows as she let loose a short howl and her paws gripped the bedspread.KittE's eyes were full of hazy desire when her grip relaxed and she lowered her face to meet Natron's worried gaze, his eyes searching hers as he stared down at her, grateful at seeing her expression that he hadn't actually hurt her. "You're beautiful as a female, you know that?" He said, withdrawing an inch or two as he bit his lower lip before thrusting back into her roughly with a smirk. Picking up a heavy rhythm, he began rutting her as she moaned and clutched at him, her arms and legs hugging him close as he picked up speed.Feeling his cock piston into her, KittE heard his grunts as she writhed underneath him. Even better than his tongue, she felt herself clench with each thrust he

gave, moaning and whining as she leaned up and kissed his sex-filled face passionately, putting a paw on the back of his head to steady herself under his rutting onslaught. Feeling him shudder over her as he quickened his pace, she let her head fall back to the pillow as she felt the beginning edge of the orgasm. KittE gasped in short breaths and clutched at Natron's shoulders as her eyes rolled back, her moans sending him over the edge, making his cock spurt its creamy load into her as he felt her tight hole clench around him. They slowly wound down, quieting together as he settled his body onto hers in post-coital bliss, running his hand at her shoulder down his arm to twine his fingers with hers tenderly as he nuzzled her cheek.They laid like that for a while, neither wanting to move, until finally Natron lifted himself off the smaller grey wolf and padded to the bathroom door, his tail swishing sexily behind his thighs, he turned back to smile at her before entering the bathroom and shutting the door softly. KittE, left alone for the first time with a female body, let her paws roam over the short white fur on her chest and stomach, cupping the curve of her breasts as they lay slightly squished on top of her rib cage. Going lower, she explored with her pawdigits where a short time before only Natron's mouth and cock had been. As she felt around down there, the hybrid opened the bathroom door and his eyes fell on her.Smiling broadly, he dashed to the bed and jumped onto it, pinning KittE beneath him again as he playfully growled in her ear, "Who said you could do that without me, huh?" Making her erupt in giggles as his hands and mouth covered her, making her swoon as one of his hands moved between her legs, fingers dexterously parting the lips and rubbing her soft mound as her giggles turned to moans of desire as they began another romp, enjoying the new body for as long as it lasted, eventually passing-out, exhausted, between the sheets.

Six months later, KittE had adjusted to his new home with Natron, the human generously offering to let him stay there as long as he wanted, and they soon settled into a comfortable routine, KittE continuing to go to work at the restaurant he'd started waiting tables at in secondary school while helping Natron at his tattoo and body-piercing shop, setting the little bottles of antiseptic in the glass cabinets, re-stocking the jewelry display cases, and just generally doing minor grunt work in exchange for being able to hang around when he wasn't waiting tables. Natron had even suggested he might be able to learn the register.The only thing KittE felt he could do without was his boyfriend's constant pressure to drink his potions, the human concocting variations of the original, secretly mixing them when the Wolf was gone or asleep, though KittE began to suspect it wasn't so much magic as science. A series of calculated risks, which were never taken by Natron himself, leaving KittE to drink the thick liquids, giving his body over to whatever crazy transformation the human had cooked-up.The man had figured out how to re-mould KittE's male figure into almost anything between male and female the wolf could think of, though always only temporary, and KittE noted privately that Natron would concent to kiss him with a male build, the hybrid's only hang-up apparently being the appearance of a penis on the person he was kissing. Not that KittE was ready to complain just yet,he was having fun just like Natron, and the grey wolf was sure the wanna-be-chemist, or whatever Natron was , wanted to be with him as he was, and the potions were simply a way of exploring himself and KittE that they could both enjoy and grow from.One day, KittE got home after working an early shift at the restaurant, the house dark with Natron still at his tattoo parlor. The desire to explore the empty house made KittE's fur stand-up, since he was so rarely in it alone, working nights mostly and so able to go with Natron in the mornings when he left for the parlor, leaving from there when he had to go to his job waiting tables. Today, however, he'd been asked to switch with someone on mornings for a doctor's appointment, so he'd gone to the restaurant instead of the tattoo parlor in the morning, freeing him up in the afternoon to poke around a little. Taking a quick shower, he padded around the building au-natural, just poking his head into all the doors in the upper-hallway just to see what was inside, coming across room after room of lumpy-looking shapes covered by white sheets, reminding KittE that Natron had told him once that, after his parents had died, he'd moved home and put everything in storage until he decided what he wanted to do with it.Coming across a bathroom, KittE stepped in and tried the faucet, realizing that Natron must have turned off the water to this part of the house, safer when not in use, so KittE re-tightened the faucet handle

and gazed around at the décor, realizing quickly it was the same as the bathroom they used, he turned off the light and left, shutting the door and moving-on. In all, the second floor of the house seemed to contain four bedrooms; the master bedroom with its own private bathroom, two smaller bedrooms connected to each other by a bathroom, and the fourth bedroom next to the second-floor public bath, connected by a door for guest privacy.KittE giggled at the thought of a house made entirely of doors as he navigated his way to the stairs, where the door to the only rooms in use on that floor was, right at the landing. Passing that door, the Wolf padded down the stairs and continued his cursory examination of the house, finding the rooms on this level behind their novel sliding doors spacious, with plush wall-to-wall carpeting to contrast the hard-wood floor of the foyer. KittEstarted entering the rooms, poking at the furniture along the walls as if one piece might slide and reveal the "secret lab" KittE imagined Natron having, with all kinds of little glass pieces arranged like a three-dimensional puzzle brought to life. He'd seen movies where mad scientists had labs like that, with huge switches and lightning-rods designed to rise out of the roof...Finding nothing conspicuous, KittE stood in the lower hall and sighed, frowning at the inside of the house's front door as he let his mind wander in frustration, his eyes falling on a small door under the stairs he hadn't noticed before, in all his months of living here.It was understandable, since it didn't break the pattern of the wall, probably originally intended as a discreet broom-closet, and had a table shoved up against it. The table was oddly high, high enough to conceal the doorknob behind the knick-knacks it held, so long as the light didn't hit the ruby-red door-handle, glinting through the pastel-coloured glass of the unicorn, fairy, and centaur figurines like a beacon.KittE had soon retrieved a flashlight from the kitchen, shining it at the bottoms of the table-legs, noting hidden ball-bearings tucked into them, moving up to the edge of the table, where it met the door, not too surprised to see that it was securely attached from underneath. Straightening-up, he turned to replace the flashlight, but turned on a random thought and reached to lift the nearest of the figurines, gripping it but unable to move it. Shining the flashlight proved what he suspected: the figurines had been glued-down! The entire table was designed to be moved, without noise or fuss, with the door as it opened and shut. All someone had to do to keep it secret at this point was keep the table dusted, and nobody would ever notice a thing.KittE put the flashlight back as he re-thought his plan, unsure what it was he was going to do now that he knew where Natron's secret must be, and so frowned at the door and willing it to come unlatched by itself, though it staunchly refused.Giving-up, he resolved to ask Natron about where he mixed his concoctions, and what he used. Surely he wouldn't resist to long if KittE showed a lasting interest in their manufacture? It would relieve some of Natron's burden, and KittE knew if the man was one thing, he was lazy as sin when it came to anything but sex.Padding slowly back up the stairs, the Wolf moved to the closet in the master bedroom and removed one of Natron's uniform shirts for the shop, pulling it off the hanger and folding it to stuff it into his messenger bag, stepping to the dresser and grabbing out two pairs of shorts, dropping one to the floor and nudging it with his toes until he could step into it, while folding the other pair and putting them into the bag with the shirt, just in case something happened and he needed the extra. Bending down to pull up his shorts and pull the draw-string tight, he tied a bow and tucked the knot into the waistband, turning to the full-length mirror on the back of the door and admiring himself for a moment as he walked towards it before opening the door.On his way out of the house, he stopped in the kitchen again, this time for an energy-bar, before shutting the front door from the outside, rummaging in his bag for is keys. Wave to a human neighbor walking her miniature dog as he turns the key in the lock, drop the keys back in the bag, and off he went, trotting in the opposite direction of the neighbor as he headed for Natron's tattoo parlor, whistling to himself.

KittE looked over the candle on the table at Natron, wondering if it really had been two years since he'd laid eyes on the hybrid human-raccoon as he reached out to clasp Natron's hand with his paw as he smiled into the light brown eyes of his lover. The two had been practically inseparable, aside from KittE's shifts at the restaurant, which had been cut-down so he could enjoy more time at the parlor. Aside from that, and the fact that the hybrid was able to convince KittE, in addition to the infrequent potion infusions, to get his tongue, navel, and both ears pierced, and he now had what he considered a large-enough tattoo in purple ink that matched his eyes.The Wolf squeezed Natron's hand and withdrew his paw as the waiter arrived, setting their entrees in front of them and asking if there is was anything else he could do before buzzing away. This restaurant was nicer than the one KittE worked at, the owner being too cheap to fix it up right unless it actually gets condemned. This place, however, had white floor-length tablecloths on every table, and gold-plated dinner-ware, and ice-buckets for the wine that patrons could select from the gasp "wine list"... It made KittE jealous that he didn't have the connections to work in a place like this, looking around to see all the waiters were Mountain Lions, smacking of unilateral uniformity.Among the changes in KittE's life over the past two years was a socio-political awakening to the very real issues facing both humans and animals, including loss of personal and familial identity, spearheaded by privately-funded commercial campaigns seemingly aimed at the idea that certain species were more "elegant-looking", while others were just "better-suited to menial tasks and labor." The commercials, usually with some monologue of how each is best at only a certain amount of things, and therefore should be encouraged to do only those things, while a slide-show of what the voice apparently believes is the "average" for each species, showing pictures of some Animals dressed in expensive clothes and sipping bubbly drinks, while others were in drab, depressing surroundings, though apparently just as content. The diatribe ended just in time for a human child, surrounded by garbage, to smile warmly at the camera and say cheerfully, "But I like it here!"They'd been believed to be a joke when they first aired, no-one believing they could become a serious political concern. But no-one had noticed the majority of the government employees and policy-makers were among those named the "elite," either. No-one except those in positions of power who were labeled "inferior", that-is. For the most part, they weren't exactly wrong, just fudging a few major facts, but presenting it to influence thusly, they had practically declared war on those who were born a species believed to be unsuited to their chosen profession. Humans had it the worst, since, to most Animals, they all truly

looked alike unless it was one you knew personally. They could tell the difference among themselves, of course, but for most Animals it was simply difficult to differentiate. This, coupled with the small ratio of humans to Animals, collectively, seemed to make them a special target for species-ism and discrimination, the video singling them out for the worst station in society. As they ate, chatting about nothing, really, and the restaurant around them emptied as the night wound-down, the pair emptied a couple of wine as they ate, finally heading home after getting a little tipsy. On the way, KittE gazed out his window at the lights going by, imagining them as different flavores of candy for his eyes as the light twinkled through the glass of the car, casting garish shadows that danced and swam on the interior.When they got home, Natron surprised KittE with yet another bottle of wine, and the two toasted each other as they moved drunkenly up the stairs, listing first to one side of the stairs then the next. Reaching the landing, they shushed one another and, laughing around their hands, went to the bedroom, Natron kicking the door shut as KittE jumped onto the bed.The wolf, reclining on the bed-spread, gazed across the room into Natron's brown eyes as he drained his glass, raising it and suggesting, "Where's a phial? We can make tonight really special..." To which the human face perked for a moment before getting a sly look. "You know,"Natron replied slowly, his hands never stopping their insistent tugging at KittE's nice button-up shirt. "If you'd just lemme pierce it into you, you wouldn't need the infusions to change..."Since their first escapade, the secret of the transforming potions had somehow leaked. Natron guessed it was some college student who stumbled onto the secret and brought it to his professor for analysis, and from there, he had hypothesized, it was only a matter of time.Suddenly, it was a new craze! The scientific community, studying the phenomenon, explained it in numerous documentaries, experimenting with the ingredients to elicit various responces from volunteer patients, including partial and full gender transformation, as well as species transformations, though the effects were never permanent, and not all of the patients survived these experiments.Natron had calmed KittE's fears on the subject, insisting he had specific instructions for his home-made infusions, though never sharing them and laughing at the inquisitive wolf when he tried to press the point. Along with official scientific experimentation, private citizens were experimenting as well, though awkwardly, by tattooing or piercing themselves with needles dipped in mixtures. These measures were intended to trigger the body to change into the desired shape and KEEP IT THAT WAY, unless the tattoo were removed. KittE had rolled his eyes at the rumors until someone there had been willing to try it, bringing a

small plastic bottle of goo into Natron's and requesting one of the silly tattoos.KittE had watched as the bear, who'd flounced-in with a huge smile and a twinkle in his eye, sat on the table as Natron got to work, bending low to quickly shave the fur around the bear's navel, where he'd indicated, and started the ink-gun. While the tattoo formed, the bear was quiet and still, which had surprised the wolf, since he had seen almost-fully-covered people flinch at the feel of the stabbing needle. When Natron had finished, they both realized the Bear's eyes were closed and, leaning in further, his eyes under the lids were moving frantically. The pair looked at each other just as the Bear's whole body shook softly on the table, drawing their attention as his fur turned rusty red with snow white on his chest and stomach, his bulky body shrinking like some stop-motion cartoon as his tail lengthened between his legs, trailing past his feet. His chest pushed out as well, blossoming into a pair of breasts that made Natron stare as the once-bear-now-fox opened her eyes and sighed a huge breath.Looking down, she squealed in delight and immediately raised her paws to her breasts, KittE thought to hide them, but she only squeezed the nipples and jiggled the globes with them as she giggled. Eventually, though, she came to her senses and realized they were still staring at her in shock, and she demanded a shirt as she pushed herself off the table, gripping the now-WAY-too-big shorts to her hips and glaring at them like they had made her do something naughty. After that little incident, Natron and KittE had researched the topic, finding-out that, while the tattoos were permanent, the piercings had been discovered to be only semi-permanent, only requiring a piece of jewelry in the hole to make the body change. This allowed users to effectively have any number of faces or bodies, leading the general public to distrust those with body-modifications. By then the political movement promoting elitism among the population was in full swing, having encountered little resistance from an apathetic population, and began to build a platform for anti-transformation laws. The speakers, now public with podiums and cameras on themselves, called for laws allowing mandatory examinations, as well as laws allowing employers the right to terminate an employee suspected of being a "T-freak," as they were being labeled in the news and online.KittE blinked at Natron in the shadowy light from the streetlamps outside before throwing a pillow at his head. "We've talked about that. I don't want any more piercings or tats. I just want to stick with the potions.""But, baby, you know as well as I do that the ingredients are harder to come-by with everyone knowing what to look for. It would just be easier to pierce you with it once and let it heal-up. You're only stuck as a female for a month or so, then you'll be able to go back and forth whenever

you want." Natron moved to the bed as he spoke, cradling KittE in his arms and lulling the wolf as one of his hands reached into KittE's pants and started to stroke his sheath, moving his fingers over the white fur slowly as the cock underneath bulged and poked-out."I know, which is why we should enjoy it while we can." KittE replied, moving his face towards Natron's, knowing the hybrid would pull back as he always did when KittE was in his natural form. Pushing his muzzle away and pulling his hand out of KittE's shorts, Natron glared at him. "Now quit that, and listen to what I'm saying. There's not enough to last another year, much less long enough to enjoy it all the way. That's why I think you should get a piercing..."KittE glared right back, frowning, "But I don't want to, and I do get FINAL say on my body, don't I?""Of course you do, don't be such a drama-queen! I'm only saying it wouldn't hurt to really think about it!" Natron stopped his pleading tone and turned sullen when it appeared KittE had thought on it as much as he intended to already. "Well, at least as a commitment to our relationship." The hybrid mumbled, standing and moving to the dresser, pulling off his jacket and shirt and tossing them in a heap on the floor, letting his pants drop and stepping out of them and his shoes on his way.At the dresser, he pulled out a pair of short shorts and pulled them on, going back to the bed and moving to the far side. As he slipped under the comforter, KittE snapped at him, "Are you going to leave those there all night?"Hesitating for a second Natron turned to look directly at KittE as he said, "Yes. I am." Before curling up and facing away from the wolf.KittE wasn't sure how long he sat there, trying to figure what went wrong, though Natron's soft snoring brought him out of his reverie, making him remember that he was furious at him for pushing the idea, and even madder that he said what he had about a commitment.KittE had gotten pierced and tatted not because he wanted the stupid things, but because Natron had pushed, and wheedled, and nagged good naturedly until KittE had relented, but something like what he wanted now... It was nothing anywhere near what KittE wanted, because if he did it for permanent, something else would happen. The other shoe would drop, so to speak.Sighing and getting up, KittE dropped his own pants and shirt by the bed, his paws giving him freedom from shoes, and padded over to the door, opening it and leaving the room. Outside in the hallway, the dark shadows from the windows at the ends of the hall making it seem chilly though it was just after the middle of the summer.Going downstairs, KittE lit a light in the study, booting up the computer and going to the kitchen for a glass of water. Returning, he clicked on his username and typed his password.No news, really, and no messages. Oh, well. He finished his water and went back

to bed, feeling ineffective and not liking it one bit.

Natron continued his haranguing, harping that he'd let KittE stay with him without asking anything in return, just that he love and respect Natron's wishes, was that too much to ask?In this, KittE thought so, and finally told him after a month of opinion-shoving by Natron, blowing up at him in the living-room of their home. "You know what, if having a boyfriend that is only willing to experiment with it isn't enough, maybe you should find someone else to give it to! Or maybe find a real woman, instead of trying to make me into one!"Natron's red face pushed towards his, filling his vision as the human hands gripped his shoulders. "I'm just trying to save our relationship, you stupid bitch! Its not like I'm suggesting you get it tattooed, just a fucking piercing!""It's not happening! Get it through your thick human head! I'm not getting a gender-shift piercing! And after that little speech, I'm not taking anymore of your fucking potions anymore either. If you want to love me, love ME!" KittE stormed to the front door, leaving it open as he leapt off the front porch, landing on all fours in the grass and running full-tilt, where he didn't care. Just away from here...

He'd meandered for a while, before he'd cooled-down enough to go to the restaurant where he worked and put in for more hours, explaining that he needed the money. His boss good naturedly ribbed him about the all mighty dollar as he wrote him in the schedule. On his way out, KittE glanced at the cork-board locals usually posted lost or found pets, machinery for sale, or places for rent, though nothing he'd consider livable.Returning home, he found all the lights off, and the door locked. Damn, he'd left his key. Luckily, he'd devised a way of getting in without it, since he frequently forgot his key when he left in the mornings.Walking around to the back-door, he stood on the tin trash-cans there to grip the gutter on the roof's edge, swinging a leg up and catching the heel on it, levering himself up and padding across the roof to a second-story window he habitually left unlocked.Pressing his fore-paw-pads to the glass, he gently tried to lift it, as he had many times before, the pane of glass in its frame sliding almost effortlessly up to allow him into the dark interior of the room. Shutting, but not locking, the window, he padded out to the hall-way and stopped, seeing a suitcase at the top of the stairs. His suitcase.Grabbing it by the handle, he turned to the open door of the bedroom just as the light came on. Natron stood in the master bedroom doorway, his robe tied tight as he leaned on the frame. "You know I thought you knew how to pick locks. Huh, guess you're not as smart as I thought.""Natron, listen-" KittE began, but he was cut-off."NO! You listen! I thought you might be hurt, running off mad like that! You could have been attacked by anything out there! You don't even know half of what's out there, you know. You're just a stupid little puppy, whining that his boyfriend wants to do something you don't. You sound like a child! Why should I let you stay here if you don't do what I want at least some of the time? Is it really so much to ask?" Natron finished, almost pleading as he stepped forward, regret written all over his face.KittE had been shocked at being interrupted, but listened to Natron. As he did so, he flashed back to highschool, when friends would hear "it's not just me, everybody's doing it," from their dates, or "if you love me, you'll do it for me." KittE had never had that pressure, and had felt grateful, until now."How dare you?" he whispered, his arms shaking with anger as his lip curled over his front teeth and he growled under his breath. "How dare you speak to me like that! I've been here the whole time, while you held some sort of affair with my female body while pretending to love me! I loved you, just as you are! I never once asked you to drink it, did I? I never implied you should be something else, something better!"Natron smiled sadly as KittE spoke, shaking his head until the wolf had finished and replying, "It doesn't matter now.

You left, its over. You weren't worth it anyway, stupid fag of a wolf, only thing you want is something only girls should get. Get out, filthy mutt. I said GET OUT!" Natron swung his fist at KittE wildly, obviously intending to scare the wolf into fleeing with his suitcase, but the human hadn't realized who he was fucking all those months, male or female, and so wasn't ready for KittE to shove him when his punch failed to connect, pushing him back into the bedroom.KittE stepped forward, looming in the doorway as the light hit his face and Natron saw just how pissed his ex-lover was. "Never speak to me again, you stupid piece of shit. Don't wave at me if you see me, don't say hi if we pass eachother, don't even fucking think about me when you're fucking someone, got it? Cause if you do, I will finish this, there and then. You're not stupid, you know what a wolf, when he's angry, can do to a human. And for all intents and purposes, ASSHOLE, that tail does nothing to hide who you really are!" He snarled before stomping down the stairs and opening the front door, this time slamming it hard enough to break the glass as he left, tears streaming down his face as he headed for the restaurant.There, he poured it all out to his boss, who frowned and shook his head, "Maybe you should go talk to the girls, see if one of them'll let you crash on their couch till you can get settled?" the Tiger had replied, smoothing papers on his desk and trying to look busy as he turned away from KittE dismissively.The wolf took his advice, though he regretted it, telling first one co-worker his private story, then another, each one shaking her head in sympathy and answer to his inevitable question, until, finally, one of them said yes.Cherri had only been working there a few months, but she was competent and KittE didn't usually work with her, which made it ideal for the short time he'd need, because she also happened to know that the apartment above hers was going vacant soon, her building manager had told her so, uh-huh.Lugging his suitcase, KittE wondered for the millionth time what had happened to his life.Starting-out, he'd had it all, atleast he thought so, a good home with two parents who loved each other and loved him, no siblings to fight with, and a decent, if not good, job. He'd traded that for a boyfriend he thought he loved who loved the idea of a warm body to play with, and the joy of the transformations. Now, he had somehow lost even that measure of life's joy, following this Weasel woman so he could beg a spot on her couch...Oh, how the mighty can fall so very far...It had taken a couple weeks to get the apartment, but by the time it was vacant he had already started the paperwork with the manager. KittE remembered the first time he'd seen it, with its cracked and peeling paint and one lumpy looking bed, but he'd dropped his suitcase and flopped onto the bed, grateful to be alone in a place he knew was

HIS. As long as he paid rent, that-is. It took half his checks, but it was worth it, especially when he noticed Drake, the huge Tiger, living down the hall. KittE never missed an opportunity to catch a glimpse of the burly Animal as he left for work in the mornings, usually wearing tight jeans and a white T-shirt.KittE had made advances, clumsy as they were, which the Tiger either didn't get or chose to ignore, the wolf learning from watching him that sometimes females left his apartment in the mornings, and by the looks of them KittE couldn't compare, really, if the Tiger preferred them. So the wolf let himself fantasize about seducing the big Cat, pulling him inside the studio apartment to peel off the jeans and lick that all-to-noticeable bulge under the zipper.Soon, he'd found a routine, working most nights to come home, exhausted, and shower before crawling into bed and drifting until his alarm went off, telling him it was time to watch for Drake, then more sleep until the second alarm. This time, he'd get up and get ready for work, pulling on the uniform and grabbing the messenger bag he carried, padding down the stairs of the building and walking to work, content in his life for now. Let the future wait, for now, and let it be good when it finally came.