Alice was watching anime in her room on her bed. Everyone else was out on a mission and her zenith class trial was in 2 days. She should be preparing, but she simply didn't want to. She scrolled through the anime on Crunchyroll and founded a new Shonen series. She clicked on it just because and ended up getting to episode 10. As she was about to go to the next episode, she heard a knock on the door.
"Miss Alice," a soft, cute voice said from the other side of the door. "May I come in?"
"Sure."
In the room walked Coffee. She looked pretty shy and struggled to make eye contact with Alice.
"You need something kid?"
"I'm, well... Kierse told me I should start making more friends, and... well... I heard you watching an anime I liked."
"What, this one?"
"Yeah. C-Coukd we watch it together?"
"Sure. Come, sit by me."
"Really?"
"Yeah. Come now."
Coffee slowly walked to Alice's side and sat beside her. Alice thought Coffee was pretty cute and Coffee kind of reminded her of herself when she first started the academy. She was acting nervous the same as Alice first acted with Yoshi.
"How much anime do you watch?" asked Alice.
"A-A lot. I really love it. It's been my favorite pastime since... well, forever."
"Me too." Alice said with a warm smile. "What's your favorite anime?"
"Uh... Black... Clover."
"Oh, nice. Mine is Jojos."
The two had a nice conversation about their favorite animes, helping Alice gain a new friend.
Later that night, Kierse stood in front of the ocean near the school. He started off in a white bathrobe, his abs visible through the lovely tied robe. "Are we just not strong enough..." he said to himself.
"I don't know, are you?" a mysterious voice said from behind him. Kierse pulled out an SMG and pointed it behind him in a panic. Yoshi, who was behind him, raised his hands. "Woah! No need to fire. I was just messing around."
"Oh, it's you." Kierse put his gun away and looked back out to the ocean. Yoshi came to his side, but Kierse didn't seem to mind. "Yoshi, was it?"
"That's me."
"You fought against Star and lived, right?"
"Yep. Well... most of us lived. One of our squad mates died in the fight."
"Oh... I'm sorry for your loss."
"Don't be. I'm used to losing people close to me."
"..."
"Why do you ask though?"
"He is my zenith; My peak and goal. One day, I want to make him pay for what he did to my friends."
"The girls? They look like him, don't they? Their keeper parts come through just like Star."
"According to Star, he did it to them to make him look like less of a freak. But all he did was torture them for months."
"I can emphathize. I was also captured and tortured by him for months. Maybe that's why me and Sybil get along."
"... I just... I want to turn them back. They have to constantly cover up and restrict themselves out of fear of being seen as monsters. It's not fair. And yet... that jackal girl... did Star do something to her?"
"I'm not sure. Alice doesn't like to talk a lot about her past. Most of her past she doesn't even know why or how things happened."
"Yet, you still are with her?"
"Of course. She loves me and I love her. That simple."
"You're... serious... You're not joking?"
"Why would I be?"
Kierse chuckles. "You're a funny guy."
"Really? I think I'm pretty boring, actually. Everyone else has such interesting stories and goals. Meanwhile, I just fight to cover up my past screw-ups."
"Really? Well, you seem nice. Surely they can't be that bad."
"Trust me, I'm a monster. I guess that's my motive. I want to get stronger to protect others and erase the demon child I was."
"Well, that sounds pretty interesting to me."
"T-Thanks."
Kierse and Yoshu spent the whole night talking together.
The next morning, Yoshi and Alice woke up together. The alarm went off and Alice's ears perked up. Yoshi used the water molecules in the air to press down on the alarm button, turning it off.
"Alice," whispered Yoshi gently, "it's time to get up."
"Hmmm... 5 more minutes." she said while wrapping her arms around Yoshi's back. "I don't want to let you go just yet... you smell so nice... and you're so warm."
"..."
"You're heartbeat is... accelerating."
"Yeah, because something soft is pressing against me."
"Oh, I see. Well, I won't be moving any time soon, so enjoy my body."
"Say less. Um... can you hug me tighter?"
"Aw, do you want your mommy-... Uhhh..."
"..."
"S-Sorry, I was trying to make a joke, but... I... uh... um..."
"It's ok. I know you meant no harm by it."
Yoshi got up from the bed. Alice tried to grab him back, but he avoided his hand and went into the backroom. Alice slapped herself across the face.
"Ugh, why did you say that Alice?!" she yelled to herself. "You should know better, idiot!"
Later, Yoshi cooked for Alice, but he left from the dinner table before she even got to ask him a question.
"I-Is he... ignoring me?" she thought to herself. "Uh, Y-Yoshi..." She said out loud, "I'm... really sorry about that comment earlier. My... tongue slipped."
"I told you to drop it Alice." Alice's ears and tails drooped. A soft, sad whimper escaped her mouth. "I'm not mad, just disappointed, I suppose."
"That's way worse!"
"More importantly, I have a question to ask you. If we could turn you human, would you do it?"
The question shocked Alice. "W-What?"
"Me and Kierse talked last night. His goal is to turn the other girl back. If that happens, you could... you know."
"... I've spent my whole life looking like this...and honestly... it's scary to think of what I would look like as a human."
"If it's a concern about you being ugly, I can guarantee that won't be an issue."
"That's not the problem, you big dork! I mean, I used to hate this body, but now, I can't imagine myself without it. It's partially your fault."
"My fault?"
"Yeah. You loved this body too much and I guess some of that love rubbed off of me."
"Hmmm..."
"R-Right... you're still disappointed... sorry."
"Well, no point holding onto pettiness with the woman I share a bed with. Come on, eat up. We have a lot of work to do today."
"Right!"
Someone knocked on their door.
"Come in."
Suddenly, Pinoy entered their room. "Alice, I finished your commission. I seriously can't believe you paid me 14,000,000 yen for this."
"Wait, really?! Let me see it!"
"What are you two talking about?" asked Yoshi.
"You'll see."