Expression (Patreon)

This was the second story suggested from Discord.  I'd started it last month but put it aside until now.  It, uhh, kind of got away from me in length.  That happens, though!  I just kept adding and adding and-

Alex winced as she pushed the steel-cut oats around in her bowl.  Her hand touched her stomach briefly while her lips curled against a sudden, strange pain.

"Are you okay?" Mindy asked from the other side of the table.  She adjusted her round glasses on her small nose with one hand while the other held a knife, covered in peanut butter, over her toast.

"Yeah," Alex said.  She grimaced and clenched her hand when cramps seized her body again.  The girl's fingers slid against her taut skin and the muscles beneath.  The cramps rippled through her a third time and she hissed out a slow breath.

"Do you need me to get you anything?" Mindy asked.  "Midol or a rice bag?  I can put one in the microwave for you."

"No, it's not that," Alex told her

She waited for the pain to strike again but seconds passed and she cautiously allowed herself to relax.  When a full minute went by with nothing else happening, she sighed and ran a hand over the stubble covering her head.

Mindy's eyes dipped up to stare at Alex's head before she glanced back down to her toast.

"Sorry," Alex said quietly.

"Why?  For what?" Mindy asked.

"It's- I just-  Augh," Alex groaned.  Instead of answering, she stirred her food to spread the dollop of honey she'd added earlier.

They'd been roommates for a month.  Mindy was personable, polite and cheerful, but Alex found herself withdrawing despite her desire to break out of her shell.  Part of that, she realized as she dug into her food, was due to being attracted to the other girl.

Alex had shaved her head last night after spending a fun Saturday with her roommate.  Mindy had coaxed Alex out of her room with promises of a cooked breakfast and then begged her to play some board games before sitting down to watch movies together.  Later in the evening, after a few drinks, Alex had said goodnight and excused herself to their bathroom.

She'd stared at herself.  Leaning over the counter to really look at herself.  Her heart had been racing.  Spending the day with Mindy made her fall even harder for the girl.

"Stupid," she'd told herself as she looked at her reflection.

Her deep green eyes had swept over her angular face with her wide chin and broad cheeks and up to her spiky blonde hair.  Old familiar shame filled her.  She'd grit her teeth and grabbed her trimmer from the cabinet beside the sink.  Before she could change her mind, she raised the little buzzing device and dragged it over her head.

Now at the dinner table, she kept her eyes down on her food.  Her left hand strayed to her mouth where she scratched above her upper lip and then up to the two studs high on her left ear.

"Do you want to do something today?" Mindy asked.  "Maybe cards again?  You might even win this time!  Or we could go explore the city a little.  Or shopping.  You needed a jacket, right?"

Alex glanced up at the windows in the living room.  A few early snowflakes swirled into view until wind swept them away, only to be replaced by more.  They were both non-resident students at the University of Minnesota, but while Mindy was from Connecticut, Alex came from Shreveport, Louisiana.  Deep in the South, having lived there for half her life.

"Uhh, maybe later," Alex said.  "I'm hitting the gym after breakfast and then I have some reading to do before classes tomorrow."

"Well, I'll be in my room," Mindy told her.  "Just come on in.  I'm just gonna be drawing.  Might have my headphones on so don't knock.  I'm up for whatever with you.  I mean, I can do my work anytime.  There's no rush.  Or just text me.  Or.  Yeah."

Mindy's eyes dwelled on Alex's arms for a brief moment.  She pushed up her glasses, grabbed her toast and took a big bite.

"Just whatever," Mindy repeated after chewing and swallowing her food.

"Yeah, maybe," Alex said gruffly.  Her spoon clinked against her empty bowl as she pushed her chair back to stand.  "And, uhh, thanks."

"For what?" Mindy asked, puzzled.

"Earlier," Alex told her.  "For the offer.  Pills and stuff.  To help."

Alex's face burned brighter with every additional word. She reached up to scratch her lip again to hide her embarrassment.  Microscopic stretch marks appeared, shooting through her upper lip, loosening the flesh from one corner of her mouth to the other.  The downward curves at either side of her top lip drooped.  Gravity dragged them down until they covered her upturned bottom lip with a gap in the center.  She huffed as she scratched the faint jowls.

"Oh!  Anytime!," Mindy said.  "And, you know, if you need any products, I've got- uh, you know, if you- I just mean, if you run out or- something and you need anything.  For that.  Or anything else."

"Thanks," Alex said.  She pulled the door to the dishwasher to place her bowl and spoon inside before heading to their shared bathroom.

"God, Mindy," Mindy sighed with her eyes closed.  "Really?  Get it together, girl."

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Alex sat on the narrow bench beneath the lat pulldown machine.  She grunted when a cramp seized her stomach.  With her hands resting against her thighs, she waited to see if it would continue.  When it didn't, she shrugged her shoulders and raised up to grab the bar with a wide grip.  She leaned back slightly and pulled with a smooth motion, holding the bar even with her shoulders before slowly raising it while breathing in.

After half an hour in the gym, sweat beaded her body beneath her sleeveless shirt.  Her sports bra hugged her small breasts, stretching against her chest when the bar reached the apex.  She shifted slightly on the bench, spreading her legs a little more with her feet planted on the ground.  The joints in her toes felt sore and stiff.  Alex wiggled them within her sneakers before pulling the bar down once more.

Her shirt slid against her body and she nearly released the bar when she felt a strange sensation.  She exhaled, controlling her breathing as she slowly pulled down, controlling the movement while mentally focusing inwardly on every individual muscle used in the exercise.

It was there again as her shirt rubbed against her stomach.  A tingling that reached deep into her body.  A troubling feeling.  Exciting but wrong.  The bar tapped her shoulder.  She held it for a moment.

Translucent droplets beaded from her skin on the right side of her body.  They gathered, joining into a full drop of milk that clung, briefly, to the side of her well defined abdominal muscle.  Alex frowned.  Her bottom lip pushed up against her sagging top lip while her brow furrowed.  She inhaled while raising the bar.  Her shirt absorbed the drop of milk.

When the bar's tension was relaxed, she half-stood from the bench to rest it on the hooks before sitting back down.  She lifted her shirt without caring who was watching, frowning once more at four faint marks on her stomach.  They looked all the world like light brown birthmarks and, although irregular, they were all roughly circular.

"What the hell," she whispered, reaching for one of the marks.

Her hand stopped and then raised to brush a line of solid white hairs covering the skin over her sternum.  She shivered as she touched them, dragging her finger down, watching the white hairs flatten.  Near the middle of her belly, the white hairs stopped, replaced by a few pitch black hairs instead.

"The hell," she said again as her finger continued down.  The hairs stopped above her belly button but then continued below it before vanishing into her leggings.  Goosebumps lifted over her body and she shivered at the sensitivity of her own touch.

Alex huffed again and shook her head before reaching up to rub her hands against her scalp.  Her palms rasped against black stubble as she dragged them back and forth, back and forth.  The skin along the bottom of her fingers and the top of her palms loosened almost imperceptibly.

"Hey, let me know when I can squeeze in there, yeah?" a male voice said from her side.

Black hairs sprouted low on her back and up the furrow between her well defined back muscles, growing shorter and shorter until they were nothing more than stubble two inches above the band of her leggings and a few appearing just above the neck of her shirt.

"Oh, shit, yeah, sorry.  I just have one more," Alex said while standing to grab the bar.

In her hurry, she arched her back and pulled.  A spasm shot through her.  She growled, gnashing her teeth and releasing the bar where it slammed against the outstretched metal arms of the machine.

"You alright?" the same voice asked when she sat down hard.  The very tips of her ears bounced from the impact.

Alex bent forward to scratch low on her back with a hiss.  As slowly as she could, she forced herself to sit up straight in careful increments.  She froze when another cramp tore through her back.  Nerves spliced with the tip of her tail while muscles and tendons formed around it, sheathing it in a protective coating that allowed it to move.  Layers of bone formed over a seed of marrow before shoving at the tip of her tail.  Skin, dotted by black hairs, stretched above the crack of her ass to show the segmented tailbone.  It wiggled beneath the surface, pulling at unfamiliar muscles as she breathed slowly.

"Yeah," she gasped finally.  Sitting straight, she bent to one side and then the other, wincing when her tail fluttered uncomfortably.  "Sorry, yeah.  Moved wrong."

She stood carefully, but the pain eased and left nothing behind when she bent to grab her towel from the bench.  Flesh wriggled beneath her leggings as her tail moved to balance her.  Grabbing her duffel bag from beside the machine, she stepped back while wiping her face with a smaller towel.  She bit at it, briefly, rolling the material between her teeth while inhaling the scent of her sweat and huffing once more.  Her exhaled breath rumbled roughly.

More hairs joined the single line growing down the middle of her stomach, white and black joining with those already in place and fanning out.  She growled and rubbed her scalp once more, scratching the dense, short fur with the puffy, callus-like padding on her palm and fingers.  The hairs lay flat against her head now, silky and smooth, shining in the bright lights spread throughout the gym.  From the top of her brow down to the base of her skull and further in a strip that covered her nape.

Alex's fingers dug into her towel she carried as she crossed the gym's floor.  Corded muscles stood out on her forearms when she clenched her fist against the sudden soreness that throbbed at the tips of her fingers.  Her trimmed, blunt nails sliced back down into her fingertips and outward, keratin scaffolding building overtop all ten of her fingernails.  The pink of her nail beds vanished as they grew dense.  White fracture lines faded to gray and further to black and she growled quietly when they extended past her fingertips to pierce the towel she clutched.

The thin padding covering her palm tightened against her towel when she gripped it harder.  With her eyes locked on the bank of treadmills set in front of the far wall, she brought her right thumb up to her mouth to gnaw on her claw.  Her tongue licked against the finger while her canines scraped against the black, curved claw.  She bit hard enough to hurt and then again when it helped with her aching gums.

The roots of her canines emerged before enamel covered them and reshaped her lengthening cuspids.  She huffed, blowing air hard enough to ruffle her tiny jowls.  Her fangs scored her flesh and she cursed, pulling her thumb free.  A string of drool connected to her mouth until she wiped the back of her hand against her mouth.

"What-?" Alex asked herself, stopping in the middle of the gym.  She inhaled, lifted her chin and inhaled again as a warmth bloomed low in her stomach.  Sweat.  The scent of sweat flooded her nose, drawing her attention from one area to the next.  The tips of her ears flopped when she turned her head sharply.

Not just the smell of sweat alone but also where it collected and the exotic mixture of aromas that presented.  She slowly swiveled her head back to the treadmills and inhaled deeply before exhaling with a sharp, quiet woof.

Alex growled and continued her walk.  She rubbed the bridge of her nose, wincing when cartilage crunched and the tip of her nose pulled back until her nostrils were angled forward.  Her eyes were drawn to the women walking, jogging and running.  She inhaled again and then shook her head, casting her eyes down.

"Dammit, you fucking creep," she fussed at herself.

A quick hot pain knifed through her stomach, vanishing before she could gasp from the agony that came with it.  Orifices opened on the red marks lining her belly.  She clawed at her stomach while staring at her shoes.  Bumps raised over her stomach - six pink little nipples tipped with holes that connected to still forming milk ducts.  Droplets formed over three of them but were immediately absorbed into her shirt.

As she passed people, a few curious eyes glanced at her head and the strange fur covering her scalp.  One or two people looked down to her toned ass and then tilted their heads at the lump that led down between her cheeks.  For a brief second, the back of her shirt lifted to show a spray of black fur above the band of her waistband.

Despite her earlier self reprimand, she found herself breathing deeply with every step when she came near the cardio equipment.  Body odors were enhanced dramatically.  She couldn't help herself as she scented the air, drawing all of it in.  It was dizzying and the warmth billowed within as if each inhalation stoked the flames.  Her eyes darted to the woman on the far end, working the arms of the elliptical gliding back and forth.  Alex growled and grinded her sharpened teeth while staring at the woman's flexing ass.  Breathing in.  Growing weak as the strange but alluring scents flooded her nasal cavity, swirling to the back of her throat where she savored the smell of the sweat between the folds of her thighs and her-

"Ss- stop it," she groaned, ducking her head once more while licking her lips.  Her tongue slapped the bent tip of her nose and then down to her chin before she pulled it back to swirl against the roof of her mouth.

Black marks appeared on her lips.  Bands of sable streaks that dispersed throughout her bottom lip and jowls until no pink remained.

Alex reached up to rub her mouth and then further, pressing the thin padding covering her palms against her ears while her claws scratched at her scalp.

Snap out of it, she told herself while moving away from the woman, down past others working hard on the ellipticals and stair climbers until she found an empty treadmill with nobody nearby.

She could smell each of them and they all carried a distinct scent that burrowed into her brain.  As she stepped up to the belt, she faltered and bowed her head and trembled.  Her shirt, soaked with sweat and drops of milk, brushed counter to the strip of fur growing over her spine, ruffling the hairs like a lover's hot breath flowing over her back.

Too long, she told herself while gritting her sharpened canines.  The duffel bag dropped to the ground.  She tossed the small towel on top of it.

One time.  One drunken moment just before graduating high school.  She'd forced herself to go to her class's graduation party.  Jessie Guidry was there.  Dancing.  Drunk.  Flirting with her.  The night had gone on and they both got more drunk until they were gasping and grasping at each other and Jessie was suddenly kneeling between Alex's thighs.  The next day Jessie denied all of it when Alex tried to shyly bring it back up.  When she pushed, surprised at the rebuttal, Jessie had screamed at her, blaming her for seducing her and worse.  Alex had fled, crying, and she had never tried again with anyone else.  She was terrified of that horrible feeling that had raged within her chest when Jessica had lashed out.  In her nightmares, they all surrounded her.  All of them. Everyone she'd ever known.  Screaming at her while she knelt, cowering with her arms up over her head.

And never again, she told herself with her eyes closed.

When she opened them, she stepped up onto the treadmill with a slowly exhaled breath. The run would exhaust her, she knew.  It always did.  It cleared her mind, leaving nothing but the feel of her sore muscles.

Alex's tail caressed the inside of her ass cheek.  Bones grew, pencil-thin before expanding to push against her stretching skin until the tip swept past the curve of her ass to touch her thigh.  Her tongue slapped against her nose, swiping drool from her lips.  Excitement built alongside her arousal.  Excitement for the run.

The machine beeped as she keyed in the settings she wanted.  The belt jerked to start and she stepped with it.  Pain lanced through her feet.  She growled, ignoring it as she tapped the button to increase the speed.  Her tail flexed, anxious to be free.  Eager to wave behind her as she began to speed up.

Her shirt rubbed against her teats.  Alex growled and crossed her arms, gripping the bottom to yank it off and shove it into the cup holder on the treadmill's console.

Four of her teats, pink and small with their own tiny areolas, rocked against her belly with every impact of her heels against the belt.  A drop of sweat rolled down her back until it flowed around to reach the fur creeping up her spine.  The hairs had spread to her side with the tips touching the twin dimples low on her back.  Her hips swayed and the spandex rasped against the fur sprouting over her ass cheeks.  Her jowls shook, tapping her bottom lip with every impact of her feet while the tips of her bent ears swayed.  And lengthened, folding in half while sable stubble appeared over the back.

Alex's claw clacked against the button to speed beyond where she normally found herself struggling.  Her tongue slipped out slowly, smacking her nose before making a circuit.  It stayed out, resting against her bottom teeth, bouncing in time with each step.  Flesh stretched on the narrow tip, flattening it as it widened until it curled over her bottom canines.

Her jaw popped.  Fire burned behind her nose.  She sneezed, missed a step, grabbed the handrails and found her footing once more.  Her cheeks stretched, pulled forward by her growing muzzle.  Transparent whiskers pierced both sides of her drooping upper lip, surrounded by faint black hairs.

The dull pain pulsing in her feet suddenly flared, too hot to ignore.  Alex snarled, reached down to grab the bars next to her, pushing herself up to place her feet beside the churning belt.

The bulge of the padding beneath her index finger pressed the hard plastic "STOP" button half a second before her claw grabbed the flat edge, popping it free from the metal cylinder holding it in place.  It fell to the belt and flew back, skidding over the cushioned flooring.  The belt itself screeched to an almost immediate stop with an ear piercing noise that made her wince with a quiet snarl.

Alex's eyes bulged.  Her hand reached down.  It shook and she gasped as she finally noticed the strange claws and the flat, glossy black fur scattered over her arm.  Her eyes swiveled to focus on what caught her attention in the first place - the teats mid belly.

"What the- what the fuck," she cursed while reaching for one of the small nipples.  She touched it, somehow sure it was a piece of fabric or lint that had latched onto her but it moved against her body and sent a tiny spark of excitement through her belly.

Beyond the teat was fur that spread wide enough to reach her hips and high enough to curve beneath her belly button.  Completely visible to anyone who looked her way.

Alex shook her hands at the wrist as she panicked and then she growled when her shoelaces strained against her feet.  Her growl deepened as the laces cut into the top of her feet and ankles.  She felt her toes shove back, forced to bend when something pressed against the inside of her shoes.

The pain was almost unbearable.  She knelt and pulled at the laces, whining and licking her lips as she tried, and failed, to untie them.  Her fingers weren't dextrous enough and they were too strange and new to her.  Instead, she slipped a claw beneath them and pulled, sawing while forcing her claw up until she severed the laces to free her foot.  She wasted no time in repeating the procedure for the other shoe.

Her torn socks pulled back between her swollen, bare toes.  After yanking them off, she tossed her socks and ruined shoes into her bag and stared down, massaging the bulging knuckles of her toes while watching, in horror, as her nails grew, sliding against the end of her toes while turning dark.  Folding as they extended until the tips tapped the treadmill's belt.  She gripped her big toe and groaned.  Bones moved beneath the flesh, pulling her feet apart.  Widening her forefeet while spiky hairs grew from the webbing between her toes and up, covering the knuckles completely before piercing the thin flesh over her wide paws, uncoiling as they were spun from the follicles forming beneath the skin.

A ticklish sensation made her look up at her chest.  An irregular patch of white fur covered her chest, edged by sable hairs that emerged while she watched.  The cream-colored hairs sketched a rough, elongated, sharpened figure eight that ended several inches above her belly button.

Alex froze as she suddenly realized where she was and what she was doing. She snarled and grabbed her shirt in a burst of movement, fighting it to pull it on.  When the neck caught against her expanding muzzle, she reached up and whined with a piteous, animalistic sound as her strange fingers explored her face.

The padding beneath her fingers grabbed at the jowls covering her bottom lips.  Short whiskers scratched between her fingers against the broad, rounded triangular padding beneath her fingers and the flattened fur covering the bottom of her palms.  The tips of her claws scratched her broad nose until she brought her hand up to squeeze the widened bridge.

"No, no no no," she moaned.  The tips of her folded ears tickled the side of her head but she ignored them as she forced her shirt down, tearing the bottom with her dull claws.

She leaned, clenching her hand against a bar on the treadmill but the padding and fur slid against the smooth metal until she tightened her fist, digging her claws into the butt of her palm.

Alex's tail squirmed beneath her shorts, twisting and rubbing until the very tip rubbed against the bare skin on her thighs and the hairs spreading down from her ass cheeks.  The sensation of new muscles flexing low in her back and the ticklish feeling of her tail moving against her body made her grit her teeth.  The thick, squirming extremity bulged against her leggings and she was suddenly thankful that she hadn't worn her shorts.

Leaning further, she snatched at her small hand towel.  She laid it over her head, draping it down against her ears and over her eyes.  It didn't cover her muzzle but she prayed it would be enough as she stood.

Thick, charcoal-colored padding cushioned her feet.  Her knees bent slightly while her claws latched onto the cushioned padding covering the floor.  WIth her head bowed, Alex rushed, holding her bag against her exposed midriff while walking around the more active areas of the gym.  She growled as she passed the counter, pausing only briefly to make sure the people covering the front desk were busy with incoming clients.

As soon as she was in the open parking lot, she ran, barely grabbing the towel from her head when the wind caught it.  Faint traces of steam billowed behind her as the winter wind blanketed her.  She surprised herself with her speed, and, for one glorious moment, she luxuriated in the feel of letting loose.  Working her legs, working her muscles, letting the wind cross her muzzle with a delirious amount of interesting new scent filling her nose - it was joyous and she smiled with her thick, black lips until reality reasserted itself and she curled her shoulders inward while lowering her head.

Alex looked away from her reflection in the window of her old Honda when she finally stood next to her car.  Her claws scored the paint when she forced her oversized hand into the gap behind the door handle.  When the door opened, she slipped inside and grunted at how cramped she felt.  She moved while awkwardly adjusting her seat and then yipped when she sat back hard on her tail.

The drive home was nerve wracking.  She covered her head once more and stared straight ahead while painstakingly following the speed limit and every traffic law she could remember.  When she turned into her apartment's parking lot, she scanned the cars anxiously, whimpering and licking her lips with her ears back.  Mindy's car wasn't there.  She relaxed her ears and then growled when her tail tried to wag beneath her.

After waiting for a car to pull out, she took their spot and then pressed her forehead against the wheel with her eyes closed.  Listening.  Voices moved around her.  Car doors opened and closed.  Slowly, she sat back to double-check what her sharp ears had already told her - she was alone.

She left everything in her car except for her keys, wallet, and phone.  Grabbing all three, she slipped out of her car and ran once more, panting with her tongue bouncing against her teeth as she barreled down the sidewalk towards her apartment.  She could feel the air rushing over fur showing in the gap above her ass.

Her keys dropped from her fingers when she tried to unlock the deadbolt.  She growled and bent, trying and failing to pick the door key up once more with her thick fingers and three inch long claws.  Her throat vibrated in a low growl while her eyes tightened.  Finally, she snatched at a larger fob attached to the key ring and held the silver key with both hands, guiding it carefully into the lock.

The door opened and Alex scented the air.  She sneezed, shook her head and inhaled once more.  Mindy's scent, and her own, covered everything so, instead, she cocked her head to listen.  Voices crowded around her from the other apartments but nothing from her own.

Alex stepped inside, closed and locked the door and ran to her room before closing her own door.  She dropped her things on the desk by the door, turned and then stopped herself.

"Come on, come on," she said, reaching for her left arm with her right hand to scratch at the inside of her wrist.  She swallowed, growled, whined and then looked up.

Her face was unrecognizable.  For a brief, terrifying moment, she felt as if she were a formless being staring over the creature's shoulders - until she moved her hand and the thing in the mirror responded, matching the motion.  It pulled her back in.  Sealing her.  She raised both hands and then lowered them, pulling at her ripped shirt and growling while struggling until she cast it aside.

In a fit of sudden anger, she snatched her sports bra, marking her chest painfully with her claws.  She slipped one arm inside, pulled it over her shoulder and then up over her other shoulder before dragging it up over her head and forward along her muzzle.

"Fuck!  Fucking- Goddammit!" Alex cursed as she stumbled while pulling her leggings down.

Scattered fur floated in the air around her as she snarled and cursed while forcing the spandex down over her wide paws.  She growled, rolling the leggings and her tangled panties into a ball in both hands before throwing them as hard as she could against the wall.

Gasping.  Panting.  She wiped her drooping lips with the back of her hand and then turned once more to the mirror.  Her anger strengthened her, burning away her hesitation.

Her face was a blunted half-muzzle.  She took two steps, frowning as she stared down at her nose.  The nostrils were lifted, pointing forward and even with her teeth.  Her tongue slipped out to lick the tip of her nose and she snarled in return, pulling it back into her mouth.

Folded ears like gull wings twitched and twisted at the side of her head.  She reached for them, squeezing them between her fingers and then growling quietly while rubbing her palms against the fur covering her scalp.

Alex stepped back to stare down her body, raising her hands to her breasts and then tilting her head to inspect herself more closely.  Her pink nipples stood out against the dark, flat fur covering her breasts.  The hairs rasped and crackled lightly when she touched herself, sliding her palms against the curves.  Her fingers scratched through fur until she placed her hand flat against the white patch between her breasts.  And then down, staring at the mirror once more to see the teats lining the thinner fur covering her stomach.

Her tail wagged slowly behind her, pulling at her back with every motion.  Claws scratching her stomach.  Sliding down her belly towards her spread legs.  The dormant heat, nearly smothered when she noticed her changes in the gym, woke within.  Her teeth grinded together and a raspy whimper issued from her lips.

Muscles clenched between Alex's thighs.  Her eyelids fluttered and her knees drooped, causing her to stagger backwards.  She barked when her tail, and ass, hit the edge of the bed.  Her hands caught her as she fell to the floor.

Knees bent and spread.  Tongue out, drool hanging from the side of the rounded tip.  Muscles clenching low in her belly.  She gasped.  Growled.  Spread her legs further and slammed her paws to the floor to tear her claws into the carpet.  Clenching.  Tightening.  She shivered and stared at her reflection with half-lidded eyes before bucking and arching her back.

Clenching.  As if gripping her fingers or dildo.  She raised her hands against the backs of her thighs.  Clenching.  She gasped and moaned and rubbed her ass against the floor with a slow rocking motion.  Warmth spread through her body with gusts, billowing out to her toes and fingers and ears before drawing back and roaring forward once more.

Her tail, trapped beneath her ass, slapped against the ground as she touched her claws to her labia.  Black against black, pulling them apart to show thick pink lips and a sheen of clear grool.  Her clit trembled, swollen slightly beyond its hood until the flesh surrounded it once more, pushing it down towards the wrinkled inner lips.  She moved her right hand to slip the claw tipping her middle finger just inside, breaking the curtain of clear cum.  Her head buzzed loudly when her hot face pulsed with her heart beat.

Clenching.  Clenching.  Tensing.  Desperately trying to grip the claw just at the entrance.

Her breath caught as she stared at the pink lips.  They filled out and the fleshy soft ridges grew rounded and smooth.  The slick muscles inside vanished as the lips compressed together into a pink spade.

Alex whimpered.  She stared at her claw as it thrust into her.  The charcoal protuberance of her finger's pad pressed into her lips.  She moaned, tilting her head back against the bed while sliding the finger up and down, wetting it with her cum before pulling her claw out.  And pushing it in again. Forcing her pussy open when her finger slipped inside.  Growling when her blunt claw scratched the nerves lining the inside of her pussy.  Unable to stop herself as she pulled it out and then pushed it inside once more.  Her left hand kneaded her belly, scratching and clawing against her teats and fur as she fingered herself.  Her tongue bounced, flinging drool.

A second finger joined the first and Alex turned, growling again as her animal instincts forced her to her hands and knees.  She hung her head while adjusting her hand.  Her chest dropped, bringing her down until her cheek rested on the carpet.  The wet sound of her fingers slapping against her pussy filled the room while her own scent left her in a daze.  Her estrus was monstrous, waking every nerve while filling her head with roaring static as she whined louder and louder and louder and louder, desperate for a tongue or fingers or mouth or-

Her bark shocked her and she snapped her teeth together, trying to growl but her throat wouldn't work as she spasmed from an orgasm.  She collapsed, senseless with her cheek against the carpet and her tongue out, flat on the ground.  Her legs twisted and her claws scratched against her body while her shaking thighs trapped her hand.  When she could move, her fingers rubbed her pussy lips and the clit hidden within the fleshy folds.

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"Alex?" a timid voice called out from the hallway.

"Mmnf!" Alex gasped, shaking herself.  She lay on the floor next to her bed in a stupor, covered in the scent of her orgasms.  Her eyes locked onto her black-furred paw.  "D- Don't come in!"

"Are you okay?" Mindy asked.

"I'm- I'm just not feeling well," Alex told her.

"Yeah, your voice sounds rough," Mindy agreed.  "Do- do you want me to get you anything?  Cough drops or, um, anything?  Cold medicine?"

Alex pushed herself up, muscles flexing in her arms and back, shifting her sable fur until she stood. She slipped beneath her covers, pulling her blanket over her head just in case the other girl decided to come in after all.

"Or food?" Mindy asked.

She was hungry, but there was no way she would allow herself to be seen.  Her jaw cracked when she yawned.  Her eyes drooped until she forced them open again.

"No," Alex replied.  "I'm just- I'm just going to sleep.  Weird day.  Just need to sleep."

"Alright, but I'll be home the rest of the night if you need anything."

Alex pulled her knees up while closing her eyes.  She yawned and burrowed her head beneath her pillow.  She could hear her roommate moving around the apartment, singing to herself and it lulled her back to sleep.

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Alex woke on the floor.  She gasped and sat up.  Her blanket, tangled around her body, pooled against her lap.

Black hairs littered the floor and the blanket.  Tears welled in Alex's eyes as she held her hand out in front of her.  Pure white skin with flat palms crisscrossed by lines.  Her nails, usually kept short, were two inches past the tips of her fingers but they were clear and flat.  She gripped her arms around her chest and folded into herself, crying quietly.

Sniffling and wiping her nose with the back of her hand, she stood.  And then froze in front of the mirror.

Black pubic hair covered her mound.  She stared at it and then up to her head.  Her hands reached up to her head and she slid them through the short hair growing from her scalp.

"But, I have blonde-" she stopped, pulling at the dense curly strands.

She turned in front of the mirror, suddenly expecting to see a tail but there was nothing more than her firm, rounded ass cheeks and her muscular back.  The lighting and distance from the mirror caused her to miss the single file line of fur over her spine.  She sighed while scratching red marks on her belly.

Hidden beneath her pubic hair, her clit was engorged and exposed outside of its hood, just above her thick inner pussy lips.

Alex listened for her roommate.  Mindy liked to sleep late when she didn't have classes.  Her ears twitched slightly at the found raspy sound of the girl's steady breathing from two rooms away.

It wasn't a dream.  She knew that and the loose fur scattered around her room only confirmed it.  She stood in the middle of her room, naked and scratching the tuft of her pubic hair while her mind wandered.  Searching through possibilities.  Her hair had apparently changed colors but nothing else remained that she had noticed.

The edges of panic gripped her tightly, suddenly, and she collapsed against the edge of the bed with her eyes locked onto her bedroom door. She gripped her knees while taking a shuddering breath.  Finally, she grabbed her blanket from the floor, covered herself with it and curled back up on the bed in a fetal position as she replayed the day over and over again, mostly from first waking until walking into the gym in an effort to try to find something that had caused her change.

She didn't read very much or watch many movies, preferring instead to go outside to camp or run or hike.  To lose herself in nature or exercise.  But, she'd seen movies with family when she was younger, and friends, so she knew of curses and shapeshifters and-

Alex jumped up from the bed to find where she'd dropped her phone.  She pulled up a browser to type in a simple search.  Her screen reflected her frown.

"No full moon," she said, placing her phone down on her desk.  Her hand went up to her top lip, tracing from one end to the other and back again.  "Not a wolf, anyway."

She'd done nothing she could think of.  Harmed no one.  Insulted no one.  She kept to herself, interacted with her classmates when she needed to and nothing else.

"Dammit," she whispered.  Her long fingernail scraped against her lip until she pulled it down to scratch her stomach.

A part of her wanted to curl up for the rest of the day - to ignore everything and try to think through what happened and comfort herself through the trauma she'd - claw thrusting deep into her pussy while her fingers pinched her teat and-

The intrusive memory made Alex freeze and shut her eyes.  Tendons stood out on her neck while her lips compressed.  She inhaled through her nose, grit her teeth and exhaled.  She breathed as steadily as possible until her mind was clear.  And still, she shivered while goosebumps raised over her body and a tiny muscle flexed low in her back, pulling at her loose tailbone.  The furred patch of skin above the crack of her ass squirmed in response.

She couldn't allow herself the luxury to sulk.  Years of dealing with her family and her old classmates while living in the South had hardened her.  Instead, she gathered her books and messaged her groups to see what she'd missed from her morning classes while checking in with others to ask for their notes when they finished afternoon classes.

The morning passed as she caught up to her missed assignments.  She paused, fingers over her laptop when she heard Mindy yawn and move in her bed.  Alex's chin lifted slightly as she inhaled with short bursts of air.  Scenting for her roommate.  She shifted in her seat, scratched herself and went back to work until she heard impossibly soft footsteps in the hallway.

Mindy stopped outside Alex's bedroom.  Her scent wafted past her, slipping through the cracks in the door.  Alex breathed deeply and growled softly but made no other noise.  It was just before noon and she still had work to do before heading out to do some shopping.  The longer she stayed completely human, the more relaxed she felt and the more dim the memories were from the day before.

The smell of eggs and bacon distracted her fifteen minutes later.  Drool slid from the corner of Alex's mouth down to her chin.  She wiped at it and scratched her stomach, digging her nail into a red patch of skin on the left side of her belly.  Only then did she realize she hadn't eaten in over twenty four hours.

After ensuring her document was saved in the cloud, she closed her laptop and stood, stretching to the tips of her toes with her hands raised high.  Joints popped loudly throughout her body and when she relaxed, she walked on the balls of her feet to the door, only dropping down flat-footed when she stepped into the hallway.

"Hey, you're awake," Mindy said after peeking around the corner.  "I- I made some extra food just in case.  If you want some.  The eggs are done already."

Alex stood in the corner of the kitchen, watching Mindy as she turned back to the stove.  The smaller girl scooped a pile of scrambled eggs onto a plate and then turned the bacon with a little whispered 'ouch' when splattered by hot grease.

Mindy's brown hair was tied back, caught against the side of her shirt.  Alex stared at the curve of the girl's neck.  And up to her ear.  Down to the corner of her jaw until Mindy turned and Alex gnashed her teeth while memorizing the sight of the girl's lips.  And the slight blush of her cheeks.  Alex's throat rumbled as she breathed out.  She scratched low on her hip as hairs pierced her skin.  Her head pounded as a keening sound filled her ears.  The few scattered hairs covering her spine slowly thickened while marching onward towards the back of her neck.

"-bacon?" Mindy said slowly, as if repeating herself.  She adjusted her glasses with the hand not holding a plate.

"What?  Sorry.  I- I was a million miles away," Alex said, shaking herself and pushing away from the wall.  Her body thrummed, eager and needy to be touched.

"Did you want bacon?"  Mindy asked.  "I've seen you eat it, but I know that sometimes with your workout you try to cut back.  I just-  I don't eat it much.  I thought-  Um."

"Yeah.  I mean, yes, please," Alex said.  Mindy turned quickly to put all of the bacon with Alex's eggs before handing the plate over.

They sat, opposite each other, and Alex bent protectively over her food, scooping bites into her mouth in a rush.  Her mouth glistened from grease and she growled happily as she ate slices of bacon whole.

"Are you feeling better?" Mindy asked.

"Oh, yeah, way better," Alex said between bites.  "Starving.  I don't- I don't know what happened yesterday, but, ah-  I just-  I'm better now, anyway."

"I'm glad," Mindy told her with a shy smile that Alex missed.  "Did you want to do something today?  We could-"

"I have to go shopping later," Alex said, interrupting her.  "For food and clothes.  I was stupid and didn't realize how cold it was starting to get.  I'm definitely going to need a jacket or sweater or-"

...heat pounding through her body as she whined on all fours with her ass raised and tail up, the base covered in cum as she...

Alex's fork clattered to her plate.  She squeezed her eyes shut and breathed.

"Alex?  Are you okay?  Alex?" Mindy asked.  The girl started to stand but paused, placing her hands on the table as she stared at her roommate with concern.

She could feel it clearly.  Suddenly.  Filling her mind and body.  Her whimpers.  The sound of her paw smacking against her strange, swollen pussy.  Her tongue folding between her fingers as she cleaned herself off in between rounds of masturbation.  Sucking on her claws before plunging them back in and-

Alex took a shuddering breath in before exhaling.  Her shirt brushed against her body and it only made the memories worse when her nerves responded.

"Okay.  I'm okay," Alex said, more to herself than to Mindy.  "I'm okay."

"Oh, good, I was worried," Mindy said before awkwardly laughing off her anxiety.

"No, I'm okay," Alex repeated, this time to her roommate.  Her fork screeched against her plate, causing her to look down to see how empty it was.

"I- I can cook more if you want?" Mindy said.  "Or you could have mine.  The- the parts I didn't touch, of course."

Alex's stomach ached, hungry for more, but she ignored it.  Instead, she reached up to dig her nail against her pronounced canine tooth until she pulled a stringy piece of meat free.  Her tongue lashed out to snatch it from her fingertip.

"No.  Thank you, I'm done.  I really appreciate you making extra for me.  I hadn't realized how hungry I was, I guess.  I have some more stuff to do here before I head out.  If you want me to grab you anything from the store, text me or tell me before I leave, yeah?"

"I will," Mindy said, watching as Alex walked away.  She tilted her head when Alexl raised the plate up to her face but shrugged when her roommate pulled it down to the faucet to rinse it off.  "And, umm, if you want to play cards or a board game later-  hey.  I thought- I thought- Didn't you cut your hair?"

Alex raised a hand to her scalp.  She ran her fingers through the hair before placing her palms on the counter.

"I trimmed it, yeah," Alex lied.  "I'll be in my room."

"And wasn't it blonde?" Mindy whispered to herself as Alex closed her bedroom door.

Alex threw herself into the remainder of her work, finishing her essay and cracking another book to work on some problem sets.  Nearly two hours later, she stood and stretched, pressing both thumbs into her lower back to massage the pain deep within.

Alex stood in front of the bathroom mirror.  Her eyes roamed her face, searching for the root of her unease.  She hooked her finger into her lip to pull it back and leaned forward while tilting her head, checking for changes before letting go and huffing.

"Stupid," she told her reflection while running her fingers through her strange new hair.  It was a few inches long and wild, curly like black flames guttering in the wind.  Her brilliant green eyes contrasted well with the hair color and she wondered why she'd never tried coloring her hair before.  Except, she knew her parents would yell at her for it.  Her fingers touched the two studs on her left ear.  "Like a punk rocker. Mom would freak out."

She was on edge and couldn't stop scratching herself.  Phantom aches occasionally flared up throughout her body before fading away when she focused on them.  Her skin crawled and each time she jumped to check, sure that she would find fur spreading over her body once more.  There was nothing and yet she couldn't stop herself.

"I'm fine," she said while stepping back. Her eyes latched onto the stern girl in the mirror.  "You're fine.  Everything's fine."

Mindy's voice reached out to her.  Alex's ears twitched, bending slightly at their base as she cocked her head.  She inhaled quickly from new instincts and then closed her eyes to focus on her roommate's voice.  It was quiet and slow and sad - a love song to a lost partner.  The words washed over Alex.  She ignored them and simply listened to the girl's voice.  Her tense muscles, held tight subconsciously, relaxed and a wistful smile brightened her face.  Mindy had a beautiful voice.

"Ah, stupid!" Alex cursed.  Her teeth grinded together while her top lip curled up and back and a growl vibrated low in throat.  The girl's voice grew deeper.  Rougher.  She ran her hands through her hair once more, pinching her fingers together while digging her longer nails into her scalp.

Skin loosened at the sides of her top lip, pulling them down over the outward curl of her bottom lip.  She rubbed a knuckle against her mouth and then harder when whiskers began to develop beneath the skin.

The curves along the tops of her ears quivered as they unrolled, flattening before bending slightly to show faint black hairs already dotting the backs.

Alex turned, opened the bathroom door, grabbed her things and left.  She stopped beside her car, reaching for the handle before touching her fingertips to the four scratch marks in the paint.  She spread her fingers and dragged them down slowly, matching the jagged lines until she touched the handle.  With a sigh, she opened the door and sat, starting the car.  A belt whined, but she ignored it while shifting into reverse.

Sable stubble emerged over Alex's shoulder blades all at once.  She grunted and rubbed her back into her seat to scratch the sudden itch.  Her tongue bounced happily against her bottom teeth as she continued to grind herself into the rough fabric.

Her shirt, pinned between her back and the seat, lifted to show scattered hairs low on her back and belly and two tiny pink nipples just above the waistband of her jeans.

The itch faded.  She navigated traffic while mentally plotting out her shopping trip.  At first she thought she'd just need new laces for her gym shoes until she looked more closely to see holes in the seams where the fabric was stretched out against the soles.  Small tears lined the tips of both shoes.  Thankfully, they were old and long overdue for being replaced.

Alex turned the wheel to change lanes.  Thin calluses covered her palms and the skin below her fingers.  The wheel slipped against the smooth, dark pebbled skin and her car jerked suddenly to the left until she gripped harder to finish changing lanes.  A car honked as it swerved past her.  She growled with canines that protruded from her mouth but checked her mirrors and licked her lips.  Her tongue, longer than it was just a minute ago, shoved against her drooping top lip before licking the slightly forward-facing left nostril at the tip of her nose.  Black specks covered her lips.and the tips of her folded ears bounced when she turned her head.

A sprawling parking lot opened in front of her when she turned in front of an enormous mall.  She scratched the inside of her thigh with her left hand while navigating around cars until she found the store she wanted.  Gray coloring invaded her nails.  Already longer than they were yesterday, they began to lengthen once more.  She made a fist with her left hand, digging the expanding nails into the swelling padding on her palms while massaging each throbbing knuckle with her thumb.  She switched her hands on the wheels to massage her right hand while her alert eyes scanned for an open parking spot.

Hairs grew from the short webbing between her fingers as she reached back to claw at her nape, scratching the pitch colored hairs growing down from her short hair to the fur spreading over her spine.

She yawned, suddenly, opening her mouth wide enough for her jaw to crack.  Tears welled in the corner of her eyes from the effort of it.  She growled, massaging her hanging lip and back to her cheeks after closing her mouth.  The tips of her whiskers brushed against her finger.

Her face tightened suddenly when her jawbone pushed forward.  Fire burned in her nose.  She pulled into a parking spot, gasped, closed her eyes and sneezed painfully hard.  Cartilage shifted and expanded, widening her nose while her nostrils, covered in faint grey dots just below the surface, angled forward more than before.  Her black-furred ears wobbled.

Alex stepped out of her car and stretched with a low, happy growl, raising her hands high while going up to the balls of her aching feet.  She smacked her lips and relaxed but stayed on her forefeet.

The back of her pants raised when her tailbone pushed against it.  She sniffed deeply, turning her head left and right.  Drool formed at the corner of her lips.  The food court was on the other end of the mall, almost three blocks away, but she could clearly pick out the smells wafting through the air.

Dark stubble dotted the skin around the base of her ears.  They tweaked, bending in half to fold down and she growled, flashing her teeth as a car honked suddenly.  The driver leaned out of his window to scream at another car.

She shook her head, rolled her shoulder, licked the tip of her nose as if tasting the scent of food and then walked on the front of her swollen feet towards the mall.  Tiny cramps assaulted the arches when she lowered her heels to the concrete.  The pain vanished when she raised back up and she continued to walk.  Her tail briefly tapped the curve of her ass before lying flat  between her cheeks, pushed towards the gap when it became too thick to move freely.

The scents of a million people, most faded almost to nothing, assaulted her.  She growled and scratched her nose.  Her forehead, covered by faint thin hairs, became wrinkled.  The smells competed for her attention, growing stronger and lighter, twisting and turning and tying themselves into complicated knots that faded into the distance.

"Shoes," she growled with her rough voice, tossing her head.  She looked up at the large signs hanging from the ceiling until she found the department she needed and she set off once more.

The backs of her shoes slid against her heels, pushed by her expanding feet until they popped out to flap freely while she continued to walk on the balls of her feet.  Excess skin covering her toes and forefeet filled out slowly, flattening as they cushioned her steps.  Her nails grew thick and scraped against the inside of her shoe, up and down, up and down until holes were carved in the front.  The faint ache she'd felt earlier deepened when bones pushed the sides of her feet against the walls of her shoes.

Alex's brain was dazed by the ever changing smells surrounding her.  A growing part of her wanted to explore and investigate.  She tried, in vain, to suppress it as she made a beeline towards the shoe department.  However, even as she stood before the shelves, she kept glancing away and inhaling, flexing her pebbled, dark nose while her green eyes narrowed.

"Ah, let's see, which ones..." her voice trailed away as she slowly walked down the aisle before finding a style she liked in the size she wore.  She took the box down, opened it, set the shoes on the floor, pulled the wads of paper from inside and then knelt with her foot beneath her shin.

White hairs crept past the neck at the front of her shirt, sliding from her skin in a jagged triangular shape that continued up to her throat.  Sable fur grew along the edges of the white.  She scratched her shoulder briefly before reaching down beneath her shin to untie her shoes.  Her claws caught against the laces, preventing her from properly grabbing the knot she'd made earlier.

"What- oh shit oh no no no no," Alex cursed when she moved her leg to the side to look down at her shoe.

The girl fell back and her feet, already nearly free of her shoes with her heel exposed, popped out when her expanding forefeet forced them out.  Fur covered her from the tips of her toes up to her ankle.  Her eyes widened and her hands, hidden beneath their own coat of fur, trembled.  Curved claws shined in the overhead light.

"Fuck!" Alex cursed when her tail, trapped beneath her panties, slid between her thighs to reach up and touch her bare pussy.  She shoved her hands against her mouth and groaned when she felt the length of her muzzle.  "No, please.  I- I didn't do anything.  I-"

She jumped up, grabbing her shoes while desperately looking for the changing rooms.  Her eyes settled on a sign for a bathroom nearby and she walked as quickly as she could, wincing when her claws clicked against the dangerously slick tile floor.  Her ears perked up as she approached the bathroom door, but she groaned when she heard something clattering from inside.

When Alex pulled the door open, she turned her head away from the woman standing in front of the counter beneath the mirrors.  Now that she was aware of it, she could feel her smooth tail slithering down against her ass and thigh, accompanied by sharp pops and the odd sensation of nerves connecting.  The outline of it showed clearly against her tight jeans.

The first stall was open and Alex took it, almost rushing inside before closing the door and sitting on the toilet with her legs up.  Her feet slid against the stall until she bent them to press her heels down on the cool surface.

Her heart pounded.  She shivered and growled and scratched herself in an effort to ease the prickling itch of fur.

What should I do?  What the fuck am I supposed to do?? she asked herself.  Her sharp teeth grinded together while powerful muscles pushed against her furred cheeks.  She had no towel this time and the exit was several minutes away, all under the watchful eyes of security and the large amount of shoppers slowly moving throughout the store.  And, almost as bad, Mindy was home today.

Mindy, she thought, frowning as an idea formed.  Her feet slid again when she relaxed them.  She huffed, blowing air through her jowls before growling and pushing her heels down.

Reaching carefully into her pocket, Alex pulled her cellphone free.  It took several tries before she found the best way to use the bulbous padding on her fingertips to navigate her phone.  She opened her messaging app, found an old text she'd sent to Mindy and slowly typed out a message begging the girl to bring her hoodie to the store's bathroom.  When Mindy asked why, she floundered for a reason and simply replied:  Please.  It's important.

The wait was miserable.  Women came and went with several knocking on her stall or trying to open it until Alex snarled at them to tell them it was occupied.  Almost worse, she found herself inhaling the various smells to dissect them, until she realized what she was doing.  She gagged and  refocused her attention before repeating it all again several times until the bathroom door opened and a quiet voice called out to her.

"Here!" Alex answered Mindy.  "The first stall.  Just.  Just toss it over.  I'll catch it."

"O- okay," Mindy said.  The hoodie brushed the panel ceiling as it passed over the stall.  Alex snatched at it.  Her feet slid, touching the floor with her claws loudly cracking in the small space.  She growled and brought them back up, praying that Mindy hadn't noticed.  She struggled into the hoodie, lifting her head back to slide her muzzle through the neck.

"Thank you- Mindy, really, thank you so much," Alex gushed.

"Are- are you sure- are you okay?  Your voice sounds really rough again," Mindy said.

"Yeah- yes," Alex told her, growling again in an effort to clear her throat.  "I'll head back to the apartment in just a little bit.  Thank you."

"Okay," Mindy said and Alex listened as the girl's footsteps resounded through the bathroom.  The door squeaked open and then slowly hissed closed.

Alex contemplated leaving her shoes behind but they were her last good pair.  She frowned at them and then finally grabbed them with her left hand after pulling her hood over her head and down as far as it would go.  The tip of her muzzle was clearly visible.

Exhaustion settled over her.  She'd stayed up late the night before touching herself and had slept fitfully afterwards.  Stress built up throughout the day as she worried about her body and caught up to missed classes.  She yawned and then sneezed and her tongue unfurled to clean the tip of her nose without her realizing what she was doing.

The bathroom was empty.  Alex's claws scratched silver lines in the stall's wall as she lowered her feet.  She carefully opened the door and then shoved her right hand into the pouch at the front of her hoodie while bowing her head.  Mindy's scent hung in the air, thick and flowery.  She couldn't help but inhale and groan.  If she closed her eyes, she'd swear the girl was standing next to her.  She breathed in again and then moved.  Her paws were silent on the floor.  When she reached the door, she shoved into it with her shoulder to open it.

Mindy waited just outside.  She opened her mouth as Alex looked up at her in a panic.  The other girl gasped in shock, raising her hands to her mouth when she saw Alex's face.  Alex snarled.  Her shoulders slumped and she lowered her head once more.

"A- A- Alex??" Mindy asked.

Alex didn't answer, and, instead, pushed past her roommate in a hurry.

"Alex, wait!" Mindy called out, running after her.

A small hand touched Alex's arm but Alex pulled roughly away and sped up, curling her toes to dig her claws into the smooth floor while her trapped tail tried to pull itself free.

"Go home," Alex growled.  "Don't- don't follow me."

"Alex, you-" Mindy shut her mouth and looked around, unable to finish what she was going to say.

Both women dashed through the automatic doors.  Once outside, a gust of wind pulled Alex's hoodie back, exposing her muzzle.  Her short, curly black hair ruffled as more wind whipped past both of them.

"My carrrrrr," Alex growled, staring at the line of vehicles winding through the parking lot, blocking her in.

"I'm- I'm parked right at the front here," Mindy said.  She grabbed Alex's arm and pulled while reaching her hand up to fix the girl's hood.  "Come on, Alex."

Alex stumbled and then followed while staring at the oversized truck with it's blinker on, parked right behind her car.  A young couple slowly pushed a shopping cart towards their car while the truck waited for them.  Two cars bookended the truck.

"Alex, come on," Mindy said again.  She pulled Alex over to the passenger side of her Subaru, opening the door and gently shoving until Alex was inside.  She went around to the driver's side, buckled herself in, waited for Alex to do the same and then reached over to help.

"I've got it," Alex growled, snatching the seatbelt herself.  Once buckled, she dropped her shoes on the floorboard and turned to the side while hugging her arms against her bent body.

Mindy looked over in concern.  She nibbled the inside of her cheek and then backed up, almost hitting the car waiting for her spot before shifting into drive.  Her fingers pushed her glasses back into place high on her nose.

On the way home, Mindy opened her mouth several times before thinking better of it.  She glanced at her roommate and reached over, one time, as if to touch Alex's leg to comfort her before pulling it back.  Her lips twisted together in frustrated annoyance at herself.

When they arrived at their apartment complex, Alex bolted, nearly breaking the door in her attempt to escape.  Mindy found her at their door, cursing louder and louder as she tried to hold her key steady enough to unlock the door.

"Here, let me-" Mindy said, reaching her own key out.

"I can do it!" Alex snapped.  She snarled and shoved, forcing the key finally into the lock and then shoving through the barely opened door.  The woman vanished into her bedroom, slamming the door behind her.

Mindy stared after her.  She gripped her hands tightly together before shuffling back to push her butt against the door to close it.  Acid churned in her stomach.  She hated conflict.  Hated outbursts of anger.  Echoes of her home life rebounded through her mind.  Her knuckles whitened as she clenched them more tightly together.

What she'd seen outside the store's bathroom was impossible.  It should be impossible but she'd seen it clearly and it was no costume.  Alex's dog-like head was real and she'd seen the lump of her tail moving as she walked on her strange, broad feet.  Paws covered in flat, glossy fur.

Mindy took a step.  And then another.  And another.  And another until she was at Alex's door.

"Don't- don't come in," Alex said suddenly from inside.  Mindy closed her eyes.  She breathed in and then exhaled slowly while pushing the door open.  "I said don't!"

Mindy stared at the bed.  Alex was hidden completely beneath her blankets.

"I'm coming over there," Mindy said while her heart trembled and fear gripped her throat.

"Please.  Don't," Alex begged and the clump of blankets moved.  Tightened further when she drew her knees up to her chest.

Rather than obey, Mindy steeled herself and went to the bed, hesitating briefly before sitting at the edge.  She reached out and touched her fingertips lightly against the blanket.  They moved when Alex pulled away from her.

"Just- just goooo," Alex said.  Her voice warbled on the edge of a sob.

"I can't," Mindy told her quietly.

"Whuh- why?" Alex asked after sniffling.

"You sounded like you were in pain," Mindy told her.  "Does- um.  Does it hurt?"

Silence answered her.  And then, quietly:  "No."

Mindy reached out again, guessing where her roommate's shoulder would be.  Alex didn't pull away this time.

Seconds stretched into minutes as Mindy agonized over what to say while Alex trembled in a desperate attempt to hold back the tears that were already falling against the soft fur covering her cheeks.

"Is it real?" Mindy asked.  She winced and continued.  "Sorry.  Dumb- dumb quesiton. It's.  I'm at a loss here, Alex.  I've- I've never seen- Is this why you stayed in your room yesterday?  Does this- Um.  Does this happen a lot?"

"Yesterday was the first time," Alex answered after a long pause.

"Why?" Mindy asked.  "Sorry.  I'm so sorry.  If you don't want to talk about it, I understand."

"I don't know whyyyyy," Alex told her and she shook, biting into her pillow while her throat ached.  She cried quietly while Mindy stroked her gently.  "I thuh- thuh- thought it wuh- was over.  It's not.  What if I'm stuck like this?  What am I supposed- how can I live like this?"

Mindy moved her hand to the edge of the blanket.  She pulled until Alex moved.

"Duh- don't," Alex said and her voice dropped low.

Mindy swallowed and bit the inside of her cheek again.  She swallowed once more and pulled the blanket away.

Alex stared up at Mindy with a single defiant eye.  Her tongue flicked out to lick snot from her nose and then Alex closed her eyes.

"It is real," Mindy whispered.  Once more she reached out and Alex flinched when Mindy touched her cheek. The girl's left ear twitched back.   "Like velvet."

"Head hurts.  From crying," Alex groaned.

"I can get- oh.  Can- can d-" she clamped her mouth shut.

Can dogs take aspirin? She'd almost asked.

Alex growled.  Her black, fleshy lips pulled back over bulging fangs and Mindy took her hand away.

"That- that felt nice," Alex said quietly.

Mindy exhaled and touched her fingertips to Alex's cheek, staring at her hand as she stroked the girl's fur and then up to her thick, silky ear.  She hesitated only a moment before taking the ear between her fingers to rub it.  Veins stood out on the back and Alex sighed while digging her muzzle beneath her pillow.

"Is this okay?" Mindy asked quietly.  Alex nodded and Mindy let the ear go to run her fingers through Alex's hair. She swallowed hard as she stroked Alex, sliding her hand forward and then gently scratching back.

"Why?" Alex asked.

"Why what?" Mindy prompted when the other woman didn't continue.

"Why are you being so nice to me?" Alex asked.  She opened her eye and Mindy sighed.  The sight of it made her heart ache - a beautiful emerald amidst a sea of obsidian.  "I'm- I'm-"

Mindy's heart leapt into her throat.  She bent slowly with her hand cradling the back of Alex's head, fingers twinned into the girl's short hair.  Alex watched her.  Frozen.  Mesmerized.

Down.

Down closer.

Whiskers tickled Mindy's face.  Mindy closed her eyes.  Her lips touched fur and the strange, almost sticky flesh of Alex's jowls.  She pushed, pressing her lips together into a soft kiss and she held herself there, lost in the moment until Alex's tongue slipped out to lick Mindy's mouth and nose.

"Aww, no!  No no no, I'm so sorry, I-" Alex gasped, pulling back in horror at what she'd done.

Mindy touched two fingers to her wet lips.  Her giggle cut off Alex.

"What're you-" Alex started to say until giggles became laughter and Mindy rolled forward to push her head against Alex's shoulder.  She shut her mouth but shook as she held herself there against her roommate.

Alex stared past Mindy.  Her own heart was pounding so loudly in her ears and her face burned from shame - and from the thrill of Mindy's lips against her own.

"That- that was- that was my first kiss," Mindy gasped.

"Your first- Oh, Mindy, no," Alex groaned.  "I ruined it.  I- I didn't mean to do that."

"No, it was perfect," Mindy told her. "I thought I was going to die.  I was so scared.  That- that just helped me.  Helped me relax."

"But, why-" Alex started to say.

"I like you, Alex," Mindy interrupted.  "I've liked you for a while.  I'm sorry.  I shouldn't- this wasn't the right time.  I'm sorry.  It just felt like the right time.  In a weird way?  You looked so lost.  You're normally so tough and I fell in- I admire that so much.  A lot.  You have no idea.  How much and what it does- But then you looked so vulnerable and- and- and-  Oh no.  I should've asked.  I mean, I suspected you- I was pretty sure you liked-"

Alex slid her hand out from the blanket.  She bent, partially sitting up as she placed her palm against Mindy's cheek.  Mindy exhaled a shuddering breath as she stared into her roommate's eyes.  Alex leaned toward her mousey roommate's face.  Her nose bumped against Mindy's face until the other girl tilted her head and their lips touched.  Mindy's tongue flicked out, slipping into Alex's mouth.  Alex jerked back, barked loudly and covered her muzzle while her ears drooped.

"Sorry-"

"Sorry-"

They both apologized at the same time.  Alex clamped her mouth shut, shaking her short jowls while Mindy hid her shy smile behind her finger while averting her eyes.

"Oh, your ear," Mindy said.  She reached out to the left side of Alex's head to flip her roommate's ear back down. Her thumb traced the edges of Alex's ear and down around the studs she still wore.   "Ah!  S- sorry.  I wasn't thinking."

Awkward silence bloomed between them until Mindy looked up.

"What happened?" she asked softly.

"I don't know," Alex answered.  "I really don't know.  I was just at the gym yesterday when it happened and I didn't even notice until it was done.  Just like- nngh."

Alex wrapped her hands around her stomach while pulling her knees up.  She growled and squeezed her eyes shut before clawing her hands up, pulling her shirt high enough to lay against the bottom of her bare breasts.

"Alex? Alex are you- whoa," Mindy gasped after pulling the blanket back.

Flat black fur shifted around Alex's arms as she continued to growl while cramps assaulted her stomach.  Milk welled out from holes in her skin before latching onto the surrounding fur.  When the skin twisted and bubbled outward, it pushed the milk and fat translucent drops sunk into the surrounding fur while four teats pushed outward to lie exposed above the two teats that had grown in place earlier.

Alex snarled and shoved her hands down.  Her thighs caught them, pressing them together tightly.

"Alex, talk to me, please, are you okay?" Mindy asked.  She reached a tentative hand out to Alex's cheek and Alex responded by licking her roommate's hand twice with long strokes of her broad tongue.  When she finished she panted and trembled.  And whined.

"It's hot," Alex said finally.  "My whole body.  It's hot.  Makes it- makes it hard- to think.  And-"

Alex turned to bite her pillow, tearing through the cover and casing with her canines. She grinded it between her teeth, slicing it open.  With a sudden snarl, she kicked her legs out, shoving the blankets away to lay on her back with her knees spread.

Mindy couldn't help but stare at Alex - at the hint of her nipples and down to her six teats.  She swallowed hard but looked further when Alex writhed, lifting her ass while spreading her legs further apart and clawing at the bed.

A wide, dark line showed on the crotch of Alex's tight jeans and they bulged around an odd mound of flesh beneath them.  Mindy tried to look away but couldn't.  Alex took her roommate's hand, gripping her wrist while pulling her towards the seat of her jeans.  Mindy swallowed but let her hand be guided.

Heat radiated away from Alex's crotch, surprising Mindy.  She could feel the woman's engorged labia and the wetness touching her jeans.  Alex whimpered when Mindy gripped the strange mound and then whined when Mindy took her hand away.

"That's- that's- that's your-" Mindy stuttered.

"It's hot," Alex groaned, repeating herself.  It was worse than the day before.  Far worse.  "I'm hot.  Please.  Mindy, please.  Help."

"God, I- I- I want to, but Alex, I'm not-  You're not-" Mindy swallowed and clenched her first.  She could still feel the other woman's pussy burning into her palm.  The urge to undress Alex was incredibly powerful.  She dreamed of it.  "You're not in the right headspace, Alex.  I can't.  I can't do it like this."

"Please, Mindy, please," Alex whimpered while writhing.  She pushed at her pants, accidentally unbuttoning them and shoving her zipper down slightly.  Thick curly black pubic hair spilled forth and Mindy moaned before biting hard against the inside of her cheek.

"Alex.  Alex," Mindy said.

She took her roommate's padded paws - huge compared to her delicate hands and pushed, leaning down to kiss her carefully before laying against Alex with their fingers clenched together.  Alex growled and turned, licking Mindy's forehead and hair before panting and raising her chest, trying desperately to get her erect, half-hidden nipple into the other woman's mouth.

Mindy focused inward, repeating numbers while holding Alex tightly until the heat began to lessen over an hour later.

Alex moved, turning Mindy around until her back was to her stomach.  She pulled Mindy into her as a little spoon while wrapping her muscular arms protectively around the smaller woman.

"Th- thank you," Alex said finally.  She tentatively, carefully, shyly pressed her lips against the back of Mindy's neck where it joined her shoulder and her tongue unrolled to lick her neck, causing Alex to growl at herself.

"That.  Was hard.  To resist," Mindy told her.  Alex's fur tickled the strip of bare skin showing low on her back.  Worse, Alex's nipples were still hard and she could feel both of them pressing into her shoulder blades.  "I just- there's a lot we have to talk about.  Not just, umm, this but also this."

Mindy made a vague circular motion with her hand in front of her in a sleepy attempt to encapsulate the both of them.  Being spooned by someone she liked was a dream she'd had for years.  While she hadn't envisioned it happening quite like this, the security and warmth was overwhelming.  She could feel the powerful beat of Alex's strong heart against her and the puffs of her breath was a steady rhythm against her shoulder.

"S- sorry," Alex said.  Her arms tightened and Mindy pushed herself back, bending her legs as Alex brought hers up beneath Mindy's ass.

"This is nice, though," Mindy said with a soft, dreamy voice.  "Really really nice."

"Yeah," Alex sighed.  Her eyes drooped.  They closed, opened and drooped again until they were slits.  Her jowls vibrated slightly as she breathed out of her mouth.  The right side of her upper lip hung down to the bed, leaving her teeth showing.  "Just.  So tired.  We'll talk.  After a nap.  Tonight."

"Mmm," Mindy agreed while moving Alex's paw up to her breast.  "Just a nap."

"I.  I like you," Alex whispered, saying the words as she exhaled, as if her very breath carried them to the girl cuddled against her.  She tasted the words as she said them and they felt right.  She'd given up, but here in this moment, she allowed herself a single small flickering light of hope that this time, she wouldn't regret what she'd done.

"Too," Mindy said finally, just as sleep took hold.

With her heavy, silky furred left arm wrapped around the slender girl and Mindy's head resting on her right arm, Alex allowed herself to sleep.

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... reports coming in of a scene straight from a horror novel here in London as thousands of people are reported to be shredding their clothes in view of - there!  Right there, get the- the camera!  I don't know if you can see this but that man and, good Lord, the woman behind him, changing.  Literal feathers on her arms while scales...

... National Guard called in as police are overwhelmed by chaos spreading throughout the country.  Men, women and children, all are t-aahk!  Taaaah!  Ba-kawwww!... Caaaw!  Clothes too taaaaawt!....

...to my Youtube channel.  I'm going to zoom in.  You can- can you see it?  Right there.  That woman's got a fucking tail and she- fuck.  Fuck!  She's- is she- holy shit, she's just tackled that guy and she's rubbing herself all over...

... citizens to stay calm.  The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and the JSDF are calling for an immediate curfew.  As you can-mmmnh.  I-  So hot- I- mmmnh- need- need to be- Cut the cameras!  Get her off of him!...

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She stared at the cameras, shifting in her seat.  Her professional expression cracked as lightning crackled over her spine.  The pointed tip of a hairless ribbed tail wiggled beneath the skirt she wore but her attention focused in front of her.  Her thighs pressed tightly together while her fingernails curved outward into thin white claws that gouged the surface of the desk when she made fists.  Her nostrils opened and closed as she breathed with her lips pressed together in a tight line..

The sudden arousal flooding her body was maddening but her aching front teeth helped distract her.  She grinded the teeth together, scraping them painfully as they widened, shoving against those nearby.  The tips of her ears stretched outward and became rounded.

She glanced at her male co-worker as discreetly as possible while fidgeting.  Her shovel-like front teeth pushed against her lips.

Lights blinked and the teleprompter began rolling the government approved message.  She squeaked and wriggled her whiskers while scratching the gray fur on her wrist as she stared at the Mandarin characters.

With a screech, she jumped over to her coworker and her foot long hairless tail flailed behind her as she tore through his trousers.  She snapped the seat of her panties and grinded against the man's cock while kissing and biting at his lips until he hardened enough to slip inside her pussy.

Screams erupted behind her as she rode the man.  A loud growling hiss echoed from one side of the room while a trumpeting call rebounded from the other, followed but a loud thud.  She ignored it all, tearing at her blouse and shoving her bra down before pressing her breasts into the man's mouth.  Her tail pounded painfully against the desk and she squeaked, louder and louder as her orgasm neared.

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Chaos reigned as people changed all over the world.  From the largest cities to the smallest remote villages, a fraction of the world became something different in the blink of an eye.

In a small apartment in the middle of Minnesota, Alex held Mindy tighter as the first sirens began to scream.