I stared at him in shock at his revelation to which he only gave a cute smile. Taking a seat next to my bed he reattached his tail.
“As a kemoman you’ll grow ears but not a tail,” he explained “So it’s easier to wear a fake. Tailless Kemonomimi exist but you’ll fit in better if you have one.”
I nodded taking it all in. “But how do you move it, I’m sure I’ve seen you wagging it.”
He chuckled and said “Well technically you will grow a vestigial tail but it’ll only be an inch or two long. But that’s enough that with the right prosthetic over it you can simulate tail motion. I’ll give you the name of my guy so you can get one made up.”
“Umm, any idea what I should have made? Wouldn’t want to have a lion tail made up and then grow bunny ears.”
He chuckled and said “Sorry but I can’t help you there. You’ll need to take a gene test at the hospital or wait for your ears to grow some more. Fortunately tails take longer to grown than ears typically so you should be able to wait.”
I nodded, my head spinning. “What was that stuff about pheromones?”
“Ah yes. We kemoman produce pheromones which increase our attractiveness to kemonomimi. Humans too technically, but their noses aren’t strong enough to detect them adequately really. Kemonomimi on the other hand...you’ll notice in the coming days that your fellow classmates will start taking more notice of you and might even start coming onto you.”
“So I’ll soon be swimming in hot chicks is what you’re saying?”
He pulled a face. “No one knows why but our pheromones only work on members of the same sex, so sorry, no more hot chicks than usual for you but hot and cute boys on the other hand...”
I sighed “I guess I can live with that.”
“That’s the spirit,” he chuckled.
“Wait a minute,” I said thinking of something “If these pheromones are as potent as you say they are, how come the entire male kemonomimi student body aren’t swooning over you?”
“I already have a boyfriend,” he replied wryly “For whatever reason sexual release waters down the pheremones’ potency. It doesn’t eliminate them entirely, but it’s enough that I only get a few making google eyes at me. Plus I’m old enough to be past the biggest surge of pheremones; sorry but for you they’ll still be strong even if you get laid every night.”
“Great,” I sighed.
He patted my shoulder and said “Trust me it actually quite fun, and you might even find a high school sweetheart soon.” I pulled a face and then laughed with him to show I was only teasing.
Before I could think of another question, a phone rang and he got up to answer it, leaving me alone in the curtained off area. I strained to listen to his conversation and could have sworn I could hear extremely muffled sounds through my growing new ears. I couldn’t make anything out with them, it was like being underwater and trying to overhear a conversation taking place above water, so had to rely on my human ears.
After a few minutes Hadashi-sensei returned and said “That was the office; they’ve gotten ahold of your parents and they should be here shortly.”
