
Ashley was not nearly as fast as I had been changing back - but like me, she had changed completely back to her normal self.
A few minutes later, and we all finally were able to sit down in the family room, and process what had just happened. Gosh it felt good to wear clothes again.
“I just… I just can’t believe it,” dad said. “You just… you changed so quickly! It didn’t look like it even hurt!”
I shook my head. “It didn’t… at least physically anyway. Gosh I’ve got an awful headache.”
“You said it,” Ashley said with a groan.
I laid back against the couch for a moment, closing my eyes. Mom got my attention, giving me a glass of water and some Ibuprofen.
“Thanks,” I said, downing the pills.
I groaned, and licked my - I stopped. No… I didn’t have a long dog tongue anymore, or a snout. My tongue barely reached above my upper lip. Somehow, this felt weird to me.
Jackie giggled, sitting next to me.
“This…,” dad said. “I just… I don’t know how this could’ve happened. It’s like… you took control.”
“Of the virus?” I asked.
“No…,” Dad said, “the nanoparticles… Seth put them into you, and we unlocked them, but weren’t… wait. Oh my gosh.”
“Dad I can’t read your thoughts,” I said.
“But the nanoparticles can,” he said with excitement. “Or I suppose, in a way. We tried to control the nanoparticles, but the signal was interrupted - the signal from your brain.”
“My… brain?” I asked.
“I think so yeah,” Dad said.
I placed my hand against my forehead - my very smooth forehead. Gosh that felt weird. And my head still hurt.
“Augh my memory of the past month… it’s really cloudy,” I said. “Is this how it feels to get drunk, or wake up from a coma? Both sound really not fun.”
“I think,” Mom said, “that you and Ashley probably could use some rest.”
“Yes,” I said. “Definitely. Absolutely.”
****
“So…,” Jackie asked, “what was it like… being a dog?”
We sat on the bench where I’d been yesterday - the place on the bike path where I’d begun to be myself again.
“I… I don’t know.”
Jackie’s snout wrinkled. “What kind of an answer is that?”
“Honestly,” I said, “I just… I can remember some stuff before we fully changed, and as I was pulling out of it… but everything in the middle is just… I can’t explain it. Obviously having a tail, fur, and all that wasn’t new. But as for the dog instincts and everything… I’m not sure I can even remember them. It’s like… I can remember smells distinctly, vague black and white images… but… I dunno.”
“I wonder,” Jackie said, “if it has something to do with language. I read something once, about how some people who learned language later on in life, they couldn’t really remember life before that well - it was like they now had a way to not only speak, but a way to think as well - language allowed them to organize thoughts. Thus, because the time before they had no way to organize thoughts, the memories were less clearly defined.”
“I… I think that actually makes a lot of sense,” I said. “I never really… thought anything. I just felt happy, or sad. Or confused. There are moments though… times where I think maybe I barely peeked out of the fog.”
“Like when?” Jackie asked.
“I… let me think,” I said.
I sorted through that vast ocean of vague memories, barely finding much I could remember, but a few things came to mind.
“I remember… being confused,” I said. “I remember… that everyone was happy when I was happy… but sad at the same time. It… it’s what I felt when I finally began to gain a hold on my thoughts again. You were sad. I wanted you to be happy. I knew that I hadn’t done something wrong… and I wanted you to be happy.”
Jackie frowned, looking down at the ground. “It was… it was so hard Matt. I was constantly battling with worry and anxiety, sure that I’d never get to talk to you again. But you were so happy as a dog. And once you started to change, I saw that you were in pain… I felt like I had just ruined you.”
I held her tight against me. “It’s okay. I’m really glad you pushed me there. I… thinking back, there was something nice - at least from what I can remember. Everything I can remember feels very simple, very easy to understand. But then… then there’s living as a human. Most things are far more complex. But… gosh it feels… richer. I don’t know why. It feels like I can feel more, comprehend more about how good something is. I just… I’m glad that I’m myself again.”
“Yeah,” Jackie smiled.
But her eyes revealed more. “What’s wrong?” I asked.
She opened her mouth, but then seemed to change her mind.
“What is it Jackie?” I asked. “Please. I haven’t been able to talk to you, I don’t care if something is hard to say, or doesn’t make sense, I just… I just want to listen.”
She sighed. “You’re a human again.”
I let out a slow exhale. “Oh.”
“I feel like a child,” Jackie said.
“You’re not a child,” I told her. “I… I understand.”
“It’s just…,” she said, “I… I fell in love with a different you. I know that’s bizarre. I… gosh, I feel so shallow.”
I gripped the edge of the bench.
“I feel… naked.”
She glanced to me.
“I… I feel naked without my fur,” I said. “And… and I find myself feeling… I don’t know. It’s like I’m in a good mood, and I don’t have my tail anymore. I feel like I’m physically unable to smile.”
Jackie smiled slightly, shedding a tear.
“You… you really wish that you could be an anthro again?”
“I… I guess yeah,” I smiled. “Does that make me weird?”
Jackie hugged me. “It makes us perfect for each other, I’d say.”
“Do you think…,” I said, “that my dad could really find a way to make me an anthro again?”
“I don’t know,” Jackie said. “It… wait. You… you changed yourself.”
“Do you think… do you think I could do it again?”
Jackie was silent.
I tensed my body. I imagined fur growing from my skin, my ears becoming longer and floppy. It didn’t work.
“How exactly,” I thought out loud, “does one tell some nanobots you want to be an anthro?”
“You probably understand far more than I do,” Jackie said. “But… even if you can’t change back… I still love you Matt.”
We kissed. I truly loved her, despite how she physically looked. Maybe there was a bit of me that liked her because of how she physically looked. All I knew was that I wanted to be there for her all I could - not just because I wanted to help her through life, but because she had helped me. She made me happy.
And I started to feel it. I felt a feeling budding at the base of my spine. I latched onto it. Yes!
Jackie let go of our hug, and she tried to mask her smile - but gave up, grinning widely. I felt the fur growing all over me. My ears began to climb up my head. My nose began to grow wet.
And somehow, it all felt amazing, exciting. The anguish I had felt when I’d first become an anthro… that was gone. I wanted to be an anthro now.
In a minute or so, I reached up to my face - and there was my muzzle and snout once again. I panted with a smile, and licked my nose. Most important of all…
I reached behind me, and guided my tail through the hole in my pants - I had no normal pants anymore. I gave it a good wag, just closing my eyes and letting myself enjoy the feeling.
“Feel better?” Jackie asked.
“Yes,” I grinned. “Because I’m finally myself again.”
Then I licked her face. She giggled and then happily licked mine. We laughed for a moment, and I looked down to my now paw-like feet.
“Dang it,” I said in realization. “I’m going to have to carry this pair of shoes home.”
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A few minutes later, and we all finally were able to sit down in the family room, and process what had just happened. Gosh it felt good to wear clothes again.
“I just… I just can’t believe it,” dad said. “You just… you changed so quickly! It didn’t look like it even hurt!”
I shook my head. “It didn’t… at least physically anyway. Gosh I’ve got an awful headache.”
“You said it,” Ashley said with a groan.
I laid back against the couch for a moment, closing my eyes. Mom got my attention, giving me a glass of water and some Ibuprofen.
“Thanks,” I said, downing the pills.
I groaned, and licked my - I stopped. No… I didn’t have a long dog tongue anymore, or a snout. My tongue barely reached above my upper lip. Somehow, this felt weird to me.
Jackie giggled, sitting next to me.
“This…,” dad said. “I just… I don’t know how this could’ve happened. It’s like… you took control.”
“Of the virus?” I asked.
“No…,” Dad said, “the nanoparticles… Seth put them into you, and we unlocked them, but weren’t… wait. Oh my gosh.”
“Dad I can’t read your thoughts,” I said.
“But the nanoparticles can,” he said with excitement. “Or I suppose, in a way. We tried to control the nanoparticles, but the signal was interrupted - the signal from your brain.”
“My… brain?” I asked.
“I think so yeah,” Dad said.
I placed my hand against my forehead - my very smooth forehead. Gosh that felt weird. And my head still hurt.
“Augh my memory of the past month… it’s really cloudy,” I said. “Is this how it feels to get drunk, or wake up from a coma? Both sound really not fun.”
“I think,” Mom said, “that you and Ashley probably could use some rest.”
“Yes,” I said. “Definitely. Absolutely.”
****
“So…,” Jackie asked, “what was it like… being a dog?”
We sat on the bench where I’d been yesterday - the place on the bike path where I’d begun to be myself again.
“I… I don’t know.”
Jackie’s snout wrinkled. “What kind of an answer is that?”
“Honestly,” I said, “I just… I can remember some stuff before we fully changed, and as I was pulling out of it… but everything in the middle is just… I can’t explain it. Obviously having a tail, fur, and all that wasn’t new. But as for the dog instincts and everything… I’m not sure I can even remember them. It’s like… I can remember smells distinctly, vague black and white images… but… I dunno.”
“I wonder,” Jackie said, “if it has something to do with language. I read something once, about how some people who learned language later on in life, they couldn’t really remember life before that well - it was like they now had a way to not only speak, but a way to think as well - language allowed them to organize thoughts. Thus, because the time before they had no way to organize thoughts, the memories were less clearly defined.”
“I… I think that actually makes a lot of sense,” I said. “I never really… thought anything. I just felt happy, or sad. Or confused. There are moments though… times where I think maybe I barely peeked out of the fog.”
“Like when?” Jackie asked.
“I… let me think,” I said.
I sorted through that vast ocean of vague memories, barely finding much I could remember, but a few things came to mind.
“I remember… being confused,” I said. “I remember… that everyone was happy when I was happy… but sad at the same time. It… it’s what I felt when I finally began to gain a hold on my thoughts again. You were sad. I wanted you to be happy. I knew that I hadn’t done something wrong… and I wanted you to be happy.”
Jackie frowned, looking down at the ground. “It was… it was so hard Matt. I was constantly battling with worry and anxiety, sure that I’d never get to talk to you again. But you were so happy as a dog. And once you started to change, I saw that you were in pain… I felt like I had just ruined you.”
I held her tight against me. “It’s okay. I’m really glad you pushed me there. I… thinking back, there was something nice - at least from what I can remember. Everything I can remember feels very simple, very easy to understand. But then… then there’s living as a human. Most things are far more complex. But… gosh it feels… richer. I don’t know why. It feels like I can feel more, comprehend more about how good something is. I just… I’m glad that I’m myself again.”
“Yeah,” Jackie smiled.
But her eyes revealed more. “What’s wrong?” I asked.
She opened her mouth, but then seemed to change her mind.
“What is it Jackie?” I asked. “Please. I haven’t been able to talk to you, I don’t care if something is hard to say, or doesn’t make sense, I just… I just want to listen.”
She sighed. “You’re a human again.”
I let out a slow exhale. “Oh.”
“I feel like a child,” Jackie said.
“You’re not a child,” I told her. “I… I understand.”
“It’s just…,” she said, “I… I fell in love with a different you. I know that’s bizarre. I… gosh, I feel so shallow.”
I gripped the edge of the bench.
“I feel… naked.”
She glanced to me.
“I… I feel naked without my fur,” I said. “And… and I find myself feeling… I don’t know. It’s like I’m in a good mood, and I don’t have my tail anymore. I feel like I’m physically unable to smile.”
Jackie smiled slightly, shedding a tear.
“You… you really wish that you could be an anthro again?”
“I… I guess yeah,” I smiled. “Does that make me weird?”
Jackie hugged me. “It makes us perfect for each other, I’d say.”
“Do you think…,” I said, “that my dad could really find a way to make me an anthro again?”
“I don’t know,” Jackie said. “It… wait. You… you changed yourself.”
“Do you think… do you think I could do it again?”
Jackie was silent.
I tensed my body. I imagined fur growing from my skin, my ears becoming longer and floppy. It didn’t work.
“How exactly,” I thought out loud, “does one tell some nanobots you want to be an anthro?”
“You probably understand far more than I do,” Jackie said. “But… even if you can’t change back… I still love you Matt.”
We kissed. I truly loved her, despite how she physically looked. Maybe there was a bit of me that liked her because of how she physically looked. All I knew was that I wanted to be there for her all I could - not just because I wanted to help her through life, but because she had helped me. She made me happy.
And I started to feel it. I felt a feeling budding at the base of my spine. I latched onto it. Yes!
Jackie let go of our hug, and she tried to mask her smile - but gave up, grinning widely. I felt the fur growing all over me. My ears began to climb up my head. My nose began to grow wet.
And somehow, it all felt amazing, exciting. The anguish I had felt when I’d first become an anthro… that was gone. I wanted to be an anthro now.
In a minute or so, I reached up to my face - and there was my muzzle and snout once again. I panted with a smile, and licked my nose. Most important of all…
I reached behind me, and guided my tail through the hole in my pants - I had no normal pants anymore. I gave it a good wag, just closing my eyes and letting myself enjoy the feeling.
“Feel better?” Jackie asked.
“Yes,” I grinned. “Because I’m finally myself again.”
Then I licked her face. She giggled and then happily licked mine. We laughed for a moment, and I looked down to my now paw-like feet.
“Dang it,” I said in realization. “I’m going to have to carry this pair of shoes home.”
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