Lee got back to the dorms as early as possible in the hopes he'd run into Theo. The goat would often be the first to get back. However, today he wasn't there yet. Lee suspected he might be avoiding him. The chimera felt terrible. Theo must have been desperate to hide his fetish. Most of society would consider him to be a degenerate and his mother would likely be horrified by it.

What made it even worse was that the chimera was being completely honest. When he read that stuff he truly was creeped out by it. He saw it as being perverted and weird. Yet when he found out it was his friend's fetish, he suddenly saw it in a more charitable light. It really isn't anybody's business but Theo's. He isn't hurting anybody. Well... other than himself. But from what Lee read, none of the things the goat did to cause himself physical pain seemed to be life-threatening.

When Theo returned to the dorm, he did so when several of Lee's roommates got there first. He probably knew the Chimera wouldn't bring it up with them around. Whispering at him to discuss it in private probably wouldn't work either.

Lee noticed Oscar was in his gym clothes which were drenched in sweat and he looked pretty winded. Must've been working out with Alfred. Lee was surprised by how much the zebra had changed since his nearly fatal asthma attack. Helping an eighty kilogram rabbit lose weight probably isn't easy.

The chimera was also happy to see Oscar being more patient when it came to losing weight. Shedding fifty kilograms wasn't happening overnight. It was going to at least take… Actually, Lee didn't know how long. He's not a fitness expert. In fact, he had a pretty high metabolism so he never had to care about his diet.

Oscar sat down, breathing very heavily as he tried to recover from what must've been a brutal workout.

Lee looked at Alfred. "How'd he do?"

The zebra smiled and nodded. "Pretty good for a first time workout. I think he's got really good potential."

Oscar blushed. "Th-thanks."

Alfred chuckled. "Don't thank me yet. There aren't that many people out there as overweight as you are, and this is gonna take a lot of time and perseverance."

Lee looked at Oscar curiously. "If you don't mind me asking, is there a particular reason you got so big in the first place?"

Oscar sighed. "Stress eating. A lotof stress eating. Sweets were the only thing that made me feel better when Mom was acting like a psycho. Which is basically all the time."

Lee could imagine it. If she's anywhere near as bad as that letter implied.

Alfred stretched. "Well, for now we gotta shower." He chuckled as he looked at Oscar. "Especially you. You worked up a really good sweat."

Oscar nodded and the rest of the dorm left to shower. Now was Lee's chance. He went over to his bag and pulled out an apology letter he wrote for Theo. He read it over again.

"Theo-kun. I really can't apologize enough for the things I said. They were completely inexcusable. If you'd offer me your time, I'd like to apologize in person. I don't like the fact that I hurt you and want to make things better. Please give me another chance."

He didn't bother signing it. It's not like he was going to be confused about who it could be from.

The chimera went over to Theo's bunk and opened the goat's laptop. He put the letter in and closed it again. Hopefully Theo will consider at least talking about it.

Lee sighed and grabbed his cellphone.

Lee: "How bad was Mizuchi?"

Haru: "She was awful. She was incredibly insecure and pathetic. I don't think that girl had even ONE redeeming trait."

Legosi: "I've never spoken to her. I just remember her running away from Haru for some reason."

Haru: "I was a liiiittle harsh on her. But to be fair, she WAS harassing me."

Lee: "What was she doing?"

Haru: "I was taking care of a dying flower and she tripped me and made me drop the pot. She killed that flower out of sheer pettiness."

Legosi: "I was wondering what was happening. I would have said something to her if I'd known."

Haru: "She also shoved me while I was eating lunch outside and dumped a bucket of water on me."

Lee: "Why did she do that?"

Haru: "Her boyfriend was unfaithful and apparently that was MY fault. She always went on about preserving the existence of harlequin rabbits."

Haru: "I'm willing to bet she hammered that rhetoric into her son's head as well."

Lee: "She did. She often tells him his obesity makes him unattractive and that he'll die without reproducing."

Legosi: "Obesity may be bad for you, but that seems far too harsh."

Haru: "I doubt she even sees him as a child. Just a way to make more harlequin rabbits."

Lee: "How would you guys handle it if I was that big? Would you scold me for not losing weight?"

Haru: "Of course we would! Because we'd be worried for your health. We love you because you're our child, not because of some dumb agenda."

Legosi: "We're proud of our hybrid son because you're OUR SON. We didn't have you just to make more hybrids."

This conversation somewhat reminded Lee of Ibuki's troubles. Perhaps he should bring that up.

Lee: "How much do you two care about having grandkids?"

There was quite a long pause before someone replied.

Haru: "It'd be nice, but if you don't want children, that's your choice."

Lee: "But do you have a preference? Would you rather see me with a woman and have a child?"

Legosi: "I don't have a preference. I just want you to choose what will make YOU happy."

Haru: "Man or woman, we'll support you. It isn't about us at all. It's your choice to make. We'll be fine with either outcome."

Lee: "Thanks, guys."

After returning from their shower, Oscar looked far more relaxed and refreshed. The rabbit smiled. "God, that was the best shower I've ever had. Is it weird that being so tired kinda felt good?"

Alfred smiled. "That's basically the best attitude you can have! Keep it up and you'll go far."

Theo climbed into his bunk and opened his laptop. He pulled out Lee's note and read it over. The goat sighed and pulled out his phone.

Theo: "Meet me in the showers tonight."

Lee: "Okay!"

The chimera felt somewhat relieved. Perhaps he can make amends with the goat after all.

Ibuki had an intense look on his face as he glared at the TV screen, controller in hand.

Jiro, of course, had his usual poker face, which somewhat frustrated the chimera. It made it seem like he wasn't putting in any effort despite whooping his ass.

The game was Super Bash Bros. The chimera used to play one of the older versions of the game with Lee all the time. He trained on his own a lot and studied professional tournament players just so he could defeat his fellow chimera. That was ages ago. At this point, the deer-wolf was pretty rusty, and Jiro was destroying him.

Ibuki was playing as Dragon King while Jiro was Space Fox.

After falling off the map and losing a life, he closed his eyes and took a deep breath, using his respawn invincibility as a break to clear his mind. He opened his eyes and jumped back into the game, his years of practice finally coming back to him.

All the guys watching looked impressed as the chimera completely turned the match around and rebounded with a vengeance. After managing to kill Jiro once, he looked at the fox. His face was neutral as usual, but the chimera could see he was sweating profusely. Ibuki chuckled to himself.

Once the fox got back in the game, the chimera absolutely brutalized him. Then, the perfect opportunity came to him. Ibuki had two lives left, while Jiro only had one. Now was the time for a risky move.

Ibuki's character rushed Jiro's and dodged the fox's attack. The Dragon King grabbed Space Fox and jumped off the ledge with him. Thankfully, Jiro failed to break out of the grab. Ibuki sacrificed one of his lives for a good chance to finish off his opponent and succeeded. He felt triumphant as the game declared him the winner. He turned to Jiro. "Good game."

Jiro was silent for a bit, then grabbed his notepad. He flipped to a drawing of himself pouting.

The chimera laughed.

Jiro noticed Ibuki laughing and flipped the notepad to his smaller smile. "Are you feeling better?"

Ibuki nodded. "Sometimes I still think about it. But it doesn't bother me as much anymore."

Jiro flipped to the big smile. "That's good! I'm very glad to hear that." He chuckled. "Personally, that would give me nightmares. And God knows I don't need any more of those."

Gilbert took a seat next to Jiro. The shy coyote cleared his throat. "Would you mind if I played with Ibuki-kun?"

Ibuki gulped. He knew he was in trouble now. Despite the coyote's kind and bashful demeanor, he was an absolute monster when it came to video games.

The fox showed him the smile on the notepad. "Go ahead." He then handed the coyote the controller. Gilbert smiled as he picked out his favorite character, "Jokester", a DLC fighter from "Fursona 5." Another game the coyote loved.

The fight began and immediately Gil managed to kill Ibuki without taking any damage. Something referred to by tournament players as "zero-death."

Ibuki put all of his skills to the test, yet it seemed completely worthless. The coyote just wouldn't stop dodging. Then, suddenly, Ibuki started hitting him! He thought he had a chance, until he noticed a little gauge over Jokester just filled up.

The chimera's eyes widened when he realized he had been had. The insidious coyote was taking the hits intentionally while using his down special so he could charge up that damned gauge.

In an instant, Jokester started glowing and a ghostly figure appeared behind him. A being from Fursona 5 known as "Lupin." Ibuki knew then that his fate had been sealed.

The game ended in total annihilation.

The chimera stared at the screen, completely stunned. He got absolutely destroyed. But that always happened with Gilbert.

The coyote smiled. "Good game!"

The chimera chuckled nervously. "Y-yeah, good game."

Once the guys fell asleep, Theo and Lee went to the showers as they planned. The two stood across from each other, Theo impatiently tapping his foot while he glared at Lee.

The chimera cleared his throat. "Well, first off, I want you to know that there's nothing wrong with your fetish."

"I already know that."

Lee looked a tad confused.

Theo scoffed. "I hide my fetish because it's no one's business but my own and my mistress. I have never been under the impression that what I've been doing is wrong."

The chimera wasn't expecting that line to backfire so badly. He had to think quickly where to take the conversation next.

"I'm glad to hear that. But I didn't mean to invade your privacy. I thought it was Thomas's phone and that I was making fun of him."

Theo narrowed his eyes at the chimera. "So if it's somebody you don't like, then suddenly it's okay to call it creepy?"

Lee shook his head. "No. Even if I was correct and it wasThomas's phone, it wasn't right for me to make fun of it. It's a completely unfair double standard."

"And do you think it's weird?"

"Of course it's weird! I'm pretty damned weird too! Being weird isn't always a bad thing! It makes you more interesting than a lot of other people because it's unique to you."

Theo seemed to be letting down his guard just a bit. Maybe Lee was actually getting through to him. "What you said… it reallyhurt."

Lee looked at him with sad eyes. "I know. And I'm really sorry that I said it. You're my friend, and what I did was inexcusable. I don't think there's anything wrong with your fetish. It's what makes you who you are. It's just as much a part of you as your love for computers."

Theo took off his glasses and wiped tears out of his eyes before putting them back on. "It's not easy hiding it. I know Mom would never understand and really wouldn't like the idea of me hurting myself or allowing others to hurt me." He chuckled awkwardly. "My mistress is actually really nice. There's a second chat on my phone where we talk about normal things. She's a really sweet girl."

Lee nodded. "I'm sure. You seem smarter than to be interested in an abuser. And I'm sure she has to hide who sheis too." The chimera smiled wryly. "I can understand. I'm kind of a sadist, honestly."

Theo gave Lee an awkward look. "Oh. Oh, boy. Umm..."

"Huh?"

Theo laughed nervously. "Sorry. I don't swing that way, man."

Lee blushed. "That's notwhat I meant! I'm not interested in you like that!" He took a deep breath. "I like getting into fights a lot. When people piss me off, I love punching and kicking them. And when I see them on the ground, writhing in pain, I get a serious rush. I'm pretty much addicted to it."

Theo looked at him quizzically. "What about when you lose?"

Lee sighed. "Yeah, that part isn't so great. I feel completely humiliated and worthless. The embarrassment is wayworse than the physical pain."

The goat seemed to be calming down just a bit. Then, he chuckled. "Y'know what? Now that I think about it. I'm the last person to judge you for making me embarrassed."

Lee looked curious.

Theo nodded at one of the shower nozzles. "I blackmailed you with a video of you jerking off. That's way worse than you accidentally making fun of my kink." He looked ashamed. "I intentionally went out of my way to hurt you."

There was an awkward silence for a bit. Lee scratched his neck. "Yeah, I'm not defending that. That was a really shitty thing to do." He chuckled. "But that's water under the bridge."

Theo looked contemplative. Then, he smiled. "We're bothfreaks I guess. We have to stick together, huh?"

Lee looked relieved. Looks like he actually got somewhere.

The chimera and goat exited the shower, leaving their hard feelings behind. If anything, this incident has made Lee feel closer to Theo than ever. Like he understood the goat on a deeper level. He hoped in the future, Theo could live a happy life with this "mistress", getting tied up and viciously beaten in the name of love. Sometimes, love is pain.

It was late at night and Esther wasn't asleep as she was supposed to be. She was on her phone looking at text messages from Olivia. Some of them were about homework, some were dirty talk, and the rest were very "personal" photos. The white tiger considered herself lucky to have such a wonderful girlfriend.

She sighed. It was going to be a complicated relationship though. She was pretty worried about how Jack would react to finding out about their relationship. Would he be okay with his daughter dating another female? In all likelihood, yes, he would. The lab seemed very understanding. But will he be okay with her dating Bill's daughter? That's a little more complicated, and might make parties a bit more awkward. The two didn't get along that well. Jack was usually polite to Bill but it was clear he found the tiger's abrasive personality to be grating. If she goes all the way with Olivia, those two will be in-laws.

She put the phone on the charger and finally decided to go to bed. Then she realized something. All this lovey-dovey crap she's been doing with Olivia has completely distracted her from the group that tried to kill Ibuki. Maybe in the morning she'll try to talk to the lab about that. It was probably more important at the moment.

She scoffed. "The Coffee Club." What a stupid name. It wasn't remotely intimidating. Why was that their name anyway? Do they just really like coffee? So lame.

She yawned. She's going to be super tired tomorrow if she doesn't sleep now. So she tried to doze off. She found herself wishing Olivia was in the bed with her right now. Esther liked the idea of cuddling her to sleep. Just thinking about holding her made the white tiger feel much less alone. She really had fallen head-over-heels for that dog.

Lee woke up early the next day, glad that things went well with Theo. In fact, things seemed better than ever, and not just with Theo.

The most interesting thing was that Alfred was way nicer all of the sudden. Which made Lee curious. What happened to make him this way?

Speak of the devil, Alfred woke up.

Lee smiled. "Morning."

Alfred smiled back. "Morning."

Lee was curious, so he figured now was as good a time as any to ask. "You seem really different, Alfred-kun. You're way nicer to people than you used to be."

Alfred chuckled. "Y'know that old rumor about your life flashing before your eyes when you're about to die? Turns out it's real. And when that happened, I saw my whole life I thought: 'Wow, I was kind of a massive dick.'"

The two both chuckled.

Alfred smiled. "I don't know if there's a higher power out there. But I begged to whoever there might be to please let me live again and be a better person. And here I am."

Lee laughed. "Well, I like you more this way for sure."

Alfred nodded. "I want to make people's lives better. So my number one goal right now is to make Oscar thin. I want to actually have a positive impact on someone's life for once."

The chimera nodded. "Best of luck to both of you, then."

Alfred smiled. "Thanks, Lee-kun."

Ibuki rolled out of bed. To his surprise, Lucas was already awake. The sheepdog was looking at his phone with a displeased expression.

The chimera approached him. "Everything okay?"

Lucas sighed. "Not really. Just a bunch of angry texts."

Ibuki snorted. "Well, maybe if you didn't have sex with everything that has a pulse, you'd piss less people off."

The sheepdog shrugged. "I can't help it. I'm pretty sure I inherited it from my dad somehow."

Ibuki smirked. "Yeah, okay. Blame your dad for you not being able to keep it in your pants."

Lucas pointed at the one eye that wasn't covered. "Hey, I got these eyes from my father's genes, so I'm going to use them." He looked back to his phone. "I never understood why he hid them. I'm not seeing the problem with having pretty girls swarm you just by looking at them."

Gil's curtain moved aside and he got out of his bunk. "They also attracted gay dudes, right? Pretty sure your dad is straight, so he probably didn't enjoy that part."

Lucas smirked. "Well, lucky me that I like both. The more the merrier, as far as I'm concerned."

Katsu crawled out of his own bunk. "Yeah, now you have another demographic of people to piss off."

Jiro yawned as he woke up. He grabbed his notepad off the windowsill where the phones were kept and flipped it to a depressed face. "At least you have girls that are interested in you. The ladies aren't into guys that can't move their face. And there aren't a lot of Tibetan foxes around here."

Ibuki smiled at Jiro. "I think you can attract more sentimental girls with the art thing though."

Jiro flipped to his small smile. "You think so?"

The chimera nodded. "You would probably have a good shot in Drama Club. Just show your sketches around more and maybe you'll get someone."

After getting dressed, the canines of room seven o' one left to began their day.

Tonight was the final performance of Adler. Lee was excited to get this over with. As excited as he was to play Adler before, he had become sick of it. Lee was convinced that the play had some sort of curse on it that made sure everyone in Legosi and Louis's bloodlines met with absolute disaster if they attempted to perform it. He just hoped that for once something would go right.

No attempted assassinations, no last minute cast switching, no arms getting ripped off. At this point he expected a meteorite to crash into the auditorium and kill everybody. What a nightmare.

At lunch, Lee looked over at the table the twins were at. Both twins were wearing their wool in a style that covered their right eye. Lee couldn't see any unusual colors through Sebastian's bangs, so it's probably covered up with makeup. It shouldn't be too noticeable during the play.

The chimera listened intently for any conversations that might be between Coffee Club members. Thomas and Walter weren't talking about it at all. They probably learned from the strangulation incident to keep their mouths shut in the school. But they had the cheetah's phone and Theo was looking for info on the cheetah's contacts.

Lee sighed. Strangling the cheetah actually made things a bit more complicated. If he tried to stalk Walter, there's a good chance he'd be walking into an ambush. They probably learned from what happened to Thomas.

Donna and the gazelle were in police custody. And if the cops learned anything about the Coffee Club, they weren't going to share with some high school kids. Lee wanted to hope that the police would put an end to this themselves, but he had no way of knowing. He didn't want Ibuki's life to be in danger every single day. There was nothing to do but wait for Theo to get information from that phone.

Lee suited up in his Adler costume, happy that this was the last time he needed to wear it. If they have to do Adler next year, Lee's going to make sure someone else plays the lead.

Esther seemed to be in high spirits. Lee suspected it had to do with her girlfriend, since she seemed to frequently be texting with a blush and a smile on her face. Lee wondered if he could attain that same happiness by finding a partner. He turned his head towards Ibuki, who was helping set up the backdrop. The chimera knew Ibuki was interested in him. But would it be a good idea to date him? Their relationship improved, but Lee still had some reservations about dating somebody that used to torment him. And yet there was something alluring about the deer-wolf that made him more and more tempted.

Finally, the stage was set, and it was time to perform. He just hoped it wouldn't be a disaster this time.

The play went on as intended. A little better, actually, because Esther seemed to be putting in more effort than usual into her performance. Her romance was surprisingly beneficial.

"Sebastian. Have you said your goodbyes to this world?"

The curtain lowered. No screaming, nobody dropping things from above, everything was good. Lee took a deep breath. For once, everything actually worked out.

Ben approached with a big smile. "That was a stupendous performance! I think it was an improvement over your last, if I'm being honest."

Lee stood up and helped Sebastian to his feet. "Thanks. I'm just glad it's over."

The elephant nodded. "I hope the next play will feature both you and Ibuki as the leads! I was very impressed by how well you two work together!"

Lee thought about this. He acted well with Ibuki? Was their performance really that good? The wolf-rabbit was beginning to wonder about the chemistry he had with his fellow chimera. Was it solidarity because of their mixed species or something else?

Esther gave a sigh of relief as she finished putting her uniform back on. As much as she enjoyed Adler, she was looking forward to doing something else next time. Still, she looked pretty cool

She stepped out into the hallway from the dressing room. To her surprise she encountered Olivia in the halls.

The black lab smiled. "You did great, Esther-chan!"

The white tiger looked baffled. "Y-you were in the audience? But you hatecrowds."

Olivia chuckled. "Most people had their eyes on the stage. And more importantly, I wanted to at least see your last performance." She pulled out her cellphone. "I even took a few pictures."

Esther started blushing. Olivia came out to the auditorium just to watch her, despite her distaste for crowds. The white tiger was feeling very touched by this. She pulled her girlfriend into a hug. "Thanks for coming."

Olivia giggled. "You're welcome. But we should be going back to our dorms now, right? Besides, you kinda smell."

The white tiger released Olivia and stepped away with a big grin. "I'll see you tomorrow, Olivia-chan!"

As Esther ran back to her dorm, she started to wonder why things have been going so right for her? This was her first successful attempt at a romantic relationship. She desperately wanted to keep it, and hoped that she wouldn't ruin it with her big mouth.

Ibuki was inside the dressing room, staring at the door. Due to his father's orders, Ibuki needed to stay with Lee. So he had no choice but to accompany the wolf-rabbit into the dressing room. He waited patiently for Lee to remove the Adler costume, trying not to turn around out of curiosity. Even though he couldn't see anything, he was still blushing.

Lee finished getting back into his uniform. "Alright, let's go."

The two chimeras exited the dressing room and Lee started the process of escorting Ibuki back to his dorm.

Lee glanced at Ibuki. "Sorry you only got to play Adler once."

Ibuki shrugged. "It's not a huge deal. At least I got to play him at all. Right now, I don't think I want to be on stage at all."

"I can understand that. You probably are safer like that. But I'm hopeful we can put an end to this damned 'Coffee Club'."

"Ugh. I cringe every time I hear that name. It's so absurd."

"I'm hopeful Theo-kun will have a lead."

Ibuki sighed and fell silent for a bit. "Did you notice that lion janitor cleaning backstage during the play?"

Lee looked confused. "Can't say I did. Janitors basically camouflage into their environment. You kinda stop seeing them."

"I think I'm getting paranoid. That one lion janitor has been popping up everywhere lately."

Lee raised an eyebrow. "Yeah, he's a janitor. He needs to be all over the campus."

Ibuki nodded. "That's what I told myself. But every time I see him, I get nervous. He's always cleaning at the strangest times. The entire play I had my eye on him because I was worried he might be one of them."

Lee looked concerned. "I guess I can't blame you after everything you've gone through. I'll keep an eye out for this janitor too."

Suddenly, Lee's phone began to vibrate. He pulled it out to see that he had a call from Theo.

He put the phone to his head. "Hello?"

"Lee-kun. Do notbring Ibuki-kun to his dorm."

"Huh? Why?"

"The Coffee Club has an ambush set up for him. If you take him back to his dorm they'll shoot you both."

Lee's heart raced. "W-wait. How do you know that?"

"I'll explain later. For now, just bring Ibuki to ourdorm."

This was certainly a strange predicament, but better safe than sorry.

Ibuki nodded. "I heard all that. Let's go."

The two took a detour and went to the herbivore dorms. Students in the hall looked baffled to see a wolf with antlers walking around. Everybody knew who he was, but nobody dared object to his presence. Thankfully, they never encountered the housemother.

Eventually, the two reached room six-one-seven. As soon as they got in Alfred ran up and locked the door behind them. Ibuki and Lee walked over to Theo.

The wolf-rabbit looked curious. "How did you know about the ambush?"

The goat smirked. "'Cause I've got something way better than a list of contacts. I've hit the jackpot!"

He flipped the laptop around to show what looked like some kind of text chat. All of the names were clearly fake and were basic gibberish, sometimes with numbers in them. Lee read through the chat and was shocked by what he saw. The conversation in the chat at that point was all about ambushing Ibuki outside the carnivore dorms.

Theo grinned. "This chat room is where they plan out everything. If they try to make an attempt on Ibuki's life, we'll know about it."

Lee laughed. "Holy shit, good work, Theo-kun!"

Ibuki gave a sigh of relief. "That's reassuring."

The wolf-rabbit looked curious. "Is there anything on here that can help us find out their identities?"

Theo shook his head. "They've been really careful about that. However, from what I can tell, their leader is this guy right here." The goat pointed a finger at a message from a user named: "King Koffee".

Lee snorted and that snort turned into a full on belly laugh. "K-King Koffee?! How lame can you get?!"

The entire dorm chuckled at the absurd name of the Coffee Club's leader. Perhaps, it should have been expected with how stupid the name of the group was to begin with.

The wolf-rabbit's ears twitched as he heard police sirens outside.

Theo adjusted his glasses with a smile. "I just sent the police an anonymous call about suspicious men with guns lurking around the carnivore dorms. Hopefully, they'll catch some of 'em red handed." His expression turned serious. "But for now, Ibuki-kun's life is in danger. Going out now would be risky, so he'll have to spend the night here."

Ibuki looked baffled. "But the housemother will come looking for me, won't she?"

The goat shook his head. "I spun a false narrative that you went back to your parent's place for a bit due to a very sensitive and private family emergency."

Ibuki looked shocked. "Wait, that worked? They didn't investigate at all to make sure I wasn't wandering the city at night?"

Theo snorted. "Cherryton's faculty is notoriously spineless. After the segregation thing blew up in their faces it's been a massive PR disaster for the school. A lot of the former members of the faculty were given the boot and the new ones are much more cautious about public perception. But they also fold super easily when it comes to a lot of stuff, because they're afraid of another boycott. That's how Sebastian and Esther got uniforms that didn't match their gender."

Lee shrugged. "You call it 'spineless', but I'm not seeing much of a downside here as far as uniforms are concerned. Seems like a good thing that the school is more open to accommodations."

Theo scoffed. "They aren't being progressive for the sake of progress. They're being progressive because they're frightened of public backlash. It's really dishonest if anything."

Ibuki yawned. "This political talk is fascinating and all, but right now, I want to go to bed. Where am I sleeping?"

Theo pointed a finger at Lee's bunk.

Lee raised an eyebrow. "Where am Isleeping then?"

Theo once again pointed at Lee's bunk.

Both chimeras looked at the goat as if he had just grown a second head.

Theo shrugged. "He needs to share a bed and it's yourjob to protect him, Lee-kun."

The two chimeras looked at each other nervously. Then Lee gave a resigned sigh. This would be a long night.