Beastars Jack x Male Reader

Growing Pains

Chp. 11

I open eyes. I'm tired and I feel horrible. I don't even know where I am. The only thing that I can recall is the kiss, well, almost. The lights are off and there is a bunch of strange machines around me. A hospitable, perhaps? I don't have any idea what they did, after all, I'm a human. I scan the walls for any clock. There wasn't a clock, but I heard a click and then suddenly the brown door opened

A young woman, a bird, went into my room without noticing me and started to check the monitors. Before I could say anything she stuck a thermometer into my mouth while looking at the screen. I groaned, and finally, she glanced at me. She gasped.

"You're awake! How do you feel?" She sounded kind and warmhearted, why couldn't the nurses when I was small be this nice?

"Ok? I feel I odd," I crossed my arms to be greeted with sharp pain.

I looked at my hands and gasped. I didn't what was happening anymore, my hands they had... claws, like the ones Jack has. I was speechless.

"Do you not usually have claws?" I was surprised she did bluntly ask what I was.

I sighed, another thing to stress about. Things will eventually get better, I hope. Once everything passes I can get onto a rode of a completer recovery.

"No, did Jack's father give you any information about my species?" I asked while looking down at my sharp nails.

"I'm assuming your talking about the labrador, he did. You're a marvel, there is no other information about your species," at least its not serious.

"You've been asleep for two days and during that time we ran an ultrasound and a few x-rays. By the time you came here, you had claws but noticeable changes in your body were visible by the end of the first day, internally," she said the facts, it wasn't good.

I felt like I was going to die. I didn't know what was going to happen. Everything is happening so fast, I got here four days ago. Now, I'm in the hospital. I tried to come up with possible conclusions, different chemicals in the air? Did history happen differently? I don't know, but I want to find out.

"I'll give the labrador and his son a call, I'll leave you for now," the nurse left and closed the door, I noticed her tone of voice changed during our conversation.

What am I going to turn into anyway, it could be anything. I just hope that whatever I am won't affect me and Jack's relationship. When he told me about the herbivore and carnivores, it made me think. I wish they could live happily in unison, but I don't if it is possible. I sighed and waited for their arrival.

~10 min later

The door sprung open lighting fast. Jack bolted over to where I laid, with his father trailing behind him. I stuffed my hands into the blanket and tried to act natural.

"I'm so happy you're alright, is everything ok? Can you get checked out?" Jack bombarded me with tons of questions.

"Well, I'm ok," I hesitated, I didn't want to keep anything from Jack.

I slowly slid my hand out of the light blue cover and held it up. I frowned and my gaze slowly drifted to Mr. C. He glared back at me and proceeded to walk out the door.

"Ethan, that can't be normal. I mean, they look like... claws," Jack's attitude drifted away and he started to sound sympathetic.

"I'll be fine, I don't know what's happening but slowly my body started to change," whatever was happing I would get through this, one way or another.

"What's worse, is that fur or something has started to grow on my hands and feet, slowly crawling up," I started to vent.

They were growing rapidly and sooner or later we're going to start covering my limbs. They were softer than hair as well, so I was turning into some sort of animal.

"No matter what you turn into, reptile, mammal, avian, I'll still be here," Jack grabbed my hands and held them together.

I smiled, Jack always has helped me in some way, shape, or form. I'm glad to have met him even if it was by some odd fluke. I heard footsteps and Jack's father entered with the nurse from before.

"Ethan, you'll stay in the hospital, for now, me and Jack will visit again in a few days time," Jack's heartless father said to me while ushering his son out the door.

As they left I could hear Jack's protests.

"But, Dad!" Jack said with anger in his voice.

I wished Jack could be by my side. He's the only one I feel comfortable with, at least for now.