Chapter 43: The Bunny Suit Q&A
They burst through the doors of the Femboy Adventuring Guild, breathless and disheveled from their frantic escape. Kenjiro finally let go of Kaito's hand, a wicked smirk spreading across his face. The day of servitude wasn't over yet.
"Come on," he said, grabbing the shopping bag and dragging Kaito toward his room.
He tossed a regular, flimsy, sexy bunny suit from his wardrobe at Kaito. "Put this on," he commanded, before taking the new, expensive battle bunny suit he'd just bought into the bathroom to change.
A wave of pure joy washed over Kaito. Finally! he thought, his heart starting to pound in his chest. All that spending today will be worth it! He quickly changed, his fluffy tail swishing back and forth with uncontainable excitement.
The bathroom door opened. Kenjiro stepped out, clad in the sleek, armored bunny suit. It was just as revealing as he'd feared, but the powerful stats it gave him made him stand a little taller.
Kaito's heart hammered against his ribs. "Y-you look beautiful," he stammered.
"Of course I'm beautiful," Kenjiro said, striking a pose and flexing his still-weak arms. "Look at my muscles." He then walked over to Kaito, holding the hovering camera drone.
Kaito blushed, looking at the drone. "Y-you'll be... filming us?"
"Yeah," Kenjiro said, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. "I told you at dinner. I'm doing a Q&A tonight. With you."
Kaito's hopes, which had soared to incredible heights, came crashing back down to earth. "Y-yeah," he nodded, his tail drooping slightly. "I-I forgot, sorry."
The live started. "Hello everyone, it's me, Bombom!" Kenjiro announced to the camera. "And today I'm going to answer all your questions with my friend here." He pointed to Kaito, who forced a smile before "accidentally" dropping something, turning his back to the camera and bending over suggestively.
Kenjiro's face went red. "H-hey! W-what are you doing?"
"Nothing," Kaito smiled innocently. "Just dropped something."
The stream chat immediately filled with comments.
Who's that cute fox?
Is he Bombom's boyfriend?
How do I get to see more of Bombom?
Kenjiro blushed furiously. "A-alright, I'll answer some," he stammered. "This fox is a valuable member of my group. His name is Kaito." A vein throbbed on his forehead. "And no, he is NOT my boyfriend." He then read the last question. "W-what do you mean, 'more of me'?"
The chat flooded with over three hundred comments all saying the same thing: OF.
Kenjiro vaguely remembered the term from his old world, but asked just to be sure. "W-what's that 'OF' thing?"
the chat answers 'Only Femboys'
"You know, Bombom," Kaito chimed in with a sly grin. "It's a site where people post... more than normal photos."
"I-I'm not doing that, guys!" Kenjiro yelped. The comments kept coming.
Bombom you look super cute in that suit!
Bombom let's have a date?
Who's that second Bombom behind you?
He decided to change the subject and make some money at the same time. "N-no dates! We're friends, right? But... if you all get me to 30,000 Femboy Coins today, I'll do a giveaway! One winner gets a date with me! BUT NO TOUCHING!"
He then reread the last comment out loud. "Who's that second Bombom behind me?" He looked over his shoulder and yelped. It was Taguro, his copycat fan, who had somehow gotten into his room. He jumped on Kenjiro, hugging him from behind.
"Surprise, Bombom!" Taguro cheered.
"H-hey! I-I'm in the middle of a live, Taguro!" Kenjiro stammered, trying to squirm free.
"Don't care!" Taguro said, looking confidently at a random spot on the wall. "Plus, ratio. And the people looking at us are liking it."
"The camera is the other way," Kenjiro pointed out.
Taguro smiled, his gaze still fixed on the blank wall. "Yeah, I know." It was just as weird as before.
"Get off me!" Kenjiro yelped, trying to pry his clingy doppelgänger off his back while still live in front of thousands of viewers. The chat, predictably, was having a field day with the sudden chaos.
Is that Bombom's brother?
Is he your boyfriend??
Didn't know Bombom had a twin!
Kenjiro's face was a furious shade of red. "No to all of those!" he snapped at the camera drone. "H-he's just a friend!"
"We're dating," Taguro announced cheerfully to the camera, tightening his hug.
"No, we're not!" Kenjiro managed to squirm free, glaring at his copycat. Taguro, however, wasn't looking at him. He was staring intently at the blank wall again.
"Yeah, we are," Taguro said to the wall. "What do you think?"
Kenjiro looked from Taguro to Kaito, utterly bewildered. "Who are you talking to? And where are you even looking?"
Taguro just laughed. "Oh, don't worry about it. Keep doing your Q&A," he said, before casually hopping onto Kenjiro's bed and making himself comfortable.
Kenjiro, flustered and annoyed, decided to just power through. He spent another ten minutes answering a flood of questions, most of which were now about Taguro or his relationship status, before he couldn't take it anymore.
"Alright, that's it for tonight!" he announced, ending the stream abruptly. He let out a long, exhausted sigh. "Finally. They got so weird with that 'Only Femboys' thing."
Kaito nodded, a knowing look on his face. "I guess you've never opened your DMs, Bombom. Whatever you do, look with caution."
"What are you talking about?" Kenjiro asked, confused. He pulled out his LilyPad and navigated to his direct messages. The inbox was flooded. He tapped on the first one. His face went from confused to pale to beet red in an instant. He quickly tapped on another, and another. His eyes widened in horror.
He looked up at Kaito, who was watching the whole thing unfold with a barely suppressed laugh. "Y-YOU COULD'VE TOLD ME!" Kenjiro shrieked, his voice cracking. "T-THEY WERE SUPER BIG, YOU JERK!" He punctuated his sentence by punching Kaito's arm.
Kaito just purred, unfazed. "Now that that's over," he began, leaning in closer, "why don't we—"
"Don't even joke about it," Kenjiro cut him off, his expression deadly serious.
Kaito shrugged. "Okay, okay. I'll take my leave, then. I'll return your bunny suit tomorrow, all cleaned." He gave a final wink and slipped out of the room.
Finally alone—or so he thought—Kenjiro changed back into his normal clothes and, without even thinking, jumped into his bed, pulling the blanket over himself and rolling over. He immediately collided with another body.
He let out a small squeak and scrambled up, his heart pounding. "W-WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!"
Taguro yawned, stretching under the covers. "Oh, hey," he said sleepily. "Bonding time?"
Kenjiro didn't even scream. He just grabbed the copycat by the arm, dragged him out of the bed, and threw him unceremoniously out of the room before locking the door and collapsing into a deep, troubled sleep.