Neko or Cat? (Neko Asakura TF)

"And that's all for tonight folks! Thank you everyone who tuned in!"

Aroma stared as Neko shut off her entire arrangement on her desktop. After spending two weeks as a resident in the part-stream part-music producer's room, she hadn't witnessed such a sight. And that wasn't even getting into the fact that there was still a glint of daylight outside the window.

Granted, that amount of time wasn't enough to get the full picture of anyone, but she felt she had gotten at least an idea of Neko's typical day-to-day habits. And as a streamer, her sessions could last until the very beginning of the next day. It was so frequent that the various noises coming from the streamer's workspace actually somehow managed to soothe the runaway idol's mind, in the way that it pushed out the more troubling images that had been plaguing her.

Now here was Neko now, seemingly turning in far before the traditional "bedtime" for either of them. Or was it that?

The surprises mounted as Neko rather carelessly tossed her cat-eared headphones to the side as she headed towards the windows, not even sparing a glance for the equally cat-eared hair band lying by the nightstand that served as the headphones' replacement whenever she wasn't tuned into the digital space.

"Uh...Neko?" Aroma started nervously, not quite knowing how to convey her confusion at Neko's break in protocol. She was just reduced to awkwardly prodding her eyes towards the discarded headphones.

Neko turned towards the stammering runaway idol, no doubt noting the rather embarrassed blush dusting her cheeks. A rather sly smile spread across her face in response.

"What?" she said cheekily. "Never seen NEKO without her trademark ears before? I know it's kind of creepy isn't it, Aroma-chan?"

She climbed up the bed and began parting the curtains from the window above. "Don't worry, I'll be getting a much better pair pretty soon."

"A better pair?" Aroma could only parrot back.

Neko turned back to Aroma, giving her an expression that could only be described as playfully disappointed. "Aroma-chaaan... Did you forget about that 'thing' Neko told you about a few days ago? That thing about the full moon?"

"Wait..." Aroma muttered as she wracked her brain through the conversations they had since she showed up unannounced at Neko's residence. With the keyword "full moon", the exact past exchange clicked into place. "You just told me that you 'kind of go wild' when the moon's full but said it shouldn't be a problem for me."

Neko blinked back. There was still something failing to connect. "Yeah. That's right. What did you think that meant?"

"Ummm..." Aroma hummed awkwardly. "Some kind of monthly streaming party? With alcohol?"

"Yuck! Neko would never be caught with something gross like booze!" Neko gagged. Her face of disgust transitioned into a wide and devilish grin, showcasing her notably sharp canines.

"When the moon's full, Neko becomes a cat and finally matches her name."

There was a moment of silence.

"Y-You're just exaggerating, right?"

"Nope!" the streamer announced, standing on her bed proudly with her hands on her hips. "Neko's a bonafide werecat!"

Another moment of silence.

"WHAT?!" the idol exclaimed as her entire knowledge of the known world was turned on its head. "H-How's that possible? P-People aren't s-supposed to just turn into animals!"

"Mommy can and grandma could before she got too old," Neko said simply with a shrug. "Neko found out she could when she just entered The Academy. It's just a family thing for the girls."

The streamer talked about this whole hidden side to herself so casually. Meanwhile, Aroma's head was swimming with questions. The first one came to mind. "I-Is that why your parents named you Neko?"

"Maybe," Neko said as she slipped out of her jacket. "Mommy told daddy that Neko would change like her, so maybe daddy just thought of the name from that. He isn't good at imagination."

"You're going to turn into a cat..." Aroma babbled.

"Sure am!" Neko said excitedly. "I can't wait for what you have to say about Cat-Neko! I'm sure she's super cute actually!"

"You don't know?" Aroma asked. "You never looked in a mirror in...that form?"

"Well," Neko said, scratching her head as she struggled to find the right words, "it's like when Neko completely changes things get blurry. Then Neko wakes up completely back to normal!"

The idol huddled up. "So you don't have complete control?"

The streamer could clearly see the apprehension on Aroma's face. Her expression turned gentle. "Don't worry, Aroma-chan. I'm sure Cat-Neko is super cute and gentle. Neko's room is never a mess afterwards, so she definitely knows better than to break things."

"O-Okay... I believe y--Eeep!" Aroma's face lit bright red as the apparent werecat began pulling her shirt over her head.

Neko paused, sliding her shirt back down just enough to give Aroma a confused and unamused look. "Neko got a good look at your boobs remember? Does Aroma-chan have a problem with how Neko's body looks?"

"N-No not that!" Aroma said quickly. "I-I'm just not u-used to seeing other people naked!"

Not to mention, Neko tackling Aroma to fasten her bra that one time was kind of weird in retrospect...

"Oh you poor innocent child," Neko sighed. Without another word, she quickly yanked her shirt off the rest of the way and tossed it to the side of her bed, leaving her top covered by nothing but a pink bra.

"Do y-you need to undress though?" Aroma squeaked. She had no idea why her eyes were lingering on Neko's slender body. "I-I mean, cats are supposed to be small, right? Wouldn't your clothes just fall off?"

"Pfft!" Neko scoffed as she sat down to pull off her tights. "Neko wishes! She'd love to be a cute little kitty, but no, werecats stay the same size or something close. Mommy at least still looked way taller than Neko whenever she transformed, at least that's how Neko remember it."

"I see..." Aroma conceded reluctantly. "So it'd probably be uncomfortable if you had your clothes on the entire time."

"Yeah," Neko said. "And Cat-Neko really doesn't like being wrapped up. First time the change happened, Neko woke up with her Academy uniform ripped all up. Daddy got real mad at Neko for that..."

As Neko let out a gasp of relief at liberating her legs and feet from their clothing, the idol noticed the orange glow of the room had dimmed down. Night had fallen.

The streamer took notice of Aroma's notice, an enthusiastic grin spreading across her face. Come to think of it, Neko's canine teeth were always somewhat long and pointy.

She slid off her bed and quickly turned around to face the window, shuddering with a rather euphoric noise as a full-body shiver spread through her body.

"Oooh~" Neko moaned, tilting her head back towards the antsy idol. "Aroma-chan, please dim the lights! Neko wants to feel the moonlight!"

Despite her earlier hesitance, Aroma found that she could not look away from the soon-to-be-catgirl as she walked towards the light switch. Her eyes remained locked on Neko as she did, and as the room darkened, she made note of the goosebumps budding all over her body highlighted by the glow of the sparse streetlights out the window.

"Does changing hurt?" Aroma asked finally.

Hmm?" Neko was broken out of her reverence, as she turned back towards Aroma curiously, as though she never considered the question before. "Uh, Neko doesn't really think so. But it can get kinda uncom—mmph!"

Neko suddenly hugged her body tightly. Aroma flinched as Neko's body twitched, emitting several subdued but noticeable crackling sounds.

"See what I mean?" Neko winced. "But don't worry Aroma-chan! It's never unbearable. Ah! Aroma-chan, look!"

Neko pulled up her arms. Aroma's eyes widened as she watched the pale milky skin fade into a swirl of dark and light browns. For a second, it looked like her skin was tanning before the dim light outside illuminated the fuzz forming along the edges.

Aroma couldn't believe it. Neko was growing fur!

Oh God, Neko was actually going to turn into a cat...

Neko moaned happily as she rubbed her body, the fur on her arms traveling up towards her shoulders. As soon as the fur reached around and began descending down her neckline, it quickly transitioned to pure white fur.

She turned her body around with a smirk, presenting her backside like a model. Fur quickly washed down it, thickening to the extent that Aroma could see a loose striped pattern forming along it. "Is that all the proof Aroma-chan needs?"

"Y-Yeah," Aroma breathed, observing in amazement. "Wow. It's just so hard to wrap my head around, like something out of a fantasy story..."

"Well Neko is pretty fantastic," the streamer preened. Her display of pride was somewhat undercut by a sudden shudder as a pair of twitching ears parted her hair. The lobes had developed subtly pointed tips. "S-See? What did Neko tell you? She'd be getting a better pair of cat ears so—ooohh!"

Another shudder passed through her as she let out a moan. Her ears twitched much more forcefully. Elf-like points elongated even further as the rest of her ears stretched outwards in turn, until two large triangles stuck right out from her bob cut. A light blush dusted her cheeks as her transformed ears twitched upwards as if repeatedly yanked by some invisible force, brown fur transitioning from light to dark spreading along the lobes from bottom to top with every tug. Meanwhile, a pinkish fuzz seemed to be sprouting over the insides of her ears.

Neko exhaled deeply as though she was coming down from a particularly euphoric experience. Two furry cat ears stood atop her head, very much mimicking the headbands and headphones she wore the rest of the month, every month.

Aroma stared at the twitching feline ears in wonder. "Does it, um, feel good when your ears change?"

"Cat ears have always just been, like, a huge part of Neko, you know?" Neko said, presenting her new ears like a set of earrings. "They feel really connected to me."

The now-literally cat-eared streamer suddenly hunched over, her body shuddering jerkily with a series of pops and cracks. Her eyes were screwed shut, teeth clenched tightly as her canines lengthened. Aroma swore she could hear Neko let out a quiet cat-like mew.

"Neko are you alright?!" Aroma cried out.

"I-It's okay Aroma-chan," Neko said as her eyes blinked back open. She gave the idol a rather nervous look. Her eyes were noticeably glowing a light shade of hazel in the dim room, illuminating pupils that had narrowed into slits.

"Can Neko please take off her bra now? It's getting really scratchy on my chest, and I don't know how long it'll be before my hands turn into paws."

"O-Okay," Aroma consented hesitantly. "D-Do you want me t-to look away for a moment though?"

"Nah!" Neko said dismissively as she quickly brought her hands back, hissing in a definitely cat-like way as she worked on the clasp. "There's...no problem... Neko's fur should...already be thick enough--THERE!"

She gasped in relief as the bra fell to the floor. To Aroma's own relief, Neko's fur had indeed thickened enough. Only slight outlines of her breasts remained, all details completely obscured.

"Just gotta do one more thing," Neko said, leaning over as she tucked her fur-covered fingers behind the waist band of her shorts.

Despite her best efforts, Aroma's eyes couldn't help but travel down to the streamer's rather wide hips as she wriggled her shorts down. Her hands were firmly placed over her mouth to keep an undignified noise from coming out, not that it hid the blush growing on her face as she saw a small hint of Neko's underwear. Not to mention...

"N-Neko?" Aroma stuttered. "Your, um, f-fur hasn't finished growing...t-there yet."

Neko made an amused noise in response. "Oh don't worry. Neko's just giving my tail room to start. It'll pull them down fine once it starts moving. It's real nimble!"

A sudden loud series of pops startled both of them.

"Ooooh!" Neko moaned, her body tensing tightly as a shiver passed through. Despite this, her expression still remained blissful. "Just in time! Hey Aroma-chan, take a look at this!"

The transforming streamer enthusiastically threw her hands up, revealing that they were in the process of going through some rather extreme changes as dark brown fur sprouted over them. Despite being disgusted at points, Aroma couldn't help but be entranced as Neko's furry fingers shrank, growing rounder and thicker while her thumbs shrank down to practically nothing. All the while, the uncovered skin on her upper palms and underneath her stubby digits puffed up, growing slighter rougher and a lot pinker. With a rather mischievous giggle, Neko gave her shrunken fingers a flex, thin curved claws instantly unsheathing from the tips.

In the span of a minute, Neko's hands turned into a set of plush-looking feline paws.

"Wouldn't Aroma-chan say they look adorable?" Neko grinned, revealing just how sharp her teeth had gotten.

"Um yeah they do," Aroma murmured as she just continued to stare. It finally fully hit her. Neko was going to become a full cat of some kind soon. "Does, um, 'Cat-Neko' have any routine I should know about?"

"Hm?" Neko sounded curiously as her nose twitched. Aroma watched as several long whiskers sprouted from her cheeks one by one, gleaming in the moonlight. "Well, Neko only has daddy's word, but Cat-Neko kind of just likes looking around the house. It isn't like dogs where they need to be let out all the time because they get restless. Ack! Hold on..."

Neko's legs shook as she rose up to her tiptoes, but judging by the creaking sound that sounded like straining planks of wood, it wasn't from clumsiness. Aroma flinched once again as the streamer's feet suddenly and unevenly shot out in length with a chaotic series of snaps, causing the previously shorter girl to suddenly rise up to eye-level with her. The idol couldn't help but look down, noting the second set of claws that had unsheathed from rapidly broadening digits.

"Check it out," Neko said with a playful giggle as she wobbled in place. "Neko finally doesn't have to look up to see Aroma-chan's face anymore."

Despite the on-going bizarre display, Aroma couldn't help but giggle a bit as well. "Y-You were saying about Cat-Neko's routine?"

Neko made a curious sound that sounded vaguely like a "nya" before her pointed ears suddenly perked up. "Ah! That's right. So Cat-Neko just paces around the house a bit trying to see if anything's changed and stuff like that. Like she just paws and sniffs things, maybe knocks something down if she doesn't like it."

The transforming streamer now had the means to literally paw the air for emphasis. As she did, the Aroma noticed Neko's glowing eyes changing further, yellow-tinted irises expanding until they nearly completely covered the sclera. Her nose twitched again, though it was more like a slight ripple this time, one that slightly flattened the pointed tip of her nose, causing her nostrils to flare out ever so slightly. Against the moonlight, Aroma could also see the tip gaining a bit of a glossy texture.

"The fridge should be open when Neko goes down," Neko continued, unfazed by the slight adjustments made to her face. "Transforming kind of takes energy, so Cat-Neko gets pretty hungry when she wakes up."

Neko's explanation was once again cut off, this time by a pronounced crack that forced her hips to buck back. The transforming streamer's wince quickly gave way to excitement. "Ooohh... Here it comes!"

The streamer quickly and rather easily dropped down onto all fours, letting out what sounded like a mixture of a human groan and a feline yowl as she stretched out her back. Aroma was immediately taken aback as Neko's spine suddenly arched up with a series of loud and disturbing pops. Even with the layer of fur now covering her entire body, the idol could still spot the slight ridge of her vertebrae pressing against her skin.

"Neko!" Aroma cried out in concern.

"Nngrreew!" Neko winced as she continued to flex and twist her changing spine. "It's f-fine. Just...rrreow...gotta get the old mew...muscle memory back..."

As Aroma traced the rippling muscles spreading over the ridge, she spotted it, likely what Neko was looking forward to. Just right above her rear, a furry bump pushed out. It twitched upwards rapidly as though struggling to break free from whatever confines it was trapped in before suddenly bursting out into a foot-long appendage that arced rather gracefully in the air.

"It feels so good to stretch this out again~" Neko moaned happily, allowing her new tail to swish almost hypnotically in the air as she turned to her onlooker. "Hope Aroma-chan doesn't mind Neko's...unmentionables getting shown off finally. The fur's probably covered it by now."

Aroma bit her lip as her cheeks flared up. Her rear was indeed covered in fur, but it felt rather...scandalous to see the streamer's shorts and panties drop. "I-I'll just turn around until you get your hind legs."

"Don't know what Aroma-chan's getting all embarrassed about," Neko huffed, but the jerk of her head did indicate that she approved.

With a respectful bow of the head, the idol turned to the door, flinching slightly as she heard the first crunch. "S-So do you know what...Cat-Neko doesn't like?"

"Don't worry about it! Like Nyako said, she's f-friendly as a caaewt! N-Nyaaako's been arreownd Aroma-chan for pretty leowng too, so the scent sheeowd beeow familiaow..." Neko's voice was beginning to warble, and not just from the reactions to what were likely her leg bones shunting into new positions. It was subtle at the moment, but Aroma could hear a distinct higher-pitched and slightly screechy tone into her human speech.

Suddenly, Neko let out an honest-to-God meow that sounded completely like that of a cat. There was a particularly sharp cascade of pops and crack followed by what sounded vaguely like gurgling.

Then Aroma heard a slightly rumbling purr.

"Seeow meeowch power in theeows legs..." she heard Neko mewl happily. "Heey, Arommeow-chan can turn arreownd neeow. They're aww deown!"

"Uh, Neko..." Aroma couldn't help but say sheepishly as she turned to look at whatever changes had advanced through the streamer's body, "i-it's starting to get a bit hard to understand what you're saying now..."

The process probably had been pretty hideous to look at, but Aroma had to admit that Neko's feline hind legs did look shockingly natural, muscular yet condensed and nearly now completely level with what were likely soon going to be her front legs. Any extremities that could've been exposed were completely covered by fur.

The way Neko tilted her head at her made her look even more cat-like, further emphasized by her now slightly curved-up upper lip and a nose that was looking slightly pinker and more triangular. "Nyaako is? Nyako would neeowtice. Theeow meeows and weeowds sound thew saaamew tooo Nyaaaaooow!"

Whatever Neko was going to say next was completely obscured as her body underwent a very violent shiver. Aroma watched with wide eyes as whatever remaining curves remained of the streamer's human form vibrated out of existence, narrow waist fleshing out and chest rounding. Soon Neko had a body that was completely feline, and her face was already looking quite cat-like by that point.

The process seemed to be rather exhausting to the streamer, considering her head was down, her jaws open as she panted haggardly. Her fangs looked like they were now struggling to fit in her mouth, particularly her canines, which now looked rather large and curved.

"N-Neko?" Aroma asked nervously.

Neko turned her head back to Aroma, giving a shaky and nervous smile that looked very uncanny with how cat-like her face had gotten. Fur now completely covered her cheeks and was making its way down her forehead. Aroma could see Neko's bob haircut steadily retracting into her scalp, soon becoming one in the same with her fur.

The streamer probably wanted to say something, but when she opened her mouth, only a long "meow" came out of her curled lips.

Aroma could only guess that Neko was telling her to stand back, considering the loud yowl Neko let out as she suddenly twisted her head to the side, face fully twisted into feline snarl. Aroma gladly took Neko's warning, her retreat hastened in spurts by the loud cracks and rumbling that accompanied Neko's neck stretching out by a few centimeters and broadening with throbbing muscle.

As Neko's head seemed to be pulled higher into the air by an unseen force, her jaws let out a click as they twitched. Fur flared out from her cheeks as they seemed to push outwards, widening her face as her mouth hung open and her eyes tightly shut. Then, a much louder crack pierced the air, followed by a series of sickening pops as Neko's nose and mouth shunted forward, nose flattening into a full inverted triangle and lips fully curling up to touch it. The rest of her skull changed in suit, with her round forehead quite violently smashing down into a flattened slope and her chin sinking in.

Aroma could have sworn that Neko's face had been positioned in such a way so that the streamer's new blocky feline muzzle could touch the full moon.

With only last prolonged snap, the changes finally ceased. Neko's fur stood on end for a moment before settling down into a smooth and shimmering coat.

Aroma stared. Sitting in the place of the famous streamer, the talented music producer, the energetic and kind girl who had taken her in, was a slightly oversized housecat. She was meowing at the moon above the cityscape like a howling wolf from fiction.

For a moment, Aroma was tempted to slip out of the room, to hide herself in a corner of the house for the rest of the night as the large cat that was once Neko prowled the rest of the house.

But she stopped herself from going through with it. Neko had insisted to the idol just moments earlier that her feline self was more curious and affectionate than vicious, and Aroma had reassured herself many times before that Neko was someone she could put her absolute trust in, someone she could become close to.

"H-Hello..." Aroma greeted nervously and quietly.

Despite how hushed her voice was, one of Neko's ears immediately twitched at the sound, likely much more sensitive than its human counterpart.

"Y-You m-must be 'C-Cat Neko'..." Aroma continued nervously as the creature silently padded over to her, tail swishing idly by as her glowing and predatory-looking eyes locked on to the idol's. "D-Don't worry. I-I'm not here t-to hurt you... Do I-I look familiar t-to you?"

There was only a wall right behind Aroma. The werecat had her basically pinned. Neko wasn't making any sound, and Aroma wasn't sure the creature that was once the streamer was even blinking. Then the large cat began sniffing the idol, causing the latter to shiver, particularly as the creature rose up on her hind legs and began pressing her cold, wet nose against the idol's chest and neck.

It dropped back down onto the floor, eyes still locked on Aroma's.

Then Neko let out a purr and pressed her neck against Aroma's leg, eyes closing in seeming contentment as she encircled the spot, nose nuzzling against the fabric.

With that, any anxiety Aroma had immediately evaporated.

"It's good to finally meet you," Aroma said as she extended a hand out to pet Neko's head.

The werecat wasn't speaking, but the way Neko craned her neck as Aroma ran her hand down the transformed streamer's fur was almost reminiscent of the once-human girl. There was even a hint of smile on the werecat's muzzle, one that reminded the idol of one of the streamer's mischievous looks.

Aroma had to admit the large cat looked pretty adorable.