“What the hell do you think you’re doing? Get out of that ridiculous getup.” He closed the door behind him as he loomed over me. Well, too much to hope that he’d be as scared of me as Shefali. Still, couldn’t show weakness...

“Sorry, Scotty, no can do.” I grinned a little wider, showing a few teeth. “Nothing to get out of.”

“Oh, don’t give me that crap.” The sneer intensified, and he reached out to grab my wrist. I was honestly so shocked I didn’t even think to pull away - he usually didn’t get physical. He ran his fingers along the wrist and arm, apparently looking for a seam, or something… fortunately it didn’t set off my ticklishness, but I still yanked my arm away as soon as I came back to my senses.

“Excuse me, do not touch me!” I snarled, brushing off my arm where he’d grabbed. “This is NOT a costume. For god’s sake, look. No nose. No ears.” I brushed my hair aside to show. “My head’s not large enough for a costume to hide that. My eyes aren’t the same shape, neither is my mouth. This is me.”

“What, you expect me to believe you’re some kind of weird monster now?” He rolled his eyes.

The ‘monster’ comment… bit a little deeper than I would have liked, given Shefali’s reaction. I took a deep breath, steadying myself.

“You can believe whatever you damn well please. I am what I am, which currently comes with scales and tail.” I lifted the tail above the table to emphasize my point.

“What the hell? Fire! Are you trying to set the fucking alarms off?” He moved around the table hurriedly, seemingly intent on doing… something with the fire, I guess. I stood up, blocking his access to my tail.

“It’s not dangerous! The fire doesn’t burn anything.”

“What the hell are you even on about?”

“Look! Fire safe! Doesn’t burn, no smoke!” I held my tail up to my skirt, showing the flames licking over the cloth harmlessly for a few seconds before pulling away to show the complete lack of damage. He stared for a moment, processing, before rebounding.

“Fine, it’s fake, but it doesn’t mean you can have it in here!” He reached for my tail…

I grabbed his wrist, stopping him in his tracks long before he could touch it. “I said, no touching.” I growled.

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Small clarification: she's wearing white nylons. if it seems too visually confusing, I can change it.

EDIT: Decided to just get rid of the stockings. They seemed a bit too visually-confusing. You can find the original version here: https://sta.sh/05t6qwfx9ip