บท 37: The Prodigious Nim, Part Six

[What the... She has a...?]

Isabella, sensing Melisa's surprise, released her hold and took a step back.

A flicker of uncertainty crossed her face, but it was quickly replaced by that same mischievous grin.

"Surprised?" she purred, her tail swishing playfully behind her. "I thought you would have known this about my kind by now. You really didn't know about... this?" 

She moved like she was going to raise her skirt further. 

Melisa blinked, her mind reeling as she tried to process this new information.

She swallowed hard, her cheeks flushing with a mix of embarrassment and confusion.

"I... I need to go," she mumbled before sprinting out of the bathroom. 

Immediately, she began to make a beeline for the library. 

Her heart was pounding as she made her way there, her thoughts a jumbled mess.

[Okay, Melisa, okay. Kitsune can be hermaphrodites. I-Is that common knowledge? How did I miss that in all my research?]