the tiger who became a chicken

The couple shared a small cozy place in a coastal city, they'd been living together for a couple of years now, life was pretty normal, they worked different things and they did odd jobs too to keep them happy. Josh, a half cat half demon was really into music and shows, he had a band too that was gaining a lot of popularity on small jazz/funk circles, and kiwa, worked in logistics, shipping fancy upscale appliances for restaurants and hotels, he moved on from his previous work and was doing way better, now he even had someone in charge, helping him in shipping and handling.

One day they were just chilling around in the dinner table, having what chileans call "once" kinda like a smaller version of a dinner, it was around 6pm, day was getting darker, josh staring at the tv, low volume, some show about repo trucks and their drama.
Kiwa was eating scrambled eggs that he made for them.

hey love, look -said kiwa

hmm? -said josh while looking at him.

kiwa snaps their fingers and simply as a blink, no lights, no shows, kiwa became a chicken, a hen specifically, just there, on the chair, looking at josh, not really showing it but the smug kiwa face was there.

josh was in shock, his brain took a while to process what his eyes were seeing, suddenly he stood up and knocks off the chair, slamming it on the floor.

What the actual fuck? kiwa? - josh said, surprisingly calm for the whole situation, he was used to kiwa antics but this was just odd.

I'm a chicken babe -says kiwa, with exactly the same voice of always, but now, he is a chicken.

Josh stares, confused.

look, let me explain, the thing is that we are actually in a story, kinda you know, like a dream, i mean there is actually no rules, there is nothing actually real here, the universe rules and laws don't really apply here because the author, that is me, but in real life decides to do, and in this moment and for this story, he just wanted to make me a chicken.

josh, dumbfounded, just stares, like he heard the most stupid thing ever - are you fucking with me? i don't understand what's going on. - he said.

look babe just try it out, tell them to convert you into something else, anything.

Josh, sceptic, like he just didn't see his boyfriend became a chicken goes ahead, he stares at the sky, well the ceiling but you get the gist.

Ok... make me a cat, like a normal house pet cat, nothing special.

in a blink he is now a cat, a normal, house cat, 4 legs, brown fur, small horns coming out of his head.

see... i told you - says kiwa, now softly caressing josh with his wings. this world is not really real - he continues.

isn't that kinda sad? i mean we can just stop existing at any moment -says josh, now emotionally conflicted about the whole thing, staring at the now cold food in the table.

i don't think so, because hmm.. first of all this is not canon and second, while we exist in the authors head we will be always alive somewhat... and i guess just to mention it because why not, the author is using alternative versions of him and his boyfriend -not really that creative if you ask me-, like the real ones, so while they exist, so do we.

now, a magical purple smoke surrounds them, just because it's fun, and they go back to their normal bodies.

both, sitting on the table as if nothing had happened, jazz plays on the background,

uh? -says josh, confused, staring at his paws, now they look as they always have.

well.. the smoke was for dramatic effect, but here we are, back to normal. -says kiwa.

i do kinda miss being a chicken, tiger chicken, half tiger, half chicken-- what do you think author? -says kiwa, staring up.

kiwa is now a tiger, half chicken. ticken. chickger? anyways...

josh just rolled his eyes and took a deep breath, he grabbed the fork and ate from his dish, that now contains a fancy warm delicious steak and not eggs.