Beep beep. Beep beep. Beep beep.

The noise tore through the silence in Stu’s bedroom, and a few moments later, a hand followed by an arm rose from the mass of blankets and sheets that made up a bed, and slammed down on the alarm clock’s off button. The blankets parted way, revealing a brown haired teenage boy dressed only in a pair of boxers. His name was Stu, and as of today he was nineteen years old.
Rather than get right out of bed, Stu started his morning by booting up his laptop, and checking the news and weather. It was during this time that Stu’s mother walked into his room.
“Stu, you’re still in bed? I would think you’d be a bit more excited considering it’s your birthday.” His mom begin. “Well, it’s time to get up, now what do you want for breakfast?”
“Um….” Stu thought for a moment. “Pancakes and bacon.”
Stu’s mom left the room, and Stu finally got out of bed, and put on a pair of cotton PJ bottoms and a t-shirt, and went downstairs for breakfast. Today was his birthday, but he didn’t really have anything planned. His mother was making him breakfast, and he had a few presents from family and friends, but really that was all. He didn’t have any real plans, and as a result it was probably going to be the most boring birthday he ever had.
And as the laws of plot hooks dictate, he would later discover he was horribly wrong.
Stu finished his breakfast and was about to head up to take a shower, when he was stopped by his mom. “Stu, do you want to open your presents now before you head up?”
“Uh sure.” Stu replied, and sat back down at the kitchen table, as his parents brought in the various presents.
There were five gifts total. Not a whole lot and most of them were relatively small in size. Most of them were just games or movies. The very last one contained something quite strange though.
“Underwear?” Stu examined the present in his hand. He was currently holding a bright orange pair of boxers that were white around the crotch area. Inside of them, there was a tag that read “F0x0rz?” Stu regarded the underwear. It wasn’t that he didn’t like them, it was just that he was wondering who actually gave underwear as a birthday present. He hadn’t been paying attention to the name tag, and as a result wasn’t sure who had sent it to him.
“Thank you for the gifts.” Stu said to his parents, pushing the though of the last gift out of his mind. “I’m going to go take a shower now.” Stu headed to the bathroom, still clutching the f0x0rs, and through them to the side as he undressed and went about cleaning himself.
After about twenty minutes, Stu got out of the shower, dried himself off, and realized that he had forgotten to take a change of clothes into the bathroom with him. He spied the pair of f0x0rs he had dropped on the cabinet, and quickly through them on. It turned out to be a good gift after all.
Being caught in his underwear wouldn’t be as bad as being caught naked, but could still prove to be a bit embarrassing. So Stu quickly rushed from the bathroom to his bedroom when the coast was clear, to avoid being seen. Once there, he shut the door, and opened his closet to pick out today’s clothes. He thought for a few moments, then shut the closet. The f0x0rz he was wearing proved to be really comfortable, and he was in his room, so why did he need to get dressed? For some reason, he felt like he had no reason to be embarrassed if someone walked in on him, after all it was his bedroom.

Stu sat as his desk and logged onto his laptop. He spent a few hours surfing the web, when his mother walked in. “Stu, it’s time for dinner?”
“Okay! Thanks, I’m on my way.” Stu’s tail wagged, he was hungry. He didn’t even remember to get dressed before getting up to head for the kitchen. He was halfway to the kitchen before it finally occurred to him.
Tail?
Stu spun around in a circle, trying to look over his shoulder. Sure enough, he had a red bushy, white tipped fox tail. “What the!?” Stu examined the tail, then gave a sigh of relief. It couldn’t be real, was probably just attached to his boxers… F0x0rz.
“Oh now I get it.” He smiled. The f0x0rs obviously got their name for the tail attached. He must have been blind to completely miss it before. It was nothing to really be concerned about though, he actually liked the song. He headed to the kitchen, and sat down at the table for lunch, then remembered he was still in his underwear.
“Um, I’m sorry,” He begin. “I didn’t get dressed yet and?”
“What are you apologizing for?” His mother asked.
“…. Erm, for not being dressed?” Stu begin to idly scratch the back of his right hand. There was black fur growing on it.
“…. You looked dressed to me.” Added his father.
“…. Erm I mean I’m only wearing underwear….” Stu continued to scratch at the back of his hair, as the black furred completely covered it, and the fur started to form on the other hand.
His mother gave him an odd look. “…. Isn’t that all you ever where?”
Stu looked surprised. He did just wear his boxers and a shirt in his room sometimes when trying to relax, but he didn’t know he could get away with it outside his room, nor that his parents expected it. “Um never mind.” He began. And thought that well, if they didn’t care, he had no real reason to get dressed for lunch.
Stu reached for one of the sandwiches his mother had made, then gave out a loud “Yip” as he saw his hands. They were each covered in black furred now, and ended in black claws. There was also orange fur over his wrist.
“What is it?” His father asked.
“My hands!” Stu exclaimed, as the fur extended up his wrist, and reached his forearms. “They’ve, changed!”
“… What are you talking about?” Asked his mother. “Your hands look fine.”
“But, they’re!” The fur had now reached his shoulders, at the same time, he felt an itch on his feet. Looking down, he could see that black fur now covered his feet, which ended in sharp claws like his hands. Then, he watched, as one of his toes fused into the other, leaving him with four toes on each foot. The feet formed into elongtated paws, and orange fur started to creep up from his ankles.
“They look fine to me.” Said his father.
“…. You really can’t see anything wrong? My hands, and my feet….” He watched his legs. As the fur spread upwards and reached his knees, he felt a jolt as they suddenly bent in backwards. His ears were meanwhile developing points, and moving slightly up the side his head.
“They look like normal paws, like they always have.” Added his mother. “Do you have a chipped paw or something?”
Stu managed to take his eyes away from his changes to stare at his parents in disbelief. Did they really think all of this was normal? His ears continued to move the side of his head, as black fur grew in on the tips, and orange fur on the rest. The fur from his legs reached his stomach, and along his stomach the fur grew in white instead of orange. The fur from his shoulders reached his chest, which also grew in white, while fur on his neck grew in orange.
“….. Are you feeling okay?” His mother asked.
“I’m…. Fine.” Stu said. They really didn’t notice. He thought about it for a moment, then smiled. If no one noticed he was changing, that was okay with him. He liked foxes, and now that he could calm down a bit, he liked the changes.
Stu watched now eager as his changes continued. The fur covered his back, chest, and stomach fully. While his ears finished their journey to his head, and were now displayed as proud fox ears. As the changes continued though, his thoughts were interrupted as the doorbell rang.
Stu went to check the door, ignoring his changes for now. He opened it, to find a boy probaly around age 18 or 19 waiting on the other side. “Brian?” Stu asked. “Why are you here?”
“I’m making a cameo appearance.” Said Brian.
“… What?”
“Nothing, I brought you a present for your birthday!” Brian quickly shoved a box into Stu’s hands. “I remember saying you wanted this when we were at the mall. Well, I have to get going.”
“Wait, Brian!” Stu grabbed the boy on the shoulder with his paw. “…. Do you notice, anything off about me?”
Brian looked at Stu. “Um….. Did you cut your fur? New f0x0rz? What is it, I give up.”
“Nothing, never mind.” Stu shut the door and smiled. As he did so, his face pushed out into a muzzle, and the changes were complete. There was a mirror hanging on the wall, which he looked into. Staring back at him, he saw what appeared to be a fox on two legs dressed in a pair of orange and white boxers. He had the ears, a muzzle, and the tail he thought was fake earlier was obviously real.
Stu couldn’t help but laugh. He loved it. Then he remembered the gift and quickly opened the box. Inside was a blue collar, with a gold tag attached that read Stu. He smiled again, and put the collar on.
Stu then headed back to the kitchen to finish his lunch. For some reason, life seemed a bit more interesting now.