Chapter 13 (Beast Complex)

The Tiger and the Alpaca (トラとアルパカ) is the thirteenth chapter of Beast Complex.

Synopsis
Aisha, a tigress who works for what she calls "a company full of hopeless idiots", trying not to hurt the feelings of others, as one of the few tigers in a company full of herbivores, Aisha always has to look outside of herself, working so hard and trying her best to fake it even makes her eyes blend into her pattern. The only thing that helps her these days is attending a massage parlor once a week, the only place in modern society where carnivores are legally submissive to herbivores. The masseuse Marilyn, an alpaca who massages with very good results and although she may seem fragile, she is very good, with a technique in which even carnivores lose all their rigidity.

Marilyn asks Aisha to lie on her back, but Aisha tells her that she does not need treatment on her front, only her back and limbs, explaining that for a carnivore showing her belly means "giving up" and therefore it is not so easy. Marilyn responds that in that case she surrenders to her, Marilyn puts pressure on the sole of her foot causing a lot of pain to Aisha to whom she tells her that her liver is quite bad, so she should reduce her alcohol consumption and as for being her regular customer every week, thanks her for her support. Marilyn declares that she also enjoys these moments where she can do whatever she wants to the bodies of the large carnivores and claiming to be the one who has the advantage orders Aisha to lie down. Shocked, Aisha asks Marilyn to call her name again, causing Marilyn to play with her.

The massage clinic is conveniently located on a noisy main street and there is another useless thing Aisha cannot tell anyone, the extremely sadistic therapist alpaca. In order to deal with her work, Aisha continues to visit the massage parlor every week where she has to deal with Marilyn, until the day Aisha can't take her anymore and asks her to stop, claiming that she only comes for physiotherapy, but Marilyn always talks to her like she knows her, like she's some kind of counselor when she's just a cheeky herbivore. Crying, Aisha declares that she is a tigress, her work, her personal life, everything has to be perfect and unbeatable, like a tiger. Marilyn replies that however she continues to come and after pushing her, Marilyn claims that Aisha is just a helpless kitten who meows for help and she have not yet obeyed her request, saying that kittens should listen to their masters and let her see the muscles of her chest. Even when she does not want to lie down, Marilyn puts herself on top of her, forcing her to do the pose of a kitten face up, Aisha who is no longer a tiger and feels good, so between tears she says she gives up. Marilyn asks her if she doesn't think it's appropriate for her pattern to stop at her belly and Aisha responds by telling her that she's a nasty therapist.

Later, Aisha wonders what they did next, she keeps trying to remember it, but she can't. At that time, the alpaca's fur didn't feel so real, it was too fluffy and stopped going to the clinic after that day. Aisha meets Marilyn on the street, who ask her how she has been and Aisha replies that well, that she has never felt better, Marilyn tells her to be great, walking with her strong back and says goodbye calling her kitten, for which Aisha responds by calling her "nasty therapist", a moment that lasts forever.

Trivia

 * This is the first chapter of Beast Complex that stars two female leads.

Capítulo 13 (Beast Complex)