The bus pulled into the front of the school. As Jennifer stood up a human looked at her with a face of disgust. "Ew, wait your turn beastkin." He said as he took his place first in the aisle before walking off. Jennifer shot him a stink eye, humans were so rude to beastkin like herself, like humans thought themselves better or something. Jennifer stepped off the bus, waiting for Emma. "Jeez what a jerk." Jennifer said turning to her friend. Emma nodded. "I know, humans just don't understand us I think."
A another human sneered at the pair as they walked inside, the sudden wave of air conditioning causing their fur to bristle slightly. Jennifer looked around the hallway, the school seemed to be mostly humans, maybe only a quarter or less were fellow beastkin like herself. Jennifer bit her lip out of nervousness. A boy passing Jennifer stepped on her paw as she yelped in surprise. The boy turned around mockingly "Oh sorry, did I step on your widdle paw?" The boy laughed. "Go back to the forest you dumb fox."
Jennifer stamped her paw in anger, her mouth forming a snarl. "Hey you can't just say that and get away with it!" The boy walked backwards as he threw his hands into the air. "Watch me." As he did just that, turning a corner. Jennifer looked down at her paw, it looked fine but it was throbbing, as if she had stubbed it. "What an asshole." She muttered. She didn't even know why she had to come here, the rest of her tribe got to stay in the forest. Jennifer rolled her eyes, but noooo, we had to start playing nice with the humans, go to their schools, learn their culture, only for them to bully us and call us names. What a load of horse dung. Jennifer bickered with herself as she made it into the classroom.
The class was all humans except for herself, Emma, and Alex, he was a wolf. Jennifer took her seat, her tail hanging off to the side as its tip just barely touched the floor. Jennifer tapped her claws on the desk as she waited for class to start. She could feel the other humans eyes on her. They looked at them like they were an exotic species, Jennifer spied a boy just unapologetically goggling her tail. Where beastkin so alien to humans after all? Jennifer guessed that's why the cultural exchange program existed, but she never felt it would be so awkward.