The short story, possibly a novelette, it will depend on exactly how many words it ends up being, is currently at 5600 words. If it tops 7500, it will be a novelette, if not, it will stay a short story. What should it be? I have no idea. It will be whatever it ends up being when the last necessary word is included and all the unnecessary words have been removed.
It’s tentatively entitled “Expulsion” and in it, the gentle reader will finally get to meet the enigmatic Kevin.

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“Argh!” Kaylee snarled in exasperation, glaring at her two companions. “Why is my harem full of idiots?”
“You have a harem?” Kevin asked, looking perplexed.
“Am I a member? I don’t remember paying dues. Is there an application form?”
“No, I don’t have a harem!” Kaylee snapped, squeezing her forehead as if fighting a migraine. “It’s just the, you know, the people I always hang around with. It’s his stupid thing,” she insisted pointing at the cat with her other hand.”
“Oh, you so do, little monkey,” Hyperion assured her in a rumble.
“The cat thinks you have a harem?” Kevin asked at the same time.
Kaylee pointed at the cat. “Zip it!”
Then at Kevin. “Zip it! Can we please get to my locker before I start thinking expulsion is the good ending to all of this?”