Unfortunately or not, the bunny wasn't a doll. Also, the catboy was apparently a snow leopard, just the malnourished version. Perhaps he was the only dumb person in the room at the time, or his uncle just didn't bother mentioning he'd be picking up a dangerous demihuman species until it was already done.
Camilius was a very busy man, his uncle even more so, with the businesses and the underground clusters managed by Aleister and all that jazz. But for a week, Camilius had to see him running around in the mansion and never leaving it in favor of sucking up to the snow leopard demihuman. It was his first time seeing Aleister prioritize something else than work. Well, not considering the older man's (futile) efforts in the background to keep the whole compound family-friendly at least to each other. Sunday knife battles and (attempted) murder mysteries are still ongoing, so Selvan and Fontaine definitely have a lot to work on together. Camilius still had his lower torso bandaged up to this day for dramatics, but on a more serious note, he had developed a certain degree of wariness when maids would suddenly serve him murky soups out of nowhere.
Anyways, Aleister slackening his usual chokehold on everything important for a malnourished, actually-not-pot-bellied catboy- err… snow leopard.. boy? Camilius had to guess his uncle must be that bored.
He also took it upon himself to observe the black rabbit that came with the snow leopard a little more closely. It's.. too smart for a rabbit!
Alright, here's the thing. His mother never lacked anything when it came to educating him through the years, particularly about respecting every species in this world — except for those black wolves, no. Black wolves (Selvans) and white snakes (Fontaines) are never meant to live in a villa compound together. Perhaps the only Selvan who Camilius can respect and begrudgingly trust is Aleister, the man not even that much older than him but insisted on being called his uncle for reasons he never understood. And Aleister isn't even a wolf!
All he's saying was… he knew everyone is equal. They're equally dumb, equally annoying, and equally disposable, all at the same time. But he has some prejudices himself that he can't help.
Rabbit demihumans are naturally adorable. They're enjoyable to look at and jerk off to. But everyone knows how they're not that smart, for they have other things they instinctively prioritize. It's all genetics, baby.
But this one..! This one that Snow brought with him! The bunnyboy always looked as if he was thinking of something murderous whenever he gazed towards Camilius! As if… as if he was a spy planted by the Selvans into the main house where he lives!
He's too smart for his own good! Never had Camilius seen a bunnyboy operate the microwave and think of putting on mittens so he wouldn't get burned, or know how to mix and fry eggs, milk, and flour together and call it a pancake, or… or solve complicated math! With letters!!
Aleister had been prioritizing Snow, more often than not leaving the bunnyboy to his own devices. At times like this, Camilius assigned himself as the black rabbit's guardian. Ugh, just thinking about how the rabbit has the same color as the wolves makes Camilius want to snap something to calm himself down! The only thing that was acceptable to him was how this rabbit is brownish black, while the wolves were bluish black they claim to be royal blue or something. Royal blue garbage is what they mean! Those pasty parasites.
Those guys bite like there's no way to live after it! Fortunately he is a constricting serpent with sharp, recurved teeth to defend his ego with, but after barely biting one of them, he'd received a severe scolding from his uncle AND a solitary confinement order! What a hypocrite!
Anyways, the bunnyboy. Camilius just has one too many grievances in his young life that he keeps bottled up with no one to calm them down for him so this discussion keeps straying away from the black ball of fluff. We're still talking about the rabbit demihuman.
His feet automatically led him towards the bunnyboy's room after watching Snow walking into Aleister's office in his shy, almost nervous, manner. It's been a week and Aleister still couldn't succeed with getting closer to the snow leopard. Camilius didn't know who to pity between the two.
Meanwhile, Aleister's honorary pet was left alone in a different room. Camilius turned the door lever slowly, trying his best not to have it make a clicking sound, and when he succeeded, he slipped into the room.
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"...I finally figured out how to give you a mission within a story!" Raum cheered with its wings flapping about.
With nothing else to do in a big house he wasn't allowed to leave, Furan Shi had holed himself up in this spacious bedroom, doing whatever he could to keep himself occupied. He was supposed to share the room with Snow, but every night his side of the bed is always empty. Now, Aleister wasn't a heartless man as the initial bait of a story summary had stated. Even as a freebie, Jinx finds himself getting invited by Aleister along with his snow leopard brother to his room. But for what? Jinx wasn't even supposed to be here in the first place.
For a whole week, Snow was summoned alone again and again into Aleister's room because Jinx had been declining, and according to the snow leopard he wasn't even doing anything in there. Well, maybe sit on the man's lap, but other than that he could've been playing with the bunnyboy!
Snow had been a little hesitant about the playing part after learning he was a snow leopard all along and not a weird, spotted cat, but with Jinx's carefree personality shining through, he felt his worries were unnecessary.
And as for Aleister, he didn't want to force the bunny to come with Snow as well, thinking maybe it's their brotherly dynamic. Snow the protector, wanting to take the brunt of the so-called "mafia boss'" intimidating aura because his younger bunny brother was too scared to come along. It's a little heartbreaking on his part to think about, that the bunny didn't trust him as much as this snow leopard had shown, but he could only blame himself. Not when Camilius had harshly pulled the black rabbit out of the snow leopard's sweater, or how badly the orphanage had neglected Jinx.
It was just Aleister who'd voluntarily plugged himself into this scary position as the head of both clans that he'd inevitably scared everyone away. Helpless as he was, there was nothing much he could do. For now, he'd get closer to Snow, and then maybe, one day, Jinx would naturally follow.
Oblivious to this inner lamenting of the protagonist, as Furan Shi, he can only watch the story progress painfully slowly from afar, but as Jinx, he's getting a little lonely.
He had even snuck out of the room some nights to make himself something nice to snack on, only to encounter that Aleister's pretend nephew or something. Camilius, was it? Gods, his name sounds too corny.
…
Cornylius.. hehe.
Maybe that's what he should be calling that creep, who had watched him slide two pieces of frozen quesadillas into the microwave like it's the most fascinating thing in the world. That night, Furan hesitantly gave one to the gawking man out of awkward politeness. He was embittered from how he could only eat one himself, but felt a little better when he learned the piece he gave to the other was half-burnt. His harbinger-something skill really becomes useful at the right moments.
Anyways, he had been mostly reading the contents of "But Cats Can't Eat This Much Sugar!" for the last week aside from sneaking out of the room at night and unwittingly spooking out the other household member in the main house.
As the story involves the mafia, the 'slice of life' tag didn't only mean wholesome story events. Maybe Jinx would be able to witness the pastel-coded gory mafia scenes, or the political topics behind casual conversations in the kitchen, now that he'd inserted himself into the life of the main characters without getting OOC. Maybe he would also be able to witness the hot confession scene between Aleister and Snow.
Plus, the settings built for this story are too colorful to just leave behind the 'slice of life' tag. Selvan × Fontaine generational conflict on top of having a beastworld with full humans? Camilius still scheming before Aleister ultimately handed him back the leader position? No way he'd actually stick to the main story!
Too! Much! Juicy data to harvest!
The main story only tells mostly heartwarming moments, with a subtle buildup about the world background. But with Aleister already resigned to having a faux normal life by rescuing a snow leopard from an abusive orphanage, maybe…
Furan Shi could lead the story frame bit by bit away from "But Cats Can't Eat This Much Sugar!" without burdening Raum and without getting out of character. And as a side character, which already gave him a big advantage to do so… he could set up the foundation with…
"Just where's the sugar daddy I was promised?!" Furan complained, nevermind whatever his system just exclaimed. He wouldn't be able to be an independent character in this kind of setting..!
Even with all the baroque luxury in the room, he still found himself preferring the safe space provided by Raum. But he wouldn't tell it that.
Raum, who was perched on a stack of books on the desk, could only chuckle wearily. "I should've told you how these worlds actually work…"
Furan rose out of bed, sitting up to give a dry, unimpressed glare towards the corvid AI. Or whatever it was. He is yet to figure out this bird, who seems to be following a higher entity, and yet at the same time has opinions and enough autonomy on its own.
Too many opinions.
"I already told you, actually, that each world is framed by a story to make it easier to translate, yeah?" It continued carefully. "But that doesn't necessarily mean you'll experience the full story per se."
"So… this frame is your reference point of translation, and then it allows me to…"
"Yes, but while staying in character! You're getting it..!" Furan wasn't. He didn't know what he just automatically said. But there are times when he should not deflate the bird too fast. That was one of those times, when the crow seemed too happy after thinking it had taught its child something and succeeded.
Or maybe that means he can plan for the new story more easily now..? Now he's getting it... maybe..? As long as the central source was "But Cat's Can't Eat This Much Sugar!"? Hehe. Maybe he should believe Raum a little more whenever it says he's brilliant. Ah, nevermind that.
"Alright then," he said instead, sighing as he gave the crow another chance to enjoy its mentorship. "What about the mission thing you just said?"
He saw how the crow perked up, and he realized he made the right choice. Well, the system needs to do what it should've done before coming to him, but Furan somehow didn't feel the need to berate it, being a newbie himself and knowing how it feels to be unfamiliar with everything, but eager to prove something at the same time.
After being called a bitch in front of his casket, Furan didn't anticipate this kind of wholesome relationship with the creature… corvid whatever thing. The point is, the two of them fortunately have a good dynamic.
He'd read many quick transmigrations in the past, or just transmigrations in general with a system to guide each host. He'd been hung up on every interaction, giggling at how the host and their system sass and curse each other out. However, he also realized along the lines that he wouldn't be able to handle the same witty banter.
If Raum would sass him out, maybe he would cry on the spot before he could come up with something equally cheeky to get back at it. No, he would never be able to come up with something cheeky. He'd just cry like the pathetic loser he is until Raum would have to coddle him.
Ignoring the sudden grateful look Furan started shooting at it out of nowhere, Raum decided to focus back on the basic system function it mastered just now.
"I'd been too careful, not wanting you to restart the world because of a mistake on my part, but look..!"
As the corvid paused with its head tilted at an angle, presumably executing something from its end, a massive, white snake slithered up the bed. It paused as well, seeing the bunnyboy gazing right back at him intently, before it braved on forward and slithered right inbetween his crossed legs. Its cool body was heavy on top of the small bunnyboy, and soon its head was poking out through his collar from under his sweater.
The only thing at that moment Furan can think about was how dumb snakes generally look. And this one is no exception.
「 Male, white python demihuman. Maybe. Pampered all his life by his mother. Fatherless. Seventeen years old if demihuman. If not, Jinx should freeze just in case. 」 -his unknown passive skill
The snake's wide red eyes held the bunnyboy's gaze, unblinking, making itself look ridiculously dumber. Like Furan could easily wring it and swing it around like a primitive manbunny and it would even thank him for not killing it right away.
Raum finally moved in the background, but immediately seethed as its own ruby eyes landed on the python that was too comfortably nuzzled inside the sweater of its charge.
「 "Mission: Wring that white snake and swing it around like a primitive manbunny—" 」
The bitter system sent its mission prematurely out of irritation. "Sorry about that."
He reluctantly unsent the mission. At least Raum knew how to send out missions now.
Furan, still staring back at the white snake in scrutiny, squinted his eyes. The snake did the same. 「 "Raum…" 」 he reached his system through his mind, 「 "is this an ordinary snake?" 」
"No," the system agent bitterly replied. "That's just you-know-who, back again to watch you."
Ah, so it's just him. Cornylius.
"But he's getting bolder if he thinks he can just crawl under your sweater like that."
「 "But his body feels cool. I like it. Just… I just hope he won't bite me for that half-burnt quesadilla." 」
The white python, realizing the quiet bunnyboy didn't look like it would cuss him out anytime soon, boldly coiled up the rest of its body into a big ball on Furan's lap, the sweater he was wearing stretching to its limits to accommodate the enormous snake. When he peered inside, Cornylius' stupidly cute snake face was staring right back up at him.
"...do you want to restart?" Raum suddenly brought up, but when asked why, it just shrugged, as if restarting was the obvious choice in this matter.
Of course, it wasn't insensitive about the lingering boredom around the enclosed space that is this luxurious bedchamber. So, sacrificing its ego and its newfound parental responsibility for a moment, it relented and gave out a new mission. One that's been showing up no matter the formula the system applied, one which Raum had no choice but to send out and not take back no matter how bad it wants to.
They both needed points to advance, after all. So if Furan Shi calls this NPC 'Cornylius', Raum also has a nickname for him now.
「 New! Mission: Have [dumb corn snake] morph back into his demihuman form in under an hour. Time remaining: 59m 59s 」
A corn snake..? "He's not…" Furan stared back at the snake again, dumbly. Its — or rather, his — forked tongue briefly flicked out. He seemed completely at ease, much to Raum's frustration.
Furan only needed to have Camilius morph back to his full human form. Pretty hard to do, and he could only do it under an hour.
「 "Raum, when people morph into their beast form, they shed their clothes, right?" 」
「 "Right. Don't you remember when you did the same last week?" 」
「 "Meh, I was too dizzy to notice what happened. It's my first time morphing like that, okay? Cut me some slack.." 」
Again, Raum felt guilty, even if it wasn't even nagging the boy. Furan, ignoring the crow, shifted his attention back to the python in his sweater.
First thing's first.
Jinx pulled at the hem of his sweater and lifted, taking it off carefully.
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The bunnyboy looked so adorable from Camilius' view. He just looks so… clueless. If he hadn't been Aleister's pet, Camilius was fairly certain he would've eaten him, see what the fuss is about bunny meat tasting good.
What do his friends even see in rabbits? Why do they eat them without a care about equality? Even if they're dumb, Camilius couldn't really imagine gobbling one up himself. But seeing this one up close, maybe… maybe he could.
But the bunnyboy suddenly took off his sweater. Camilius didn't know what to do. Should he just stay curled up there? It was fortunate enough the small bun had another thinner layer on.
He didn't even have time to come to a final decision when the little rabbit suddenly tried to uncurl his snake body. For reasons unknown even to himself, he let his coils relax, and he slid out of the sweater.
Jinx's eyes widened in surprise as Camilius's body seemed to unfold like a limp, scaly ribbon. The python's head lolled to one side, and his eyes gazed up at Jinx with an air of what seemed to be languid indifference.
What's the bunny doing..?
However, with his long, massive python body relaxed and pliable, the bunnyboy began to manipulate it, gently stretching and flexing with no resistance from it. Soft fingers lightly dragged across Camilius' scales, tracing the intricate patterns and ridges. He can feel himself responding to the bunny's touch, his muscles relaxing further as the other's fingers probed and explored.
He felt a little funny.
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The timer in the corner of Furan's vision read 52m 40s.
「 "This is harder than I thought it'd be." 」
Furan had no idea what he's doing.
「 "Can I try anything? With Jinx's personality, I don't think that would be OOC." 」
"I hope you're thinking about flinging him to the other side of the room," Raum inserted unhelpfully, which Furan Shi learned to ignore at this point.
But Raum has a point. It would be Cornylius' fault if Jinx tries anything to him. He's the one intruding, after all.
At the snake's surprise, Jinx suddenly flipped him, exposing his underside.
「 "I've never left my house much in the past, so I never encountered dangerous animals like this. I wonder where his no-no area is here?" 」
His fingers slid lower, and he felt Cornylius' body tensing, ever so slightly, as if sensing what the bunnyboy was looking for. Jinx's eyes met the python's, and he saw a flicker of warning there. But the bunny's hand had already reached the point of no return.
His fingers brushed against a sensitive area, and Camilius's body jerked in response, in turn making Furan Shi jerk back as he thought the snake was about to bite him.
Camilius's gaze never wavered, but Jinx sensed then a hint of amusement emanating from the python. It was as if the latter had been waiting for the little rabbit to make that mistake, and was now enjoying the bunnyboy's seeming discomfort.
Jokes on him, Furan Shi was ever the curious boy.
He smirked back at the stupid snake, and it was said stupid snake's turn to have chills run down his… err.. backbone.
"I wonder how snakes reproduce?" Jinx mused aloud, as if he was talking to someone. Camilius had no way of knowing it was him, when he didn't even know Jinx already knew who he was. "Fortunately… I have a random snake that wandered into my room for experimentation~"
Experimentation, my ass..! Camilius tried to wiggle out of the bunnyboy's hold now that his intentions were clear. Too clear. This black rabbit is really smarter than the others..! And sly, too!
"Oh? Does it understand me?"
Camilius froze mid-wiggling to once again pretend to be an ordinary snake. Right. This bunny didn't know it was him yet. But still… who in their right mind would touch a dangerous creature just to peer at its no-no region?
"Huh," Jinx spoke 'under his breath' again, shrugging so nonchalantly. "I guess not."
His hand shamelessly darted right for the spot that made Camilius flinch earlier. The latter had to control himself from squirming too much.
The fingers lazily trailed up until he could give light scritches under the snake's triangular head. "Do you want to be my pet?" But the snake couldn't respond anymore as it lied down more limply.
Camilius was playing dead out of shame.
「 Mission: Have [dumb corn snake] morph back into his demihuman form in under an hour. Time remaining: 50m 47s 」
「 "I want to try something. Do you think he'll kill me?" 」
「 "Chance of NPC [dumb corn snake] killing host Jinx(Furan Shi) for doing something silly is 75%" 」
「 "Oh.." 」
「 "Chance of system Raum killing NPC [dumb corn snake] out of retaliation is 666%" 」
Furan didn't know whether to be grateful or concerned about that. He could feel the massive python slithering out of his lap, however, so he needed to focus on that first.
"Where are you going, pet~?"
Chuckling, he circled his fingers around the snake's neck and pulled him back onto his lap. That didn't seem to be enough for Camilius to kill him.
It was the second time for Camilius, meanwhile, to feel fear and frustration at the same time. If he didn't need to be careful… if this bunnyboy wasn't his uncle's honorary pet, he would've devoured this little brat before he had humiliated him this bad.
Furan Shi was just having fun on his part, oblivious to the python's agony. Or maybe he wasn't. Who knows. "I wonder if you're mad at me now..~?"
「 Using Skill [Pouting lvl 6] 」
「 Debuff [Supersitions] does not apply to NPC [dumb corn snake] 」
Baby nooo! Ah, how pitiful..!
Camilius felt a pang of regret for ever thinking of devouring this poor, defenseless boy and of course, pity for the kid being poor and defenseless. Here he was, a big white python that can easily break bones and swallow his prey. He could defend himself just fine. But the poor bunnyboy? Ah, how could he ever think of harming this helpless little thing??? Their strength difference is preposterous!!
So Camilius tried his best to dismiss the bunnyboy's worries, rubbing and nuzzling his small snake head into the palm of the other's hand, blinking up at him, and even rubbing down the boy's back with his tail. Anything but to make him cry..!
"Pretty baby, can't you see? I'm not mad at you, okay?"
But is the 75% chance of dying in this snake's hands even true after seeing this silly dancing? Furan Shi, ever the curious, adventurous, impulsive baby princess, leaned down.
Camilius' small head suddenly captured in Jinx's hand, he felt his scales bristle as the bunnyboy kissed him.
The python started to grow bigger on the bunnyboy's lap, all while his scales slowly gave way to a smoother, more familiar human skin. His triangular head grew into a rounder, firmer visage, and soon Camilius was back to his human form. Well, demihuman.
And he's naked, straddling the poor bunnyboy's lap beneath him. But nevermind that fact, his ego comes first!
「 Completed mission: "Have [dumb corn snake] morph back into his demihuman form in under an hour"! Time: 49m 39s 」
「 Reward: Added Carrot Pudding × 3 to inventory 」
「 Reward: Added 100 C points to system wallet 」
"Brat," Cornylius rasped, grabbing onto Jinx's shoulders and pushing him down on the bed. "Why did you kiss me???"
He didn't look angry, just bewildered and perhaps more shell-shocked, but nonetheless Furan Shi felt suffocated being pinned down by a bigger man, and he's not even over the age of 40!
He started gasping for air even if his airways weren't exactly restrained, kicking his legs and squirming frantically beneath the confused Camilius. The latter kept his grip on the boy's shoulders to steady him.
"L-let go..!" the poor bunnyboy screamed, hands futilely trying to push the bigger man off him. "LET GO!!!"
His cinnamon eyes, wide and unfocused, were dark and glossy with brimming tears. He's starting to hyperventilate, too, much to Camilius' panic. "He-hey… hey! Kid..! Calm it..!"
「 "Raum... is this a skill or a fixed condition of mine? I thought I enjoyed being pinned down by a stronger man. My heart's speeding up I don't understand. Haha it's scary I think I'd laugh if not this..!" 」
Calling out to him was no use. Jinx was recalling a distant memory at the moment, it seems, as he started to claw at the bigger man's neck. Specifically, the left side..? Or, at least, tried to. Camilius was skilled enough to maneuver out of the way. Plus Jinx's arms weren't that long.
He swiftly grasped the bunnyboy's flailing hands, pinning them to his sides as the sharp claws swiped at his upper arms, threatening to leave deep scratches. Once done, he removed his other hand from the boy's shoulder as well to grab his jaw and push his face away, then leveraging his grip to pin the bunnyboy firmly in place.
Jinx still struggled under his hold, wanting to free himself in a fit of panic, but it was all futile, and soon he was left wheezing and helpless, body weakening as he slowly gave up.
As the bunnyboy went limp beneath him, the room fell silent, and Camilius, still catching his own breath, gently turned the boy's face from side to side, inspecting his condition with a mix of concern and caution.
"Have you… calmed down..?" he hesitantly asked. "Can I let go now..?"
No reply.
"Still alive..?"
Bunnyboy blinked, cinnamon eyes finally flitting towards him. He sighed in relief and carefully released his hold, shifting off to the side to give the other more room to breathe.
A bout of adrenaline wasted down the drain. Furan Shi could feel his body starting to shake from the aftereffects of his efforts.
His mania skill [Fight or FIGHT] was still too weak at level 2, it seems. Or, he still just hasn't mastered any of his skills and was blinded by his panic. Heaving out more breaths as he calmed down, he slowly panned his head towards the naked man sitting right beside him.
Cornylius didn't try anything. He just… oh, well.
Should've taken Raum's warning about not trying anything silly, even if it wouldn't get him killed.
"Mister…" he rasped, eyes slightly unfocused yet unblinking, "your dong is so big ah. But you have to wait for a few more years because I'm still a minor— mff..!"
Jinx's trembling voice was muffled once more by the man's big hand, Camilius' face flushed redder than a radish. He regretted releasing the boy. Raum, too.
With Camilius more concerned with covering the bunny's mouth than covering himself, Furan Shi's eyes trailed down his body, inevitably landing right on his no-no area. His pupils dilating didn't go unnoticed by the man, who further blushed in both frustration at the boy's shamelessness and his own embarrassment. He never had to worry about showing off his body to other demihumans, but with this bunnyboy, somehow, he felt as though he must cover himself at all costs.
He swiped his free hand down the bunnyboy's eyelids to close them for him. Furan Shi opened them again. Camilius closed them again. Furan—
"I should've bought the auto-filtering function for you." Raum was free to express his disappointment now that his initial worry was proven unnecessary. But his worry or his nagging weren't any of Furan's concerns.
「 "Raum… those were twins." 」
"What..?"
「 "Give me another character I can eyeball. I won't be able to take twins." 」
Raum didn't know what its host was really talking about. But it can feel it wasn't any good. "Shouldn't you be focusing on Jinx's health first? And you're a minor. You should be playing around with gadgets or stuff, not this.. whatever this is..!"
「 "Oh, but you know exactly what I'd been doing when I was fifteen in my world." 」
"That's… that's irrelevant." But it couldn't exactly refute the boy. "But what do you mean 'another character'?"
「 "Well… I was thinking.. this slice of life story is boring and… well.." 」
At least its host was smart enough to come up with a plan. Raum, too, didn't want a slice of life story with how boring it is. Reading it is one thing, but experiencing it firsthand is another.
But first, Jinx needed to free himself again from the python demihuman. Without having to think much about it, he poked out his cute tongue and—
"What the fuck are you doing..?!" Camilius' hand was effectively repulsed by the tongue that suddenly licked his palm. Jinx was glaring at him again, his long bunny ears flat against his small head.
「 New skill unlocked! Using skill [UwU I'm Scawwy~ lvl1] 」
「 Debuff [Supersitions] does not apply to NPC [dumb corn snake] 」
Camilius was quick to forgive the bunnyboy for ogling him and licking his hand, definitely not because he's a superficial demihuman that found this black rabbit adorable even with his brows knitted. Oh, is that his bushy tail wagging? Fuck it's so small it's sooo cute..!
"Y-you..!" Jinx blurted out, beginning a tirade that didn't fit his sweet face.
"You were the one who harassed me! You pounced on me without your clothes on! And now you don't even want me to see your peacock twins?! Even raising your voice at me when you were the one who can't be polite?!"
Furan's hands were trembling from his superficial anger. Or from the burst of adrenaline he'd expended minutes ago. Either way, Camilius definitely regretted being charmed by the bunnyboy thrice today. Of course he wouldn't count the ones from days prior.
"But you harassed me first! You touched my very protected area! You kissed me without my consent..!" He tried to refute, only for Jinx to get back "angrier".
"You intruded in my room!"
Camilius was instantly struck speechless. The… bunnyboy wasn't wrong. He had indeed intruded first, even slid under his sweater. However, admitting defeat is unbecoming of a Fontaine! With his flushed cheeks puffed, along with his chest, he chose a very scummy move that he would regret doing in the near future.
"You're in the main house," he declared with a strained tone. "As a Fontaine, I can do whatever I want in here..!"
"B-but I'm Aleister's pet..!"
Camilius interrupted again, "no!" Leaving no room for discussion. He grabbed the boy's jaws with a hand, something he somehow got familiar with after doing it a lot today.
"You're a freebie, bunny. Uncle doesn't care about you! Plus, do you think he has the real power here? Give it a few more years and I will definitely take back the throne he stole from my mother!"
He yanked the bunny's face towards him and tilted it to the side, eyes gleaming with something dangerous for a natural prey like Jinx. "This," he declared again, "is mine."
He leaned in and opened his mouth. His teeth grazed the bunnyboy's plump cheek as he closed his lips around it, biting it lightly without leaving a mark. "You're mine." He growled.
Furan Shi inwardly cringed, having to finally experience an "alpha's rage" he can only read in straight romance books in the past. Typically, if not an alpha wolf that was the brooding leader of his pack, it would be a domineering/brooding CEO who would say this line, complete with that damningly dreadful growl.
But to experience it himself in real life? He had to control Jinx's facial muscles harder not to let them betray his sudden nausea. He had expected goosebumps or butterflies — the good kind — but all he got was this dogshit.
Either way, he couldn't move or act too snappy lest he'd invoke more of that masculine rage and get trapped in another trauma-inducing kabedon. His constitution is as weak as it can get, thank you very much. At the same time, he wouldn't bow down and thank the pervert for nibbling on his cheek. Who does he think he is? He's just Cornylius, the dumb corn snake! So all Furan Shi could settle for was a glare.
「 Using skill [UwU I'm Scawwy~ lvl1] 」
Oh, fuck off.
To Camilius, his own words hadn't yet sinked in. He was a Fontaine first before a mama's boy in moments like this, when his authority is questioned by a lowly bunny. He got off the bed, letting go of the bunnyboy's jaws, but before he could stand up in his full naked glory, his foot got caught in the messy blanket.
「 Passive skill [Natural Charm lvl5] in effect. 」
「 Passive skill [Harbinger of Nuanced Inconveniences lvl4] in effect. Serves him right. 」
Unexpectedly or not, his beautiful face missed the fluffy carpet available there by a few centimeters. So much for convenience, eh?
Now that he's embarrassed beyond belief, he stood up again with a new bump on his forehead, alongside the one from last week that had barely healed. Coincidentally, the two different-shaped lumps imitated small horns on his head. He didn't bother covering his hemipenes below this time, and Furan didn't have the will to look at them anymore.
One last definitive glare at the bunnyboy and he was gone out the door. Seconds later, the door opened slightly again to reveal his horned head poking into the small gap.
"What's uh… what's your name again?"
"...Jinx.."
"Right."
The door closed for good.
Furan Shi screamed once he was sure it was out of the man's earshot, but for good measure, he opted to punch his pillow instead of throwing it to the door in case the python comes back if he'd still hear it.
As a rabbit demihuman, his hands were amazingly fast, maybe even faster than a kangaroo in his memory. He momentarily forgot about the man who provoked him to this point just to marvel at his own body. And when he got back on track, he exploded again.
"What sugar? What new branch story?! I will punt that man until I'm satisfied..!" He roughly scrubbed his "dirtied" cheek with the back of his hand. Raum couldn't be prouder.
「 New! Mission: Have [dumb corn snake] admit defeat. Punt him if necessary! 」