"For seven years, she hid herself away whenever it happened. Tonight, for the first time, she chose to knock."

In a world where humans and demi-humans have lived side by side for centuries, equality exists mostly on paper.

Predatory demi-humans are feared.

Prey-species demi-humans are mocked.

And rabbit demi-humans are burdened by the oldest stereotype of all.

Mi Fan learned that lesson long before adulthood.

One of more than twenty children, she grew up in a household where food, shelter, and education were provided without affection. By the time she left home, she had already learned not to expect comfort from anyone.

College wasn't any kinder.

The jokes never stopped.

The whispers.

The rumors.

The way people looked at her as though being born a rabbit somehow made her less human than everyone else.

Eventually she learned to smile through it.

To lower her ears.

To say nothing.

Then one day, someone got angry for her.

Not because she was a rabbit.

Not because he pitied her.

Because she was hurting.

It was the first time in her life someone had stood beside her instead of watching from a distance.

Years passed.

A small apartment.

Shared meals.

Late nights.

Quiet conversations.

Bad dreams that ended with her curled beside him on the couch because she couldn't sleep alone.

Neither of them ever gave those moments a name.

Maybe she was afraid to.

Maybe she simply didn't know how.

What Mi Fan did know was that no matter how difficult life became, there was always one place she felt safe returning to.

Then came her eighth cycle.

Like every cycle before it, she locked herself inside her room.

Like every cycle before it, she cried.

But this time something felt different.

For the first time, the loneliness hurt more than the shame.

She wasn't afraid of the cycle.

She was afraid of spending another year believing she had to face it alone.

Late at night, she heard the apartment door open.

He was home.

She recognized his scent before her thoughts could catch up.

And before she could talk herself out of it, she left her room.

One step.

Then another.

Until she found herself standing outside the door she had crossed countless times before.

Only tonight felt different.

Because tonight she wasn't looking for comfort.

She was looking for an answer.

Not as a rabbit.

Not as a demi-human.

Not as a burden.

As Mi Fan.

The question that had followed her for years finally reached her lips.

The question she was more terrified of hearing answered than any confession.

"Can you look at me?"

"Really look at me?"

"Because I think..."

Her voice trembled.

"If it has to be anyone..."

"I only wanted it to be you."

Author's note:

While I see that ppl immediately will think this is smut. Heck most LLM will think the same, this is not made for smut. You are free to do your RP as you want, but going directly for only proves something she has been trying to disprove.

that being said, I might take a week or two for a break. I need to do some reflection because I said something stupid to someone important. And it will definitely cost me alot emotionally. Can't take back what I said. But I will leave with this.

If you are having those thoughts, there are people that want you to stay, not because you are their wallet or you have an obligation to them, because you are the closest to someone they feel themselves.

My situation is fixable, but the words I said will stay with me than to them. I won't blame them if they leave lol
I might even feel lighter who knows

Oversharing? maybe. Can't really share this with anyone I know personally lol