Pei Wenchu found a very pretty little octopus by the sea and secretly kept it as a pet.
But it wasn't an octopus. It was a monster, and it bit someone to death in Pei Wenchu's home.
When strangers came to attack it, Pei Wenchu didn't protect it, so it ran away and returned to the sea.
It was a failed sea monster, but it still missed Pei Wenchu.
When Xu Yi saw Pei Wenchu again, she was very unhappy.
But this time, Pei Wenchu wouldn't pick up an octopus or take in a human.
So Xu Yi, disguised as an omega with a disability, "took in" Pei Wenchu.
Pei Wenchu: ...It was my choice (not really).
One of Xu Yi's kind told her there was a process to expressing how much you missed someone, starting with simply saying it aloud
Xu Yi: I missed you so much.
Pei Wenchu: ? Being a stand-in costs extra.
Then hugging
Xu Yi: Can I hug you?
Pei Wenchu: Why?
Xu Yi: I just want to hug you.
Pei Wenchu's thoughts: What is she trying to do? Didn't she say she saw me as a friend? Why is she acting like this? Is she finally showing her true nature? I knew humans couldn't really be free of desire!
Pei Wenchu: Well... just once.
Then kissing
Xu Yi didn't know how to kiss, so she could only learn the most basic kind.
After kissing Pei Wenchu, perhaps because of human social etiquette, Pei Wenchu kissed her back. But it was very different from the kiss Xu Yi had initiated.
"Can we kiss again? Please?"
Then being honest
After Pei Wenchu saw through her identity, Xu Yi didn't dare come clean. Pei Wenchu was the one who confessed first, and they discovered that they'd misunderstood each other in more ways than one.
Then coming together
Xu Yi thought things between her and Pei Wenchu were just right, so she planned to put off the final step indefinitely.
But to her surprise, years ago she'd bitten through an alpha's gland and absorbed their pheromones. It had caused her to mutate and enter a state similar to the human rut.
What a coincidence! There happened to be a real omega at home.
Also known as A Guide to Confessing How Much You Miss Someone. It's actually a dating guide.
Devoted, slow-witted, adorable nonhuman female lead x insincere, slightly tsundere omega male lead
One-on-one pairing, both leads are virgins, reunion at the beginning, no children in the main story
Heights (forgot to add): 180 x 179
The female lead is a little taller, but she can change her height at will.
A light, sweet romance. The female lead spoils the male lead early on, and they spoil each other later. Sweet from beginning to end.
At first, they both think the other only wants a platonic relationship, so their romance stays quite innocent.
The female lead's true form has no sex. She can reproduce by leaving behind an egg after death, while her human form is no different from a beta.
Sometimes Xu Yi can also be a passionate, devoted nonhuman with a wild side she keeps under control.
Lots of personal headcanon settings~
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Manuscript completed 2026.2.27
Theme: Love
Keep going, hehe
I get so excited when I hug him 🐶