What Should I Do? The Human I Raised Is Dying

Sunny, soft, and adorable red panda bottom x gloomy, sickly young master top

Ruan Le has been rather troubled lately.

The human he adopted is about to die!

He is a red panda who has gained human intelligence, and he works at a zoo. Recently, the zoo started an adoption program, and he decided to join in with the times.

One wave after another of his coworkers' adopted humans came to visit, but the human he adopted hadn't shown so much as a hair.

Ruan Le was furious.

He went to the zoo director. "I provide him with food, drink, and clothes, but he won't even come see me."

The director hesitated. "Well, you see... This time it's different. That person is in poor health and can't travel, so there's no way he can come visit you."

Oh!

Ruan Le froze.

That night, he woke up mid-sleep and slapped himself.

How could he have said such a thing!

The poor guy was on the verge of dying!

He absolutely couldn't die!

So early the next morning, Ruan Le used his little paws to drag over the sign by the entrance:

[Red Panda: Ruan Ruan]

[Adopter: Gu Jimin]

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Everyone envied him for being the young master of the Gu family, but only Gu Jimin knew how much misery his terrible health brought him.

He had to stay on medication, avoid the wind, and never go out. He often coughed up blood, felt dizzy, and fainted...

The housekeeper nagged him every day. "There's another charity event, young master! You should join. Maybe heaven will take pity on you and you'll get better..."

Gu Jimin only found it annoying.

If he didn't have to enter his password to pay his monthly credit card bill, he would have gone and died already.

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One day, a clean-cut young man showed up at his door, eyes sparkling as he introduced himself as Gu Jimin's owner.

An owner?

Gu Jimin gave a sinister smile. Hah! Was someone trying to keep him these days?

Fine, he'd play along!

"What do you want?"

"Apples."

Gu Jimin bought the latest Apple bundle, but the other man didn't even look at it.

Gu Jimin: Hah, still playing hard to get.

Later, he realized that the other man truly didn't want any luxury brands. All he wanted were the freshest apples.

They also had to be sliced into even, thin pieces, then fed to him by hand with a fork.

"You're so demanding."

Whenever Gu Jimin did as he was told, the other man would sneak glances at him with an intensely worried look, as though Gu Jimin might bump or scrape himself at any moment.

Gu Jimin: "?"

Why did he feel so uneasy?

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One day, when Gu Jimin was coughing uncontrollably, a steady hand caught him.

...Wait, why was it so soft and furry?

He looked down and saw a paw quickly pulling away. It was brown, with thick pads.

"..."

Gu Jimin looked up in shock and met Ruan Le's bright, confused eyes.

The other man raised both hands high and shouted, "You're not about to die, are you?!"

Flailing around like that, he looked just like a little red panda.

Gu Jimin clamped a hand over Ruan Le's head and coughed up a mouthful of blood.

"Are you messing with me?"

Thanks for asking. I already died of fright.

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Entirely fictional. Do not imitate.

Theme: Live happily and stay safe.