The Little Merman Everyone Covets

Lin Zhou was a pitiful little mermaid who escaped from an interstellar animal-testing lab. Frail and weak, he could barely transform his tail into human legs, and only during the day. He couldn't walk very far, either. To make ends meet, Lin Zhou found a full-time job hearing confessions at a church. There was an adult school nearby. By day, Lin Zhou put on his school uniform and attended classes. In the evening, he slipped into the confessional to listen to the faithful confess their sins. One day, a commanding military Alpha came to the confessional. Lin Zhou was timid, and spent the whole time hiding behind the curtain as he listened to the Alpha officer's confession. "I have severe bipolar disorder. I almost lost control and killed one of my subordinates." "Tomorrow, I'll start teaching at the adult school to atone for my sins." The next day, Lin Zhou went to class and discovered that the new instructor was the officer who had come to confess the day before. Some time later, the Alpha instructor returned to the confessional. "I've sinned. I took the teaching job to atone for my sins, but shamefully, I've fallen in love with one of my students." "My bipolar disorder flared up again that day. I nearly killed him, but when I caught him, I felt calmer and more at peace than ever before." "So I used a demonstration as an excuse to hold him for the entire class." "His mental strength seems to soothe me. I may have fallen irredeemably in love with him." After that, the Alpha instructor came to the confessional every day to repent for all the shameful things he had done to that student. "He looks so well-behaved when he eats. His little red mouth is especially cute." "I caught his scent. I think he's a cola-scented Omega." "He seems a little frail. He doesn't even know the most basic combat moves, so I have to give him a long one-on-one lesson after class every time." "I want to make him mine." "E-enough!" A shy, soft voice suddenly came from behind the curtain. Lin Zhou's little face was bright red, but he didn't dare admit that he was the student the instructor kept confessing about like a stalker. So he could only endure it and wait for the instructor to return to the front lines. But the last confession took an unexpected turn. A gleaming blue fish tail slipped out from beneath the curtain. Lin Zhou's face was burning red as he clung to the Alpha and cried, "Ugh... help me. I think I'm going into heat." Theme: We step onto a stage we did not choose and perform a script we did not choose. When we pursue not happiness itself but a tangible vision, happiness can arrive unexpectedly.