Pat Its Little Tentacles

Star Year 3014.

In corners unknown to the world, monsters quietly took shape, and malice ran rampant.

Rumors had recently spread through Settlement Zone 18: the alien species known as the Serak could hide among people in human form.

The people of the settlement were gripped by fear.

One day, after returning from a mission, Yu Wenyan, an S-class psychic from the Institute of the Supernatural, brought back a filthy little child.

A logistics staffer asked cautiously, "What if he's an alien?"

The deputy team leader raised an eyebrow and smiled. "It's fine. Captain Yu will handle it himself."

The young alien couldn't control its powers. Several grotesque tentacles burst uncontrollably from You Mi's body. Without hesitation, Yu Wenyan raised his gun, pulled the trigger, and blew the monster's head off.

That night, in a dream, Yu Wenyan was held captive in the monster's embrace, warm tentacles wrapped tightly around his waist.

You Mi blinked and spoke in slightly halting human language. "Big... brother, can you... touch my... little tentacles?"

As a Serak, You Mi was undoubtedly the strongest of them all.

Whether it was the ants on this lowly blue planet or its ignorant kin, it could make them submit with ease.

Except for...

One human.

It had met him five times in total. All five times, his weapon had blown its body apart.

You Mi didn't understand. The food on this planet was so poor that it had never once been full. That was why it kept dying in front of a mere ant. It was just too hungry. That had to be the only reason.

So it made a decision

Like those disgusting members of its kind, it would take on the form of the humans it hated most and approach that beautiful human.

Then eat him.

It wasn't familiar with human anatomy, but that didn't matter. It only needed to learn two things:

One: how to wrap its arms around his waist.

Two: how to get him to take it home.

##You Mi's Diary##

[Yu Wenyan... Number 001...]

[Foolish. He tried to lure me with blood. My useless tentacles fell for it.]

[Human language is disgusting and unnecessary. But when he hears the words "big brother," his pupils widen slightly.]

[I remember. Those syllables make him lower his guard.]

[Say them more often. Then he won't push me away.]

[Though he killed me, he fed me blood. His blood is delicious. Perhaps I can keep him.]

[He likes falling asleep among my tentacles. He is usually bad-tempered, but when he's slept well, he gently strokes my tentacles.]

[Perhaps I can take him back to my territory, to my nest. We'll live well together. He should like it.]

[Big brother, why don't you like me? Why are you trying to escape?]

[Big brother... big brother... big brother... big brother seems to have other little brothers.]

Reader's Guide:

① Tentacle warning

② Yu Wenyan is the bottom × You Mi is the top

Blurb screenshotted on October 1, 2023

Theme: World peace