I Really Can't Lay Eggs

Blurb:

Lin You grew up in an orphanage. To pay for his younger sister's medical treatment, he took a job at an illegal research facility in the underground city when he was out of options. His duties were simple: clean up and feed the test subjects.

After gradually getting used to life at the facility, Lin You was ordered to keep the test subjects company at night as well...

Every night after lights-out, something soft and cold would crawl into his bed while he slept, pinning down his limbs. It felt as though he were submerged in the sea, rising and falling. Even after waking, he couldn't shake the sticky sensation on his skin.

For the money, Lin You could only endure the monster that came to bother him at night.

Some time later, the illegal research facilities in the underground city came under a major crackdown. The facility where Lin You worked was gripped by fear, and one test subject would often stare at his stomach with an unnervingly gentle tone.

"Don't worry. I'll take good care of you... and the egg in your belly."

Lin You: !!!

He'd only been eating well and putting on weight around his stomach. Where had this egg come from!

Later, on the day the facility was destroyed, he saw Test Subject No. 8 turn into a half-human monster. Amid scattered limbs, eight tentacles gently coiled around him, accompanied by a heavy stench of blood.

"Darling, are you all right?" His eyes were bloodshot, and the blood on his cheek slowly ran down.

Lin You managed to force a smile. "I... I'm fine." He stiffly touched his flat stomach, his lips trembling pale with fright. "Our egg is fine too."

Hell, how could he lay an egg!

Lin You took the test subject home. By selling the test subject, he made a great deal of money and found a respectable job.

He thought life would simply go on like this. He buried his memories of the research facility deep within himself, forcing himself not to remember.

Until one day, he opened the door to his home and saw a familiar figure sitting on his bed. The moment it turned around, he felt as if he had fallen into an icy abyss.

"Darling, long time no see!"

The test subject's gaze shifted from his panicked face to his stomach. He heard the test subject ask teasingly,

"How is our egg?"

[Clingy, emotionally immature top in the early stages] x [Kind, softhearted, and rational bottom]

Theme: Striving to live