Have You Met Any Monsters Who Want to Eat Him Today?

● A gentle, clever bottom who's sweet as sesame rice balls x a slow-witted, surreal tentacle monster top with an uncanny human aura

Blurb:

Xiao Shi has a special constitution that attracts monsters.

The day Xiao Shi was taken from the orphanage by his adoptive guardian, he didn't know the man was an alien tentacle monster disguised as a human, plotting to take over Earth.

Xiao Shi told his adoptive guardian, "I made a good friend at kindergarten today."

The tentacle monster: "Good."

When the tentacle monster finally met the friend Xiao Shi had mentioned, they were suddenly snatched away by a werewolf.

The tentacle monster saw black and hurriedly eliminated the werewolf.

The second time, Xiao Shi blinked. "My good friend invited me to go play. Can I go?"

The tentacle monster: "..."

World domination could wait. It had to take good care of its human first.

A few days later, Xiao Shi found a strange white-haired boy by the side of the road. His name was Gui Hua.

Gui Hua smiled. "Let's be friends, too."

The tentacle monster turned its human body into a child, thinking that it could protect Xiao Shi by becoming his peer.

It never expected that after fending off the dangerous monsters that ate people, a bunch of other weird monsters would show up, wanting to compete with it for the child.

Spider monster: "This child is in danger. I can help raise him."

The tentacle monster: "No."

Weasel: "I like the look of this child. I want to pass on my legacy to him."

The tentacle monster: "...This one's fine."

Jellyfish monster: "This child..."

The tentacle monster took a deep breath, then flipped the table. "Get lost!!"

This was the human it had worked so hard to raise. No one was taking him away.

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From childhood to adulthood, Xiao Shi was always coming across monsters that wanted to eat him. In the end, those monsters would all mysteriously disappear.

Until recently, Xiao Shi began to notice that the people around him were acting strangely.

His adoptive guardian, Mr. Gui, his best friend Gui Hua, and even the little octopus pet he kept at his side were all incarnations of the same monster.

But why had it disguised itself to stay by his side?

At the dinner table, Xiao Shi met Mr. Gui's gentle gaze and noticed that his pale, slender fingers were stained with blood.

Xiao Shi suddenly recalled something he'd once heard, something similar to what was happening now:

[They say every child adopted by a strange monster disappears after reaching adulthood. The monster raises them as emergency rations.]

And now, he was already an adult.

The affection they'd built up over the years made Xiao Shi unwilling to believe it. But if the monster really wanted to eat him... then perhaps he should make it fall in love with him first.

As soon as the idea came to him, Xiao Shi looked for an opportunity to test the waters and confess to Gui Hua:

"Actually, I've liked you for a long time."

...L-Liked?

But when Gui Hua heard him, his brain promptly shut down. At a loss, he vanished on the spot.

When Xiao Shi got home, he found Mr. Gui sitting on the sofa, the tips of his ears faintly blue. His eyes darted away, and he walked with both arms and legs moving in sync, hardly daring to look at Xiao Shi.

In the shadows, a tangle of black tentacles writhed excitedly. Unlike their main body, they made no effort to hide their feelings.

Instead, they poured out their dense, tide-like affection for Xiao Shi.

#What should you do when the human you raised with your own hands says he likes you? Never mind, as long as he's happy#

#SOS, he only confessed to the monster that might eat him. Why are they actually dating now?#

●Reader's Guide:

1. Happy ending. One-on-one pairing, both are each other's first and only. No romance before the bottom reaches adulthood.

2. Monster-fighting in the early and later parts. A little scary, a little sweet, and a little everyday life. A heartwarming story about a monster with no real intelligence learning to raise a special human. They raise each other.

3. A touch of ensemble cast. The world is normal, with monsters hiding in the shadows. The story's ultimate theme may be somewhat dark.

Theme: Visit home often, and give a little more care and love