I'm Fighting Sukuna, Is This for Real?

A male courtesan and a Nuo-mask boy's struggle to survive.

Mei found a child in the snow. He looked dazed and stupid, like he'd be easy to bully. Mei originally planned to clean him up and sell him to a brothel madam, but it turned out he was a little monster with four hands and four feet.

"Can't you just get lost?"

"..."

The little monster stared silently at the bowl of food in Mei's hands, his eyes full of longing.

The deal had fallen through, and now Mei had to feed him at his own expense. It was a real headache.

No matter where Mei left him, he always caught up, like a vicious dog that had picked him as its bone. It was downright terrifying.

Mei tricked the child into sitting in a cage so he could charge admission, then taught him how to survive in Quyuan. Later, the little monster supported him by collecting debts, and life was going all right.

It rained all night on the night Mei sold his first time.

As dawn slowly broke, Mei leaned against the window, breathing in the damp air, and yawned lazily. Turning around, he saw the little monster crouched beneath the eaves. Who knew how long he'd been waiting there?

"Why haven't you left yet?" Mei asked.

The kid had always been set on saving enough money to study in Kyoto. Now he had enough, so why was he still here?

Through the hazy curtain of rain, the little monster's impossibly beautiful rose-red eyes fixed on him, as if looking right into his heart. For no reason at all, Mei shrank back.

The boy held out his hand to Mei.

"Come away with me, Mei."

-- I want to write a tragic romance full of love and hate. I'll start once it has enough bookmarks.

-- The bottom is more or less an ordinary human, not very clear-headed, a kid raised in the red-light district, and a chaotic good type.

-- A short story, an impulsive new project.

-- The bottom has a universal heartthrob trait.

A story about finding a Nuo-mask boy and wanting to sell him, only to end up stuck with him and growing attached.

Mei: Tsk, what a pain.

Theme: Be self-reliant and persevere