Human, You Can Lean on a Bird's Chest

[Completed] [The author is taking a break from typing]

Bai Linlin died in a car accident and was reincarnated as a secondhand monk parakeet at a pet market.

The good news: He never had to go back to that lousy job again. Chirp, chirp, chirp!

The bad news: He couldn't mimic speech, so he was about to be “disposed of.”

The shopkeeper was about to grab him, so Bai Linlin immediately took off in a wild flurry and smacked headfirst into a boy's arms.

“Hey!”

Bai Linlin chirped frantically, his blue feathers flying everywhere. He pretended his leg was hurt, clearly trying to pull a scam.

The shopkeeper was somehow already in on it, and immediately joined the shakedown.

“You hurt my bird. You have to pay. At least five hundred, ”

“I'll buy him.”

The gloomy boy pulled out his phone and paid on the spot. Bai Linlin perched on his shoulder and went home with him.

*

Song Yu was antisocial and sick of life. His wrists were covered in scars. He had brought home a bird from the flower and bird market.

He had originally meant to set it free, but was afraid it would die, so he decided to keep it at home for now.

He went to the kitchen, and the little bird flew onto his shoulder. “Chirp, chirp, chirp.”

“…”

He sat down to do his homework, and the bird pecked at scraps of paper, chattering away. “Chirp, chirp, chirp.”

“…”

He went to the bathroom, and the bird boldly tried to follow him. “Chirp, chirp, chirp.”

Song Yu slammed the door shut, leaving the bird seeing stars.

He couldn't even take care of himself, so how was he supposed to take care of a bird? Song Yu lay on his bed, covering his eyes with his long fingers.

The game was still running on his computer screen. His ears were ringing, and he could barely hear anything.

At some point, he fell asleep.

When he woke up again…

“Chirp, chirp, you idiot teammate! No going AFK!”

“Chirp! Go die! I'll blast you with my cannon!”

Song Yu sat bolt upright in bed, his hair sticking up from where he'd slept on it, looking dazed.

Bai Linlin kicked the mouse aside with one claw, furious, then hopped up and down and turned around.

“…”

“…”

The boy covered his face, then stared blankly at the bird and muttered, “You're a parrot. It's normal for you to talk.”

Bai Linlin let out a sigh of relief.

But the next second

“But do parrots play video games too?”

*

Bai Linlin was very happy after arriving at the Song family home. Apart from anything else, he loved the huge villa.

Whenever Song Yu went to school, he deftly used his bird claws to turn on the computer and play games.

Sometimes, he used his beak to pry open the fridge and treat himself to something tasty.

He only realized later that he was different from other little birds. He could eat human food, and had been getting rounder by the day, when a carrier pigeon flew in through the window.

Bai Linlin, demon ID 247, has not yet taken human form. Poverty assistance has arrived.

With that, it left behind an envelope.

Bai Linlin picked up the paper with his beak, but as soon as he finished reading, it turned to ash, and a surge of power flowed into his body.

His body began to grow little by little, and his claws even scraped across the floor.

He grew to over a meter tall, but… still hadn't taken human form.

When Song Yu opened the door, a huge bird stood in his room, feathers fluffed out and chest held high.

He must be getting even sicker.

Bai Linlin hesitated, then spread his wings and asked uncertainly, “S-should I let you bury me?”

==The little chicken loves you==

==Cute pet story==

Content note: I wrote too many bonus chapters. At the time, I didn't know readers had to subscribe to every chapter to get things like nutrition points. I only knew you could rate a story after subscribing to the main chapters.

The bonus chapters had to wait a week for the payment to be settled, and since I'd promised to write a lot of fun extras, I ended up with a ton of them.

I have this habit. I wrote a lot of bonus chapters for my Xiao Jing story too.

I'll keep it in mind next time and try to limit them to three (yes, yes!).

Theme: Protecting animals is everyone's responsibility.