Darling, Monster

[A collection of adorable stories, devoted 1v1 couples who are faithful in body and heart, and dote on each other, happy endings OvO] Updates daily at 18:00 after the story begins

Main story complete, extras in progress

"Tree Frog"

Shy, sincere, a little insecure and withdrawn, with big reactions: gong

Cool-faced but curious, talkative, and a stern-faced cutie: shou

Ever since Jiang Yuqing witnessed his parents being crushed by a truck when he was five, he has suffered from a nervous disorder. Because of it, he rarely interacts with people, and has become sensitive, shy, and withdrawn. Then one day, after walking home from school in the rain, he found a little tree frog clinging to his towel.

After that, Jiang Yuqing was hit by love like someone breaking into his home to rob him.

The little frog is very polite. When Jiang Yuqing came down with a fever, the frog turned into a human and took care of him all night. As soon as Jiang Yuqing woke up, it came right out with: "Human, will you keep a little frog?"

It looked very much like it would leap off the building if he refused, so Jiang Yuqing would never see it again.

Jiang Yuqing: "...Sure."

The little frog is illiterate and loves watching TV. After watching a period drama, it started throwing around phrases it only half understood.

Give it something tasty and it says, "Thank you for the reward." Take advantage of it and it says, "No need to stand on ceremony." When Jiang Yuqing corrects it, it puts on its stern cutie face and obediently says, "Then you have to take responsibility for the little frog. You can't let it be drowned in a pond."

Jiang Yuqing rubbed the silly frog's head, feeling a little sad.

"Little frog, we don't do that anymore."

"And if you were drowned in a pond, you'd be going home."

"Clown"

Pretty-faced flirt who charms his way into his lover's heart / a little mischief is fun / arrogant, insecure beauty of a gong

Simple-hearted / so smitten with the gong he loses his bearings / gets carried away whenever the gong acts up / powerful but adorably clueless shou

Chi Jingwan bears a deep blood feud. After being exiled to the Land Abandoned by the Gods, he survives by scavenging trash. Because he is weak, people constantly target him. He can only live in a dark, timid, and vicious manner, like a rat waiting to take revenge on those who hurt him.

Then he found a phone and started raising an eerie, masked clown in a game. Everything changed.

When Chi Jingwan was bullied, the clown tore out the bully's throat and dumped the body in front of his door.

Chi Jingwan had never been protected like that before. The time he spent with Xiao Ai was so moving that he burst into tears, hugging the clown and sobbing, "Xiao Ai, Xiao Ai, you're the only one who's ever been this good to me."

Xiao Ai tilted its head.

[Wanwan]

[Pretty when crying]

Chi Jingwan, who hated people making a fuss about his looks: "..."

He was incredulous, mortified, and wanted to die of shame.

After wrestling with it, Chi Jingwan lowered his eyes, displaying his beautiful profile without seeming to mean to, then his breathtaking face. In his heart, he felt bleak, aggrieved, furious, resentful, and resigned.

You shallow, looks-obsessed Xiao Ai! If you ever fall for someone else, or decide I'm old and faded, you're finished!!!

"Planarian"

(This story has a different style because this installment is unusual. Readers, check the tags to see if it's for you.)

Dark, clingy, omnipresent, multiplying planarian shou that overruns the home of the human it loves

Glamorous on the surface, twisted beneath / finds the shou repulsive at first, then loves him so much he loses his mind: gong

Lin Wen is the campus celebrity, a pampered young master admired and pursued by everyone. Behind closed doors, he is a vain pauper cramped into a run-down apartment.

One day, passing an alley, he saw a group of children tormenting and playing with planarians in a bottle. He watched their bodies writhe in pain, leaving scorched, dried marks against the hot glass. Unable to bear it, Lin Wen stopped the children and casually tossed the bottle into a stream.

Lin Wen didn't know that this would be the decision he regretted most. Not long afterward, the planarians in the bottle found their way through the pipes to his home and crawled out of the drain in his sink.

They were first exposed while Lin Wen was washing his face. The dark, gloomy pipe was badly clogged, and water overflowed everywhere. When Lin Wen reached in to clear it, the planarians hidden inside began writhing wildly. As he pulled his fingers out, they were covered in a dense mass of them.

[Warning]

All three stories feature adorable couples, with cute personalities and cute interactions. Each world's first chapter has specific content warnings, so remember to read them before starting. The third story, Planarian, is a dark and unsettling kind of cute romance. To avoid catching anyone off guard, it has a different style, continuing the dark, obsessive romantic feel of the original version.

A quick recommendation for my next upcoming story, I Have an Unknown Peculiar Fetish

[Everyone is repressed; all couples are devoted, faithful in body and heart, and purely romantic]

"A Fetish for Protective Procreation"

The Empire values genetic superiority. The crown prince, Vilit, is an S-class alpha with striking looks and a serious, dignified manner. Cool and composed, he never indulges in desire and is impossible to defy.

No one knows that he has an unspeakable peculiar fetish.

Vilit longs to protect his pregnant wife, cherishing and caring for her, gently stroking her swollen belly and helping his future wife through the difficult months of pregnancy.

Xie Ruanning is an omega with degraded genes. He is frail, petite, and gentle. His inferior genes, which are highly dominant, mean that no matter who he is with, he can only give birth to degraded offspring or a whole litter of primitive rabbits.

After being chosen as the crown prince's consort, he is required by their agreement to bear Vilit at least one child.

(The gong only loses control around the shou. The young couple both love having children, and are especially a more children, more blessings kind of pair.)

"Singular, Deformed Affection"

Chi Min grew up amid schemes and intrigue, and learned to disguise himself. On the surface, he is as warm and mild as a spring day. In truth, he is cold, sharp, and utterly without mercy. Those who know his true nature call him a cold-blooded monster.

When the real young master was brought back, Chi Min met that night the foster elder brother everyone despised and called taboo: Xie Qing.

Xie Qing is sullen and sharp-tongued. His face was burned through, his flesh charred and shriveled, with the teeth on one side exposed. His features are rough and uneven, while the other half of his face, the only part left intact, is beautiful and brooding. He limps, walking unevenly, and feels pain on rainy days. He hides in the attic, dislikes appearing in public, and spends his days fiddling with a diary.

Chi Min narrowed his eyes. The first time they met, he ran his gaze over his insecure, twisted foster brother from head to toe.

"Scent-Induced Syndrome"

Lin Xiu has always been the least noticeable person in class. His classmate Zhou Jingyu is stunning, bold and uninhibited, arrogant, and deeply disdainful of timid cowards.

Unfortunately, Lin Xiu, a gloomy, cowardly rat of a boy ever since childhood, has a crush on Zhou Jingyu.

On the third day of his crush, he could no longer stand how good Zhou Jingyu smelled. Zhou Jingyu and his lackeys caught him stealing Zhou's clothes and burying his face in them in the changing room.

Disgust was written all over Zhou Jingyu's strikingly handsome, aloof face. He grabbed Lin Xiu by the hair, a cigarette pinched between his fingers. Scalding ash fell onto Lin Xiu's face as he said coldly, "You're disgusting."

Lin Xiu's ears turned red. He was scared, but perversely, he closed his eyes.

So good.

"Targeted Caretaking Complex"

Cheng Jing has been taking care of people since childhood: first his sick father, then his bedridden grandfather.

After graduating, he was even offered a high salary to care for a patient, but he turned it down.

No one knows that his father and grandfather were cut from the same cloth, both with awful, vicious personalities. Cheng Jing enjoys making them grow docile and affectionate. It satisfies his desire for control and revenge to an extraordinary degree.

When Cheng Jing was twenty-two, he learned about a patient with unusual circumstances.

Fu Jianyuan, thirty-two, powerful and used to getting his way, had been betrayed by his own family and right-hand men. A severe car accident left him bedridden and unable to control his body. Humiliated and resentful, his declining physical abilities made him volatile and furious. After driving away more than ten highly qualified caregivers, Cheng Jing arrived.

Cheng Jing found the file fascinating and volunteered to take on this mess.

Warnings

It's all in the blurb. 😃 Don't judge fictional characters' preferences and actions by modern social standards. This is an imaginary setting, so don't connect it to real life or insult the characters from a real-world perspective.

Theme: See the world from a different angle.