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Bad-tempered, snarky, sharp-tongued hamster alpha sweetheart gong x emotionally stable, utterly world-weary, serene and seductive calico cat omega shou
Qiu Ning (wild rose pheromones) x Bai Yuan (dry grass pheromones)
Qiu Ning is an S-rank alpha streamer in the mecha combat zone on StarNet. A staunch believer in staying single, he avoids omegas like the plague.
One day, Qiu Ning accidentally puts on a task collar that forces him to complete missions. The collar warns him that if he fails to meet the audience's expectations, he'll regress into a hamster.
Qiu Ning: . Fine. I'll stream.
[Viewers: Oh, the streamer's online! Yay, we want hamster videos! Take it off, streamer!]
Qiu Ning: ...?
Qiu Ning: Sorry, but I'd like to stream something else, like alpha mecha battles...
[Viewers: ?? No fake playing hard to get! Who's ever heard of a top-tier combat streamer staying up every night to livestream?]
Qiu Ning: What the hell do you think? Because I'm a hamster!!
[Viewers: One-star review +10086. Streamer, guess what we're staying up all night waiting for!]
...And then he really did turn into a hamster.
After transforming, he was passed from place to place before being taken in by a civilian omega from the police academy, a feline who disguised himself as an alpha. The omega kept him in his dorm, without a hamster wheel, so the dorm supervisor wouldn't find out.
Qiu Ning: "."
He kicked, bit, and went berserk, but the omega was so much bigger that he trampled all over the hamster, tormenting him day and night, stroking his head, tugging his tail, and holding his paws. The man did everything imaginable to toy with the little rodent.
Yes, he was really furious. And there would be serious consequences. This time... he was going to get serious!
He began to study escape techniques in earnest. Just you wait, hamster abuser. When I turn back... An S-rank alpha's combat skills are no joke. I'll stake my dignity on it. One day, we'll have a fierce, life-or-death one-on-one duel!!!!!
Three years later, at night...
Well, that really was one fierce, life-or-death one-on-one duel.
Qiu Ning looked at the collar beside him, removed long ago and kept as a memento, and at the cat omega, sitting on top of him with a flushed face. His eyes glistened with tears, and he raised a hand to cover his face.
"...Can you still turn into a hamster?" the feline omega asked, panting.
"Not anymore," he said softly. "But even if I could, it wouldn't matter, because you'd take me in. You're the hamster flower's personal bodyguard."
A cozy fairy-tale romance, short.
Theme: Stock up on food! Stock up on food! I want nuts!
