As a Japanese manga and anime, the currency in Beastars is Yen, it's a pretty stable currency, with 100 yen equal to almost a dollar, the part about the 4,500 yen left is both in the anime and the manga, but him having 432 yen in his wallet is only in the manga, we're never told how much money he actually hides in his shoe, but Haru's thought bubble in the manga shows a 5,000 yen bill, so I assumed the noodles they get totals around 9$ or 900 yen. The hotel prices were actually based on the anime, since the manga had unreadable script. But 29$ is pretty cheap for the room they get, but in the anime, several bills are shown in his shoe, so I assumed they didn't get the 4k yen one. But the New Legosi also wouldn't accept being in a 2,500 yen room for Haru. If anybody has visited japan (jealous) please tell me if these prices are actually accurate for a red light district there.
With farther Adieu, Please read my favorite and longest chapter of this Arc.
We left the Shishigumi's hideout, Louis probably killed the alpha, since I wasn't shot… I know I didn't kill him, I couldn't. My old reason was still telling me, that even this fighting, was all wrong. I'll get hurt, I'll die. I got past the fact that fighting would be necessary, but I still couldn't take his life…
"Did… did you do all of this." Haru asked me, starting at the devastation that Gouhin did… it was brutal, twenty seven lions… all by himself.
"Of course not… I had help." I answered, my own frame being supported by her small one. Although to be honest, I wasn't leaning that heavily into her, my own feet taking most of my weight.
It was several minutes, before she laid me down on a bench, everything was aching, was this what it felt like, to get beaten up in school? My eyes were closed, even breathing hurt.
"Legosi..? Legosi?!" Oh right… I'm Legosi…
"yeah?" my voice came out, I never noticed, in a low baritone, with small grumbles in my chest, which hurt my ribs even more.
"Okay, good. You weren't moving, so I thought you were dead." Heh… No, not dead… just in a lot of pain.
"No… I'm still living." and that's true, I feel, that my mask isn't as important anymore, as long as I can protect her.
"I'm sorry, you did all this for me, but it's my fault." stop it…
"I… you risked your life to save me!" stop… it…
"Haru, it's okay, I'm..." a large growl interrupted what I was going to say, it's origin from my stomach, its pain now overwhelming all the other pain in my body, "hungry..."
We got up, I was able to walk, apparently this carnivore body isn't for show, as we left to find someplace to eat, Haru, her clothes gone, and using my jacket as her only clothing, obviously had no money, and we just went to a cheap place, the food was 900 yen…
They served us after a bit, after the obligatory "eat up"… I started eating.
"You're pretty organized for a 17 year old, I mean, you even hide emergency funds in your shoe." When we were ordering earlier, I remembered I only had 432 yen in my wallet, I was at a loss for a while, before remembering that I unconsciously always put money in my shoe. A callback from when this body… wasn't mine.
"yeah… when I was little, L- my grandpa told me to do that..." crap, I forgot about Legosi's grandfather, he'd be able to tell I'm not the original won't he? Right, just don't contact him, since he's fine keeping his distance.
"So you were a grandpas boy then?" uhh…
"oh.. no, it's just… one of those memories… from childhood" yeah… it's just a memory of the body… and of a work of fiction.
We kept eating, the noodles were cheap, but they tasted good to my starving stomach.
"When we're finished. Lets take the train back." Haru said to me, right… I enjoyed the time we had here, that I forgot, we need to get ba-
"What? The last train left already." The server said. crap… I forgot about that. Wait… It'll take forever to get back to the high school. And in the dark, anybody could jump out at us, I don't think I could fight anymore!
"So uh… how much money do you have?" man… if I knew this was going to happen, I would have put money in both my shoes! Lets see, counting the amount I paid, I hid five thousand in my shoe, the food of 900… only 4532 yen! That's not enough for two rooms…
"About… 4500 yen." crap, her head is looking down, say something. Anything! "Haru… should we... find a place to stay?" not what I should have said!
"Yeah..." whats with that 'yeah'?! Are you excited, depressed, distraught! I can't tell anything!
We finished up our noodles before searching around. Most places a single room was close to six thousand yen. And most of those didn't allow mixed species… the cheapest were shady or love shacks. And the more we walked around, the more awkward I got, as she stopped looking for normal hotels, and started looking for those with mixed species and those with cheap rooms.
Eventually, as we were walking, she stopped me.
"h-hey, Legosi… this place says mixed species couples, how about we stay here?" to my right… was Hotel Rose, a love hotel, it's cheapest room was 2,500 yen.
"but Haru… this is the..."
"yeah, but it's cheap, and they won't ID you for your age..." crap… C'mon, we can't do this. I… I can't be alone with you Haru, not now.
"C'mon, lets go inside, I don't want to stay outside of this place." she has her sights set on this, her voice is level, her posture the straightest it's been tonight. She can't think this is how she should repay me!?
I crouched down to eye level with her, my voice barely a whisper. "are… you sure? I've beaten the bad guys, saved the girl, had a meal… I'm kinda in ma-male mode. What if we're sleeping together, in the same bed! And something happens? You… you don't have to do this..."
She smiled, and began walking towards the entrance. "relax… it'll be alright, you're Legosi, nothing you do could be wrong, you're the great hero of the day..." a-am I? I… I don't love you like he did. My hunting instincts didn't turn into love, I ignored them the first day, I'm just an observer… who likes you.
"-do wolves prefer it hot, or cold?" My internal grief was cut by her asking that question, I had payed for the room, 2980 yen. I couldn't accept the cheapest, but she wouldn't accept me paying 4 thousand for a room. A bad habit I suppose.
"I think… wolves prefer it slightly… cold?" I think that's how they preferred it, argh! I should have read some stuff about them in the library! The A/C controls were by the bedside, a full wall sized mirror was on the right, a good sized TV was in front of the bed, although I bet for how cheap this place was that the channels were terrible.
"Aw... they don't have karaoke here. Oh well." she said as she wandered about the room with unerring familiarity, these rooms are probably mostly the same. And I guess she did have a past history…
"I… I guess, you're quite familiar with hotels like these..." no no! don't ask her that!
"...I am… although… I've never felt this, nervous." don't… don't say that Haru, I'm not Legosi. You shouldn't be falling in love with me. I… I don't want to break your heart…
I sat down on the bed next to her, it bounced her up several times before she grabbed my arm for stability, her heart came through my fur, her small but fast heartbeat thumped against my arm.
"Haru… I'm not..." I stuttered out while looking at her face, before she interrupted me.
"y-y you're clothes… it's best if I wash them and hang them up." I… did she..? think I was about to kiss her? She began pulling my shirt up, stopping once she saw the scars from bill…
"Legosi… you have so many scars… what are they from?" I know this part… it's in my mind a million times, and it's my favorite, but… I embraced her, in the way a carnivore embraces it's prey. My arms around her chest, keeping her arms down. Her neck exposed for a single bite. My instincts told me to take the bite, to devour her until only my jacket was left. I threw them away, they were unneeded at this point. Our heartbeats were similar, although mine was louder, it was a surprise, was I that worked up?
"It started… with you. That cold day, where the only sound was the fountain, ever since that night… everything changed. The… first time you and I met, wasn't at the garden, the one who attacked you behind the lecture hall… was me. I was… about to devour you..." I… I couldn't continue, flashes of that night, a night I didn't live, came flashing to me. The feeling of her skin, the damp cold air, how our heat intermingled… it was too much. Why?! I didn't do this! Why am I seeing it!
"don't worry… actually, I had a feeling you did it… I wasn't suspicious, I just… there were a few times I kinda sensed it… it was why… I didn't know how to feel about you all this time. You… looked so lost afterwards, that I was unsure what your intentions were..." I… Haru… why?
"why..? were you so nice to me if you knew?" I asked despite knowing the answer to this… she had fun… with who I was prete-
"because… you looked the same as me… like you were always close to death..." I… I… what? This isn't… I thought…
"Haru… what if I told you… ever since that day… I never felt like the real Legosi..?" because I'm not… I never should have woken up… I never should have been here…
Her hand reached up to my right cheek, her touch was so soft… "You're the only Legosi, I've ever known… I wouldn't change it for anything." I… am I the only one, who cares? Who cares that I probably snuffed out a young life by existing here! I-
"Legosi… we've been… stuck in this position the whole time… are you going to make love to me..? Or devour me..? Tell me… the choice is all yours." I… my own heartbeat sped up… I couldn't choose either… I…
"H-haru… I can't..." I can't choose… she's… she giggled…
"It's alright, your heartbeat's getting me excited too. This is harder than the fight earlier… isn't it..?" It is, all I had to do was submit to my instincts earlier, but… I can't do that here, I… would devour her. I… need to act… one option is terrible, the other… fills me with dread. I-
"S-Sorry, my… my hands are shaking." they were…
"It's okay, just go slow." wait… that's not… Is this okay? My hands slowly went down from her shoulders, I was being careful not to poke her with my nails, the 6 cm nails that kept growing every day, and made me clip them each morning.
Her frame was small, so small one hand covered her torso, I felt her ribs through her skin. Her breathing as I moved my hands up nearly made me stop before I kept going.
"Ouch!" her voice cried out sharply, I quickly backpedaled, afraid I injured her, "your claws are sharp."
"S-sorry." my hands were held out in the air, afraid if I touched her again it would hurt her.
"It's okay… lets keep going." her voice was calm, calmer than me in any case. "Just relax… why don't we lay down?" she helped my shoes off before scooting up farther on the bed. Her own frame even more minuscule in this position.
"Am I heavy?" I doubt she could even see the ceiling with me over her.
"No..." this… as we continued, her voice, the noises she's making, it-
"Legosi!" I heard her yell before I realized it. Her arm… was practically at my throat, my jaw was open wide, preventing her arm from being harmed by my teeth. Her body was tense, her eyes had this scared look, and her head was close to the front of my jaw as she held onto the side of my head for support.
"I'm sorry Legosi, my body… tried to enter your mouth..." is this… a Herbivore's instinct? Her body… and mine know our relationship… but mine is cowed under my will… I… don't know whether to be thankful, or saddened. She removed her arm from my mouth as I gently closed it.
"I'm sorry… but my body… Tried to get eaten by you." it did… I… should use this opportunity to stop.
"It's okay… don't worry about it." I should be the one worrying, I was the one taking advantage of you.
"But… I feel that if we try a bit harder, we can do this!" no! I had to put that statement of hers down!
"no, no, no! Lets just stop now…" It's for the best.
"but I feel kinda guilty..." I should be the one who's guilty!
"You don't have to worry about me! Males can get over this stuff real quickly if you just leave us be!" what am I even saying? "Let's just go to sleep, yeah..."
"Alright." why did she sound a bit disappointed? "I'll wash your clothes, you need to cheer up."
"No..! I can do that." my voice started as a yell before lowering to close to a whisper.
"C'mon, just leave this to me, alright?" I… I let her. Shortly after, we tried to sleep, well, I tried to sleep, she was out after putting her warm hand on my back… her hand, full of life...
I took this life for granted, I don't exactly know what happened to me before I came here… I've just been treating it like a curse, like I don't belong. But I saved her… I'm glad… I'm glad, her hands are still full of life…
The next morning, we were walking back to school, it was the best sleep I had since I first woke up, the sky was bright, and we were smiling, like last night was forgotten…
"Legosi, there's something important I forgot to tell you."
"Thank you for saving me."