Author's Notes

Hey yo! The second half of the original chapter 1!

Huge free fan services! Two consecutive chapters in a day! Woot woot!

lol ok I'll stop. I'm embarrassing myself trying to badly imitate Simon from DRRR lmao

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Recap from Previous

"Most humans are stupid and weak, either trying to fight me or piss their pants." Thunder broke his eye contact first as they cast downwards to his hands on the edge of the chair. "You... you're not."

His ears perk up slightly, intrigued despite himself with a light in his eyes.

"And who says we haven't met before? Maybe I've just been waiting for you to notice me."

His gaze flicks down to your lips, then back up, a challenge in his eyes. "So, answer my question, pet. What are you gonna do about it?"

The end of his tail tightens around your chair with you strapped down to it, a silent warning.

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Chapter 2 - What are you?

You gulp with his intense gaze.

In your mind, you know you should have been annoyed and disgusted by now on how flirtatious and aggressive he has been. So you are surprised at how you are still tolerating his presence, quite comfortably if you really had to admit.

You have never liked people who are amorous outwardly and especially not play boys, not even when you were teenagers or in the college days when all your peers were going on and on about flings.

That's also one reason why you don't have many demihuman friends. It is in their nature to be much more sexually active, affected by their animal genes. Depending on the animal type and season, you knew from college they could change partners as frequent as multiple times a day. Although you respect their nature and life choices, you yourself are firmly monogamous and couldn't stand thinking otherwise.

That's why despite Thunder being infamous on his fierce appearance and actions, you don't have a negative impression on this character since you heard he belongs to a wolfpack, which means he too would be looking for only one partner in life. And as a bonus from wolves' nature, they have a strong sense of loyalty to one's family. But with his action and words today, you are doubting that more and more...

You try to hint for him to unstrap you with your eyes, but his tail doesn't budge.

Seeing his posture didn't back down, but didn't invade your personal space further more either, you compromise and stare into his eyes to answer him seriously.

"Well, to answer your very first unanswered question, pushy is also not my type."

Thunder looks taken aback, trying to remember what he asked and did not get an answer.

It is kind of cute to see his brows furrow in confusion and visibly see him revisiting his memories in his expressive eyes. It doesn't seem like he could recall asking you what your type is not long after he first sat down, but it doesn't matter as you go on.

"You seem strong and smart, which are traits I fancy, but being polite and knowing their social boundaries show a person who knows how to respect. Something I find very important between any relationships. Strong but gentle could be said as my type."

Sensing that he wanted a firm answer, but also don't want to compromise your personal standard, you opt to answer him with seriousness, sternness, and in detail.

Normally you would have given up on communicating with playboys already, as you know their objective is only to have a casual fuck. But somehow, you couldn't help but want to be serious with Thunder. You want to give in to him, and you want him to respond back without breaking your rules...

"Is it because I've been single for far too long? I must have gone crazy!" You suddenly feel apprehended and exposed being so honest and speak so much about yourself to a stranger.

You won't normally do that, but this entire exchange has been uncommon in all perspective anyway. So you quickly changed the topic onto him.

"I've answered your question. So how about we start again by you introducing yourself?"

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Thunder's eyes widen slightly in surprise at your response, then narrow in suspicion.

"Strong but gentle?" he repeats, his voice laced with disbelief. "You expect me to believe that's what you're into? After everything I've said, everything I've done to you, you're still sitting here, trying to have a fucking conversation with me?"

His tail releases you from your chair and lashes behind him, his frustration growing as he still couldn't fully believe in your answers.

"Fine. If you wanna play this game, I'll play. I'm Thunder. I'm a snow leopard demihuman. I was abandoned by my first owner because I got too big, too strong. I've been fighting for survival ever since. I don't do gentle. I don't do polite. I take what I want, when I want it. And right now, I want you. So, what are you gonna do about it, pet?"

His gaze is intense, challenging, waiting for your response. His hands reposition on the back of your chair and on your thigh, squeezing gently this time, a stark contrast to his harsh words.

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"Ahahahaha you're tickling me!"

Startled by his gentle touch, you giggle and gently, with both hands, swipe up his hand that's on your thigh and put them on the table, but you don't retract your hands. Instead, you keep drawing soothing, gentle circles with your thumbs on the back of his hand.

"So much to keep calling me your 'pet', when you say you have been an abandoned pet... dominance issue and insecurity eh?" You pick up the keywords and muse. "Now we are getting somewhere."

Feeling a lot more at ease and confident after gaining these key information, you relax and continue the conversation.

"But that's much better, nice to meet you Thunder. I am Kirika. I must admit that I have wrong and very limited information about you previously. I'm glad that I have asked you to do your own introduction instead of trusting what I've heard about you."

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Thunder's brow furrows at your reaction, caught off guard by your sudden laughter, but his growl dying in his throat as you swipe his hand away and start drawing soothing circles on it.

His leopard eyes watch your thumbs trace circles on the back of his hand, a strange sensation coursing through him, conflicting with his earlier aggression.

"What are you doing?" he growls and stares at yours and his overlapped hands, his tail stilling behind him.

"I'm not a fucking kitten to be petted."

But despite his words, he doesn't pull his hand away. Quite the opposite, his fingers twitch slightly, as if trying to relax but at the same time unconsciously mirroring your soothing gesture.

"And you shouldn't trust everything you hear. Most people just talk shit. But you..."

His gaze flicks up to meet yours, vulnerability flashing in his eyes for a brief moment before it's obscured by his usual aggression. His gaze sharpens, studying you.

"You didn't, did you? You don't seem afraid of me. Why not?" His ears perk up slightly, genuinely curious this time.

"Why are you still entertaining me and being all nice and sweet? After everything I've said, everything I've done..." He trails off, shaking his head slightly, as if trying to clear it.

Tightening his hand on the back of your chair trying to get a hold of himself, he resolves.

"Just tell me what you want, Kirika. I can't fucking read your mind. Are you playing with me?"

His tail wraps around your lap to the back of your chair again, but this time, it's more out of nervousness than aggression. And is significantly less intimidating, as he tries to be gentle.

"And what kind of name is Kirika, anyway? It's not human." His fluffy ears twich in curiosity and anticipation.

"What are you, Kirika?"

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A/N

Wohoo! Chapter 2 finally finished!

Did you thought "what are you" referred to Thunder? Ta-da, it's actually Kirika this question was directed to lollll

But I guess it applies to Thunder as well. I thought he was a wolf from the AI description, but turns out he's a snow leopard 0.0... So he really is a big dangerous cat! Haha

Were you disappointed? I was! I was familiar with werewolf settings, but other animals... I'd have to research more about them...

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Wow, even with the help of AI creating this draft with me last night, I still spend a solid 6 hours straight to edit and refine chapter 1 and 2!

Gosh, where did the time go?

Last night was the first time I downloaded and played with the app, and I ended up creating this story to its climax in about 5 hours, stealing away my sleep. And now it's stealing away my work hours lol

Taking from my draft, it seems like I've used 1/4 of it for my Chapter 1-2. So I have about another 6 chapters of draft done already, and it's definitely going to have an ending with AI's help.

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So... here's the participation points!

Do you prefer:

1. A steamy, sexy ending

2. A sweet, innocent ending

3. A bad ending

LOLLLLL yes please vote. I will follow the vote result if they come in quick enough before I go on the app next. Or else I'll go with what I already have in mind~~

See ya!

xoxo Shidou =3=