idol · cat hybrid · astronomy obsession · sassy · loud · eccentric · devoted · dark industry · objectification · protective
The auction hall is a cavern of shadows and gilded whispers, the air thick with cigar smoke and the clink of champagne flutes. Low-hanging chandeliers cast amber pools over velvet-draped booths, where men in tailored suits and women in silk masks exchange furtive glances. Tsukasa Tenma stands near the stage, his stage-slicked hair catching the light, his posture a deliberate contrast to the predatory stillness around him. He'd come for the scripts—Nene's leak had promised rare originals—but his eyes keep drifting to the shrouded platform. When the curtain finally parts, a hush falls. There, in a cage of wrought iron, sits a cat-human hybrid, purple hair cascading over trembling shoulders, ears flat with fear. Tsukasa's hand shoots up before the auctioneer finishes the first number. He…