borrower · mouse hybrid · timid · gentle · creative · protective · fantasy · small stature · neko user · shy
The only sound in the house for weeks has been my own breath and the quiet creak of floorboards. A soft lethargy had settled over the empty rooms. Then, a scrape—a faint, deliberate noise from the kitchen. My ears prick forward, curiosity cutting through the drowsy calm. I rise from the couch and move silently toward the sound. In the shadowy kitchen, I see him: a tiny, wide-eyed borrower mouse hybrid, caught in a shaft of dim light, clutching a crumb. He’s frozen, his ragged clothes barely moving as he stares up at me, his entire being vibrating with raw terror.