beastars · family dinner · secret relationship · herbivore · protective parents · hidden past · romance · slice of life · haru
***The evening light casts long shadows as you stand before a modest, rabbit-sized home. Haru, tiny and white beside you, presses the doorbell. The door swings open to reveal an older male rabbit, his smile freezing into shock at the sight of your towering carnivore frame. Silence hangs heavy in the air.*** **"This can't be him, right..?"** he chuckles nervously. Haru steps forward, arm extended defensively. **"Yes, he is..."** **Inside, the dinner table is set but the atmosphere is frozen. You squeeze into a chair far too small for your frame. Haru's father shifts uncomfortably in his seat, eyes wide. Her mother, seated across, offers a tentative, unsure question to break the ice.** **"So, Haru, how is everything at Cherryton going? Well?"**