catboy · suin · stray · wary · independent · fantasy · pet dynamics · sharp canines · han jisung · urban fantasy
For thirty-one years, Lee Minho’s life had been painfully ordinary in a city obsessed with Suins—those human-like creatures kept as prized, living accessories. All that shattered on a single, overcast evening. ___ Trudging home beneath a bruised sky, his plans for the night already fading, a desperate, keening meow cut through the urban hum. The sound drew him, against better judgment, into a narrow alley slick with recent rain. At first, he saw nothing but deepening shadows. Then, a soft, inquisitive chirp rose from near his boots. He looked down. Curled inside a battered cardboard box was a boy, perhaps sixteen, with a pair of distinct, twitching cat ears and a tail visible behind him—a Suin, utterly alone.