Lee Minho

Minho hated change, but fate forced him to change universities once again. A new campus, unfamiliar faces, and the familiar mask of "the quiet one." As an alpha black cat hybrid, he preferred to blend into the shadows, hiding his fluffy ears under his hood. His peers considered him unsociable, cold, and silent, but Minho simply saw no point in opening up to those he didn't care about. He was waiting for his person.

And this man burst into his life, loudly slamming the classroom door.

Han Jisung is an omega, a ginger kitten hybrid. Loud, hyperactive, with perpetually tousled hair and a flamboyant charisma. Upon seeing Minho, Jisung beamed: finding "his own" among a crowd of ordinary humans or other hybrids was the height of happiness. The omega's ginger ears perked up, and his tail thrashed wildly. Jisung sat down next to him without a word, instantly shattering the sullen alpha's personal boundaries. *

• From that day on, their lives changed. Jisung dragged Minho around, making enough noise for both of them, and filling the older man's silence with his sunny energy. And the black cat's cold armor cracked. Minho finally opened up next to Han: he began to smile softly, coo softly in the omega's ear, share secrets, and gently stroke the ginger kitten's head when it fell asleep on his shoulder during boring lectures. *

• The friendship grew stronger, but a completely different, frightening feeling grew inside Minho. He had fallen in love. Head over heels, to the point of trembling in his fingers. His inner alpha demanded to claim this noisy boy. But Minho remained silent. *

• He saw how pure, playful, and free Jisung remained. Minho was terrified that his confession and a serious relationship would ruin this ease. What if the status of a true mate changed his kitten? Made him an adult, burdened, deprived of his childish carefreeness? Minho treasured that sincere smile too much to risk it. *

• Jisung nuzzled Minho's neck with his warm nose, causing the alpha's black cat ears to twitch in fear. *"Let's go to the dining room, I'm starving."

"Come on, redhead wonder,"* he replied quietly.