The Carnivorous Beast Beauties Are Dying to Devour This Herbivorous Beast Me - 5

Chapter 5: Tch… This Is Why Real Beasts Are…

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“Huh? If it isn’t Squirrel-chan!”

“Miran~ Your beloved childhood friend is here~”

“Squirrel-chan is as adorable as ever!”

As soon as lunch break arrived, I quickly grabbed my bento and bolted out of my classroom. I went straight to another class. My destination, of course, was Miran’s classroom. 

“He’s not my ‘beloved’ or anything like that! Haru, it’s rare for you to come to my class.”

“Well… I was just trying to escape the interrogation from my classmates…”

“Interrogation… Haru, did something happen?”

“No, it’s just…”

I pushed an empty desk against Miran’s desk and grabbed an empty chair. Then, I sat down and opened my bento while telling Miran the incident that happened with Yukiya-san this morning. 

“…So, basically, you didn’t actually hate it, did you?”

“No, that’s not what I’m talking about—”

“HMMMMMMMM???”

Miran puffed out her cheeks a bit and gave me a sharp, sideways glare.

Huh? Did I… Did I just step on another landmine?

“Well, I get it~ I really do~ After all, tall, cool beauty types like Seira-chan re right up your alley, right, Haru?~”

“Wait. Chinatsu is one thing, but why does everyone know my… Uhh… Preferences so well?”

“Ah, right. I will return the doujinshi that I borrowed from you later. It was… Really useful….”

“Borrowed…. Huh?! Wait, what?! When did you even…?! No, wait! What do you mean by ‘useful’?!”

“Do you really want to know…? Of course, it’s for mas—”

“YOU DON’T NEED TO SAY IT!!!”

UWAGHHHHHH!! SO EMBARRASSINGGGGG!!

I knew Miran came over to my house a lot. She was my childhood friend after all, but still… I never imagined she had discovered my secret stash…

“Well, it’s not like I did it because… No, that’s not important. What did Seira-chan say to you again?”

“Huh? Well… Something like I’ve been marked by a wolf or something?”

“Ahhh…” (realization)

“By wolf, I guess she meant Chinatsu, right? But I don’t understand the ‘marking’ part…?”

“Well, isn’t it that? You must be lathered in Chinatsu’s scent, right?”

“No, I mean, well, I guess that’s true, but… Can you really smell someone’s scent? To the point you can pinpoint their beastman’s type?”

“Seira-chan is a snow leopard after all… She’s probably super sensitive to smells and stuff.”

“A snow leopard…?”

“Huh? You didn’t know? Most beastmen in this school know about it.”

“I had no idea…”

No, but, a snow leopard, huh… In that case, it made sense why she was rolling around in the snow back then. Snow leopards must be resistant to the cold… But she always wore thick layers of clothing in the winter. Ah, I guess that must be because she didn’t have any fur, unlike actual snow leopards. 

“Snow leopards are similar to wolves, you know? They both have this peculiar habit of marking their territory or possessions with their scent. It’s how they claim something as ‘theirs.’ So… Well, I’m pretty sure that snow leopard has her eyes on you right now.”

“Seriously? Do I really smell that much like Chinatsu?”

“Hmmm~ If I try to sniff you like normal, then you just smell normal? Like a normal human? I can’t really discern the scent if I sniff someone in a normal way~”

“In a normal way…? Does that mean there’s a not normal way to smell someone?”

“The-There is, but… I’m not going to do it, okay? It takes a lot of courage to do it.”

“Courage, you said? Do you really need to be that dramatic?”

“I’m not being dramatic! I would need to suppress my hunger and well, desires. But, well, if you really want me to do it, sure! We can do it at home!”

“Hm? I don’t really get it, but yeah. I will leave everything to you, I guess?”

“Yeah… Fufu~ That means I’ve received your consent, right?♡”

“Huh? Well, yeah? I guess that counts as consent, but I still don’t really get it…?”

“Fufu~ Thank you~♡”

“Anyway, why is Yukiya-san targeting me? You too, Miran. I’ve been wondering why predator types like you have always targeted me since I was little…”

“You… You really need to recognize your own worth already!”

“Huh…?”

“After all, you eat a lot of vegetables on a regular basis, right? You eat nuts pretty often too.”

“…Huh? What does that have to do with this?”

“A lot! You know, like how meat tastes better when you raise them in a good condition? The feed you give to the cows affects the quality of the meat, right? Someone like you, who has been raised so preciously like that since birth, is like a walking super high grade sirloin meat to a carnivore type like me!”

“Wait… That means I’m nothing but livestock to you, right?!”

“…I was joking. I don’t actually want to eat you. Sort of.”

“That better be true….”

“What?! You don’t trust me?!”

“I mean, after what happened this morning, how could I even trust you?!”

“Tha-That! I was just a little bit excited…! Anyway, when you’re right in front of me, my carnivore type instincts get triggered! At least, that’s half of the reason why…”

“Half? There’s more?”

“There is, but…”

Despite already saying that much, Miran trailed off. Her words grew fainter. Her cheeks were slightly flushed in red as she glanced at me shyly before quickly looking away. 

“…Is it hard for you to say it out loud?”

“Ughhhh…. Yo-You’re… You’re actually pre-pretty attractive as a guy…. Yo-Your looks and how kind you are… Ughh! It’s so embarrassing to say all that stuff out loud!”

As she explained it to me, Miran’s voice gradually grew fainter. She took her prized loose, wavy hair in both hands to cover her face. Although her face was hidden, but her ears were bright red. I could see how flushed she was just from her ears alone. 

Wha-What’s this… So embarrassing! Was Miran always this cute…? Somehow, I think my own face is getting warm as well…

“Hey, those two… Are they really not dating? Really? I mean, just look at them!”

“I agree with you. The two of them totally look like a couple, darn it!”

“But well, Sakuraba-san looks super adorable in front of Squirrel-chan. She’s always tsun-tsun in front of us, so seeing her dere-dere side like this is really…”

“So, she only shows her dere-dere side to her childhood friend? Seriously, just explode already you damn squirrel!”

With the way they were glancing at each other shyly, the two of them looked like a couple fooling around to their classmates. During lunch break, Haruku ended up receiving many resentful stares from the boys in class.

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