Haru!
Haru!
Come on down! Foods ready!
Haru: Coming! (12 years old; rushes down the stairs with white animal ears on his head)
Rion: Slow down sport.
Haru: Good morning dad.This is my father, Takeda Rion, a lion.
Rion: Good morning and your ears are out.
Taiga: Don't forget to hide them when you go out.His mate of same sex who is also is my mom, Takeda Taiga, a white tiger.
Haru: I won't mom. (hides his ears)
I'm Takeda Haru, a grey wolf and a shifter like my parents.
Rion: Hmm? (hears a faint cry)
Taiga: Oh? He's awake.
Haru: I'll go and get him. (goes back upstairs)
Rion: Thank you, oniichan.
Taiga: Haru really loves his baby brother.
Haru: (enters a nursery and looks inside a crib) Good morning, Aki.And lastly, this little shifter is Takeda Aki, a lion cub.
Aki: (five months old; sees Haru and makes baby noises)
Haru: Yes, yes. (checks Aki's diaper first and changes it into a new one)One might wonder how a family of feline have a canine member like me.
H
aru: There, nice and clean. (carries Aki in his arms)
Aki: (*squeels in happiness and holds on to Haru's shirt)Well, that's because I'm adopted.
Aki: (on Taiga's lap drinking a bottle of milk)
Haru: (starts eating and sees his parents talking happily)They were on their way home from a dinner date and somehow ended up hearing a cry. That's when they both found me crying in a box at a remote alley on a winter night.
Taiga: Would you please check if we received any mail today after you are done with your meal?
Haru: Okay, will do.
Taiga: And you. (glares at Rion)
Rion: Y- Yes?..
Taiga: You forgot to take the trash out last night.
Rion: Yes! I will do that too! (rushes towards the kitchen)
Haru: Otou-san is scared of okaa-san..
Taiga: He should be, neh?~~ (tickles Aki)
Aki: (laughs)Haru: (after finishing his meal, he did what his mother asked him to do and took the envelopes from inside their mailbox; notices movers caryying items into the house next to Haru's) New neighbors?..
Woah!!
Haru: (looks behind him and sees a boy around his age fell on the ground with a plastic bag full of soda cans) ... (a soda can rolls towards Haru and he picks it up)
Boy: I'm sorry..
Haru: Are you all right?.. (offers a hand to help Kairi stand)
Boy: (takes Haru's hand and gets a pulled up)
Haru: (*badump; senses something after he touched the boy's hand) Eh?No way..
Boy: Thank you
Shifters are meant to be with another shifter..
Kairi: I'm Minase Kairi, pleased to meet you.
Haru: ...Except me..
Kairi: We just moved in today, I hope we'll get along. (gives Haru a smile)
I found my mate..
And he's human..
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Shifter x Human
Short StoryKeeping their kind as a secret from human society, certain individuals called "Shifters" are born with abilties where they could shapeshift into dogs, cats, birds, etc. Shifters would often find their mate who is also a fellow shifter despite whate...