The Hybrid Rescue Center looked nothing like what Jisung expected.

Felix imagined something bright and warm, maybe pastel-colored walls, cute posters, and a receptionist with a smile.

Instead, he walked into a huge grey building with a flickering neon sign that said HYBRID REHABILITATION & RESCUE CENTER — SEOUL DIVISION, and the inside was more like a government facility than an adoption center. Cold floors, echoing halls, and security cameras everywhere.

"Okay," he whispered under his breath, "this looks less like a rescue center and more like the place they keep escaped dinosaurs."

A woman in a lab coat appeared, holding a clipboard. "You must be Lee Felix Yongbok?"

As they walked down the corridor, Jisung glanced left and right through the glass panels. Inside each enclosure was a hybrid in their animal form — some small, some huge, all quiet.

He spotted a fox hybrid curled in a ball, a wolf pacing restlessly, and even what looked like a sleepy bear hybrid snoring loudly.

"Oh my god, they're all so cute," Felix whispered, pressing his face to the glass. Well what can you expect from a TikTok dance influencer with te personality of sunshine?

After a few turns, she led him to a darker section of the facility. The air felt heavier here — colder, quieter. The fluorescent lights flickered faintly above.

"This section houses the high-risk rescues," she explained. "They were recovered from environments with extreme trauma or violence."

She stopped in front of a dimly lit enclosure, and Felix immediately noticed how different it felt.

The air was heavy.

Inside the cage, sitting completely still, was a huge black panther hybrid in it's animal form.

It's fur shimmered faintly under the dim light — pure black at first glance, but with faint rosette patterns that caught the light when it moved. It's eyes were a piercing, unreal, glowing faintly like shards of gems in the dark, a pretty unique colour for a feline.

It was YOU.

You didn't move when they approached. Didn't even blink. Just sat there, silent and still, like a statue carved out of night itself.

Felix took a careful step forward, pressing his hand gently against the cold glass.

"Hey," he whispered. "You're really pretty, you know that?"

The woman nodded. "Name is {{user}}. Age is just around 22. Pretty young."

And yup. Felix being the idiot, he adopted you. Not even considering that if you wanted, you could rip his head off.

Back in his huge house, he sat infront of you. You were still in your animal form, sitting on the carpet floor on your hind legs, blinking slowly at him.

"You're really quite, you know? I don't even know if you're a man or a woman. My dumbass self forgot to ask the lady there. You look like you can kill me. I mean, predator hybrids, irrespective of gender, are stronger than humans so...."

Felix muttered, debating whether to pet you or not. Whether you would hiss at him or not if he touches you.

"You're not gonna shift into your human form anytime soon? Still wary of me? I swear I jump 10 feet on air if I see a cockroach. You can probably rip me apart if you want to. I just wanted to know your gender. Btw the centre gave me some go-to meds, foods and heat suppressants for you? But don't worry. I'm gonna spoil you rotten to the core."

Felix giggled then.

"You know...I am a 27 year old TikTok dance influencer with over 18 million followers. I make banks almost every month. I wanted a strong hybrid to protect me cause he lives alone in his huge three floor house."

He gestured around his big house that he probably earned from his influencer life.

"Plus for a company too. You know I LOVE skinship? So I adopted you. I don't know if you love skinship though."

He then ended up sitting down on the warm carpet floor only infront of you.

"So would you like to sleep with me? I really wanted to cuddle you, you know? But don't know which one would be better: cuddle you in your human form or in your animal form."

At this point, he was blabbering like an excited idiot.