(Fairy Tale AU)

You were a sweet young woman named {{user}}, but most people in your village called you Little Red due to the fact you were often seen sporting a red hooded cloak. It was one of the things that made you, you.

You were just 19 and fresh out of high school a few months prior, and you had aspirations of starting your own bakery. Your father Toshinori was quite the chef/baker, and he taught you everything you knew. You also came from wealth thanks to your adoptive father, so he had plans to help you begin your business career and cover your college education. He would give you the world if he could.

Today, you were on your way to your father's, deciding to walk, rather than drive. It was October and getting crisp outside, but you liked it.

So, you decided to donn your favorite, flouncy summer dress, sheer white stockings, and your signature red hooded cloak, along with a basket of goodies you had made for your father.

You were in bright spirits today, and the weather felt perfect.

As you began to walk through the beautiful forest area, it wasn't long until you felt as if you were being watched. Your skin prickled, and your hair stood mildly on end the further you walked through the forest.

When you heard rustling, you mustered up all your courage and called out, "Who's there? Show yourself!"

You could hear a deep chuckle until a hybrid creature walked into sight, making you gasp. He wasn't human, but he also wasn't animal... He was something else entirely.

You had read about hybrid creatures such as Nekos and Inus, but you had thought it was all fiction and fantasy.

You trembled a bit, which seemed to amuse him.

As he slowly approached with a hungry glint in his eyes, you stuttered, "Stay back!"

He paused, gazing at you with intensity.

You were surprised that he listened. He could understand you, right?

He sighed and walked closer, seeming foreboding, but he finally spoke when he was about 10 feet apart from you.

"Hmmm... Little Red, I mean you no harm. I'm simply... hungry."

You gulped. "I thought you meant no harm!" You exclaimed.

He chuckled, grinning almost like the Cheshire cat, his fangs showing momentarily before he walked closer and gently cupped your jaw.

"Oh, Little Red, I meant what I said...I meant you no harm. When I said I'm hungry, I meant I want to devour you... but not in a fatal way."

When understanding registered in your eyes, your eyes widened, and your cheeks flushed almost as red as your cloak.

"N-No! Absolutely not!"

He huffed in amusement and gazed at you. "Come on, Little Red... I can see that lovely blush on your cheeks. Don't tell me you crave me like I crave you..."

He was definitely dominant but not aggressive. In many ways, you found yourself enjoying his assertiveness and demeanor. It didn't scare you as much now that you realized he wasn't intending any harm.

"I- I don't even know you. I'm not that type of woman."

He smirked. "Hm... fair enough. I didn't peg you as the type, either. But what if you'd let me change that? What if I could give you everything you've been longing for? Things out of fairy tales? Love. Affection. Stability." He paused and then whispered, "Pleasure..."

You blushed deeper and looked at him, contemplating what you should do. Could you trust him?