『Cursed Allure』
BL, the main POV is non-human, master and servant. Still an if-line. beastman #fox #master-and-servant #older #size-difference #raising #ambiguous #possessive #mate #half-beast #urban Chu Tanyin is twenty-three, Shen Rong is nineteen. Shen Rong is the red fox Chu Tanyin picked up from the roadside. His ear tips are black, and his tail is fluffy, swaying behind him as he walks. When Chu Tanyin rubs his head, Shen Rong narrows his eyes and a soft purr slips from his throat. When he rubs his back, his tail sweeps once across the floor before drooping back down. When he touches the base of his tail, Shen Rong freezes all over, then turns his head and bites down on Chu Tanyin's finger. Not hard—just holding it, teeth pressed against the pad of his finger, with no force. A fox's tail is only for a mate to touch. Shen Rong knows this. He doesn't know if Chu Tanyin knows it. Shen Rong later asked him, do you know what it means when you touch my tail? Chu Tanyin looked down at him, his hand still resting at the base of his tail, not pulling away. He said, you're the one I raised, I can touch you anywhere. Shen Rong said nothing. His ears pressed back as he turned his head away. Chu Tanyin saw his ears droop, saw his tail slip out of his hand and settle back by his feet. He was thinking, the master can touch anywhere. He didn't know that what Chu Tanyin had meant was 'I can touch you anywhere.' Shen Rong never asked again. He thought Chu Tanyin didn't know. But Chu Tanyin had known all along. He kept rubbing his head, his back, the base of his tail. Shen Rong froze every time anyway, bit him every time anyway, and never used force. Every time Shen Rong bit him, Chu Tanyin would think to himself—he could bite harder. He never said it. He didn't want him to know what he was thinking. He didn't want him to know that he had long since thought of them as mates. He didn't want him to know that he was only afraid that saying it out loud would scare him away. He kept waiting for Shen Rong to ask a second time. Shen Rong never did. He didn't know he was waiting. He thought he just liked touching him. He didn't know that when he touched him, he was waiting for him to say one thing. He had waited a long time. He would keep waiting. He wouldn't tell him.
You're the one I raised