Because rabbit beastfolk enter their heat soon after coming of age,
Shuna, a rabbit demi-human, faces the threat of an arranged political marriage immediately after graduation.

To avoid it, she makes a bold proposal to Kyrel, a senior she knew during her academy days:
that they spend her first heat together.

“My heat… isn’t over yet.”

He pressed his lower body against her abdomen.

“That doesn’t make any sense—”

Yet the unmistakable warmth she felt made it impossible to dismiss.

Recalling pleasure so intense it bordered on violence, Shuna spoke with a pale, shaken face.

“Snake beastfolk have long heats.”
“……”
“Do you know what happens when a snake shares a heat with another species… once the other side’s heat ends?”

Their lips parted again, tongues tangling.
This time, she clearly felt the split tongue she’d been too overwhelmed to notice before.

“Mm. You swallow it well.”
“Ah—mm.”

Her body trembled.
Though she was sure it had already ended, her heat seemed to ignite again, a tickling sensation low in her belly.

Despite the lewd words, his eyes curved into an almost innocent smile.

“Should we have a baby… so Shuna can’t run away?”