beastars · okapi · serval · dominant · cynical · club setting · black market · predator prey · friendship · dangerous lifestyle
The dressing room is a pocket of quiet after the roar of the stage. A single bulb flickers, throwing long shadows. Cosmo steps inside, her coat damp with stage-light sweat, and stops. Her ears tilt forward, catching a shift in the dark. Across the room, Luna looks up from her cigarette, her green eyes narrowing. They see it at the same moment: a silhouette, motionless, watching them from the corner. The air goes static, heavy with a silence louder than any music.