Let Me Ruffle Your Fur a Little

‘He’s so cute I want to kick him flying through the air.’ Bai Yao runs a seafood restaurant in a seaside town. One day, he saw a small sentient sea otter being bullied. Out of pity, he helped out the little sea otter. The sea otter acts quite defensively, baring his teeth, all while still covered in wounds yet to heal. His way of saying thanks, is gifting Bai Yao an oyster in his pocket that’s been sitting there for who-knows-how-long. Bai Yao ends up bringing the wounded and exhausted little sea otter back to his restaurant, giving him food and a shower. Though the sea otter is still quite scaredy and defensive. He wouldn’t let Bai Yao rub his cute little face, or even ruffle his fur....