Chapter 148 (Beastars)

When I Woke Up I Thought Morning Would Come (目が覚めたら朝はくると思っていた) is Chapter 148 of the manga Beastars written and illustrated by Paru Itagaki, published in the Weekly Shōnen Champion of the Akita Shoten publishing house.

Synopsis
After allowing Haru to enter his room, Legoshi remains paralyzed and ponders how whenever he sees Haru, he "usually" feels discombobulated and uncomposed. Even though he has spent the last few days drinking Kopi Luwak, hanging out with Louis and the Shishigumi, and even getting a tattoo on his left shoulder, Legoshi feels that tonight none of that matters because of what his canine nose is picking up. Legoshi seriously raises the idea that Haru slept with a male, so he tries fiercely to find out what kind of animal he is by sniffing at her. Haru asks him if he has any air freshener, and Legoshi, thinking that she is trying to destroy the evidence, asks her why. Haru honestly replies that his room stinks like a male wolf. Legoshi sprinkles all his room with the air freshener and after seeing Haru, Legoshi smiles and allows her to stay. Shortly after, Legoshi being happy that he can be with her, serves tea to Haru, who only came to Beast Apartments because of that scary thing that happened with Melon, who hugged her out of nowhere, then stabbed himself and was taken to the nurse's office, so everything turned out all right in the end. Haru decides not to tell Legoshi as to not make him worry about her, while Legoshi only focuses on continuing to sniff her. Noticing Haru spacing out, Legoshi asks her if she is enjoying campus life, but Haru immediately realizes his intentions and asks him directly what he is suspecting of her, and points out that his tail was up. Being cornered, Legoshi confesses and Haru scolds him and declares that she will not allow him to refuse her advances and restrict her freedom, because he always rejects her when she tries to kiss him among other things. Legoshi, totally losing the discussion, resigns himself to saying that it is too risky, physically, socially and economically. Haru claims him for being a "smart aleck", but Legoshi considers the physique difference between wolves and rabbits, the risk of getting a hybrid child that could end up like Melon, and that pure-blood marriages can get you government subsidies. Haru points to the fact that they still don't know for sure if it is risky "physically", so to find out if their physiques are compatible with each other, Haru asks Legoshi to show her his penis, puzzling him. Haru is persistent and it is if she is giving him an ultimatum. Haru claims that Legoshi is always trying to eat her, so tonight she is going to try to eat him. While disturbed, Legoshi agrees on the condition that she turn off the lights first, feeling that although this may gross out Haru, ever since the day he fell in love with her, he has had in mind that if their roles were reversed, him being a female rabbit and her a male wolf, he would have gladly let her ravish him and eat him. While Haru examines Legoshi's penis, he apologizes and Haru replies that it is not so bad that he needs to apologize, claiming to be happy that he showed it to her by giving them the chance to close the gap between them, as she thought that he wasn't going to let her see it. She comments that just looking at it isn't going to help her know whether they can have sex.

Seeing their fur float in the air of his unclean room, while the street-lights shine on the floating fur and give out a sense of fantasy, Legoshi decides to ignore issues about hybrids, the misfortune that comes from mixed marriages, and all that society stuff. He will leave it all behind if they can be together in his room where no one can get between them, then maybe he should consider the idea of ​​sleeping with Haru. After turning on the light, Legoshi thinks there are other things he should do before sex, revealing to Haru that he has false teeth, which Haru finds very funny, but after getting serious, she asks him about the bandage on his ear. Legoshi lies to her, saying that he tripped, which Haru does not believe at all, betting he got hurt in other places too. She claims that when all's said and done, Legoshi is a carnivore and a wolf with instincts that tell him to be violent and to cross bridges that lead him into danger, and that those instincts are just plain immature. Haru pulls him to his bed and declares that she is going to get him living like a grown-up little by little, and asks if that will be a problem. Legoshi answers no and assures that they just need to work on knowing more about each other little by little, although maybe they overdid it tonight. The next morning, Legoshi wakes up next to a bulky blanket covered in what appears to be blood.

Characters

 * Haru
 * Legoshi
 * Melon (flashback)

Important Events

 * Hau sleeps in Beast Apartments with Legoshi.
 * Legoshi awakens next to a bulky blanket stained in red.

Trivia

 * Legoshi reveals to Haru that he has false teeth.
 * This is the second time that Legoshi and Haru sleep together.