Chapter 7

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While waiting for Lupus I decided to do some light stretches. "Keylan!" Mike again. He came jogging over to me. "Hi." He stopped right in front of me panting really hard.

"Mm, hi."

"What are you doing here? Do you also jog using this route?"

"Um, yeah. S-sometimes." Lupus please don't come out now.

"Okay. Then, are you taking a break now?" I nodded while checking the woods for Lupus. "Wanna jog together?"

"Um, no thanks. I'm waiting for someone."

"Someone? Who?"

"No one." Just leave me alone, person!

"O-kay. Then, I'll leave you to it. See ya." He continued his jog away from me.

Lupus came right after, in wolf form and with a rabbit in his mouth. "Jesus!" I jumped in shock after seeing all the blood in his mouth.

"Woof!"

"Why did you- oh my God." For a second there, I forgot I live with a predator. "Just finish your snack before we go back." I turned my back on him but I could still hear him rip the meat off the poor rabbit.

We went back after he was done eating. His face was covered in blood. Luckily there weren't many people in the streets. He immediately went to bath while I was making lunch.

He came back into the dining room naked. "No! Why are you naked?" I covered my eyes embarrassed. You'd think I'd be used to seeing him naked after two weeks of living together.

"It's hot in here. Clothes are hot."

"You have to wear clothes. Go back." He growled before going back to the bedroom then coming back covered. "You said you wanted to be more like humans so you have to always be covered."

He collapsed onto the couch. "But it's so hot. These pants are burning my-"

"Don't! Don't say it."

"You still feel embarrassed." He grinned cunningly.

"No." I sat next to him. "I don't. I just don't want to hear you say it."

He nodded. "Okay." Still grinning.

I handed him his sandwich. He's not like other dogs. Most of the things dogs can't eat he can eat them without any problem. But I didn't risk giving him chocolate. He's now addicted to peanut butter though.

The sun set not after a while of us watching random things on TV. He's gotten used to watching TV now.

"Why do humans eat each other's faces?"

"Wait, what? They're not eating each other's faces. They're kissing." I chuckled.

"What? Humans kiss like that? Don't you lick each other's faces?"

"No. That's gross. Connecting lips is romantic. Licking a face is disgusting since people sweat."

"Romantic? What's that?"

"H-how can I put this. Something romantic is something that is beautiful? In a way that affects your feelings? Yeah, I think that's right. When two people kiss it shows their love."

"Oh. Like this?" He suddenly pecked my lips. I froze. I can already feel my face burning. "Like that?" He grinned innocently.

"You uh, you didn't have romance in your pack before?"

"I don't know. I did see couples but I don't know if there was romance in their bonds."

"Bonds?"

"Yeah. Mom told me that at any random age, after a full moon werewolves start to crave."

"Crave? Crave what?"

"I don't know. She said I'll know once it starts and to be prepared."

"Oh." Why am I getting nervous? I stood up and took our dishes to the kitchen. "Oh, it's a full moon today." He immediately ran out to the yard. He threw off his clothes, turned into wolf then started howling like crazy. I went and sat behind him. Listening to him and the neighborhood dogs howling is calming. I grinned while staring at the moon.

I ended up falling sleep while leaning on the wall.

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Slowly, my eyes slid open. I'm in bed and it's already morning. I remembered falling asleep outside while listening to Lupus. Wait, I'm in someone's arms.

I slowly and carefully turned my head to see whose large arms I'm in. It's Lupus and he's sleeping peacefully. I'm guessing he brought me to bed. But why did he turn back into human?

Wait, I looked down behind me. He's naked! Oh my God!

My heart's racing so fast.

I tried scooting out but he closed his arms, locking me into his embrace. I can't move. How am I gonna get out of this? This is really bad.

I can feel his hot body and soft breaths. My face started burning a little.

After a while his arms loosened and I was able to escape. I stared at my flustered face in the bathroom. Then I noticed a tent in my pants.

I took a cold shower then went to prepare breakfast. He came to the dining room while I was eating. "Ah~" He moaned still half sleep.

"Why not sleep in, you look tired."

"Ah~"

"When did you uh, take me to bed last night?"

"I think maybe 11?"

"So late? No wonder you look tired. But today I want us to go out." He immediately woke up.

"Outside?"

"Yes. I think you need more clothes."

"Why not buy online? I don't want to go out again."

"Again with your fear of people. I told you, no one will do anything to you. Now eat your breakfast then go take a shower after." He did as told.

Then came time to go out. He took my hand before I opened the door. "You want to hold my hand again?" He nodded. "Okay, you big baby." We left.

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HE HAS TERRIBLE COLOUR COORDINATION. Literally everything he chooses is disgustingly wrong. I ended up chosing outfits for him since he was taking so long. It was really hard to find sizes that actually fit him since he's so big.

But he didn't freak out after we entered the store. He was actually excited to find clothes that didn't inflame his *ahem* part.

After a couple of hours in the mall we went back home with a taxi. Like a true dog, he had his head out the window with his tongue out the entire ride back. I'm sure the taxi driver found him weird but didn't say anything.

"Today was fun!" He exclaimed while collapsing onto the couch.

"Yeah, for you maybe. I'm exhausted. Why aren't you tired? Especially since you did most of the carrying." He shrugged. I sat next to him.

"What's for dinner? Oh, let's have pizza."

"Absolutely not. We just bought all these clothes so we have to save some money now." He pouted like a toddler.

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"Please don't go." He begged me not to leave.

"I told you that I have class today. And you promised to stop with your babying about me going to school."

"But today you'll be gone for the entire day." He gave me the puppy eyes.

"Stop it." I turned my back on him. I'm weak to those eyes. "You can survive one day. And I taught you how to make your own food." I took my bag. "I trust you to lock the door once I leave. Again, don't let anyone in."

"I got it." He sat on the couch still sulking.

"Bye. I'll see you later." I left. I waited to hear the door locked before actually leaving.

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Finally lunch. I definitely need a break. I wonder what Lupus is doing. He's probably finishing all the peanut butter again. I remember the first time I left him alone. I found him with 10 empty jars of peanut butter, don't ask why I had 10 jars of peanut butter at home. He's the one with the addiction not me.

I grinned to myself thinking about him.

Suddenly, someone sat next to me. It's Holland. I immediately got annoyed. "Okay, I can't keep this up anymore. It's been two weeks now. Please talk to me."

"Why?"

"We're friends. Our friendship can't just end like this."

"Why do you insist so much on trying to fix this friendship?"

"Because we're friends, true friends. I really don't want to loose you as a friend." I sighed. I don't know anymore.

I'm definitely not mad at them anymore but I don't want to associate myself with them anymore either.

"Fine. Just give me some time to think about it." He nodded with a soft grin.

After a little while I went back to class.

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Sigh, finally time to go home. While leaving the science building I saw a group of people gathered around the main entrance. Wonder what's going on.

"Wow, who's that? He's so big?"

"I know right. Does he have a girlfriend?"

"I knew it, you b*tch. You're out looking at other guys while your boyfriend is away again."

"No I'm not. I'm just admiring the view. Wow! God wasn't playing when He build him. Wow!"

"You're terrible."

Who are they talking about? There are a lot of people so I can't see. I tried passing some of them to see then immediately froze. Lupus? What-what-what! I ran to him.

"Lupus?!" His face lit up after he saw me.

"Keylan!"

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