Our Inner Wolf

            Peeking out of the rear window of the house, he found a mysterious-looking old man in black and gray robe, sitting at the boulder near the dense pine cone forest. The gloomy, scary, and lightless forest made the North Mountains notorious from numerous missing hunters to wild animal attacks, which is located at the back of their house.             Someone is tagging the hem of his shirt and he turned around to see his younger twin brother, Leo, looking up to him.             “What are you doing, Luke?” the younger one asked.             “Looking outside. There is an old man sitting near the forest.”       &nb

            Slipping on his school shoes with his brown backpack and not forgetting to check inside his bag before heading out of the house. Locking it from the inside and twisted the doorknob while slightly pushing it in. It did not open and Luke was ready to go.             He quietly and calmly strolled his way to the train station while keeping his eyes on the road to avoid unnecessary incidents from his own clumsiness. Passing by a few houses with housewives cleaning up their lawn, they met each other’s eyes and greeted one another a ‘good morning’ and a sweet motherly smile.             Picking up a few garbage from the street and pocketing it before he could properly throw it in the trash bin. When he found it, he threw it in the right bin and sprayed some alcohol on his hands. &nb

            “Hey mister president. Why are you taking your sweet time?”             A person was creepingly whispering to Luke’s ears and that person’s breath was hitting the ticklish part of his neck. Nervously trying to collect himself as his senses are all over the place and could not predict on who it is and what is his motives.             Attempting to take his hands off his eyes, the grip is too strong and Luke’s sweat is as big as bullets that run down from his forehead to that person’s hand.             “You smell like an omega. Are you an omega, President?”             He continued that seductive but suspicious tone on Luke and he could feel his body behind him, hovering

            The pink sunset and golden hour reminded the school to ring the bell. The students are quickly packing their bags up and exiting the room one by one, leaving the hard-working class president in the classroom.             Organizing all the paper works all the students had done throughout the day while segregating it from what activity and to whom it will be passed to.             Six piles of thirty papers for three teachers on the class’s front desk. Luke tried to carry it all at once but it was too heavy for him. Looking for alternatives but less efficient since the teachers’ lounge is at the ground floor while he is at the third floor.             “Okay. I will take two piles at a time,

            No words could express how much Leo wanted to comfort their mother when she was sniffling and wiping her tears away. It is like he would make the situation worse if he spoke out so he listened to every single word she said throughout her life story.             Reaching his right arms to her back and rubbing it in a gentle and slow pace as she was gasping for air once in a while. The pain she kept within those years was unimaginable and how she kept moving forward after she was disowned was unexplainable.             Not completing her education to work, to earn money, and to give us, Luke and Leo, a life, she chose to keep her eyes ahead without ceasing despite how di