KIBUM’S POV

WHERE IN THE WORLD COULD JINKI HYUNG BE GONE TOO.I WALK AT THIS LARGE MANSION AND CHECK EVERY ROOM,I SIGH KNOWING I DON’T HAVE ANY CHANCE ON FINDING HIM,”WHERE ARE YOU?...”I WHISPERED,I JUST WOKE UP WITHOUT HIM BY MY SIDE,TAEMIN I GUESS IS IN MINHO THE BEAUTIFUL STRANGER HE SAID,ITS FUNNY ON HOW TAEMIN COULD GO TO SOMETHING HIS AFRAID OF,TAEMIN IS GROWING UP SO FAST,BUT IM STILL CURIOUS ABOUT THIS WOLF THING, KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THEM,ALL I KNOW THEY ARE NOT HUMAN BEINGS,BUT THEY ACT ONE SOMETIMES BECAUSE YESTERDAY,JINKI AND I WAS WALKING TO GO TO THE UNIVERSITY BUT SUDDENLY HE STOP AND HIS LIKE SMELLING SOMETHING AND HE WALK WHERE HE SAID THE SMELL IS COMING FROM AND I WAS AT MEAT SHOP,WELL  AFTER THAT I  ENDED UP BUYNG SOME MEAT AND GAVE TO JINKI WHICH HE SERIOUSLY EAT  RAW,I WAS FREAKING OUT AT THAT TIME GOOD THING HE EXPLAINED IT TO ME,IM NOT THE TYPE OF PERSON WHO IS EASILY ADJUST TO NEW SUROUNDINGS,I WALK  AT THE BACKYARD TO SEE IF HE WAS THERE BUT NOTHING,I JUST LAY DOWN AT THE COLD GRASS,AND CLOSE MY EYES,AFTER SOME MINUTES,”YOU CAN GET SICK IF YOU WILL STAY DOWN HERE,”I HEARD JINKI HYUNG’S VOICE I OPENED MY EYES.i SMILED AND PULLED HIS HAIR WHEN I SAW HIS FACE INFRONT OF MINE.”YAH WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?.I WAS FINDING YOU EVERYWHERE”I SAID JINIKI SMILED AND  I SIT UP.JINKI LAUGH.:”I WAS JUST CHECKING MY TERRITORY IF YOU KNOW SOME HUNTERS WILL BE ARRIVING”JINKI SAID AS HE PUT HIS HEAD INTO MY NECK.WHY IS HE SO CUDDLING TODAY?.”HEY YOU ALRIGHT?”I ASK.JINKI HUM MEANS YES BUT IM NOT SURE WITH THIS GUY I MEAN IM WITH A WOLF HERE HE MUST WANT MY FLESH OR SOMETHING.I PULL HIM UP SO I CAN LOOK AT HIM.”HEY ARE YOU SURE?.WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS?’I ASK.JINKI SMILED.I REALLY LIKE IT A LOT WHEN HE SMILE BUT HIS SMILE SHOW SOMETHINGT SO DIFFERERNT TODAY.IM GETTTING WORRIED.”HEY EARTH TO JINKI?”I SAID AND SWAY MY HANDS.”KIBUM CAN I JUST HUG YOU FOR A WHILE…NO….FOR THE WHOLE WEEK?”JINKI ASK.WHAT IS HE TRYING TO SAY?.I SMILED AND SCOFF.”WHAT?WHY?”I ASK.”I CAN’T TELL YOU COME ON LETS GO INSIDE,YOU MUST BE COLD.”JINKI SAID AND STOOD ME UP.HE CAN’T KEEP HIS HANDS TO HIMSELF.WHEN WE WALK.IM TOTALLY NOT USE TO THIS BECAUSE EVEN WITH JONGHYUN HIS NOT LIKE THIS.SO IM NOT USED TO IT.I GRAB HIS HAND FROM MY WAIST AND JUST HELD IT.HE MUST HAVE NOTICE IT AND LOOK AT ME.”YOURE BEING TOUCHY”I MUMBLED.JINKI SCRATCH HIS NAPE.WHAT IS WRONG?

TAEMIN POV

“TAEMIN HYUNG…TAEMIN HYUNG…”I HEARD SOMEONE CALLED AND KEEP ON TOUCHING MY NOSE.I SLOWLY OPEN MY EYES AND SAW YOOGEUN.I SMILED.”HEY”I GREETED AND YAWN.I SIT UP FROM LAYING DOWN.’IM SORRRY IF I WOKE YOU UP…IM JUST BORED”YOOGEUN SAID.I LAUGH.I RUFFLED HIS CURLY HAIR.I LOOK OUTSIDE OF THE WINDOW AND IT WAS STILL SNOWING.”COME ON, MINHO HYUNG PREPARED BREAKFAST FOR YOU”YOOGEUN SAID AND I WAS LITTLE TAKEN A BACK WITH THAT.”MINHO?”I ASK.YOOGEUN NODDED.”YES THE OTHERS ARE NOT OUTSIDE NOR AT THE MANSION.I GUESS THERE OUT SOMEWHERE HUNTING.”YOOGEUN SAID INNOCENTLY.I PULL DOWN MY LEGS AND I CAN STILL FEEL THE PAIN OF MY MUSCLES FROM YESTERDAY.I STOOD UP AND YOOGEUN WAS ALREADY OUTSIDE.I SIGH.”I WISH IM STILL A KID”I SAID TO MYSELF.I WALK OUT AND YES THE MANSION WAS QUITE AND EMPTY.IT IS SO NOT LIKE MINHO TO LET EVERYONE OUT EARLY IN THE MORNING.I WALK MORE AND SAW SOME SOPHISTICATED PAINTINGS.THE MANSION IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL.MINHO MUST HAVE TAKEN GOOD CARE OF IT.EVEN THOUGH IT SEEM TO BE ANCIENT.I WALK DOWN THE STAIRS AND STRAIGHT AHEAD TO THE KITCHEN .IM STILL NOT USE TO THERE MANSION BUT THANKS TO YOOGUEN I KNOW THE KITCHEN IS.I SMELLED BACONS.DOES MINHO EVEN KNOW HOW TO COOK?.I MEAN HE IS A WOLF AND THEY LIKE RAW MEAT.I WALK MORE AND YES I SAW HIM COOKING.HE LOOK AT ME.”SIT DOWN”HE TOLD ME.I DID WHAT HE SAID.I SAT DOWN AND WOW THERES EVEN FRESH MILK AND BREAD.”WHERE DID YOU GET ALL OF THIS?”I ASK.”I WOKE UP EARLY AND BUY SOME FOOD FOR YOU”MINHO SAID WHILE PLATING THE BACON.I SMILED.”YOU DON’T HAVE TOO”I SAID.MINHO PUT DOWN THE BACONS.”YOURE GONNA STARVE IF I DON’T”MINHO SAID AND PUT DOWN THE SPATULA ON THE PAN.WELL HIS RIGHT.I STARTED TO EAT.ITS DELICIOUS OF COURSE,”ITS SO GOOD…THANK YOU MINHO”I SAID.I KEPT ON EATING AND EATING.I ALMOST FORGOT THAT HIS THERE.I DRINK MY MILK AS A FINISHED OF MY BREAKFAST.I LOOK AT HIM.HE WAS JUST STARING AT ME.”WHAT?”I ASK.MINHO SHOOK HIS HEAD MEANS NOTHING BUT HE KEPT ON STARING.IT WAS AWKWARD SO I STARTED A CONVERSTAION.”WHERE ARE THE OTHERS?”I ASK.”HUNTING”HE TOLD ME.I FROWNED.”IN THIS COLD WINTER…THEY WONT EVEN FOUND A RABBIT IN THIS KIND OF WHEATHER”I SAID.MINHO SAT DOWN AT THE CHAIR.”WHERE DO YOU THINK THEY WILL BE GONE TOO?’HE ASK.OKAY…WEIRD.”HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT?”I ASK.MINHO JUST LOOKED AT ME.OKAY…CREEPY.I COUGHED.”UHMMM…ARE YOU OKAY MINHO?’’I ASK.HE STOOPED LOOKING AT ME AND LOOKED DOWN.”YEAH…IM FINE”MINHO REPLIED.I DON’T THINK SO.I STOOD UP.”UHMM SO WHERE IS EVERYONE?”I ASK AS I PUT MY PLATE AND GLASS TO THE SINK AND STARTED TO CLEAN THEM.MINHO STOOD UP LIKE JUST BEHIND ME.IM ACTUALLY GETTING WORRIED NOW.I QUICKLY WASHED THE DISHES AND TURN AROUND AND GASP AS I SAW MINHO’S FACE A LITTLE BIT TOO CLOSE.I LOOK DOWN.”UHMM I GUESS I SHOULD GO NOW”I TOLD MINHO.MINHO SEEM TO BE OUT OF TRANCE FOR A WHILE BUT CAME BACK TO REALITY.”UHMM YEAH SURE I’LL WAIT FOR YOU AT THE DOOR…I’LL TAKE YOU HOME”MINHO SAID QUICKLY AND WALK OUT.WHATS UP WITH HIM?.A FEW MINUTES AFTER I GOT INTO MY OWN CLOTHES I WALK OUTSIDE I SAW MINHO ON HIS WOLF FORM ALREADY.HE LOOK BACK AT ME.I WALK MORE OUTSIDE.”MINHO THANK YOU FOR YESTERDAY…I’LL BE BACK LATER FOR ANOTHER TRAINING”I SAID.MINHO JUST STARED AT ME.HIS FUR SEEMS INVITING SO I PETTED HIM.HE MUST HAVE LIKE IT AND I DID  IT MORE UNTIL HE LEAN INTO MY TOUCH.WHY IS HE SO NICE AND CALM TODAY?.AFTER SOME PETTING I GOT ON HIS BACK AND HE RAN.LIKE 3 MINUTES WERE ALREADY ON JINKI HYUNG’S MANSION.OF COURSE HIS A MAGICAL CREATURE.I GOT OFF HIM AND MINHO LOOK AT ME.I SMILED.I PETTED HIM ONE MORE TIME.BUT THIS TIME HE PUSHED ME I FELL DOWN TO THE GROUND AND HE LUNGED AT ME NOW IM UNDER HIM.HE SEEM TO BE OBSERVING ME.”UHMM MINHO?”I CALLED .IM SCARED I CAN’T DENY.IS HE PLANNING TO KILL ME.WHEN HE WAS ABOUT TO GET MORE CLOSER.I CLLOSE MY EYES AND READY MYSELF.”MINHO”SOMEONE CALLED AND I CAN TELL ITS JINKI HYUNG.OH THANK GOODNESS.MINHO LOOK UP I HURRIEDLY STOOD UP AND RAN TO JINKI HYUNG.MINHO GROWLED BUT THEN TURNED HIS BACK GOING HOME.I SIGH IN RELIEVED.”WHAT IS WRONG WITH HI8M?”I ASK JINKI HYUYNG.’WHEN I WOKE UP HE WAS ALL CREEPY STARING AT ME AND NOW HE WANTS TO EAT ME?’I SAID.JINKI HYUNG LOOK BACK.”OH THAT…I THOUGHT YOU KNEW”JINKI HYUNG SAID.”KNEW WHAT?”I ASK.JINKI HYUNG STARED AT ME.”WHAT?’I ASK AGAIN I LITERALLY DON’T KNOW WHAT HIS TALKING ABOUT.”HEAT SEASON OR MATING SEASON”JINKI HYUNG SAID.I LOOK AT HIM.NOW THAT EXPLAIN A LOT.IM NEVER COMING BACK LATER.I LOOK AT JINKI HYUNG AND I BET HE FEELS LIKE THAT TOO WITH KIBUM HYUNG.”BUT ISN’T IT TOO EARLY I MEAN THERE’S NO SIGN OFF FULL MOON YET?’I ASK.JINKI SMILED.’THOSE ARE LIES TAEMIN…HEAT SEASON COMES AROUND 3 MONTHS AFTER EVERY YEAR”JINKI HYUNG EXPLAINED.I NODDED.”COME ON LET’S GO INSIDE”JINKI HUYUNG SAID.NOW THIS IS DANGEROUS REALLY DANGEROUS.HEAT SEASON IS DANGEROUS.GOOD THING.THERE’S A LOT OF ROOM IN JINKI HYUNG’S HOUSE I DON’T WANT THE TWO OF THEM TO YOU KNOW.UGHH JUST BY TALKING ABOUT IT MY FACE HEAT UP.I ENTERED THE MANSION AND SAW KIBUM HYUNG DOING HOMEWORK I GUES.I LOOK AT JINKI HYUNG AND HIS RESISTING IT.”HYUNG” I CALLED AND JINKI HYUNG TURNED AROUND.’YOUR NOT GONNA…”I TRAILED.JINKI HYUNG SMILED.”NO..ITS TOO FAST”JINKI HYUNG SAID.I NODDED.”GOOD’I MUMBLED.”OH HYUNG I FORGOT TO TELL..TAEKWOON SAID TO CALL THE PACK BACK HERE BECAUSE I TOLD HIM ABOUT THE HUNTERS..PLUS HIS GOING TO VISIT HE DID’NT TELL WHEN’I SAID.JINKI HYUNG NODDED.’ITS HARD TO CALL THE PACK NOW SINCE ITS HEAT SEASON BUT I WILL TRY LATER”JINKI HYUNG SAID.”OH AND HYUNG…CAN YOU GO TO MINHO HYUNG”I SAID.”I WAS ABOUT TO ….I AM GOING NOW TO DISCUSS ABOUT THINGS”JINKI HYUNG SAID AND WALK KIBUM HYUNG I FOLLOWED KIBUM HYUNG LOOK UP.”FINALLY YOURE HERE”KIBUM HYUNG STOOD UP.”I’LL JUST BE IN AT MINHO TO DISCUSS”JINKI HYUNG SAID.KIBUM HYUNG SMILED.”OKAY BUT BE BACK OKAY?’KIBUM HYUNG SAID.JINKI SMILED.”I WILL”JINKI HYUNG SAID.JINKI HYUNG  WALK AWAY DESPITE WANTING TO HUG KIBUM HYUNG BEFORE HE LEAVES BUT HE KNOWS HE CAN’T BECAUSE THAT’S A DANGEROUS MOVE.WHENM JINKI HYUNG IS GONE.KIBUM HYUNG SIGH.I LAUGH.”IS THERE A PROBLEM?”I ASK.KIBUM HYUNG LOOK UP AT ME.”WHAT’S WRONG WITH HIM TODAY?..HIS ALL TOUCHY”KIBUM HYUNG ASK.I HESISTATED TO ANSWER.’IS IT A WOLF THING?..TAEMIN YOU GOT TO EXPLAIN ME MORE ABOUT WOLVES”HYUNG ADDED.I SCRATCH MY NAPE.”UHMM..TO MY OBSERVATION…ITS HEAT SEASON THIS WEEK HYUNG”I ANSWERED.”WHAT’S THAT?”KIBUM HYUNG ASK.REALLY DO I HAVE TO EXPLAINED.I FELT MY CHEEKS TURN RED.”ITS…UH…ITS”I CANT EXPLAINED.’SPIT IT OUT TAEM”HYUNG SAID.”ITSASEASONWHEREALLWOLVESWILLMATEWITHTHEIRMATESORCLAIMEDTHEM”I SAID FAST.I HELD MY CHEEKS.”SLOWLY”HYUNG SAID I LOOK AT HIM SERIOUSLY.”I DID’NT UNDERSTAND”HYUNG SAID.I SIGH.”ITS MATING SEASON HYUNG…ITS UHMM A COUPLE THING IN WOLVES LIKE YOU HAVE TOO..…AND THEY WILL FEEL A LITTLE FUZZY EVERYWHERE.I EXPLAINED.NOW MY CHEEKS IS REALLY RED.I LOOK AT HYUNG AND HE SEEM TO GET IT.”NO WONDER…’HYUNG MUMBLED.KIBUM HYUNG LOOK AT ME.’WHAT SHOULD I DO?’

HAKYEON POV

ITS BEEN 3 DAYS AFTER I WAS SICK.DAD WAS FORCNG ME TOO TRAIN AGAIN.”YOU DON’T SHOOT RIGHT”MY COACH SAID.I WAS AT MY SHOOTING TRAINING SINCE THIS ONE IS WHAT IM NOT GOOD AT.I TRIED TO SHOOT AGAIN BUT IT JUST CAN’T GO THROUGH TO THE CENTER.I HEARD MY COACH SIGH.I PUT DOWN THE GUN.”WHAT ARE YOU DOING?DONT STOP”MY COACH SAID.BUT I HAD ENOUGH I DON’T WANT TO KILL.”I DON’T WANT TO..IM TIRED”I SAID.WHICH IS TRUE MY ARMS WAS SOARING FROM HELDING UP MY ARM TOO MUCH.”YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO TRAIN OVERTIME TOMORROW IF YOU DISCONTINUE TODAY”MY MENTOR SAID.I BOWED,”YES I KNOW BUT LET ME REST FOR TODAY PLEASE”I SAID POLITELY.MY MENTOR SIGH.BUT AGREED IN THE END.I FEEL LIKE I NEED SOMETHING WARM TODAY.MR.HAN WAS WAITING OUTSIDE BUT I WANT TO BE ALONE.”I WILL JUST WALK”I TOLD HIM AND GOOD THING MR.HAN UNDERSTAND ME WELL.I WALK AND WALK NOT KNOWING WHERE TO GO BUT THIS MORNING IS COZY AND LOVELY I DON’T WANT TO MISS THE WINTER SNOW.IM WEARING MY COAT AND THE ROAD CAN’T BE SEEN BECAUSE OF THE SNOW.I SIGH.THIS DAYS LATELY IVE BEEN SO TIRED.I DON’T WANT TO BE HUNTER.BUT WHAT CAN I DO EVEN IF I TELL DAD OVER AND OVER AGAIN HE WONT LISTEN TO ME.DOES HE EVEN LOVE ME AS A SON?..ALL HE THINK OF IS FORTUNE…IF ONLY MOM IS HERE…I WALK MORE BUT I ENDED UP TO BE ALITTLE TO FAR TO THE BUILDINGS AND ENEDED UP IN THE SMALL FOREST…UHMMM WAIT THIS ONE IS FAMILIAR I LOOK AROUND YES VERY FAMILIAR.MY EYES WIDEN WHEN I REMEMBERED.ITS WHERE I WAS LOST…WHEN I MET THAT KID.I SMILED AT THE MEMORY HOW CAN I BE SO EASILY LOST LIKE THAT.I WALK MORE FURTHER.THE FOREST LOOK SO PRETTY IN THE WINTER.BUT THE FOREST CHANGED IT’S A LITTLE BIT DECEASED NOW SINCE ILLEGAL LOGGERS THIS DAYS ARE MANY.I WALK MORE FARTHER THEN I SAW IT THE TREE TRUNK I WAS SITTING ON WHEN I WAS CRYING.I LAUGH AT THE TAUGHT AND SIT DOWN ON IT.I SIGH KNOWING HOW MY LIFE WAS GETTING WORST.I FEEL LIKE IM LOST AGAIN.IF ONLY DAD CARES ABOUTME.IF ONLY MOM DID’NT DIED.IF ONLY IM NOT WEAK AS I AM NOW.I DID’NT EVEN NOTICE IT BUT I AM CRYING.FUNNY RIGHT ON HOW I LOOK PATHETHIC.I BURIED MY HANDS INTO MY FAC E.NOW IM LIKE ME WHEN I WAS A CHILD.I KEPT ON LETTING OUT MY FRUSTRATION BECAUSE I HAD ENOUGH OF BUMPS IN THE ROADS OF MY LIFE.”HAKYEON”SOMEONE CALLED I LOOK UP FROM CRYING.I LOOK AROUND I DON’T SEEE ANYONE.”HAKYEON”SOMEONE CALLED AGAIN AND I LOOK UP ON ONE OF THE TREES.I SQUINT MY EYES TO LOOK.”TAEKWOON”I CALLED.HE CLIMBED DOWN AND IM RIGHT.ITS HIM.I SMILED.WHY IS HE HERE?I WALK CLOSELY TO HIM..TAEKWOON SEEM TO LOOK WORRIED AND HURRIEDLY CUPPED MY FACE.”WHY ARE YOU CRYING?DID SOMEONE HURTED YOU?”TAEKWOON ASKED THIS QUESTIONS.I SMILED.HE WIPE AWAY MY TEARS.”NO…….IM JUST LOST”I SAID.I MEAN NOT LITETRAL BUT WHAT I FEEL.TAEKWOON PUT DOWN HIS HAND.HE SIGH.IBUT THEN HE SUDDENLY HUG ME.I WAS SHOCKED AT HIS ACTION TAEKWOON ISN’T LIKE THIS.”ARE YOU OKAY? TAEKWOON”I ASK.”I SHOULDBE THE ONE WHO IS ASKING THAT”TAEKWOON SAID.WE PARTED.NOW I FEEL A LITTLE MUCH BETTER.TAEKWOON LOOK AT ME.HE HELD OUT HIS HAND.I LOOK AT IT.WAIT  THIS SEEMS FAMILIAR.I TOOK IT AND I LOOK AT HIM.”I KNOW WHAT YOURE THINKING HAKYEON…”TAEKWOON SAID.I LOOK AT HIM CONFUSEED.”WHAT DO YOU MEAN?”I ASK.”14 YEARS AGO..YOU WERE LOST IN THIS VERY PLACE…AND A BOY HELPED YOU”TAEKWOON EXPLAINED.I LOOK AT HIM.”HOW DID YOU….*GASP*…YOURE THE BOY”I SAID AND POINTED AT HIM.HE NODDED AND SMILED…WAIT..”AHH YOURE SMILING LEO”I SAID AND CALLED HIM WITH THE NICKNAME I GAVE HIM.TAEKWOON GOT SHY AND BECOME COLD AGAIN.”WOW..I CAN’T BELIEVE YOURE THE ONE WHO HELPED ME…”I MUMBLED.MIND BLOWN RIGHT.BUT WHY DID’NT I RECOGNIZE HIM.”HOW DID YOU KNOW IT WAS ME?’I ASK.”EASY YOURE FACE IS REALLY CUTE WHEN YOUR CRYING”TAEKWOON SAID.I SMILED.DID HE JUST CALL ME CUTE?.”I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU WILL RECOGNIZE ME”I SAID.THIS IS AWESOME.”HOW COULD’NT I?”TAEKWOON SAID.I CAN’T STOP SMILING AND I REMEMBER OUR HANDS….”UHMM WANNA GO FOR COFEE?”