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"I heard a boy at school has been flirting with you." Taeyong was casual about asking.

"Has Mark been telling everyone?" Somin asked with a sigh. She was sitting on the counter, watching Taeyong and Doyoung cook.

"He's been asking if it's alright for him to punch the kid. Since he'd likely land himself in detention. I said no, since I'd like for him to get into a good school," Taeyong assured with a grin. "Has someone really been flirting with you?"

Shaking her head, Somin handed Doyoung a knife when he asked for it. "No. Jihoon's just friendly, and he probably thinks it's funny to tease Mark. Mark, by the way, said he liked me in front of Jihoon, so he brought it on himself."

"So Jihoon's making fun of Mark's feelings?" Taeyong asked, clearly a bit annoyed at the thought.

Doyoung rolled his eyes. "He's not five, hyung. Mark can fight for himself. He's just being whiny someone else noticed his mate is pretty. He just can't complain about us because we're his pack and it would get him nowhere." Doyoung suddenly grinned, taking Somin's hand to kiss the back of it. "Our princess is very pretty though. Of course boys want to flirt with her. Johnny doesn't flirt just because she's a girl."

"Could have fooled me," Somin grumbled.

"He's still a kid, it's normal for him to be this way. Especially since this other kid...Jihoon, you said his name was? Jihoon's not part of the pack. He's not Bonded to Somin." Doyoung shrugged, adding the vegetables he'd chopped into the skillet Taeyong was cooking in.

"I think it's sort of cute," Taeyong disagreed. "Him getting jealous like that. Reminds me of youth."

Somin cracked a grin. "You act like you're an old man or something."

"I am. The pack is giving me gray hairs. Dinner's ready." Taeyong reached out for Somin, picking her up off of the counter and setting her down on the ground with a smile. "Go get the boys for me?"

Wandering off, Somin yelled at Johnny, Taeil, and Ten, who were watching a music program on TV. Then she told Yuta, Mark, and Jaehyun, who were in Jaehyun's room playing video games. All that was left was Winwin.

Somin frowned as she looked for him in his room, but he wasn't there. She found him a second later though, turning and running into the boy. Winwin had just gotten out of the shower, and had a towel wrapped around his waist. Somin managed to run right into his chest, getting a face full of warm, manly-scented werewolf. She would have stumbled back, but luckily Winwin caught her by wrapping his arms tightly around her. A big grin on his face told her his grip didn't have to be that tight to make sure she didn't fall, though.

"You nearly fell for me," Winwin cooed at her, leaning in to land a kiss on Somin's cheek. "Good thing I caught you, baobei."

Momentarily stunned, Somin gathered herself and tried to step back, but Winwin kept her close. "Baobei?" she asked, feeling a bit dizzy from the hard muscle she was pressed against mixing in with his scent. Somin wondered why boys--o