“But- I…. I don’t know. I shouldn’t.” I spoke aloud, trying to convince myself that this was the wrong thing to do. Sehun, on the other hand, was practically forcing me to do it. He stood beside me, hovering over my shoulder like the devil, whispering things into my ear.

“Come on! Just do it! He won’t mind.” Sehun insisted, his hot breath the tip of my ear.

Suho, on the other hand, was being the angel, hovering over my other shoulder.

“I don’t think you should. He definitely won’t be happy.” He pressed, honest concern present in his eyes.

Firstly, I knew Sehun was lying. Luhan would mind- otherwise he wouldn’t be pressing me to prank him. I knew that Sehun loved to prank Luhan for whatever reason, and I wasn’t sure that listening to him would ever be a smart idea.

Secondly, I wasn’t sure if Luhan would be mad or not. Would he be angry with me if I went through with it? I was his mate, after all. Although that meant a lot to him, it was barely real for me. I was still processing all of this.

“Don’t you remember what he did to you just the other night? How could you let him live that down?” Sehun added, and I remembered the embarrassment I had faced last night.

This week was ‘prank week.’ Otherwise known as the one week of the year when the boys could pull any pranks on each other, and get away with it. Apparently this week was created due to the boys constant pranking, and also due to the fact that Kris and Suho were running out of punishment ideas for them. Therefore they created prank week so that pranks could be pulled without consequences, and they could get the foolishness out of their systems so that the rest of the year could go by smoothly.

Unfortunately for me, I had happened to move in 3 weeks prior to prank week, and now it had arrived without warning.

In a final decisive moment, I chose to go through with it.

“Fine. But if he gets mad I’m blaming it on you.” I pointed to Sehun accusingly. He only smiled devilishly in response.

I slowly crept towards the sleeping deer, and watched silently as he slept on the couch.

Suho stared at me disapprovingly. “I can’t believe that you’ve decided to participate in prank week.” He shook his head.

I turned to him in frustration.

“Suho! Don’t you remember last night?” I reminded him. Sehun nodded knowingly.

The wounds were still fresh. Psychological wounds that is.  

“Of course I do. But to do this would be even more immature.” Suho looked distressed as well after remember the previous night. Matter of fact, that was primarily why Sehun has insisted on pulling this prank now.

Most of the boys had been very angry after last night. Well- actually after hearing about what Luhan had done to me. But I eventually came to the conclusion that it had all been for fun- not to hurt me. Luhan wasn’t that kind of person.

In short, Luhan had snuck into my room at night and cuddled with me. (I was asleep of course, and had no idea what was going on.) Then he deleted every contact in my phone, replacing them all with his. Afterwards, he leaned in to kiss me, (hoping to steal my first kiss) but thankfully Suho had walked in at the last moment, and had stopped Luhan before it could happen.

Now I gazed down at the sleeping deer, and couldn’t help but think that he looked very much like an angel.

Breaking me out of my trance, Sehun pressed a black sharpie into my hand. “Here you go. Don’t be stingy.” He winked, and sauntered off into the kitchen without another word. Suho followed behind solemnly.

I took a deep breath, and popped open the marker. Silently, I crept over to the other side of the couch, and bent down towards Luhan’s face.

.^.^.^.^.

“WHO DID THIS?” Luhan screamed from the bathroom. After waking up from a long nap, he had decided to admire his gorgeous face in the mirror for a bit. Unfortunately, he discovered many… profanities drawn on him in black marker.

He marched from the bathroom angrily, and I tensed up next to Kyungsoo. He gave me a surprised look.

“It was you?” Kyungsoo asked in a small whisper. I nodded slowly, and received a curt laugh.

Thankfully, when Luhan appeared, Kyungsoo didn’t give me away. For three weeks- ever since Kyungsoo had imprinted on me, he had tailed me like a lost puppy. It seemed that he hoped I would give him some special attention.

As Luhan entered, I stifled a laugh and almost choked from trying to keep it lodged in my throat. I my lips quickly, and averted my eyes from his almost-entirely covered face.

“Who did this?” He repeated again, this time more calmly. The entire pack had gathered in the family room for movie night, and we all watched in horror as he approached each of us with murder in his eyes.

“There is really only one explanation.” His head turned with the speed of a bullet, and his gaze landed directly on me. I shot Sehun an angry look, to which he simply shrugged.

“The only reasonable explanation would be you, Natalia. You are the only one here that would need retribution.” His words dripped hunger, and surprisingly he didn’t look that mad. He had a hot smirk plastered on his face, but it was hard to take him serious when he looked like that.

As I looked upon his face, I couldn’t help it. “Aha. AHA- HAHAHAHAHA!” I burst into laughter, and I pointed at his face. “THAT’S RIGHT! IT WAS ME! THAT’S PAYBACK FOR LAST NIGHT!”

He looked utterly petrified at my sudden outburst, as well as the rest of the boys.

“I guess you did deserve that.” Kris shrugged, and Luhan practically growled.

“But now that Natalia has officially participated in the prank wars, it looks like she’s fair meat.” Kris added. “Those are the rules of prank week. Once you prank someone, you are officially involved.”

My heart stopped, and I turned towards Sehun. “You conniving little-” I practically leapt out of my chair and dove straight for him. “-YOU PLANNED THIS DIDN’T YOU!” I growled.

He smiled evilly, and dodged me.

“That’s right. I knew that once you were part of the prank wars, I could do naughty things to you and get away with them by calling them pranks.” He smirked, and leaned towards me, trapping me in his chair.

In less than a second, Sehun was lifted off of me. “You do realize that you just confessed to your crime in front of all of us?” Luhan stated. Sehun seemed a bit confused. “I guess so.”

“But it is true. Prank week is like a solemn oath. Once you start, you have to make it through the week. Rules are rules.” Luhan shrugged.

I pushed my fingers together nervously, suddenly regretting ever getting involved. “I’m sorry Luhan. I shouldn’t have let Sehun get the best of me.” His face softened. “That’s ok.” He swooped down quickly and pecked my cheek, then left before anyone could protest.

While Luhan washed off his face, the rest of the boys argued. “We have to all agree NOT to pull any harsh pranks on Natalia. She’s our future mate after all. We don’t want her to leave us before she provides us pups.” Xiumin said seriously.

“I’m sorry- what was that?” I turned to him, raising an eyebrow. His hands flew up in surrender. “Oh, nothing!”

“That’s what I thought. But that’s beside the point- you guys don’t have to worry about me! I have Suho!” The boys looked at me suspiciously, whereas Suho looked like a proud parent.

“What do you mean?” Kris asked.

“Suho will kill anyone that hurts me. Right Suho?” I turned to him and he gave me a curt nod, grabbing his muscle.

“That’s right. If anyone so much as lays a finger on Natalia, bad things will happen.” He sounded completely serious, but the boys weren’t fooled. They were all going to use this week as a golden opportunity to get alone time with Natalia.

I already have a prank in mind. Sehun thought mischievously.

I can’t wait for tonight. Baekhyun thought shiftily.

But instead of disagreeing, they all murmured their understanding of Suho’s warning.

…

That night, I fell asleep quickly, looking forward to the weekend. School had been awful as of late, not to mention I had been thrown into a word unknown to me. Everyday I learned something new about Shifters. Although this helped me grow closer to the boys, I was still uncomfortable around them. It does take time to get used to new people after all.

I shifted back and forth, a new worry setting into my mind. What would happen during prank week? Why did I have such a bad feeling?

My shoulders ached, and I suddenly felt a silent presence in the room. Sighing deeply, I stupidly guessed without doubt that it was one of the boys trying to play a prank on me. I evened my breathing so that they would think I was sleeping- whoever it was.

I heard frantic voices- that’s right- voices. So they had decided to take part in pranking me together? I wondered who it was. Probably Sehun, maybe Baekhyun as well. They both had similar intentions- they were both y.

I calmed my heart beat knowing full well that they could both hear it with their animal senses. Exactly what were those two planning?

“Shh. Be quiet. Otherwise she’ll hear you.” A voice whispered. I immediately recognized it as Baekhyun’s. That sneaky little twit.

“She’s asleep. Don’t worry about it.” Sehun’s voice popped up right beside my bed, and I almost screamed in shock. How had he gotten there so quickly? I almost forgot that he was a shifter.

“Now, you hold her down. Ready?”

“Ready.”

Suddenly two hands grasped my shoulders tightly, and my eyes flew open in horror.

“SUHO!!!!” I screamed instantly, and socked Sehun straight in the face. Baekhyun laughed heartily.

“HAHA! She got you with a right hook!”

*WHACK*

“And I got you with mine.” Suho growled after socking Baekhyun in the back of his head.

“Natalia, are you OK? Did they do anything to you?” Suho asked worriedly, rushing over to my bedside and setting a reassuring hand on my shoulder. I smiled gratefully.

“Nothing much. They were pretty harmless- thanks to you.” I was pretty shocked at how quickly he had arrived. Must be an advantage to being a Shifter.

Suho angrily turned to the two boys. “You two are the biggest idiots here. Why are you trying to upset Natalia? She just recently came here, pretty much unwillingly, and you're going to make her less comfortable by doing things like this!” He argued, crossing his arms. Sehun and Baekhyun rolled their eyes. They could sense an upcoming lecture.

“What did you even have in mind?” He added, referring to the prank they had tried to pull.

They both gave each other knowing looks, trying to decide if they should tell the truth or not.

“Well… It may or may not have included all of us being .”

“In bed.”

“Together.” They both said, covering their faces like schoolgirls.

Suho stood completely still, baffled. “I don’t really know what to say to that. All I CAN say is that you two need help. Now GET OUT!” Suho pointed to the door, and the two took their leave quickly, glad that they hadn’t received punishment. It was prank week after all, the one week where they could get away with anything.  

I stood still as well, a little bit shaken. To think that they would have removed my clothes unsettled me. Maybe it was their animal instincts? But in the end- that didn’t matter. What mattered was that they wouldn’t have asked for my consent. I would have to talk to them later. Or better yet- I could prank them in revenge like I had done to Luhan.

I gave Suho a curious look, but I knew that he would never participate. It was clear that he allowed this week for the other boys only- not for his own enjoyment.

Who then, could I ask that would help me?

“Are you going to be ok in here by yourself?” Suho asked worriedly. I smiled softly, to which Suho smiled back.

I love seeing her smile. She’s so beautiful.

“Yeah, i’m sure i’ll be fine. And thanks a lot Suho.” Arching my head, I looked into his eyes gratefully, finding it hard to believe that we were fated to be together. He was more like a father than a mate.

“No problem. If you run into any.. issues, don’t hesitate to call.” He laughed, and sauntered out of the room, closing the door behind him.

Sighing deeply, I switched off the lights, and dove into bed. This mattress was way better than the one back home.

Suddenly I heard a small squeaking noise.

At first I thought it was the door opening again, but when I turned my head I saw that it was still firmly closed. The squeaking began again, this time closer that it had been before.

“Wait a second. Is that… a mouse?” I almost screamed, finding that a small mouse was sitting in my lap.

“Good Lord! You scared me half to death!” I laughed, looking at the small animals cute nose wiggling back and forth.

Suddenly the creature began to grow at a rapid pace until it had shifted into a human being.

“K-KAI?” I screeched, and his hand flew over my mouth.

“Be quiet! Suho will hear you!” He insisted.

My eyes were open in complete horror, and I realized that Kai was stark .

I tried to protest, but his hand refused to move from my mouth.

He promptly straddled me, and captured my wrists with one hand, while the other covered my mouth. I fell onto the bed, struggling underneath his legs that had just straddled my own.

“Ssh. Don’t get the wrong idea Angel- I would never forced you to do something you didn’t want to do. But ever since the day you came into move with us, I needed to hold you again. Remember when you ran into my arms after D.O scared you? Well I need that-” He leaned in towards my face, only an inch from my lips. His eyes flashed gold. “-again.” He hissed, and his lips quickly. My eyes widened in shock.  

He slowly leaned in, inhaling deeply by my neck. Afterwards he gave it a small kiss, to which I squealed in defiance. Hadn’t he JUST said that he wouldn’t do anything I didn’t want to? I squirmed and wiggled, but it was no use. I stood no chance against this Shifters strength.

After inhaling some more of my scent, I noticed that his body was grinding against mine involuntarily. Good Lord, SOMEBODY help me!

He my collar bone seductively, trying to find any sensitive spots. It seemed that he wanted to hear me respond. But I wouldn’t let that happen.

Blood rushed to my head, and I was unable to get my thoughts straight. My heart rate began to increase, and I began to panic.

Was this it? Would he take me, right here, right now?

My eyes grew foggy with tears, but I suddenly stopped when I felt a large breath escape Kai’s lips. He looked into my eyes deeply, and they flashed gold once more, before he threw himself off of me with lightning speed. He crashed into the wall across from the bed, and grasped the sides of his head as if he was in pain.

“K-kai? What’s wrong?” I stammered, wondering if I should take this chance to escape or not.

“My lycan is taking over.” He growled, seeming to be fighting something inside of him.

He fell to the floor, and tore at the carpet with huge claws.

“S-SOMEBODY! GET IN HERE!” I screamed, turning away from Kai. I wanted to help, but I knew that if I approached him he would probably tear my face off.

In almost an instant eleven boys were crowded inside of my room, leaning over Kai and my bed worriedly.

“Natalia! What happened?” Luhan yelled, grabbing my shoulders. He looked down at the slowly developing hickeys that covered my chest, and growled at the small tears in my clothing.

“Kai- you son of a-”

“Stop!” Kris barked. Everyone looked at Kai who was crouched over on the floor, and I became more horrified than I had been in a long time.

His skin was slowly ripping apart- and not blood- but black goo was coming out from underneath.

“My God. Is it happening already?” Suho murmured. The words were barely audible.

“It couldn’t be. What could have triggered it?” Kris replied, and suddenly eleven sets of eyes shot to me.

“Triggered what? What are you all talking about?” I shivered, pulling the covers up to my chest. What was a lycan? More importantly- was Kai going to lose control over it?

“I think you triggered Kai’s lycan, or his animal side. It senses that you are its true mate, and now its forcing its way out.” Kyungsoo spoke up when no one else would.

“Coming out..? Why?”

“To complete the mating process.”

“WHAT?” I screeched, covering myself protectively.

Kai growled in the corner with a dark smirk on his face. His ‘lycan’ had obviously enjoyed my reaction.

Now that I saw him, I knew that Kai was not present consciously. His lycan had taken over. His eyes were completely black, and the only thing holding him back from me were the other boys. They seemed just as shocked as I was. Kris shook his head in disbelief.

“Suho- I think its too late to push Kai’s lycan back. We need to get Natalia out of here. Now.”

KAI’S POV

After hearing Baekhyun and Sehun get busted for sneaking into Natalia’s room, I simply reminded myself of how stupid they were. We were shifters after all- we could turn into any animal on the face of the planet, and yet they simply walked in only to be discovered immediately.

I knew I couldn’t make the same mistake, so I decided to shift into a mouse to sneak underneath the door frame while Suho fought with them. After what seemed like ages, they finally left, and I watched as Natalia dived underneath the covers.

I knew that she must be exhausted, but sorry Natalia. Prank week wasn’t over yet.

I snuck onto the bed by using my claws to easily propel myself up the sheets, and she seemed quite flustered when she discovered that the tiny mouse was actually me. More so when she saw that I was completely once I turned back. I smirked, my lips. She was wearing a skimpy nightgown, and I could clearly see her small frame underneath.

She didn’t have the S line that I had always hoped for- but it didn’t matter. Not only I- but my lycan desired her now more than ever. After the last few weeks it had taken all of my self-control to contain my beast. I knew that Kyungsoo and Luhan must be feeling the same desire.
 

Leaning over her, I made sure to cover so that she didn’t call for Suho anymore. I found myself grinding onto her own hips, and seeing her reaction was amusing. Pressing small kisses along her jaw and collar bone, I began to and , wanting a reaction.

I couldn’t help but wonder what she would look like without it all on. Seeing her so flustered, cheeks red hot, I wanted to play with her some more to get a reaction. Anything. But what I wanted to hear most was her moan. I wanted her to scream my name, and I started to feel my lycan take over. At this point my lycan was going crazy, to the point that I had to force myself off of Natalia- otherwise I didn’t know what I would do.

I had to remind my lycan repeatedly that she was human, and humans were fragile. But he wasn’t listening. He wanted to please her in every way possible. He wasn’t going to listen to me right now.

(A/N: So… What did you guys think of this chapter? I’m sorry, it was my shortest one so far ^.^ By the way- lycan does not stand for werewolf in this story. I’ve tried to make it clear that Shifters are NOT werewolves. Lycan simply stands for the more animalistic side of Shifters. And you’ll soon see that lycans are crazy when it comes to their mates. ;) I’ll try to update soon!)

P.S- Sorry about the weird spacing. I'm trying to figure it out!