The crickets chirped loudly at night. Zwei laid comfortably on the couch, snuggled up against the soft cushions in the living room. Unfortunately, sleep would not come.

Zwei squeezed his eyes shut and tried to fall asleep.

Minutes flew by.

Just as Zwei was about to fall asleep, a loud howl was heard. Zwei whimpered as sleep drifted away from his grasp. Fully opening his dark gray eyes, Zwei stood up and decided to go out for a stroll in the forest.

He trotted over to the door and leaped up at the doorknob. He successfully bit the doorknob and held on tight, allowing gravity from the weight of his body, to turn the knob.

Click! The door opened up a small gap, but that was all Zwei needed to squeeze out.

Outside, the air was cool and the shattered moon shone brightly above. Zwei walked down the dirt path, taking his time. He enjoyed the wind going through his somewhat thick fur. It was extremely quiet due to the late hours, but Zwei didn't mind as he continued on his little trek to the forest.

He finally reached the edge of the forest that threatened to swallow him whole. The forest was huge with thick trees planted firmly beside each other. A small gravel pathway was in the middle of it.

Zwei walked in with no hesitation; after all, he had grown up on this island and learned his way around. Soft crunching sound could be heard as Zwei looked around while wandering further down the path. His ears perked up at the sound of trickling water. Zwei envisioned a map of the forest and turned a left, leaving the safety of the gravel pathway and into the darkness.

A few minutes later, he arrived at a clearing that had a small pond with a small waterfall coming down the smooth rocks. Zwei sat down at the edge of the water and stared at his reflection. He dipped his fluffy paw into the soothing warm water.

"Perhaps I can use the water to help me sleep! I've done it before without drowning." Zwei thought as he gracefully leaped into the water. He lay on his back and managed to float. The gentle waves of the water were lulling him to sleep…until Zwei noticed a pair of red eyes watching him in the bushes. Zwei let out a low growl. What does it take for a dog to peacefully sleep?

Zwei climbed out of the pond and shook his fur dry. Grimm weren't a rare sight, and Zwei had taken care of them before. He made sure that the pond was in between him and the bush, just so that the grimm wouldn't launch directly at him. He lowered himself down to a fighting stance.

Watching.

Waiting.

Seconds turned to minutes, but Zwei kept his guard up. It was a boring standoff between canine and grimm, but it had to be done if one didn't want to be ambushed.

Then a small paw stuck out of the bush.

"Beowolf…" Zwei thought as he braced himself for the quiet rumble that usually emerged from the thundering footsteps.

The leaves on the branches rustled loudly as the beowolf stepped out. Zwei held his breath and placed on his most intimidating face. But for a small corgi like him, the intimidating look was more of a cute pout.

"Anndddd…" Zwei thought as the beowolf showed itself.

Zwei blinked in confusion as he took in the sight of the beowolf. It had small spikes on its arms, back, and legs. A small bone-like mask covered only half of its face.

"It's a cub?" Zwei thought as he gave a once over to the tiny beowolf that was nearly the same size of himself.

"Yip! Yip!" The tiny beocub called out. Hi there!

Zwei straightened up immediately as he let out a soft bark. Hello.

The beocub slowly walked to the edge of the pond and sat down. His little tail wagged back and forth. Zwei awkwardly stood there at the opposite side, unsure of what to do next. Luckily the awkwardness didn't last long.

"Ruff, ruff, ruff?" The beocub asked. Wanna play?

Zwei stared in disbelief at the beocub. "Did he seriously just ask if I wanted to play?" Zwei thought as he continued to blankly stare at the beocub.

Two quiet barks came from the beocub. What's wrong?

Zwei shook his head, hoping the young cub would understand his message. Obviously the beocub hasn't been introduced to the deadly mindless slaughtering between grimm and humans; otherwise they wouldn't be in this awkward situation in the first place. So Zwei lowered his guard and decided to take up the invitation.

What shall we play?