The next morning Gabu got up early to leave the pack without anyone noticing and wandered to the cave. Since he was a bit early Mei was nowhere to be found and he quickly grew bored. When he heard Mei's singing in the distance he got an mischievous grin on his face and hid himself in one of the bushes. When Mei arrived to the cavern she was surprised that Gabu hadn't arrived yet. She was a little late since her herd woke up rather early and she had to find an excuse to leave. When she saw one of the bushes shaking she giggled a little and called out "One stormy night"! She almost had an heart attack when a large wolf pounced from the bush and greeted her with the same phrase. At first she thought the wolf had somehow found out about the password and eaten Gabu but then realized the wolf had Gabu's voice. Mei's first instinct was to run away but his voice somehow soothed her.

"You're a goat?"

"I thought you were one too."

"Why would think that?"

" Well, I heard tapping sounds so I assumed..."

"Oh, I was using a stick to support my leg."

"So, why haven't you eaten me yet?"

"Well, because..."

Gabu stared at the little goat trying to figure out why he hadn't eaten her. It wasn't that he wasn't hungry or that she would taste bad. He had killed plenty of goats and other animals to feed himself and the pack before. But he had never talked with prey before.

"…I liked to talk with you and would like to be friends with you. Why haven't you run away yet?"

"I think that you already would have eaten me if you wanted to and I also want to be friends with you."

"So, what do you want to do now?"

"I'm rather hungry and I know a place with good grass not far away from here, you want to go there?"

"Sure, lead the way!"

Mei started walking with Gabu following her not far behind. Now that he thought about it, he was kind of hungry himself. He hadn't had any breakfast since he had planned to go hunting with Mei. Now he would obviously have to wait until he got back to the pack or find food himself. When his stomach began to rumble he couldn't stop himself from thinking about how Mei would taste like. He tried to find something else to but was distracted by the view of Mei's backside. He couldn't stop himself from drooling as he fantasized about eating the juicy delicious meat on Mei's legs. Thinking how their friendship would last longer and be more rewarding than any quick meal, he regained composure and look up from the legs. His gaze was met by Mei, who was now staring back at him with an accusing look and a blush on her face. Gabu immediately bowed down his head as a sign of apology and to hide his cherry red face. After a few moments of awkward silence, Gabu wished he could just curl up and die when Mei suddenly started to talk again.

"So, what's your favorite food?"

"Oh, I don't have any specific preferences. When nothing else is around I eat berries but my favorite is either rabbit, deer or..."

"Goat?"

"What? Well I guess but I don't think I'm going eat that anymore."

"Why is that?"

"Well, I wouldn't want to accidentally eat someone you knew and it would feel kind of weird eating one after befriending one."

"You better not befriend any rabbits or deer otherwise you'll starve yourself."

"Yeah, what's your favorite food by the way?"

"I really like berries but my favorite kind of grass is clover, speaking of which..."

They had now arrived to a forest clearing filled with clover and various kinds of flowers. Gabu laid down in the shadow of a tree while Mei skipped happily around the meadow, eating to her heart's content.

"Are you sure you don't want to try some."

"No I'm good, I got an pretty good idea of what it tastes like. I think I'll just take a nap."

"Now that I think about it, I'm a bit drowsy too."

She walk over to Gabu and laid down beside him under the tree to sleep. When Gabu was sure she was completely asleep he got up, careful not wake her. He was starving and knew he had to eat something. When he saw Mei sleeping so innocently he felt incredibly guilty for even considering to eat her. Luckily his nose picked up the scent of some deer nearby so he left Mei by the tree, trying to track the source of the scent. After hunting for a while only managed to catch one rabbit and began walking back to the meadow with a slightly less empty stomach. As he had almost reached the clearing he could smell something that hadn't been there before.

He started to run when he spotted a red fox ready to pounce on the unsuspecting Mei. The fox emitted a cry of confusion and pain when huge gray ball of fur, claws and fangs tackled him to the ground. Mei's cry of fear when she woke up distracted Gabu enough for the fox to slip away from his grasp. The fox knew it wouldn't against the wolf in a direct fight because of the size difference but it was far to hungry to give up it's meal. It noticed a slight limping in the wolf's hind leg and managed to strike it due it's superior agility. Gabu yelped in pain as the fox bit down on his injured leg and collapsed. The fox got on top of Gabu and viciously clawed at him while trying bite down on his neck. Mei panicked and rammed into the fox's side without thinking, giving Gabu enough time get on top of the fox. He swiftly clenched it's neck with his jaws and shook it a couple of times to make sure it was dead. Since he was still hungry he dragged the fox further out in the forest and ate it as quickly as possible. He had never had fox meat before since it was too much of a hassle but he found it not too bad. He made sure to wash away the blood in a nearby puddle before he returned to the clearing since he didn't want Mei to see more than she already had. When he saw Mei standing with tears in her eyes on the meadow he felt worse than he'd ever felt before.

"I'm sorry you had too..."

To Gabu's suprise Mei walked up to him and embraced him in an awkward hug as she tried to lick his wounds. He returned the hug a bit reluctantly and let her voice comfort him

"It's okay..."