Chapter eight:
"By the way where is Matt?" L, the black wolf with grey eyes, asks Mello.
Mello shrugs his blonde wolf shoulders. "Probably got bored somewhere."
Light, the brown wolf with brown eyes, sighs softly. "That sounds like him."
"Well come along Mello." L turns taking the lead with Light and Mello following.
Mello glances to the direction that he feels someone is watching him from. His eyes land upon an elder.
The elder is giving Mello a smile as if he knows more than he is letting on.
Mello turns away wondering why the elder is giving him that look. He knows that the elder wouldn't have been able to go to see him with Near then make it back before him so he's confused.
L and Light lead him to the fresh kill pile.
"You must be hungry from your journey." L says.
"Yes. Thank you." Mello confirms and picks a squirrel from the pile.
The fresh kill pile is here to help make sure that the pack has food until a hunting patrol catches a larger animal like a deer.
They settle down as L and Light don't seem to need to eat right now.
"So what have you been doing while away from the packs home?" L asks.
Mello finishes whats in his mouth before speaking. "Well I decided to see what human schooling was like." He says knowing that he can't just straight up lie but he has to choose his words carefully.
"Oh?" L questions.
"Well there isn't much to do there. Plus I do make sure that no one sees my wolf form or know that I am a wolf. Just curious on these trivial human matters is all. This was a welcomed break." Mello tries to shrug it off then takes another bite of the squirrel.
"I see." L says watching Mello.
Mello finishes the squirrel in just three bites then licks his jowls. "That was a good squirrel." He comments.
"Well you should get some rest. You're probably really tired from your journey here." Light comments.
"Much appreciated alphas." Mello says getting up with a stretch. He then heads off to get some sleep in the old den he used to sleep in where the pack members sleep.
"Something seems different about him." L comments after the two watch Mello disappear into the pack members den.
"He seems to have some happy shine to him that I've never seen on him before." Light comments.
"I believe that there is more going on than he is telling us." L turns to look to Light.
Light turns to meet his mate's eyes. "But why would he lie to us?"
"I don't believe he is lying. I believe he is just holding something back." L corrects him. "We'll just have to wait for now."
Light nods in agreement.
Meanwhile…..
Mello finds a nice spot to lay down and curls up bringing his tail slightly around his body. "What a day." He sighs to himself under his breath. "But I believe that it is going pretty well." He then yawns only to allow himself to close his eyes to get some rest. His dreams are filled with him being with Near and when he awakens he finds some more pack members in the den including Matt's admirer Linda.
Linda is a light brown furred wolf with brownish amber eyes. She is a lower ranking wolf and tends to be annoying to a lot of the other wolves.
Last time Mello was here everyone was pretty sure that she and Matt imprinted on one another but haven't really talked to each other about it.
Mello wonders slightly if the two told each other in the time that he was away.
If they did then good for them.
Luckily for Mello she is asleep at the moment so she doesn't actually bother him at this moment.
Mello gets up with a slight stretch then heads out of the den finding that it is possibly early morning with signs that the sun is going to rise any moment now including the dark night sky starting to turn into lighter colors that will turn it to blue as the night sky fades away. "A new day." He says to himself as he finds himself smiling. His ears then perk up as he hears someone approaching him and he turns to find the elder from before.
A wolf with greying fur that used to be black but now looks like a dark shade of grey and wise yet old looking navy blue eyes.
"Greetings Jay." Mello greets. "What can I do for you?"
"Tell me Mello." Jay settles down to lay on the ground smiling softly.
Mello lets himself sit down and he tilts his head softly for a moment. "Tell you what?" He asks.
"What is your life like outside of the packs home?" Jay questions him.
"Not much to it." Mello says. "It's kind of the same as here just being all alone." He explains.
"Oh really?" Jay tilts his own head.
Mello nods.
Jay lets out a husky sounding laugh just like the other elders due to their age. "Oh dear youngling. I know an imprint when I see one." He tells Mello after his short laugh.
Mello tenses and glances away searching his mind for something to say.
"So who is the lucky one to have been imprinted with you?" Jay asks. "We all thought you wouldn't find your intended mate."
Mello glances back him.
"This one is not from the pack correct?" Jay says knowingly then his smile widens when Mello's eyes dart downwards. "So that's why you can't tell the packs alphas." He gets up knowing that he's hit it right on the head of the nail. He reaches a paw out placing it on Mello's wolf shoulder to pat it. "Don't worry. This old man can keep it a secret youngling." He then moves his paw back before heading off to the elders den.
Mello sits there feeling a bit dazed from what just happened. He snaps out of it when the excited yips of two other packs members reach his ears. He turns to the mates.
There is a black wolf with dark brown eyes named Mark.
And his mate a light brown wolf with blue eyes named Sean but affectionately nicknamed Jack by his mate.
Their story is a little interesting because Jack came from out of the country looking for a pack to belong to and of course he ended up meeting Mark in which they imprinted.
Since then Jack has been a part of the pack.
Mello wishes that his imprint was as simple as those twos was because then he could have just brought Near with him to join the pack… But of course his life had to be complicated with Near being a human. His ears fold back in slight sadness as he longs to be with the boy.
"Come on Jackaboy!" Mark calls to his mate happily yet rather tired. "It's too fuckign early but what the hell we're up anyways."
"I'm coming Markimoo!" Jack calls back. "We should get some food because we have early hunting patrol." He adds and they head to the fresh kill pile.
Mello turns away and just kind of wanders around the packs home checking anyone who is up and about to see if everything is the same from the last time he visited. He wonders if he could or should join the hunting party today.
…..
Near is in his room and he is standing by his window looking up to the fading night sky. He thinks about his life and how he's become mixed up in the lives of Matt and Mello who are both wolves… Wolves he never thought existed until he met Mello. "I hope Mello comes back soon…"
