Wolf shrugged on his jacket. He looked up at his clock, he had a few more minutes.
Red was going to be so pleased with his surprise.
He was planning on proposing to her.
He looked down at the silver ring his mother had given him. The ring his father gave his mother.
Mom would be proud, thought Wolf distantly. Then he heard a knock.
"Come in." He muttered adjusting his tie. How do humans wear these?! He couldn't even figure out to make a knot in this stupid piece of cloth.
Giving up, Wolf turned to see who had come in. He stiffened up immediately.
"Father."
"At ease, my son. I won't do you any harm." his father waved a careless paw at him.
Wolf resumed his battle, knowing how upset Red will be if he doesn't arrive looking uniform. After all, he didn't want her to reject him all because of
his attire. That would suck, Wolf thought.
"So," Father says, taking a seat on Wolf's bed, "You're going to propose to her?"
Wolf looks at his father curiously, "Yes, father, I love Red."
His father scoffs. A dark gleam shows in his eye. Wolf turns around, the fur on his neck beginning to rise.
Wolf's father stands, "If you propose to her, I'll kill your little sister."
Wolf looks up at his father in utter shock. He couldn't believe his father just said that. Of all the things he could say, he said he would kill Beth just
because he wanted to spend the rest of his life with the human he loved.
"Why?" He growled. Father stalks over to the door, pausing to reply.
"Because, "His father says in a cold dead tone, "If you don't see she is the end of our kind, you will bring the apocalypse upon us.
"And if that red hooded horror isn't killed tonight, blood will spill- both your sisters and hers. The blood won't be on my hands, it will be on yours."
Without another word, his father leaves him to think about the things he just said.
What did father mean? Wolf thought to himself. Why did he just say that?
The thought of Red dead, it hurt him. But his sister, Beth, she was everything to him. If she died, he would die.
What should he do?
What should he do?
"What should I do?" Wolf whispered quietly to the mirror.
Wolf shook his head as he figured it out. He knew what he had to do. With a sigh, he left his room and bolted through the forest.
As he ran, he thought of his last date with Red. He remembered it so clearly. They were at the lake, yes, on a wooden platform in the middle of it.
...
Red smiled at him brightly, "Thanks for bringing my here."
Wolf smiled back, wrapping an arm around her. She was so warm.
"No problem. But were you serious? You have never been this close to the lake before?"
His human blushed, her cheeks turning a faint shade of red. She looked out across the lake with a distant smile and said, "No, never this close."
Wolf couldn't contain his curiosity, he just had to ask, "Why?"
Red looked back at him, a piece of her blonde hair blowing across her perfect face. Absently, Wolf pushed her hair back behind her ear.
"I... I can't swim." She replied quietly, "My mom was always scared that I would drown if we came to the lake. She kept me away."
Wolf stroked her cheek, listening to her sweet voice talk of fears and her mother. All of this was new to him, but all seemed to come naturally. Red
looked into his eyes. Her eyes were so bright, so green. They were almost too innocent, too innocent for him.
"Really?" He said, moving his hand down to hold hers, "It's never too late to learn."
A wicked smile flashes across his face. He jumps up from their blanket and takes off his checkered vest. Smiling down at his little Red, he unbuttons
his black collared shirt.
Her cheeks begin to turn a bright red as she watches him.
"Come on, Red. Strip down, I'm gonna teach ya how to swim." Another wicked smile. He got his tops off and now he had to get his jeans. His chest
fur glistened in the moonlight.
"Wolf." Red whispered.
He looked at her, "Yes?"
"Why do you have fur on your chest?" Her voice sounded a bit worried. This made Wolf laugh.
"No, no. It's a half moon, it may not be a full moon, but it still affects me." He chuckled, "Now get undressed, we don't wanna get any of your clothes
wet."
As he says this, he tosses his jeans to the side and jumps off the platform into the water. The water is icy cold, it sends a chill up Wolfs spine, but
that feeling soon passes as he breaks the the surface.
Above him, Red looks down at him. She's still dressed in her white tank-top and the long black skirt she wore. She also had that red hood on. She
always has it on. Wolf wondered if she wore it to bed.
"Why aren't you getting undressed?" He asked, splashing a little. Red's concerned expression changes to one of annoyance.
"I don't have fur you idiot! I'll be completely naked and I don't want you to see me!" She shouts. in her high voice.
Wolf cracks another smile, "I'm supposed to see you, Red, that's the point."
He hears her gasp and the next thing he knew, she was throwing an apple at his head.
"Hey! Hey! I'm sorry, you don't have to get naked, just take your hood and skirt off. They'll drag you down in the water."
Reluctantly, he hears the noises of cloth and then he sees her with her legs swung over the side.
"You'll catch me, right?" Her eyes showed she was scared. Wolf held his arms up and called to her, saying he would catch her. She stood and jumped.
A small scream escaped her lips as she fell. And as promised, Wolf caught her.
She was small in his arms, small and warm. She looked into his eyes and he saw how scared she was.
"Don't worry," He promised, "Nothing will happen to you."
"Wolf." She sighed, "I love you."