I'm an idiot, I put on the chapter that hadn't been proof read. So I took it down and put on the right one. Sorry
He had been swarmed by the group once he had reached them, each asking him questions he couldn't answer. What school did he go to? Did he have any brothers or sisters? What his parent's names were?
He couldn't answer them for many reasons, mainly because he had no idea what a school was but also because he couldn't speak their strange language. Even if he could they were throwing questions at him so fast that he could barely make a growl.
"Guys, guys! Wait a second will you?" Dan finally managed to quieten the group down seeing that they weren't helping on his nervousness.
"But Dan he hasn't answered a single question yet" the blond protested as he stepped forwards slightly, managing to finally get through the wall of girl the three others had made.
"And he won't be able to" he added on, not enlightening them to the fact that he was practically mute only making a few hisses and growls when he was spoken to.
"Why not?" The silver haired girl whined looking from Dan to Shun, not liking that she wasn't going to get any answers to her mountains of questions.
"Cos I don't speak your strange language" Shun answered her, forgetting that that may shock them slightly.
"He growled" the ginger girl spoke for the first time since they had been stopped looking a mix of shocked and slightly worried, she had never been growled at before, especially by another human.
"Yes he did, he can't speak English." He paused for a moment so they could confuse themselves even more, but as soon as one of them was about to talk he added "he speaks animal" four pairs of eyes widened more than one would think possible, so much so that Dan worried for a moment that they were going to fall from their heads.
He looked from Sam to the group. One of which seemed to be making an effort to talk.
"W-what, what d-do you mean by that?" The blond asked as he looked up at the boy, not knowing if he should be scared.
"He can't talk like we do, he can understand us but he can't speak to us, he can only growl. But he does point to things so we can understand him, it seems my mum understands him the best." Hearing something about Miyoko Shun nodded.
"Yea she can understand me, I can talk to her really easy." They all turned their gaze from Dan to the black haired boy.
"I think he's agreeing with you" Runo told them as she looked him in the eye. His eyes were a bright amber, a colour she recognised but couldn't place from where. As she was about to try and place them to a face the brunette's loud voice broke through her focus.
"Yea I bet he is, my mum likes him, she's told me before that she had wanted another kid but I never wanted one. A whiney kid running around not something I would like. But now that I have Sam I'm beginning to warm to the idea, he could be my little brother, and I could teach him all sorts without the annoying little brother things I've seen from my cousins." He explained to them, getting more excited the more he talked.
"Little brother things?" The silver haired girl asked. "What's that?"
"Well if you must know, Julie, little brother things are when they come round take your things scribble on the walls in your best felt tips. Take your clothes and play dress up while taking your mum's make-up so they could draw patterns on your best tops." As he told them what it was they sniggered a little. All of them did bar one.
Shun.
He was stuck thinking what on earth was a 'felt tip' or 'make-up'. He grabbed onto Dan's sleeve tugging it a little to gain the brunette's attention. Looking to his left he saw Sam's bright eyes staring up at him a little wide.
"What is it Sam?" He asked forgetting he had to ask a yes or no question.
"What's ma-ke-up?" He asked drawing the word out trying to pronounce it right. "And what's fe-lt tip?" Looking his friend in the eye he tried to think through what he had just said to make him ask questions, but everything he had mentioned to his friends seemed pretty normal, nothing to make him ask questions.
"What's wrong Sam?" He asked receiving no answer from the practically mute boy.
"What's wrong with him? Is he mad at you? Maybe he thinks you're ignoring him?" The orange haired girl asked.
As they deliberated possible reasons for the boys quietness, they all seemed to have forgotten the obvious, Shun looked them over trying to remember the names he had been told.
Dan had ran the names by him as soon as he was pulled into their hearing range. The orange haired girl was called, Alice. The blond boy was, Marucho. He wasn't too sure about that one, it was a strange name and he kept worrying that he had misheard the brunette. The next girl was Runo; he knew her name as it had been mentioned before when he was by the door with Dan's family. The final was Julie a silver haired girl and he too knew her name thanks to Dan saying it.
"Dan, what's a ma-ke-up?" He tried again though it seemed as though he wasn't heard. "Dan?" Looking him over he saw that they were starting to talk louder, almost like they were getting mad at the other.
"That's a stupid idea Runo. Why would he be feeling jealous? He doesn't even know you"
"Children get jealous" she argued with him, the others opinions were getting drowned out and soon they quietened letting the two, angrier, children fight in peace.
"He isn't a child!" The brunette yelled back.
Rolling his eyes at the twosome he looked around Dan's friends, it looked as though they were used to this. If they were he felt sorry for them but he definitely wasn't, and he wanted them to stop. Taking a deep breath he prepared himself to do what his dad always did if there was a fight in the woods. Scare everyone. And as they understood nothing of what he said he didn't have to think of anything scary to yell, all he had to do was just that. Yell.
"Shut up!"
The effect was instantaneous, not only did the bickering stop but so did the music playing in the background, along with the other kids, Dan's cousins.
"Sam? Are you ok?" Miyoko asked as she left her group of relatives to check on the wolf's child.
He looked up at her staring at her slightly exasperated, had she not heard them? He took a deep breath trying to calm himself down as they had irritated him with them not talking to each other but yelling at the other.
"They were fighting, I have no idea why they were just yapping at the other and it was getting really annoying so I shouted, I didn't mean to shock everyone I just wanted them to be quiet" Shun explained it to her though knowing that she would most likely not be able to understand he did hand gestures to explain it too, pointing to them and moving them a little with his hands.
It looked as though his actions and the way he growled and hissed made the difference to the woman as she stopped before him nodding her head.
"Dan from what I gather you two were fighting, why's that?" She had expected an answer from one then the other but instead she was given a barrage of answers and pointed fingers, one passing the blame to the other and being passed right back.
She stepped forwards reaching over Sam and pressing her hand over their mouths.
"Shh, shh" she hushed muting them as they continued to try and blame the other, even with their mouths covered. "Now are you two going to be quiet? If you are I'll take my hands from your faces" they nodded their heads at her, telling her that they agreed. "Good" she removed her hand and turned to Runo, expecting a more honest answer from her. She knew her son, he would lie to save himself if he was to be scolded. "So Runo what happened?"
"Well, Sam's upset cos he thinks we're ignoring him and he's a little jea-"
"He isn't upset because of that!" Dan cut in grabbing Sam's arm and pulling him forwards. "Tell her, that's not what's wrong is it?" He waited a few moments, his grin faltering as the time passed and he looked down at the bewildered boy.
"Why are you asking me? I can't talk." He stated the obvious. What was wrong with Dan? How could he forget something so quickly?
"Oh yea I forgot" he smiled up at the boy at that, seemed his mind was coming back "he's mad at us" apparently not. Growling in frustration he turned pleading amber eyes to Miyoko, apparently she had figured it out.
"Dan?" She asked to gain his attention.
"Yea mum, what is it?"
"You do remember that he can't speak English, he can't answer you unless it's yes or no" she explained slowly, rubbing in his mistake just a little.
"I'm an idiot" he breathed running a hand down his face "how did I forget that?" He asked himself though he still got an answer.
"Because you're so used to talking to your friends and seeing them and talking to them has made you forget what was obvious earlier. Don't think you're stupid for making a human error" she patted him on the back a little before taking Sam's hand. "I'll take him for a little while, ok? I want to introduce him to a few people to make him feel a little more comfortable. He looks like he feels a little awkward" she glanced down at him to see if he agreed and was given a slight nod.
"I do, this is a lot of people. I don't know if I like this. Too many of your kind" he noted how he had used the word your kind instead of my kind. He would always consider himself an animal, not a human.
"But mum, I want him to stay here for a while" he complained grabbing her sleeve as if to stop her.
"I know Dan but don't you want him to not be scared anymore?" She asked using what she knew would make him change his mind. "I'll bring him back in a little while, this'll give you a little time to talk to your friends" she added what she knew would convince the boy all the more, and though he looked a little disappointed he nodded his head, accepting her words.
"Ok, but make sure he's ok" she smiled down at her child; he was sounding less like a friend and more like a new parent. Constantly worrying, how he had formed such a strong bond with him in so little time was beyond her, though she was pleased to see a more mature version of her usually impulsive son.
"I will" she promised "come on then Sam" turning she led him away, to one of the smaller groups of people. Staring back at Dan for a moment he gave him a small, shy, smile. He didn't know what was going on but he trusted the woman to keep him safe.
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