Kate had gotten home that day, awfully confused. She was laying in her bed, just staring at the ceiling. None of him made sense.

She just couldn't wrap her head around the idea that a guy could be... Could be whatever the hell he was! It wasn't normal. It wasn't wolf nature. Sure he was an Omega but that didn't change the fact that he was a man acting... acting like that! It was impossible! No man acts like that, no man is that!

She had never heard a boy say sorry. Never seen a boy so quiet. Never heard a man yell in a gentle voice. Never seen a boy who would pay for a scene he wasn't a part of or a scene in general, or try to anyway. Never had she seen someone who was so spineless for himself but had a backbone when it came to his friends. Never did he get mad either.

How can he be so unreadable?

It was so frustrating! He was just so different from every other boy she had ever seen. He wasn't a dumb jock like Garth, who's life was just sex. He wasn't trying to act cool like Hutch. He wasn't like his nerdy friends, who wanted a social life so badly. He was an outcast. He stood out without trying to. He seemed afraid of people, demonstrated by his isolation.

"Who are you...?" Kate asked.

"Who is who?" came the sudden voice of her younger sister. The suddenness of her sister causing her to give a slight yelp. She would be lying if she said she didn't get scared. She must have been so deep in thought that she didn't hear her sister.

"Lily! Nothing! Nobody! What did I say about knocking on my door!" she tried to deflect, clearly failing because of the slight spook earlier.

Lily's face basically told the story, Kate was not getting out of this one. "Is this about that quiet kid? I can't remember his name but the one who we sat with at Dunkin?" she kept trying to explain herself. As if Kate didn't get the point.

As sisters, they could always read one another like the back of their hands. They always knew when the other was upset, or angry. They always knew why, if they had context. They always could basically read each other's mind. And they were always there for each other. So lying was definitely useless. "Yes, it is...I just can't wrap my head around the guy! He's just such an annoyingly different wolf! He isn't categorizable, he's an outcast! It... it just gets me so angry sis,"

Lily only chuckled, her sister was priceless. Her sexism was completely funny sometimes. She couldn't help but tease her sister, "Well then give him his own category, ooh I got a name for it! 'Interest'," Daggers suddenly made their way to her. "What's wrong sis?"

Kate growled in agitation, her voice kinda muffled due to her gritting her teeth, "What exactly does that mean Lily?"

She knew what she meant. That didn't mean she liked it. She would make sure her sister knew that too. There was no way ever a possibility of that! "Uh, for me to know and for you to find out!" Lily said with a nervous grin, running away.

Kate grinned, her sister had quite the imagination. And because of that, she was going to die tonight, "Oh yeah?"

Humphrey had gotten home at about 3:30 p.m. with his buddies. They were gonna probably watch a movie until Humphrey got a call from his boss saying he needed him. After groaning in frustration that he had to work on his day off he got his uniform and ran to the office.

Apparently, today was a bad day there, about fifteen employees called in sick and no one else was really answering the call to work in their place.

Humphrey found that quite odd. Why not just accept the extra shifts? If someone gives you the opportunity to make more money then it would make sense to accept the deal. After all, money does run the world. To be honest, though Humphrey didn't care about any of that. At the end that just meant that he would make even more and he definitely could use that.

But this... this was insane. By now Humphrey was on his third delivery run of the day. Each one was more excruciating than the last. Now though... he was set to go to the Golden Dormitory. It was the dormitory filled with the best of the best. You had to have money and good grades to live there. Like a lot of money. Money which he definitely didn't have.

It was already eleven-thirty now and usually the postal service would close by then but today again was a bad day. They needed to get everything they could deliver which meant that this time they would work past the usual closing time. Thankfully though this was Humphrey's last run. All he needed to do was put this box in front of room 527 and leave. Simple.

Of course, the elevator had to be broken, and the lady at the desk just had to be annoying!

Humphrey probably was never more excited to see the number five in his life. That number looked like heaven itself was shining it saying the journey was almost over. Pretty soon he could go home, sleep and get ready for his last day of school this week.

Walking through the door he looked frantically through the hall trying to find his destination. 521, 523, 525, 527! He was home free! After this, he could walk home and sleep!

Humphrey could hear music playing loudly on the other side. Then the door opened. Two drunk wolves were walking out, the man saying a bunch of shit like 'We's gonna have so much fun at my place!'. As he peered inside he could see over twenty other wolves most of which were dancing, a few cans of beer, and a closet door open with two wolves walking out, their clothes basically ripped. It was a party. A big one at that.

And it was definitely a place he never wanted to return to. Why? Simply put he hated parties. Any kind of them. He couldn't exactly deal with loud places, too many drunks, the dancing, or some of the games that were played. He just wasn't a fan. Never was, never would be.

Sighing he went to place the box down so he could run down until heard someone yelled, "Hey you! Package boy!"

Package boy. That was definitely a nickname he didn't like. Though it wasn't like he could blame the guy, it wasn't like they ever met. Looking up he saw none other than Tadashi Yamada. Quite possibly the best computer genius in the college. He was also captain of the school's volleyball team. The kid was a decently buff and tall Asian. "So uh, wheres my man Baker today?"

Baker? Who the hell is Baker? Was he a delivery man that usually came to this dorm? It made some sense. Except for the fact that it was weird. Humphrey had never got the same place twice and he worked at the post for over nine months now. Why did he even care? He didn't actually. It just seemed off some way. What could it be? Maybe he was just overthinking the situation. Either way, he had to give an answer before he seemed weird.

He shrugged in response. Which to him was a harmless gesture. But what seemed to him as a harmless gesture had clearly been seen very differently by Tadashi. He looked pissed. He was scowling as he looked at Humphrey. His eyes bloodshot red, fist clenched, and Humphrey could hear a faint growl.

Just then the door opened behind them, revealing a very, very angry blonde wolf.

Kate couldn't take the noise anymore. She had been trying to sleep for a very long time. Then finally just as she was dozing off it grew much louder. She had enough of Tadashi and his constant partying, it was time she spoke her mind. "I'm going to fucking kill this damn wolf!" She shouted to herself. She quickly went to find her bathrobe, preferably not wanting to go out there in just her underwear. When she couldn't find it she grabbed whatever looked comfortable. She settled with her usual inside pajamas and stomped her way to the door.

Upon opening the door she could see Tadashi staring down a certain annoying wolf. What was he even doing here! That's when she noticed the package. So now he's ad delivery man. She just ignored it and stormed right next to her project partner. "Tadashi I am trying to sleep! So if you would be willing to fuck off or turn down the noise it'd be great! Or I'll make you, got it!?" She shouted venom and rage filled her words. And the words seemed to be like bullets of course aimed at the volleyball captain.

Tadashi simply grunted and grabbed his package slamming his door. Leaving the project partners alone in the hallway. Now Kate had a second problem and a question. "Now if you may enlighten me, what the fuck are you doing here!?"

Humphrey looked at her, the only thing she saw in his eyes was fear. Fear of what? She didn't care. All she knew was that it made him afraid of her and she loved that. Why exactly she didn't know. In fact, it kind of made her sick, why was she so happy that he was afraid of her. It wasn't healthy.

Him

She was beginning to act like him. That awful man, that sorry excuse for a wolf. The way she felt resembled the way he felt.

As soon as she realized that she stopped. She then as if for the first time, looked at Humphrey. He was in the college postal service uniform. His bag filled with packages was empty and he had tears wanting to escape his eyes.

"I'm sorry," he said as he bolted down the stairs. She could see the painful aura around him.

Though the worst thing was his face.

Those tears that seemed to want to escape him. The pain in his eyes. The way his lips trembled. The way he looked at her. It just showed that he was hurt. It just showed her that he indeed was different. She had never seen a guy cry until earlier today. She had never seen her words affect a man as she did today. She had never seen such a selfless gesture by a man like she did today. And all those first were thanks to him.

She had never even seen her father do any of those things. And only now did she actually see her father as a man. He was the only man she didn't hate.

Maybe she should at least try to talk to Humphrey. Maybe she should try to at least be a little kinder to him.

And if he still was the same guy he was showing to be?

Then she should try to befriend him. But first, she would have to earn his forgiveness.

Humphrey made it back at one o'clock and immediately raced to the bathroom. After turning on the light he turned the sink on. He couldn't hold it anymore. Everything had just come out, he was whaling in pain. Why did she hate him? Why did everyone at this school except his friends hate him? And why did he push his friends away? Why? Why was all he could think. Nothing else could come into his head. Why was he so scared of everyone? Why did he isolate himself? Why did he want to hurt himself?

No matter how hard he thought he couldn't find a single answer.

He wanted so hard to blame others, blame everyone else for his pain. He wanted with every fiber of his being say it was their fault.

But the problem was that it wasn't.

Nobody exactly hurt him for no reason. Nobody caused his trauma. Nobody made him a quiet kid.

That was all him.

He was the one who started problems. He was the one who pushed everyone out. He was the one who stayed quiet. He was the one who couldn't trust. He was the one who couldn't just talk. He couldn't laugh. He couldn't joke. He wasn't himself anymore.

And that was his fault. And he knew that better than everyone.

He looked at the mirror, his eyes now bloodshot. His face had many tears. He shook his head and grinned. Cupping some water in his paws he washed his face. Turning the water off he made his way to the towel he got for Christmas six years prior as a gift from Mooch. Drying himself he left the bathroom.

Tomorrow he vowed, he would try his best. Isolation, in the end, was his friend. And he was protecting Humphrey. Much better than he could protect himself.

Wow that was exactly what I wasn't expecting to happen. I had a completely different plan for the hallway incident and instead, I wrote this. I gotta say that this ending was definitely better. Adds conflict and drama, guess that's what happens when you get into watching a drama series huh?

I think I'm moving a bit quick with Kate, so I think that's why I let this happen to Humphrey. To slow things down.

Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and I'll see all you beautiful people in the next chapter!