A/N: Hey, there everyone! It's me, MBAV fan66!

So, this chapter is kind of a filler chapter...I think. Lol! But nonetheless, it's still a chapter. Packed full of some good and fun times with the boys! Lol! But there's also a little bit of seriousness to the chapter,as well. Mainly focusing on Ethan and his fear.

So, I hope you all like it and please enjoy the story.

Shout outs:

Guest- To the guest who left that very strange review for chapter 1...uh...thanks? I think? (*shrugs shoulders*) Lol!

Bethan Forever- Thanks for the review! Yeah! It was. But thankfully he had such a great mother to raise him properly, that he turned out all right and nothing like his dear old man. To the villagers though, all they see is an evil creature and they basically are letting their fear keep them from thinking too clearly about finding out if he actually was the wolf that's been going around on a murdering spree over the years. Lol! And yeah! I found the song when I was looking for songs for Little Red Riding Hood. When I listened to it and then read the lyrics, I just knew that it was the perfect song to fit Ethan's and Benny's relationship with one another. Lol!

TiredOfBeingNice- Thanks for the review! And I'm super happy that you liked it! As for who the Big Bad Wolf is? Well, that question will be answered in chapter 7. Hehehe! ;) It just might shock you! Lol!

Story: Little Red Riding Hood Part 5

Chapter 5: Hanging Out

Main Pairing: Ethan/Benny

When they finally reached Ethan's grandmother's house, they found that Rory was there as well to hangout with the two. When Rory saw the two holding hands, his jaw dropped.

"When did this happen?!" he asked in astonishment, as he gestured with his hands up and down at Benny and Ethan.

The two just smiled and blushed. "Just a little while ago." confessed Ethan, bashfully.

A huge grin then came to Rory's face. "I knew you had feelings for him along, Ethan!" he boasted/teased. "You were just playing hard to get, weren't you?" he said, nudging Ethan in the side playfully.

Ethan rolled his eyes at him, while Benny just stood there chuckling. "Shut up, Rory!" snapped Ethan embarrassingly with not much heat.

"Ah! Come on! Admit it, E! You know I was right!" teased Rory some more.

Ethan's cheeks turned even darker in color, as he then turned his back to the blonde. "I hate you sometimes! You know that?!" he spat at him, from over his shoulder while he pouted.

Rory just laughed right along with Benny at Ethan's display of embarrassment. After awhile, Benny walked over to the boy in red and drapped an arm around his shoulder. "It's alright, Red. He's only teasing you." reassured Benny comfortingly with a smile. After a second, Ethan had relaxed some, but then looked up at the wolf in confusion.

"Red?" he asked.

"Yeah! It's my little pet name for you. Do you like it?" replied Benny.

"Actually...yeah! I do!" Ethan replied back after giving it some thought and then smiling as he kissed him on the cheek. "Thanks, Wolfy!" he said.

"Wolfy?" chuckled Benny.

Ethan nodded. "That's my pet name for you!" he cooed, as he tapped Benny on the nose.

Benny then wrapped his arms around the boy and brought him in closer to him. "Hmmm. Wolfy likes." he said seductively, smiling. Ethan giggled.

"Eew! Gross! Get a room you two!" gagged Rory, teasing them.

The two lovebirds just stuck their tongues out at him playfully, which caused Rory to roll his eyes at them.

Later they were playing one of Grandma's old board games, until the game came to a hault due to Rory accusing Benny of cheating and it soon leading into a big heated argument over it.

"No, I didn't Rory!" yelled Benny at the blonde.

"Yeah, huh! You totally did cheated, Benny!" yelled Rory back.

"No! I did not for the last time, Rory!" replied Benny back again. "Tell him, Ethan!" he snapped, looking over at him.

"No way! Sorry, dude! Live me out of this!" said Ethan, waving his hands and shaking his head.

The two arguing teens then started back at one another and soon enough they broke out into a little skirmish on the floor. Ethan laughed at how ridiculous and childish the two are being right now, before getting up and stretching.

"While you two are busy...sorting things out, I'm gonna go grab me something to drink. Do guys want anything while I'm in the kitchen?" said Ethan to the two bickering teens, rolling around on the floor with Rory in a headlock.

They briefly paused to look up at Ethan. "I'll take a soda!" commented Benny. "Yeah! I'll take one too!" answered Rory back. "Ok, then." responded Ethan, as he watched as the two began to wrestle each other right were they left off at. Ethan just shook his head and chuckled, as he headed to the kitchen.

Once in he was in the kitchen he saw his grandmother get off the phone. "Who was that Grandma?" he asked as got into the fridge to fetch the drinks.

"Oh, no one dear!" she said nonchalantly, but Ethan could tell that she was lying.

"Grandma. I know that you're lying." he said. Then he noticed how worried she looked. "Grandma, what's wrong? You look worried." he asked her in concern.

She let out a sigh, knowing that she should of known that she couldn't hide how she was feeling around her grandson. She looked at him. "You're right, Ethan. I was lying." she said kindly, smiling at him. "It was your mother, dear. She just told me that there was another murder by the wolf, earlier today." she said sullenly.

Ethan's eyes grew wide with shock and fear. "R-really, Grandma?" he asked in a shaky tone.

She nodded. "I'm afraid so, dear." responded Grandma. "Your mother called wanting to make sure that you got here safe and sound. I told that you did and that Rory was also here as well."

"You didn't tell her about Benny, did you?" asked Ethan, wanting to make sure if his mother knew about Benny or not.

"No. I didn't tell her. But just like everyone else in town, she knows what Benny looks like and she also knows that he's a wolf. I haven't told her about Benny because I knew she would react the same way that you did or maybe even worser." explained Grandma. "I mean, after all you did inherit your stubborn streak from her, you know." she laughed, smiling fondly at him.

Ethan smiled back at her. "Thanks for not telling her yet. If it's alright with you, I'd like to be the one to tell her, when I'm ready."

"Of course dear." she said sweetly to him, placing a small kiss on his forehead.

"Thanks, Grandma!' he thanked her, before picking up the sodas off the counter. "Well. I better get back in there before those two wind up hurting each other or break something." he joked, giggling.

"Yeah! You better!" she agreed, giggling with him.

When he walked back into the living room, Rory and Benny were both sprawled out on the floor, panting. Ethan laughed at them.

"So, you two settle your little dispute yet or is there another round coming after this?" joked Ethan, as he walked over to the exhuasted teens and handed them both their drinks.

"Yeah! We're finished." replied Benny panting slightly. He then sat up to take his soda, as did Rory too.

"Yeah! We just agreed to disagree about it and just call a truce." added Rory, popping open his soda can and taking a drink.

"Good!" smiled Ethan at them, as he took a seat on the couch. Benny got up and sat beside him as he slung an arm around Ethan's shoulders.

"So, what now?" asked Benny.

"We could play hide and go seek?" suggested Rory, with a shrug.

"No way! That wouldn't be very fair to us, Rory with Wolfy here's sense of smell and heighten hearing. He'll be able to find us in no time flat!" stated Ethan to the blonde. Benny just sat there blushing with a guilty look, meaning that what Ethan had said was true. He would be able to find them without much difficulty.

"Then...how about tag?" suggest Rory again, after some thought.

"Seriously dude? What's with all the kiddy game suggestions?" questioned Benny, giving him an weird look.

"I don't know?! I just like playing those games, is all!" exclaimed Rory, shrugging. "And besides! I don't hear you coming up with anything! Now, do we, huh?!" snapped Rory, in an accussing manner.

Benny gave him a glare before focusing back on the matter at hand, finding something to do. Then Rory remembered something.

"Hey guys! I just remembered something!" he said in realization, as he got up to fetch his bag and then pulled out a stack of comic books. "I forgot that I brought some of my comic books over for us to read! Ethan's already read most of them, but I remembered from the last time that you said how you loved to read comics but couldn't anymore since you've been outed as a wolf and was pretty much band from ever entering town again. So, I thought that I'd bring these over since we're friends now for you to catch up on them!" beamed/explained Rory to Benny.

"Thanks, Rory! That's so nice of you to do!" cheered Benny happily, as he quickly grabbed a comic to begin reading it. Ethan and Rory soon followed suit, re-reading some of their favorites.

After reading some comics and helping Grandma with a few things around the house, it was finally bedtime. But for Ethan it wasn't, as he seemed to be wide awake due to the thoughts plagued his mind at the moment. So, he left the room to go get himself some air.

A few minutes later, Benny had woken up and had realized that Ethan wasn't in bed. Sensing that something must be wrong with the teenager for him to still be up this late, he decided to go find him. He found Ethan outside, sitting on the porch on the patio swing, gazing out into the dark woods in thought. He approached the boy and took the seat next him on the patio swing. Ethan gave him a small friendly smile before turning his head to face back out into the woods.

"Ethan? What are you doing out here so late? Aren't your tired?" asked Benny concernedly.

"Nah. I'm fine, Benny. I just couldn't sleep was all. And I thought that if I came out here for some fresh air that it might help me get to sleep." explained Ethan, giving him a fake smile.

But Benny could sense that there was more that Ethan wasn't telling him. He could see it in his eyes. "Ethan. What's wrong? Is it Rory's snoring? Cause if it is-" he questioned, joking around some about Rory's obnoxious snoring habit.

Ethan let out a small chuckle, cutting him off, which made Benny smile seeing him somewhat better. "No. It's not Rory's snoring, Benny. I'm actually pretty used to it by now." replied Ethan, making Benny frown now and becoming even more concerned for the boy.

"Then what is it? And don't lie to me because I can tell that there's something bothering you! I am a wolf you know! And just like all animals, we can tell when there's something obviously not right." Benny added in a stern, but calm tone.

A small smile spread across Ethan's lips at Benny's statement, but then he frowned as he looked down at his hands resting in his lap. "Your right. There's is something bothering me." he admitted honestly, in a sullen tone. "I've just got a lot on my mind is all. It's nothing really. I don't want to burden you with my troubles, Benny."

Benny frowned at his boyfriend's comment and mood. He then placed his hand over Ethan's and gave it a light squeeze. "Ethan." he started, speaking in a soothing and calm tone. "I don't mind being burden with your troubles. I'm your boyfriend now and that's one of the many things that couples do, is confide in each other about what troubles them. I'm here for you and I'll do whatever it takes just to see that pretty smile on your face again whenever you're feeling blue because I love you, Ethan." he said reassuringly and lovingly, meaning every word.

Ethan looked up at Benny's smiling face to see the sincerity in his eyes and smiled too. "You're right, Benny. And I love you too." he replied back. Then the smile faded away into a frown again. "It's just...I'm afraid." he stated simply in a sullen way, as he looked back down again.

"Afraid? Afraid of what?" asked Benny confusedly.

With a heavy sigh, Ethan started to explain. "Earlier today, when I went go fetch our drinks while you and Rory were busy arguing, Grandma had told me that she had just gotten a phone call from Mom saying that there's been another attack."

Benny gasped, as his eyes grew wide with shock. "Really?! That's terrible!" he stated in shock and remorse.

"Yeah." agreed Ethan, pausing for a brief second as he looked out into the woods once more. He could feel tears beginning to well up in his eyes. "And I'm afraid that since the wolf is still out there, that it'll eventually come after me or someone that I love. I've been feeling this way ever since that day, when I saw it kill my father. Always living in constant fear of the beast. I just wish...that it would just go away and never come back, so I can feel safe again!" he explained, as tears fell from his eyes.

Benny could truly see and sense the fear that Ethan was emitting about it all. Even though he had already told him this, Benny now really see's just how much seeing his father die at the jaws of The Big Bad Wolf has effected him. He didn't know that his little red has lived in nothing, but constant fear from the ordeal, ever since and he didn't like Ethan feeling this way. He wanted his boyfriend to feel safe and secure again without all the worry and constant fear weighing on him, all the time.

Benny wrapped his arms around Ethan's frame and brought him in close to him. "I never really knew that's how you always felt, Ethan. I'm so sorry." he said to him softly. "But it's like I said before. I promise that I won't ever let anything bad happen to you! I will always protect you, no matter what. I don't want you to have to live in fear all the time, like this. I want you to feel safe and happy again. Like you were before this...monster of a wolf ever came to this town and caused you so much pain and grief." reassured Benny, soothingly. "So, just know that you feel safe around me and that no harm will ever come to you. I'll see to it!" he added confidently, but calmly.

They stayed like that for awhile. With a sniffle and a quick wipe away of some tears, Ethan sat back up and smiled at Benny, feeling much better now. "Thank you, Benny. It means a lot to hear you say that to me. And it does actually bring me some comfort in knowing that I have you around, watching out for me like the caring wolf that are. I'm so glad to be able to have you as my boyfriend. I love you, Benny!" he said to the wolf happily.

They then leaned in to kiss one another. "Now!" stated Benny suddenly. "How about we go back in and try to get some sleep, huh?" he suggested. "It's getting pretty late out and with Rory's stupid snoring, I'm gonna need all the sleep that I can get if I want to have the energy to be your personal bodyguard tomorrow." implied Benny jokingly, with a smile.

Ethan giggled and nodded his head. And with that the two got up and went inside the house. After that little talk with Benny, Ethan had managed to fall alseep soundly with Benny right there by his side next to him in bed, holding Ethan in a warm and comforting embrace. Making the young teenager feel more safer at night just by being in his arms.

A/N: So, there's chapter 5! A little bit emotional for Ethan there, huh? And that little display of bromance between Rory and Benny over the board game? Priceless! Lol!

And that little bethan moment at the end? JUST SO DARN ADORKABLE! Lol! But what could it mean now that the Big Bad Wolf has returned again, it seems? Well, keep following along to find out in the next up coming chapters! Lol!

Until next time, I hope that you are all enjoying this little tale and I'll be seeing you in the next chapter! Byyyeee! :)