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Len's POV:
My stomach grumbled of hunger.
Day 2 of no food. Another unsuccessful day of hunting. I hadn't realized that the day had passed me by until I had found myself over in the night's natural light, grunting at how hungry I had become. I don't know how much longer I'll be able to survive like this..
It was times like this where I hated being a wolf, the mentality of "eat" or "be eaten." I did what I could to survive, and I was certain everyone else in the forest followed this principle as well. Still, this fact didn't make me any less pissed about my current situation. Food was all I could think of, the satisfaction of having my stomach brimming with life. The thought of my own teeth against that of a deer or elk, my taste buds exploding with laughter as it tasted each part of flesh that I had lacerated. I would kill for it. Well, I always killed for it, anyway. Food had never came easy. But at the moment, I didn't care what I had to do to satisfy my unbearable hunger. I just wanted my own suffering to end, and quickly.
All of a sudden, before I could realize it against the thoughts of my own downfalls, the forest seemed to become more silent. The crickets were no longer chirping, it seemed that all the creatures has decided to vacate the area.
What the hell? I thought to myself, curious about this sudden development. And with this silence, I begun to smell a scent. The scent filled my nostrils and caused me to feel such strong Euphoria. Almost without fully realizing it, I begun to walk towards it. Then, I began to jog towards it, then run, then full out sprint. It was eat or be eaten, and I was certain I wasn't the only one who had the idea of chasing this unknown scent. And so, the smell of a delicious meal seemed to be close, with each tree I pass I seemed to have been getting closer and closer to pure satisfaction.
I sniffed another time, and all of a sudden, I picked up another odor, this time being a damp, grotesque smell. And this time, it made me certain that the succulent smell I had smelled wasn't only smelled by me. Not too far, I knew that a fox was also on this treasure. And I was determined to claim whatever it was to myself.
Only a few more feet, and then I'd reach it…
I emerged into the moonlight, making eye contact with the Fox as it knew I was here to fight. My desire intact, I began to thrash about, ripping flesh off of the Fox in an attempt to prove that I would find whatever scent we had both been after. I would be victorious, I would not allow myself to starve.
Before I knew it, the Fox had bolted away at it´s opportunity to run.
"What a pussy…" I whispered to myself.
All of a sudden, like a lightswitch, I could smell it, even more intensely than before. I knew that it was right behind me, and to my surprised, what had been there before me, was a small, frail rabbit, trembling beneath her own breath.
Her short blonde hair that had been a bit brushed up roughly, I could tell due to her panic in running. From on the floor, where her exposed legs sprawled helplessly along the ground, shining in the dim moonlight. Although her figure had been hidden mostly under her dress, parts of her torso and upper thigh were revealed from the position she had been sitting at, the small rabbit-girl seemed powerless. Such perverse thoughts started to sway in my head, sadistically I licked my top lip.
How this situation seemed far too convenient for my current hunger, I felt like at the moment I could devour her without a second thought, without regret and without remorse. That's how it's always been, I've devoured my food feeling no emotion towards it. But all of a sudden, what had accompanied me wasn't emptiness. I didn't feel the desire to please my hunger as I did. Well, to be fair, I was still insanely hungry. But something inside of myself made me feel different about this encounter. Something made me feel emotion towards my meal. Guilt? Sorrow? Sympathy? I couldn't pinpoint it.
Her scent had hit me once more, mixing the feeling of both the urge to eat, yet the urge to suppress it. Maybe it was the way her odor whisked through my nose and made it's way to my head. The fragrance I had never encountered before was confusing me...right?
I need to eat. My own thoughts seemed to interrupt my confused train of thought. I need to eat.
But I couldn't eat this she-rabbit. She was to...pure for me to eat. The irrational emotion I was feeling towards her was too much, so much that it overpowered the will for me to eat.
Impossible. I shook my head. Would I really go along with such nonsensical emotions? I knew I would surely regret this later, if I was even alive by that time. But in someway, nothing seemed to matter to me. If it was possible, it seemed like she had poisoned me with the worse kind of poison. Do I dare say I feel anything towards her?
"H-hey…" I managed to mutter under my breath. This seemed to scare her, as she flinched at nearly every slight move I made. It was almost, to say, cute. I inhaled deeply. What was I going to do? Sparing her would be completely unheard of in any situation.
I exhaled deeply. I would play it cool. Regardless if I was man enough to eat her or not, I would not scare her off. I was never going to find someone with a scent as unique as hers.
"Young Rabbits like you shouldn't be out this late at night. Scary things happen in the forest when it gets dark, young missy." I felt extremely dumb saying this, because she obviously was aware of this fact. Though, I doubt that she ever expected these words to come from a wolf.
"I...I'm sorry..."she stuttered."...I didn't mean to bother you..." Shaking my head, she seemed completely terrified of me. I wasn't surprised in the slightest, though. I would be terrified too if I thought I was going to be eaten any second.
"Little miss, you're not bothering me, It seems like I'm bothering you. Is that right?"
"N-no! You're not bothering me. I s-shouldn't have wondered around I'm sorry..."The young miss begun to tremble even more than she had before. Somehow, I felt my heart begin to pump faster and faster, and my saliva begin to run thicker and thicker. Oh, how I could just take her all in right now…
I kneeled down to her on the floor slowly, approaching her with some caution, yet some anxiousness. I managed to move my face close to the side of her head, near her ear. From this close, she reeked of the sweet, foreign smell mixed with innocent sweat. I could almost taste her, I could almost feel her in my mouth…
But I couldn't do it.
"Please don't be afraid. I'm not going to harm you." I pulled away quickly, and looked deep into her shy, azure eyes with no lack of confidence. Her face, turning a light shade of pink, had begun to relax as I felt her gaze fixed on mine. Her lips pursed slightly, and her breath became more steady. Now that I had a closer look at her face, I instantly found myself trapped inside of her complexion - from her endless eyes to her fair extremely fair skin. I was trapped in this dream that I couldn't escape from, this captivation. And at the moment, I had decided that tonight, would be another foodless night. I was going against all the principles of the wild, and I fully embraced it. Tonight, I swore to myself that I would protect her.
"Now, I really think I should escort you out of this forest."
I grabbed her tightly by the hand, and surprisingly, she followed without retort.
The walk seemed all too short. Before I knew it, we had reached the end.
The moon hadn't been full, yet it had dazed me. If only it had been full, maybe I would have been able to commit this cruel act tonight.
"Hey, may I ask your name, young missy?" I asked.
"Rin,"Hesitating, I replied."May I ask yours, big bad wolf?"
I chuckled. Big bad Wolf, huh?
"Len."
"Will we meet again?" she asked. I pursed my lips into a smirk.
"For sure."
I had my mind set on preserving her - on her smell, on her everything. It was then I decided that she could be only mine. I found myself hopelessly addicted - to her.
Gumi's POV(Preview):
The clock clicked eagerly, and with each passing second, so did my anxiety. It had been nearly three hours since Red had left home to scavenge for food. She was a protective one, my sister. I always believed that she was much stronger than I was, I perhaps that was fully true. But one day, I hoped to have that strength too. There was no one I loved more than my sister.
