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Chapter 22: Misunderstandings
GRIN's P.O.V.
I was all hears, wanting to know Humphrey's secrets… I sat on my haunches, waiting for him to began to speak…
I saw him sigh slighlty, then he raised his muzzle to the sky, maybe in attempt to clarify his thoughts…Then he looked at me and began to say:
"Well, to tell you the truth, luck was by my side when I met Kate…Not to brag me, but I already knew we would become more than friends…I know that at least since the first time I laid my eyes on her…"
While Humphrey was speaking, I saw a tan figure slowly approaching from behind Humphrey, keeping its movements silent… I recognized her as Kate…I thought this could be pretty funny, so I didn't tell Humphrey about her presence and I let him continue his speech while she was listening.
"…She was so beautiful and magnificent…Sometimes I think I don't deserve her…I'm just an omega, you know…" His face had frowned a bit… But then his eyes widened, beginning to smile to me "Oh but I was just forgetting the main reason about why we're here…For some sentimental advices!"
I could see Kate shaking her heaad and rolling her eyes slighly, but she couldn't think of what his husband was going to tell , and began to smile about that.
I was grinning, seeing the entire scene…Hoping he wouldn't say something regrettable and literally blowing up his marriage…
"Sooo…" Humphrey said, resuming his speech, "Who's the lucky girl, huh?" he said with a mischievous grin plastered all over his face, elbowing my shoulders a little.
Redness took complete possession of my face to that sudden question, making me lowering my face to stare at the grassy ground…
"Well… huh… she's…well…" I began to stammer, and that produced a snicker into Humphrey, who immediately said to me "Hey calm down boy! It's not necessary you have to tell me…Or should it be?" His eyes began to narrow…
Panicking a little, I thought of an immediate solution that would led away any suspicions from me… and I said "Well, I'd like to invite…Pia to the Moonlight Howl!" I said, maybe in a rather unconvincingly manner… But he seemed to not understand my lie…
"Ahh Pia, yes…I know her, she's my daughter's friend…Well, very good choice, man" He winked at me.
I blushed slighly, and then he continued "Basically, Moonlight howl works like this: you're gonna invite your young lady to it, then you get prepared in a very appropriate way, just get a bath and get your mane combed… And then you met her at the base of the Howling Rock over there…"
He turned and pointed in the opposite direction where Kate actually was, indicating a slightly high mountain relief that seemed to stretch to the just-appeared moon in the sky. Indeed, it would be undoubtedly an excellent place where to admire, contemplate and howl at the moon.
Humphrey turned back to me, and continued to say: "Well, about how to win the heart of a woman, you have to know, I always had plenty of arrows in my bow…" Then he received a smack behind the neck and he nearly jumped.
"Ahh, so would you like to show me these arrows? Or you shot them to someone else?" Kate stood face to face with him.
Humphrey began to babble a bit, slighly shocked "H-hey Kate, I was just kidding, you know…And then, I used all the arrows with you, my love…" And then he licked her cheek, causing her to blush slightly…
Kate then nuzzled back Humphrey, showing her affection and her appreciation.
I was slighly chuckling due to that scene, then he turned again to me, and seeing me chuckling, said to me "What's so funny, son?" and then I regained instantly my seriousness and answered "Uhh… Nothing, sir."
"However, the only advice I can give you is…Be yourself…You need to be appreciated for who you are, and not for what you look like…And, even more important, wolf whom you love has to know who you really are, and love you for that…Do not ever forget that, son."
Then Kate smiled and remembered him "Dear, it's almost time to go…Wouldn't you prepare for our special howl?" Humphrey looked slightly surprised and said her "Oh, Kate, you're absolutely right!..." then he turned to me and said "See you there, young man!" and then they departed fastly.
Then another problem hit me… Maya's parents are going to be present to the Moonlight Howl…Damn!
It is possible that, after solving a problem, it always appear another one? Bah…
Well, at this point , I decided to take my chances… In the main ground I recognized Pia padding into one direction, and I stopped her, asking her where Maya had gone, and she pointed into a direction, slightly giggling, maybe thinking that he would surely ask Maya to came with him to the Moonlight Howl…
I began to jog into direction Pia told me, eager to reach her as soon as possible to ask her if she wanna date me…But the closer I got to her, the more I began to feel…sheepish.
"Maya, where are you?" I called her in the silent forest, hoping for an answer.
Then I came to a stop, noticing two wolves talking and laughing a bit… I could only hear a joke's end and some feminine giggling, then a male voice said clearly to her: "I'll see you at the base of the Howling Rock, huh?" and then I saw the female figure making a nod… A she-wolf with an unique fur color, an ormolu-like one…
Well, that last action made me completely stop also my heartbeat, too… She already said yes to another wolf...I was really too late… Then I saw her turning her beautiful visage to look at me, due to my previous calls, and she decided to approach me…
I wanted with all my stenght to force myself to smile at her, but…What I've just seen tore my heart…
I just sit back, looking down and my ears lowered…She seemed to understand that something was wrong with me, and began to say to me with a smile "Hey, what's the matter of that long face?"
I tried to pretending nothing, and play my part "Uh, no, it's nothing…Have fun with that guy at Moonlight Howl…okay?" Then I made her the fakest smile I could make in that situation…And I decided to pad back into my den, before emotions would get the upper hand on me… But she suddenly stopped me, placing herself in the middle of my taken road, saying to me:
"Hey…He was just a friend, I was going to meet him and other friends there…Would you like to come with us,too?"
My face turned red as a beet for that misunderstanding, and I began to stammer slightly "Oh-uh…Okay!"
She noticed my behaviour and began to giggle, putting her paw over my cheeks and feeling them burning "Oh, your cheeks are so hot! Maybe you should cool off yourself…" There was a little pond nearby, but I realized that too late…She pushed me until I literally felt into the pond… She giggled then began to run away, screaming to me "Dude, prepare yourself and when you got ready, let's meet there, okay?"
I decided to stay there and have a bath, answering to her loudly "Yeah, ok, let's meet there…But remember, I will have my revenge someday!"
I could hear a faint giggling sound, most likely from her. I sighed and decided to finally have a bath… I just brushed all my dirt off me, wiping in the best possible way…After all, I didn't want to make a bad impression…Especially for Maya…" Thinking about her made me blush unconsciously.
"SOOOOOOO" A male voice thundered from behind me…I was really startled from that stealth assault on me…My breath had stopped for fear… I turned and I saw that wolf with which Maya had spoken before…
"Man, you wanna make me DIE?" I said him with a clear expression of fear developed all over my face
"Hey, you're Maya's new boyfriend, huh? She couldn't help but talk around the clock about you… Geez, sometimes she's REALLY annoying…" He made an annoyed frown, rolling his eyes
"Did he just asked me if I were Maya's…what?" I thought , extremely embarassed, and I just brought my redness to a new level of colour…
"Well, I'm not Maya's boy-" I began to say, but he seemed to be a really smart one, and cut me off, saying with a mischievous grin "But, I bet you would like to… Am I wrong?" He widened his grin even more.
"Well…yeah, I would really like to, with all my heart…" I said to him, with a sheepish smile.
"However, name's Wilson, nice to meet you…You are… Grin, right?" He closed his eyes, trying to focus my name.
Then I saw him shook his head, saying "Damn, How did I forgot his name for a moment…Due to her obsession, I should know everything about him!" He face-pawed himself, and I couldn't help but chuckle to his sudden monologue.
He turned back to me, saying "As you clearly have guessed, yeah, I'm an Omega…But I knew Maya since we were little pups, she had been like a sister to me and let me set things straight…" He assumed a menacing frown
"If you're gonna hurt her in any way, let's just say I'm gonna lose my Omega composure and torture you until you would give your last breath on this Earth…Got it?" He said, ending with a threatening smile.
I get out from the pond, shooking myself to dry off, saying to him : "Hey, don't worry, man… I won't be ever capable of hurting her…She's so beautiful, and smart, and caring…" My eyes were staring into the deep dark sky, thinking at her…
I was being interrupted by Wilson's laughing session… "Okay man, just saying, I trust you…Then, you definitely need a hand to comb your fur, don't you? Lemme help you with that!"
"Oh, thank you…I would really appreciate that" I saw him grabbing a pinecone and approaching me, while I sat on pond's shore giving my back to him, so he could comb my fur from a better position.
My thoughts were wandering to her, trying to imagine her prepared for tonight…But I thought she could never reach a greater degree of perfection, because in my eyes she was already…Perfect.
Awwww just some lighthearted sequences, just to interrupt some of that greyness of previous chapters...Huh? You don't like that? Okay, I would anticipate the apocalypse if you want to... :D
GRINWOLF HERE... OVER AND OUT!