Pack
Werewolf AU. Kasamatsu was abandoned when he was just a baby. Aomine was a stray werewolf who forgot how to turn human again.
The soft echo of a baby's cries roused Aomine from his sleep. His ears twitched, turning in the direction of the baby's wails. Aomine was confused. Why would he here a baby, so far out into the forest? It did not make any sense. Unless…
Aomine got up on all fours and padded out of the small cave he claimed as his home and sniffed the air. He faintly caught the scent of the kid and had a mental battle on whether or not he should check it out. Maybe the kid got lost? Or, can baby's walk? Is it even a baby? How old is it? Boy? Girl?
The dark blue werewolf shook his head, royal blue orbs darting to the moon high up in the sky. He stared at the glittering stars and huffed out in annoyance. He pawed at the ground, digging a slight hole as he continued his internal battle. Finally, after about five minutes, he left. The werewolf decided that he may as well go check it out, to answer his many question as well as maybe do something about it because he believed he would have a hard time going back to sleep from the constant desperate and lonesome cries.
Aomine ventured forward, his ears twitching as he got closer and closer to the sound of the cries. He padded up and stopped in front of a small bundle, wrapped up in a soft, fleecy blue blanket. Aomine tilted his head, for a moment wondering why a blanket was crying, but then shook his head and mentally called himself an idiot. He gently pawed the blanket, moving part of it to unravel the small body underneath.
A baby, not even a year old, was laying there. He (yeah, Aomine checked) stopped his crying tantrum and just let out soft whimpers, sniffling up at Aomine. The baby did not look afraid, but more curious of the new appearance.
Aomine awkwardly shuffled on his paws, staring down at the little human. He looked around and closed his eyes, trying to shift back into his human form. Unfortunately, nothing happened, and Aomine cursed. The werewolf forgot his rage when the baby hiccuped and giggled, causing Aomine to look down at the soft and tousled black locks of hair and those shining, steel-blue eyes that reflected the stars high in the sky. The human baby blinked up at him, tilting his head before letting out another giggle, reaching up slowly with such tiny hands.
Aomine narrowed his eyes for a moment, sniffing the hands. The little fingers poked his nose and Aomine jolted back, shaking his head from the tickle. That only caused the kid to start giggling all over again, making Aomine's heart ache in a strange way. His gaze stayed on the small bundle and he looked away, smelling the air. There was a faint scent of another human, probably the one who had left the baby here, abandoning it.
The werewolf vaguely wondered how or why someone could do such a thing. To leave a small, innocent and fragile baby to die out in the woods where no one would find it? It was cruel, and painful – mostly because it reminded Aomine of how he ended up living in the wild.
'I'll take care of you...' Aomine promised, curling around the small baby, laying his head next to the baby's.
A soft rustling noise woke Aomine up. He blinked his eyes tiredly and looked to see Kasamatsu sitting next to him. 'I didn't expect to see him this soon.' Aomine thought as he let out a faint grunt in greeting. Kasamatsu smiled and petted his head, knowing Aomine hated being treated like some lap-dog.
Aomine growled, not wanting to admit that being petted actually felt pretty nice. He moved away after he had enough and stood up slowly; leaning forward on his front paws and stretched. He yawned and moved to nuzzle against the human teenager, practically an adult by now. 'Why'd you have to leave?' Aomine wondered, sitting next to the human. The midnight blue colored werewolf studied Kasamatsu, figuring that the wilderness was not exactly the proper place to raise a human. Then again, Aomine has been out here ever since he could remember. He was half-wolf and half-human, so he grew up hunting for his own food, making his own neat little den in a small cave, granted that he completely forgot how to turn back human since he has kept this form for longer than two decades.
"My foster parents wanted to get me a cat, so I wouldn't be so lonely while they were overseas with work," Kasamatsu stated, eyeing Aomine for his reaction. Aomine's head whipped in his direction, his royal blue eyes wide at the prospect. Kasamatsu chuckled and scratched behind Aomine's ear. "I know how much you hate cats and, well, felines – so I declined the offer." At that, Aomine felt himself relax, and he let a faint growl of approval out.
"Besides, I already have someone to keep me company." Aomine blinked, looking up at the teenager.
'Yukio has someone?' The thought made Aomine somewhat sad, realizing that he would not see the human as much anymore.
Kasamatsu arched his eyebrow, studying the werewolf's sullen posture. "Idiot – It's you." He said, clearing up any confusion that was there. Aomine stared, suddenly feeling like he really was an idiot but covered it up by turning away and swatting Kasamatsu with his tail, not wanting to admit that it made him happy that Kasamatsu wanted to by around him. Kasamatsu leaned against the big werewolf, sighing. "I wish you could talk."
'I can… I just wish you could hear me.' Aomine replied in thought, despite knowing the human would never hear him. Not unless… he shifted. Aomine growled, 'I just can't. It's too hard and I don't even know where to start.' He told himself, angry that he had spent so long in this form to survive that he has forgotten how to be human again.
Aomine glanced up at the starry night sky, noticing how similar it was to when he first met Kasamatsu. His eyes moved back down the human who seemed to be star gazing as well, a soft smile on his features. 'I'll do anything to protect you, Yukio.' Aomine promised once more, closing his eyes as he lay next to the human. There was no harm in trying over and over again to shift, after all.
So… Cute…. Nghk- *dies* Aomine better re-learn to shift back into his human form. xD
~Winter Assassin~