Standing here in drama club, the tension in the atmosphere was bitter and vengeful. Even behind my calm looking face, hiding it some with my loose bangs from my side braid, the sheer anger and hate was boiling like a pot of water deep inside of me as I made eye contact with Louis.
It was clear to Sanu being in the room that a fire was fuming as the herbivore and omnivore locked eyes with each other with much intensity. Neither blinking once...
Sanu watched with weary eyes, anyone would know each could be intimidating based on their looks, but to get in between two strong, able-bodied species, it would surely not end well for anyone. "So uhm...Aayame, from hearing about your suggestion from our earlier meeting with Louis, we agree that it would be best to put you into our art department"
"Couldn't agree more Sanu..."
I kept my long stare solely focused on the deer. The pelican was holding his clipboard shakily between his hands, hoping that the level of visual aggression wouldn't escalate between the two students.
"I've spoken to Dom, and he is willing to help you in any way possible to make your introduction to the club as smooth as possible. He is the head of our stage crew, and you will be working alongside him along with many of our other crew members. I'm certain that you will make an easy transition into to our club"
Why does he have to be here? After everything he has put me through, the fakeness he displays, he doesn't deserve to be in the spotlight!
"Well with drama club over for the day, we will begin your introduction to the club tomorrow. You will learn your responsibilities making sure that the performance will run as smooth as it can be for tomorrow night, will that be alright with you?"
"Certainly, I think I will be fine, I tend to catch on to things pretty quickly..."
"That is a great way to view Aayame, I am glad that you are taking on your claim of wanting to give this club a second chance. Well with that being said, you both are dismissed, it's almost time for biology hour, I suggest you both should start heading down to the basement soon, see you tomorrow!"
Sanu left the room leaving me and Louis alone, I just wanted to scream out all the pent up anger that I had towards him. Tell him how much of a fake that he was, how much he had hurt me, violating me like the many males that have in my past.
"I am surprised you decided to come back, even after you said you wouldn't be telling the headmaster of our little incident"
"Yeah well, I hate to break it to you, but it wasn't me who reported you" I place my hands on top of my hips "Probably someone in their right mind who had the bravery to stand up to you"
He flinched a bit, before narrowing his eyes at me. "I consider myself lucky as it didn't ruin my reputation, but now, I am stuck doing an alternative learning assignment of appropriate behavior"
"Well, what did you expect? To get away with it? To be swept underneath the rug to be forgotten of? I think not! Maybe this will teach you using intimidation doesn't get one far in life, excuse me!"
I turned to leave but before I could even make a step towards the exit, he slammed the door shut with his hand, stopping me dead in my tracks.
"You know for a female, you have quite the tongue..."
"I would be very wise of your next move, after all rumor spreads through this school faster than a wildfire could destroy an entire forest and I don't think you would want a second call from administration, so I suggest you back the hell off! Cause trust me my instincts are starting to slip again!"
I grabbed the doorknob and with full force jerked his arm off as I made my way walking quickly into the hallway. "Why didn't you let your instincts go all the way then? You could have killed me if you wanted to!"
I stopped dead in my tracks and turned my head slowly over my shoulder, my eyes gazed upon the deer that stood across the hall, caught in a dead silence. "You want to know why I didn't? Because what I saw in you when you had me pinned against that wall...you know exactly what it feels like to be dominated, to be hurt by someone much bigger and stronger than you, to be taken advantage of from someone who thinks you are helpless and weak. You have been through the same thing that I have been through Louis; you have this great pain hidden away. You were hurt too"
Unaware to the girl, she had hit him with a bullseye, from childhood he had an intended purpose to be sold as livestock, to become someone's meal. He remembers the pain, the suffering he endured, seeing many others take their turn before him, not knowing when his turn would be next. The pain in his right foot began to surface, the cruel reminder of his past.
"H-How did you-?"
"I am very observant of my surroundings; it's a force of habit. I know what it feels like to be scared and hurt Louis. You hide behind boldness and confidence, when you know deep down you are suffering just like many others are, but yet you hide behind these emotions because you want to forget about your past, not let it define on who you are. You want to strive to better than what others claim you to be. I have had experiences that no living being should have had to endure, but I did, I had no choice, and I was only a child when those things happened. I am sure you could imagine how scared you were too, can you?"
I slowly walked back towards him, his eyes were wide in shock, his ears slowly lowering.
"And I am sorry that you were hurt like I was. I'm so sorry. They had hurt you yes, but that doesn't mean you should hurt others too to feel like you are the one in control. You are better than that, you know you are. You are strong Louis, even for an herbivore. Be better than the ones who had hurt you before, prove them wrong that you don't need to use intimidation and appearance to feel like you are better. Use your true nature, because trust me if you don't, you will be looking back regretting everything you have done, and it will be too late to make it right."
Louis was now feeling horrible for what he had done, this girl knew exactly what he was feeling deep down that he has been trying to run from. He was given a death sentence the moment he was born. Growing up he didn't want to be known or seen as the weak one. Like now, with his hidden broken leg, he didn't want her to see him inferior and not be treated as a fragile deer. But somehow, even hiding it from everyone else for so long, she had easily picked through and pulled out the daggers that have been stabbing at him for all these years.
"Like I have said before, I want to be a better species; I have done things that I regret because I had lost control of my instincts. I was so self-absorbed that I didn't even realize what I was doing not until it happened. When I finally did, I was horrified of what I had let myself become. That was not me, it was someone else that I didn't recognize, even though it was my own reflection staring back at me. You and I both want to be better, we can be better, as long as we stay true to ourselves"
He had felt so ashamed, he didn't even notice how scared and unsafe she had felt when she was cornered by him. How he had let his own arrogance blind him to what he had done. The honey-colored eyes of the deer softened, becoming filled with remorse. "Aayame I-I"
And that's when my arms went carefully around him, pulling him into a hug, causing him to flinch in surprise. "Don't...it's okay Louis, it's okay"
His arms slowly went around me, I could feel all the tension, all the emotion he had hidden in him for so long starting to surface. He had much to be released. His body began to tremble making me hold him even tighter instinctively. I know it seems unreasonable to be hugging him right now after everything he has done to me, but I can't stand to watch someone suffer knowing they have been through the same trauma I have and hiding all that pain for so long.
The girl's arms, they were full of such warmth and comfort. He has never received this kind of affection in his life before. This feeling, it felt so overwhelming for him. After all this time, he finally felt like he could just let everything go and he no longer had to carry this weight with him that has been dragging him down for years. The chains were starting to break.
"I-I don't know what to say"
"Let's just say, I understand, as much as you have hurt me, I can understand and empathize with you"
Louis pulled away from my embrace, a troubled look runs over his features. "Aayame, I need to sincerely apologize for what I did, how I treated you. I treated you horribly, even more so when I touched you in a manner that has threatened your safety and privacy. I know now that, as a male, I have terrified you with my antics. I cannot imagine how much suffering I have caused you and I deserved your retaliation, maybe even more than what you inflicted. I hope we are able to move forward from this, especially if you will be in the same club as me. I'm truly sorry"
As much as I should still be angry at him, but deep down looking into his eyes, he was being genuine and remorseful. This was the first time I had come to the conclusion of being able to forgive the first male of the many who has hurt me in my life. My heart somehow being the good one that it still was, tells me that he meant it. "I can forgive you, but I won't forget it, but I want to be the bigger person and not hold a grudge, it won't do either of us any good. Just next time...just think before you act"
"I don't expect you to forget it, that I can understand, but I am glad that you are willing to give me another chance"
I began to smile softly, before looking out the window. "We better head to biology hour, it's going to get dark out soon"
"You are right, let's go"
As we left to head outside, we walked slowly side by side each other. It honestly felt...good, knowing that I can be better, that I don't have to retaliate against someone who had hurt me. I wish I could have done the same for the many others I took their lives away from, but seeing how I was able to forgive Louis, it made me realize I was stronger inside. More so than I thought I was. As we arrived towards the basement stairs where the biology rooms were, Louis grabs my forearm stopping me.
"Aayame?"
"Mmmm?"
"What was that? What you used to throw me towards the wall?"
"That...that will be something to tell for a later time. Maybe when more people can understand me"
"Fair enough and Aayame...thank you"
I smiled softly and rest my hand on his shoulder. "I'm looking forward to being a part of the club"
He smiled gratefully with a nod, and we walked down the stairs to the basement. After we both part ways, I was curious on where to go, I know for sure there wasn't a biology room for a mutant like me. I wasn't sure which room to go into. Looking at the pictures on each of the doors, made me only guess what kind of room was inside. Walking around slowly, I observed each one, but my heart wasn't telling me to enter in. I had to pick something, but what?
Soon coming around another pillar, that's when one door caught my attention. The gentle dark blue-grey color of the picture looked alluring; This one looked like it might be a great room for me to do my hour. And with that I entered inside.
Legoshi had started his biology hour, sitting quietly among the other grey wolf students. Even with him sitting down, he still was the tallest by two shoulders, all thanks to his growth spurts. He was in his own thoughts again, feeling the cold air run over his fur as the lamp of the full moon that hung above cast a soft glow over him. After his encounter with Louis, he was unsure of how to view him.
I could smell the medicated compress Louis was using. And he was acting weird.
"So do you guys think that mutants really live on the moon?" A female wolf asks from beside him, looking up at the glowing moon
"How are they supposed to breath up there?"
As Legoshi's eyes stare up at the soft glowing moon lamp, remembering his encounter with the girl the very first day of when she arrived at drama club, it slowly fades to when she held his pet beetle for the first time, then it comes to when she and him were talking on the bench, being concerned and caring enough to talk to him and asking about his welfare.
That was the first time anyone's ever treated me as a male animal. Is it...true? What I told Louis? That I'm not just a monster lurking in the darkness. I'm mammal, carnivore and part of the Canidae family. And...
He stood up from the couch he was sitting on and looked to the side to see his reflection in a body size mirror.
I'm also a male wolf. I'm also...
Lost in his own mind, the wolf began to leave the biology room and wandering up to the second floor. Humming a soft, peaceful song he climbed up the stairs till he approached the edge of the covered balcony. The sky was tinted with colors of orange and purple as the light of the day began to slowly fade away, with the night was closing in. The warm sun was shining softly on his face, as he leaned against a stone arch, smiling softly, staring off into his own world.
What's this emotion I'm feeling? I feel like I saw...a glimpse of myself. I'm at a brighter place, feeling the drive to move forward.
He glanced behind him with a hum and that's when he saw his grey fluffy tail slowly wagging side to side, before he let his forearms rest on the ledge of the balcony.
Ah, I get it...I'm feeling happy. Then I'll accept this other feeling too. I want to see her again
After a few more moments of feeling happiness for the first time in so long, he heads back down to his biology hour to finish his hour and after that was done, he was going to go find her.
So, imagine how much happier now he was, when he entered back into the room and sees her, sitting on the same couch he was on, staring up at the moon lamp. Her skin glowed just as bright as the lamp. Her eyes sparkled like the many stars that would surround the moon like diamonds. When he inhaled, her scent came rushing to his nostrils, hitting him like a freight train. How did she always smell this good?
He can't stop himself when his body walks over and he sits down in the same spot he was in before, and it was directly right beside her on the left. His grey eyes were locked on to her, her breathing was calm, and her face was filled with content as her eyes were locked on to the lamp. Her dark red silky hair reminded him of a flowing mane of a horse, yet it was much more beautiful and a very unique color indeed. It looked so soft; he wanted to touch it to see how it would feel.
Even though this moon wasn't the real thing, it still was just as beautiful as the one I would look out to every night. I give my craned head a rest slowly facing forward and felt a pair of eyes resting upon me. I glanced over and gasped softly; it was him. It was really him! I was so happy inside, I thought I wouldn't see him again after our encounter from last night at the field, but the fact that he was sitting this close to me, maybe there was still hope, maybe... maybe I was getting a second chance.
"H-Hi...", I softly whisper "I-I was hoping I would see you here"
"Uh yeah, me too, I-I mean" He stammers, completely in awe by her angelic like looking appearance in the white and blue light "W-Wait what are you doing here? Not that I don't mind, w-why choose the wolf room for biology hour?"
She giggled softly, that giggle, he could listen to that all day long if he wanted to. "Well since I am an unknown species, there wasn't a room for me to go, so my counselor gave me the privilege to pick whichever room I wanted as long as I did my full hour. There was so many to choose from, but when I saw the symbol of the wolf, it looked like the best one and I am very glad that I picked this room"
"Why?"
"Because I...I got to see you again"
I felt my cheeks growing warm at that last sentence. I couldn't believe I had the courage to actually talk to him again, after our last encounter, it was a bit awkward to say the least. But I wanted to give us another chance to try again, I could tell we both needed it, after everything we have been put through. We both just needed a fresh new page to start on.
If I could feel the amount of warmth that was growing in my cheeks, it could start a fire. The butterflies were awakening in my stomach causing me to struggle to keep my happiness in check inside of me. After that it was quiet, but it's a different kind of quiet, not awkward when we first met but actually quite... pleasant and comfortable like before. Although Legoshi was calm on the outside, he is once again freaking out on the inside, there was something he was wanting to ask her, but after talking with her and seeing how she didn't look bothered or uncomfortable sitting next to him, he didn't want to ruin such a good moment between them.
He glanced at her as her eyes were fixated on the moon, her smile growing as if she had met a friendly face looking up at the lamp. He couldn't help but chuckle quietly under his breath.
As I continued to watch the moon with fascination, I thought about yesterday, I know he told me was okay after the incident at the gardening club but the way he took off after he spoke out loud to me, calling me beautiful. I was curious on what he had meant, I wanted to ask but wasn't sure how to approach the subject. But I wasn't going to force it right away, I would let it come when its ready on its own terms.
When biology hour was over, many wolves began to leave the room, soon it was just me and him...alone. I didn't want to leave just yet, just to be sitting this close to him made me feel happy enough. I wanted to start at this new chance I was given, to get over the awkwardness and to get to know him better. Making a bold move, I turned my head towards him. "H-Hey I'm kind of hungry after a long day, I-I was wondering, do you want to get dinner with me?"
Not long after, we find ourselves sitting at one of the tables in the cafeteria, we would be getting the occasional strange looks from everyone else. But this time I just shut them out, not even caring about the staring this time, I was over it, I wanted to enjoy a good meal with him and wasn't going to let anyone or anything ruin it.
Legoshi sat stiffly in his chair, taking the occasional sip of his drink.
"Thank you for coming here with me, I-I'm sorry if it sounded sudden with my invitation, I didn't want to make you uncomfortable"
For once he actually responded quickly, even without stuttering. "I was actually getting hungry too, so good thinking on your part"
Dear god! I'm feeling such guilt right now, so much has happened recently I...and I thought I'd gotten past this but that's not true at all! I thought I was moving forward but...I'm exactly where I was! How embarrassing! Not one thing has changed because-
A single drop of sweat rolls down his face, his eye began to nervously twitch.
I can't even ask a girl her name!
"This is really good, I've always been a noodle lover, whether its pasta, ramen or linguini"
How do you ask someone their name?
Why do I need to know her name?
Why does a wolf need to ask a mutant for their name?
What is a name anyway?!
"H-Hey you haven't touched any of your food. I am sure you don't want it to get cold...are you okay?"
She...She's worried about me?
"Oh! I forgot about the food!" He is quick to find a fork and digs into his meal, bringing a soft smile to my face
As he takes a bite, my legs twitches out of nervousness. Great what do I even say? What do I even do? I have no idea on how to do small talk, I hardly socialized with anyone. I should have planned this out better. I mean after all being captive most of my life, all I could do from keeping myself from being so lonesome was just hearing the sound of my voice talking to myself. I had no contact with the outside world nor with any of the others who were imprisoned with me. I could barely hear their muffled voices through the thick concrete walls sometimes, it would be impossible to have a conversation with someone on the other side.
What do I even talk about with him? I didn't even know what he could be interested in! It was hard to read him, like a closed book. I wasn't sure on where to start. We have only known each other for a brief time, and he was the only person I have had the most contact with. Think of something quick! Anything! What did we have in common again? Oh right! How could I forget? We were both in the same club! God think girl, get your head on straight!
"I-I'm looking forward to the play tomorrow, I-I mean I don't know what Adler could be about, b-but it sounds interesting enough to see from looking at the poster, b-be my first ever play"
Her voice...so quiet, so timid. Like my own...but still, I enjoyed listening to her. It was nice to have someone just as quiet as I was to talk to. I wonder...would she even respond if I were to ask her, "What's your name?"
She took a forkful of pasta, slurping it up slowly. Her cheeks slowly growing bigger, some stray noodles fell and hit her chin, causing her to beam with surprise.
Maybe that bite was too big for you.
Legoshi chews his food awkwardly and I yelled at myself internally. Dear god! I must look like an idiot right now to him with overfilled cheeks with pasta! What am I a child? He must be thinking why in the world would you have dinner with a freak like her? I was never going to be able to socialize properly, the years of isolation had done their damage.
"O-Oh excuse me, s-sorry. I will tell you this, I'm what they call someone who doesn't talk much, an introvert. This is all really new to me, I never really had opportunity to talk to anyone growing up, I was barely allowed to even say a few words at the least. l-I just wanted to clear the air of everything. I-I thought I made you uncomfortable when you ran off yesterday, that y-you didn't want to see me again"
"Ehm..."
Legoshi lost his words, did she think really think that she made him feel scared of her? Wasn't it to supposed to be the other way around?
I think I get it but...I don't even know your name, so it feels like there's such a huge gap between us!
He couldn't get the words out to tell her how he really wanted to be with her again. He was quite surprised she was still sitting there with him, and he hadn't taken off running like he did yesterday. Which he felt really guilty for, leaving her in such a state.
I'm sorry Legoshi, I have been a freak and always will be a freak. I have so much to learn about the outside world. Can you please forgive me? That I can't talk right, that I am so shy and stutter like crazy, that I probably made you so uncomfortable now wanting to make you run and never look back like before. I-I just don't how to handle this kind of situation now! I feel like I am going to explode! But every time he opens his mouth and shows his fangs, I...I...I instinctually want to touch them!
Like discovering the many things I have seen since coming to be alive in a new world, I wanted to touch it, experience what they were. What they felt like. I wondered if they were sharp like a thorn on a rose. I began to sweat profusely; the blood in my veins was rushing swiftly throughout my body. I already touched his tail, but I wanted to touch more of him, discover what his body was like.
And I thought dinner would be a good idea...
Legoshi, sitting across from her, using his sensory system, could sense the high anxiety that the girl was hiding. He could barely pick it up, even with her trying to make it look like nothing was wrong. The usual gloomy personality begins to resurface.
This mutant...this girl, I feel like that I have driven her away. Things wouldn't be the same between us again not after seeing her walking in on her friend I and with me talking out loud calling her beautiful. I never even got the chance to ask her, her name or even get to know more of her story.
This wolf...I knew in my heart; he was a good soul. But I can't make him feel uncomfortable being in the presence of a monster, if he knew about what horrible things I have done in my past. I would be called the ultimate predator, the horrible monster, the terrifying beast. I would make every carnivore here look just as innocent as an herbivore, compared to what I was capable of doing. I'm a loner and will always be alone, as much as I hate to do this, I should just let you go...
Is this the right time? Should I ask her for her name? Close the gap?
"By the way-"
"Oh, that was delicious. Thank you for having dinner with me, it was quite the treat"
I suddenly stood up with my tray, leaving the wolf looking dumbfounded at the table. Wait he hasn't left yet? I thought he should have taken off running by now.
"I-I have to head back to the dorms, and y-you?"
"Yeah, same here" He answered quietly, almost sounding kind of upset
Wait, did he sound upset? Did I just ruin a good moment between the two of us because of my anxiety? I am so confused, god I am terrible with boys!
He followed beside me to get rid of his tray and we walked quietly out of the cafeteria. The sun had set in the distance, the warm night shined with life with the bright moon and stars that sparkled in the sky. Every night when I was a little girl, before my capture, I would watch the stars from my window wondering how something so beautiful could be that far away. Sometimes I would pretend I would reach up thinking I could grab one in my little hand and have my very own star with me every night. The last night I would ever see stars again for many years, I made a wish on a falling star, wishing my life to be filled with nothing but happiness forever.
I didn't know that cruelty even existed. But when I was in my captivity, I learned that someone could actually be as evil as the devil himself, even towards a little girl, who was innocent of any wrongdoing. Even with my vectors, I never used them to harm anything, in fact they only did good at one point. To help me reach my kite stuck in a tree, to pick apples from the highest branches, and to even help me balance when I walked across the water at the stream bed. But as time went on, dealing with the torture, the pain, the rapes, and the brutality of experiments done to me, I never once thought or wanted to hurt anyone who had caused me this kind of damage. The ignorance of that species, who always felt superior to anything, the evil that coursed through their souls never ceased to destroy of any hope that one day I would have my happy life back in my grasp again.
Every day, the mistreatment of me, I couldn't even imagine the many others of my kind that were probably screaming for their lives, begging for the pain to stop being inflicted upon them, and hearing the taunts and threats of how horned freaks were an enemy of all kinds and that we weren't welcomed anywhere. The more I heard it, the more I believed it.
Sometimes when I would have a dream come to me in my sleep, I still could remember that falling star I had wished upon. Was it really a star I wished upon or something else? If I had known that it would have been the start of my curse, I would have never looked out my window.
And here I was now, walking along side by side through the night with a wolf after having an awkward dinner, in another world after still holding on to false hope that I could find out where I truly belonged and live peacefully like I once did.
I walked quietly my hands interlaced in front of me, giving small squeezes of stimming to calm myself down. I knew that this would probably be the last time I would see him, and I wanted to be prepared taking the shortest steps I could possible without making it look too obvious. The crescent moon shining above us both casts a warm glow on the path we were walking upon. I sighed softly, if I wasn't going to see him again, at least I would want to have one last conversation to make the process less bitter and sad. At least one that wouldn't sound awkward.
"It's such a nice night out, the moon is beautiful, even though it's not a full one, it's still alluring for being a crescent shape"
"Huh? Oh..uh...yeah it's nice"
"From what I remembered when I was little, I sometimes would talk to it, like as if it were a friend" I wasn't sure why I would be telling him this, it was the one of the only memories I had remembered from childhood, I guess it made me feel better to tell at least a little bit of good of my story to someone.
"R-Really you did that?"
"Y-Yeah, I know silly right? But where I used to live, there was no one else around that I could really talk to, besides my own mother"
I giggled with a bit of embarrassment but was unaware that he was looking down at me with curiosity.
"Sometimes I pretended that it would talk back to me, and I could talk to it for hours at a time, even though it couldn't really talk back to me, it always had a friendly face for me whenever I would see it. But as much as I love the night life, the day always provided with me with such excitement and discovery. I found so many things that I had thought could never be seen. When I was four, I found a cave hidden behind a waterfall at the streambed, I was scared a bit at first not knowing what could be inside. But when I was crawling through it, I thought I was exploring a whole new world. When I got to the end, I found all these tall sparkling rocks. It turns out it was a cavern, and the sun was just at the right spot at the right moment making everything down there shine so brightly. Like I had found a treasure chest filled with precious jewels. I remembered the one I kept to remember that day, it was a pink one, one of my favorite colors. That was one of my greatest discoveries I ever experienced"
I craned my head up to him and found his eyes to be filled with wonder. Was he actually interested? His eyes were wide, and he looked so intrigued, probably not even knowing anything like that even existed. I never told anyone about that story since my arrival, I was surprised that I even remembered all the details.
"Wow...you actually found something like that, in a cave? I didn't think anything like that could be found in something that could be so dark and so cold"
"I didn't think I would either, but in my opinion, sometimes we find the greatest things in the most uncertain places, you just have to take a leap of faith to see what more could be seen with just your eyes. It's like how herbivores should look beyond the fangs and claws of carnivores and give them a chance and how carnivores should treat herbivores like individuals like you do, no one will know each other properly if they don't"
Woah! Did she really just say that? For someone who is just as shy as I was, she was wise beyond her years. Like she was the first ever species to walk the earth, if only others could hear what she had to say, she would make a difference, maybe her unknown species...was a blessing.
We continued on with our walk for a bit longer, that's when I heard my shoe strap had come undone. "Oh wait, hold on please"
Kneeling down on my knee, I grabbed the strap of my shoe, trying to put back into place. But the small metal clip just didn't want to fit properly. I could feel his eyes were upon me, as he stepped closer to me. "S-Sorry, just got to fix this"
My palms were beginning to shake, trying to fix something that was so simple that a child could even do it, why was I struggling like this? Well, this was something else to add to my list of faults.
"Can I help?"
Rising heat began to rush over my face. "Oh...uh"
But he walked around and knelt down in front of me, even with him being down on my level he still looked so big, and he lets his large hand easily fix the strap of my shoe. Even with a large appendage, he was so gentle in doing the task. He was so close, I think this was the closest that we have ever been since we first met, his scent...his scent smelled...so good. So alluring. Like fresh oak and cinnamon. I love that smell.
"There"
As my eyes slowly move up to thank him, that's when our eyes meet each other's properly for the first time. Grey against blue, a beautiful combination. Not once did either of us blink, the whole world itself began to fade away around me as I have found myself lost in a spell of looking into his mysterious orbs.
It's him and only him here, I felt like nothing could bring me out of my trance. My heart began to pick up in speed, the breath from my lungs was suddenly gone.
Our faces were so close, so close that we were in distance of only a few inches from each other. His eyes, they look so kind and gentle. How can such a powerful species of carnivore could have such gentle eyes?
Legoshi could not get enough of her features. Her heart shape face, her silky, shiny hair, and her soft plump lips. There was not one thing about this girl that this wolf didn't like.
Our first real eye contact. Mutant's eyes are so blue and so bright...huh.
He did it again. He spoke out loud. I blushed bright red, trying to hide it with my hand covering the side of my face giggling. "W-What are you talking about?"
"Uh, uh, I've just...never seen your eyes so up close before"
W-Wait! Maybe I was the one who was creating the gap all along!
"Oh, and by the way, I know some people call me mutant, but that's not my real name, actually my name is Aayame or Mei if you like, what's yours?"
Even though I knew his name already, it would still be polite for me to ask anyways.
His dark gaze held her tightly, he was afraid she would vanish if he would look away even for a second. Everything about her was consuming him.
"Legoshi"
I couldn't help but smile bigger, brighter. I don't think I have ever smiled this much in my whole life. "It's nice to meet you, Legoshi"
But before I could do anything more, I felt his hand had lifted up and grazed along the top of mine curiously. Unconsciously my hand softly turned his palm over, his claws gleaming underneath the light of the lampposts. Slipping its way carefully over, letting my fingers gently tickle the fur covering it. His fingers gently encase my hand holding it delicately in his own. His fur so warm and soft, he held my hand as if I was made of glass. Just like our first hand embrace, neither one of us was letting go, intertwined with care and affection. It looked like we both didn't seem to really care in the moment, that we were actually...enjoying it.
Was this really happening? Was this real?
I couldn't stop this feeling, this uncontrollable happiness that was seeping out from my skin. I couldn't help but giggle, my eyes were becoming heavy and moist from happiness.
Legoshi, I-I don't want this feeling to go away. You are changing me. In ways I thought I would never experience with anyone ever. I don't want to lose this feeling! I can't let you go, from the beginning you have made my life so much better, happier. You're giving me meaning and a purpose. I want to stay with you, I want to stay by your side, Legoshi! Forever...
Legoshi begins to smile bigger, seeing her looking so innocent and happy. Her happiness made his heart thump hard against his chest.
I want to see you smile more. I want to see more of you!
Without him realizing it, his tail began to wag happily behind him.
If I can lock eyes with you like this again...I-I'd do anything! No matter what it takes!