Sunny
"I will go now. You better go home with your friend, okay?" I told Shiela.
"And where are you going alone?" She asked back, stopping me from walking.
It's been two weeks since that day happened.
I smiled at her and said, "I guess it's time for me to talk to him and run to his arms." I replied.
Shiela let go of me with a shocked face. She was covering her mouth out of shock.
"I am okay now. I think I can go and talk to him about us." I added.
A while ago, Shiela would not let me go. But now, she is the one who is pushing me out of our room.
"Good luck, girl! You can do this! Oh my gosh! I am so happy for you!" Shiela said, excitedly.
It's time to get him back.
"GOOD LUCK, SUNNY!" Marco yelled. "Get his a*s back! Tell him, we miss him already!" He added.
"Tell him, we need his brain here and we will be having our finals for this semester. He needs to catch up!" Our president also commented.
I was not able to hear them all because they were talking together.
It's been weeks since he started not going to university. We asked our professor about him, but he only said that Steven would not be able to attend the class. They do not have any idea when will he come back or if he has any idea of coming back here.
After those weeks, I have been searching about them. About what I saw and everything. I did every research to understand and be able to know about them.
There is nothing to be afraid of.
Yes, he is a werewolf, but so what? That does not change him.
And...
I miss him too.
He never opened his social media accounts, as well as Mavin. Karina and his other friends were not updating their social media. It feels like they all hid after what happened. I wanted to ask them, even on social media, but I do not know how to.
"Thank you! I will make sure to tell those to him." I told them. "I will go now. Take care on your way home!" I reminded before going out of the room.
When I got out of the University, I ride on a taxi and headed to Steven's house.
I might be scared, but that is not what I am feeling more.
I want to see him and know his condition. I did my best to accept everything and thought of the many consequences I would face.
And I am ready.
I am ready to be with him.
I understand and will do so in the future too.
Last night, before I got into this braveness, I asked my family, especially Grandma and Mom. I asked many things about werewolves and what I should do or what I should not do. I did not forget to jot down notes on my phone for me to look at from time to time.
I also asked them about what would happen to us in the future.
I told them that I wanted to be with him and I accepted him as who he was.
My sister, Fei, asked me if I was really sure about my decision, and I answered that it did not change how I felt about him.
I love him.
That's the most suitable word I can say.
After that, they smiled at me proudly. They also told me to go to him first and tell him what I felt. I love him and so do they. They accepted him and his family. They never put us in any dangerous situations or treated us badly. That is why they deserve to be treated right, too.
After half an hour of travel, I got in front of their big gate. I got out of the taxi and stared at the gate for a while.
I pulled out the extra keys that my Grandma gave me last night. I inserted the key into the lock and opened it. I ran inside towards their house. When I got to the house, I fixed myself before knocking at the door.
A few seconds have passed, but no one is answering. So I rang the doorbell twice, but still got no response at all. In the end, I opened the door by myself using the key I got.
Before I finally open the door, I breathe in and out, readying myself and push the door. I entered the house and did not hear anything aside from the noise that the door made.
"Steven? Mavin?" I called on them. "Are you guys here?" I asked, but no one was answering.
The house was clean, furniture are still the same. Only the big television was out of the sight since it was broken that day and the other vases. I headed to the kitchen, there are no things there. It was all empty.
"D-did they leave?" I asked myself. "But some of their things are still here." I added, trying to calm myself.
I fished out my phone and tried to call Steven's number, but the line said it could not be reached. I tried calling Mavin and the others, but still to no avail.
"Did they really leave the city? Did they go back to where they were leaving? But... I do not know where it is. How will I get there now?" I asked myself again, wiping the tears rolling down my cheeks.
I headed out of the house, wiping away my unending tears.
"What should I do?" I asked. "Who will send me home? It's dark on the way home." I added.
I never thought that there was a possibility that they would leave.
I planned everything. From going here and going home.
I pictured what I was thinking.
That... he will send me home after talking and hearing his explanation.
I did not consider that he might not be here anymore.
"I will go home alone." I muttered. "I need to start walking or else it will be more dark on the way home."
I walked down to the gate, but stopped right away.
"Huhu, I am not going to die tonight, right?" I said and faced their house, almost running. "I dialed Steven's number again, trying to call and wish for him to answer the phone."
"Answer the call, I saw a silhouette outside."
I quickly entered the key into the lock, shivering. I almost dropped the key, but I still managed to enter the house safely.
Instead of calling him. I messaged him.
"If ever I will die tonight. It's your fault for not answering my calls." I said and hit the send button.
I messaged him that I needed his help and saw someone outside the gate. That I am now at their house, alone and in the dark. I never bothered opening the lights because they might see me quickly, so I went to the storage room and hid inside the big locker room.
"I can't imagine that I will be really using this locker room for hide and seek purposes." I muttered to myself.
When I first came here and saw this big locker room, I told myself I could use this to hide and put the cleaning materials on me so that they wouldn't see me at all. Look at me now, hiding here.
When I felt my phone vibrate, I stopped reminiscing.
My face lit up when I saw the caller's name.
"St―"
"Where are you?" he asked.
I quickly got out of the locker and headed out of the storage room. I ran to the door and opened it.
"AHHHHH!" I screamed and hugged the person in front of me.
"You just yelled at me. Why are you hugging me now?" He asked.
I hugged him tightly. "I already know it was you." I told him.
I could hear him snicker.
Oh, right. I am mad at him.
I immediately let go of him.
"Why?" he asked.
"You are ignoring my calls, did you? Now that you are here, I can tell that you are doing that. I hate you." I replied.
He did not answer me back, but he gently guided me to enter the house. Opening the lights. It revealed the person I really wanted to meet in the first place.
I can't help but cry again.
"Why are you crying? Did I scare you?" He asked worriedly. "Should I turn off the lights?" He asked again and was about to hit the lights off, but I stopped him.
"I missed you. I thought you had left this place already. " I shared. "You have been ignoring my messages. As well as Mavin and your friends, I have been trying to connect with you, but there was no opportunity at all."
"I went here, but you guys are not here." I added.
This time, Steven embraced me with a tight hug. "I am sorry. I thought we needed to move away because you might be scared of me or us, so we headed out. I am not the person you knew." He explained.
"I know, but I still want to be with you," I stated and broke the hug. I stared at him, "I am scared. Yes, I am. But that is not because you are a werewolf or anything―no, I am not going to lie. I was scared at first. Okay, only at first. You need to understand what I am implying here. First and before, not now or at this present time."
"But after those weeks, I tried. I tried to understand and find out information about you and your family. I searched and learned many things. I am not scared anymore and I want to be with you." I managed to say what I really felt.
"Those weeks that you are not with me are different. It felt like a month or a year. I missed being with you, talking with you, going out with you, and watching dramas or movies with you."
"My family asked me if I was sure about what I was feeling for you, and I told them that I was serious and I do not mind you being a werewolf. It is important that we are okay and that we are together. I have been thinking and taking this issue seriously, and I ended up making the same decision. I want to be with you."
"You are killing me with your words. Can you please stop for a while? Let me feel those words first." He said. "I never expected that this day would come. I thought you did not want to be with me anymore after learning my true identity."
He held my hands and squeezed them gently.
He guided me again to the sofa. We sat with our hands intertwined with each other.
"I am happy. I am very very happy." He said, smiling.
I was about to smile back at him when I remembered what I was running for a while ago.
"Why? Did you change your mind?" He asked.
I shook my head. "It's not about that. A while ago, I saw a silhouette outside. That is why I ended up hiding here in your house," I shared. "I thought that it might be those bad wolves. So I hid in the locker room." I added.
"I think that was me. I do not want you to see me since I thought you will not be comfortable with it. There is no way you will be harmed." You are being monitored by my brother's people." He replied that shocked me. "After what happened, they might still be after you. So we put some men to you and your family for safety purpose."
"They are on the run, and Prile is after you. They might use you against us as well as the people around us. That is why we did the move and made sure no one would be harmed. Any people I meet and my friends."
"Because of our hierarchy rules, there is a possibility that they were targeting me too. So, they were figuring out whose people I valued and using them against me." He continued.
"Is that why Mr. Prile assaulted you?" I asked back.
"He shot me using a bullet with our weakness. That is why I am always sick." He replied.
I was surprised by the sudden news I learned.
"How can he do that to his student?" I asked.
"I don't really know." He answered. "We also learned that he is the new leader of the organization who is against us." He added.
Mr. Prile? How did he end up being like that?
Why was he planning to kill me and Steven?
Why did he turn worse?