ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴜꜱ? || ᴛʜɪᴀᴍ [ᴇɴɢʟɪsʜ ᴛʀᴀɴsʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴ]

6 - when you understand

«come on, again.» Derek shouted, as he stood on the porch of his old house staring at the boys training.

Malia with Theo and Scott with Liam.

For Derek it was almost fun to watch them, Scott had improved a lot and yet Liam could stand up to him. The same couldn't be said about Malia.

His cousin was as stubborn and the antipathy she felt towards his opponent clouded her ability to fight. After the umpteenth time that Theo had hurled her to the ground with a grin to which she replied with a snarl, Derek rolled his eyes and told them to stop.

«okay, enough.» Derek exclaimed.

The four stopped right away, turning to look at him doubtfully. Derek never stopped them if it didn't spend at least four hours, and Scott was sure there was barely one.

«what happens?» the alpha asked.

«this won't work,» the green-eyed wolf said «you and Liam almost always train together and you know each other's moves very well. Malia, on the other hand, is too distracted by wanting to prove to Theo that she is better than him, so she can't focus.»

«so what do we do?» Scott asked scratching his head.

«we're changing the pair. You go with Malia, and Theo with Liam.» said Derek.

At those words, Liam gasped slightly, covering the movement with a warm-up jump. Scott winked at him and approached Malia, who stepped back to stand in defense. Liam was so intent on watching them that he didn't even notice the presence of the chimera behind him, until he found himself with the back on the ground, his eyes wide for the speed of the movement, and a grinning Theo looking at him from above.

Liam growled, right back getting to his feet «it's not fair attacking someone in the back.» he said to the chimera, who chuckled.

«I warned you. If you were distracted, it's not my fault,» he replied. Liam growled in response and stood in attack position making his eyes glow «let me see what you can do, puppy.» Theo challenged him with an amused look.

Liam obeyed and threw himself against him. The fight lasted nearly twenty minutes, so much so that Derek wondered if those two were serious. It was amazing how despite the jokes and Theo's little digs, Liam could stay calm. Derek doubted that if there had been someone else - and not the chimera - it would have been the same, but he preferred to not say anything right now.

He saw that even Scott and Malia had stopped for a good five minutes and were intent on staring at the other two. After a few more minutes the thud of a body on the ground caught their attention. From the middle of the dust they saw Liam lying on his back with short breath and a Theo grinning, kneeling beside him, staring at him breathing heavily, his hair messed up more than they had ever seen them.

«you lost.» the chimera decreed giggling.

The beta on the ground growled, rising to the height of the other and challenging him with his eyes. Theo seemed about to burst out laughing, but to the utmost surprise of the others it was Liam who started laughing first lying back on the ground again.

Derek saw the chimera staring mesmerized at the beta and began to wonder if there was something they were really missing in all that puzzle. And if that missing something maybe cound be found out in the chimera's gaze.