The Big, Bad Wolf...? Legoshi x Reader

Still, Still Night...(Well, Technically Morning) (Day 2/3)

Dear Diary

I... can't believe it. I- wow. I don't even know if I'm capable of explaining what happened properly. I guess I'll just have to try my best.

I quietly unlocked the door and slipped through without waking anyone. I gulped and started to make my way down the stairs. After reaching the bottom of the stairs, I turned right and apprehensively approached the doors leading outside. I shuddered, knowing that right behind that door was a towering gray wolf who could kill me in less than a second if he felt like it.

I put my paw in my left pocket and felt the scissors. I moved my fingers around, navigating the scissors and reminding myself that I wasn't gonna let anything happen to myself. I yipped as I sliced my finger open on one of the scissor's blades. I balled my paw into a fist and felt my eyes fill with tears. I assumed Legoshi heard me. What is one good reason he wouldn't be listening closely for me right now?! I blinked the tears out of my eyes and allowed my fist to relax. I felt warm, thick blood rushing out of my finger. There was no time to go back and grab a band-aid, though. Legoshi would be expecting me to walk outside those doors any second, now.

I kept my paw in my pocket and I decided I wouldn't take it out unless I had to defend myself. I tensed my muscles and increased the volume of my tail to seem bigger. I took a deep breath, mustered up every single ounce of courage in me, and pulled open one of the two huge dark oak doors. I forced my eyes to look forward, and they were met with the eyes of a 185 cm, 71 kg grey wolf, sitting not 6 meters away from where I stood.

My grip on the door handle eased and my arm fell. I stood there, doing nothing but gazing into his eyes. Those deep, mysterious brown eyes pulled me into a trance. I felt my muscles loosen and my tail return to it's normal size. What's happening? Why am I not scared? I should be terrified... but I'm not... For the first time in two years, I felt completely safe near him. It occurred to me that Legoshi wouldn't hurt a fly- grey wolf or not.

My ears raced to turn behind me as I heard footsteps descending the stairs. That brought me back and I panicked. Legoshi sprang to his feet but froze. I acted fast and pulled the door back shut. I stepped back and looked behind me. Legoshi was gesturing to come to him. Without thought, I rushed over to him and we both ran behind a corner. I think we were going to stop there, but as we heard the door swing open, we exchanged the same look of fear and took off.

I was exhausted, but I kept running. My legs just wouldn't stop. I yelped as I stumbled over a rock, but stabilized myself and continued running. We kept going until we had reached a hill that I think was probably about a kilometer away from Cherryton. My jello legs caved and I collapsed to the ground. Legoshi tried his best to stay standing, but gave up after a few seconds and flopped down.

It took a few minutes for us both to catch our breath. When we did, we just looked at each other. I futiley tried to suppress a laugh, but submitted to it and started cackling loudly. My laugh was apparently contagious enough to prompt Legoshi to crack up with me. We were howling with laughter, the adrenaline still surging through us. We kept going like that for a while.

We wound down and Legoshi sighed, still smiling with me. He was staring off into the distance at nothing in particular. I did the same and closed my eyes. Wow. Do I really feel so safe that I can close my eyes around him without fear? I half-opened my eyes for what I expected would be just a second to glance over at him. But when I saw him there, sitting right next to me looking so serene and peaceful like that, I kept my eyes open for longer than intended.

He quickly noticed and turned his head towards me. He inched closer to me. My heart skipped a beat as his paw found it's way to mine. Suddenly, he broke his gaze and looked down, a look of pure shock on his face. He lifted my paw to better see it and said, sounding concerned, "Y/N, your paw- i-it's bleeding!" He kept looking between me and my paw. He changed the way he was sitting so that his body was facing towards me. I did so as well. "Are you alright? Did something happen?"

To Legoshi's surprise, I started to giggle. "Heh, I forgot about that!" He sat back and looked confused. "What do you mean?" All of a sudden, I stopped laughing and my smile faded as I realized I would have to explain to him why my finger had been cut. "Uh, it's- kind of a weird story." I said while pulling my knees up to my chest. "I uh... well, I was worried to come meet you so late at night."

I sighed and dropped my head into my knees. I kept it there out of shame, groaned, and said, "I wasn't worried- I was scared. I was scared of- you..." I felt really bad, because I knew he would feel really bad. I marveled, having felt his paw still on top of mine, both now resting on the ground. I closed my eyes and prepared myself for him to get upset.

Then he surprised me with his laugh. "Y/N, that's completely understandable- you don't need to feel embarrassed." I looked up and saw him with his eyes closed as he laughed. That laugh... so cute... ah, damn it, I'm blushing again!

"I mean," He continues. "A huge grey wolf texts you at like- 2:00 AM and tells you to meet him outside. If you weren't scared of me, I'd be scared of you." He smiled at me reassuringly. I felt better now that I knew he wasn't upset with me. But I immediately felt sorry again when I realized the poor boy was probably just used to being feared by everyone. I felt guilty as I thought back to how scared of him I'd been the past few days. I hadn't even given him a chance, decided he was awful, and blamed everything on my 'instincts.' I hung my head in shame.

"You probably knew this," I turned to look at Legoshi as he spoke. "But wolves don't really howl at the moon." He said with a subtle chuckle. I played it off, saying I had known that. I didn't, but I didn't want to insult him or seem uneducated about his species.

As if on queue, the night suddenly grew bright as the clouds parted, exposing the moon. I moved my knees back down to clearly see the forest below, the light making the leaves damp with the night's dew gleam. As if previously choreographed, we lifted our heads toward the moon in unison. It was full tonight. So beautiful.

He gave my paw a soft squeeze and intertwined our fingers, prompting me to face him. Staring into his eyes, I felt so, so safe. Everything felt so right. He used his free arm to grab mine, pulling me closer to him. I never would have taken Legoshi as the type of animal who would do something so confident. I swallowed hard and felt a smile uncontrollably creeping across my face. My cheeks burned, I was blushing so hard. I wondered if Legoshi was too, under his fur.

He let his eyelids fall shut and I did the same. This- this is my first kiss! I'm about to have my first kiss! I can't believe this is happening...

Now so close, I held his paw tightly, and he reciprocated.

Our lips finally touched, and I felt a little embarrassed, as I made a weird sort of surprised sounding squeak. But I was too happy to care for any more than half a second. He moved his left arm from mine, to my shoulder, to my neck, and to my cheek. He moved his head away, keeping his paw on my cheek and laughed softly, his mouth still closed. "You're blushing, aren't you, Y/N?" I looked at the ground and smiled.

My eyes widened as he unexpectedly returned his lips to mine and started to rub his paw up and down my arm slowly. Caught up in the moment, I parted my lips, letting my tongue accompany his. Oh no, what if this makes him uncomfortable? But he went along with it, much to my relief.

We jumped as my phone rang ear-shatteringly loud. Our tongues disentangled and our lips separated, a trail of saliva t lingered momentarily. I looked at my phone to see who was calling. It was Hina.

"Should I answer it?" I got a bad feeling about it. "Of course." He advised. I hovered my finger over the 'answer' button. I gulped and looked up at him. He motioned his paw, signaling me to go through with it. I pushed the button and held the phone up to my ear. Then I had the notion to put it on speaker so we could both hear. I lifted my left index finger to my mouth and Legoshi nodded to indicate he understood that he needed to stay silent.