Raised by Lions

Chapter 27: Long Afternoon

Legosi made his way towards the familiar clubroom. He was already tired from the day, so he'd taken the long way around the back of the school to get those few extra minutes of silence to mentally prepare him for the chaos that was this Club.

He didn't expect to hear someone yelping and calling for help. With a sigh, he straightened up to his full height as he approached the two male students that seemed to have someone on the floor.

"C'mon, show us your teeth wolfie!" The raccoon taunted, pulling on an arm. "No!" A female voice yelled back. Legosi walked up behind them and then cleared his throat.

Both the eagle and raccoon swerved around quickly, letting go of the girl. "Do you have no decency? Treat a lady with a little more respect," Legosi said, keeping his voice even but slightly deeper than usual. At his full height, he was taller than both the other males.

"Sorry sorry, won't happen again!" The raccoon called, scrambling off. The eagle pulled an odd face but nodded and walked off quietly. Legosi sighed and turned to the girl, who was still on the floor.

"Are you okay, miss?" He asked, extending a hand to help her up. She took it gratefully and he pulled her to her feet. The wolf girl offered a shy smile, "y-yeah, thanks. I didn't think anyone would help me there." Legosi shrugged, helping her pick up her books.

"We wolves have to stick together, don't we?" He said more than asked. Her tail started wagging, "That's so true~" She sounded like she was swooning and Legosi already started figuring out ways to get her to stop doing that.

"My name is Juno, by the way," She said, tucking her books back into her bag. Legosi nods, "Legosi." She smiles even wider at him. "You wouldn't happen to know where the Drama Club is, would you? I got an invitation, but the directions are very vague," She asked and Legosi shrugged, "I was just on my way there. You can follow me and I'll show you where it is."

Juno nodded happily and follows after him, tail wagging. Legosi just tried to ignore her blubbering as they walked. She seemed to never shut up. Maybe it was just the same thing as with the 701 dogs? Lots of energy and expressiveness and he just wasn't used to that energy. Even after this long of a friendship with those canines, Legosi could only take so much of that energy at once.

Thankfully they reached the Drama club quickly and he could slink off up to the balcony to fix one of the lights while Juno got distracted by the acting team.

Legosi was acutely aware of Juno watching him multiple times throughout the half hour that it took for him to fix the light and put it back on it's rig.

The other carnivores didn't seem too busy and signalled him to join them once he was done. He jumped down and joined them to see what they were up to.

Apparently, they were playing a dare game to pass the time. The herbivores were busy doing something else entirely.

Legosi didn't pay them much mind, but he stayed with the group. Juno had siddled up to his side and he couldn't help that realise she was the size of a normal wolf. She barely reached his shoulder. He hadn't paid it much attention before, but now he was aware just how much bigger than the average wolf he was.

She tried to tangle their tails together but he moved away from her rather quickly. This was getting a bit much for him. She was being awfully obvious.

"Bill, I dare you to pick Legosi up," Riz dared the tiger. Legosi frowned, tuning in just in time to hear the dare, before Bill suddenly turned and grabbed him, picking him up bridal style. Legosi's ears twitched as he tried to compute what the hell just happened.

"I told you, I could!" Bill happily said, tail happily swinging behind him. "Uh Bill, I think you short circuited Legosi," Tao mentioned, pointing at Legosi, whow as still frozen in place with his ears twitching.