GROWL

Let Out the Beast

His POV

Full moon. He quickly closed all the doors and shut the windows. His eyes had started to glow red. No one must see him this way. Especially now that he didn't have his trusty contact lenses. Why did he have to forget them today, of all times? He already knew it was full moon. And when it's full moon, he becomes something else. He didn't even take his regular drink to suppress the rage building up inside him. It was the unexplainable rage that made him transform into this beast. He didn't have any control over the beast when he didn't drink his "tea" (because that's what he decided to call it, to hide the fact that it was made up of unusual herbs and spices only he and the old lady, down by the Pasig River, knew.)

He could hear fans screaming their names. He could hear his name being chanted. Then he heard security ushering the fans away from the area. Then finally, it was quiet. He always asked to have a separate room whenever it was full moon and they were in another place.

When will this end? He told me it would neutralize soon. But when?

He sat in the corner of the room and hugged his knees and waited for the pain, thirst and hunger to subside.

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Ken:

SB19 will be performing in Laguna the next day. I needed to bring my essentials. It was almost full moon. I need to call Munda for my drink. I can't go beast mode during the performance. I just can't. It's not a good thing to be changing into a wolf while you sing and dance to Mana. Yes, it would be a good trick, but then it was not a good trick. For the audience, it will be like watching a well-executed stunt, but to the staff and the other 4 members, it would look like a freak show and my cover would be blown. I didn't want that to happen. Question will be asked and security called. Worse would be the country's Sector 7 would come and take me away into some facility for mutants or whatever.

HE said it would take just a few months for the drink to take full effect. He would not need to drink it every full moon once he was able to control his transformation.

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His POV

He felt better today. He had hoped the pain to stop now. It was almost 11 months since he first took the "tea." So they were right. He was happy. So the problem now was controlling his appetite. He already passed the morphing problem. He would be able to change at will. No more need to hide when the full moon comes up. He smiled a satisfied smile. He had to thank Munda. The old lady knew her stuff well. It seemed like she had serviced halflings like him before, so she was not in the least afraid when he went to her at first. He knew of her existence from Him. Before he came to Metro Manila to fulfill his dreams, He had told him that he needed to take the necessary precautions, so He told him about Munda and her ability to concoct his "tea."

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Ken:

Full moon. Almost a year after. The light radiating from my human skin. Before, I was concerned it would make me sick and shiver as I morphed into my true wolf form. Now, I am able to control it. I can be under the moonlight and act as if nothing was happening inside me. But I knew, later tonight, I would have to hunt. I would wait again until everyone else is asleep and go outside to hunt. Thinking about the word "hunt" made my throat dry and thirsty of blood. I was also hungry for raw meat.

I finished rehearsing my part and excused myself. I wanted to go home early, so I can start out early. I could give the excuse that I just went out for fresh air and strolling. Yes, that was the perfect lie. I told the managers that I wanted to be excused for I needed time for myself. The series of concerts already done, the managers let me go. We were only rehearsing our parts for the next comeback, anyway.