Full House

Chapter 26

Jin POV

"Good morning Y/N!" I called out to her as she got closer.

She normally spots me first, but today she seemed to be very lost in her thoughts. Her frown was deep and her eyes were looking at nothing in particular.

"Oh! Good morning, sorry I'm just a bit out of it right now" she stopped in front of me and rubbed her temple.

Now that she was closer to me I could faintly smell that she was ovulating. Because of my species, my sense of smell was not as heightened compared to other breeds, but I could still pick up stronger or closer scents.

I wondered if her 3 male hybrids gave her a hard time, maybe that's why she looked stressed. Surely the shelter would have given her the pills for it though?

"How about lunch today?" She piped up. "I could really go for a nice bowl of ramen"

The thought of another hot meal for lunch made my stomach turn in excitement. I hesitated though, because I didn't want to agitate her hybrids who have so kindly been keeping my secret. I knew that they would be able to smell me on her if I went to lunch with her.

She was also ovulating which meant they would be even more protective over her than usual, and I didn't want to cause her any more stress.

On the other hand though, a fresh, hot meal was just too enticing to pass up. It also meant that I could bring some good food back to the others.

"That sounds amazing" I smiled sweetly.

"Awesome, I'll see you around 12:30!" and with that she waved and walked off.

I continued strumming my guitar, and singing softly for anyone to listen. I needed to try and make more money, we needed to have enough to survive in case we had to move again.

With the threat of being found out, that might happen sooner rather than later.

Y/N POV

I was looking forward to my lunch date. I always felt so calm around Jin. To be honest, I felt bad that I hadn't even noticed him. I had been so caught up in my thoughts that I was about to walk right past him.

"What's wrong with you?" Lisa stared at me as I robotically turned my computer on.

"Oh, nothing I just... rough morning" I decided to say as I plonked myself down in my chair.

"Hey, we still doing dinner Thursday?" Lucas piped up from across the cubicle.

Too many people were talking to me and my brain was not letting me focus on anything.

I leaned my elbows on my desk and rubbed my temples for the 100th time today.

"Um, yeah" I replied.

"We don't have to if you don't want to. I won't be upset or anything"

"No, no, I'm just a bit out of it this morning, but yeah Thursday is good" I lifted my head up and smiled at him.

He gave me a thumbs up and went back to his desk.

"Y/N, I know you like him and all, but I don't really trust him" Lisa rolled her chair over to me.

"He just seems a bit off, I don't know. As much as I love a free meal as well, I'm worried about you getting close to him."

I leaned back in my chair and stared at the ceiling. Normally I ignored Lisa's jabs at Lucas, but she sounded genuinely concerned.

"Why don't you trust him?" I asked curiously.