Raised by Lions

Chapter 53: Tem causing a Problem

The day was starting to wind down, everyone had just finished getting dressed after Drama Club was over and were leaving the dressing room one by one.

Tem didn't realise that it left him alone with Riz in the male's locker room though.

"Tem, can we move past this and be friends again? I miss our conversations," Riz tried, putting a bottle of honey away in his locker.

Tem's whole body tensed and he spun around to look at Riz, only now realising they were alone.

"Miss our conversations? Riz, after what you've done, there is no reconciling. YOU TRIED TO EAT ME!" Tem jumped up on the bench to be more level in height to Riz. The bear in question was quite shocked by the outburst. Where was Tem getting this bravado from?

Riz fiddled with his hands, looking down at the floor in front of Tem instead of at the alpaca. It's been too long since they've last talked. "Is there anything I could do to make it up to you, Tem? Please," Riz asked, hoping his old friend could forgive him if he proves he regrets what happened.

Tem stomped his foot on the bench and clenched his fists. "No! Again, YOU TRIED TO EAT ME!! I can't forgive that," Tem took a staggering breath, the adrenaline was starting to wear off since he wasn't in an otherwise dangerous situation that would keep it flowing.

"In fact, as long as Legosi is around, you can't do anything to me! He is the only sort-of safe carnivore around here!" With that, Tem jumps off the bench, grabs his school blazer and storms out of the dressing room, leaving Riz to stare dumbfounded at the door.

Riz gathered his thoughts and slammed his locker shut, a deep frown settled on his face. He was alone, so there was no need for his teddy bear mask and he could express his annoyance -no, anger- all he felt like.

An idea popped into his head right before he went to hit the lockers in the room. He could take it out on Legosi. After all, Tem claimed as long as LEGOSI was around, they wouldn't be friends again, so if he removed Legosi from the picture, then he'd have his best friend back!

With that idea solidified in his mind, Riz stalks out of the dressing room, putting back on the mask in case someone was still around.

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For the rest of that afternoon, Riz followed Legosi around at a distance, watching where the wolf went and who he interacted with, that being mostly a pack of mismatched canines and Louis.

Riz needed a proper plan if he would pull this off, after all, Legosi had already bested him once, he wasn't about to let it happen again. He still had slow healing scars from the previous time they faced off, painful reminders of a strong enemy.

However, Riz couldn't risk approaching Legosi for a fight with Louis around, the herbivore might run off and get help in the shape of teachers or the cops or something like that. The issue was how he was going to get Legosi alone in the first place.

Through his following, he even knew where Legosi and Louis' dormrooms were in the private dormhouse. Riz returned to his own dorm after that, sure he won't see anything important after Legosi went to his room. It was getting late anyway.

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The next day was much the same as the night before. Any time Riz could watch Legosi from afar, he did. He couldn't follow him into classes, since Legosi was a year ahead of him, but he could still watch him in the halls. How old had Legosi said he was? They were the same age, he was sure of it but Legosi did classes a year ahead.

During lunch, Riz had to look away several times because Legosi kept glancing in the direction of him and his roommates' table. He didn't want to be caught, but knowing that wolves were far slyer through biology, Riz had to wonder if Legosi already knew, and by extention, did Louis know?