𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐆𝐀'𝐒 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐓 | 𝐌𝐱𝐌𝐱𝐌 |

𝐗𝐈𝐈𝐈

reverie
(n.) daydream; the state of being lost in one's own thoughts

• Thirteen •

| Seiko's POV

Cielo and I sat together for lunch. It was very crowded today. Everyone sat with their friends and I couldn't be happier to just have Cielo next to me. He was poking at his food with a fork and his lips were turned down in disgust. "Seiko, why are you sitting next to me?"

"Why? I can't sit with you now?" despite his usual attitude, I knew he wanted me to be here with him. I don't know why he gives me such a hard time. It's like he's pushing me away constantly to see if I would leave him behind when I won't.

"Your new friend Hiro isn't here which is why you're sitting here," he concluded.

False.

"Very false," I glared at him then glanced over my shoulder to look at the table that they usually sat at.

Hiro nor Zuko was here at lunch today.

I can see why he would think that he would be the second choice but he's absolutely wrong. If only he knew that I was forced against my will to cater to that selfish demigod. "If they were here or not, I prefer to eat with you."

Cielo snorts at that but continues to pick at his food while resting his head in the palm of his hand, carelessly shooting glares at people who gave us weird looks.

"Now come you never eat?" Cielo looks at me. "You come to the cafeteria every day and just sit there and watch everyone else eat."

"I'm just..not hungry," I gave him a shrug.

"You're not like one of those pretty girls who have deep insecurities because if you do, that's so unattractive." his voice was scrutinizing as he used a toothpick to dig into his gums.

I snort, "Of course not."

Not anymore.

He has a point. I can't keep forgetting to eat. It has become second nature for me now to skip meals.

As I sat there, I began daydreaming. I began to relive those life-changing moments when I was young, fat, and considered the wolf who would never live up to our alpha's expectations.

I'll never return to the Blood Moon pack. They treated me like absolute dirt all because I had a little bit of baby fat and I was barely over the age of nine.

I wasn't built for that pack.

My old pack leader Alpha Loki wanted a pack with only the best, the strongest, and the ruthless.

Apparently, I was too kind to be one of their members. I lacked everything that Alpha Loki required and that's when my parents decided to sneak us out and run away as a family. We haven't turned back since.

It was a crime to turn your back on your pack so we made sure we went far away and lived amongst other shifters.

Besides, I liked being considered the pretty girl, not the failed fat boy.