His Luna [SasuKarin Werewolf AU]

Chapter Nineteen

Karin

"One more thing, you have a present coming this evening by courier. They're bringing it to the front desk of the Inn. See you tomorrow, Karin." he said in a sexy tone. The sound was traveling straight to my abdomen and making me feel very warm. Present? Why would he send me a present?

"Goodbye, Sasuke," I said with a small smile on my lips. I hung up, knowing that I would never get back to work if I didn't.

A guest came in, so I got to work checking them in before making my way back to the kitchen. As I entered the kitchen, I could smell the marinade for the chicken Ino was planning to make for dinner.

"Mmmm. Are you grilling that tonight?" I asked her.

"That's the plan. What are you up to now?" she asked, placing trays of meat into the fridge.

"Think I am going to make a caramel mousse cake. Feeling pretty good right now."

"Would this be the result of certain men staying over in your room last night?" she questioned.

"I don't know what you mean," I said, trying to feign ignorance. I don't really want to talk about it yet, and I still hadn't time to process all of yesterday's events.

"Oh, you know you are not getting off that easily. I've known you for, what, like two and half years now? You have never once shown interest in any man that has come through this Inn. Not every Suigetsu who does nothing but stare at you when he is here. Then this handsome stranger from your childhood shows up, and you get all flirty and secretive."

"First of all, Suigetsu does not stare at me! We are friends, that's all."

"Yea, no. That man is head-over-heels for you. When you aren't here, all he does is ask where you are and when you coming back. He doesn't even show up on your days off."

"Thats is just not true, Ino. We have good food, and he likes the atmosphere here. He doesn't come here for me!"

"Whatever, you're avoiding the real conversation here. Karin, you went on a date yesterday! The only 'date' you have ever been on was taking my kid to baby reading time at the library when my husband forgot to come to pick her up."

I blushed a little; Ino wasn't wrong. This would be the very first time I ever shown any type of romantic interest in anyone. "Okay. I'll tell you what happen, but I have one condition!" I said to her.

"Anything!" she said excitedly.

"You only get to ask two questions when I am finished. No more. I've barely had time to wrap my own head around what's happening."

"Oh, Karin." she said as she came over to hug me. Once she let me go, she continued. "I am sorry. I was so excited about your date and a little worried about this guy just popping up. I never even thought about how crazy it must be for you right now."

"It's okay, Ino. Maybe telling you will help me sort out my feelings," I said with a small smile. She nodded and let me begin. "Well,he is from my childhood. We sort of grew up together but didn't really spend much time together. I was more of a loner, you could say. I left our hometown before graduation for my own reasons. So, when he saw me last week, he was just really surprised. I guess he never really noticed me before then, either. Well, we reconnected, and he has been really sweet. When he asked me to go out with him, some part of me said to give it a try. I don't really know how to explain it, Ino. He makes me feel safe and protected."

My explanation was a little weak, but it was the best I could come up with. It was much harder to explain this to a human who knows nothing about werewolves. But I couldn't tell her anything. Humans are forbidden from learning about werewolves unless they were the mate of a wolf or they found out on their own.