|Weak Hero| The Big Bad Wolf's Little Princess

Chapter 5

"WINTER!" Jake fell off the couch and got tangled in the blanket. He panicked when he woke up without the three year old toddler.

Wolf opened his bedroom door and stuck his head out into the hallway. "Jake, shut the fuck up!" He hissed. "Winter's sleeping right now. If you're going to be loud, get the fuck out!"

"When did you get back?" Jake asked.

"The meeting didn't take that long, maybe an hour top," Wolf answered. "Donald was angry that you weren't there though,"

"I'll deal with him later," Jake shrugged. "So what was so important that he called an assembly?"

"Myles was a traitor," Wolf informed. "He was making secret deals with Manwol behind Donald's back. Donald kicked his ass and excommunicated him,"

"Damn, wasn't he an OG member though?" Jake questioned. 

"Not even founding members get a free pass in Donald's book," Wolf said as he exited his bedroom and slowly closed the door. He felt the urge to smoke and went out onto the balcony.

"Why didn't you wake me up when you got home?" Jake inquired.

"Winter wanted me to let you rest," Wolf lied.

"You still should've woken me up," Jake said. "I mean, it is your apartment. I don't want to overstay my welcome,"

"It's fine," Wolf mumbled. "If you wanna leave, the door's right there,"

"Nah," Jake plopped back onto the couch. "It's already late so I think I'll stay here and sleep some more. I'll leave in the morning,"

"Alright," Wolf said. "As long as you don't snore loud enough to wake Winter up, you can stay the night,"

"I don't snore!" Jake denied.

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"Jake! Jake!" Winter shook the orange haired teen awake. "Jake, it's breakfast time!"

"Huh?" Jake sat up and yawned. "What?"

"I helped Daddy make breakfast," Winter tugged on his arm. "We made lots of pancakes so come eat with us,"

"Uh..." Jake got off the couch and followed Winter to the kitchen where Wolf had just finished cooking the last of the pancake batter and was setting the plate down on the table.

Winter climbed onto her booster seat. "Come on Jake, sit with us!"

Jake looked to Wolf, unsure if he was welcomed. Wolf glanced at him and nodded before digging into his own stack of pancakes. Jake sat down across from Winter and next to Wolf. A plate had been set in front of his seat.

"Hey Winter, what do you like to eat with your pancakes?" Jake asked, trying to start a conversation to avoid awkward silences. 

"I like chocolate chip pancakes," Winter answered. "I like to pour lots of syrup but Daddy says I can't have too much because too much sugar is bad. Jake, what do you like to eat with your pancakes?"

"I like to add strawberry jam on mine," Jake answered. "My big brother likes to slather his pancakes with honey butter," He turned to Wolf so he wouldn't feel left out of the conversation. "What do you like to eat with yours?"

"Fresh fruits and whipped cream," Wolf replied as he ate a strawberry that was on top of his pancakes. 

"That's unexpected," Jake chuckled. "I didn't think you were the type to like fruits,"

"Just because my name is Wolf doesn't mean I'm a carnivore," Wolf deadpanned. "And there's nothing wrong with liking fruits,"

"True," Jake agreed.

They continued to eat while Jake made conversations with them. Wolf would normally be on guard and on high alert with someone else in his apartment, but he felt at ease with Jake. He trusted him to not cause any trouble or harm to Winter. Jake also felt at ease despite being in Wolf's apartment and literally eating breakfast with the Purple Demon of Ganghak and his daughter.

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"Jake, where were you!?" Dean demanded when Jake arrived home to his own apartment. "Donald was mad when you didn't show up to the assembly! He said that next time if you disobey his orders, there will be punishment!"

"Alright, I understand," Jake sighed. "I owe the Union so I can't go around making Mr. Na mad,"

"Where were you?" Kenny inquired. "You didn't even come home after the assembly was over,"

"I was at Wolf's apartment," Jake shrugged. "I was babysitting his daughter,"

"HUH!?"

"Wait, he has a daughter!?" Kenny, who hadn't been with Jake when he encountered them at the store, exclaimed.

"What do you mean you were babysitting his kid!?" Dean shouted.

"He needed someone to watch her while he attended the assembly so I volunteered," Jake casually revealed. "She really well-behaved and is absolutely adorable,"

"That doesn't explain why you didn't come back after the assembly was over," Dean said. "Kenny was asking me where you were,"

"Oh, I kinda fell asleep and Wolf let me sleep over at his place," Jake informed. "I just finished eating breakfast with them,"

"You're kidding," Dean said. "The Wolf Keum let you sleep over and eat breakfast with him and his daughter?"

"Wolf's actually pretty chill outside of fights," Jake claimed. He tucked his hands into his pocket and then frowned. "Huh? I think I dropped my phone somewhere,"

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"Winter, what are you doing?" Wolf asked after packing a backpack of snacks and drinks.

"There's a phone on the couch," Winter sat crisscross on one end of the couch and stared at the phone. "It's not your phone and I don't have a phone,"

"It's Jake's," Wolf said. 

The phone rang and startled Winter. She fell off of the couch and Wolf dove just in time to catch her. "Winter, are you alright?"

"Yeah," Winter nodded and grabbed the phone before Wolf could even think about throwing it out the window in retaliation for making her fall. Winter answered the call after noting the caller ID was from Dean. "Hello?"

"Winter, is that you?

"Hi Jake!"

"Oh so I did leave my phone at your guys' place. At least I didn't accidentally drop it somewhere in the streets,"

"Daddy and I are going to go to the park right now," Winter informed. 

"If you want your phone back, grab it at the park," Wolf said. "We're not waiting for you,"

"Which park?"

"Yeongdeungpo Park," Wolf answered.

"Alright, I'll meet you guys there,"

"Bye-bye!" Winter ended the call.

"Come on Winter, let's get going," Wolf grabbed his daughter's hand and the two headed to the park.

Jake's definitely going to hang out with them at the park instead of grabbing his phone and leaving.