Wolflox (a Deadlox Fanfiction)

Chapter 18

Deadlox's POV

He howled into the night, with Hailey and Nikki on either side of him. They and the rest of the pack were also howling, claiming the vicinity as their territory. They had driven the mobs away, and killed an enderman and a skeleton. They did this every night, and it was his first night that the pack had welcomed him along.

He couldn't have been happier as he howled beside his two new friends. He realized that being a wolf wasn't terrible. As long as you had a pack, you were home.

But there is something that was bothering him as he returned to their dens. The night would have been better if only Sky and everyone else was alongside him. It wasn't that Hailey and Nikki weren't good friends. He just didn't want to leave his old life behind. But he didn't want to leave his new one, either.

He was living with foot- well, paw- in each world. He had to make a decision. His missed his old friends, but he couldn't leave his new ones. And now that he had spent a few days with Nikki, he was sure that he had fallen in love with her.

She seemed very smart and nice, when she wasn't staring at him for hours on end. Wait, thought Deadlox. She stares at me? Does she love me too? And he was almost certain that she did when he caught her eye and she blushed.

She began to walk up to him as the other wolves made their way to their beds. This was the first time they had ever talked completely alone. He smiled as she sat down next to him, and she returned it nervously.

"I- i just wanted to say that you were really brave tonight, going after that enderman alone," she said.

"Yeah, I don't know what made me do it. But I was attacked by one before I came here," he replied.

"I also want you to know that you are a really good hunter, and I would be shocked if Kovu doesn't let you stay."

"Well, I really hope I can. I don't think I could live without you. And- and everyone else here," he added hastily.

"Deadlox- I really like you." She was leaning closer to him.

"I really like you too, Nikki."

They were now a few inches apart, staring into each others' eyes. Deadlox knew it was now or never. He had to know the truth.

"Nikki, do- do you love me?"

"I- it depends on what you think," she said quickly.

"Well- do you?"

"If you want me to," she said, and their noses touched lightly.