The Wolf Next Door

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          I heard a knock at the door. I open the door and see Yugyeom wearing black jeans that were ripped, a navy sweater and black converse. His faded red hair is messed up slightly, but I'm a wolf so I actually think it's great. I smile and laugh once I notice him staring at me for a bit too long. I cough and he snaps out of it.

          "The boys got ready earlier than I thought, I hope it's okay if you come now. You look great." He keeps his eyes on me. I blush slightly and nod.

          "Yup, I've been ready for a while. Let's go." I smile closing my door. We walk down the path to his house and as we get closer I start to get more and more nervous.

          "Are you okay?" Yugyeom stops and turns to me.

          "Are you sure they are okay with me coming? I don't want to ruin your time together." I played with my fingers.

          "Are you kidding? We live together, it's nice having someone else join us, even though your kinda quiet. But it's okay if you get uncomfortable just squeeze my hand and I'll change the subject or help out if I can." He smiled down at me.

          Cheesy.

          I nod and we continue walking to his house, it is quiet except for the sound of our feet crunching on the lightly covered snowy ground. The walk seemed like it went on forever, as if it wasn't going to end and we were just going to walk on this snowy path for as long as we exist.

We eventually reach the front of his house and he opens the door, a warm breeze invites me in as we both walk past the mahogany door. I look around his house and it is very comfy looking, clean. For seven human boys, this house is very clean and somewhat organized. I hear yelling and Yugyeom tells me to wait where I am. He runs down the hall and into a room and I am left alone for a few moments until a black haired human walks out. It takes him a few moments before he notices me and smiles.

"Hello, I'm Jinyoung. You must be Yoon Eun-Kyung." He said looking at me from the entrance of the kitchen, it wasn't that far maybe a mere few meters from where I uncomfortably stand. I bowed my head slightly giving a small smile. I look at my feet and hear him walk down the hall yelling things that reminded me of a mother yelling at her children. I laugh slightly and hear a bunch of feet walk down the hall quietly, he must have given them trouble. I look up and there stands the seven humans all with slightly different styles of clothing. They all bow and introduce themselves one-by-one.

          "Hello I'm Jackson! Hello I'm Youngjae! Hello I'm Mark! Hello I'm Bambam (not going to use his real name, no thanks)! Hello I'm Jaebum!" They all said smiling. Jinyoung and Yugyeom didn't introduce themselves because I already know Yugyeom and Jinyoung just introduced himself to me earlier. I smile and they all start walking to the door blabbing a bunch of different things that made each individual conversation collide into a rambled sound of words. Yugyeom stands beside me and slightly nudges my side with his arm.

"Are you going to go or do you just want to stay here?" He laughs looking down at me. From his towered position I really take in how tall he is compared to me, he's like a tower and I'm a little cottage. Very big difference in height.

"Yeah, let's go." I smile and start walking towards the open door, the boys are already in the van and waiting on the two of us. We hop in and sit in the back. Jaebum drives 15 minutes down the road and parks in a vacant parking lot.

"Okay and we walk the streets from here!" He smiles taking the silver key out of the ignition. Everyone is excited as the get out of the warm car and into the cold air, I am last to get out; of course. I fix my sleeves since they were slightly rolled up from the heat of the van, and slide them over my hands.

          They start walking and I trail behind them trying to fit in, I'm not the most normal thing you'd see. Not just because I'm not human but because I'm generally awkward around humans. I'm used to hanging around mythical creatures and talking about mythical stuff, humans, they talk about boring stuff like sports and television. I really don't get television to be honest, why watch a bunch of people on a screen for hours? It's confusing to be honest and actually quite sad that they are trapped in that small box for eternity... Yugyeom isn't with us right now because he had to use the bathroom, so I'm alone. I don't expect them to spend all their time talking to me though, they are so close. I see Youngjae trail behind and start walking beside me.

          "Hello Yoon Eun-Kyung!" He gave a bright smile.

          "Hello Youngjae." I smile pulling a small thread on the sleeve of my knitted pullover. We have small talk until we reach a coffee shop and we all sit down as Jinyoung texts Yugyeom our whereabouts. I sit next to Youngjae as Yugyeom walks in. Everyone except for Youngjae and Jaebum went up because they gave the guys their order, which they are waiting for now at the pick up line. Yugyeom and I walk up to the ordering line and he orders a iced americano, me on the other hand, I have no idea what to order I mostly drink tea. He looks and me and I give him a confused look.

          "I don't know what to get." I give a slight look of panic.

          "We'll do you like sweet things?" He asks, I nod and he walks back up to the counter and orders something, but I couldn't hear. We go to the pick up line that is now empty because the guys are sitting down at the table with their beverages, and we wait.

          Two drinks are set on the counter and I look at the bright pink drink with curiosity. He picks up both of them and hands me the pink one.

          "It's a strawberry smoothie." He smiles (I'm sorry anyone with allergies). I take it and walk to the table, I love strawberries but I've never had a strawberry smoothie. I take a sip and it's like I've fell in love, it's the best thing I've ever tasted. "You don't look like the coffee type, I figured you'd like this." He leans over and says. I nod and smile while sipping my drink.

          The guys talk amongst themselves and I silently finish my drink. We all get up and leave walking down the cold empty street.

          "Yugyeom talks about you a lot." Jackson speaks up looking at me. My eyes widen and I turn a light shade of pink. "Like, a lot. Are you guys boyfriend and girlfriend? He's never said it directly." He almost shouts. Yugyeom slaps Jackson's arm and I see that his face is a bright red colour. At least I'm not the only one embarrassed. I stay silent as I reach over and squeeze Yugyeom's hand as a sign to switch the conversation, which he does immediately. We walk in several stores and the guys explained to me what window shopping was, and now I understand why Yugyeom laughed at me. Gosh I'm so stupid! How embarrassing!

          It is now around that time where the sun is slowly setting and it dawns on me how long we've been out. We are sitting on the snowy ground telling stories about random things. I am getting more comfortable with the guys but it's still majorly awkward between us.

          "So have you guys heard of the urban legends of this town?" Bambam speaks up. My ears perk up and I grow curious.

          "The mythical creatures?" Youngjae wondered. I grew nervous.

          "Yeah, the ones that live in the woods." Bambam smirked. I puff out my cheeks and play with the rim of my skirt. "I haven't seen a werewolf yet."

          I start to panic but I don't show it, in fear they will rise suspicion.

          "Do you believe in the mythical creatures Yoon Eun-Kyun?" Bambam asked. My heart dropped at the question.

          "N-no, do you?" I asked. Everyone said no except for Bambam, an obvious true believer. The topic changes and I excuse myself to the bathroom. I look in the mirror and sigh, I lied to them.

          If only they new...

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