The Boy in the Woods (boyxboy)

Chapter 13

Chapter 13

Damian's POV

"If you go near him one more time, I'm going to rip your spine from your body and wear it as a scarf."

That pleasant statement was the first thing I heard when I walked into the shared living room of my brother and I.

Yuki was sleeping on Galen's back when we finally dried off from the bath. After dodging question after question from Yuki and making sure Charlie didn't say too much, we made our bath as quick as possible and left to get dressed. Charlie went off the get dressed in wherever he's staying, making sure to leave with a cackle that usually sends people off in shivers.

The sight that greeted us when we walked in was pretty ridiculous, but it could've been worse with our three closest friends in such an enclosed space.

Danny was straddling Sammy on the floor, slapping his face as he laughed, while her mate, Itiri watched the spectacle as stoic-faced as he usually is. Obviously Sammy kept doing something annoying and Danny, being her testy self, got tired of it.

Galen walked in front of me as we entered, looked at the scene in front of us, and busted out in body-shaking laughs. I face-palmed, quickly took Yuki off of Galen, and rushed Yuki to the bedroom and laid him down. I pulled the covers over his small body and tucked him in. Leaning down to kiss his forehead, I nosed his hair and headed out into the living room to where the crazies reside.

I walked in to a different scene. Galen was currently on the ground with Sammy's arms wrapped under his arms and over his neck as Danny straddled him and slapped his face repeatedly. Itiri was watching with a listless expression on his face but looked up at me when I entered to sit beside him. He nodded at me in acknowledgement as I nudged him with a smile.

We both watched as Galen babbled, stuttering out "I'm sorry" every other slap or so.

Danny's nose scrunched up as her curly hair flopped in her face, pausing to uselessly push it back before resuming her slapping and ranting.

"Why didn't you tell us that your mate was a beautiful cat-boy, huh?! We have rights as your best friends and you just don't tell us?! Did your dad know?! Who knew?!" She spouted question after question as Galen kept shouting apologies.

This went on for about five minutes before Danny stopped and shook her hands from the sting. She sat back and stared at Galen. Then she looked at me, her grey eyes glaring at me from under the curls. Itiri is lucky to have such a beautiful, fierce mate like Danny, but sometimes I feel sorry for him because she's so.... much.

I cringed back from the glare and dared to try and defend us. "Look, Danny, we love you guys and everything, but we had to wait until Yuki was ready to be around people. You would've demanded to meet him. And technically, when we told you that we were attending to alpha duties, we weren't lying. So please don't be mad," I mumbled the last part in a soft voice and looked into her eyes.

She held my gaze before deflating and plopping onto Itiri's lap. I smiled. She's forgiven us.

Sammy untangled from Galen and sat down on the other side of Itiri. He lifted his lips into a smirk. "I don't really care about why you keep it a secret. If he's your mate, he's prolly' cool." Sammy is so relaxing compared to Danny.

I smiled. "Thanks, Sammy." Galen crawled over and climbed onto my lap, despite him being the same size as me. "And Yuki is cool."

Danny stretched out so her legs were over Galen and I. "So, what now? What's going on? What's the plan, Stan?" My brother shifted in my lap and grabbed Danny's legs so she wouldn't fall.