Warning: Not proofread yet. It's reaaally late and I'm reaaally sleepy, but I wanted to post it as soon as possible.
Another thing, I don't think this is entirely necessary to say but, just in case... I know many writers use italics only for thoughts or dreams or things like that. Not in this case, though. I use italics just when I need to emphasize a word or a sentence for some reason.^^
Enjoy!!
Chapter 2
"Are you going to the club? Again?" Suho asked with a disapproving look in his eyes. "You already went yesterday, and the day before..." his look now purely disapproving. "You need to SLEEP, Jongin"
Kai could understand the unease in his beta. Working all day and going to the club in the night wasn't something advisable long term, but...he had to find that person, thought Kai as he took his stuff from his desk to shove them into the backpack he used to go to work.
Since the moment he smelt that scent he couldn't think of anything else, day and night it was his one and only thought. He had gone to the club two nights in a row with only one idea.
To find it.
But to no avail.
The first night the only thing he could find was a fragile trace of the scent in a tall and kind of muscular waiter with big round eyes who was carrying a tray full of glasses towards the VIP area. The scent was there, but so poor he had to hug the guy to properly catch it, leaving the man a bit downfownded.
It had been a bitter sensation to pass his home threshold with the same hollow pain in his chest that he had been experiencing since that night, that he knew it'd keep him up until morning. The cool thing about being a Wolf is that you could actually know who your person is, the moment you see them, or smell it in this case. It was very much convenient that, unlike fully humans, they didn't need to worry about things like Is the one? Will they love me back? Those questions were out of the book for Wolfs, they know they will. Well, you could say that if your future partner is human, cause it's not common but still happened, the loving back thing would be rather different than with their own breed. It wasn't. On the rare occasions a Wolf was predestinated to a human, the human in question almost always returned their feelings back, because who in their right minds would refuse such unconditional love...
However, on the downside...life without your mate is a living hell. Truly. If you find your mate, your other half and they, for whatever circumstance, do not love you back (a very rare case, only 1% or 2 % of the cases, mostly Wolf-human cases), you will live half a life. The hollow feeling won't ever disappear. You can still love another one (a mild love but love in the end), live in a relationship with another person... though not many wolves had really succeeded in this chosen path, because is unfair to your partner to be mourning for your mate all day long.. Unfair and really difficult for the partner so they usually end up finishing the relationship anyway.
Kai had sighed at the thought. Closing the front door and entering his once warmth and perfect house, feeling like going into a cavern. A big and empty cavern.
He needed to try again. And again.
The next day hadn't been any better. Another employee had seemed to emit that scent, he also had to get quite close, and contrary to his thoughts, the guy had blushed furiously and told him, needlessly, that he wasn't into guys.
It was frustrating, but kind of encouraging. That person works here, Kai thought. The possibility of some customer getting so close that their scent bleeds into their clothes or skin was, not inexistent, as the little red-dressed woman proved, but improbable to happen more than once. So that person must be a member of the staff. When this thought got into his occupied mind, his only purpose was to sneak into the private areas. Kitchen, storage rooms, anywhere...the thing was he was constantly and kindly suggested to get out and enjoy your night in the dancefloor. The owner was a complete asshole but he knew how to take care of his employees, that, Kai could admit it. He once thought about asking him about his employees but...What could he ask? Hey, look, I'm looking for someone who smells extremely well, like something fresh and like desire, can you bring them to me, please? He'd be handcuffed in five minutes.
