After about a week of avoiding all of them, Asher finally hunted me down. I was sitting in the library, I sat in there a lot to avoid them, when he rushed into the room. I could smell him enter, and thought I might be able to escape if I was quick and quiet. However, I was wrong. Very wrong.
I was trying to sneak out of my corner when I was pinned against a bookcase. Thankfully, no one was around back here to see.
Asher had his arm across my chest and I could tell he was pissed. “Why are you avoiding me?” he growled lowly.
“I'm not!” I awkwardly look away from him.
“Are you straight? Is that the problem? You're freaking out because you're mated to a guy?” he asks. I could hear desperation in his voice, and it occurred to me that I was hurting him every time I shied away this week.
“N-no! That's not it.” I hurriedly say.
“So you're gay?”
“Yeah.” I mumble, “I'm pan.” I was still avoiding his gaze, until he grabbed hold of my face, still having me pinned to the shelf, and forced me to look at him. I gasped as I saw how he looked. He looked tired, and I could almost feel the loneliness he felt. Being mates with someone meant that you would want to be around that person, and since he's a wolf he must be feeling the effects of that more intensely than I am.
“Then what's the issue? I swear, we can take it as slowly as you want.
“I can't-I can't tell you.” As I tell him this he let's go of me, seemingly just remembering he was still holding me against the bookshelf.
“Why not?” he asks. I wish I could just tell him, but wolves were extremely territorial and would not take kindly to me being here, especially considering I was feline.
“Just leave me alone!” I say as I shove past him. He doesn't try to stop me from leaving. I stalk to my locker, where Em is waiting for me.
“So, was Asher able to crack you?” she asks jokingly. She acted as if we were friends, even though we hadn’t really spoken to each other that much.
I wordlessly got my things and went on with my classes.
After detention, I walked home while listening to Bring Me The Horizon and thinking of Asher. Why was he so determined to get this to work? I mean, okay, I understood that we were mates. Which meant we were perfect for each other, right? But why did I feel scared to tell him what I am? Why was I afraid of him rejecting me, or worse?
I decided that once I got home, I would go straight back out and run. I hadn’t let Cole out in a little while and he was becoming restless. He also wasn’t too pleased with my avoidance of Asher, but he too was scared of him and what he meant.
“Hey, Jenny I’m going to go back out for a run. Is that okay?” I ask as I’m heading upstairs.
“Yeah,” she says barely glancing at me. “He’s doing so well here, and I know he got in a fight but it’s because he stood up to a couple of guys and they threw the first punch.” I could hear her talk to my case worker as I changed into sweats and a tank top. Soon enough I was out the door again, and jogging deep into some woods close to my house.
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The Tiger and The Dragon (BxB)
Paranormal{I know the title is sucky but I'll change it when I think of something better!} Warren hasn't had a lot of luck in life so far, if he was being honest, which he wasn't a lot. He's anxious more often than he isn't, but he's trying at least. His juni...
