So what if I fall in love with a wolf girl? (A Seton Academy Fanfiction)

Chapter 11: Ranka finds out the truth

"I'm hungry!" MeiMei whined aloud. "You ate more food than the rest of us though," Ranka pointed out. "How can you still be hungry?"

"Because I ran from my dorm floor to the bottom of the stairs to get ready for the sports festival tomorrow!" MeiMei proclaimed proudly, puffing up her chest. "The building is only 4 floors." Ranka thought to herself.

MeiMei's whining notwithstanding, it was still nice for Ranka to have someone to walk with back to the dorm. She and Jin lived in dorms in the opposite directions, making it hard to find an excuse to follow him back to his room.

She had tried, but Jin had said that it was not safe for her to be out alone so close to dark. "But I can stay the night with you. Just smuggle me in your bag!" She had tried to argue, but still, Jin was firm on having her and MeiMei walk back home after the group was done with their activities.

"Oh, did you also notice how weird Jin and Hitomi were today?" MeiMei asked Ranka. She lowered her voice slightly. "They were hugging too close I think," She said in a little teasing voice. "Maybe they are going out and not telling us!"

"N-No they're not!" Ranka said quickly, flustered at the thought. "They were just hugging! They've hugged before, have they?" The pair stopped as Ranka began to panic and pace back and forth. "Besides, Jin would tell me, wouldn't he? I mean, I am his boss after all!"

"Yes, he would!" A strong voice agreed behind them, causing the pair to scream and jump into the nearby bushes. After instinct took over, they recognized the voice. "Oh, hi Yena!" Ranka called out as she came out of her bush to greet the Hyena. MeiMei peered out of the bushes and she too recognized their friend.

"Now, what's this talk about Jin? I thought we agreed that you would now try to understand him and wait." Yena asked the young wolf. Ranka gave a small whine and looked downwards. "But it's so hard! How can humans do this for a long time?"

"Dunno, beats me but it works." Yena shrugged, stretching her arms out. "And you don't have to worry about Hitomi. Jin confessed to her on Wednesday." Ranka froze as she heard what the hyena had said.

"So casually too, does that mean that everyone knows? That's why they were so weird today." She simply stood there in shock, unable to process what she just heard. It was as if she was a black and white shell of her former self.

"Jin confessed.....and Hitomi said yes." She got down on all fours and started to whine and pace around in circles, unable to get that thought out of her mind.

Stressed that all of her efforts were down the drain, and now she had no future with Jin, she could do nothing but panic.

Noticing this, Yena realized she forgot an important detail. "Oh, don't worry, Hitomi said they should only be friends." No reaction from Ranka, she just kept on going in circles. "Oh, don't worry," MeiMei assured Yena. "Just give her a few more seconds.....and there she is!"

"Why didn't you tell me that part first!" Ranka yelled at Yena, getting back up on her two feet. "And besides," she continued, narrowing her eyes at the hyena. "How did you find out? Did you spy on them?"

"Actually, Hitomi told me," Yena replied matter of factly.

"Oh. I guess that also makes sense."

"Anyways, that's not the most interesting part," Yena said, grinning from ear to ear. Motioning the two to come closer, she bent down and whispered, "I know why Jin hates us."

She spent the next few minutes explaining what Jin had told her, from his start in the daycare when he was three, to his desire to be friends with everyone there and how it ended when he left the school.