C R A V I N G S

Chapter 3

The day was finally over, it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. I met some new friends, which was great in all honesty. Bill is sweet and kind(towards me at least), and then there's Pina, who was just a goof. But, I want to know why Bill is so kind to me, but to others he's more aggressive. I've never had, or seen, anyone act like that towards me before. It was odd.

I walked out of the front of the school and towards the fountain. It was beautiful, the way the water poured out of it. And how the sun shined on the water, as it poured to the bowl of the fountain. The sound of the water splashing lightly was peaceful. I looked over at the sunset, and then at the sky. It was all kinds of pink, and slight purple. It reminded me so much of the ones I missed. I felt as though leaving my home, and coming here, was a mistake. I missed my parents, my siblings, I missed everyone. But coming here was for the best, best for everyone I love.

I decided that it was time for me to go back to my dorm, it was already too late to be out. Especially considering a herbivore was killed recently, a carnivore outside at night is a bad idea. Especially with wolves.

When I had got to my dorm room, Neko was sitting up in her bed reading her book. When I first got here, I noticed the bookshelves full of all kinds of books. It was weird seeing how much she reads. I've never seen her do anything but read, or study. She takes school very seriously. It's kind of weird how seriously she takes it. I set my backpack down on the floor, and started to rummage through it. While I was walking here from the fountain, I noticed my I.D school card was missing. I assumed it was in my bag, but I think I might have dropped it around there.

I looked over at Neko as I walked out and said" I'll be back." She continued to ignore my existence as I walked out of the room. I left the dorm building noticing that the sunset was nearly completely gone. Noticing how dark it was starting to get, I tried to get to the fountain as fast as I could. I would really hate to be seen out here in the dark. By the time I was near the fountain, there was no light in the sky. I was starting to get nervous. I've been in this position before, where a carnivore is out after dark. Herbivores walking on the sidewalks. They'll cross the street to avoid interaction, turn down the nearest road to avoid us at all costs. It angered me at how terrified they were of us, but they should be. They know what we're capable of, and they should stay away from us as much as possible.

As I got closer to the fountain, I smelt something.

Something familiar.

As I walked a little closer to the fountain, the smell got stronger, and stronger. The hunger deep down in my stomach started to grow, it smelt so good, so familiar. When I had got near the fountain, I saw him. He was facing away from me, but the smell was coming from him. His grey fur looked familiar, the fluffy ears that twitched uncontrollably when he was nervous. His scent smelt familiar.

I hid behind the nearest bush, I had to get away from him. And the smell, it was becoming too much to handle. As I hid, I couldn't help but wonder if he had killed it yet, why he was just sitting there. I turned away from the sight. I sat there looking at my hands.
I've smelt that blood before, I've tasted that blood before.

"Legosi! Please help me!" A voice cried out.

Legosi?

I peered around the bush, watching Legosi release the bunny. The smell of the blood intensified when he let her go, but as she ran away the blood faded away.

As I heard them run back into the building from where the animal came from, I snuck over to the fountain, where sure enough, my I.D was there. I couldn't believe what I just saw, you would take a look at Legosi and the way he acts, and think he wouldn't hurt anyone in that way. But every herbivore is right, they need to keep their distance from us. Sometimes we can't handle the hunger that keeps growing deep inside of us, sometimes it becomes too much to handle. Was he the one that killed Tem? I thought to myself.

Whether he did or not, I was going to get it out of him. One way or another.

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The next day rolled around, and I had no clue how I was going to approach him with what I saw last night. How do you even approach a carnivore with something like that?

As I sat at my breakfast table, I felt a familiar hand scratch my head." Good morning small stuff, how'd you sleep?" Bill asked as he plopped down beside me." I slept..alright. What's with all the nicknames?" He pulled out his lunch and placed it all on the table"what, you don't like the nicknames I give you? I'll make sure to go down the list so you can find a few you like" He laughed out. I rolled my eyes and gave him a laugh. I played around with my food, not feeling the slightest bit hungry. I don't know how I could eat after all the thinking I've been doing." What's wrong, Emi?" Bill said with a mouth full of his egg sandwich. I shrugged my shoulders.

Bills a nice kid, but I couldn't trust him with what I saw last night." It's nothing, just had a bad dream last night" I said picking up my egg sandwich. He nodded his head and continued to eat." You're coming to drama club today, right?" Bill asked. Oh god, I totally forgot about drama club. I took a bite of my sandwich and chewed it with satisfaction." Yeah, I guess. But remember what I told you yesterday, I'll go for a day. And if I don't like it I'm not staying, okay?" I said swallowing the last bit of food in my mouth. He smiled and scratched my head again"good, I promise you'll have fun." I gave him a smile back as we continued to eat our breakfast.

AN: Hii!! I'm still so sorry the chapters are short. It's Mother's Day and I had to throw something together quickly. So if there's any mistakes I'm truly sorry!

Published: 5/10/20