Son of a Rouge

Love at First Sight? Maybe [°8°]

[Ryder's POV]

I walk into my bathroom, turn on the water, and look at myself in the mirror. I sigh. "Am I an idiot or am I an idiot?" I lower my head and look down at the running water. I can't believe I have fallen in love with someone I barely know. I met him in the most awkward way too. I literally drove up to him randomly, and that's when I knew... I fucked up. But was it really a "fuck up"? This could possibly go somewhere. He could possibly be my Luna. Wait... what if he could be my mate? I'm close to 18, just a couple months away, that could be why the connection feels so strong already. I splash water on my face. Maybe I'm just thinking crazy.

"Ryder...?" I hear Aaden's groggy but soft voice calling out for me. Oh shit, how long have I been in here? I walk out of the bathroom. Aaden's eyes look wide up at me. "What? What are you staring at?" I say, very confused because there's nothing to stare at. Aaden pulls at his shirt. "Oh fuck!" I whisper yell. I forgot to put my shirt back on! I only took it off because I got hot. Aaden laughs at me. "Shut up Ade, you probably find this amusing, that's why I'm not gonna bother to put it back on." He smirks and shrugs. God, I hate him. I roll my eyes and sit back down on the bed, I get on my phone.

"Ryder..." Aaden says. I look up from my phone ready to listen to what he has to say. "You don't mind me being here right? I don't want to be a burden." What? Why would he ever think he's a burden? "No no, of course not, you're nowhere close to being a burden. I love having you here. I never have anyone I really get along with here." He sighs in relief. "Don't ever feel like a burden okay? I'm gonna want you here every minute I can have you." He smiles and nods. I love seeing that smile. I never want to see him sad when he's with me. And if he ever is.. I'm going to do whatever I can to fix it. I want to be his reason for happiness. "Well what do you want to do now Ade?" I ask him. "I want to know more about you" Aaden replies. Once again, that's simple. "Okay, shoot" I say

"Why is your house so big when it's only you, your two siblings and your mom?" he asks. Wait, he only named four people. Damn.. He hasn't seen my dad yet. "Well, actually my dad lives here too, but he.. works a lot. Also other families live here too. We share a house with other people, but every family has their own floor, and then we all share the downstairs." Aaden scrunches up his brows. He looks confused. I really thought I explained it well enough. "Is it not crowded?" he asks. I shrug, "We all just stay to ourselves really, each floor is very large" "Ohhhhh" he says in realization. "Now I have a question for you Ade" He hums in response. "Where do you see yourself in 5 years?" He sighs, "I don't know actually. I never think about the future because I never know if I'm going to make it." My smile that was once there fades. Well that puts a damper on things.

Tears start running down his face. "I don't even know if I'm going to make it another day, so I don't think about the next. I do know what I want though." I pull him close to me where his head in on my shoulder and I wrap my arm around him. "What do you want?" I say. "I know I want to move out of my mom's house. Which I guess I've accomplished already. I want to be with a guy that really cares about me. So I can feel loved instead of like I'm being used as a maid. I want to have fun in my teens and 20s, party a lot with friends. If I make them.. I just want to spend the rest of my life better than the first part was." I nod and hum in response, "I totally get what you're saying. In 5 years I hope to have a boyfriend, ruling the pack side by side." Oh shit. Pack! It slipped out of my mouth. "That seems fun" Aaden says. Did he not even notice I said pack? I guess not because he doesn't say anything.

I hear Aaden's stomach growl. Now that I think about it, he must not have eaten all day, I know I haven't. I look at the clock, 4:05am. It's pretty late. "Hey, wanna go down and get some food?" He quickly nods. I quickly throw on a shirt and we both head downstairs. I make it half way down the last flight of stairs I notice the TV is still on. I peek around the corner, Aaden runs into my back because he doesn't notice I stopped. I almost fall down the last couple of stairs, but thank god I don't. Oh, nobody is in the living room. I turn on the kitchen light and then go to turn off the TV. Aaden sits down on a stool at the island. At least that means he's getting comfortable, right? I grab the bread and lunch meat. "Is a sandwich okay for now? I can make you actual breakfast in the morning" He slowly nods. I slap together two bologna and cheese sandwiches together on a paper plate. "It's not much but it's something." I say while shrugging, "Let's get back upstairs."

We scurry up the stairs because we hear the crack of a door. We make it to my room and Aaden flops onto my bed laughing. "That was fun- the running, your steps are LONG though" He says in between laughs almost out of breath. I set the sandwiches down on my bedside table and lay on the bed next to him. I'm just straight up tired, I've been up for almost 24 hours. I think I can last a bit longer. Aaden gets up to grab a sandwich off the plate and lays back down. How is he eating laying down? I don't even bother to ask. As long as he doesn't choke. I get on my phone to get on YouTube so I can connect my TV. I get invested in the video and Aaden taps my shoulder, "Are you going to eat yours?" He points at my sandwich. "How are you done already?" He shrugs. I sigh, "I guess you can have mine, I'm not really hungry." He quietly squeals in excitement and grabs mine off the plate. Damn, that kid must have an appetite. That's sort of cute though if I'm being honest.

He finishes the sanwiches I gave him. "How ya feeling now?" I ask. He smiles, "A lot better now, I'm tired though." Great. That's perfect. "Thank god!" I exclaim. Aaden looks at me confused, "Why 'thank god'?" he asks. I laugh, "I've been really tired most of this time but I didn't want to leave you awake by yourself, because that's rude." "Omg..." he facepalms, "You could've went to sleep, I wouldn't have minded. I could've just watched TV" I just shrug. "We should probably head to bed now, if you want to sleep on the bed, I can sleep on the floor." I say as I start to put two pillows and a blanket on the floor. Aaden whines, "Noo, sleep on the bed, it was fine earlier, it'll be fine now". I raise my eyebrows in surprise. "Really? Are you sure?" I say trying to sound cool when really I'm super excited that he's fine with it. This is my first time ever sleeping with a guy. Crazy... Aaden nods. "Okay, I guess it's cool" I move my blanket and pillows back on the bed.

We lay next to each other. I turn off the TV and sigh. "Goodnight Ade" He turns his back to me and says in his soft tired voice. "Goodnight." I hear slight snoring. He must be sleep already, damn that was fast, I am truly impressed. He rolls over. I can see in the dark so I look straight at his face. He really looks so beautiful while sleeping. I can't get over that. I turn over off my back to face him and place my arm over his back.

This.. This is perfect.