Save me back

Part.7

For a moment Hyungwon felt as if they were back in the throne hall where they first met. Those eyes had been looking at him with the same intense fire burning in them that day, too. Looking right into Hyungwon's soul as if they could see beyond the flesh and the bones. As if they were reading his thoughts, his feelings and his future.

However, this glaze looking at him in this moment couldn't be any more different from Wonho's soft and calm eyes Hyungwon adored so much and Hyungwon knew that even if he succeeded at what he was about to try he would never be able to win against the wildness. The huge feline in front of him was a wild and untamable animal and would stay one forever.

"You knew that I was able see you. That I would be the one to find you, right?" Hyungwon asked, his voice quiet but confident. He wasn't scared. He hadn't been scared the first time he had seen those eyes and he wasn't scared now. "That's why you told me your secret the moment that we met."

Hyungwon had paid little attention to the whole thing, as he did not think it was important at first. But he hadn't forgotten. Those words the other had whispered to him so quietly that no one else had been able to hear them.

"That's the reason why you told me your true name." The huge animal seemed to relax a little, his fletched teeth not seeming as dangerous and frightening as before as Hyungwon continued to speak. Understanding the meaning behind Hyungwon's words or not, his voice seemed to have an effect on the feline.

Even if the cat couldn't understand the meaning of his words it was already clear to him just how intelligent the other was, a lot more than just a normal animal. Intelligent enough to understand the different situations even when seeing them through Wonho's eyes, smart enough to understand the abilities of Hyungwon at first glaze and to consider the possibilities of speaking his thoughts to Hyungwon through Wonho's mouth.

"I found you." Hyungwon breathed. "I promised Wonho already and I will promise you the same. Wherever you go from now on, wherever you'll be – I'll be there, by your side, Hoseok. You're not alone." Hyungwon tried to read those burning eyes looking at him as he was waiting for the other to react. He could hear his own heartbeat throbbing in his ears loudly due to the silence of the forest.

What exactly he was waiting for, Hyungwon didn't knew. The seconds that passed felt like minutes as they just looked at each other, neither of them moving. Then, suddenly, as if he had waited for some kind of signal, the huge cat turned his massive body around, walked back to his bloody prey on silent paws, placed himself back in the snow and continued chewing on the part of the roe deer's chest he had been eating before Hyungwon had interrupted his feast.

A relieved sigh Hyungwon didn't know he had been holding in left his lips. It was a good sign that Hoseok hadn't killed him by now and apparently felt safe enough with Hyunwon's presence around to turn his attention back to his food. Hyungwon let himself sink further into the snow and lend his back against the cliff wall.

Just because the feline had accepted his presence now didn't mean that he was out of danger. Hyungwon knew that Wonho was in there, but so was Hoseok and Hoseok was in control. Jooheon wouldn't have told him that the cat was not afraid to even attack the wolves if it hadn't been for a reason. Hyungwon was fine with keeping his distance from the other if that meant he was allowed to stay, even though he knew that if he were to meet Hoseok again, he would have to start all over, because the animal was unpredictable.

His eyes wandered over the muscular, yet very elegantly curved body of the other. Now in the glittering white snow, the other's colorful and striped fur was standing out a lot against the white, even though it seemed as if the colors had been faded out a little due to the winter fur. The fur was wet from the snow and was sticking together but looked incredibly soft at the same time and Hyungwon felt the urge to dig his hands into this softness.