Love Bite [Yeonbin]

IV

Should I even do this? I bought some snacks from the cafeteria to thank him of yesterday. But, is it weird? GAHH! Why is it so frustrating!? I went to class and saw him, "Hey, Yeon–"

"Hey, buddy! You wanna join tonight's party? There's gonna be whole lotta girls~" Before I had the chance, one of his friends had gone up to him first. "Hmm, I'll think about it. Seeing girls might freshen my mind." Ah, that's right... no herbivore like me could be friends with him. I turn around and left them alone.

What was I thinking? Being friends with him just because he cared once? Stupid, Soobin you're so stupid! Suddenly, a hand took the bag of snacks I had in my hand. "Taehyun, if you want it I'll buy it for you later."

"Taehyun? Ha, you thought I was him?" The other giggled at my mistakes. "Yeonjun hyung? But, I thought you were with your friend..."

"I was, but being with you is way fun."

"You agreed going to that party?"

"Oh? You don't want me to join?"

"No, that's not what I meant. But, isn't he your friend?"

"Nah, the party's bound to be boring anyway. It's probably gonna turn to some make out session. So, are these snacks for me or not?"

I looked towards his hand, waving the bag. "Y-yeah... it's to thank you for yesterday... heard you were searching for me all over campus? Sorry that I'd judged you too..."

"That's right! You gotta pay for my hard work. How 'bout a kiss huh? C'mon."

"Yeah right, I am never doing that." I waved him goodbye and left him in the hallway.

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I went to the locker to get some books back to the dorm when a piece of letter fell. What's this? Some kind of prank? "What's that?" Yeonjun, who was beside me asked. "I don't know." As I opened the letter, it's written.

| "Meet me by the swimming pool at 5pm. I have something to say."

-anonymous- |

"Sounds suspicious." He said matter of fact, but he's right. Could it be a scam? "Want me to accompany you?"

"Nah, I'll deal with it myself. I can handle one person right?"

"What about yesterday's events?"

"Hey, this could be different."

"Though, the scent of the letter felt familiar... It's in the tip of my tongue."

"Maybe you've smelled it before?" I packed my stuff and went out of class and went to the requested place. "Wait long enough?" The stranger crept closer towards me. "No, I just got here. You know, I'm not as stupid as you think. You thought I would fall for such cheap trick. You must be really dumb, you carnivore."

I turned myself around and I was right. A coyote was standing right in front of me. "What do you want?"

"You are in the way of my pack. A piece of trash like you should know their place."

"Ah, you must be talking of Yeonjun hyung. He was the one who approached me first. It's clearly not my fault." I grinned, "Well, if you're done, I'll be on my way." I let myself out of the area, but before I knew it, another person had pushed me into the waters.

Fuck, my mouth began filling up with water as I was gasping for air. I struggled to get to the surface, reaching my hand out. "Mmnh–" shit, my legs started cramping, getting painful with every move I made below the waters. This is what I get for not learning how to swim. Consciousness began fading as darkness filled my vision.
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Soobin!! Soobin!! Wake up!

Someone was calling my name... something soft touched my lips. I coughed up water out, my sight started to come back. strands of hair hanging down over me, "Hyung... what are you–"

"The fuck dude, he did nothing wrong!" Yeonjun started growling towards them and shifted his form. It is said that when someone changes their human form to a full beast form, they are challenging the other a fight to the death.

He charged himself forward, digging his claws into one of the other's face. Showing no mercy. Stop... stop it... I tried my best to get up and stop them, but every move I made was heavy. C'mon Soobin... get up! Get up!

I grabbed his waist as I struggled to get him away from them. "Yeonjun! Stop it! That's enough already!" I held him tightly around my lean arms, begging desperately for the other to stop. He paused momentarily. Every breath he took was short. He soon reverted back to his human form and knelt down.

"Y-yeonjun– hyung, no more..." I let go of my grip on him as he calmed himself down. "Soobin-ssi, let's go... I don't wanna see these shitty people again." I nodded in response and helped him leave. We went to the school infirmary again, but this time, I was the one tending his wounds.

"Why would you go that far for me?"

"Because I fucked up once before... I'm not gonna let it happen again."

We were both drenched in chlorine scented water, warming ourselves near the small heater given by the nurse. "Yeonjun-ssi, your friend was right. You shouldn't leave your pack just to be near with someone like me. Don't be concerned about–"

"So what!? I don't care if they hate me! You don't know what I've been through and I just don't want someone else get hurt anymore!"

I was shocked by his statement that no reply came out. I sat there quietly avoiding eye contact throughout the night.

On the way back, I kept my mouth shut, still afraid of the other's temper. I bowed to him and went back to my room. His words kept repeating in my head. Why would he say that? What he's been through? I tossed and turned but still couldn't get a blink of sleep. Before I knew it, morning had come.

-end-