Somehow, in half an hour, the dining hall had been decorated and Ren and Fang were being congratulated with cake and flowers by the staff. Wolf had also turned up, for some reason, and pulled away Fang for a while to chat privately while Pax kept Ren occupied.
It made Ren rather antsy. He didn't have very clear memories of the original Ren-the-villain dating Wolf, so he felt especially anxious when the ex-boyfriend took away the current one to "chat".
"You're his boyfriend, not his mother," Pax chided Ren. "Don't fuss too much or you'll irritate him. Teenagers like being independent."
"But..." Ren began.
"Wolf is probably giving him some tips on how to handle you," Pax continued, ignoring Ren's attempts to speak up.
Ren threw a napkin at his assistant in response.
Steward Paul kept dabbing at his eyes and muttering to himself, planning to shift Fang to the room next to Ren's bedroom and setting up another study exclusively for Fang.
