"no!! hunter move!!!" the elk was directly charging at Hunter.
Nico rushed up, but before he could even make a move, Dylan's figure jumped out of their hiding spot and tacked the elk down with his huge frame.
Dust and fallen leaves flew around, clouding their vision.
Nico hurriedly went to Hunter and Issac and checked on them. They both were unharmed, albeit slightly spooked by the event.
A small whine was heard. He glanced back to see Dylan had already tackled the elk down, but he had not killed it yet. He gave him a glance.
"What are you looking at me for? go on and kill it. It's your prey,""
Dylan still kept looking at him.
"I don't really understand you when you are in your wolf form, you know…." Nico whispered softly with a slight blush on his face.
All of a sudden, the five-foot wolf transformed into the six-foot handsome blond man. "I was telling you to drink from it. You didn't drink a lot of blood in the banquet, so I thought maybe you might want some,"
Nico was blinking at him with his mouth agape.
Dylan just confusedly looked at him. "So, you're not hungry?"
To his surplice he watched Nico hurriedly close Hunter's and Issac's eyes. "Dylan! Fuck, turn around…."
"Why…."
"you are naked!"
Dylan glanced down. If course he was naked. He did not have clothes on when he was in his wolf form too. "what's wrong with that?"
Nico glanced at him with his face all flushed. "I said I don't like nudists.
"We are wolves. We technically don't wear clothes when we're in our wolf's form…. I thought you understood that.
"even so…. Just cover up at least," Nico whispered, glancing at the ground. He was slightly biting his bottom lip.
'wait is he bothered by me… does he find me hot.' Dylan smiled slightly. He had to admit his body was well-sculptured. After years of training and wars and battles, his muscles had toned down. Even down there, he was well endowed.
"You like what you see?" he playfully smirked at him.
"! No cover-up!"
"Okay… I'll change back. Just take care of this elk for me. Please…"
"No, I don't wish to cheat and take your prey…" Nico whispered subtly, throwing glances at him. Dylan had changed back into his wolf form. And hair covered his body. He let out a deep breath. 'Oh, my god, that was dangerous. What is he… is that a snake or what? Oh god. I did not want to see that….'
His heart was thudding so loudly and his whole body felt so warm to touch.
'Maybe ii did want to see that. Regardless, he cannot just flash his penis out in the open. Hunter and Issac almost saw him. Geez. He really is so lax on nudity.' He glanced up at Dylan with a slight glare.
He watched Dylan step back and let the elk go.
"What-what are you doing?" he grabbed the knife from Issac and rushed to his side. The elk was going to attack Dylan at this point. Its huge antlers can do great damage to anyone.
He hurriedly rushed and swiftly stabbed the elk right in its neck.
It struggled a lot. He caught it in a chokehold and stabbed it again until it went limp. He gently caressed its head and closed its eyes. 'Thank you for the food and sacrifice,'
He watched as the blood dripped down.
'Oh, it's going to waste.' He hurriedly leaned down and bit into the elk's neck, sucking the warm blood. It tasted delicious. With a slightly sour and sweet tinge to it.
Freshly hunted animals always taste the best.
That's why his father and he used to hunt a lot.
As he was drinking the blood, he felt a gaze focus on him intensely.
'Oh, shit, Dylan is still here…, he is going to see me all blood covered. I do not want that… he is going to think I'm some kind of monster… shit…' he licked the residual blood off his lips and turned his face away.
"is it good?"
"hmm…." Nico stood up wiping at his mouth vigorously. But he knew that it only made it worse. Blood stains are not that easy to get off. Only washing it off can get the stains away. Wiping it will only leave pink stains all over his face.
Nico knew that the lower half of his face was completely pink, covered in elk blood.
'gods why am I so clumsy… why did I wipe it. I should have tried to clean I with water…' he hurriedly rushed over to Hunter and Issac. "I think we should go our separate ways now. I have a competition to win," he urged them to come along.
Hunter just blinked at him and nodded. But Issac glanced back at Dylan and hesitatingly stood there.
"Come on guys. Let's go,"
"Nico. Why are you running away again?"
Nico froze. "I'm not running away. Who said I was running away? I'm just trying to win the competition. I don't want you to win." He blabbered.
'ohh curse my mouth. Why do I blabber so much when I'm nervous., shit….' He hurriedly rushed into the forest, but the footsteps still followed after them.
Dylan was silent, but he was insistent.
'Why won't he go…. I don't want him to see me in this state…' he bit his lips.
A small gurgling sound was heard ahead of them. He paused. The fresh smell of water assaulted his nose.
'The river! I can wash up! I don't have to embarrass myself.'
Without looking back, he took off to the river.
Hunter and Issac who were left behind just confusedly looked at each other. "Are we racing now?"
Issac pulled him aside, letting Dylan run ahead of them. "No, they are chasing after each other."
Hunter confusedly scratched his head. "New lovers. I don't understand them at all… do you think I will become as silly as them when I find my beloved?" he glanced ahead at the river. "I want to take a bath." He took off without a warning.
"You are already silly," Issac whispered. "Hunter waits! You don't just run after a pair of lovers like that. you will be disrupting their lovey-dovey environment,"
"I don't understand a word you just said. I just want to clean up. The other elks will probably run if they smell the blood on us," Hunter said with a smirk and just jumped into the river.
Nico, who was being held back by Dylan, struggled a bit. The back of his collar was bitten by his beloved.
"Dylan let go. I just want to wash my face,"
"Why do you have to wash your face?" a strong voice was heard behind him. He felt Dylan hover behind him. "Why do you have to wash it away?"
"It's disgusting, okay. Just let me go," he glanced at the ground, refusing to show him his face/
"Nico…would you look at me?"
"No, go away,"
"I won't go away until you look up at me." Dylan gently pinched his chin.
Nico shook his hands off. "don't…" he probably had blood on his chin and neck as well. Drinking blood directly out of the hunted animal was actually really messy. 'I never should have been tempted by fresh blood….' He thought, shuffling his foot.
Suddenly he felt the world tilt and Dylan turned him around, caging him with his strong arms.
Nico immediately placed his head on his chest, refusing to let him look.
"Your cuddle is cute and all but I really want to look at your face… Nico. are you embarrassed? Why do you have to be embarrassed? It's just blood,""
"It's blood! It's everywhere. you… you will find it ugly, so let me just wash up," he pushed on his body
"No, I want to look,"
"Don't be stubborn right now. I will let you look after,""
"I want to look right now." Dylan leaned down. His heated breath fell on the mating mark on his neck.
Unexpectedly, Nico let out a loud gasp. "w-wha.. what are you doing… you…." A warm tongue licked him. "Ahh!" He felt his whole body tremble slightly. "The children are here…. They…."
"shh…. I will stop licking if you look up at me…"
"This… this is blackmail… this is coercion. I do not condone it at all."
Dylan's soft laugh fell in his ears.
Nico shivered a bit.
"you're really cute Nico… I bet you will be cute even with blood smeared all over your face." He grabbed his chin and when Nico did not accept it, he pulled his face up.
Wide-eyed Nico glanced up at him, "It's… why do you force me so much,"
"If not, you will always run. Nico, I don't feel disgusted by blood. I don't think you are a monster and I find you utterly gorgeous. God. You are the prettiest person I have ever seen. That too, I have lived a few hundred years and seen a lot." He gently smiled at him. "I'm a beast and you are a vampire. We are bound to get blood when we hunt. It's not something to be disgusted about… so look into my eyes, Nico…"
Nico glanced up at him.
"There… my little cute vampire is finally showing his cute little face,"