We spent the rest of the afternoon with him telling me about all the carvings, each one had such a meaningful story behind it and I could tell it made him truly happy to get to share them all.
After he was done, he thought it would only be fair for me to share some of my own stories. I told the one about when Carlos and I were playing in the woods and he fell face first into a pile of mud, and I followed suit. Koi found it absolutely amusing, and to be honest, so did I. It was one of the memories that made a best friend. I miss Carlos so much. We kept sharing our most embarrassing stories and making each other laugh. I don't know what I was so worried about, having a mate completed you, made you feel special, having a mate gave you someone to express yourself to. In this case, my mate and I were going to change the world, bit by bit.
"Oh, by the way, you're meeting my parents tomorrow at noon, just so you know." He said as casually as if it was the weather. HIS PARENTS?! WHAT?! I looked at him, praying to the moon goddess that he was joking, but the seriousness on his face made all the colour drain from my face. I sat up straight with panic running through me.
"What?! Your parents? Don't you think it's a bit early for that?" I practically screamed, judging from the face he made, I don't think he appreciated me screaming our business throughout the halls.
"Charlotte, relax, they are really excited to meet you, and I'm sure you'll make a great first impression." He stated calmly, trying to sooth me, it partially worked.
"But what if I don't?" I said, unsure of myself, what happened to the overzealous and confident Charlotte? I'm not sure but this Charlotte was fucking shitting herself. He sat up and grabbed my hand, looking me in the eyes.
"I promise they will love you, when they heard I had a mate, they were ecstatic, you're a total sweetheart and so is my mother, you will get on like a house fire, and my father will appreciate your confidence and passion."
"Koi, I think my confidence left the building and isn't coming back." I breathed out, exasperated with the whole topic. He smiled at me.
"Honey, you're going to do great, they will love you, for now, why don't we go and have some dinner, we can talk about this later, my chef makes the best food, sound good?"
Food sounded fucking amazing, I haven't eaten since about two days ago. I nodded my head. He pushed himself off the bed and held out his hand to help me. Once I was off the book I took notice of my current outfit, I looked like a walking potato sack, and because of the monsters wings and everything, the back of my shirt was pretty much as good as a rag. I tapped in on the shoulder.
"Do you have any spare clothes that might fit me?" I waved my hands in front of myself, he chuckled a bit before walking towards his large closet, the carvings on it told a story from when he took his first steps to him learning his first fighting techniques, apparently he was able to land his father on his ass when he was just twelve.
He pulled out a T-shirt far too big for me and a pair of boxers, not very elegant, at least I'm not meeting his parents for dinner tonight. What am I going to wear tomorrow though?
"Are they yours?" I asked, it was a stupid question, why would he have another mans clothes in his closet? And sure enough, he looked at me funny, the way you would when someone asks that kind of question.
"Right, yeah, they're yours." I stated, he smiled and threw the clothes at me.
"You can use the bathroom if you aren't comfortable changing in front of me."
Aww, what a gentleman, so considerate and well mannered. Haven't seen a lot of those lately. I walked over to what I assumed was the door to the bathroom and went inside, changing quickly and reappearing, ready for food. I looked a bit daggy but it was comfortable and there weren't any holes.
We walked through a series of hallways, on the way, I noticed a library and nearly screamed out of excitement, so many books!
When we reached the dining room, my jaw nearly hit the floor. It looked more like a ballroom. Koi noticed my expression and laughed.
"Sorry, is this a bit much?" He asked, wincing a bit.
"No no no! It's fine, I can slide across the floor on my socks."
Don't laugh at me, I'm a kid at heart.
He smiled at me and started to chuckle, he turned around and caressed my cheek.
"Goddess I love how playful you are, we can slide around the halls as much as you wish honey, come on, there's a separate room for us, this is really just for large dinners such as a family reunion or a pack meeting."
It wouldn't have made much sense if it was the normal one, imagine sitting to have dinner and your mate is on one side of a table and you're about 10 metres away from them.
The smaller table was a lot more cosy, a small fireplace on the far end of the room, more carvings running up the side, this time they were carved into the marble of the fireplace.
"Who did your carvings?"
"My parents have an old friend who is very experienced in woodwork, I love him, he was like a second father to me." Koi explained, I could hear the adoration in his voice. Everyone that has been on Koi's good side sounds like amazing people, it makes me miss my parents. Maybe I can have them come for a visit. They could meet Koi's parents and have a nice dinner together.
"What are your parents like? I haven't heard much about them." Koi asked. I'm glad he did because my parents are two of the most important people in my life.
"My parents are amazing, my mum taught me how to paint when I was 7, she also got me into reading, she would always read me her favourite books, she had a really good taste in literature. She did that until I was 14, I was getting a bit old for it. My Dad taught me basic fighting skills, he also taught me how to fish and hunt, he's my hero, he saved my mum and I from a bear attack once while we were camping, since then, mum and I have been watching the behaviour of wild animals more closely."
My parents are the most amazing people, I hope I haven't put too much stress on them, but thinking about it makes me realise how inevitable it is. I need to catch up with them, let them know that I'm ok, I really hope they will support this decision.
I looked over to see Koi smiling at me. I'm glad we share the same amount of love for our parents. In most romance stories, there is always something wrong with the parents. Meeting them doesn't sound so bad now, I have the chance to deepen my relationship with the most amazing man, his parents sound like the ones you would want to meet.
"Your parents sound amazing, I hope I make a good first impression with your Dad, seeing how much they care about you, I can only imagine the classic 'no one is good enough for my daughter'"
That is a pretty accurate representation of what my Dad sounds like, he would do that, maybe bringing a chainsaw on the way.
We stared at each other, in our own little world, until a tall figure walked through the door. I assumed he was the chef considering his outfit, he was quite a handsome young man. Koi turned around, sensing his appearance. He smiled knowingly and gave him one of those bro hugs where half shake hands and pat each other on the back.
"Christian, how are you?"
Christian had brown wavy hair and pretty hazel eyes, he smiled back at Koi.
"I'm well thanks Alpha, what would you and miss…?"
"Charlotte, hello, my name is Charlotte, it's nice to meet you."
"Charlotte, nice to meet you too, what would you like to eat?"
I couldn't really decide, Koi said he was a good chef so I trust his decision.
"Surprise me." I said with a smile, Christian nodded and about a second later, a young woman came in, she was very pretty and sweet looking, she smiled up at Christian and gave him a kiss on the cheek, they must be mates. The young woman turned to me and smiled.
"Hello! My name is Jordan, I'm Christians mate, it's very nice to be meeting our new Luna." She beamed, she seemed like the sweet type with feminine features and fluffy brown hair curled into a bun.
"Hello, my name is Charlotte, it's a pleasure to meet you too."
They exchanged goodbyes and then left to make our meals. I was quite excited for what was Christian was going to bring out. I turned to Koi, he was about to say something when another man came in. This one was almost as massive as Koi, terrifyingly tall but with a cute looking face. Together though, Koi and this mystery man looked like a feral duo.
The man looked at Koi and his face lit up, they exchanged a bro hug and the mystery man gave Koi a playful shrug, they both laughed, enjoying each other's company. His gaze landed on me and he smiled.
"Hello there sweet cheeks, my name's Dain, I'm glad Koi has found his significant other, he's a big goofball really." Dain chuckled and Koi gave him a meaningful elbow, they both started to laugh.
"It's nice to meet you Dain, my name's Charlotte, yeah, Koi's a goofball."
I gave him a smile and earned a playful glare from Koi, the people in this pack seemed like total sweethearts, everyone's depictions of them must either be from bad experiences or just lies.
"Dain here is my beta, he's like a brother to me, this pack wouldn't be what it is now without Dain, a living legend." Koi explained, putting his elbow on Dain's shoulder, there were so many people to meet here.
"If you don't mind me asking Dain, do you have a mate?" I was curious and I wanted to meet everyone, so far, everyone seemed to be amazing. Dain smiled and adoration sparkled in his eyes.
"Yeah, I have a mate, her name is Eleonora, she's incredible, the two of you would get on great, she's been waiting for the day this bonehead finds his mate, she will be overjoyed to have the chance to meet you, maybe you could have a girls day out tomorrow."
Koi smiled at this.
"Yeah! She can take you shopping for something to wear when you meet my parents, she probably has better taste in style than myself."
It sounded nice, I would give anything for some time with a female for a bit, the past two days have just been full of men, I need a breather.
"Yeah I would love that, I can't wait to meet her."
Dain gave me an award winning grin and then walked out after saying goodbye, Koi turned to me and exhaled.
"Now that we are alone, why don't we take a seat? Tell me more about yourself."
He pulled out a chair for me and went to sit across from me, as if we were on a little date.
We spent the rest of the night talking to each other, telling more stories and answering questions we had about each other.
One thing was for sure, I was going to give this pack my all, this future was looking more and more promising each day.