"He's MY BEST FRIEND!" the Supreme Alpha proclaimed.
His announcement caught every single one of them off guard since his proclaims were far more oblivious from the word itself. Even the Supreme Alpha's companions had no idea what their leader was talking about. The attention immediately went to Hans; he didn't know what to say that made him shake his head really fast.
"We are?" he faced the alpha questioningly.
"Of course, we are." Supreme Alpha Liam joyfully acclaimed.
"How insolent of you. Truly, a characteristic of a LYCAN." Grand Duke Arthur remarked.
"Yes! I'm afraid it is, Your Highness." The Supreme Alpha responded.
"A-anyways, I don't remember nor was I informed of such a thing." Hans followed.
"Boo~ Boo~ How disappointing. We even walk our way here, though." The alpha complained that made Hans raise an eyebrow from the alpha's audacity and sighed.
"I deeply apologize for not realizing since we only met twice, including now. No human and lycan can be friends and I hope you set things straight to avoid further misunderstanding. I will very much appreciate that, Supreme Alpha." Hans replied without letting anyone cut him off.
"Ouch! You hurt my feelings." Supreme Alpha Liam playfully said.
"It seems to me the Supreme Alpha was never considered by his BEST FRIEND." Grand Duke Arthur snickered.
Which Liam, the Supreme Alpha rebated in return, "You're right! How insensitive of me not to consider your feelings, Hans. I should really set things straight for the good of everyone."
He continued, "Then it's decided! From this day on, Hans is no other than my one and only BEST FRIEND!"
The Supreme Alpha pointed at Hans to make sure that everyone paid attention only to the both of them. Supreme Alpha Liam went near Hans then placed his lips near his ears enough that only the two of them could hear.
"Since, I'm already one of the few people who knows your secret. Might as well get close to each other, right?" he whispered.
'T-this Alpha…' Hans thought.
"W-wha- Hey!"
Prince Alexander complained when the alpha went closer to Hans which pushed the prince aside. The Supreme Alpha placed his arm around Hans's shoulder that made everyone around them glare at him especially Prince Nikolai and the same goes to Grand Duke Arthur.
"Since everyone here already knows. Please be kind to us, okay?" he said.
"Ah, no-" Hans failed to say anything.
"Well then, thanks everyone." He removed his arm on Hans' shoulder and clapped his hand together.
"Wa-" Hans failed again.
"Shall we start the meeting?" he asked as walked away from him.
"I didn't-" Till the very end, he failed to defend himself.
Supreme Alpha Liam immediately went back to his seat then wink at him while Hans was left dumbfounded without having a say for himself. Hans felt everyone gazing at him with mixed emotion especially Head Kelly giving him a pouty and puppy expression. However, the one that dominates amongst them was Grand Duke Arthur.
He stared back at him as he slightly tilted his head but it soon ended when the Grand Duke averted his gaze elsewhere that it made him raise his eyebrow in confusion. The director sighed then started the meeting and everyone began to pay attention to every detail of the agenda. But some still couldn't stop thinking about the Alpha's declaration, some even got annoyed and glared at him from time to time which the Supreme Alpha enjoys a lot.
As the meeting went on, Prince Nikolai couldn't help but ask Hans.
"Are you two really going to be best friends?"
Hans' attention immediately went to Prince Nikolai who gave him a sad look. Those with them didn't bother looking at them but their ears couldn't just ignore his question for they themselves were curious as well.
"I don't think I can control his desire to be friends with me. Though I don't need one, Your Highness." Hans replied in a calm manner. However, he was irritated by the Supreme Alpha's actions.
"Wait… You mean, you never consider me your friend? We've known each other since we were kids!" Jasper slightly whined in complaining.
Hans didn't reply because Prince Nikolai cut in, "But why?"
"Because it's too troublesome." He replied bluntly.
"Are you ignoring me?" Jasper asked in complaining.
However, Sheryl's voice overpowered him, "Then reject him."
"Or throw him out." Prince William suggested.
"Hey, Hans! Don't ignore me." Jasper complained again but still ignored.
"We can help you get rid of him if you want." Prince Alexander suggested cheerfully as well.
"I can take care of myself. And I don't want you to do anything, Your Highnesses." Hans rejected.
"Wait! Are you seriously ignoring me?" Jasper whined.
"But aren't we friends?" Prince Nikolai asked.
"Hunters, Lycans, and Vampires cannot be friends, Your Highness." Hans reasoned out.
"But you're a human." Prince Nikolai reasoned out.
"How did you-" he asked.
"My Uncle told me." Prince Nikolai replied.
"I work for the hunters, Your Highness." Hans cleared things up.
"But still…" he said sadly.
Prince Nikolai felt discouraged by Hans's words because he thought that he was able to get a little closer to him and he really wanted to be friends with him. The silence went on and everyone began to feel awkward of the atmosphere around them, not until Jasper began to whimper. He sniffed silently around the corner that they seemed to notice.
"What are you doing?" Hans asked, however, was ignored by him.
"He's probably mad at you." Sheryl said.
"It's probably not! I'm really mad!" Jasper exclaimed in whispers.
"Why?" Hans wondered.
"Hmph! Not telling you." Jasper angrily said.
"Young Master felt dejected and hurt because you've been ignoring him. And also, what hurt him the most is that you never considered him as your friend since both of you, Young Master, and Head Benjamin grew up together since childhood." Ian explained with an awkward laugh.
"Ian!" Jasper yelped.
Hans sighed and said, "I never said I didn't consider you as a friend…"
"Really?" Jasper hopingly said.
Seeing Jasper's hopeful eyes made Hans sweat as he scrunched his eyes, "Y-yes."
"And if you guys w-want to be my f-f-fri-end… I g-guess I can t-think abo-b-b-bout it?" He announced as he avoided their gaze.
"Really?!" the three princes exclaimed happily.
"Wait what?!" Jasper was dumbfounded.
Hans nodded in agreement.
"Yes! We did it!" the three princes silently celebrated.
"No way~" Jasper complained.
"Ewww… I'll pass." Sheryl said.
"No need to be shy, my love. I know you wanted to get closer to him." Ian encouraged her.
"Count us in too, Hans." Ian added.
"What?! No!" Sheryl denied.
And Hans nodded in response which made the atmosphere around them bloom with flowers.
Their conversation ended the moment Grand Duke Arthur slammed the table and stood up angrily. He looked at his nephews who seemed to shiver by their uncle's protruding aura then he glared at Hans. Something's telling Hans that things were getting out of control with how the Grand Duke is glaring at him and he didn't like one bit of it. When his attention diverted to the Supreme Alpha with a smirk on his face, he knew that the alpha did something again. The Supreme Alpha waved at him with a beaming expression that made Hans clench his fists in annoyance.
'This Alpha has done it!' he thought.
His attention went back to Grand Duke Arthur and they both stared at each other intently causing silence to everyone around them.
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