LEO'S P.O.V
Everything was going well until it did not and it did not the day Jayden bit him. They are still very much interested in each other, in all aspects of the word but they grow distant as if something crucial is missing.
Leo feels wrong being with his mate and there are times when he has this terrible thought that tells him this emptiness is not worth it. That he must master up all his strength and run far, very far away that this feelings evaporate. He knows that logic is nonsensical, they are fated mates now and they took a literal term to 'to death do them part'. That his decision to commit means there's no escape from all these feelings and that knowledge is enough to make him want to cry. There are days he wanted to leave his dammed beloved. Oh, goddess forgiveness but it is nothing bad he just contemplated it. Okay, it does not help him if he keep contemplating his decisions. It does not help that he keeps overthinking his situation more than once. And that any time he spends with his mate, feels like life is messing with him and each second that pass by is a dreadful reminder of the time and aching void, vacant in his soul a small yet significant vacancy. He needed his friend's advice, motivation anything to help him make sense of this mess. He found his happy ending, why is it not enough?
His canine sensed something different in Xander. He would have taken the time to figure it out but Xander just returned three days ago. His love for Jayden is scary, it is so scary it is lonely. Instead of talking to Xander about his problems with his beloved Noah like he usually did, unfortunately this time he did not want to get into that just yet. The couple came to visit him and again his anxiousness made itself known. Leo pulls Xander out of his stuffy apartment leaving Noah there with Jayden. They decided to walk at first to clear their mind, the silence gave him time to think. In silence they made it to one of the baseball fields and Xander unaware, jokingly punched his best friend.
"Congratulations on being the first in our friend group to be a bound wolf."
"Bite me."
He rolled his eyes and snarled at one of his best friends. He is clearly once more unaware of his panic, uncertainty or the red irritated scratch marks all over his body. A nervous control coping mechanism to handle stress.
"I am just joking but there is something wrong, right? Stop scratching, come here man. Talk to me."
Shit. Technically they are married but actually it went deeper than that, they are bounded for life. There was no going back, he cannot retrace his steps without hurting the both of them. Fuck. This was pure hell.
"Xander. I think I made a mistake. I love Jayden and cannot in vision my life without him but I don't know... There is literally a part of me that feels like running."
Leo freaks.
"Relax Leo. Look at me. You said you love him, right (Leo nods)? And he definitely loves you. I suggest you give each other a fighting chance, it is too soon to just give up especially on fate. Sometimes fate puts you through hell and will find you someone who will walk through that same hell with you. Eventually you will find a way out of the degree of misery you reek of. Don't let the insecurity or whatever it is win man. Trust me you will be miserable either way. It is your choice though, you can a spend time miserable with your fated mate and walk out... to a life you will definitely be miserable without him. Either way I will be by your side no matter what road you take. Give it time, sometimes that is the one thing that will shock you. Fighting?"
"Weird. I sense something different. Mmn. What did Noah do to you, I know what he did but still what?"
"I will tell you guys first. I just need to get you and Lucas together first but right now I would love to help you with your problem."
Leo leaned in giving his friend a bear hug. Toby walked towards them waving with his phone in the air for the pair to wait for him.
"Lucas is bored of you already? No wonder we see your face today, Lucas took off?"
Xander teased the cute omega male and got rewarded a punch on his shoulder.
"Haha. Very funny. Too bad I forgot to laugh. Besides, I was helping a friend out with apartment hunting for the New Year."
"Well look no further. I am moving in with Noah, so my apartment will be for grabs. It is small but cosy, it is affordable and the kitchen is to die for."
"Is this a coincidence or are we also pilling this on fate?"
- Leo quipped shifty eyed.
"Yeah? Awesome. I will call Gab and inform him on the good news."
Toby disappeared attention engrossed in his phone call… They all knew Xander required help with the move that is why they all skipped breakfast expecting to be fed for their services being rendered.
"Let's go!"
Xander announced for the two to be snappy.
"Do you wanna talk about it?"
"No. My lease just ends today and I informed my landlord late that I want to terminate the contract. So, she is not very happy with me now... I am sorry guys but hustle, she might throw my shit out on the street."
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GAB'S P. O. V
His name should not be Important. His at best just an art student, with a degree his parents negatively spit 'it is bound to leave him nowhere'.
In fact it went like this: "You throwing your life away for such a useless degree, your father is architect. You are so intelligent, yet you fail to use him as a role model."
Or there are cases whereby he is expected to use her as a role model. Because he is an omega wolf he should also be a stellar stay at home wife/mother with a neck of judging, criticizing her child's every move.
Unfortunately. One night one of the rival pack ended his pack. Leaving the people who were not there for the massacre responsible for their own safety. His pack is being hunted and killed to avoid retaliation, so he made it to the city. His parents left him with nothing and he had to work two jobs just to survive.
Okay fine. He started off with a lie his a Rouge, disregarded and raised amongst humans. That would be a perfect story to go with than, his parents did abandoned him as a child. He was found raised with children that were not wanted.
He did not lie about the two jobs, stock taking and he got another job by the Coffee Cafe as a waiter. He has had to work for all the scholarships he received in his life time. For an artist this studio apartment as dark as if his creativity has been killed. This small, cold morgue that killed his drive for arts creation and now he has to move.
He has enough, money saved up for an apartment that did not let him regret his life choices. Although in retrospect he was barely given a choice. He got moved, pushed and confused around the system.
High school was when he met Toby, they kept in contact because to be quite honest they were his only friends he has that understood him. They spoke to him, Noah protected him that when they left he felt alone. They are the only ones that did not judge, critic or bully him. Although he has an advantage against humans, he never used it. What can he say his a lover not a fighter.
Calling Toby hoping to surprise Noah with his presence. Toby was a year older and Noah treated them like they were his babies brothers even though he is not that much than a couple of months older than Toby. So, Noah is at best a year older than him and a couple of months older than Toby, at best. But he managed on his own. Now he is the ripe age of eighteen.
It took him two years to be accepted to Moon Academy via scholarship. Of yeah. He skipped a grade or two, if he was rich it would mean something, right? Right now education is the road to success, right?
*****
One month later
Gab is majoring in English and literature. His favorite thing to do, creative writing is one of his modules. He loves writing, wait until you read stories of what he assumes his parents went through. Imagine his make belief reasons what crossed their minds to abandon their own flesh their creation. It couldn't have been him, from what he gathered they abandoned him before he could even walk. They left leaving him to grow up in that Godd forsaken place but he cannot judge they at least left him with no memories.
Toby's friend, Xander kept a neat apartment. Goodness, he loves the kitchen since he loves cooking. In the orphanage Gab was not able to cook but here he could learn and enjoy himself.
No claim... In fact he desire to remain single and focused on the direction of building his future, alone. That goal would be at a process of completion if it was not for those stupid bullies who made him chase then around the campus. You would think, once people leave high school they would grow up mentally. But no these bozos show up still immature and bored with their lives. These idiots invest their time to make everyone around them miserable for their pathetic boredom. The privilege they have, they do not to actually work to obtain good marks to retain their scholarships. Too bad he does not have daddy to bail him out, he only has himself... Always have and forever will.
He would have not chased but his rent money was in his bag and about 5:30 today was his deadline to pay. They ran until he could not anymore but thankfully someone stopped the bullies retrieving what was his. The guys literally ran away as if a storm was at foot. Then he saw it lights, a rainbow and doves. Wait why doves? Besides they are a view, a handsome one to boot. He just stood watching them dumbly. He is certain they were making their own judgment of him. Their hungry look, it could mean nothing. Shit his glasses was in his bag, checking the time while his at it he groans and inwardly curse. Shit! He has ten minutes to get there. Walking up to what he smells are werewolf shifters: one alpha, the other a beta (he nod, certain). He reached to take the bag from the alphas grip and when nothing happened he bowed his gratitude.
"Thank you for assisting me today. I have to get going. If I may have the bag, please. Thank you again. Bye."
He ran as if his life depended on it, he did not want to find out what would happen if he is late. His not ready to be homeless again, he has worked far too hard to obtain the money. When he got there she was thankfully tending to her kids, she barely got the time to check the time and for that he was extremely grateful. He was seven minutes late, she looks up and he hands her the money. She smiles and wishes him a great day. He slid into his apartment room and shut the door mind still frazzled.