I quickly got up early in the morning. As expected my tail was wagging very fast in excitement because today I was going to school! Master had already brought the books, bags, uniforms, etc yesterday.
Then I heard him call me, "Little one, come here."
I quickly ran to him, my tail was still wagging, "Yes, master?"
He set a plate of breakfast on the table and motioned me to sit.
I sat down and I looked up at him.
"Eat it before it gets cold." He said while taking a seat as well..
I nodded and started to eat. The food was really good.
𝐼 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑣𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑜 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔... 𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑤𝑒𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑜𝑘.
I continued eating while being lost in my thoughts.
"Little one.. I have a question." He said while looking at me.
I looked at him while chewing quietly.
"Are you happy?" He asked.
Before I could answer, my tail started wagging. "Yes, master."
He let out a sigh and my tail stopped wagging,"What's wrong, master?"
He stood up and put his hands behind his back before saying, "You are going to school today. You have to make sure your tail does not wag."
I nodded a little.
"You 𝗰𝗮𝗻 make friends but 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 get close to anyone." He said again, this time in a deep voice.
I nodded again.
"I would never send you to school but... I don't want yourself to feel trapped, after all you are a werewolf." he sighed and continued to speak, "I still have a strange feeling that someone is watching us and I might know who... You just have to be alert and don't let your guard down."
I nodded and said, "Yes, master."
Then he nodded and went back to his room.
I licked my lips and looked down at my plate which was now empty.
𝐵𝑢𝑡 ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡. 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑠...
-𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗦𝗞𝗜𝗣-
"𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑜." I took a deep breath and put on my hat while looking at the mirror.
𝑌𝑒𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚 𝑓𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑙 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙.
But then I heard master growl while looking at the window.
I frowned and walked to him, but he motioned me to stay quiet and I nodded quietly.
Then I looked at the time and it was time for the bus, "Mast-"
He shushed me as he was busy looking at the window as if a giant monster would pop out of somewhere.
I looked at the time again while fiddling with my fingers.
𝐼 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑤.. 𝑜𝑟 𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑎𝑦.
I quietly picked up my school bag and walked out of the house, without telling him.
I felt bad but he was the one who didn't let me talk.
𝑆𝑜 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑢𝑙𝑡, 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡?
I looked around, my eyes sparked with curiosity. I walked to the stop where other students were, but I stood a bit away from them. And with this new uniform, a new feeling developed in me. But I stayed calm so that my tail won't wag.
𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑒𝑠, 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑘. 𝐼 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑡. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑟𝑑, 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠. 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑤𝑎𝑦.
Soon the bus arrived. I held back my bright smile just so my tail would not wag! I waited till the others got in the bus and I got in at last. But then I realized that veryone was looking at me and I started to freak out a bit.
"𝐶𝑎𝑙𝑚 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛, 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒..."
I sighed in relief as I heard his voice in my head.
𝐻𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝𝑓𝑢𝑙.
I quietly took a seat near the window and saw master standing in the doorframe. I waved him bye, but he didn't wave back. Then the bus drove off and I kept looking out of the window while diving into my thoughts.
𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦'𝑠 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙. 𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑠𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑠𝑜 𝑠𝑚𝑜𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑙𝑦... 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤.
𝑁𝑜𝑤 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑖𝑛 11𝑡ℎ 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑒.
𝐹𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑠 𝑠𝑜 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑒𝑡...𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑡𝑦.
𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠? 𝑊𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝐼 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠? 𝐴𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑?
𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑚𝑠 𝑠𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒...
Then I snapped out of my thoughts when a boy sat next to me but I did not look at him. I only heard his voice. It was a...soft, soothing type of voice. I still kept looking out of the window, looking at the buildings, clouds and trees...
Soon the bus stopped infront of the school gate and everyone started to get off one by one. I decided to go at last.
𝐼 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡.
Then the boy who was next to me also got off the bus and at last, I did. But I felt like someone was watching me. My ears twitched inside my hat but I decided to act cool. So I slowly stepped inside the school gate and there were so many like so so many students.
I took a deep breath and started to search for my class. I so saw a few couples of students (bf & gf) at the corners and I a question came in my mind, "𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒?." But... I decided to just ignore it.
Then I looked around and thought I was lost. So I decided to ask someone... which was my greatest mistake. I saw three girls gossiping infront of the locker rooms.
Two girls had blonde, silky hair and the other girl had black curly hair. They were wearing short skirts unlike mine.
I quietly walked to them and asked, "Excuse me, can you please tell me where is the classroom of grade 11 section 'D'?"
First they looked at me up and down and then they started to laugh.
Everyone else also started to look at me while I looked at them, confused.
"Who the hell wears such a long uniform nowadays?" said the girl with blonde hair while catching a breath from her laughter.
I just tilted my head slightly. "So what's so funny?" I asked in a calm voice.
They stopped laughing and looked at me with a shocked face.
𝑊𝑎𝑠 𝐼 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔...?
"I can't believe I wasted my time on you." I sighed and walked away from them.
Everyone else was like "Ooohh~"
𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡?
But I just ignored them and then, I saw a teacher. She looked decent and kind.
I asked her where my class was and she led me to my class. I thanked her quietly and entered the class. Thankfully, everyone was busy in their gossips and fights and all.
So I quietly walked to the back of the class and sat on the last seat.
I just sat there tapping my desk, observing everyone. And to be honest, I could remember everything I observed carefully.
𝑀𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑎 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑤𝑜𝑙𝑓..?
But still... I had a feeling that someone has been watching me since I got in the school bus.
Soon the class started to be full. I thought no one would sit near me but. . .
A boy sat down on the seat next to me then some students started gossiping on this topic.
"Looks like they are 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 birds.." I heard a girl whisper.
"Yeah. Look how close he is sitting to her." The other girl whispered back and I just blinked a few times.
𝐷𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙?
𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑡𝑜𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑤𝑜𝑙𝑓 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑟𝑑, 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑙 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑠...
But I decided to ignore them and let out a soft yawn. I still did not look at that boy.
Then the bell rang and everyone started to take out their books. I just leaned on my hand while watching them.
"𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔.." I thought to myself while rubbing my eyes a little.
Then the teacher arrived and everyone stood up including me. Surprisingly, the class teacher was none other than the teacher who had helped me earlier.
𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑛𝑜𝑤...