"Last Saturday, Uncle Stephen failed to arrive. Perhaps I should call him or approach him on my own." While the three of them walked through the corridors, Soren rambled.
"I'm sure he's possibly busy," Zale said, glancing at him.
"Yes, you are right, but..."
"I'll take you to meet him myself if he doesn't show up this weekend as well." Zale persists.
Soren shakes his head in astonishment and blinks his eyes in disbelief. "You?" Soren enquired once again to ascertain that what he had heard was real. Zale rolled his eyes and nodded in agreement at Soren's expression of surprise.
"Are you sure you're saying this with proper conscience? Because Master Zale, as far as I know, you despise the idea of going outside," Soren nagged, and Solace chuckled in amusement.
Zale frowned at their sarcastically amusing smiles, resentful that they were making fun of him. However, he failed to notice Soren's proud expression. It amazes him that Zale himself insisted on accompanying him, which is an outstanding achievement for him.
"I'm going to my room," Zale mumbled as he began to walk away. "We need to get pest control in this house as soon as possible since there are so many filthy, unpleasant creatures around me."
"There, there, it's alright. Don't sulk now, big guy." Solace pats his shoulder but gets his hand slapped away roughly.
"Anyway, I'll accompany you," Zale warned Soren. "So don't even think about leaving without me."
Nonetheless, Soren reasoned that it would be beneficial for Zale if he went out on his own, and it would also help his health. "Of course, as you say." Soren agreed and smiled warmly at him.
"G-good," Zale stuttered and averted his gaze from the adoring face in front of him. He dashed back to his room.
Solace looked around suspiciously. "You don't always look at me like that." With a pout, he grumbled.
"Have you seen yourself in the mirror?" Soren asked, disgusted, and walked away, snarling.
Solace's mouth dropped open, and he turned pale with surprise. "You little traitor," Solace yelled and pursued him.
"Can your pack members detect human-ness on me?" As he caught up, he asked Soren.
Soren was deep in thought about how he was going to grant permission and persuade Zale to let Solace stay in the mansion with him as well. Zale is already angry because Soren Leo, Elinor, and that Vampire Avalon live there.
And he's letting Solace too.
"They can, but you don't have to worry about it; all I ask is that you be on your best behaviour, okay?" Soren simultaneously requests and warns him.
"I don't recall ever being misbehaving. But if you think so little of me, I'll definitely start behaving one day…ugh!" When a firm slap landed on Solace's head, he laughed and winced.
"Alright, I'll be on my best behaviour, and I promise not to let you down or make you think you made a mistake by bringing me in here." Solace said with genuine emotions and gratitude on his face.
Soren had never expected him to be this sentimental. "Yeah? Then remind me of the rules you have promised to follow."
"I remember them all word by word. So first and your favorite, never argue with Zale or make him angry when you're not there, and you won't be held accountable for what happens after that." Solace rants on.
"It's not my favourite, but it is for your own good." Soren sighed and rolled his eyes.
"Anyways, second, never wander around the house and go to the forest to play, there are wild animals who'll cherish me as a feast, and last yet most significant, which I find a little bit too much, don't attempt to flirt with maids and other female shifters." Solace halted and turned to Soren with distress. "Don't you feel awful for me?"
"I lack the willpower to feel awful or sorry for you. I have more significant things to deal with," Soren said, and in the end, they come to their prospective sharing room if Zale permits them.
Oh, the wolf won't like it.
Soren unlocked the room, and his psyche was immediately blown away. He walked further and checked around his room, which was totally different from its former look.
He glanced back at Solace, who had a priggish grin on his pleased face and hung tight for his commendations. "Wait-when..When on earth did you change all this?" Soren snapped, raising a scrutinising brow.
Solace has put the pixie lights all over the curtains, the galaxy stars dangling from the ceiling, and the venom poster on the wall that was attached to the bed. "Speechless right, I already expected your reaction, yet now your face seems simply extra, close your mouth." Solace said and Soren shut his mouth.
"What the fuck is all this childish crap? Get everything down now," Soren commands and rubs his temples but Solace ignores him.
"Huh? But why? I never liked the bluntness of your room, it was tiring and I can't sleep without talking with my stars."
"Idiot! I like it sweet and simple and not with monsters on my wall and with pink butterflies you paste on my wardrobe. what are you, a kid?" Soren thumps his annoyance on him.
It seems like both his master and friend are destined to harass his mental stability.
"I'm just tired of seeing you living your life so dull it is beginning to get annoying now, come on, you're literally a tiger dude, live your life more adventurous which also reminds me, you are yet to show me you are shifting into your other side." Solace keeps on rambling which makes Soren regretting his decision to make friends with him.
"Solace, I'm serious right now! shut up and remove all your things, you literally have to do one job and you failed at that, now don't make me regret things and disdain you." Soren criticises pointing a warning finger at him.
"Why? I'm so lovely." Solace places both his fingers on either side of his cheeks and blinks like an anime character. "H stands in my name for handsomeness."
"H doesn't even come in your name, you uneducated human!" Soren purrs in pain.
'Well, it's your fault to make friends with him, you lack in making good decisions, you should be aware of that by now, now suffer the side effects.' Zion mocks crackling in his head and Soren couldn't agree with him more.
"Hey-" Solace starts however gets cut off when the door bursts open like it's going to break down which makes Solace jump and Soren to turn and look at him.
"Why the hell are you both making a fuss for, did anyone die?!" Zale lashed out at them.
The two looked at him like they were just scolded and glared at each other as if blaming the fault on the other with their eyes.
Zale's eyes narrow across the room and his brows twist at the poster on the wall which looks like ready to pounce on his enemy. "What's all this? Since when did you start acting like a six-year-old girl, you always like to act older than your real age, what changes now?" Zale asked, looking at the hanging stars.
They're pretty and mesmerising to him since he didn't get any experience when he was a kid and presumably so does Soren.
Soren winces at Zale's words, "They are not mine, it's all this dumbhead's fault." Soren slapped Solace's arm and unknowingly used a little much force causing Solace to wobble and steady himself from falling.
Solace staggered back to Soren's side and cupped his mouth with one hand to hide away from Zale and asked. "You said the walls are soundproof so what is he doing here?"
Soren looked at Zale who was still awe-struck by the stars, Soren's heart pain a little for him, he knew what misfortunes Zale had withstood to stand here in front of them.
He turned to solace and answered his stupid question which is his duty now, since it was his decision to adopt this outrageous and impossible human.
"And I have told you, he's a wolf who has sensitive ears and could sense the noises clearly from miles away."
Solace sucks in a breath and widens his eyes so wide like his sockets are going to explode. "So! Can he also hear if I ever try to jerk off here?" Solace questions like it's the biggest dilemma in the world to him right now.
Soren's soul flies so high from his body and wants to take off higher if that is possible, just what offence he has done that this human is taking revenge on him.
Zion bursts hysterically laughing so hard in Soren's head that it makes his eyes roll at the back of his head.
'Good luck answering this to your master'. Zion exhilarates.
"What?!" Zale growled.