20

~Aurelia Williams~

After Costa took me back to my room, it didn't take long for Steven to return from the grocery store. He walked into my room with 7 big full bags.

I think the next time I go shopping, Steven will be my new companion or pack mule. After all, a werewolf has quite a lot of power, so why not use that power?

Together we unpacked the bags and put everything in my dressing room.

"What do you think of that?" Steven asked as he held up a strapless blue and white striped dress.

"It's cute, but I don't actually wear that."

"You mean because of the bruises your dad gave you?" When he said that, I looked at him in shock. How did he know that? Since when did he know it?

"You think I, as your best friend, don't get what's going on at home. Your long tops in summer, your reticence towards me, your father who is always at home. I could list more things."

I turned my attention back to things without dwelling on them. I didn't want to talk about it. It's already so hard to think back on it. He still scares me. I'm just scared that he'll take me back home and then finish his act or that he'll find me. Who knows what my father will do next. Actually, I don't really know him at all, because I never would have expected him to be about to shoot me.

I was sorting some jeans into the closet before I replied, "I was hoping you hadn't noticed."

"I was so hoping my suspicion wasn't right," Steven said dejectedly. "You have to know that I would have gotten you out of there in a heartbeat. However, your home was a better option than mine. I had no idea that the Alpha spares you. You know? Normally, he would have killed you instantly. I hope you understand now why you were never allowed to stay with me. The risk was just too great."

"Oh, alright." I wanted to let the past be the past, so I tried to end the subject. Luckily Steven noticed the attempt and changed the subject.

"How was your day today?" he asked while packing away another cute sundress.

"Quite alright. Arsen let me out and was with me at the training ground." I preferred to leave out the thing about the wolf that attacked me. Steven shouldn't worry any more.

"So the Alpha was out with you?"

"Mhm-Mhmm and I saw his wolf."

"I can show you mine, too," Steven said in a suggestive voice, wiggling his eyebrows. He got up and walked towards me.

"You're gross Steven. Has anyone ever said that to you?" I didn't even want to know what he meant by that.

He stopped in front of me and then said, "I meant it."

Then he started doing these weird contortions, and his bones started pooping. In the next moment, a cappuchino-colored wolf stood in front of me. Next to it were his torn clothes.

I admired his beautiful fur color and caressed the equally soft fur. Steven's eyes were still ice blue, just like when he was a human.

"You're so beautiful," I said quietly. Why do all these wolves have such beautiful fur?

Suddenly Steven's body pressed against mine and he started to purr, like Arsenic earlier. He nudged his nose against my stomach, making me take steps backwards. Eventually I stumbled over the edge of the bed and was now lying on the bed. I was about to get up again when Steven suddenly crawled onto the bed and was now standing over me. He had his front paws to the left and right of my head. Seeing him from below seemed quite menacing.

Then he started nudging my stomach again with his snout, which was tickling.

"Steven stop it!" I got out between my laughs.

Then suddenly Steven's wolf was no longer on me, but Steven's human form. But he continued to tickle me, this time with his hands.

"Steven get off me." He stopped and looked deep into my eyes.

"Has anyone ever told you how beautiful you actually are?" he suddenly started to be very serious. This abrupt change of mood surprised me, so that I too became serious.

"Maybe you?" I managed with a smirk and then bit my lip. Why is he suddenly so different?

Steven's gaze darted back and forth between my eyes and lips now.

"May I kiss you Aurelia?"

Without thinking about what I was doing, I nodded. In that moment, it just felt right.

Steven put his lips on mine. The kiss was comfortable and tender, just as I had always imagined my first kiss to be. His lips were pleasantly warm.

He started to get more passionate and pressed his tongue against my lips to get in. And I granted. Then he became more and more urgent, his tongue dancing with mine. I've never kissed like this before. After all, that was my first real kiss.

But then he suddenly let go of me. He rested his forehead against mine and looked deep into my eyes.

"You have no idea how long I've wanted to do this."

Then I had to smile shyly. I always thought Steven and I were just friendly. But it felt strangely good to kiss him.

Steven got up and crawled off me so I could get up too. He got up from the bed and only now did I realize that he was naked. And not only that. You could clearly see that he was aroused.

Embarrassed, I got up and went to the shopping bags to quickly sort through the rest of the stuff. Just take a quick distraction from this embarrassing situation...

But I didn't expect what I pulled out of the bag.

I pulled piles of black, white, and red lacy underwear from one of the bags.

"Steven, what's that about?" I asked in shock while holding out a red lacy thong. I've never worn anything like that.

"You needed underwear and how am I supposed to know what kind of underwear you're wearing?" he justified himself.

Where he was right, he was right.

After everything was unpacked, he said goodbye, since it was dark in the meantime, and left, which I also thought was good.

That kiss earlier was still kind of embarrassing. At least the fact that I saw his stiff member...