Chapter 55: Chapter 55 - Just a phone call away

We entered Ryan’s home, and I went directly to the kitchen. Fighting always makes me hungry... {psstt.. who are you fooling? You are hungry 24*7, and from when you started thinking that kicking someone in the face is a fight?} ... I rolled my eyes at my conscience and opened the fridge. My eyes instantly landed on the chocolate lying there... {that’s not a good idea, Aadhya}... What? I am just claiming something unclaimed... {you are living in Ryan’s home, and now you are stealing his chocolates also} ... Don’t disturb me now. I took the chocolate and gave some to Dee, who was following me silently with so much guilt written on his face. If you are wondering, let me inform you that Dee didn’t inform anyone about some very serious things. His wolf kept appearing in his mind, and he was even able to talk with him, but he didn’t tell anyone because he was not sure what was happening to him.

Truth to be said, I can’t blame him for this. I should have talked with him when his wolf surfaced for the very first time, but how would I know about anything? I am just a human; I never went through this phase. His healing capability is already developing. It’s not the first time that his wound has healed itself, and Dee was very normal with it because he had already heard that wolves have healing abilities. No one told him that they got them only after they transformed into their wolves.

I was busy thinking when I heard sniffling and looked at dee. He is looking downwards and is trying hard to hide his tears from me while wiping them as soon as they fall from his eyes... {stop making him sad and guilty. Go and talk to him. This is the first time he has been silent for so much time} ... "What happened, dee? Did you not like chocolate? ".. {smooth... can’t you just put your hurt side away for a while, when you know that your ignorant attitude is hurting him?}. He placed the chocolate on the kitchen slab and ran outside the kitchen... {it seemed like our chocolate needed to wait}. I also put mine on a slab and went towards my room. When I entered, dee was nowhere, and I knew exactly where he was. I lay on my stomach on the floor and crawled under the bed where Dee was sitting and crying.

"You know that you can’t hide from me," I told him and wrapped my arms around him. He started sobbing harder. "I love you, whether you hide things from me or not. I can’t help but love you."

"But... I lied to you," he said while sobbing.

"I also lied to my parents and gramma about many things, but this doesn’t mean that their love got any less" I tried to make him understand, and he turned towards me.

"So, you are not mad at me," he asked me.

"No, young boy, don’t think like that. I am mad at you, and you deserve this" on this, he again sobbed while hugging me. "You can’t cry to make me, not to be mad at you dee. You need to understand that it is very important for you to share things with me... and not me than with Ryan, Matt, Layla... anyone. Have you ever thought, how will I live if something happens to you?" I asked him while he was still sobbing, "I have already lost many people in my life dee... and now I am not in the state to see even a scratch on you."

"You still love me," he asked stupidly.

"Obviously", Though I am trying to make him understand things, I can clearly understand his concerns and fear. I know this fear of not getting loved by anyone. After mom and dad’s death, no one wanted to be my friend. Ethan had already broken his friendship with me. I had only Layla with me at that time. I tried hard every day to avoid making her mad at me because I was afraid she would also abandon me. It took me two years and Layla’s and Matt’s friendship to understand that the people who love you are never going to abandon you, irrespective of your mistakes. We have our fair share of fights, but I always knew that they were going to be with me at the end of the day... and this trust doesn’t come in a month or two. This trust needs time to develop and actions to prove, especially for the people like Dee and me, who have a very limited number of people who love us.

"And alpha", he again asked me, and again, it astonished me how he wooed dee in a little time.

"You should ask him when he will get home" he is still sniffling but nods.

"When will he come?" he again asked me, and I chuckled. If he is again asking questions, then he surely is fine now. I was about to answer him when my phone rang in my back pocket. I looked at the screen, which was flashing Ryan’s name.

"Let’s find out," I told Dee and answered the call. "Hello" instead of saying something, he cleared his throat on call.

"Where are you?" he asked me, and I couldn’t help but smile at his awkwardness... {why didn’t he feel awkward when he kissed me in the morning... yeah that was a forehead kiss but still}

"Home"

"How’s Diego?" he asked, and Dee looked at me on this... {it seemed like his senses also started developing}.

’’He is good. Although he would like to talk with you once you come home," I told him.

"Ok, I talked with uncle. He said that there is nothing to worry about right now, but we need to be prepared for the time when his wolf will take full control of him. You also know that he will transform earlier than a normal werewolf, right?" he asked me, and I hummed in response. Dee again encircled his arms around me and hugged me tighter, and sniffled a little "Did you scold him?" he asked me.

"Nope. I just had a little chat with him"

"Fine", he got silent after this, and I also didn’t know what to say, "I informed reed that you will be absent for training for a few days," he said after a few minutes.

"No," I instantly stood up, and my head hit the bed while my other hand covered Dee’s head, so thankfully, he was alright... "Owww", I groaned in pain and put my hand on my forehead.

"Hello, Aadhya, you there... What happened?... Are you listening?" I heard Ryan’s voice from the phone, which fell to the floor when I hit my head. I can hear shuffling from another side of the phone.

"Stay where you are", I shouted, and the shuffling stopped from another side. I again put the phone to my ear. "I was lying under the bed and got up suddenly", I explained, and for a few seconds, he was silent, but he started laughing like a mad man within seconds. "What a heartless and rude man you are? Tell Reed that I will join the training from tomorrow. Bye," I cut the call and found Dee giggling silently ’’What made you laugh so hard, dee?" I asked him, and he looked at me innocently.

"I am not laughing," he said while putting one hand on his mouth. I tried to sit to tickle him, but again my head hit the bed, and I cursed under my breath, and Dee started laughing loudly. He crawled outside, and I followed him... {what a great mate and dee you had}. I received a message, and again Ryan’s name was flashing on the screen.

[Take care of Dee. I am giving you off today. Dad is with me in the office. You can resume all the work from tomorrow, and Reed wants Dee back at the hostel by tomorrow morning. The room in which Amara stayed is off limits (NO ONE IS ALLOWED TO ENTER THAT... NOT YOU, ALSO). I AM SERIOUS ABOUT IT.

We will be late coming home today. DON’T ENTER THAT ROOM. CONSIDER THAT AS A VERY SERIOUS CARING WARNING]

I can imagine him saying all these things strictly to me, and I can’t help but mock him... "I am serious about it. Consider this as a very serious caring warning... Stupid alpha, what does it even mean? God knows what he thinks of himself."

"I know. He considers himself the alpha king," dee said and giggled. I narrowed my eyes at him, and as soon as he saw me, he ran out of the room while laughing. It was not hard for me to catch him, but I ran behind him slowly. He looked behind, and when he saw that I was near, he shouted and tried to run faster, which instantly made me smile... {I can’t help but remember the time when daddy used to catch me like that, and mom always scolded us for causing a ruckus} ... Finally, I caught him, and both of us fell on the floor with Dee above me. I started tickling him, and he was laughing hard while telling me to stop. After a few minutes, both of us were lying on the floor laughing when my mobile rang, and again Ryan’s name flashed on the screen.

"Who is it, addy?" Dee asked me, and I huffed.

"Ryan," he hummed and again hugged me. I answered the call.

"Hello," I said, and again he cleared his throat awkwardly. "Is this your way of saying hello?" I asked him, and he again cleared his throat.

"Uhh, no, I wanted to ask if you need something?" he asked me.

"I don’t think so. Is there anything that we should need?" I asked him back, and I already knew he should be shaking his head with a smile.

"Have you checked the fridge? Is there anything that you want? Few of the warriors are coming from knights to pack. If you need anything, then I can tell them to deliver things to you."

"No need, Ryan. If I need anything, I will go and get it myself."

"Ookkkk..." he said and again got silent... {Is there something he wanted to ask?} ... "no..what gives you that? No, I just called you to ask if you need some help. You know I thought that you were new to the pack and.." he was continuously blabbering shit which caused me to smile automatically... {it seems like I said that out loud and made him awkward}.

"Can I borrow books from your office?" As soon as I asked, he stopped his blabbering and took a deep relieving breath.

"Yeah, sure. Yeah, yeah, you can take it. Sure," he again started his nervous blabber.

"Ok then, I am hanging up now."

"Wait," he said suddenly, so I stopped.

"You didn’t hurt yourself much, did you?" he asked me, and I couldn’t help but roll my eyes at his stupidity... {Don’t fool yourself, you are smiling like an idiot}

"Is the big bad alpha concerned about my well-being? ’’ I teased him, and he again cleared his throat.

"Yes, Gary. Yeah, I have reviewed the file" I know that is acting because I neither heard any footsteps coming in his office nor the sound of the opening of the door. "I am hanging up the call," he said but didn’t cut the call, which automatically made my smile wider.

"Bye, Ryan. I am fine," I said and, with it, cut the call.

"You like him. Do you not?" Dee asked me, and I couldn’t help but nod.

"It is hard not to like him," Dee also nodded at my statement.

"Don’t be sad. He is just a phone call away," he said and patted my forehead with his little hands.

"Yeah yeah," I tried to roll my eyes but couldn’t help smiling at Dee’s cute face.

"Addy, I am hungry", He whined suddenly, and I smiled. Both of us went to the kitchen and first ate our chocolates, and then I made pasta for him. After eating our food, Dee needed to do his homework, so we both went to Ryan’s office. Dee started doing his homework while asking me questions in between, and I roamed all over the room to search for an interesting book. My gaze stopped on a very old-looking white book that grabbed my attention. I took it from the shelf "THE LEGEND OF WHITE WOLF AND THE CURSE ON MOON GODDESS"... {curse???.... that’s new... I have not heard anything like that even in the books that I have read in pack’s library too}

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