Chapter 6

Leo's pov

Does it fit?

Seb asks me after I tried his fourth t- shirt in a row. He looks disapprovingly at the piece of fabric I'm wearing currently before gesturing me to remove it.

"I'll get you another one." He says determinantly and disappears into his room.

We've been doing the same thing for last half an hour. After I got rid of my wet clothes he offered me one of his t-shirts which is little too small for me comparing our frames and then the same scene continued for the next four. So I am currently standing infront of the bathroom mirror, half naked waiting for my mate.

"Here, try this one " He orders handing me the next one, avoiding looking at me by any chance. I reach for it finding it amusing.

"This one's fine " I say looking at my reflection,he lifts up his eyes, excitedly,meeting mine in the mirror, our gazes lock for a fraction of second.

Those chocolate browns mesmerizing me like they always did, we keep staring into eachother's eyes until he snaps out of it and looks somewhere else.

"Definitely better than the others" He comments sweeping his eyes through my body, he steps closer reaching for the collar and smoothing down the fabric there. The action taking both of us by surprise. Before I get to react to his touch, he takes off his hand right away and awkwardly placing it at his back.

"Your clothes smell good" I comment mindlessly to dissolve the awkward atmosphere but it fails it's purpose as Seb just nods not looking at me still.

"I think we should head down stairs" Sebastian reminds me looking at the clock that it's time for dinner, normally I eat pretty late but Seb's family has very constructive timings for every meal so I am trying to go along with them, even though my stomach is currently numb to hunger.

The dinner table is already set up with various dishes by the time we head there, the fragrances of various flavours invading my nose, stirring up the hunger levels in my stomach.

"I made some continental dishes according to your taste." Seb's mom says looking at me as we sat at the table serving us each dish one by one. I give her my genuine smile being touched by her efforts.

"They all look very delicious" I reply digging in not wasting any time, I put a spoonful of the first dish into my mouth, the delicious flavours bursting in an instant as the savoury sauce does it's magic, I take my time chewing on the bite not in a hurry to take the next one.

I forget everything around me as I indulge in the flavours of the best food I have had in a while, only coming back to my senses when I feel eyes on me and I look up to find Seb and his mom both watching me with a fond smile on their faces making me suddenly conscious.

" I'm glad you like them " She says before she starts eating as well. And the rest of the meal continues with occasional chatting, with mostly his mom asking few questions about our life in the pack and Seb answering for both of us as I continue eating in peace.

"When is Lyra returning?" Seb asks her mom about his sister in between his bites. Seb is very fond of his sister and his family as a whole. He constantly keeps checking up on her when he's not around fulfilling the duties of an older brother very well.

"She should be here by morning" His mom checking the clock, He nods finishing his meal.

"She's not much at home these days, what's the deal with her school?" Seb says, his voice a little worried.

" You know how it is with human schools, they always have something at hand, a science trip or a camp and when it's not her school, she goes for sleepovers at her friends house." She says shrugging her shoulders.

" I am jealous that you are not as strict as you were with me. " Seb replies, his mouth forming a pout. I don't see much of this side of his when he is with me, so I enjoyed watching his childish side when he's with his mom and sister.

" Now, that's not the truth. You were just a good kid and listened to me, she's a rebel. " She retorts brushing his accusations. Seb rolls his eyes at the statement not quite agreeing to it still. We continue eating in silence for the rest.

After we finished our dinner, we offered to help with the dishes but she swiftly refused, asking us to get some rest, honestly Seb looked like he needed it. His eyes seemed tired and droopy so we made our way upstairs.

" You take the bed and I'll take the couch " Seb said once we are inside his room.

Without letting me have any say in it,

he started making the bed, he rearranged the pillows and brought out new sheets and splayed them on the bed and went on to tidying up the whole room. All while ignoring my presence in the room.

"I can take the couch." I suggest as he is busy making the bed.

"You are too tall for it." He replies with a speck of humor in his tone and kept doing whatever he's doing.

I slowly walk up to him holding his hand that is busy adjusting the sheets making him go rigid, he stops his actions and looks at me.

"We can both take the bed." I gulp down the fears in my throat as I said it.

He looks at me with those big eyes, shocked at my words. He shakes his head mouthing a no after he recovers from it resuming his actions.

"We will be uncomfortable, the bed is too small." There he starts with those excuses again. I want to put up a fight, I want to ask why is he acting like this. Why is he punishing both of us.

I wanted answers but not right now. Tonight we'll sleep like he wanted us to.

So we lay at our respective positions, him on the couch and me in his bed.

The room is very dimly lit with only a small lamp on at his side and the rainy night outside didn't help in bringing any extra brightness into the room.

"Lyra attends a human school?" I ask after a while even if it's a confirmed statement.

"Mmh" He says in a mumble.

"Why?"

"She likes it that way----- she is not really fond of our species." He says with a pause in between and I hum in understanding.

"Have you tried changing her into a school meant for us? "

"We did, a couple of times but it never went well. "

"Maybe you should try the one in our pack, It's better than the one here."

"I don't know, you might have to ask her yourself." He answers. I know he's kind of joking but I wanted to try it nonetheless, that would make things easy for everyone. They won't have to worry about her if she's in the pack and will save her the effort of hiding her identity, I can imagine how hard that must've been.

"Sebastian!" I call his name into the darkness.

"Yeah" He answers seeming startled.

"Are you going to come back. Tomorrow? " I ask him, my voice quieter than my heart beat.

"I need more time." He replies making the heart rate go down.

"How long? "

"I don't know." He answers with strain in his voice, probably this is all hard for him as well as it is on me, I don't want to tire him more with the questions.

My eyes close on their in hopes of the darkness washes off the thoughts on my mind for a while, the unfamiliar surroundings making it hard to doze off into sleep when there's a soft knock on the door.

I sit up quickly contemplating whether I should get the door or not, I dart my eyes to where Seb is lying. Once the light's on, that's when I can makeout the frantic expression on his face, he gets up jolting from the couch.

He grabs both his pillow and blanket, throwing them on the bed beside mine. He climbs into the bed with his knees like a kid and drags the pillow upto the head board and adjusts blanket too. I find myself watching his every action without a clue of what's going on.

He then comes to me and scans my state. Before I can ask him about what's going on, he puts a finger on top of his lips shushing me and I listen.

He goes to the door to open it, not before making sure everything in the room is perfect once again.

"Sorry, Did I disturb your--- sleep?" His mom asks looking between Seb and I with a flustered expression on her face.

"No mom, you did not disturb anything. " Seb replies emphasising on the last word. He looks at me across his shoulder and clears his throat.

That's when it clicks. What they're insinuating about.

Oh.

And it's my turn to go red.

"I have to pick Lyra up in the morning, I'll be out even before you wake up so don't go waking up the whole pack if you if don't find me in the morning." She informs with her voice down.

"What? No! I'll go instead to pick her up--you just- " Seb refuses his mother as I expected and moves forward leaving the room,the door closing behind as he moved.

"Absolutely not, you should rest. I'm not going to let you spend your weekend putting up with Lyra and roaming in the town."  His mother orders him making Seb back down a little.

" I also have some other things to pick up in the town, so please let me do that in peace without having you two fighting on my side" She adds making my mate oblige completely. When he doesn't say anything more she smiles at him triumphantly.

She caresses his face gently. " You should go back to sleep. " She says already making her way down the stairs.

Seb returns after mumbling a quiet good night to his mother. Upon entering the room, he immediately locks the door and huffs leaning on the door,relieved like he had just completed a mission. He then opens his eyes and finds me watching him.

A shy smile graces his face.

He crosses the room and reaches for his pillow that he placed on the bed but I am quick this time.

I held his hand tight but it doesn't surprise him this time, he don't even have to look at me to figure out what I am about to ask next.

" Sleep here " I ask, hiding my nervousness.

I am not going to let another night pass without having my mate beside me. I would totally go feral, especially when he is in the proximity of same room.

" I will stay on my side. " I add, hoping he's gonna pick up on the desperation in my voice, I don't care if that put my dignity at risk.

I can see the turmoil he is going through on his face, I know he wants to jerk my hand off and go back to the couch or shout a loud no in my face but he's doing neither of them. Honestly I would take that over this silent treatment anyday.

Please say yes..... please say yes

" Fine " He finally accepts with a sigh making me thank every God to ever exist.

Finally!- Rex says with the same enthusiasm.

He gets under the blanket laying on his side, settling with his head on the pillow, I do the same without taking my eyes off him, not once, not when I'm finally laying beside my mate.

Though the space that existed between acted as a reminder to make everything right. I can't ruin this by bringing that up now. Tonight we're sleep like he wanted to.

Tonight I am going to cherish having him in the confines of the same bed. Tonight I am going to look at my mate while the moon light tenated him highlighting his pretty features.

Tomorrow,I am going to make everything alright because we have to be.

We would be.