Love Barrels And Werewolves

Unexpected retaliation

It's like the world is stopping. The wind cannot move the slightest branch. Life in the forest is dead. All quiet, except for Baras.

The woman walked slowly with an incision wound on the arm. His eyes were already wet, the trembling legs did not stop him from continuing to get close to the big wolf in front.

Slowly, the tiny strides that Barrels make erode the distance bit by bit. His eyes did not he escape from a pair of sharp eyes belonging to Lion. Although it may be either claws or fangs that are now hurting, but he does not care. There was no more meaningful wound after everything that happened.

Until everything was completely silent except the barrel. Even the three wolves that had been growling savagely were now sculpting. It is as if nature favors the woman who brings love.

Then a tight hug finally managed to bring back the world that stopped. 

"Lion. I finally found you!"

The branches dance back, the sunlight is seen separating themselves between the slits of the twigs. While the wolf, slowly hid its fangs.

Barrel was crying, a hug he had not yet let go. Slowly, the terrifying wolf turned into a man with a line of young ash between his hair. Lion sits in the arms of a stubborn woman.

The forest is silent. There was no sound, except for the sobs getting firmer from Laras' lips. He is not sad, just feel relieved to feel the warm body of the man who has been residing in the heart.

"L-barrel ...."

The woman who was still hugging him nodded. "You're right, it's me. Barrels."

Not satisfied with just hugging, Laras took it off by looking at a pair of eyes that he missed so much. A few moments two gazes intertwined. It was as if there was nothing else but the two of them. The noisy forest suddenly deserted. Until ... Lion regains consciousness.

Lion releases Laras' hand from his shoulder. Coinciding with that he shook his head. "No. You shouldn't be here" he said.

The forehead shrinks when you hear it. But he had not had time to ask, Lion was already staring. "Back, Laras. At least when you can."

"I like you." Laras said it out loud and firmly. Even when Lion's eyes were round, there was only honesty reflected in the woman's eyes. "You didn't hear? I like you, Lion. I don't know for sure, but I want to keep seeing you" Laras continued.

Lion sculpting. A straightforward confession from Laras made him almost lose his voice. Maybe if you heard it before his memory returned it would be very pleasant. But now, after the man knew very well who he was, including the dark side that was very deep like a trough in the ocean.

Sometimes, something falls out not in the right place.

"Why just shut up?" laras asked as the man before him froze silently. "Don't tell me how you feel su-" Silenced Baras' lips with a kiss. 

The head feels empty. The meaning that almost came out was swallowed back. His perfectly rounded eyes received an unexpected kiss from Lion. Tight and happy mixed in the same container. His net began to sink, he was completely immersed in comfort. Until, the two lips that are linked apart.

He saw the wet eyes of the woman before him. At the same time, Lion is like standing between two choices that are blocked by the abyss. He is happy, but also sad. A feeling he had never felt.

After a while, Lion nodded. "I can't" he said, turning his face away.

"What do you mean you can't?"

"I can't. Go awayl. It's not your place, and it's not mine out there either."

Barrels freeze. A sentence that never expected to come out after a kiss was given made him lose most of the contents of the head, including words. Only a question mark full of gazes represented confusion.

The woman really wanted to get the sentence out. But before that happened, Lion had already turned around and stepped away.

Baras' chest feels very tight. The lungs that are supposed to pump oxygen well now feel blocked by tears. "After all the time I spent thinking about you, after what I said back then ...." Sentence ceased.

The barrel gives a pause to take a breath. While in front of him, Lion stopped without even looking at him.

"You even kissed me earlier. Am I just a game to you?" The crying of Laras is getting louder. After he had walked all day in the middle of the forest, it was certainly not this kind of reply that he wanted. His knee lost bone, he slowly sat down. "Even after making me fall in love with you. You're a real jerk." His voice is shrill.

Lion is freezing. The pain in his heart could not be explained by his harsh disposition. The sound of tangisa from the woman stirring the feeling made her clench her hands. He was happy, and hated how weak he felt now. He collected fragments of noise that had scattered when kissing Laras just now.

After solidifying the feeling, Lion turned around to assert that he really did not like Laras. But before the painful sentence came out, the woman who was still making a sound slowly collapsed helplessly. Laras was unconscious.

"Clearned!" cry Lion who in the same second immediately grabbed Laras' body before the woman completely collapsed on the ground. "Wheel. You okay?" said panic. For a moment he circled around, but his two friends were no longer there.

Lion continued to pat Baras on the cheek, hoping that the woman would wake up soon. "What happened to you? Barrel, up!"

However, as hard as Lion woke up, he could not restore the consciousness of the body that had almost lost the fluid inside his body.

***

While at the market, a man ran fast with sweat and breath. His body trembled violently, as if he had just been on the verge of death.

"I almost died!" she said so entering the flower shop.

Kinan who was counting the money immediately approached. "Rin! Why is your face so pale?"

"I almost died" said a hunter named Ren. The sentence was stamped, of course fear still controlled his body.

Understanding Ren's state, Kinan poured some water and told the man to continue after he calmed down.

Ren looked at Kinan after finishing one glass of water in one breath. "In the woods last night ...." The sentence came to a halt, while Kinan simply nodded waiting for Ren to continue. "Overnight, I was almost eaten by a seriga."

Hearing that, Kinan reflexively shouted. However, he soon shut his mouth as Ren told him to keep his voice down.

"Where? What's close to the Barrel house?" Kinan was very curious.

Ren immediately shook his head. "Far in the woods. I accidentally almost crossed the border."

"You mean the two big trees that people often tell about?"

The nod was given by Ren. "And you know, the stories that people tell seem to be true." While Kinan just glared. "On the kingdom of werewolves."

Kinan increasingly silenced his mouth. His eyes were perfectly round in surprise. Werewolf, faintly he remembered the word was not foreign. He sure has heard it lately. Suddenly his eyes widened.

"Wheel. I need to call Laras!" The woman went to the phone at the cashier's desk.

"Where are you going? I'm not done telling you!" 

But the story of Ren is no longer interesting to Kinan. He must make sure if his best friend is in the place he should be.