Vixor’s POV
“Vixor please don’t tell anyone.” His mind drifts back to when they were together and she laid out her deepest weakness for him.
“So she likes me then. I just have to open up. But will she be able to shoulder my own secret?” He asked himself as he paced to and fro in the room. He passed his hand through his hair.
“I have to tell her. This secret has also been eating me up. And I need to share it with her. After all,we’re best friends. What’s the worst that could happen?” A quick scene of Dova rejecting him flashed through his mind and he paused in his tracks.
“Let whatever wants to happen happen. I will tell her the truth today. I will let it out.” He took in a deep breath and walked off to her family clinic. He stopped at the window outside her ward and he stared at her admiring her facial features. With her eyes closed,she looked like one of those heavenly creatures that worked for the moon priestess that had somehow found her way to Earth. Her eyebrows so sharp if he wielded it as a sword,it could definitely cut hearts. Maybe that was the reason she had managed to cut through his stone heart. Her nose was tiny and it looked like a perfectly contoured one,but he knew better,her plump rosy lips. He blinked his eyes and drew himself away from his thoughts that were drifting away too fast.
“Oh Vixor,you can come in.” He lifted his head in surprise to see Susanne welcoming him with a sad smile. He was so lost in thought that he didn’t even realize when she caught him staring. He turned pink. He cleared his throat and dragged his feet inside.
“Mother.” He stared at her with a weak smile. He wished he could step in for her. If only he was powerful,,if only he had sparred with the stronger werewolves when his mother and father strictly forbade him from doing so, if only he was not cursed just like Dova,he would have protected her and his love. He swallowed hard fighting himself to bear with his insecurities.
“Its fine. Vixor. Getting involved would be endangering yourself. Now that you’re here, I can take a walk. Please look after her, I need to refresh my insides.” He squeezed a part of the bed cover annoyed at how Susanne was feeling. His mother stayed in the city with his brother while he stayed here in the clan with his father. Susanne has always been the mother figure he unfortunately couldn’t have. She cares,tendered him,pampered him,fed him. He had lost hopes on human when he crossed paths with Susanne and just like her daughter,she was the moon in the dark night that gave him a glimmer of hope again. He hated her seeing her this way and he hated himself for being even powerless.
“Mhhmm,Vi-,Vixor?” Dova finally woke up,her voice was hoarse and he didn’t waste time to get her water from the water dispenser.
“Here.” He passed the water to her,his hands slightly trembling. She tried to take the cup from him but he refused and he fed her the water.
“Vixor,do you hate me now?” Her eyes were darting between his face.
“Don’t lie to me.” She furrowed her eyebrows and tried to balance herself on the bed.
“I will never hate you. I can’t even bring myself to dislike you Dova.” His hands were shaking. He followed Dova’s gaze and they landed on his fist. Quickly,he put his hands behind his back.
“So you’re now scared of me or what?” Every word she said was draining her strength but she wanted to know so badly if Vixor hated her and she wouldn’t rest or relax till she got his answer.
“You? How can I be scared of you?” He had a smile on his face.
“Then why?” She signaled to his hands that were already shaking.
“Why?” She raised one of her eyebrows refusing to believe him.
“I actually have a confession Dova. I’ve been meaning to say it to you for a long time but I couldn’t so I, I’m going to try my best to let it out.” Beads of sweat gathered at his forehead.
“When you say it like that,you make it sound like you wish to confess your feelings for me or you got someone pregnant and you want me to something.” She relaxed on the bed now that she was sure she still had her best friend by her side.
“And what if I want to confess my fellings to you? Is that a crime?”
“I never said it was. I just don’t see you being that type.” Vixor gritted his teeth but he had decided to tell her earlier and he was a dogged person when it came to the things of his heart.
“Dova,” he leaned closer to her so he could see her eyes clearly. Dova was very good at lying but her eyes would always always betray her.
“” I have feelings for you. I’ve always had feelings for you. You…have a way of brightening me when I’m at my lowest and…I don’t think I can stand you associating closely with those Alphas again. I love you.” He stared at her straight in the eye knowing that those would not lie to her. He could see the rage in her eyes. Different emotions were reflecting in her pupils. They were so fast he couldn’t catch the right one.
“I’m not going to force it. You can just tell me at once that you don’t feel the same way for me. I had already prepared to accept it anyways.” His heart was breaking into pieces slowly with every second. He had prepared for her rejection but now,this bitter poisonous feeling in his chest,he wasn’t prepared for it. He took a deep breath and he left the room.