Dancing on the Moon

Orange Juice Magic

Chapter 03

"As soon as we get home, stay in your-" A deep voice cut her off making them halt their movement, their bodies seized by terror; Terror of what was to come, or what was already in front of them.

"Going somewhere?" A voice resonated clear out of blue.

"Or running away again, sister?" A tall man stepped out of tree shadows and the grimacing face of his' made mother stumble back protecting her young one behind her.

"You! You- I told you not to come here! Just why!? Why don't you listen to me!? Are you not satisfied with being alive?"

The man stepped forward with little as far as no remorse of any kind.

"Why exactly should I? Hah, this is ridiculous." The man laughed as mother cowered back, barely managing a stumble.

"You should know better than anyone brother, yet you keep going the wrong way."

"How do you know? When you haven't even tried that path yet? Huh!?" The man screamed and Ryan whimpered clutching onto the back robe of his mother.

"I told you, and I will tell you again, he has nothing to do with it. Leave- Him- Alone-" With that mother turned around to look at Ryan one last time before urging him with all her might as he stumbled backwards rolling his way down a muddy slope.

"Run Ryan! Don't look back! Tell dad-!" Mother gave one last push and a desperate look as she cried transforming into triple the size of a wild bear, her hybrid lynx form, a grey wolf with silver lining highlights.

"No..." Ryan whimpered. No! Don't-

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"Don't kill her!" Ryan woke up drenched in sweat, his chest heaving heavily as he tried regaining his breathing and focus.

Ugh, same nightmare again...

He sighed rubbing his sweaty temple with trembling fingers. The nightmares had engrained themselves in his daily life ever since the incident.

Like any other horrible situation, that incident had left traumatizing effects on him. Being woken up by the terror and possibility of what he could have done that night still haunted their way into his sleep. And it's not like he could have actually done anything being as little as he was.

He breathed in heavily sitting up flinging his legs off the bed to go wash his face. The moonlight that crawled it's way in through the window casted a heavenly glow in his room. It was past midnight and he was thirsty, there was no way in hell he could even close his eyes for some time let alone complete the rest of his sleep.

Might have some beer instead... Rubbing his stomach and yawning away all the sleepiness, he walked out into the hallway lightly closing the door behind. It was dead silent everywhere. He wondered if guardians were up or they were sleeping as well. Might as well be up, they don't wanna face Alpha's wrath when it's gonna come to that.

The kitchen was always open. This was the only room lit 24/7 so that hunger could be served and hungry people won't lose their way to their food and the place warmed his heart. Rubbing his neck, he opened the refrigerator and pulled out a juice box and filled a glass, half juice, half beer.

The only way, Diana couldn't catch up but he himself couldn't cover up the missing beer bottles along the way.

Hmm... Not cold enough... Gotta wait for ice to work its magic. He played with ice cubs in his drink. After some minutes, he felt giggly swirling the glass in his left hand.

Cute...

"Why are you so cute? Heh!" He asked looking at the juice glass in his hand and chuckling. "Hmm.. Snacks, they are calling me! I hear you!" He spinned on the stool he had occupied for the last 16 minutes and jumped off it opening cabinet after cabinet.

"Must be here. Has to be here!" He muttered pouting to himself. "Aha, there it is!" Ryan almost did a whoopie of happiness in the air as he stood on his toes to reach up the chips bag staring down at him. "Ugh! Too high!" He looked around and dragged the stool near the marble counter knee standing on the counter with the help of the stool.

"I can smell the goodness of this good food. Ass." Ryan cracked a smile as he placed 3 bags of cheesy cheetos, Doritos, BBQ chips and salted peanuts down on the counter.

"Be careful." Ryan blinked and whipped his head in the direction he heard the voice from.

"Careful? Am I careful? Hi, I'm careful." Ryan asked as he swinged slightly holding the cabinet handle, one foot still on the marble counter and one on the stool.

"You...?" He asked fumbling on his words turning around to look for more snacks to spend the night with.

"Thirsty. You seem pretty drunk." Ryan heard the low voice and opening of refrigerator as he opened the last cabinet leaning a bit towards it and a bit away.

"It's punching me in the gut is what it seems." Ryan said in a duh voice and a bit disappointed that Diana had hid the snacks quite good this time. "We have guests, can she not?" Ryan huffed humming to himself.

"What is?" Ryan looked around again. Blinking to clear his vision and focus on the voice.

"What's up with you? Can you stop moving? Ugh." Ryan sighed trying to step on the stool.

"I'm not-"

"And I'm pissed to see your face. Way to ruin my alone time with myself." Ryan glared at an amused Kayden standing halfway away from him with arms crossed over his chest. Sleeveless Black T looked good on him.

"I'd say you rather see your own face." Kayden spoke with a smug face as he poured himself a drink.

"Hah. I'll be honored. Not like your face. Mine is- handsom. Handsome-er." Ryan caressed his face as he stumbled a bit, foot still on the counter.

"More cute-er." Kayden pressed his lips together in a thin line as he listened to a drunk monkey humouring him, still trying to establish how funny he was something even Kayden could tell just by looking.

"More-" Losing balance! Ryan lost his balance. His body fell backward as the stool lunged ahead and out from underneath him.

It all happened in a flash. And he felt his nerves tingle, sparkle and prick at him. Gulping down the dryness, he breathed out a stuck groan. The scream hadn't been silent, more like a baby girl falling down because of her own dress on stairs and down. Still, Ryan hadn't met the floor. The more he was looking forward to it, the more he was shook from what had happened.

"-sexy..." Ryan blurted almost breathless completing his list of what his face gave the impressions of. Now he had successfully given the impression that his body gave as well. Silly pilly.

The position he had found both of them in brought heat to his cheeks, he didn't want to think about those pumped arms, that broad chest, those damn big shoulders as he held onto them and those sharp green eyes looking into his blue ones. Kayden had prevented his fall.

"You're so fast like superman." Ryan spoke loudly as his eyes roamed Kayden's face up so close.

"And so handsome..."

"No. Not handsome. Not even close." Ryan shook his head as his hand approached rested on Kayden's face.

"But so close-" Ryan lightly rested his hand on Kayden's cheek as Kayden blinked, confused about what he was supposed to do. Thousands of little pricks made Ryan cross his brows in confusion, his heart beating away at such a loud and haphazard way as he lifted his hand to take a good look before placing it back on Kayden's face.

"Huh, interesting." He spoke as Kayden watched him.

What could this have been that had Ryan all hyped up about? Could it be he figured it out?

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Ryan jolted awake. The last thing he remembered was sitting around the kitchen table and giggling to himself. The sun burned its way in through the window making him cover his eyes with his hand and hold his head with the other.

Is it past 12? Ufh, good morning! Wait, what's good about this morning? Pretty strong beer, hmm! He whined getting up to take a look around, and hopefully start his day.

Loud voices caught his atttention as he headed out into the hallway. He could careless about it all. He scratched his head ignoring the pain and acting up like he had a pleasent night's rest.

"And you guys have to stick together. This is no joke." Diana's voice warned as Ryan peeked into the study room.

"You all will go there under my supervision and you all will do so as I say. Is that clear?" Ryan lifted his brow as if, okay dang sis it's crystal clear as he was used to responding her. In doing so, his eyes fell on Kayden, there he stood leaning on beside the wall and bookshelf in his 3p tux. And Ryan caught himself drooling.

"And yes I can hear you too Ryan. Your mind link is open!" Ryan froze over like an ice berg. Who! He looked at his sis and bit his lower lip. God that's embarrassing! He felt like just purring out of there, until all eyes gathered on him.

"Haha, hello. Good morning! Good morning! How's it goin' everybody? Enjoying your stay?"

"You seem to be enjoying our stay more than us." Ryan heard someone mutter and looked their way with confused brows.

"Uhm-"

"They saw us.." Ryan heard someone speak closer than his own heartbeat as he stood there in his white wrinkled t-shirt and black n white stripped pjs leaning on the door frame.

Uhhh.

"Won't you ask who?"

"Okay first of all, chill the f**k out. Second, who the hell are you?" Ryan nibbled on his bottom lip as his mind link worked faster than a humming bird flying away.

"I'm-"

"Kayden. Would you like to say something?" Diana spoke cutting off Ryan's mind link making Ryan look at Kayden, again.

Kayden licked his bottom lip, his eyes fixed hard on Ryan as he straightened fixing his tux.

"Ah, yes. There's one important thing you all should know." Everyone looked at Kayden, attentive as hell, not a fly buzzed in the room.

"Remember why you're here in the first place. Never forget your mission. And lastly, have each other's back at all times. This is what is gonna get us through." Kayden nodded and Diana mirrored nodding and stood up to walk out.

"Thank you so much for joining our small talk time Ryan. We couldn't have done this without you." Diana made sure to let her sarcasm hit him in all ways possible.

"Next time, make sure to be on time. Aright, everyone head for packing, we got time till supper, have to head out soon after." Diana clapped her hands and led everyone out, passing Ryan on her way out.

"So dude..." Ryan looked at Liam as he paused near him. Kayden, Finn, Taylor, Ollie, Alec, Leo and Philip were still in the room.

"What?" Ryan asked trying not to sound rude.

"How was it like?" Liam asked trying not to give in to the chuckles as Philip elbowed him joining in on the tease as for Ryan, he looked at them dumb-struck.

"What was like what?" Y'all frustrating much? Ryan tilted his head and pondered over it.

"To be held like a princess? Awhh!" Ollie squealed almost too excitedly and Ryan felt his wtf gaze fall on him.

"Ahahaha, is someone blushing?" Phillip laughed out as Kayden cleared his throat.

"Not funny. Run along." Kayden motioned them to move along as he felt Alec snigger behind him.

"I would like to know that as well." Kayden looked at Alec raising a brow.

"Wait, wait. What exactly?" Ryan exploded raising his hands in air standing in the middle of the doorway blocking Leo.

"You should ask him." Leo made Ryan look at Kayden and chuckled, ducking down to escape followed by Phillip.

"Oh man. Here come the death glares..." Alec whispered following Phillip out leaving a confused and a bit frustrated Ryan with morning hair and a smug looking Kayden.

"What are they on about?" Ryan asked pointing their way who had just left.

"Well told you, they saw us." Kayden spoke through the smug smirk of his as Ryan clamped shut his eyes in frustration.

"Still don't know what you talking about." He rolled his eyes trying not to stab Kayden or something. It felt strange to stand there in a room, just the two of them. The warm vibes kept tugging at him to give in. It hadn't been a minute, his eyes widened and he threw a judging look at Kayden.

"Hold up! So you're telling me, you're the one I heard through my mind link? Sweet jesus!" Ryan huffed and paced around.

"Uh yeah, surprised? Haha. Me too." Kayden laughed and received a death glare from Ryan.

"No s**t you're acting up. How did this even happen?" Surprised at his own words they both exchanged flustered glances.

At this moment Ryan realised it might have been more of what had happened when he had decided to just have some beer on a normal night of normal days that he had have so far, with just a little twist.

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